Taiping rift 423. Xiaobao is punished

Mo Suiyun returned to his room and immediately closed the door. He lifted the quilt and stuffed himself in, hiding under the thick quilt and shivering. He was not a person who smiled lightly, but he believed that all his brothers and sisters had the same deep impression of this Uncle Li. Back in the palace in Nanjing, they saw with their own eyes how Mo Jingli tortured Mo Suyun. And his sinister eyes that swept towards them from time to time, each of which left a deep shadow on the young Mo Suiyun at that time. This time... Mo Suiyun shook violently and hugged the quilt even tighter. Just now he clearly felt that Mo Jingli was not just threatening him, but really wanted to kill her.

"No... no, I can't die... I can't die..." Mo Suiyun murmured in a low voice, "What should I do... What should I do?" Trick Mo Yichen out and let Mo Jingli kill him? Mo Suiyun shook his head fiercely. Although he didn't like Mo Yichen, he subconsciously regarded him as a future enemy. But now... he is not qualified to be compared with Mo Yichen and Prince Ding's Mansion. Therefore, his current enemy is definitely not Mo Yichen. And Prince Ding... the scary Prince Ding in white clothes and white hair. If he killed Mo Yichen... Mo Suiyun couldn't help shaking again, no... he must not offend Prince Ding! But... what should he do?

"Who wants you dead?" A grinning voice came into his ears. Mo Suiyun was stunned for a moment, and after a while he came to his senses and suddenly lifted the quilt, and saw Mo Xiaobao sitting by the bed with a smile on his face, looking at him curiously, "Why are you here?!" Seeing Mo Xiaobao, Mo Suiyun's face turned pale. He quickly stood up and wanted to see if there was anyone outside. Mo Xiaobao tilted his head and smiled, "Don't worry, there's no one outside."

Mo Suiyun breathed a sigh of relief and stared at Mo Xiaobao in a trance. Mo Xiaobao didn't care either, he sat leisurely and watched Mo Suiyun standing beside the bed in a daze. In fact, Mo Xiaobao also knew that compared to Mo Suiyun, he was definitely happy. At least he grew up happily under the protection of everyone from childhood to adulthood, instead of growing up in fear in the harem like Mo Suiyun, and now being manipulated like a puppet by the courtiers and dignitaries of Da Chu. Under such circumstances, Mo Suiyun was still able to carefully hide his thoughts, no wonder his father looked at him differently.

Mo Suiyun was also looking at Mo Xiaobao, struggling in his heart. He knew that Mo Jingli might not have left yet. If he asked someone to come now... Soon, Mo Suiyun shook his head. Mo Xiaobao would never come here alone. Even if he was naughty, the people in Prince Ding's mansion would protect him secretly. Even if Mo Jingli killed Mo Yuchen, they would be the ones who would bear Prince Ding's anger in the end. Unless... Mo Jingli could kill Prince Ding! But, could Mo Jingli kill Prince Ding? Of course not. If Mo Jingli had this ability, he would not be the emperor now.

So... Mo Yuchen cannot be harmed! At least, Mo Yuchen cannot be allowed to die here!

"Go! Go quickly!" Mo Suiyun came to his senses and pulled Mo Xiaobao towards the window.

Mo Xiaobao looked at him in surprise and said, "What are you doing? I came to play with you and you chased me away like this?" Mo Suiyun said angrily, "I'm not feeling well today, you go first!"

The more anxious he was, the more relaxed Mo Xiaobao became. He smiled and lay on the table and said, "If you feel uncomfortable, just take a rest. I won't disturb you." Mo Suiyun was so anxious that he almost wanted to cry. If he didn't have the ability, he would have wanted to pick up Mo Xiaobao and throw him out. Mo Xiaobao gently fluttered his long eyelashes, looked at him with a smile, and said slowly, "Why are you so anxious? It seems like you are afraid that others will know that I am here. Don't worry, this is Licheng. Even if King Yu knows that I came here secretly, he will not do anything to me."

Prince Yu is nothing! Mo Suiyun cursed in his heart: "Anyway, leave quickly! I don't want to play with you today."

"I just want to play with you, why don't we go out and play?" Mo Xiaobao's eyes lit up and he said with a smile.

"Young Master Mo, can you please go back first?" Mo Suiyun couldn't help but groan. Whose life was he risking? Mo Xiaobao raised his handsome eyebrows, patted Mo Suiyun's shoulder, and laughed softly, "Okay, I won't tease you. Brother, tell me if you have any difficulties. Is there anything in Licheng that this master can't handle?" Mo Xiaobao looked like they were brothers and he would help his brother at all costs.

Mo Suiyun glanced at Mo Xiaobao with some disdain. What could such a little kid who was shorter than him and only knew how to play do? Don't let Mo Jingli know that he is here, and then he will be thankful if he is killed by Mo Jingli. Mo Suiyun said unhappily: "Anyway, you leave quickly!"

Seeing that he was unwilling to speak, Mo Xiaobao no longer forced himself and shrugged, "Then I'll go back first. If you have anything, please have someone come to Prince Ding's mansion to find me."

"I know, let's go!" Seeing that he was finally willing to go, Mo Suiyun naturally agreed, and pushed him to the window. Mo Xiaobao slapped his hand away angrily and said, "It's enough to go to a place once. If I go to the window again, I will be caught?" Walking to a corner of the room, Mo Xiaobao jumped up to the wall to gain leverage, and then sat steadily on the beam. Turning back and waving at Mo Suiyun, Mo Xiaobao crawled out from the roof that had been opened at some point.

Seeing Mo Xiaobao showing off his Qinggong skills, Mo Suiyun was still stunned. Although he had seen many people with better Qinggong skills than Mo Xiaobao, those people were much older than Mo Xiaobao. It was no wonder that Mo Xiaobao dared to sneak into the Da Chu Inn in broad daylight when he was so young. Finally, Mo Xiaobao was sent away, and Mo Suiyun secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"Your Majesty." Mo Jingyu's voice came from outside the door. Mo Suiyun's body froze for a moment but soon recovered. He walked over and opened the door. "Uncle Yu." Mo Jingyu stood at the door and looked at Mo Suiyun in surprise and said, "Why is the door locked?"

Mo Suiyun bit his lip and whispered, "Uncle Yu, I...I..."

Mo Jingyu looked at him knowingly and asked, "Are you afraid?" Mo Suiyun nodded heavily. Mo Jingyu sighed helplessly and said, "Now that things have come to this, we have no choice but to do it. Your Majesty, you are not a child anymore. You should understand many things."

Mo Suiyun's face darkened, and he whispered, "I understand, Uncle Yu. Is Uncle Li... Uncle Li gone?"

"Gone!" Mo Jingyu said in a deep voice. When he mentioned Mo Jingli, his face didn't look good either. He cursed in a low voice, "That lunatic! Who knows what he's going to do now! Your Majesty, don't be afraid. The day after tomorrow... you just need to follow your uncle's method, and nothing will happen."

Mo Suiyun nodded obediently, "I understand, Uncle Wang."

Seeing his listless look, Mo Jingyu knew that he must have been very frightened just now. Among the remaining princes of Mo Jingqi, Mo Suiyun's performance was already pretty good. If it was the already collapsed Mo Suyun who encountered such a thing, I'm afraid he would have been scared and cried loudly.

"Uncle Wang won't bother you anymore, just have a good rest." Mo Jingyu said softly.

"Yes, Uncle Wang." Mo Suiyun said in a low voice.

Mo Jingyu patted Mo Suiyun on the shoulder and turned to walk out. Seeing Mo Jingyu leave, Mo Suiyun breathed a sigh of relief, closed the door, looked back at the roof which was no longer unusual, and threw himself back into the thick quilt.

On the roof of Mo Suiyun's room, two thin figures were lying motionless. Because they chose a location just under the carved eaves of the roof and there were branches blocking the way, if someone hadn't climbed up to the roof and walked over to them, they wouldn't have been discovered at all. Mo Xiaobao lay on the roof without any image, smiling and said, "So that's how it is."

Qin Lie rolled his eyes at him and whispered, "Are you still not leaving? Didn't you hear that Mo Jingli is right here?" Mo Xiaobao said with some regret, "It's a pity that we found out too late. Everyone has already run away."

"Could it be that the young master is planning to lead the way and capture that guy himself?" Qin Lie sneered sarcastically.

Mo Xiaobao rolled his eyes. "Have you heard that Mo Jingli is very good at martial arts? I don't believe that he brought guards with him when he sneaked into the inn? If we just send people to chase him, how can we be afraid that we can't catch him when we have more people?"

Qin Lie shrugged and said, "The plan is good, but the person is gone. How long do we have to lie down?" Mo Xiaobao looked up at the sky and said embarrassedly, "We have to wait until dark at least, right?" If they were caught, although their lives would not be in danger if they were discovered in broad daylight, they would definitely be alarmed.

Qin Lie said nothing, raised his eyebrows and said, "Mo Suiyun doesn't seem to want to follow Mo Jingyu's wishes."

Mo Xiaobao touched his chin and said, "As long as he is not completely stupid, he will not be willing." Mo Jingyu was caught by Mo Jingli, but Mo Suiyun was not. Why should he accompany Mo Jingyu to die? No matter whether he succeeds in the end, he will die for sure. "Mo Xiaobao lay on the roof with his chin in his hand, lost in thought. Seeing his strange smile, Qin Lie smoothed the goose bumps on his arm speechlessly and asked, "What do you want to do now?" "Qin Lie deeply felt that being sent to accompany the young prince in the Dingwang Mansion was a huge test from God. Young Prince Mo had a changeable temperament, and he was quick to act. He loved to provoke the Dingwang, and he was defeated repeatedly. He never tired of this. That was fine, but his bold and unpredictable behavior was testing his heart all the time.

Mo Xiaobao poked Qin Lie with a smile and said, "Do you think we can persuade the little emperor down there to rebel?"

Qin Lie looked up at the sky and said calmly: "People use you as an imaginary enemy. Do you think you can turn him against them?"

"It's different." Mo Xiaobao said: "My mother said that there are no eternal friends or eternal enemies in the world, only eternal interests. Mo Suiyun doesn't want to go against Ding Wangfu now. He won't get any benefit if he goes against Ding Wangfu now, and he will suffer a great loss. In this case, why can't he cooperate with us? The enemy of my enemy is my friend. I think if he has to choose a side, he would definitely choose to cooperate with Ding Wangfu."

"It's a pity that I just pushed you out." Qin Lie reminded slowly.

Mo Xiaobao raised his hand and scratched his head, frowned and thought for a long time before saying, "He doesn't believe me." He had overacted before. In Mo Suiyun's eyes, he was probably just a kid who knew nothing and only knew how to eat, drink and have fun.

"So what do you want to do?" Qin Lie asked. Mo Xiaobao said, "You wait here, I'll go down later." Qin Lie knew that he couldn't argue with Mo Xiaobao, so he lay there silently, watching Mo Xiaobao peel off the glazed tiles that he had just put back piece by piece again, and then jumped down from the small hole again.

When night fell, Mo Xiaobao returned to Prince Ding's mansion with Qin Lie in a happy mood. As soon as they entered the house, they saw Uncle Mo standing at the door waiting for them, looking at them with a sympathetic look. Mo Xiaobao immediately felt that something was wrong. He quickly approached Chief Steward Mo and said with a cute smile: "Master Mo..."

Steward Mo said quickly, "I dare not. Young Master, you can just call me Steward."

Mo Xiaobao didn't care about this, and asked with a smile: "Master Mo, where are my father and mother?" Master Mo said: "The prince and princess are waiting for the young master in the study." Mo Xiaobao's shoulders collapsed immediately, and he cried and said: "It's over." "When I left in the morning, I forgot to tell my mother and father that I would be back later." Mo Xiaobao refused to admit that he did not consider the fact that Da Chu Inn might be easy to enter but difficult to leave. In addition, he was a little too proud of hooking up with someone and forgot the time.

Chief Steward Mo patted the young master's shoulder lovingly and said, "The prince and princess are waiting for you, young master. Go to the study quickly."

Can I not go? Mo Xiaobao looked at Manager Mo pitifully.

Manager Mo gave him a helpless look, and Mo Xiaobao had no choice but to walk slowly towards the study with his head down.

"Hey? Our young master is back." In the study, Mo Xiuyao was leaning on the couch, lazily flipping through a book. Seeing Mo Xiaobao coming in, he gave him a half-smile. Mo Xiaobao looked cautiously at Ye Li who was sitting on the other side, his face becoming even more depressed. Ye Li was sitting upright on the stool, looking at him indifferently. Except for a flash of relief in her eyes when he came in, there was no other expression. Mo Xiaobao felt bitter in his mouth. It was worse for his mother to be angry than for his father to be angry.

"Mom, Xiaobao is back." Mo Xiaobao said in a low voice as he walked up to Ye Li.

Ye Li looked at him calmly and asked softly, "Why did you come back so late?"

Mo Xiaobao whispered, "The child went to the Da Chu Inn to play with the little emperor."

In fact, how could Ye Li and Mo Xiuyao not know about these things? Even if Mo Xiaobao sneaked out, there were still many people following him. And Mo Xiaobao has always been very sensible, and generally would not deliberately get rid of the secret guards who followed him. If not, if Mo Xiaobao did not come back so late, the whole Dingwang Mansion would have been in chaos.

Ye Li looked at him with a smile and said, "It seems that the Great Chu Inn is very interesting? Did it make you forget the time to go back home? Tomorrow, mother will go and ask Prince Yu what is in the Great Chu Inn that attracts our young master so much."

Ye Li never liked to restrict her children too much, so Mo Xiaobao had always been free to run around in Licheng. But there was one rule, except for when he was at Lishan Academy, he had to go home before sunset. Even if he stayed at Xu's house temporarily, he had to send someone back to inform them in advance. But today, Mo Xiaobao came back at this time, and he never told anyone what he was doing from beginning to end. If it weren't for the secret guards following him, the family would have been worried to death by now.

"Mother... Xiaobao was inconsiderate. Xiaobao knows I was wrong." Mo Xiaobao admitted his mistake with a bitter face. He hurriedly sneaked in to find Mo Suiyun, and indeed did not explain anything. It may be that he knew that there were secret guards following him, so he was so fearless.

"What's wrong?" Ye Li asked.

Mo Xiaobao lowered his head obediently, "Xiaobao shouldn't have sneaked out without telling mother and father, shouldn't have come back so late and forgotten to ask someone to report back and make mother worry, shouldn't have secretly run off to find the little emperor of Da Chu..."

Seeing his son lowering his head and looking pitiful, Ye Li's heart softened. He raised his hand and rubbed his little head and said, "Mother and father have not hidden the big things in Licheng from you. You also know that the Queen and Prince of Nanzhao are being held hostage by Mo Jingli. Now Mo Jingyu and Mo Jingli are also unclear, and you still deliver yourself to him. What if Mo Jingli fights to the death and hurts you, what will you do then?"

"Mother, I'm wrong." Feeling his mother's worry, Mo Xiaobao felt even more guilty. He thought Mo Suiyun was stupid and wanted to find him for some information. He thought that in broad daylight, even if Mo Jingyu and Mo Jingli colluded, they wouldn't dare to do anything to him. But he forgot that a desperate dog will jump over the wall. If Mo Jingli lost his mind and wanted to fight to the death with Prince Ding's Mansion, he would be the best bargaining chip if he ran into the Da Chu Inn.

Ye Li raised her hand and tapped his head, saying calmly: "Since you know you are wrong... confine yourself to your home for three months. Write thirty pieces of calligraphy every day and give them to your uncle for inspection."

"Mother..." Mo Xiaobao really wanted to cry. Of all the punishments, house arrest was the one that Mo Xiaobao hated the most. He couldn't leave his yard, and no one would go to play with him. Only the teachers took turns to teach him every day. Not to mention the thirty pieces of calligraphy. Unlike copying books, the requirements for practicing calligraphy were much stricter. And his uncle, who was very good at calligraphy, was even more strict about this. When Mo Xiaobao just started practicing calligraphy, sometimes he couldn't pick out one piece of calligraphy that satisfied Xu Qingchen out of ten. In other words, he might have to write forty, fifty, or even a hundred pieces of calligraphy out of the thirty pieces his mother mentioned.

Ye Li looked at him calmly, smiling without saying anything. Mo Xiaobao immediately knew that there was no hope for his mother, so he could only look at Mo Xiuyao who was not far away, "Father..."

Mo Xiuyao sat up, raised his eyebrows at Mo Xiaobao who looked at him pleadingly, and smiled calmly: "Ah Li, it's not appropriate to punish Xiaobao like this." Ye Li raised her eyebrows slightly, looking at Mo Xiuyao with some surprise. Normally, if he saw her punishing Mo Xiaobao, Mo Xiuyao would just think the punishment was too light, and it would be very good if he didn't add fuel to the fire. It was the first time that he would plead for Mo Xiaobao.

"What's wrong with it?" Ye Li asked.

Mo Xiuyao said softly, "In two days it will be Lin'er and Xin'er's first birthday party. When that time comes, Xiaobao, as the older brother, will be grounded. Isn't that... a joke to outsiders?"

Ye Li frowned. It was indeed unreasonable for Mo Xiaobao, the young master of Dingwang Mansion, not to attend such a large banquet. But it was not a big deal. He could just let it go when the time came.

Mo Xiuyao walked over to Ye Li and sat down, smiling, "I know you are worried about Xiaobao's safety, so you want to confine him. However, Xiaobao is no longer a child, so this should be an accident. Xiaobao, right?"

Seeing his father pleading for him, Mo Xiaobao was overjoyed and nodded repeatedly, "Yes, mother. I didn't come back late on purpose. I heard something very important in the inn."

"Tell me about it." Ye Li nodded.

Mo Xiaobao quickly told what he had heard at the inn, as well as his conversation with Mo Suiyun, and then said, "So, I was afraid that if I were discovered by the guards of Da Chu, I would be in trouble. So...so I waited until dark before leaving the inn with Qin Lie. Mother, I really know I was wrong."

Ye Li's face changed slightly, "Mo Jingli is in the inn, why didn't you let someone come out to report? What if something happened..." Mo Xiuyao raised his hand and held Ye Li's slightly cold hand, looking at Mo Xiaobao and said: "So, you have reached an agreement with Mo Suiyun?"

Mo Xiaobao said helplessly: "Mo Suiyun doesn't believe me. Someone must go there on behalf of my father."

Mo Xiuyao pondered for a moment, nodded and said, "I'll ask Han Mingyue to go there later." After that, he patted Mo Xiaobao's head and said, "You did a good job, and father is very pleased. However... it was still a little reckless. Ah Li, his punishment will be postponed for half a month."

"Father!?" Hearing this, Mo Xiaobao wailed. Didn't his father plead for him? Why...why did he still punish him?

Mo Xiuyao looked at his son with a smile and asked softly, "What? Are you dissatisfied? How about you follow your mother's instructions and start confinement from tomorrow?" Mo Xiaobao immediately became depressed and shook his head sadly, "No, thank you, father."

Mo Xiuyao nodded in satisfaction and said, "This is what a good son your father is. Be good, go back and have a meal and rest."

Despicable! Mo Xiaobao looked at Mo Xiuyao from a place where Ye Li couldn't see him.

Mo Xiuyao smiled back: It was you who did something wrong and was caught by your mother, what does it have to do with me?

You clearly told me to leave Mo Suiyun's matter to me!

I didn't say you can go home at midnight.

Once again defeated by his father, Mo Xiaobao silently gnashed his teeth while obediently saying goodbye, "Mother, Father, I'm leaving." Ye Li nodded, sighed softly, rubbed her son's hair and said, "Go back and rest early."

Watching Mo Xiaobao walk out, Ye Li sighed helplessly. Mo Xiaobao was too smart and had learned a lot, so she didn't want to restrict him like this. But he was too young, and there was always some childish impulsiveness and willfulness in his character, which made people worry.

Mo Xiuyao hugged her and comforted her softly, "Don't worry, Xiaobao will grow up slowly. When I was his age, I was not as good as him." This could be regarded as the highest compliment that Mo Xiuyao, as a father, could give to his son. Unfortunately, Mo Xiaobao would never know it.

Ye Li leaned in his arms and nodded gently.