There was a hint of heartache in Long Moxun's eyes. Luo Xuening at this moment was just like himself long ago. Seeing her alone and feeling heartbroken, Long Moxun seemed to see himself who was helpless when he was young.

He just walked forward gently, patted Luo Xue Ning's shoulder, and whispered softly in Luo Xue Ning's ear in his low voice.

"This is none of your business. Don't blame yourself."

Luo Xuening opened her tightly closed eyes. There was a mist in her bright eyes, and she looked particularly pitiful. She spoke, her voice choking with sobs.

"Your Highness, I know. But, although they didn't die because of me, I was still involved in their deaths."

"Xiao Cui died because she saved me, and these women escaped from that hell secretly because of me. But I failed to help them escape, and instead..."

Luo Xue Ning couldn't continue speaking. The mist in her eyes finally turned into drops of tears, dripping onto Long Mo Xun's heart.

On impulse, Long Moxun hugged the crying woman into his arms. Her tears soaked Long Moxun's clothes. Long Moxun could even feel the wet and hot tears condensed from the snow in his chest, burning his heart with pain.

He stretched out his hand and hugged the seemingly strong but actually weak woman a little tighter, just as if many years ago, when Long Moxun was most helpless, he had also hoped that there was someone who could hold him in her arms.

However, Long Moxun at that time never got that hug, but now, he suddenly wanted to give Luo Xuening a hug, a kind of warmth, and a solemn promise.

It's just that there are some things that he has in his heart that are not suitable to be said now.

"Are you feeling better?"

Long Moxun spoke lightly, and he didn't know how much time had passed, but he could feel that the tears of the person in his arms were gradually fading. At least, his clothes were not as wet as before.

Perhaps it was Long Moxun's voice that was too warm, or perhaps it was Long Moxun's embrace that was exceptionally warm. Long Moxun, who heard no response, lowered his eyes to glance at the woman in his arms, but was surprised to find that she had fallen asleep.

Long Moxun couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, feeling helpless. Luo Xuening, how much do you trust yourself? To be able to fall asleep as soon as you touch my body, and you are not a pillow.

Well, I guess she was tired of crying. Long Moxun remembered that he had also been bullied in the deep palace before. No one protected him at that time. When he was bullied, he could only run back and curl up in a corner to cry by himself.

Then, tired of crying, he would fall asleep in that corner, and when he woke up again, he would be stronger than before.

Now, he also hoped that Luo Xuening could have such a transformation, so that it would not be in vain that he had lent his shoulder to Luo Xuening for so long.

Touching Luo Xuening's warm hair, Long Moxun became interested and tangled Luo Xuening's hair around his fingers, tangling them a few times and then letting them go, tangling them a few times and then letting them go again, over and over again, never getting tired of it.

Until the moment Luo Xuening opened her eyes, she saw a pair of bony fingers entwining and entwining her hair.

Luo Xuening suddenly felt that she might be dazzled. When had Lord Prince Jing ever been so childish?

Well, Luo Xue Ning rubbed her eyes, and when she looked again, she found that she was not dazzled. This childish person was none other than Long Mo Xun, the real Lord Jing.

"Are you awake?"

Long Moxun was really willing to let down Luo Xuening's hair. He pinched his fingers, then glanced down at his clothes, and said with disdain.

"You have soiled my clothes, Luo Xue Ning, how are you going to compensate me?"

Luo Xuening blinked her eyes and asked nervously, "How about I wash it for you?"

She was just a concubine of lowly status in the Prime Minister's Mansion. One piece of Long Moxun's clothing was worth her annual salary.

Long Moxun frowned, and the look of disgust on his face deepened: "How do you wash it? Ask me to take it off and wash it for you."

"Yes." Luo Xuening nodded seriously. She really wanted to say that if Lord Prince Jing didn't mind, you can wash while wearing it like this.

Long Moxun was particularly honest. He stood in front of Luo Xuening with his arms and legs spread out and his head tilted back, looking like a master who wanted his maid to change his clothes for him.

Luo Xue Ning blinked her eyes and resisted the urge to look at Lord Jing Wang's figure: "Why don't we wash it in a few days?"

"I don't wear such dirty clothes. You hold them for me."

Once again putting on an attitude of a lord, Long Moxun didn't mind changing clothes in front of Luo Xuening. He stuffed the dirty clothes into Luo Xuening's hands and looked at Luo Xuening with a subtle smile. It was obvious that he did it on purpose, just to tease her.

Long Moxun didn't know when he became so bad-tempered, but when he thought about it, he had been Luo Xuening's pillow for so long, how could he not collect some interest?

Luo Xuening took it helplessly and looked around him. The bodies of men in black were everywhere. He really wanted to know who sent this group of men in black.

"If I am not mistaken, it should be Prince Shou's men."

"King of Shou?"

Luo Xue Ning remembered that she had met the King of Shou in person before. At that time, the King of Shou seemed to have special treatment for her. She thought at that time that she was blessed by Fang Jinyu. Now, she thought that the King of Shou might have had some plans for her a long time ago.

The King of Shou was indeed a powerful character. Luo Xuening silently decided to stay away from the King of Shou in the future.

"But King Shou, what exactly does he want me to do?"

"Prince Shou's maternal grandfather's family is the Gu family. Doesn't he know that I have a deep hatred for the two Gu ladies?"

Thinking of the calculations in the mind of the prince, Long Moxun snorted coldly: "The prince's maternal grandfather is indeed from the Gu family, but his current support is not only from the Gu family. He is now recruiting talents. I don't know whether you are lucky or unlucky to have caught his eye."

Luo Xuening rolled her eyes at him and said, "That's all thanks to you."

Long Moxun chuckled. Even though he was given a cold look, he felt inexplicably happy. This is what happened: "Well, so I will be responsible for you with reluctance."

Listening to Long Moxun's boastful words, Luo Xuening couldn't help but tremble her eyebrows: "Yes, anyway, I am helping you with great reluctance. If one day, you can't protect me, I will go and cooperate with the Prince of Shou with great reluctance."

This time, it was Long Moxun's turn to raise his eyebrows: "You dare?"

Of course Luo Xue Ning dared to do so. Although she had no choice but to stand on Long Mo Xun's side now, if one day Long Mo Xun was unkind to her, she would also be unjust to Long Mo Xun. It was not a question of whether she dared or not, but Luo Xue Ning's attitude towards things was just like that.

Of course, she would not say these words to Long Moxun in person. After looking around, Luo Xuening decided to bury Xiao Cui here so that she could be with the green mountains and clear waters forever.

This place under the blue sky and white clouds is what Xiao Cui longs for the most. Even though Xiao Cui can't see it now, Luo Xue Ning thinks that if Xiao Cui knew in her afterlife that she could stand in such a beautiful place, she would also be comforted.

After burying Xiao Cui, Luo Xue Ning had no right to care about the others. When she first saw these people die in front of her, Luo Xue Ning felt guilty, but she was not the Virgin Mary.

As Long Moxun said, this is their fate.

Even if Luo Xue Ning didn't rescue them, the prospect they would face would be being locked up in a dungeon and losing their freedom, or being handed over to others to be played with.

The ways in which those powerful people manipulated people were enough to torture a good person to death. And when these women chose to follow him and escape, they had already chosen to die with dignity.

"So, the murderer of the locked room murder case sneaked into the houses of those officials and killed people just to avenge his sister?"

“That’s right.”

"So, the twelve officials involved in the closed room murder case may have all been involved in playing with women."

Long Moxun and Luo Xuening walked side by side. Along the way, he told Luo Xuening about the connection between the closed room murder case that he had investigated in recent days and this case of trafficking women.

It turns out that the reason why Xing Dong kidnapped these women was to train them and give them to the powerful as playthings, and they didn't care whether these women lived or died.

This situation has existed for a long time in these powerful circles, and the murderer of the closed room murder case wanted to take revenge on these powerful people because his sister died at the hands of these powerful people fifteen years ago.

At this point, Luo Xuening also had some understanding of the murderer of the closed room murder case. No one could accept that their sister was toyed with and killed by these powerful people.

What's more, those powerful people colluded with each other and put all the blame for the murder on him. It was no wonder that the murderer resisted because those powerful people were too aggressive.

It's just a pity for those ignorant women who were exploited by the murderer, and also for the young lady of the Duke of Anguo's Mansion who died tragically at the hands of the human trafficker.

"Prince, have you found out who is behind Xing Dong?"

"The twelve officials involved in the closed room murder case may not have much to do with the matter on the surface, but in fact, they are all Prince Rui's men. However, Prince Rui has been in the dark, but he has revealed too many flaws. I believe he won't be able to stay away for long."

Luo Xuening nodded, expressing her deep hatred for people like Prince Rui. On the one hand, he secretly hid weapons to prepare for rebellion, and on the other hand, he used abducted women as beauties to win over high-ranking officials in the court. If he really became the emperor with such cruel means, the people of Nanshao would have to live in dire straits.

Thinking of those innocent women who died tragically at the hands of Prince Rui, Luo Xuening looked at Long Moxun firmly: "My Lord, please make sure Prince Rui gets the retribution he deserves."

"rest assured."

Long Moxun just uttered two words lightly, but his eyes were chilled. The hatred between them was more than just that. Over the years, Prince Rui had tried to assassinate him many times, and it was time to settle the account.