The candlelight hit Li Shengyi.
It’s obvious that her height is not even as high as Meng Jiuan’s waist.
The candlelight stretched her shadow longer and longer.
Just like his mother's shadow that year...
He hugged the little carrot-head standing beside him in his arms, and Meng Jiuan rubbed his forehead against her shoulder.
Soon, his hoarse voice was heard.
"I'm useless. I didn't protect Yuan Qing well. It's all my fault. Everything is my fault..."
Li Shengyi was about to say something to ask him to get up and cheer up, but he swallowed it back quietly.
She frowned and looked at the figure in front of her, who was still tall even though he was sitting on the ground.
For some reason, she always felt that his words were not about Qin Songmo's disappearance today, but about something else.
She pursed her lips for a moment, blinked, and patted his shoulder. Then she wrinkled her nose and said disdainfully, "Since you know it's your fault, there's still time to make amends."
"If anything happens to my dad, I'll deduct points from your impression. You want me to be your daughter, right? I'll ignore you after all the points are deducted!"
Meng Jiuan didn't know what "impression points" meant, he only knew that he wanted Little Radish Head to be his daughter.
With red eyes, he raised his head from her arms, and there was a hint of grievance in his voice. "Don't deduct points, I will make it up to you."
As he spoke, he had already gotten up from the ground.
Looking at the dust on his body, he clapped his hands, wiped them on clean clothes, and then stretched out his big palm towards the person next to him.
"Just now, Yun Bixian took advantage of Yuan Qing's excessive drinking and asked the servants to take him downstairs to rest. Yuan Qing was not drunk and went to the toilet."
When Meng Jiuan raised his head again, his eyes were fixed on Yun Bixian.
In Yun Bixin's impression, Meng Jiuan is a madman who disregards the overall situation and is a warrior with only strength but no brains.
But now in front of Li Shengyi, he has become different from before.
A hint of impatience flashed across his brows, and Yun Bixian said in a deep voice, "General Meng must have misunderstood. I just asked the servant to take Master Qin to the toilet."
"General Meng was drunk, so it's normal that he didn't hear what I said."
If it were the Meng Jiuan of the past, he would definitely draw his sword and force Yun Bi to tell the truth, otherwise he would resort to violence.
Now Meng Jiuan is holding Li Shengyi in his hand, just like a mad dog with a bite guard on its head and a leash tied around its neck.
As soon as Yun Bixian finished speaking, he no longer rushed forward impulsively, but just stared at the person in front of him with a pair of eyes filled with fierceness.
Li Shengyi held on tightly to the person next to her. After hearing what Yun Bixian said, confusion appeared on her little face.
"Lord Yun said he would have a servant take my father to the toilet, but my father has not returned yet."
"Could it be that my father drank too much and fell into the toilet and couldn't get out? Since Lord Yun said that he has no guilty conscience, why can't he let us go find my father?"
"A drunk man, like General Meng, has no control over his limbs. We're just worried about my father, right?"
When Meng Jiuan saw her turn her head to look at him, he nodded immediately, "That's right, we are just worried about Yuan Qing."
"Is Lord Yun afraid or unable to allow this general to search for Yuan Qing in the Scholar's Mansion? Could it be that Lord Yun has done something shameful that he cannot let anyone, not even His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, know about?"
Even though I know this is a provocation.
Yun Bixin couldn't refute it either.
Li Shengyi and Meng Jiuan blocked his way.
If he gritted his teeth and insisted on not letting them look for Qin Songmo, it would definitely arouse suspicion.
But if they find it...
Chu Huaiyuan stood aside silently from beginning to end.
Yun Bixian had been silent for a while, but he finally stood up and said, "Let's go look for him by the toilet first. If we can't find him, let's all look for him in the mansion together."
"A man as important as Prime Minister Qin can't be lost in the scholar's residence, right?"
Even Chu Huaiyuan said so. If Yun Bixin resisted again, it would be rebellion.
He gritted his teeth and glanced at Li Shengyi. Just when he was about to look away, he saw a tall figure in front of Li Shengyi.
Looking up along the figure, Yun Bixian saw that it was Meng Jiuan standing in front of Li Shengyi. He was so angry that he almost bit his back teeth.
He clasped his hands together and whispered "yes".
Qingfeng had run to bring back the servant who had taken His Royal Highness the Crown Prince to the toilet.
At this time, the servant had already woken up and saw that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still standing in front of him, and the garden where the guests were being entertained was a mess.
Also, when the master was staring at him with an ugly expression, the servant's heart skipped a beat and his lips trembled, and he didn't even wait for the master to speak or ask questions.
He fell to his knees with a thud.
"I know I was wrong, and I won't do it again!"
Meng Jiuan was about to go to the toilet to look for someone.
Seeing Qingfeng coming back with a servant, the latter knelt down and kowtowed to admit his mistake, which made him stop suddenly.
One hand easily grabbed the servant's collar, and he said in a deep voice, "What did you do wrong?"
The servant was shocked by Meng Jiuan's actions. His whole body was shaking and he couldn't even speak clearly.
Impatience flashed in his eyes, and Meng Jiuan gritted his teeth and asked him again, "What did you do wrong?!"
The servant was so frightened by the murderous intent in his eyes that cold sweat broke out on his forehead.
He first turned his head to look at His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and after he tremblingly withdrew his gaze, everyone listened to him speak.
"I didn't dare to covet the jade on His Royal Highness's waist. I thought His Royal Highness was just drunk..."
lie!
When Meng Jiuan heard the servant say that he wanted to steal the jade from the Crown Prince's waist, he was so angry that he almost cursed.
Even a simple-minded person like him knew that the servant was lying. These words were obviously a collusion between him and Yun Bixin.
After grinding his back teeth, his gaze fell on Yun Bixian again.
The latter was staring at the servant with a frown, and when he noticed a murderous gaze falling on him, he turned his head and saw Meng Jiuan staring at him.
He 'reluctantly' curled the corners of his lips towards Meng Jiuan, and seeing the angry expression on his face again, Yun Bixian lowered his eyelids and hid the triumphant smile in his eyes.
Li Shengyi was standing next to Meng Jiuan and saw that he was about to lose control of his emotions again.
Puzzled, she tugged at his sleeve again, "Put this person here first, Master Lin. Please take care of him for a while."
"After General Meng and I find my father, this man will be of some use."
The person named was the President of the Hanlin Academy, Lord Lin.
He is also Lin Miaomiao's biological father.
Lord Lin actually did not listen to Li Shengyi's words.
But this servant is related to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and as a member of the Crown Prince's party, he naturally dare not slack off.
After handing the servant over, Li Shengyi turned around and looked at Meng Jiuan.
In the candlelight, she stretched out her little hand to him and said, "Come on, I'll take you to make up for the mistake you made this time."
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