Yi Mu left the private room and returned to his music room to pack his things.
Wan Niang entered the room, turned around and closed the door. She walked up to Yi Mu, her eyes and brows full of mischief.
"So, did the Crown Prince promise you anything?"
Yi Mu put the violin into a wooden box, carried it on his back, and then hugged a potted epiphyllum in his dormitory.
He looked up at Wan Niang, his face expressionless.
Although Yi Mu is a rather cold person, he rarely has such a serious expression.
Wan Niang felt a sense of foreboding.
Yi Mu told her, "I have offended His Highness the Crown Prince. In order not to cause trouble for Qiongyue Pavilion, I will not come again starting tomorrow."
As he spoke, he placed a silver note with a face value of five thousand taels on the table.
"Wan Niang, please take good care of yourself."
Wan Niang stared at the frighteningly large silver note for a long time. When she came to her senses, Yi Mu was nowhere to be seen.
He can't just leave like this without explanation. What happened between him and the Crown Prince? Could he have offended His Highness the Crown Prince?
What a mess! This building is full of shady characters.
Wan Niang stuffed the silver note into her bosom and hurriedly chased after him downstairs.
As Yi Mu walked downstairs, he suddenly spotted a familiar face in the crowd.
Hu Tianqin used to always wear an inconspicuous cloth shirt, with his slightly curly hair haphazardly draped behind his head, looking rather disheveled.
Unexpectedly, after changing her clothes and combing her hair up, she looked quite presentable.
He sat with two men whose faces suggested they were not exactly honest, each with a woman in his arms.
Yi Mu always felt that it was absurd for Hu Tianqin to come to this kind of occasion.
He paused for a moment, then turned and disappeared into the crowd.
Hu Tianqin felt a gaze fixed on him. He looked up and saw a white figure.
That's Yi Mu. Shouldn't he be inside the building at this time? Why is he out?
Just as he was thinking this, Hu Tianqin saw a dozen or so men, dressed in plain clothes but clearly identified as government soldiers by their uniform movements and dignified expressions, coming down from upstairs.
They chased after the direction Yimu had gone.
Hu Tianqin paused for a moment, then released the woman in his arms, pushed through the crowd, and chased after her.
The prince's subordinates are all top-notch experts.
With a heavy zither on his back, Yi Mu couldn't even use the original owner's proud lightness skill, and could only hide and dodge as he walked into the alley.
In the evenings, Yi Mu usually lets Zi Ruo go next door, where there are adults at home, which is safer.
He stepped over the high wall and landed in the Hu family's courtyard.
The lights were on inside the house, where Aunt Li, who lived at the front of the alley, was keeping her two children company.
She sat at the table, mending shoes for her two children by the dim light. Ziruo and Shaoshao were playing cat's cradle.
Looking at the happiness on Ziruo's face, Yi Mu felt a little sorry for her.
It takes at least six months for a child to get used to living in a new place.
Moving house frequently is bad for a child's development.
But Yi Mu had no choice; staying in the capital was too dangerous, and they had to leave.
He walked into the house, and the adults and two children all looked delighted when they saw him.
Aunt Li also had children to take care of at home, and when she saw Yi Mu come back, she wanted to leave.
Yi Mu stopped her.
"Sister Li, could you stay and look after Shao Shao a little longer? I have some urgent business at home and need to take Zi Ruo back to my hometown. I have to leave now, so I'll have to trouble you for a while longer."
Sister Li had never heard that he had a hometown, and watched as he took Ziruo away.
Another figure descended from the top of the wall.
Upon hearing the sound of something hitting the ground, Yi Mu reacted swiftly and flicked three poisoned silver needles from his sleeve.
Hu Tianqin rolled over to dodge, and the silver needle pierced the hard wall.
Hu Tianqin said to Yi Mu, "There's no time to leave, they've already caught up to the alley entrance. Hide at my house, hurry!"
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