The carriage went out of the Royal Garden, and the motorcade of the Council of State suddenly stopped. Liu Yan rode his horse to the side of the Sun family's carriage and stopped. Sun Yunyun raised her hand and lifted the curtain, revealing her pretty face with a shy smile. Her eyes looked at Liu Yan, and she looked at Liu Yan in confusion.
"Your Highness?"
Liu Yan said, "I have something important to do and need to leave. The guards will escort Miss Sun back to the palace."
Sun Yunyun's smile froze, and she bit her lower lip with her pearly teeth and forced out a smile again: "Your Highness, are you going back to the Garden?"
Liu Yan frowned, his face indifferent, almost ruthless.
Sun Yunyun's hands fell on her knees, tightly clutching her clothes, but her face was still soft and smiling.
"Your Highness, are you going back to find her?"
A hint of sharpness flashed in Liu Yan's eyes, causing Sun Yunyun to tremble unconsciously, and a sense of fear filled her heart. But her upbringing in an aristocratic family did not make her show any fear. She looked at the man she had secretly loved for seven years with a lingering look, and smiled while enduring the pain in her heart: "The prince said in the other garden that he could not marry me because he had someone in his heart. I thought the prince was lying to me, but I didn't expect it to be true."
Liu Yan rode on his horse, looking down at Sun Yunyun from above. He also thought he was a patient man, but at this moment he felt that his patience was almost exhausted.
"Your Highness doesn't know that women are always more sensitive to the people they like." Sun Yunyun smiled bitterly.
In the garden, seeing Liu Yan's eyes looking at Mu Zhuohua, she suddenly understood in her heart. He was willing to accompany her alone in the garden. She thought he was willing to be with her, and the broken flute was just an accident. At that time, she walked behind him, stepping on his slender shadow, her heart full of sweetness, but in the end, he just rejected her privately to save her face.
- Is the prince unwilling to marry into the Sun family?
——The prince has someone in his heart, and he doesn't want to delay Miss Sun's prime years.
——Yunyun has been in love with the prince for many years...
Liu Yan turned his back to her and looked at the plum blossoms that were just blooming on the treetops, gently interrupting her confession that she had finally mustered up the courage to make.
——Miss Sun, not all seeds can germinate... and not all flowers can bear fruit.
He seemed to remember something, lowered his head and smiled sadly - liking is your own business, and others don't owe you anything .
His words were like a sharp knife piercing her heart, and she cried in pain.
She chased after his departing back, but unexpectedly ran into that scene.
Hearing Liu Yan's tone of voice and his eyes, she understood everything.
He also liked someone he couldn't get...
Sun Yunyun slowly smiled: "In that case, then the prince will leave first."
Seeing that she was no longer entangled, Liu Yan's face became better, and without saying anything, he turned around and rode away.
Sun Yunyun looked at the man's back, lowered the curtain, and put away all her smiles.
"Miss, does the prince really have someone he likes?" The maid knew her feelings for Prince Ding, and was particularly worried about her mood at this moment.
Sun Yunyun suddenly laughed: "It doesn't matter, that person is not destined to be with him."
"But the prince likes her in his heart." The maid didn't understand why she could still laugh.
Sun Yunyun leaned on the window frame and smiled: "That's great, I finally know what kind of person the prince likes..."
Liu Yan rode back to the villa alone. After asking, he found out that Mu Zhuohua had already got on her own carriage and went back. It was a little girl who came to pick her up. He knew that Guo Juli came to pick her up, but when he recalled the way he came, he didn't see Guo Juli.
Liu Yan was eager to see Mu Zhuohua, so he immediately turned his horse around and looked for Mu Zhuohua on the way home.
Liu Yan rode his horse quickly, paying attention to the carriages on the road along the way, but when he passed a restaurant, he heard a familiar voice.
"My young lady clearly entered your restaurant, how could she disappear? You are a black shop, I will report to the police!"
Liu Yan was shocked when he heard this, and immediately pulled the reins, turned over and jumped off the horse, and ran into the restaurant.
In the restaurant, Guo Juli was arguing with the store owner. Although she was small, she was very strong, and three big men couldn't hold her back. The little girl was angry and anxious at the moment, her face was red, and there were tears on her face.
Liu Yan arrived and kicked away a waiter who was holding her, grabbed Guo Juli's shoulder and asked in a deep voice: "You just said Zhuohua disappeared, what happened?"
Guo Juli looked closely and saw that it was Liu Yan. He was overjoyed and grabbed his sleeves tightly as if he had grabbed a life-saving duckweed, and cried: "The young lady and the eighth young lady entered this restaurant and disappeared!"
"Eighth young lady?" Liu Yan was stunned.
In the box of Fengweixuan, Mu Minghua and Mu Zhuohua sat opposite each other. After a year, it seemed like a lifetime ago. This was the marriage that Mu Minghua had been dreaming of, but because of a rain, it was snatched away by Mu Zhuohua. Mu Zhuohua was supposed to marry County Magistrate Zhuang as a concubine, but because of her escape from marriage, it finally fell on her. In the past year, she would think of Mu Zhuohua from time to time. Her seventh sister was very cunning, good at disguise, and had a maid as strong as an ox following her. She should still be alive and well outside.
Unexpectedly, on the first day of entering Beijing, she saw Mu Zhuohua and couldn't help but sigh at the wonder of fate.
This time she came to Beijing with County Magistrate Zhuang. County Magistrate Zhuang was ordered to go to Beijing to participate in the performance evaluation of foreign officials. According to him, he had already made arrangements. This time, he would definitely get an A grade in the performance evaluation and be promoted to the prefect of Jiangling. Therefore, when he went to Beijing, he brought his family with him, and he never went back to Huaizhou.
Mu Minghua was his concubine who he still loved, so naturally she was by her side, and he also gave her the best appearance. Mu Zhuohua looked at Mu Minghua's dress. She wore a pair of valuable white jade bracelets on her wrists, a ruby headpiece, and her clothes were the newest and most expensive satin. Her eighth sister was average looking, but she loved to dress up. However, her biological mother was also of ordinary origin and was not favored among the wives and concubines of the Mu family, so it was difficult for Mu Minghua to get good things. Mu Zhuohua lived in the same house with Mu Minghua. She knew that Mu Minghua was a little vain, but not a bad girl. After knowing that County Magistrate Zhuang was interested in taking a concubine, she dressed herself up very carefully, hoping that County Magistrate Zhuang would like her. Although County Magistrate Zhuang was nearly 20 years older than her and had a bad reputation, he was rich and had two concubines and a wife at home. Although the wife was still alive, she was suffering from many diseases. She had seen her once and she didn't look like a long-lived woman. She calculated that she would marry and endure for a few years. When the wife died, she would have a chance to become the wife. But she didn't expect that County Magistrate Zhuang would like Mu Zhuohua.
That day, Mu Minghua found out that the magistrate of Zhuang County was going to burn incense, so she deliberately brought Mu Zhuohua with her to give herself courage, and also intended to use her dullness and stupidity to set off her beauty. She dressed herself up carefully and persuaded Mu Zhuohua to go out, but she didn't expect a heavy rain to ruin her plan. It was not until that day that she knew that Mu Zhuohua, who was plain and honest in the eyes of her family, had been wearing makeup to cover up her beauty. The heavy rain washed away her disguise, and her face without makeup was beautiful and unparalleled, but also revealed a sense of innocence and charm. She realized that her seventh sister was the one with the deepest scheming in the Mu family...
Mu Minghua poured a glass of wine for Mu Zhuohua and smiled softly: "Seventh sister, I didn't expect you to come to Dingjing. How have you been this year?"
She was a little surprised why Mu Zhuohua was wearing men's clothes, but seeing that she didn't wear any pearls and gems, she thought that she was a woman living alone and not doing well.
Mu Zhuohua didn't drink, and smiled and replied: "Thanks to the eighth sister, it's okay." This sentence is sincere. When she fled from the Mu family, Mu Minghua helped her cover up for a few days in order to marry the county magistrate Zhuang as she wished. "I haven't congratulated the eighth sister on her wedding yet, but the eighth sister got what she wanted and married the county magistrate Zhuang."
Mu Minghua smiled faintly: "She is just a concubine."
Mu Zhuohua said: "Looking at the noble dress of the eighth sister, I think the county magistrate Zhuang also loves her very much. It's all the blessing of the eighth sister."
Mu Minghua lowered his eyes: "If it weren't for the seventh sister running away from marriage, how could such a blessing have come to me? I don't know where the seventh sister lives in Dingjing now. If you are not doing well, come to me. I still have some money with me."
Mu Zhuohua wanted to laugh, thinking that the eighth sister was favored and couldn't wait to show off to her.
"Sister Eighth should stay at the posthouse with County Magistrate Zhuang when she came to Beijing. It's getting late today and I have something important to do, so I won't stay with you for long. I'll talk to you another day."
Mu Zhuohua stood up and bowed to Mu Minghua, and was about to leave.
Mu Minghua also stood up and stopped in front of Mu Zhuohua: "Sister Seventh, I still have something to say to you. Come with me and we can talk slowly."
Mu Zhuohua raised her eyebrows in surprise: "What do you mean by stopping me?"
Mu Minghua stared at Mu Zhuohua and suddenly smiled. This smile made Mu Zhuohua feel cold and subconsciously wanted to escape. However, at this moment, the door was opened from the outside, and two sturdy maids came in, holding a white handkerchief in their hands. They grabbed Mu Zhuohua's arms and covered her mouth and nose with the white handkerchief.
As soon as Mu Zhuohua smelled it, she knew it was a knockout drug. She stared at Mu Minghua in disbelief. Mu Minghua had no expression on her face, as if Mu Zhuohua was a dead person and she herself was also a dead person.
Why did she let her meet him? Wasn't this the arrangement of fate, to let Mu Zhuohua return to her original trajectory.
When she saw Guo Juli, Mu Minghua vaguely saw the gears of fate turning again. Her abnormality was noticed by County Magistrate Zhuang. County Magistrate Zhuang looked outside and asked in confusion: "What did you see?"
Mu Minghua said in a daze: "It's her... Guo Juli, the personal maid of the seventh sister. Didn't she run away with the seventh sister..."
Mu Minghua's words made County Magistrate Zhuang's face appear again. It rained heavily that day. The girl in the lotus-colored skirt was soaked all over. The skirt was close to her body, outlining her graceful curves. The rain slid down her face. Her delicate and beautiful face, like a lotus emerging from the water, made him lose his mind. He had inquired and knew that this was the seventh daughter of the Mu family, Mu Zhuohua. In order to marry Mu Zhuohua, he gave a lot of betrothal gifts to the wife of the Mu family. Unexpectedly, the one he got in the end was the ordinary-looking eighth daughter! Mu Minghua was also a beautiful woman, but compared with Mu Zhuohua, she was simply bland! County Magistrate Zhuang was furious at the time. Even though the wife of the Mu family gave him a lot of benefits in private, he was still angry, and this anger was finally vented on Mu Minghua.
Mu Minghua stroked the warm mutton-fat jade on her wrist, but there was no joy in her eyes. The pearls and gems that she once loved the most finally became a burden that she could not bear. Ha... If Mu Zhuohua had not intervened and suddenly escaped from the marriage, how could she have endured the raging anger of County Magistrate Zhuang for no reason?
"Is it the Seventh Miss?" Magistrate Zhuang's eyes were filled with lust and he suddenly grabbed Mu Minghua's wrist, "Minghua, go and trick her into coming here!"
"I..." Mu Minghua endured the pain and looked at Magistrate Zhuang blankly, "How can I trick her?"
Magistrate Zhuang grinned and said, "You trick her into going to the restaurant in front in the name of sisters, and I'll have someone secretly kidnap her." Mu Minghua naturally knew how Mu Zhuohua would be treated if she fell into Magistrate Zhuang's hands. She lowered her eyes and hesitated.
Magistrate Zhuang snorted impatiently: "You'd better listen to me. She is just a concubine's daughter. Your mother promised her to me. It is reasonable and legal for me to catch the escaped concubine. What are you worried about? As long as you handle this matter well, I will promote you to a co-wife, and the position of the main wife in the future will also be yours!"
Mu Minghua's heart moved, and the hatred for Mu Zhuohua surged in her heart again. She nodded gently and said, "I will listen to you, sir."
When Mu Zhuohua woke up, she felt a throbbing pain in her forehead. After a moment of dizziness, she finally saw where she was.
The slightly simple furniture did not look like a place where people lived for a long time. The air was filled with a nauseating sweet fragrance. She was proficient in pharmacology, and her face changed immediately - it was an aphrodisiac incense.
She struggled violently, but found that her hands and feet were tied up, and her mouth was tightly wrapped with gauze. Mu Minghua's face flashed before her eyes. She never thought that her sister would do such a thing to her. Who else could have instructed her to do such a thing except that County Magistrate Zhuang!
She never thought that she would be tricked by her own sister despite being so careful. It was also her fault that she was addicted to her feelings and neglected Mu Minghua's abnormality. Sure enough, if a woman falls in love, she is not far from death.
Mu Zhuohua smiled bitterly in her heart and was eager to get rid of the predicament in front of her. She remembered that when she went to Fengmingxuan, she asked Guo Juli to wait for her at the door. If she found that she was missing, she would probably find someone to save her, most likely to go to the Royal Villa. But in this way, her reputation would be ruined, and she didn't know if she could wait for her to bring people...
However, what she feared came true. Mu Zhuohua was struggling when the door outside opened. She froze and stared at the door, and saw a middle-aged man in a dark robe push open the door and walk in with a grim smile on his face.
Who else could that person be except Magistrate Zhuang?
Magistrate Zhuang closed the door and locked it carefully, then rubbed his hands and walked towards Mu Zhuohua.
"My little beauty, you finally fell into my hands. I have been looking for you for so long..." County Magistrate Zhuang's eyes were full of lust. He came to the bed, grabbed Mu Zhuohua's bound hands and touched them, frowning and looking at Mu Zhuohua, "Did you deliberately make yourself ugly again? Why are you not as beautiful as before?"
County Magistrate Zhuang turned and left, wrung a handkerchief in the basin beside him, came back and wiped Mu Zhuohua's face, but he couldn't wipe off the marks on Mu Zhuohua's face.
Mu Zhuohua's heart moved, and she cried to County Magistrate Zhuang with affection. Although she had slightly adjusted her facial features to make herself look more mediocre, her eyes were full of love, which still made County Magistrate Zhuang's heart flutter, and he couldn't help but untie the cloth strip on her mouth.
"My lord... I finally see you..." Mu Zhuohua called softly, making County Magistrate Zhuang's bones soft. But this reaction was too unexpected for him. All the women he had kidnapped were desperate, but he had never seen such an active one!
Mu Zhuohua said tactfully: "Sir, I am alone outside, and I am afraid of causing trouble, so I used a special powder to cover my appearance. Since you want me, I am afraid that this appearance will spoil your interest. Why don't you help me find some makeup removers so that you can see my true appearance."
Seeing Mu Zhuohua being so accommodating, Zhuang County Magistrate thought she had accepted her fate, and smiled happily, nodding repeatedly: "Okay, okay, what do you want?"
Mu Zhuohua mentioned a few materials, and Zhuang County Magistrate immediately went out and asked someone to find them.
Zhuang County Magistrate turned his back, and Mu Zhuohua's face suddenly turned cold.
She knew that this method would not delay for long, and Zhuang County Magistrate might not be able to bear it. She was anxiously thinking of a way, and when she saw Zhuang County Magistrate turning back, she looked aggrieved and pitiful.
"Sir, my hand hurts..."
County Magistrate Zhuang couldn't bear it, so he grabbed Mu Zhuohua's hand and rubbed it, saying with a smile: "I dare not let you go, for fear that you will slip away again."
Mu Zhuohua said with a smile: "Sir, if I wanted to escape, how could I come back by myself? I didn't intend to escape that day, but was knocked unconscious and sent away."
County Magistrate Zhuang was stunned for a moment when he heard it, and asked suspiciously: "What's going on?"
Mu Zhuohua said indignantly: "I am just a concubine of the Mu family. I am not loved by my stepmother and have suffered all kinds of grievances at home. Sir, you are the county magistrate. "Your Excellency, I am so lucky to marry you. How could I want to run away? My Lord, think about it. I am a weak woman. How could I run away? My father was busy taking concubines in those days, and the backyard was not well guarded. I woke up in the middle of the night and saw a dark shadow. I was knocked unconscious. When I woke up, I was already in a carriage. There were many poor women like me in the carriage, all of whom were to be sold to Dingjing as slaves!"
County Magistrate Zhuang was skeptical, but Mu Zhuohua's pretty face was filled with tears, and he had to believe it.
"Then why did your maid disappear too?"
Mu Zhuohua said, "She saw the men in black trying to kidnap me, and she wanted to shout for help, so she was knocked unconscious by them and sold together with me."
Magistrate Zhuang asked puzzledly, "Who did this?"
Mu Zhuohua rolled his eyes and said, "I've thought about this for a long time, and finally figured it out. It's probably done by my eighth sister!"
"She...why?" Magistrate Zhuang was puzzled.
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Mu Zhuohua reported: "Your Excellency does not know, but it was actually my eighth sister who asked me to go up the mountain to burn incense that day. She originally wanted to marry you, and she thought that I was clumsy and mediocre, and wanted me to set off her beauty. However, she did not expect that the heavy rain would bring me together, and make you take a fancy to me. Her plan turned out to be a hindrance, so she felt unwilling and wanted to take revenge on me!"
Nine out of ten of Mu Zhuohua's words were true, well-reasoned, and justified, so that County Magistrate Zhuang immediately believed it nine out of ten.
Mu Zhuohua said again: "If you don't believe me, just let her confront me! I am yours now, and I will serve you wholeheartedly in the future. It doesn't matter if I have been wronged, but I can't watch you being deceived."
When County Magistrate Zhuang heard this, his anger overwhelmed his lust. He realized that he and the beauty had missed their chance because someone had secretly destroyed their relationship. He stood up angrily, walked to the door and shouted to the servants: "Call Third Aunt to me!"
County Magistrate Zhuang returned to the bed and touched Mu Zhuohua's hand to comfort her. He whispered, "Don't worry, I will never let you suffer injustice."
Mu Zhuohua suppressed her nausea and nodded gently towards Magistrate Zhuang with gratitude and admiration, "Please help me, sir..." Mu Zhuohua raised her wrist again and pleaded softly, "Sir, I can't run away, please untie me..."
Magistrate Zhuang immediately said with pity, "Okay, okay, I'll untie my little beauty right away!"
Magistrate Zhuang untied Mu Zhuohua's hands and feet. Mu Zhuohua lowered his head and rubbed his sore wrist, smiling secretly.
Soon, Mu Minghua was brought in by the servants. She walked in nervously, knelt down and saluted, saying, "What is the matter that my lord has called me for?"
Magistrate Zhuang said angrily, "Bitch! It was you who had the Seventh Miss kidnapped that day and ruined my good deeds!"
Mu Minghua looked up in astonishment, "Why do you say that, my lord!"
Mu Zhuohua looked at Mu Minghua with resentment, "Sister, you are jealous that my lord likes me, aren't you? That day you asked me to go up the mountain because you wanted to marry my lord. I have no intention of competing with you, so why do you have to hurt me?"
Mu Minghua stepped forward and explained, "My lord, I didn't do that!"
"You still want to quibble in front of adults, right?" Mu Zhuohua smiled coldly, "You and I live in the same house. If I disappeared, you should have known it the first time. When did you tell my father and mother?"
Mu Minghua was speechless. She did find out the night Mu Zhuohua ran away, but at that time she thought that if Mu Zhuohua ran away, she could marry Magistrate Zhuang. Therefore, she not only did not report it, but concealed it from her, which helped her to buy time. Who knew that it would become evidence for Mu Zhuohua to bite back, leaving her speechless.
Seeing Mu Minghua's pale face and speechless, Magistrate Zhuang knew that Mu Zhuohua was right. He was so angry that he slapped her hard on the face, causing Mu Minghua to fall to the ground, her hair accessories were scattered, her cheeks were swollen, and blood flowed from the corners of her mouth.
"Sir! Sir!" Mu Minghua crawled forward in fear and knelt on the ground to beg for mercy, "I didn't ask someone to kidnap her, how could I have such a skill..."
Mu Zhuohua said lightly: "Sister is very capable, otherwise how could she know clearly when Sir went up the mountain?"
County Magistrate Zhuang's face was gloomy, and he kicked Mu Minghua away. For a man, being deceived is unbearable.
"Come here! Lock her up, no one is allowed to approach!"
After hearing this, the servants immediately came in and dragged Mu Minghua away. Mu Minghua never thought that she wanted to drag Mu Zhuohua into the water, but she actually hurt herself so badly, and the retribution came too quickly.
Magistrate Zhuang was so angry that he smashed a brush washer, his chest heaving violently: "I'm so angry! I'm so angry! This bitch!"
Mu Zhuohua chuckled, walked to the table, poured a glass of water, handed it to Magistrate Zhuang, and said softly: "Sir, have a glass of water and calm down."
Magistrate Zhuang took the cup, tilted his head back to drink it, then took Mu Zhuohua's hand and said: "I'm sorry for wronging you. Don't worry, I will treat you well today! But... you have been..." Magistrate Zhuang looked at Mu Zhuohua's body hesitantly.
Mu Zhuohua smiled lightly, pulled out his hand inconspicuously, pinched Magistrate Zhuang's shoulder, and said: "My lord, are you worried that I am not perfect? Don't worry, my lord, I know how to put on makeup and disguise myself, and I wear men's clothes to cover up, so no one has discovered my appearance."
Magistrate Zhuang breathed a sigh of relief and said happily: "You are really smart, and I am not in vain for thinking about you."
As he was speaking, a servant knocked on the door outside and reported: "My lord, the things you want have been delivered."
Magistrate Zhuang immediately said: "Send them in!"
The servant opened the door and came in, put the things on the table and hurriedly left. Magistrate Zhuang urged Mu Zhuohua: "Hurry up and take these things off your face, so that this official can take a good look at you."
Mu Zhuohua smiled lightly and said: "Don't be impatient, my lord, I will take off my makeup right away."
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