Chapter 187 Shangguan Lan Visits the Regent's Palace
"Just now Miss Lin said that Madam Yun had been someone else's mistress. I wonder if you know about this?" Xiahou Qing took it for granted that he knew about it, because he had a close relationship with Shangguan Lan!
"Since Prince Yu is so curious about other people's family affairs, why don't you go and ask them yourself? I am not as bored as you to pry into other people's private affairs." Mu Xingci gave him a cold look and walked past him up the mountain.
Xiahou Qing was so offended by his words that he chuckled softly with a gloomy expression: "Ever since this guy came back from the battle, his temper has been getting worse day by day."
Yun Wansheng returned home and started reading a book. She took a nap after lunch, as if she didn't take what happened in the morning seriously.
Shangguan Lan came back early and went to the cross-courtyard. When he heard that she had gone to bed, he called the maid to the main house and asked when they would come back today.
When he heard about the predicament of the young lady, his face darkened.
But when he heard Lin Yao say that her younger sister had been someone else's mistress, he was stunned for a moment.
After she said this, Shangguan Lan understood what Yun Wansheng and Mu Xingci's relationship was like before. No wonder they were so entangled. Thinking about this, he left the house.
Mu Xingci had just returned to the Regent's Palace when he took a bath and changed his clothes, washing off the dust he brought back from the mountains.
Just when he was about to take a nap in bed, he heard Shangguan Lan coming, so he had to put on his pajamas again and let him come to the dormitory to see him.
Shangguan Lan walked into the room with his head bowed: "I greet the Regent!"
"No need to be so polite! Tell me! What do you want from me?" Mu Xingci sat on the low couch, his tone unusually gentle.
"Regent, there is something I want to confirm, and I hope you can tell me the truth." Shangguan Lan raised his head and looked directly at the person in power opposite him.
"So serious? Just ask whatever it is. If I know anything, I will tell you."
"Lord Regent, I heard you say before that you and my sister were together when you were in Lizhou City. May I ask what was my sister's role when she stayed with you?"
At that time, the man simply explained their relationship. At that time, Yun Wansheng and I had not yet recognized each other, so I didn't dare to ask in detail.
Later, when he saw them together, the man also said that he wanted to marry his younger sister, which made him give up asking about the past.
Now that he knew that his sister was this man's mistress, he felt very sad. He didn't know what kind of injustice his sister had suffered that made her leave this man.
Mu Xingci didn't expect him to ask about this, which made him not answer him immediately. Instead, he thought for a moment and then slowly said, "As you thought, she used to be my concubine."
Shangguan Lan received a definite answer, his eyes turning slightly cold. "Regent, I will ask you again, why did she leave you?"
If this man had not done anything, how could a woman like Yun Wansheng go to live in the unfamiliar land of Dongqiang? This man must have done something to her.
Mu Xingci looked at his subordinates who were all cold and expressionless. It seemed that if his answer did not satisfy him, his subordinates would fight him to the death at any time.
"Shangguan Lan, what did she say to you? The reason why you came here with such murderous intent is that she is questioning me." Mu Xingci's face also darkened.
"She didn't say anything. It was she who met the young lady of the Grand Tutor on Zixia Peak. She was the one who told the story about the concubine. The maidservant simply reported it to me truthfully."
Mu Xingci's handsome face softened a bit after hearing this. "Shangguan Lan, the matter between me and your sister is in the past. I don't want to talk about it anymore. If you feel that she has suffered any injustice with me before, and you feel distressed and want to stand up for her, then go ahead and hit me. I will never fight back."
His tepid response left Shangguan Lan speechless for a moment. After a long pause, he finally asked what he wanted to know most: "Have you ever hit her?"
As long as the man answered that he had fought, he would immediately resign from his post as General of Cavalry.
"No! If you don't believe me, you can ask your stubborn sister." Mu Xingci said with a clear conscience. But in his heart, he added that although he had never hit her, he had hurt her with his words.
Shangguan Lan felt a little colder when he heard this: "Regent, I have offended you just now. I will take responsibility for what I have done, so I am willing to be punished." After saying this, he knelt on one knee, waiting for his order.
Mu Xingci looked at him coldly for a moment: "Get lost!" Did he dare to hit her? If he hit him, that damn woman would definitely hate him even more.
Shangguan Lan left embarrassedly. Mu Xingci lay on the couch with his naked chest exposed, his eyes fixed on the ceiling: "Yun Wansheng!" These three simple words revealed the man's complicated thoughts.
The next day, Shangguan Lan went to the morning court early in the morning. Yun Wansheng slept until noon before getting up. There was no other way. She had insomnia last night and fell asleep in the second half of the night, which made it difficult for her to get up early in the morning.
As she was being helped by her maid to wash and dress, the doorman knocked on the door and came in: "Miss, Miss Qiao is here. She said she came to see you."
Yun Wansheng's eyes lit up when she heard this: "Let her come in quickly."
Not long after, Qiao Xue came in with a personal maid, smiling, "Wan Sheng, good morning!"
"Qiao Xue! Sit down! Alan, go make some tea." Yun Wansheng sat in front of the dressing table and let A Xi do her makeup, not forgetting to order tea to be served.
"Wan Sheng, why are you getting dressed now?" Qiao Xue asked as she sat on a low stool beside her.
"I didn't sleep well last night, so I overslept this morning. I'm sorry to have embarrassed you." Yun Wansheng said with a smile.
"That's normal. I sometimes sleep in too. If my mom wasn't always controlling me, I'd want to wake up late every day."
"Qiao Xue, after you marry me, no one will wake you up. You can sleep as long as you want, and no one will care about you."
"How could I dare to do that? If your brother knew that I'm not a virtuous person, he would definitely be angry." Qiao Xue shook her head.
"That's a matter of opinion. If my brother doesn't mind you sleeping in, then go ahead!"
Yun Wansheng combed her hair, put on her clothes, and drank tea with her future sister-in-law.
"Wan Sheng! Since we have nothing to do, let's go shopping!" Qiao Xue put down the teacup and suggested.
"Okay!" Yun Wansheng happily used it, then picked up her shoulder bag from the clothes rack and put it on her back.
After the two left the house, Yun Wansheng took Qiao Xue's carriage to the market.
"Qiao Xue, you are so much younger than my brother, so why do you like him?" Yun Wansheng was trying to find out the gossip about the two of them.
Qiao Xue pouted shyly and denied, "Who said I fell in love with him? No, it was your brother who fell in love with me first." The little girl was trying to save her own face.
"Oh! I thought so! It turns out that my elder brother fell in love with you, and he actually dared to make a move." Yun Wansheng said with a smile.
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