Qi Xu was punished by the emperor and placed under house arrest. Mu Ning, unaware of what had happened, kept running to the East Palace, but could never get in.
She then devised a plan, using one of the guards who was protecting her as a shield, and climbed over the wall by stepping on the guard.
Mu Ning felt incredibly proud of himself and excitedly went to find Qi Xu, running up to him to show off.
"Brother Xu, how did I climb in? Aren't I amazing?"
Qi Xu's eyes lit up when he saw her, but he quickly said coldly, "You are not allowed to come to the East Palace again. I don't want to see you. You should leave now."
Mu Ning repeated blankly, "Don't you want to see me?"
"Yes, I don't want to see you. You should leave now."
Qi Xu was a bit fierce today, and Mu Ning didn't dare to talk to him. She left unhappily.
Qi Xu watched her clumsily climb the thick, high wall. His face was cold, but he was afraid she would fall.
He quickly sent someone to bring a ladder so she could get out safely.
Although Mu Ning was still young, she held grudges very well, so she really stopped going to play with Qi Xu.
Later, she found many playmates at school, and before long, she completely forgot about Qi Xu.
Mu Ning grew more and more mischievous. She loved martial arts, but Mu Yao didn't have time to teach her, so he asked Yuan Heng to be her master.
Who would have thought that one time, while Yuan Heng was drunk, she secretly cut off his big beard.
Upon waking up, Yuan Heng touched his bald chin, feeling very angry. He vowed to find the culprit and give him a good beating.
When he learned that Mu Ning had cut it, he was both angry and amused.
He couldn't even hit the little girl; it was infuriating.
Seeing that he didn't look well, Mu Ning came forward to comfort him: "Master, don't be angry. Ning'er just thought that Father looked good after shaving his beard, so she wondered if you would look good without a beard."
So that's how it is.
Yuan Heng smiled and asked, "So, do you think it looks good now?"
Mu Ning blinked her big eyes, looking innocent and naive: "Father looks very handsome, and you look very funny."
Yuan Heng: ...
Although Yuan Heng did not beat Mu Ning, Mu Yao was still very angry when he found out. However, it was his daughter, so he could only pretend to be fierce and scold her.
"Mu Ning, will you dare to do it again next time?"
Despite her young age, Mu Ning was incredibly shrewd. She knew what Mu Yao wanted to hear, so she quickly nodded, "Ning'er knows she was wrong and won't do it again next time. Father, please don't be angry, okay?"
When his daughter acted coquettishly, Mu Yao felt his heart soften and he could no longer be angry.
Seeing that Mu Yao was no longer angry, Mu Ning began to plead for him again.
She shook Mu Yao's arm, "Father, please don't tell Mother, okay?"
"Okay, we won't tell her."
No sooner had he finished speaking than Mu Yao felt a pair of eyes staring at him from behind.
He turned around and saw Nanzhi, who had appeared out of nowhere.
Judging from her unpleasant expression, it seems she had already heard that Mu Yao had agreed to Mu Ning's request a second ago, but then betrayed her the next.
“Madam, you’ve arrived. You have no idea how outrageous Mu Ning is. You actually cut Yuan Heng’s beard, and she even wanted me to help her keep it a secret from you. How could I possibly agree to that?”
Mu Ning was shocked: ...her father's face changed so quickly, she shouldn't have trusted him.
Nanzhi smiled and extended her hand to Mu Ning.
Mu Ning hunched over and walked over.
She was most afraid of her mother.
Every time I did something wrong, my mother's punishment was terrible.
And so, she was punished by her mother again by having to write an apology letter to her teacher.
You must write a thousand words and personally hand it to your master, and only after receiving your master's forgiveness can you accept it.
How should I write it?
Xiao Mu Ning chewed on the brush and wrote for a long, long time without coming up with an answer.
She couldn't help but think of Qi Xu, whom she had forgotten for so long.
He seems to really like books, and he reads them so well. She really wants to ask him for help, but he doesn't want her to see him anymore.
Since she can't go to Qi Xu, she'll go to Yuan Ming instead. Anyway, she can't go to her cheap brother; he'll tell on her.
Yuan Ming is her master's son, two years older than her, so he must know her master best.
Sure enough, Yuan Ming quickly helped her write an apology letter.
Later, the two little ones had a lot of fun.
Nan Zhi didn't actually want her children to be too smart, so after giving birth, she only exchanged some medicines for them to grow up healthily and become immune to all poisons.
I just didn't expect that even without exchanging them, the children were very smart, especially Mu Ran.
He is introverted, but he understands things very quickly.
Nanzhi doesn't think this is a good thing.
Therefore, she kept admonishing Mu Ran not to show off too much.
Although Mu Ran did not understand the reason, he listened to Nan Zhi's advice and kept his sharp edge hidden.
Nanzhi was also worried about Mu Ning.
She could tell that Qi Xu liked Mu Ning, but as the crown prince, it would be difficult for him to remain devoted to one wife in the future. Therefore, she did not offer any help regarding Qi Xu's confinement and Mu Ning's inability to see him.
But unexpectedly, as Mu Ning grew up, she still fell in love with Qi Xu.
Qi Xu was good-looking when he was young, and he became even more handsome as an adult. Mu Ning, like Nan Zhi, is a person who is attracted to good looks.
At first, Mu Ning did not know that she liked Qi Xu.
Before she was four years old, she and Qi Xu got along very well. But ever since Qi Xu forbade her from visiting him again, she has rarely seen him.
Even if we meet, it's only a fleeting glance from afar; we've never seen each other up close.
Fourteen-year-old Mu Ning saw Qi Xu again when she and Yuan Ming participated in a pitching game.
She and Yuan Ming won the pitching game together, and she was very happy. She subconsciously wanted to give Yuan Ming a high five, but Qi Xu interrupted her.
"Little Ning'er, it's been a long time."
Eighteen-year-old Qi Xu was dressed in dark green casual clothes. His phoenix eyes were deeply wrinkled, and his gaze toward Mu Ning was gentle. When he called her name, it was also gentle and soft, which inexplicably made people's hearts flutter.
It was at that time that Mu Ning became lustful towards Qi Xu.
Nan Zhi didn't know what had happened to them, but she knew that Mu Ning was becoming increasingly conscious of his image.
She cares about her appearance, feels anxious and insecure, laughs inexplicably to herself, and also cries secretly by herself.
She kept insisting that she wanted to marry Qi Xu.
Later, Qi Xu had a crown princess, but it wasn't Mu Ning.
Mu Ning and Yuan Ming went to the battlefield together and rarely returned.
Qi Xu never established an empress during his lifetime and died at the young age of twenty-five.
After his death, he surprisingly passed the throne to Mu Ran.
At first, many people opposed Mu Ran becoming emperor, including Nan Zhi and Mu Yao.
They didn't want him to get involved in this mess.
Mu Ran accepted the imperial decree and said to them with a smile, "Father and Mother, this world needs to change. Watch how your son will build an ideal Xuanyuan Kingdom for you."
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There will be more side stories about Qi Xu and Mu Ning later.
There's a good ending and a bad one.
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