As night approached, Mu Liang stood at the tent entrance, hesitating whether to go in. Four palace maids who seemed unapproachable were guarding the tent. His hesitation, of course, was not because these four palace maids seemed unapproachable, but because he was wondering whether he should go to find Xia Fengguang.
He paced back and forth, thinking that he might as well look for Xia Fengguang again tomorrow. Just as he was about to leave, he saw the seemingly gentle Prince Qian come out from inside, and his steps faltered.
Gu Yan also saw Mu Liang. He told the four of them to take good care of Feng Guang, and then walked over. "Young Master Mu, why are you in front of His Majesty's tent so late?"
That's what they're saying. It's so late, Mu Liang shouldn't have come, but he still came out of someone else's tent so late!
Mu Liang was a straightforward person and didn't know how to deal with people from the imperial court. He took out the anklet and said, "This is a token given to me by the Empress when I went to Dongyang City on business. Now that the business is over, I should return this to her."
"His Majesty is resting now, so please give it to me, Young Master Mu. I will pass it on to His Majesty."
Mu Liang felt something was off. The Empress was resting, but this man had come out of the Empress's tent. He was rumored to be the Empress's teacher, with whom she spent every day. So… so…
The Queen was having trouble sleeping, so she summoned a storyteller?
Seeing that he was suddenly lost in his own thoughts, Gu Yan called out, "Young Master Mu."
Mu Liang was taken aback, then handed him the chain in her hand, saying, "Then I'll give this to you."
"Don't worry, Young Master Mu."
Having given him the items, Mu Liang saw no need to linger any longer, so he said goodbye and left.
He would never have known that he would save his life because of this action.
Gu Yan raised her hand, and the pearls on the chain shimmered in the moonlight. Their pure white color inevitably reminded people of her own skin, which was also so fair and flawless.
However, she is different from this jewel, because she will not allow a second man to touch her.
He stepped into the shadows and said coldly, "Thirteen."
In the darkness, a man dressed in black and masked appeared, holding a rectangular box in his hands. He knelt respectfully beside his master, opened the box, and by the faint moonlight, one could see that there were many small compartments inside, each containing a different ornament.
If you pay close attention, you'll notice that every single piece of jewelry here is the same as the jewelry Her Majesty the Queen liked to wear.
Gu Yan tossed the item in his hand to the man in black, named Thirteen, as if it were a piece of trash, saying, "This is dirty. Get rid of it."
Thirteen lowered his head. "Yes."
He then took out another chain with a mermaid bead from the box, Thirteen closed the box, and disappeared with a gust of wind.
The only mermaid pearl in the world?
It's not that he's the only one; it's just that all the mermaid beads are in his possession. Although there aren't many, there are still seven or eight of them. No one in this world can use the same things as her.
Gu Yan stroked the flawless beads, smiled slightly, and then went back into the magnificent tent. None of the four people dared to stop him.
The woman on the bed was curled up in a ball, fast asleep. He knew that she always slept in this position, and her two fair and delicate feet were sticking out from under the covers.
He sat on the edge of the bed, tied the anklet in his hand to her ankle, and took the opportunity to touch her smooth calves several times. She was exhausted, so she slept soundly and didn't even know that someone who coveted her was sitting there.
Gu Yan, who had originally planned to take a quick look and leave, suddenly changed his mind. He lifted the blanket and lay down beside her.
He pulled her into his arms and sighed.
That's great, she's finally grown up.
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