Mu Wanyao stepped into Princess Luling's mansion.
The night rain continued, and everyone else in the Princess' palace had rested. Only Princess Luling changed her clothes again, and watched Mu Wanyao, wearing a veil, lead her guards and stride into the main hall.
The guards at the Princess's residence were on high alert, and the guards brought by Mu Wanyao had their hands on the hilts of their swords. The two sides faced off in the rain, and the tense situation was about to explode.
Princess Luling looked at her niece carefully.
In the past, she was also a young princess who was brought up with great love and care. If anyone made fun of Mu Wanyao at that time, she would cry with red eyes... At that time, the princess could never have imagined that one day, Mu Wanyao would walk into her mansion with her back straight, striding forward without fear.
The eldest princess: "Yaoyao, you brought soldiers into my mansion, what are you doing?"
Mu Wan tilted her chin upwards. Mu Li lifted a corner of the curtain, revealing her face hidden behind the gauze curtain.
Mu Wan looked at the princess with dark eyes: "Aunt, my cat is lost, I am here to look for it. This cat is new to me and I have been doting on it recently. Aunt has loved me since I was a child, please love me a little more and let me find my cat."
The princess stared at her and smiled thoughtfully: "How could your cat run into my territory? Yaoyao can't take care of his own things, and it seems meaningless to look for them afterwards."
Mu Wanyao said, "I don't care about other things, and I don't have the ability to do that. I just want to find my cat. My aunt and I are family, and blood is thicker than water. I don't want to embarrass my aunt, but I also ask her to consider my face.
"There's no need to start a big fight or brandish swords or guns. My aunt and I will settle this matter privately. It's best not to alert others. It's just a kitten. What do you think, aunt?"
The eldest princess stared at her for a long while, her eyes flickering slightly.
They were talking about cats, but the aunt and niece knew very well that it was not just cats.
Mu Wanyao was unwilling to confront the eldest princess head-on, but why would the eldest princess be willing to confront Mu Wanyao head-on? Her favor was given by her brother, and Mu Wanyao was once his favorite little daughter. Now... the prince seemed to be treating Mu Wanyao well.
Princess Luling didn't care much about it at first, but what Yan Shang said to her tonight made her terrified and frightened. She couldn't help but worry about where she would go if her brother was gone...
This hesitation made the eldest princess's momentum much more restrained than before.
For a moment, she was actually glad that Yan Shang had left and she had not made any serious mistake.
The princess asked Mu Wanyao: "Are you just looking for a cat?"
Mu Wan shook her head and said affirmatively: "Just looking for a cat."
The princess stared at her niece for a moment and nodded to her guards: "Cooperate with the guards and lead them to find the cat. You must find it. I want to see when there is a cat in my house."
She looked at Mu Wan and smiled: "Yaoyao, come with me to the main hall to have a drink and wait for your cat?"
Mu Wanyao observed her aunt's expression. Seeing that she looked calm and composed, she couldn't tell where she had hidden Yan Shang.
But it didn't matter. As long as her guards searched, there would always be clues. She didn't expect to find Yan Shanglai from the princess. Even if she wanted to, Princess Luling would not let her do so.
Mu Wanyao made such a big fuss, in fact, she wanted to force the princess to let Yan Shang go. She wanted the princess to be cautious and not to have any thoughts about Yan Shang tonight or in the future.
The two groups of people in the mansion went to search for a cat, while Mu Wanyao followed the princess to the main hall to have a drink. Although they were drinking, the aunt and niece did not speak, and the atmosphere was cold.
The princess was absent-minded. She wondered why Yan Shang gave her that kind of advice, and where Yan Shang was now, and whether he would cooperate with Mu Wanyao to defeat her. She was restless, looking at the rain outside from time to time, and asked several times if the cat had been found.
Mu Wanyao was calmer than the eldest princess. Even though she was anxious, she sat here steadily to restrain her aunt, so that even if her guards could not find Yan Shang, they could find other clues.
Just when she was in such torment, in the middle of the night in the heavy rain, another maid came to report that someone wanted to see her.
The eldest princess was annoyed: "No!"
The maid said timidly, "It's Wei Qilang, who's here to look for Princess Danyang."
The princess was stunned, wondering where Wei Qilang came from. Mu Wanyao had already opened her mouth in surprise: "Why did Juyuan come here to see me? Let him in quickly."
Mu Wan shook her head and explained to the princess, "I invited Juyuan to my house for dinner tonight. Unfortunately, my cat was lost, so I went out to look for it. I asked Juyuan to stay at my house and wait for me. I don't know why he is here."
Princess Luling stared at Mu Wanyao and instinctively felt that something was wrong, but she had nothing to say.
After a while, cold wind wrapped in rain came into the room, and the lights in the hall flickered slightly.
Wei Shu has already stepped into the main hall of the Princess's Mansion.
Princess Luling stared at this beautiful boy who looked like pure snow. It was not because of Wei Shu's beauty, after all... Wei Shu was too young. Princess Luling was watching what tricks Wei Shu and Danyang were playing.
After Wei Shu greeted the princess, he told Mu Wanyao, "Your Highness, why haven't you returned yet? The Crown Prince has sent someone to take you to the palace to discuss some government affairs with you."
Your Royal Highness.
Princess Luling's eyelids twitched, she felt a little panicked, and changed her sitting position.
Mu Wanyao looked at Wei Shu in surprise: "The main palace is under confinement now, why did His Royal Highness the Crown Prince ask me to come to the palace so late at night? What government affairs are you so anxious about?"
Wei Shu replied: "It's probably about the Ministry of Revenue's lack of money that we talked about last time. Didn't Your Highness ask the Crown Prince about it? The Crown Prince probably remembered some important information at the last minute and wanted Your Highness to go and listen in person."
Mu Wan frowned and said, "But I'm still looking for the cat..."
Princess Luling interrupted: "Yaoyao, what's so important about a cat? Since the prince is looking for you, go to the palace. Don't keep him waiting for too long."
Princess Luling was wary of the Crown Prince.
Because she didn't touch government affairs at all in order to make the emperor feel at ease. But at the same time, Princess Luling was instinctively afraid of the crown prince because he might control her fate in the future. What's more, the crown prince was a man with many thoughts and schemes... Princess Luling never dared to confront the crown prince.
Mu Wanyao hasn't spoken yet.
Wei Shu thought of something else: "Your Highness, please come with me. The Crown Prince also wants Yan Erlang to come to the palace, but when I went to the next door and knocked on the door, Yan Erlang was not there. How strange."
Mu Wanyao was surprised: "It's raining so hard, why doesn't he stay at home? Is he out wandering around? Let's go find him. The prince wants to see him, and I can't do anything about it."
Yan Erlang!
Princess Luling's eyelids twitched again.
Mu Wanyao's mention of the Crown Prince had already made her nervous, and now Yan Erlang was related to the Crown Prince... The Princess stroked her teacup nervously and laughed dryly, "Yan Erlang? Is he the third place winner?"
Mu Wan looked over and asked: "Aunt remember him?"
Princess Luling said vaguely, "I just had a quick glance at you at the banquet that day, and you rejected that man's marriage... Who can forget Yan Er's elegance?"
Mu Wanyao said, "When I rejected the marriage proposal that day, I didn't expect that he would move in as a neighbor... The prince wanted to see him, and I couldn't stop him."
Princess Luling smiled reluctantly.
She could see that Mu Wanyao and Yan Shang were probably close, not just about rejecting an engagement. Tonight Mu Wanyao said she was looking for a cat, but she had just taken Yan Shang away... Mu Wanyao's timing for looking for a cat was really too good.
However, many things become meaningless if they are not explained out loud.
Princess Luling has already started to urge: "Since the Crown Prince is looking for you, I won't stay here."
Mu Wanyao seemed reluctant and was still in deep thought when the guards came in despite the rain. The guard was holding a snow-white kitten in his arms and said to the two princesses inside: "Your Highness, we found the cat!"
Mu Wan was delighted, took her cat from Fang Tong's arms, and kissed it happily for a long time. She then turned back to the gloomy Princess Luling, said goodbye to her, and said that she was going to the palace to see the prince.
Mu Wan walked away without hesitation, as if she had come to find the cat tonight.
Princess Luling called her, "Shake it."
Mu Wan shook her head, her face bright, her eyes cold, and she asked nonchalantly: "Hmm?"
Princess Luling said slowly, "You and I are aunt and niece, and we are blood relatives after all. Auntie asks you a question, and I hope you will tell me the truth. What is your relationship with Yan Erlang?"
Mu Wan shook her eyes and opened them slightly. Her charming cat-like eyes were exactly the same as the lazy kitten in her arms.
She seemed extremely surprised why the princess asked this. After thinking for a long time, Mu Wan shook her head and said, "He and I have nothing to do with each other. The prince likes him."
The princess pressed the issue: "Does the prince really like him?"
Mu Wan paused and thought, could it be that Yan Shang had a chat with the eldest princess? Did Yan Shang say anything to the eldest princess?
Mu Wanyao couldn't judge, so she just nodded vaguely.
Seeing that the eldest princess seemed to be thinking about something, he waved his hand and let her go.
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Mu Wanyao and Wei Shu left the princess's palace. As soon as they went out, Mu Wanyao threw the cat in her arms to Guard Fang.
She gritted her teeth and said, "This cat actually scratched me several times. It pissed me off."
Even though he complained like this, he didn't forget the important matter.
As Mu Wanyao walked towards the carriage, she whispered to Wei Shu: "No matter what happens to Yan Shang, after what I did just now, my aunt will definitely not dare to let Yan Shang stay in her house. I brought up the prince many times and emphasized it, and Yan Shang's crisis has been resolved."
Wei Shu nodded, but said, "But didn't Your Highness let Brother Yan take sides without knowing it?"
Mu Wan shook her head and said contemptuously, "It's okay. My aunt is very timid. She only plays with men and doesn't dare to touch anything related to politics. She has no place to verify the truth of my words."
After a pause, Mu Wan shook her head and said, "But in order to prevent her from getting suspicious and to make her make up her mind to let Yan Shang go, you can take my carriage, take my badge, and go to the palace gate. You don't have to really go to the palace to see the prince, just go around and make my aunt think that the prince really summoned me tonight."
Wei Shu asked: "Where is your highness going?"
Mu Wan bit her lower lip and whispered, "I'll go back to the princess's mansion to keep watch. If my aunt says that Yan Shang will go back, I have to go back to the princess's mansion to see if it's true or not."
As she spoke, Mu Wan looked at Fang Tong, signaling Fang Tong to bring the horse to her. Standing in the heavy rain, her shoulders and clothes were soaked with rain, but only Mu Li blocked the water from her face.
When Mu Wanyao was about to mount her horse and leave, Wei Shu gently pulled her hand.
Muwan shook her head and looked at him.
Wei Shu looked at her and said softly, "Your Highness has become much calmer than before."
Mu Wanyao was startled, thinking that she was so calm tonight, and she also learned it from someone... Mu Wanyao just said: "I will grow up."
She got on the horse and confirmed with Wei Shu again. Wei Shu got on her carriage, and the carriage and the guards left the Princess's residence. Halfway through, Mu Wanyao and Wei Shu split up and acted separately.
In order to paralyze the princess, Mu Wanyao left all the people to Wei Shu and asked her people to march in front of the palace gate. He just rode alone and quickly returned to the princess's mansion.
Even though she thought that Princess Luling would let Yan Shang go after such a commotion... Mu Wanyao still had to confirm it in person before she could feel at ease.
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The horses galloped into the alley, and the rain was as heavy as frost and torrential rain!
"Gee!" Mu Wan leaned back on the horse's back and suddenly tightened the reins.
She had already ridden her horse into the alley where the princess's residence was located. The rain was pouring down, and she could vaguely see a person walking ahead.
The man walked in the rain, his long hair half tied up, his sleeves soaked. His sleeves drooped to the ground, and he seemed to be walking very slowly with great difficulty. Upon closer inspection, his steps were weak, his back was even trembling slightly, and he looked cold and stiff...
Mu Wanyao immediately dismounted: "Yan Shang!"
The man seemed not to hear her voice and continued walking.
Mu Wan was surprised. She jumped off her horse and walked quickly towards the man with his back to her without holding his horse. She approached him from behind, grabbed his hand and held him back: "Yan Shang!"
He turned his head.
It is indeed a good saying.
But...Mu Wanyao was surprised.
Yin Yanshang lowered his eyes, and raindrops fell from his thick black eyelashes. His clothes were soaked, and his long hair was not tied up as usual, but half of it was loose, with a few strands of hair sticking to his face. He was usually upright and polite, and his pace was measured, but when Mu Wan shook his hand, he came back to his senses.
He lifted his eyelids, and his inky black eyes looked over at him, with tiny traces of blood in his eyes. Even his lips were trembling slightly, and looked extremely pale.
He looked extremely haggard and something was not right.
He calmed down for a moment, as if he had just recognized Mu Wanyao.
Under the rain, Yan Shang stared at Mu Wan for a long time, forced a smile, and said in a hoarse voice: "...Your Highness?"
Mu Wan frowned and shook her head in confusion, realizing that the boy's hand she was holding was extremely hot.
She pursed her lips and briefly explained the situation: "Wei Shu said that something happened to you, so he and I went to the Princess's residence to look for you. But it seems that you are more resourceful than us, and you came out first. You are very resourceful."
Yan Shang stared at her, stunned and surprised.
His condition was already very bad, he looked haggard and weak, but when Mu Wanyao stood in front of him, she could only see that he seemed to be distracted and could not tell what was going on with him.
After a while, she heard him whisper, "You went to the Princess's mansion to look for me? Why did you go there to look for me?"
Mu Wanyao said, "...Of course it's because the princess has intentions towards you. Are you willing to fall into her hands?"
Yan Shang looked down at her.
He was stunned: "But what does this have to do with you?"
Mu Wan shook: "..."
She suddenly felt that he was so wrong. He actually spoke to her in such a tone... Normally, shouldn't he thank her for saving him? Why did his tone sound so questioning? After taking off the polite and polite layer, Yan Shang seemed to not understand why she was meddling in other people's business.
This is obviously his business, why should she get involved in this mess?
Yan Shang said: "You still can't afford to offend the eldest princess. Have you forgotten what I said?"
Mu Wan shook his face and looked gloomy.
Said: "It is Wei Shu who should take care of you, not me."
Yan Shang stood in the rain, the rain splashing on his face. He was quiet and began to daydream again.
Mu Wanyao began to feel angry and uncomfortable. It was as if she had done a good deed, but he didn't appreciate it. Instead, he looked at her like a monster... It would have been fine if he just looked at her, but he was distracted while looking at her...
Mu Wan tried to suppress her anger, thinking to herself, I did this tonight because of Wei Shu's advice. Under normal circumstances, I would not care about you.
Mu Wan shook off the hand that was holding Yan Shang's, turned her back and faced the gate of her princess mansion.
She said very coldly: "Since you are fine, go back and rest. I will ask someone to notify Wei Shu..."
She walked forward, trying to enter her own residence. But a hand reached out from behind and grabbed her wrist. She was pulled around and faced Yan Shang again.
Mu Wan shook his head angrily: "What are you doing...Yan Shang!"
He fell towards her.
Mu Wanyao was horrified and she threw her arms around him, but she fell to the ground with him, and sat in the rain with him in her arms. He slid down, and his hot lips brushed her neck. Mu Wanyao shuddered all over, and he pressed his forehead against her neck and closed his eyes.
He only had time to murmur: "I can't do it anymore... shake."
Mu Wanyao sat on the ground, blankly holding his extremely stiff and collapsed body. His forehead was against her neck, and his eyelashes brushed the soft skin on her neck, making her blush and feel lost.
Mu Wan shook her head in anger and anxiety: "Who told you to call me 'Yaoyao'? You...what's wrong with you?! What did your aunt do to you? Why is your body so hot...Yan Shang, Yan Shang!"
The rain was pouring down, and the fields were dark. In the quiet alley, Yan Shang had already leaned against her and had completely passed out.
His lips were pale, and there was obvious red bloodshot in his closed eyes. He fell into her arms, cold and hot at the same time.
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