"Oh, what a coincidence, Your Highness, it's been a long time." Feng Qingge also noticed the person opposite her and greeted him familiarly, neither humble nor arrogant, without bowing.
"Get up." Under the strange gaze of the flower maid, the man raised his hand and let her get up.
Then, Mo Linyuan took a long stride, bypassed Hua Niang, and came to Feng Qingge, gazing at her.
Qi Quan's face stiffened. He quickly bowed, then stood silently to the side, head bowed, without uttering a sound.
"How did you get here?"
Finally, the person who had been watching her spoke, his voice deep and pleasant.
Upon hearing this, Feng Qingge smiled slyly, a hint of malice flashing in her eyes, "What do you think?" Her voice was drawn out, with a distinctive tone.
"It seems nothing good ever comes from where you are," Mo Linyuan sneered, giving a light rebuke.
“Your Highness is wrong again. It’s not that there’s no good news, it’s that I’m here to save people.” She raised an eyebrow and argued with him.
She thought Mo Linyuan would be angry, but to her surprise, he didn't change at all. He just glanced at her sideways and uttered a few words indifferently, "In my eyes, it's the same."
"If Your Highness has nothing else, I'll take my leave. Others aren't as free as you." She glared at him irritably and turned to leave.
But Mo Linyuan wouldn't let her off so easily. As she turned around, he grabbed her arm with a wave of his hand.
"Is there anything else, Your Highness?" If Feng Qingge had been in the mood to say a few words to him just now, she now only thought about how she hadn't seen him all day.
Mo Linyuan's eyes paused for a moment, his expression somewhat strange, but then everything returned to calm. He parted his thin lips slightly and said, "Together."
Before anyone could refuse, he turned to the flower maid who had come with her and said in a deep voice, "Lead the way." With his lordly demeanor, no one dared to object.
"You all step back and guard the entrance. Do not allow anyone to enter or leave." He said this to the guards behind him without turning his head.
The guards obeyed the order and dispersed, surrounding the entrance completely.
Black Nether, who had been following closely, remained motionless, like a shadow.
Facing Mo Linyuan, Hua Niang lost her relaxed demeanor and became extremely cautious, fearing that she might do something wrong to offend this important figure.
So, led by Hua Niang, the group arrived at one of the rooms in the backyard. According to Hua Niang, this room was the room of the girl who had died.
Feng Qingge raised an eyebrow, looking at Hua Niang's timid appearance, and was somewhat speechless. Then she dismissed her, indicating that she would send someone to find her if there was anything else.
Hua Niang nodded, bowed to Mo Linyuan, and withdrew.
Up in the attic, at the door of the room, the four of them stood, staring at the tightly closed wooden door.
Feng Qingge remained motionless, as did Mo Linyuan; the two seemed to be testing their composure.
"Why is Your Highness here?" Finally, Feng Qingge rolled her eyes and was the first to ask.
"Naturally, I'm here to investigate a case." A hint of a smile seemed to overflow in his eyes, but it was so fleeting that Feng Qingge thought she had misread it.
He frowned, puzzled, and said, "Investigate a case? A prostitute in a brothel needs to alarm the dignified Regent?" That prostitute is truly fortunate.
“An official from the Ministry of Rites was out having fun here a few nights ago and didn’t return home by morning. When people came to look for him, they found him dead in the flower bushes in the backyard.” Mo Linyuan glanced at her and said in a deep voice.
"Oh." Feng Qingge wasn't very interested in the news; it went in one ear and out the other.
He raised his hand, pushed open the door, ignored the people behind him, and went inside.
But clearly, the person behind him had no intention of keeping quiet, asking, "And why are you here?"
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