C12

At this moment, Mu Ying wished he could quickly bring Xue Ruyun to his side and protect her and pamper her. Fortunately, he had already arranged a marriage with her. Otherwise, he would truly be worried that someone else would snatch her away. It seemed that he would have to marry her sooner. Thinking up to this point, Mu Sheng was somewhat anxious.

"Is that so..." Wei Ming couldn't help but whisper in his heart. During this period of time, the prince was acting very strangely.

"Cough cough, what's the matter?" Mu Yong cleared his throat and half-leaned on the edge of the table as he pretended to drink his tea.

"It was the empress dowager. She said she had matters to attend to and wanted you to come pay her respects tomorrow." Only then did Wei Ming remember his purpose, so he quickly reported to Ye Zichen.

"Mm, why is the empress dowager looking for me?" Mu Sheng was somewhat puzzled.

"Forget it, it just so happens that This King has something to report tomorrow." Mu Sheng planned to test the empress dowager's tone tomorrow and see when she could arrange for him and Xue Muyun to get married as soon as possible.

Throughout the night, Mu Sheng lay awake, tossing and turning in his bed. His mind was in a mess, turning it over and over in his mind. After tossing and turning about in the middle of the night, he finally fell asleep in a daze.

That night, the shadow of that woman could be seen flying towards the Moon Palace. She was dressed in white and was floating like an immortal. So it was actually Chang'e, the goddess in the sky. Mu Ying was on his handsome horse as he chased after her. In the end, all he could see was her flying away. He suddenly felt sad and couldn't help but wake up from his dream. It was already early in the morning.

Mu Sheng heaved a sigh of relief. Luckily, this was only a dream. He looked at the hour and saw that it was still early when he left to say good night to the Empress Dowager, but he could no longer sleep. Thus, he stood up, took the treasured sword and went to the courtyard to cultivate.

Xue Manor's second miss, Xue Shaoli, had just returned home last night, and early this morning she heard the low sound of a woman crying from her mother's room.

She walked in and saw that Mrs Zhao was punishing a servant. "This little hoof doesn't know how to work. Look at his eyebrows, they're all crooked." Mrs Zhao scolded the maidservants as she paced up and down.

Seeing the maidservant kneeling on the ground, Xue Shaoli's face was already flushed red from the spanking. She cried until tears dripped from her eyes as she said, "My lady, please spare me. This servant will not dare …"

"What happened to Mother? So angry early in the morning. " Xue Shaoli had always been a dignified and elegant young miss. As she spoke, she signaled the maid Liu Xu to help her up.

"You can leave. Leave this area to me." Liu Xu instructed the servants. When everyone heard this, they hurriedly left.

Mrs Zhao was still fuming.

So it was because of the incident yesterday that her personal maid, Cai Feng, had been killed by the staff. Only then did she call a maidservant over to help her wash up.

This maid's fate was pretty good, but since Lady Zhao had suffered yesterday, her heart was filled with gunpowder and she was just worrying about not having a spark in her hand. Only then did he pick the bones in the egg and look for a servant girl.

Xue Shaoli smiled and sat down gracefully on the chair beside her. "I don't see anything wrong with mother's eyebrows, so why are you so angry? If someone who doesn't know anything were to spread the news to father, he would say that you are mad again."

At this moment, Xue Lian, who lived nearby, also came. Seeing Xue Shaoli's words, he quickly explained, "Mother isn't doing it for this servant girl, just this lowly servant is not worth it. Mother would always be angered by those people. "

As he spoke, he indicated towards the direction of Xue Ruyun's residence with his mouth.

"Elder sister, you returned so quickly after going to the palace." At this time, someone walked past the door. Xue Lianshui quickly changed the topic and said.

"Mm, I'm going to chat with the empress dowager and her elder."

Only after seeing the servant leave did Xue Lian recount the events of last night in a concise manner.

"You said that Xue Ruyun … she actually said those words?" Xue Shaoli also felt it was inconceivable when she heard the narration of Xue Lian's painting.

When he was in the palace, he had heard many rumors that Xue Lian's personality had changed drastically after falling into the water. He had thought that the rumors were untrustworthy, and that they were just like the clouds in the sky. He hadn't thought that Xue Muyun would truly experience such a great change.

This time, the ice-cold lake water did not drown her. Instead, it gave her a blessing in disguise and made her smart. This was something they did not expect.

"In that case, in the future, it will be even more difficult to deal with this Xue Luoyun." Xue Shaoli seemed to be deep in thought, but her face was still noble and elegant, devoid of any evil.

"Elder sister, you have to think of a way to help us." Xue Lian begged Xue Shaoli as if she was pretending to be pitiful. He wanted to rely on Xue Shaoli to take revenge for that palm strike.

Xue Shaoli helped him up and said without hesitation, "This matter cannot be rushed for the time being."

"Why?" Xue Lian did not understand.

"Yesterday, something like that just happened. If I were to deal with Xue Ruoyun now, it would definitely arouse my father's displeasure. As the saying goes, for a gentleman to take revenge, ten years is not too late. We'll have to endure this for now and report back later. "

Xue Shaoli's mind had always been more profound than Xue Lian's painting. Even though she was a bit older, she saw things more long-term.

Hearing her words, Xue Lian didn't know what to say anymore. Soon after, Xue Shaoli calmed them down in the room for a while before backing away. Behind her, Mrs Zhao and Xue Lian looked much better. They were both grateful and moved by Xue Shaoli.

On the way back to the courtyard, he had perhaps been bewitched by the false impression of Xue Shaoli being filial to her mother and loving her sister. Liu Xu, who was standing beside Xue Shaoli, asked in confusion, "With Miss's intelligence, we could have thought of a way to help Madam and Third Miss out. Why did you decline?"

He stopped and looked at the mud on his shoes. He smiled and said elegantly, "Look, there was a rain last night and someone else's feet were covered in mud. Why do we have to clean them? What good is it for me?" Xue Shaoli had always valued benefits more than family.

Hearing this, Liu Xu came to her senses, and thoughtfully nodded: "Miss is still smart. This matter is not of much interest to us. We don't need to meddle. In case we can't catch the fox, and even get into trouble. "

Hearing Liu Xu's praise, Xue Shaoli was pleased. She lightly pulled out a bunch of red plums from the side of the trail and sniffed them. With a look of admiration on her face, she said, "This Xue Ruyun might not be a good person, but after she fell into the water, her temperament changed greatly. I don't know what she looks like. If we don't understand the enemy, we can't act rashly. "

Xue Shaoli said, "Miss is right, this servant has been too meddlesome." Liu Xu said in admiration.