"It's good that he cried." Lord Mu shook his head and sighed.
It was unclear how long Chengli had been crying, but as his sobs gradually subsided, Mu Chenshuang patted her shoulder and said, "It's windy today, let's go inside."
Mu Chenshuang got up, took Chengli's hand and walked into the house, but after only two steps, her ears twitched, her expression suddenly changed, and her eyes narrowed.
When she looked up again, her eyes revealed a sense of vigilance and murderous intent. But when she turned back to look, she saw Linglong serving Chengli milk tea and pastries.
Mu Chenshuang's gaze softened slightly, but she still asked warily, "Linglong, when you came over just now, did you see anyone lurking around outside my courtyard, acting suspiciously?"
Linglong was taken aback, then immediately thought about it seriously, and still shook her head earnestly, "Miss, there really is no one."
Although Mu Chenshuang's courtyard was not the main courtyard of Lord Mu, it was the largest courtyard. Therefore, if someone were to enter, someone would definitely come to inform them in advance before they even arrived at her place.
Mu Chenshuang hesitated for a moment, then wondered if she had been too upset by Chengli's crying earlier and hadn't been able to distinguish the footsteps properly. She thought it might have been Linglong's footsteps.
Thinking this, Mu Chenshuang couldn't help but relax. She nodded and gestured for Linglong to come in with them.
At this moment, Mu Chenshuang could never have imagined that her seemingly minor oversight today would bring great disaster to the Jingbian Marquis's mansion in the near future.
Mu Chenshuang and the others entered the house and stayed with Chengli, comforting him.
Having successfully left Tingzhu Courtyard, Mu Chunxi quickly returned to her room and closed the door, but her face showed undisguised shock.
She had just been listening to Mu Chenshuang from behind the dense bamboo outside the courtyard wall, as Feng Moran had instructed. But she never expected to hear such shocking and unbelievable news.
She thought that the entire Libei King's family had perished because of the tragedy of that year, but she never expected that the Libei King's orphan had been hiding in their manor all along, right under their noses.
Pacing back and forth in the room, Mu Chunxi, feeling restless, pondered repeatedly: Since Mu Chenshuang brought Chengli back to the Marquis's residence early on, did she know Chengli's true identity from the beginning?
Or perhaps, Mu Chenshuang had long harbored the idea of exonerating the Prince of Libei; otherwise, if the Prince of Libei's crime of treason could not be cleared, then she would be harboring a heinous fugitive...
Mu Chunxi walked around the room a few times, then suddenly stopped, looked up, and seemed to remember something.
When I first saw Qi Ye serving as Mu Chen Shuang's bodyguard, whenever Mu Chen Shuang wasn't around, Cheng Li would always follow Qi Ye around, showing a great deal of closeness and trust.
She had heard rumors about the Dark Assassins before... Could those Seven Nights really be...?
Thinking about it, Mu Chunxi narrowed her pupils and decided to tell Feng Moran what she knew as soon as possible, and also wanted to ask him about the Dark Night Assassin.
She looked up at the sky; it was bright outside, and the time was perfect.
Now, Feng Mo Ran wields power in the court that is almost comparable to that of Crown Prince Feng Xi Lan. He has many official matters to attend to and is no longer the idle prince who used to spend his days in brothels.
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