Chapter 23: If you don’t want to be punished, keep your mouth shut about what happened today and don’t let anyone know.
Lan Xiyue had no idea that the scene just now had been seen by Mo Liyuan in the private room of Tianxiang Restaurant.
In the private room, Mo Yifan gently waved his folding fan and shook his head, "Why did that person just now look so familiar? I think I've seen him somewhere before. Why can't I remember him?"
Mo Liyuan narrowed his eyes slightly. Is it her?
Mo Liyuan's voice rang out in a deep voice: "Tianyi, go and carefully examine the body of the horse just now. I want to know how she subdued that wild horse with just one move."
Tianyi took the order and left, but he couldn't help but feel curious. There were many people on the street just now, and he didn't see how he made his move.
Lan Xiyue looked around and saw that the lobby was full of carved beams and painted buildings, magnificent yet elegant.
She found a corner by the window in the hall and sat down.
"Sir, are you alone? What can you order?" Seeing this, a smart waiter hurried forward with a smile on his face and his eyes shining with enthusiasm and expectation for the guests.
"Bring up one of your signature dishes."
The waiter was stunned when he heard this, "Sir, can you finish this meal by yourself?"
Lan Xiyue frowned, "I have plenty of money, stop talking nonsense and hurry up."
The waiter nodded repeatedly, and then his smile became even wider: "Okay, sir, please wait a moment, I guarantee you will be satisfied!"
Soon, one dish after another, delicious and fragrant, was served on the table.
There is tender and juicy roast duck with crispy skin and smooth meat; there is golden Dongpo pork, fat but not greasy; and there is steamed sea bass, the fish meat is as delicate as silk and melts in your mouth... Every dish is as exquisite as a work of art, making people reluctant to put down their chopsticks.
Lan Xiyue looked at the delicious food in front of her and felt an indescribable joy in her heart.
She began to eat and drink to her heart's content. Mmm, it was delicious.
After eating and drinking her fill, Lan Xiyue called the waiter over, pointed at a few dishes she found particularly delicious, and said, "Make another batch of these for me to take away."
The waiter readily agreed and packed up the dishes after a while.
Lan Xiyue prepared to pay the bill and leave.
The waiter said respectfully, "Sir, the total is eight hundred and five taels of silver. The shopkeeper will round off the change for you, so just give me eight hundred taels."
Lan Xiyue twitched her lips and thought to herself, "The food at Tianxiang Restaurant is really as expensive as its reputation says."
But then I thought, it’s not my own money anyway, so I don’t feel bad about it. At worst, if I spend it all, I can just go to the warehouse for a walk. This amount of money is nothing.
So she readily took out the silver bills, counted out eight hundred taels of silver bills, and handed them to the waiter.
"Okay, sir, welcome to visit us next time."
Lan Xiyue left Tianxiang Restaurant carrying the food box. She didn't hang around anymore and went back secretly.
In the private room on the second floor of Tianxiang Restaurant, "Master, there are two embroidery needles in the horse's head." Tianyi's voice broke the silence in the private room.
He looked solemn, holding two tiny embroidery needles tightly in his hands.
Tianyi also took a lot of effort to dismember the horse's body before he found two embroidery needles in its head.
When Mo Liyuan heard this, his eyes instantly became as sharp as a knife. He slowly took the embroidery needle from Tianyi's hand and looked at it carefully. It was just an ordinary embroidery needle, as ordinary as the embroidery needle used by the woman that night.
A hint of coldness flashed in Mo Liyuan's eyes, and the whole room seemed to suddenly cool down with his breath.
Mo Yifan felt a chill and rubbed his arms involuntarily, with doubts in his heart.
"No, little uncle, it's just two embroidery needles. Why are you reacting so strongly?" he couldn't help but ask.
Mo Liyuan didn't answer immediately. Instead, he gently put down the embroidery needle in his hand, his eyes deep, as if lost in memories. After a moment, his cold voice rang out, "That night, the woman who broke into the palace also used an embroidery needle."
Mo Yifan was shocked when he heard this and almost jumped up from his chair.
"Could this... be a coincidence?"
However, when he saw Mo Liyuan's frosty face, the doubts in his heart were instantly suppressed.
"Little uncle, wasn't it a woman who broke into the palace that day? But the man just now was a man." Mo Yifan spoke again. He knew Mo Liyuan's wisdom and methods very well, and he also understood that this little uncle would never do anything without a purpose.
Mo Liyuan sneered and narrowed his eyes. "Man? It's clearly just a woman disguised as a man."
However, her close combat skills that night were extraordinary. How could a young lady, even if she was arrogant and domineering on weekdays, have such skills?
Woman, I have found you.
"Tianyi, didn't that man just enter Tianxiang Restaurant? Go find him and bring him in." Mo Yifan gave the order.
Upon hearing this, Tianyi glanced at his master, and seeing that he didn't say anything, he took the order and left.
After a while, Tianyi returned to the private room, "Third Prince, the person has left."
Mo Yifan couldn't help but frown when he heard this.
Mo Liyuan stood up and strode out of the private room. Seeing this, Mo Yifan hurriedly followed.
At the same time, Lan Xiyue walked lightly, climbed over the wall, and returned to Xilingyuan.
Chuchun and Chuxia were sitting by the window, concentrating on doing needlework with their heads down.
The needle tip shuttled through the silk, making a subtle and rhythmic sound.
Lan Xiyue pushed the door open and walked in. The two of them stopped what they were doing and turned around at the same time.
Chu Xia looked at Lan Xiyue, who was dressed in men's clothes, and was horrified: "Ah... who are you?"
Hatsuharu also looked wary.
Lan Xiyue's lips curled up into a faint smile, holding the food box in her hand and shaking it gently, "Hurry up and eat it, I brought you some delicious food."
Chuchun and Chuxia looked at each other, "Miss?"
Lan Xiyue said with a smile: "Why? You don't recognize me after I changed into men's clothes?"
Chu Xia patted her chest and said, "Miss, why did you come back wearing men's clothes? I was scared to death."
"Who told you that I'm too famous, so it's convenient for me to dress like this."
Chuxia and Chuchun both smiled when they heard this.
Chuxia couldn't wait to step forward, took the food box with both hands, and opened it carefully.
At that moment, her eyes widened instantly, her face full of disbelief: "Wow, Miss, where did you get the money to buy so many delicious foods?"
As soon as the food box is opened, the aroma is so tempting that it makes you salivate.
Lan Xiyue tapped Chu Xia's forehead gently and said, "Just eat what you have. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Chuxia stuck out her tongue and placed the food on the table one by one with a smile.
"Miss, you come and eat too."
Lan Xiyue waved her hand, leaning lazily on the couch, and said with a smile: "You guys eat, I've eaten, and I brought this back especially for you."
"Thank you, Miss!" the two girls said in unison.
Early Spring and Early Summer sat around the table and began to feast.
Chu Xia was delighted and praised while eating: "It's delicious. I have never eaten such delicious food."
Chuchun also nodded repeatedly, enjoying every bite, as if this was the most delicious delicacy in their lives.
Outside the warehouse, the guards woke up one by one from their sleep and found themselves lying on the ground without knowing when.
They looked at each other, their hearts filled with confusion and fear.
The leader Li Ping quickly calmed down, stepped forward and carefully checked the lock of the warehouse, and found that it was intact, then he breathed a sigh of relief.
He turned around, glanced sternly at the others, and said in a deep voice, "The shift will be changed soon. If you don't want to be punished, keep your mouth shut about what happened today and don't let anyone know."
The other guards heard this and nodded as they were not stupid.
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