Shangguan Wan Ning returned home in anger, but her anger was mostly gone after she thought about it.
It was also her fault that she was so blind at the time and made such a fuss in order not to marry Mu Jingrui, so it was understandable that the Mu brothers and sisters were suspicious of her behavior now.
The most important thing now is to find a way to rescue those poor girls imprisoned in Yingchun Tower.
Since Xiao Zhenting already knows that someone has escaped with his secret, he will definitely take measures, and maybe even kill someone to silence them.
Thinking of this, Shangguan Wanning felt a chill on her back.
"Miss, what's wrong with you? You haven't looked well since you came back from outside." Lu Tong came in with two maids, carrying water and snacks, and helped Shangguan Wan Ning to wash and dress.
Shangguan Wanning shook her head tiredly and rubbed her temples, seeming to be thinking about something.
"My lady, Madam asked me to remind you that you have to go to the palace to pay your respects to the Empress tomorrow morning."
According to court regulations, on the first and fifteenth day of every month, the wives of powerful officials in the court had to go to the palace to pay their respects.
Shangguan Wanning nodded nonchalantly.
Early the next morning, she took a carriage to the palace, and while waiting to be received by the Queen, she lied that she was not feeling well and left early.
She asked the coachman to take a detour and wait near Dongzhimen.
After searching for a while, he saw Mu Jingrui, an expressionless man, leaning against the corner of the wall. His deep eyes were calm as he stared at the ground in a daze.
"Jing..." Shangguan Wanning tiptoed forward and just as she put her hand on Mu Jingrui's shoulder, she felt a sharp pain, "It hurts!"
Mu Jingrui quickly let go, frowning. "Why are you so sneaky? I thought someone was attacking us."
Shangguan Wanning shook off Mu Jingrui's hand. Thinking of Mu Jingrui's attitude yesterday, she felt a surge of indignation, both new and old hatreds, in her heart.
"Hmph!" Shangguan Wanning stomped her foot, turned around and left.
Mu Jingrui grabbed her wrist in a hurry. He looked around and led her to another hidden corner.
"What do you want from me?" Mu Jingrui asked calmly.
Shangguan Wanning sighed secretly and stopped being willful. After all, business was more important.
"I thought about it all night last night. If I want to catch him red-handed, I must lead Xiao Zhenting to Yingchun Tower."
Mu Jingrui didn't expect Shangguan Wanning to think the same as Xiao Yujue.
He crossed his arms over his chest and looked at Shangguan Wanning with interest. "And then?"
"I want to ask Xiao Zhenting to meet me, then..."
"Do you want to save the people in Yingchun Tower, or do you want to go on a date with Xiao Zhenting?" Mu Jingrui's face darkened and he interrupted Shangguan Wanning.
Shangguan Wanning was stunned.
She saw the familiar anger in Mu Jingrui's eyes. She shuddered subconsciously.
"It's your own business if you want to date Xiao Zhenting. You don't need to make excuses in front of me, and you don't need to explain to me. However, you'd better not interfere in the affairs of Yingchun Tower."
Mu Jingrui's attitude suddenly turned cold.
Shangguan Wanning took a deep breath. "Do you think I asked Xiao Zhenting out... just to meet him?"
Mu Jingrui turned his head away and said nothing.
Shangguan Wanning felt a little sad. She was about to retort when Mu Jingrui pulled her towards the carriage and pushed her back into it.
"Take your eldest daughter back." Mu Jingrui looked at the angry Shangguan Wanning and said in a softer voice, "It will be dangerous. It's for your own good that I won't let you take care of it."
After Mu Jingrui finished speaking, he turned and left.
It was late at night, the moon was crescent-shaped, and the evening breeze was slightly cool.
Several dark shadows climbed over the wall of Yingchun Tower, knocked out the guards patrolling in the backyard, and set a fire near the firewood room in the backyard.
"It's on fire...it's on fire..."
The panicked shouts interrupted the singing and dancing in the front hall, and everyone rushed out drunkenly.
Those men and women who were originally immersed in the land of tenderness also ran out in dishevel, and the entire Yingchun Tower fell into chaos.
Mu Jingrui, dressed in black and covering his face with a black scarf, took several masters assigned to him by Xiao Yujue and headed straight for the dry well according to the route remembered by Mu Jingyan.
"Banned?"
Mu Jingrui pushed it twice but couldn't move it, so he simply gave up.
Because Mu Jingyan said that the exit of the secret passage was in the madam's room. He immediately led the others to rush over.
In the teahouse opposite Yingchun Tower, Xiao Zhenting sat in a private room on the second floor, sipping his daughter's red wine leisurely. Looking at the trembling people who escaped from Yingchun Tower, a ferocious smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.
"Second Prince, they are about to go in." The guard reported in a low voice.
"Hmph, I want them to be able to get in but not get out." Xiao Zhenting exerted a little force with his fingers, and the wine glass in his hand was crushed into pieces.
Mu Jingrui and his men easily defeated the guards at the entrance of the secret passage and walked in with torches in hand.
I don't know why, but Mu Jingrui always feels that something is wrong...
It seemed that it was too easy to get in. He always had an ominous premonition in his heart.
“Found it.”
Not far away, his men sent a signal and Mu Jingrui rushed over immediately. The scene in front of him made his heart tremble.
Dozens of girls with disheveled hair and ragged clothes huddled together in a corner, and when they saw the man suddenly appear, they burst into tears out of fear.
"We are here to save you, come out with us." Mu Jingrui couldn't stand the intertwined crying sounds. After he finished speaking, he winked at his men, signaling them to follow with the girls.
Everyone went back to the exit, only to find that it could no longer be opened.
"how so?"
Sure enough, the uneasiness I felt just now seemed to have come true.
Mu Jingrui tried many methods but failed to open it.
"Do you feel...it's getting hotter?"
I don't know who said this, but Mu Jingrui immediately became alert.
His hand gently pressed against the wall, and the scorching temperature had already given him the answer.
No wonder they got in so easily. It turned out that Xiao Zhenting had deliberately let them go, in order to lure them into a trap.
"What should we do? Will we die here... I don't want to die..."
"I don't want to die either. My parents are still waiting for me to return..."
Dozens of girls cried even louder.
Mu Jingrui's mind quickly flashed through the layout of Yingchun Tower. The secret passage they were in was actually a partition between several rooms. If Xiao Zhenting was on fire prevention on all sides, they...
Death is certain.
The temperature was getting higher and higher, and even if the fire didn't burn in, they would be steamed.
Mu Jingrui secretly condensed his true energy in his palm and decided to give it a try.
Faintly, he seemed to hear a strange noise.
With a "crash", a wall was chiseled open and a dozen young men rushed in.
Mu Jingrui rushed forward and protected the girls behind him.
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