The eunuchs in the main hall knelt down in a flurry. Truly, when the gods fight, the commoners suffer. How could these servants withstand the emperor's wrath?
"Someone, prepare the imperial carriage. I'm going to Jieyun Palace." This was Mu Xingrou's palace. The last time Qian Tu came to see him, it was because of Mu Xingrou's younger brother, Mu Rendong. It seemed that Mu Rendong had escaped from prison. At that time, he had ignored the matter because he was concerned about the child in Mu Xingrou's belly.
It occurred to him that this must be the reason why Qian Tu was dissatisfied with him. It was really ridiculous. He, the lord of the world, actually had to care about the mood of a courtier. If word got out, it would surely be a laughingstock. But the fact was that Qian Tu was a sharp weapon in his hand. Losing Qian Tu would be like cutting off one of his arms.
"His Majesty the Emperor is coming—"
"Your humble servant pays respects to Your Majesty. May Your Majesty live forever and ever." Mu Xingrou led her people and stood in the yard early to welcome Yuan Yuchuan.
"Rise, my love. I've told you that since you're pregnant, you don't need to perform such formalities." Yuan Yuchuan looked at Mu Xingrou disapprovingly, but when he saw the child in her belly, a trace of tenderness flashed in his eyes. This was his first child.
"Your Majesty~ Your humble servant is just so happy that you've come." Mu Xingrou leaned softly into Yuan Yuchuan's arms, pouring out her longing for him.
"By the way, Your Majesty, is there something you need today?" Mu Xingrou knew that Yuan Yuchuan usually wouldn't come if there was nothing important. So this time, he must have something to tell her.
"Rou'er, actually I didn't want to disturb you, but the situation has exceeded my expectations, so I have to come." Yuan Yuchuan looked at Mu Xingrou apologetically.
"Your Majesty, you're the lord of the world. How can you say such things about disturbing or not?" Mu Xingrou gave Yuan Yuchuan a coquettish look, her eyes full of affection for him.
"I heard from Lord Qian that Mu Rendong escaped from prison." Yuan Yuchuan told Mu Xingrou his purpose of coming. "I'm here to ask if you know about this."
Mu Xingrou trembled upon hearing this. With teary eyes, she looked at Yuan Yuchuan. "Is Your Majesty suspecting that your humble servant helped Mu Rendong escape? But how could your humble servant have such an ability? You know very well about your humble servant's family situation."
Seeing Mu Xingrou crying, Yuan Yuchuan's heart softened. Yes, behind Rou'er, there was no one who could help her. All she had now was because of him.
Yuan Yuchuan hugged Mu Xingrou lovingly and comforted her. "It's my fault. I was just too angry."
It seemed that this Qian Tu had planned to switch sides for a long time. He just hadn't found a proper reason.
After seeing that Yuan Yuchuan believed her, Mu Xingrou secretly let out a sigh of relief. She didn't expect that the matter of Mu Rendong's escape had been discovered. It seemed that this Lord Qian couldn't be kept. She had to find a way to get rid of him!
"Did you read the note I gave you the other day?" Mu Fengqie looked at Qian Tu sitting opposite her and said. Judging from his appearance, he must not have read it.
"Your humble official forgot." Qian Tu had long thrown this matter out of his mind. If Mu Fengqie hadn't mentioned it, he would really have forgotten.
"It's not too late for you to read it now. Anyway, it will be beneficial to you." She thought so. It just depended on how Qian Tu would view this matter.
Qian Tu took out a sachet from his sleeve. This was sewn by his mother. He was used to putting everything in it. Qian Tu opened the note in front of Mu Fengqie.
But before reading it, he first glanced at Mu Fengqie. After seeing that there was no expression on her face, he then focused his attention on the note in his hand.
After reading it, Qian Tu froze in his chair, motionless. If someone didn't know, they might think he had been acupointed.
"Princess, this..." Qian Tu looked at Mu Fengqie in disbelief.
"The information on this note is true. Consider this as the marquis's gift of apology to you." Mu Fengqie nodded at Qian Tu and said.
"Your humble official thanks the princess and the marquis." This information was extremely important to him. Over the years, he had been looking for his biological parents. He didn't have any other intentions. He just wanted to ask them why they had abandoned him back then.
But when he saw on the information given by Mu Fengqie that they had never given up looking for that child, a big stone in his heart suddenly fell. He was relieved. At least he knew that it wasn't they who had abandoned him on purpose. It was because of some accident. He had been stolen.
It turned out that he was also a person loved by his parents. Qian Tu's eyes turned red involuntarily. It had been so many years... so many years!
"I've sent someone to deliver a message to them these two days. They will arrive in the capital soon. Whether you want to meet them or not depends on you. No one will force you." Mu Fengqie said.
"Thank you." All the words he wanted to say finally turned into just these two pale words. He knew that he would have to repay this kindness for a lifetime.
When Jing Xunce came back, Qian Tu had already left. "Qie'er, look what I've brought back for you?" Jing Xunce's excited voice came from outside.
"Didn't you say you wanted to eat spicy wontons yesterday? I went there specially today and brought them back for you." Jing Xunce put the wontons in front of Mu Fengqie proudly.
"You're still quite considerate. You remember what I want to eat." Mu Fengqie looked at the wontons in front of her and smiled happily.
"By the way, what have you been busy with these days?" I haven't even seen a single trace of you. If I didn't see the trace of someone sleeping beside you every morning, I would have suspected that you hadn't come back all day.
"I've been organizing the army recently. We have to solve the problem of Wupianshan eventually." Jing Xunce told Mu Fengqie what he had been busy with these two days. Fortunately, he had finished these tasks in the past few days. He just needed to wait for an appropriate opportunity to go to Wupianshan.
"Then be careful when you go. And don't be so reckless as to just rush up with your men."
Hearing Mu Fengqie's nagging and constant exhortations, Jing Xunce smiled. "Don't worry, Qie'er. I guarantee that I will come back safely. And I'm not going there right now. There's no need to worry."
"By the way, there's news from the Chen Mansion." Mu Fengqie handed the envelope sent by Mu Nan to Jing Xunce. This letter had just arrived. It should be that someone had found out some useful information.
Jing Xunce stroked Mu Fengqie's head and then opened the envelope. After seeing the content of the letter, he smiled.
"What's wrong?" Mu Fengqie looked at Jing Xunce and asked.