Chapter 211 Morning Morning!

Lan Xiyue's fingertips gently traced the delicate floral pattern on her sleeves. This pale purple dress seemed tailor-made for her, with a perfectly fitted waist and a flowing hem. She deliberately spun in front of Mo Liyuan, a subtle fragrance wafting from her fluttering sleeves.

"Mo Liyuan," Lan Xiyue said with a slight rise in her voice. "You actually have women's clothes in your house, and they fit me perfectly..." She paused deliberately, her eyes moving. "Could it be that you have a beautiful girl hidden in your house?"

The moonlight cast shadows of varying depths on his angular features, making his eyes appear even deeper than a pool. His gaze lingered on her for a moment, his Adam's apple moving almost imperceptibly.

"No." His voice was low, but a little warmer than usual. "This is what I ordered the butler to prepare for you."

"Oh?" Lan Xiyue deliberately dragged out her words, suddenly taking a step closer. Her body still clung to the lingering scent of hot spring water, a subtle fragrance mingling between them. She keenly noticed a suspicious blush on the ears of the rumored and ruthless Regent.

"Mo Liyuan," she suddenly stood on tiptoe, her red lips almost touching his ear, "Why are your ears...red?"

Before she finished speaking, she clearly felt the tall figure in front of her suddenly stiffen.

Mo Liyuan suddenly took a half step back, his black brocade robe drew a sharp arc in the air, and the jade pendant on his waist jingled.

"It's hot from the hot springs." His voice was rarely flustered, and his eyes were wandering. "Yu'er, go to bed early. I... I'll have Tianyi take you to the main courtyard. I'll go to the study tonight."

After saying that, he turned around and left quickly without waiting for a response. His back looked like he was fleeing in panic.

"Pfft——hahahaha!" Lan Xiyue finally couldn't hold back her laughter and burst out laughing.

Mo Liyuan's body stiffened. He turned around to look at the person who was smiling brightly, shook his head helplessly, and then strode towards the study.

Tianyi walked in from outside and coughed. "Princess...Princess," he stammered as he saluted. "The master has ordered me to take you to the main courtyard to rest."

Lan Xiyue wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes and waved her hand casually: "No need to trouble you, I'll go back now." After that, she walked straight to the west wall, placed her slender hands on the cracks in the blue bricks, and her figure was as light as a swallow. In a blink of an eye, she climbed over the wall.

Tianyi stared in amazement at the purple figure disappearing in the moonlight. After a while, he seemed to remember something: "Princess! The main gate... the main gate is open..." Why did you have to climb the wall?

Tianyi gestured to the dark side, "Escort secretly and make sure the princess returns home safely."

In the study, Mo Liyuan was staring at the flickering candlelight in front of the desk in a daze.

"Master," Tianyi bowed respectfully. "The princess has already left, and I have sent someone to secretly escort her." He hesitated for a moment, then added, "Also, the Prime Minister's residence is in turmoil tonight, and the guards are combing the city for thieves. According to the secret guards, the Prime Minister's residence's storehouse... was emptied overnight."

Mo Liyuan raised his eyebrows slightly, and the candlelight cast a swaying shadow in his deep eyes.

He tapped the table with his fingertips and suddenly chuckled. What a coincidence? He said Yue'er didn't sleep in the middle of the night and came to the palace to take a hot spring bath. It turned out that she had just finished stealing!

At the Wuguo Marquis Mansion, Lan Xiyue returned to her own courtyard, went back to her room, lay down on the bed, and fell asleep in a short while.

When An Yi and An Er saw Lan Xiyue coming back, they breathed a sigh of relief and hid in the dark with their eyes closed to rest.

At this time, the Prime Minister's Mansion was brightly lit. Bai Xianzhe stood at the door of the warehouse with a grim face, looking at the empty warehouse, with veins bulging on his forehead.

The commander of the guards knelt on the ground tremblingly: "My lord, I have led people to search the area within a radius of ten miles, but we couldn't find even a shadow of her..." They just saw a woman on the street, which was very strange, but she ran away, and the guards didn't say anything, otherwise it would only make them look more useless. So many people, but they couldn't even catch a woman.

"Waste!" Bai Xianzhe kicked over the vase beside him, sending shards flying everywhere. "Keep searching! Even if we have to turn the entire capital upside down, we'll find the man!"

As the sky was getting light, Bai Xianzhe changed into a crimson official uniform and got into the carriage with a gloomy face.

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Many ministers had already gathered in the side hall next to the Fengtian Hall. When they saw Bai Xianzhe walk in with a bad look on his face, they all fell silent.

A minister who was on good terms with Bai Xianzhe stepped forward and said, "Prime Minister, was there any trouble at your residence last night? This morning, before dawn, I saw the Prime Minister's guards searching the streets..."

"Hmph!" Bai Xianzhe snorted coldly, clenching his fists in his sleeves. "Last night, some daring lunatics looted the Prime Minister's storehouse!"

Lan Zhenrong frowned when he heard this, took two steps forward and bowed, saying, "The Prime Minister's mansion was also robbed? Have you found any clues?" There was a hint of urgency in his voice - the warehouse of the Wuguo Marquis Mansion was also robbed not long ago, and there was still no clue.

Bai Xianzhe glanced at Lan Zhenrong coldly without answering.

Upon seeing this, the ministers in the side hall understood what was happening - it seemed that the Prime Minister had suffered a loss this time. However, they were also curious about who was so capable as to loot the Prime Minister's residence overnight. Some ministers couldn't help but worry, wondering if it would be their own residence that was looted next time.

Seeing that it was getting late, the ministers hurriedly tidied their clothes, left the side hall, and filed into the Fengtian Hall.

"The Emperor has arrived—!"

Eunuch Fu's shrill voice came.

Amidst the cheers of "Long live the emperor", the emperor slowly walked up to the dragon throne and swept his eyes over his ministers.

"My dear ministers, please stand."

Eunuch Fu waved his whisk, and his shrill voice echoed in the hall: "If you have something to say, please report it. If not, please dismiss the court—"

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Xianzhe took a step forward to leave the group when he saw Crown Prince Mo Yufeng clasping his fists and bowing, with a hint of suppressed anger in his eyes, "Your son has something to report!"

The ministers looked at each other in bewilderment. They had been surprised to see the Crown Prince in the hall. Hadn't he gone to Huilong County with the First Prince to provide disaster relief? When had he quietly returned to the capital? And were the recent rumors in the capital true? Had the Crown Prince really been having an affair with a guard while providing disaster relief?

Bai Xianzhe retreated silently.

The emperor leaned forward slightly on the dragon throne, frowning slightly. "The Crown Prince just returned last night. Have the victims of the disaster in Huilong County been properly resettled?"

Upon hearing this, the minister was shocked. So that's how it is. The prince had actually returned last night. How come they hadn't heard anything about it?

"Thanks to your Majesty, the victims have been properly resettled." Mo Yufeng bowed deeply, a cold glint flashing in his eyes as he stood up. "But what I want to report today is another matter."

The hall suddenly fell silent. The emperor tapped the armrest of the dragon throne with his fingers and said, "Speak."

"My son was assassinated in Huilong County!" Mo Yufeng's voice suddenly rose. "And the mastermind behind this was none other than this Crown Prince who usually pretends to be indifferent!"

As soon as these words were spoken, the whole court was in an uproar, and the tablets in the hands of several old ministers almost fell to the ground.

"Absurd!" The Emperor slammed the table and stood up. "What exactly is going on? Tell me in detail."

The ministers were a little surprised. There had been no news in the court these days. Looking at the emperor's shocked expression, it was obvious that he was also unaware of the situation.

All of this was because Mo Liyuan blocked the news and deliberately gave the emperor a "surprise".

Mo Yufeng recounted the entire story in detail, not forgetting to add fuel to the fire.