No one dared to speak up, and Bai Mei didn't dare to agree either, for fear of saying the wrong thing and upsetting Xiao Shu'er.
"Investigate! Keep investigating! The fact that they were silenced means they've uncovered something incredible. That old woman and that little slut must have some earth-shattering secret!" Xiao Shu'er said with a ferocious expression, as if she could tear the person in front of her to shreds at any moment.
The scout hurriedly accepted the order and left, leaving Bai Mei and the other maids trembling and carefully serving them.
The broken teacup was cleaned up, and the maid brewed a new cup of tea and brought it to Xiao Shuer.
Xiao Shu'er seemed to be deep in thought. She picked up her glass, took a few sips, and then turned to Bai Mei to ask, "How is Cousin Hu Pin doing lately?"
Bai Mei immediately put on a smiling face and said, "Princess, don't you know? This..."
"If I knew, would I need to ask you?" Xiao Shu'er interrupted Bai Mei angrily.
Bai Mei dared not say anything, only bowing her head and flatteringly saying, "Yes, it was this servant's fault for being so foolish. General Hu was also punished by the Emperor and was dismissed and investigated."
"Dismissal and investigation? How's the investigation going?" Xiao Shu'er asked quickly.
Bai Mei said with difficulty, "This servant doesn't know either. I only know that Young Master Hu was dismissed from his post and investigated. As for what happened after that, this servant tried to find out, but I couldn't find out anything."
She looked at Xiao Shuer with a sincere expression, afraid that Xiao Shuer might get upset and punish her.
To everyone's surprise, Xiao Shu'er laughed instead of getting angry, nodded in satisfaction, and said cheerfully, "You startled me. I thought that my brother the emperor was so ruthless that he would directly cripple my cousin Hu Pin. I didn't expect that he still hasn't dealt with him. It seems that my brother the emperor still wants to keep him to deal with Meng Yuxiu."
Bai Mei heard every word clearly, but these were all matters of the royal family. She was a smart woman and dared not show off her intelligence in front of Xiao Shu'er, so she pretended to be confused.
Seeing this, Xiao Shu'er became somewhat impatient: "Alright, since that's the case, it means that the Emperor has tacitly forgiven Cousin Hu Pin. You should immediately bribe those guards in the Dali Temple to bring him out."
Bai Mei hesitated for a moment, then had no choice but to go.
The news of Hu Pin being taken out of the Dali Temple spread like wildfire, but the Emperor seemed not to have heard of it.
Meng Yuxiu knew the Emperor's meaning; he wanted to drop the matter and did not want to pursue it further.
Meng Yuxiu couldn't help but sneer, thinking that Hu Pin was probably still around and that he wanted to use Hu Pin to deal with him.
How could Hu Pin be a match for him? The Emperor chose someone who was obedient and easy to control, but he was really brainless.
“Princess…cousin…” Hu Ping said emotionally, his hands and body trembling slightly.
Looking at Hu Pin, whose hair was disheveled, who was covered in dirt, and whose beard was unkempt, Xiao Shu'er couldn't help but take two steps back.
She quickly suppressed her disgust, not daring to even reach out her hand, and said, "Cousin, are you... are you alright?"
She practically spat out those words through gritted teeth; those simple words brought Hu Pingxiang immense satisfaction.
A grown man, his eyes glistening with tears, looked as disheveled as a beggar.
He nodded repeatedly, wiping away his tears, and said, "I'm fine, I'm fine. I'm just glad to see you're alright."
Xiao Shuer forced a smile and instructed her maid, "Quickly take my cousin to bathe and change his clothes."
After Hu Pin followed the maid out the door, Bai Mei whispered to Xiao Shu'er, "Why did the Princess insist on personally welcoming him? Don't you trust me to handle things? I've certainly arranged everything for Young Master Hu."
"What do you know?" Xiao Shu'er rolled her eyes at her. "With Hu Pin, we won't have to do anything ourselves anymore. Although he's not very bright, he's still better than you brainless bunch."
Bai Mei dared not say anything more.
Three days passed quickly, and Chu Moyu's sword was repaired.
Meng Yuxiu seemed to have eyes that could see a thousand miles. As soon as Chang Lili finished repairing it, someone came to collect it.
As for where the longsword was sent afterward, and what Chu Moyu thought when he received it, Chang Lili had no say in that.
Unbeknownst to her, a short while later, the longsword was sent to the Drunken Immortal Pavilion in the capital.
As one of the top restaurants in the capital, Zuixianlou is packed with customers today.
Meng Yuxiu sat leisurely in the private room upstairs, looking out at the street where people came and went, and the noise was endless. The faint aroma of tea filled the entire room.
A person pushed open the door and entered. He was dressed in black, which covered his tall and slender body. He had broad shoulders and a narrow waist, and his legs were long and well-proportioned. But what was more eye-catching than his figure was his face with bright eyes and white teeth, which was androgynous.
His eyes sparkled like stars, his skin was flawless like white jade, and half of his jet-black hair was casually tied up with a crown, while the other half slanted down. His thin, pale red lips parted slightly, and a clear, melodious voice rang out: "I wonder what brings the General here? Is it to watch the bustling traffic outside the window?"
Chu Moyu sat down opposite Meng Yuxiu without any hesitation. The teacup on the table was still warm, and he picked it up and drank without any ceremony.
"Isn't Deputy Commander Chu afraid that I will poison him?" Meng Yuxiu looked at Chu Moyu with a smug expression, but there was a hidden murderous intent in his eyes.
Chu Moyu picked up the teacup in surprise: "Oh? Poisoned? I thought that a person as upright as the general would just stab me directly, but thinking about it carefully, the general was feeding poison to the princess before, so it is not impossible that he would poison me now."
Meng Yuxiu's eyes were filled with murderous intent, and his knuckles were clenched so tightly they turned white, but his expression remained unchanged.
"I invited you here to ask what your true intentions are," he said in a deep voice, his gaze as unfathomable as a cold pool.
"Intentions? What makes you say that, General? I am just a lowly deputy commander of the Imperial Guards. How could I dare to have any intentions towards you, General?" Chu Moyu leaned back in his chair, his arrogant and alluring aura completely natural.
Meng Yuxiu looked out the window at the street, a half-smile on his face: "You know what I'm asking. Before, when I saved Lili, you tried every means to stop me. I thought you were one of Consort Lan or Xiao Shuer's men, but you didn't seem to be. Now that you're getting close to Lili, what is your purpose?"
Chu Moyu smiled, his lips and brows revealing an undisguised arrogance.
"What could I possibly want by approaching her, a young and vigorous man like myself, a girl in the prime of her life who is also quite special?" Chu Moyu asked provocatively.
The murderous intent in Meng Yuxiu's eyes surged like a raging wave.
He said in a deep and imposing voice, "Chu Moyu, if that's all you've got in mind, we wouldn't have met here." As he spoke, he pushed the long sword in his hand forward. "This sword is the one I destroyed that rainy night. You probably know better than anyone why I was in the palace late at night. If you hadn't repeatedly stopped me from finding evidence, how could Lili have almost lost her life?"
Chu Moyu remained nonchalant, saying calmly, "Back then, I was just testing the General. Heroes have always found it hard to resist the charms of a beautiful woman. I wanted to know how far the General would go for that woman."
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