"Young Master Mu!" Cuizhu called out as she walked up behind Mu Qingyang.
Mu Qingyang saw Cuizhu behind him in the bronze mirror. He recognized her as the maidservant beside Liu Shi, so he turned around and said, "Miss Cuizhu!"
"Young Master Mu! Would you please come with me to see the Princess?" Cuizhu asked.
"I have a scene coming up soon!" Mu Qingyang said with some difficulty. His character, the Jade Emperor, was about to appear again.
“Our princess has something important to discuss with the young master. It’s just a few words, it won’t take long,” Cuizhu said.
Mu Qingyang nodded and followed Cuizhu out. They avoided people and walked towards a secluded place. After turning through several gates, they arrived at a small artificial hill. This was the small garden behind Changyin Pavilion.
Mu Qingyang saw a woman in a silver-red cheongsam standing there, so he walked over, and their eyes met. Although it had only been two days since they last met, it felt like a long time.
"Brother Mu!" Liu called out the name she used when she first met Mu Qingyang, hoping to ignite the man's enthusiasm in this way. For some reason, Li felt that Mu Qingyang seemed different today; the light emanating from his large eyes carried a sense of distance.
Sure enough, Liu's soft cry seemed to touch the most tender string in Mu Qingyang's heart, to the point that he began to doubt whether his previous judgment had wronged Liu.
Why did those people suddenly come to search the house? Could it be that the package Liu had given him? She wasn't that kind of woman? Mu Qingyang was very conflicted. But Fucha had clearly come to tell him that Liu's goal was to get rid of him.
"Brother Mu, what's wrong? Why are you looking at Yao'er so distantly?" Liu panicked, fearing that her true colors had been exposed to Mu Qingyang.
Looking at the familiar features of Liu Yuyao, who was once so innocent and naive, Mu Qingyang wondered if she was still the same person he knew. He asked himself this question again and again.
"Perhaps my makeup is too heavy. Yao'er, what did you call me over to say? I have to go on stage soon!" Mu Qingyang said in a flash, trying to banish the doubts in his mind.
“Brother Mu, I was worried about you. I heard that people started searching Changyin Pavilion this morning, and I was terribly worried when I heard that. I was afraid they would find the package I gave you. Did they not find it?” Liu walked up to Mu Qingyang, looked up at him with an innocent yet worried gaze. If it weren't for Fucha Shi, he would never have imagined that this woman would harbor such intentions towards him. Even now, Mu Qingyang still couldn't believe it, so his heart remained conflicted. Fucha Shi had told him that if he didn't believe her, he could see what Liu Shi did next. If Liu Shi eagerly questioned the whereabouts of those things, it would prove that she had something to hide.
"No, I didn't put the package in the house. Otherwise, they would have found it," Mu Qingyang said.
"Then, Brother Mu, where did you hide all that gold, silver, and valuables? Don't let anyone find out!" Madam Liu asked immediately.
Remembering Fucha's words, Mu Qingyang stared at the flawless white face before him, his conviction crumbling little by little.
"Don't worry, I've hidden it in a very safe place. They definitely won't find it," Mu Qingyang said.
"What kind of place is that, Brother Mu? Can you tell me? That will put Yao'er's mind at ease." Madam Liu was eager to know where Mu Qingyang had hidden all that gold, silver, and valuables.
Mu Qingyang stared at Liu Shi in front of him, pursed his lips and said, "She's hiding in our yard. Under the fake stone by the gate."
Liu's eyes lit up, and she said in disbelief, "How dare you hide it there? So many people pass by there every day. What if someone takes it?"
“The most dangerous place is the safest place. They would never guess that I would hide that bundle there,” Mu Qingyang said.
"Brother Mu is so clever, no one would have thought of that," Liu said with a smile.
"Yes, in order to elope with Yao'er, Brother Mu will protect that package well." Mu Qingyang raised his hand and stroked Liu's chin.
"Brother Mu, I'm going back now. You still have to go on stage later, so go back quickly," Liu said, leaning back slightly.
"Alright, then I'll go back. Yao'er, when are we leaving?" Mu Qingyang grabbed Liu's arm as she was about to turn around.
"Let's do it this month around the time of the Lunar New Year," Liu said with a gentle, sweet smile to Mu Qingyang.
"Okay, then I'll wait for you!" After saying this, Mu Qingyang released Liu's arm, turned around and left.
After he disappeared from sight, Cuizhu stepped forward and took Liu's arm, saying, "Princess, we should go back now."
“Go back quickly and tell Xiao Jinzi to go and tell Steward Lu that there are clues about the missing package. Tell him to take people to search immediately,” Liu said. “I can already feel that he is starting to suspect me, and now we must cut the Gordian knot.”
“Yes, this servant will go right away! But Princess, there will be no one to help you back.” Cuizhu said.
"I will go back myself. You should hurry back to Xinghuachun Pavilion and inform Xiao Jinzi. There is no time to lose, go immediately," said Madam Liu.
After Cuizhu agreed and turned to leave, Liu calmed herself down and then turned to walk into Changyin Pavilion. However, to her surprise, just as she turned around, a pair of eyes appeared from behind another door.
At that moment, those eyes were filled with pain, staring at Liu's back with such resentment and disbelief. Liu took a few steps, then suddenly felt as if someone was watching her from behind. She instinctively turned around to look in the direction the gaze was coming from, but of course, she saw nothing.
"What's going on? I clearly felt someone watching me just now!" Liu muttered to herself.
Thinking of this, she suddenly felt a little scared. Looking around at the pitch black surroundings, she became even more frightened and quickly quickened her pace, heading towards Changyin Pavilion.
After Liu had walked away, the pair of eyes that had been hiding behind the door reappeared, and it was none other than Mu Qingyang, who had already returned. It turned out that he had pretended to leave, then circled around from another direction and hid behind that door. Therefore, he had heard every word of Liu and Cuizhu's conversation. His heart felt as if it had been pierced several times with a sharp weapon, bleeding profusely.
At this moment, besides profound despair, there was also a surge of anger in his eyes.
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