Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife Chapter 323

~ SHOW LOVE AND RESPECT AS GOOD BROTHERS SHOULD ~ 

Si Shu left the room with some guilty conscience and just happened to run into Si Qin. She quickly stepped forward to hold her. “Sister Si Qin, Miss seems to have found out, that flower....”

Si Qin hurriedly pulled the person back and sighed softly. Among the four of them, Si Shu’s martial arts is the strongest, but her personality is also the most innocent. She couldn’t control her emotions and said, “Miss has always been intelligent. How could we hide it from her? If she discover it, then so be it. Anyway, you picked up the flower at the door.”

“But... Fourth Master sent someone to put it at the door. “

“That won’t be a problem. You just picked up the flowers from the door and placed them on the table in the room. Don’t worry, Miss won’t bother.”

“But now that we are with Miss, don’t you think she would think we were disloyal by doing this?”

Si Qin couldn’t help laughing: “Did the Fourth Master ask you to put the flowers on the table?”

“Nope.” The Fourth Master sent someone to put the flower at the door. She saw it and thought it must be for Miss, so she picked it up.

“Then that’s enough. Rest assured, Master is more considerate than us.” Fourth Master had gone through a lot of trouble to send the four of them to Miss, so he naturally wouldn’t let Miss have a reason to chase them away.

Si Shu thought about it for a while and felt that it made a bit of sense. She then calmed herself down and asked, “Then do I still need to go to the back of the mountain to find Hibiscus Mutabilis?”

Si Qin helplessly pulled Si Shu away: “We’ll just pick it up from the door at night.”

“...That would be fine.” The Fourth Master will send it anyway.

In the afternoon, Su Yuyi felt even more uncomfortable. Her knees looked like they were about to break, but she had come to Baohua Temple to perform well in order to get Princess Yi De to look at her more. At this time, she had to persevere no matter what.

Taking advantage of the afternoon break, she had someone change the cushions. However, her legs still felt very uncomfortable, and her condition did not improve at all. After kneeling for less than half an hour, she could no longer hold on and fell to the ground again.

Su Qingwu’s forehead twitched and asked the maid to help her up. “Yuyi, since you’re not feeling well, why don’t you go back to your room and rest?”

“No need,” Su Yuyi quickly shook her head. If she gave up at this moment, isn’t the previous discomfort all in vain? “Don’t worry, Elder Brother. I can persevere.”

Seeing her stubbornness, Su Qingwu knew what she and her mother were planning, so he didn’t try to dissuade her.

There are several rooms in Baohua Temple that had always been closed to outsiders. But at this moment, Jin Wang came to the door and asked people to report back. Not long after, he was invited in.

“Greetings, Imperial Aunt.” Jin Wang walked through the door and saluted Grand Princess Yi De with a smile on his face.

Grand Princess Yi De put down the Buddhist scripture in her hand and said, “Stand up, why have you come?”

“Imperial Father was worried that you weren’t used to living on the mountain, so he asked me to come visit you. He also asked me to bring a letter for Imperial Aunt to take a look.”

Qu Mama took the letter and handed it to the Grand Princess.

After reading the contents of the letter, the Grand Princess Yi De couldn’t help but smile. “Imperial Brother has thought it through a bit too thoroughly, but the Autumn Hunt in September is a good opportunity. You go back and say that I agree. During the Autumn Hunt, all of the young ladies should go as well.”

“Yes.” Jin Wang took out a prescription from his sleeve. “Imperial Aunt, I know that you’ve suffered from chest pain again these past few days. This is a prescription that I’ve got someone to look up, and I’ve asked the imperial physicians to take a look at for me. It says that the medicinal properties are mild enough and can slowly restore the body. Imperial Aunt looked at it and used it if it could be used.”

The Grand Princess Yi De motioned for Qu Mama to accept the prescription. “You’re quite considerate. This is an old ailment of mine that has been pained for many years. I’m gradually getting used to it. You even specially went to search for a prescription. It’s hard for you.”

“This is what Nephew should do. If I can cure Imperial Aunt’s chest pain after so many years, Imperial Father’s heart can also be relieved. He don’t need to worry about it all the time.”

As Jin Wang was speaking, he suddenly heard footsteps behind him. He quickly turned his head to look and saw the cold expression on Yue Wang’s face, “Fourth Brother, when did you return from Western Guangdong? Why have you not entered the Palace to pay respects toImperial Father?”

Yue Wang placed down a pot of the Daffodils in his hand and cupped his hands as he greeted Jin Wang: “Greetings, Third Imperial Brother.”

“Fourth Imperial Brother is excused. A few days ago at the Mid-Autumn Festival Banquet, Imperial Father said that he would make an order to announce the Fourth Brother’s return. I didn’t expect that in just a few short days, Fourth Imperial Brother had already returned to the Capital.”

The Grand Princess’s eyes fell on the daffodils by the table and did not participate in the conversation between the two brothers.

Yue Wang ignored him and placed the Daffodils in front of Grand Princess Yi De. “What Imperial Aunt feel about this potted flower?”

“Although it didn’t blossom, it was quite interesting and charming.” Grand Princess Yi De motioned for Qu Mama to arrange the Daffodils and then said, “You two haven’t seen each other for a long time. Go out and have a chat. I’m a bit tired. I need a nap first.”

“Yes, then I won’t disturb Imperial Aunt.”

After exiting the room, Jin Wang looked at Yue Wang with a smile, not caring about the cold look on his face: “Fourth Imperial Brother has always been a man of his words, but this time, it was really unexpected.”

Yue Wang raised his eyes. “Will the Third Imperial Brother report my return to the Capital in advance to Imperial Father?”

Jin Wang’s eyes flashed, and he smiled even more than before, “How could that be? Although Imperial Father said that you couldn’t enter the Capital without an Imperial Edict, with Imperial Aunt here, I believe Imperial Father will not care about such a small matter.”

As if he did not hear the profound meaning behind Jin Wang’s words, Yue Wang spoke coldly: “Then take care, Third Imperial Brother. I shall not send you off.” With that, he turned and headed back to the Grand Princess’s room.

Jing Wang Jin looked at his back, and a slightly gloomy emotion flashed in his eyes. Everyone knew that he had been raised by the Grand Princess when he was young. Even his Imperial Father, the Emperor, regarded him more highly because of this.

In truth, he just listened to his mother’s word and had insisted on staying by the side of the Grand Princess. He had always been humble and submissive, trying to curry favor with the Grand Princess. However, at that time, he was still young, and his patience was poor. It was because the Grand Princess was neither cold nor hot, so he had not been able to persevere to the very end.

However, during that time, he discovered a secret. That was to say, the Grand Princess’s treatment of Yue Wang was very different from others. Not only would she get the mama to deliver things to the cold palace every once in a while, but she would also even occasionally hear stories about what he had done in the cold palace.

After that, when the Grand Princess left the Capital, she did not reduce the amount of care she provided to Yue Wang in the cold palace. It could be said that without the Grand Princess taking care of him, it would have been difficult for Yue Wang to live to the age of twelve, let alone be assigned to Western Guangdong.

And now, Yue Wang had returned to the Capital, but he had gone straight to the Grand Princess without even seeing the Imperial Father in the Palace. He couldn’t help but suspect that the two never break off contact, and the relationship between the two of them was extremely close.

After thinking for a moment, Jin Wang did not immediately leave. Instead, he sent his personal bodyguards back to the Palace to report to the Emperor and chose a room to stay. He still had a few things he needed to confirm, and staying in this room would allow others to feel that he and Grand Princess Yi was close. Thus, the benefits would be greater.

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~ YUE WANG HAS SPECIAL FLOWER DELIVERY SKILLS ~ 

On the second day, Mu Yunyao got up early and accompanied Su Qing to finish their vegetarian meal. After she finished eating, she headed to the prayer hall to continue kneeling and praying. However, just as she left the side room, he saw Su Yuyi, who was slightly pale.

“Greetings, Cousin.”

When Su Yuyi saw Mu Yunyao, a look of disgust flashed past her eyes: “Cousin, there’s no need to be so polite.”

Mu Yunyao’s eyes held a smile. She had already guessed that the news of Princess Yi De’s coming to Baohua temple could not be concealed, but she hadn’t thought that it would leak out so quickly. It had only been a short night, but Su Yuyi had already caught up.

Su Yuyi’s expression was slightly stiff as she followed Yunyao and the rest to the prayer hall, placing the copied Buddhist scriptures on the table. She had come in with hasty manner, and before coming, she even had to teach the woman whom her eldest brother had found to dance. The Buddhist scriptures were extremely rushed, so she was not copied much of The Buddhist scriptures. Compared with Mu Yunyao’s twenty scrolls, it made her feel exceptionally awkward.

Su Yuyi kneels on the prayer mats and slightly closes her eyes. As long as Mu Yunyao was there, she would feel uncomfortable all over. However, this place was Baohua Temple, and people were coming and going, along with Grand Princess Yi De. She couldn’t fall out with Mu Yunyao, and it would be bad for her reputation.

However, due to the restlessness in her heart, she found it particularly hard to endure while kneeling on the ground and chanting. Her knees also began to feel waves of pain, which caused her to frown.

Mu Yunyao was kneeling at the side. Seeing Su Yuyi, who would occasionally move her knees from time to time, a trace of coldness flashed through her slightly lowered eyes.

In order to deal with her, the Eldest Madam prepared very well. The porridge that Qi Mama had sent over was mixed with koji grass powder, but she had used a prayer mat with soft cushions yesterday. Today, she had sprinkled the prayer mat with anemarrhena powder. Both of these things were cold, especially koji grass. It is also known as June Frost, which shows its coldness.

Now the weather is getting colder. If people were to kneel here and pray for blessings, they would be vulnerable to be attacked by cold. First, she took koji grass orally, and then she would kneel on the prayer mat stained with anemarrhena powder. After three days, the legs will be wasted!

Furthermore, even if she had suffered a loss, she wouldn’t dare to make a big fuss about it. After all, she came to Baohua Temple to pray for her grandfather. In just three days, she said that her leg was broken. Isn’t it because she has no filial piety and fussy? After all, this was the usual practice in the past years. If other people are okay, she seemed to be a spoiled child?

Mu Yunyao closed her eyes and knelt down once again, a slight smile appearing on her lips. The Eldest Madam had painstakingly planned for such a long time, so she couldn’t let these things go to waste. Thus, after seeing the Grand Princess Yi De, she had ordered Liu Liang to secretly prepare those arrangements ready for them last night. Today, Su Yuyi came in handy as soon as she arrived.

If the Eldest Madam wanted to harm her, she would return it to her daughter, Su Yuyi, which was very fair.

At first, Su Yuyi could endure it a little, but gradually, her knees became numb from the pain. It was as if the prayer mat she was kneeling down was not a soft cushion, but it was a wooden board filled with needles.

A cold sweat gradually came out on her forehead, and her face became paler. Su Yuyi did not pretend to be sick these past few days, as she really did feel uncomfortable. After all, she wanted to spread her reputation, yet on the way, she even actually got involved with the lowly dancer of Huan Cai Pavillion in the middle of the journey. This depression alone was enough to make her flustered and short of breath.

What was even more shocking was that when she danced in the palace, the reputation she got was worshiping the Moon Fairy. While the lowly dancer had spread the reputation of being the Moon Fairy of the Moon Palace, and just from her reputation, she was able to suppress her. It made her wish to find the other party directly and tear her alive!

The anger was intertwined in her heart. Su Yuyi endured and forbore, but she still couldn’t bear it and fell to the side.

Mu Yunyao extended a hand to support him, “Elder Sister Yuyi, are you alright?

Su Yuyi waved her hand to block Mu Yunyao, and her tone became even stiffer: “I don’t dare bother Cousin Yunyao.”

Mu Yunyao blinked in surprise as she turned her head to look at the person at the door, “Why is His Royal Highness Jin Wang here?”

Hearing the two words Jin Wang, Su Yuyi’s body couldn’t help but stiffen. She remembered Mu Yunyao viciously in her heart and slowly supported herself up as she turned around. Her voice carried a hint of weakness, “Greetings, His Royal Highness Jin Wang.”

The Third Prince, dressed in a light blue embroidered auspicious cloud pattern, had a jeweled belt on his waist, had a bright face, and a warm breath. Right now, he was faintly smiling, looking like a gentleman unparalleled in the world: “There is no need to be so courteous. Miss Su seems to be unwell. Although it’s filial piety to recite Buddhist scriptures and praying for blessing, you can’t exhaust your body just because of it.

Su Yuyi shook her head slightly. There was a trace of worry on her beautiful face, and it made the people’s hearts melt, “Thank you for your concern, His Royal Highness Jin Wang. I should have come with Eldest Brother last night to pray for my grandfather in place of my parents, but yesterday was really.....I came here as soon as I got a little better this morning.”

Su Yuyi paused for a moment and didn’t say exactly why she didn’t come yesterday. Instead, she made people guess that she must have been too sick yesterday and couldn’t get out of bed at all.

Mu Yunyao on one side heard this, and her mind moved slightly: Sure enough. Both Su Yuyi and Jin Wang are extremely compatible. Both of them are extremely hypocritical characters, and looking at the current situation, Su Yuyi probably had some intentions towards Jin Wang. Since this was the case, she would definitely push the two of them together to achieve this good marriage.

Su Yuyi didn’t say much. After all, this wasn’t the right time and place to do so. She knelt down gracefully on the ground and started to recite the Buddhist scriptures attentively.

Su Qingwu stepped forward to converse with Jin Wang, and after a few sentences, Jin Wang said his goodbyes. but before he left, his words were directed towards Mu Yunyao, “Miss Mu must also pay more attention, please do not hurt your body because of this.”

“Thank you for His Royal Highness Jin Wang’s concern.” Mu Yunyao slightly bent over and bowed. She could clearly feel that Su Yuyi’s breath was in chaos for a moment, so she smiled and didn’t take it to heart.

When she returned to her room to rest at noon, Su Yuyi was practically helped out by her maid. Her entire face was deathly pale, and cold sweat covered her head. However, her beautiful appearance did not decrease in the slightest, causing people to feel heartache.

After accompanying Su Qing and eating some food, Mu Yunyao returned to the side room to rest for a while. Just as she walked into the room, she saw a plain butterfly flower placed on a table. There were plain white pebbles on the plate and clustered with Daffodils. The Daffodils were raised to perfection. The dark green leaves were so thick, so thick that one could see an air of innocence in their eyes.

“Why didn’t I see this Daffodils before? Did it come from Baohua Temple?”

Si Shu’s expression was somewhat unnatural. “In reply to Miss, this servant picked it up at the door. It looked so beautiful, so I placed it on the table for you to admire.”

Mu Yunyao’s eyes moved as she extended her hand to poke at the Daffodils’ chubby leaves. At this time, the Daffodils haven’t bloomed, so there’s nothing to see.

Si Shu became even more careful. “What kind of flowers does Miss like? This servant will go to the back mountain to look for them. There are many flowers planted in the back mountain of Baohua temple, and are very beautiful.”

“I like the Hibiscus Mutabilis and always feel that it has a character of the wind. It is so gorgeous and definitely rare.”

“Then, wait until Miss goes to the prayer hall in the afternoon. This servant will go to the back mountain to take a look.”

Mu Yunyao laughed. “You don’t need to go to the back of the mountain to look around. Just wait at the door and see if you can pick up a few more flowers.”

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~ THE TRUTH SHOULD NOT BE BURIED ~ 

Grand Princess Yi De gently closed her eyes, gripped the incense in her two hands, and respectfully bowing to Buddha. “Even if there is only a sliver of hope, I am still willing to believe in Buddha wholeheartedly. Even if..…even if I can’t get the child back, I hope she can be safe and carefree in the place where I can’t see her....”

At this moment, she was no longer the Grand Princess. She was just a mother who had lost her child for many years and cannot find any news of her..…

Yue Wang went forward to help put the incense into the incense burner in front of him and then accompanied the Grand Princess to recite the Buddhist scriptures and pray for blessings.

“Imperial Aunt, it’s getting late. Let’s go back.”

The Grand Princess Yi De opened her eyes and took a little breath of air. After bowing once more to Buddha, she stood up and said, “Many thanks, Great Master Yuan Guang, for waiting here every year.”

Ever since her daughter had been lost, she had come to Baohua Temple every year to make a wish, and the abbot Yuan Guang has also waited here every year. Other than the appearance of the two of them, the rest had never changed for more than 30 years.

The Great Master Yuan Guang smiled but did not speak, only slightly bowing.

When the Grand Princess Yi De turned to leave, she caught a glimpse of the Buddhist scriptures on the incense table from the corner of her eye. One of the scrolls was slightly opened, revealing the extraordinarily graceful little regular script with flowers in it. She was able to tell at a glance that this was a woman’s handwriting. But the font was not the same as the common boudoir women, which empty, tangible, and lacking in strength. On the other hand, it had a unique edge to it that made it especially refreshing.

The Grand Princess Yi De said softly, “These Buddhist scriptures?”

Yue Wang picked up the scroll and placed it in front of the Grand Princess. There was a faint soft look in his eyes. “It was written by Miss Mu for her grandfather’s blessings.”

The Grand Princess Yi De took a look at it, then looked at the high pile of Buddhist scriptures on the table, with a smile on her face: “Filial piety is rare. I think the words written on this Buddhist scripture are exceptionally likable. Take this scroll for me, Jun Yue. You can tell Mu Yunyao at a suitable time tomorrow.”

“Yes.”

After exiting the prayer hall, Grand Princess Yi De turned her head to look at Yue Wang. “Jun Yue, you’re not young anymore. There should be someone by your side to take care of you.”

“Imperial Aunt, I’m not in a hurry.”

“Previously, when you said that you were not in a hurry, I actually felt that it was believable. But now, you aren’t in a rush either?” As Grand Princess Yi De spoke, her eyes rested on the Buddhist scripture in Yue Wang’s hands, “That Mu Yunyao is actually quite an astute child. She doesn’t look too bad, but her background is rather low....”

Yue Wang’s body stiffened, and his expression became even more gentle: “I … I don’t care about her background.” Facing the Grand Princess Yi De, who had doted on him for so many years, Yue Wang did not want to hide his thoughts.

The Grand Princess Yi De laughed softly, “No wonder you had to put so much thought into it today. It’s just that you deliberately arranged for her to see me, but she doesn’t seem to appreciate it.”

When Yue Wang had previously said that she did not have a cape in Lingxi River, she noticed something unusual. She originally thought that Mu Yunyao would pass her cloak over to her out of flattery. But she did not expect that the other party would be completely unmoved and left very happy afterward.

When she saw the scriptures that she had copied in the prayer hall, coupled with the look of Yue Wang when he mentioned the other party, she immediately understood his intention.

“Although she is still young, she has a strong temper. She always has her own plans when she speaks and doing things. I originally wanted to make her feel a bit more at ease. But it seems that I have been overdoing it.” As Yue Wang said that, he did not sound dissatisfied at all. Instead, there was a little more admiration in his heart.

Nowadays, the Capital was in an uproar. Almost all the young ladies of the official families had squeezed their heads out, wanting to perform a little more in front of Imperial Aunt, but only Yunyao was out of the ordinary.

Seeing his expression, the smile on the Grand Princess Yi De’s face deepened. “You’re not planning to return to Western Guangdong this time, are you?”

“Yes, I want to stay in the Capital. Firstly, to take care of Yunyao, and secondly…secondly, I want to investigate the cause of my mother’s death that year.”

In the deep darkness of the night, the surrounding pilgrims had already returned to their respective rooms to rest.

The Grand Princess Yi De went to the stone bench beside the ginkgo trees and sat down. She sighed softly, “I know that one day you will come back to this place, and one day you will want to find out what happened in the past.”

Yue Wang stood in front of the Grand Princes Yede and helped her to block the night wind. “Imperial Aunt, regarding the cause of death of my mother, I must investigate it thoroughly.”

The Eldest Princess Yi De slightly lowered her eyes. Under the night sky, her face seemed somewhat blurry, and no one could clearly see the turbulent emotions that flashed through her eyes. “I already knew that this day would come....”

“Imperial Aunt, I’m sure you are aware of what happened that year. However, you have been secretly watching me for so many years, and yet you are unwilling to tell me the truth about what happened that year.”

“So many years have passed, is the truth still that important?”

“To others, it might not be important anymore, but for Mother and me, no matter how many years have passed, it’s just like a sore throat.” Yue Wang’s tone was firm, with a hint of coldness in his voice. “I do not believe that Mother will persecute my father’s heirs. If Mother really can’t tolerate others as the rumor says, she wouldn’t wait for the princes to grow up before taking action, and even then, choose to be pregnant with me....”

He had been born in the Cold Palace. Later, he had heard from Steward Qin and Eunuch Chen, who had taken care of him since he was young, that his mother had been sentenced to death shortly after giving birth to him. The reason was that his mother had worried that the princes who had already grown up would become a threat to her children. So when she was four months pregnant, she simply poisoned the ten grown-up Imperial Brothers to death, which was why she was so detested by his Imperial Father. Imperial Father didn’t even care that she was pregnant and directly locked her in the Cold Palace, waiting for the pregnancy to finish, and bestowed her the poisoned wine.

This matter had caused too much trouble at first and had even shaken the very foundations of the Imperial Court. The Imperial Court was filled with a miasma of smoke, and several large families had joined hands to pressure their Imperial Father, hoping to directly execute his mother. If it wasn’t for the Grand Princess Yi De’s intercession, he might not have been born. That’s why the current princes are relatively young.

The Grand Princess Yi De slightly opened her mouth, but then she swallowed down the words that were about to leave her mouth, “I know I can’t persuade you, but sometimes the truth is even crueler....if you find out about it, it might not be beneficial to you....”

“Imperial Aunt, I know that you won’t tell me, must be for my own good. But as a son, I can’t see my mother being wronged and not doing anything. Please understand me. I want to investigate!”

The Grand Princess Yi De slightly shook her head, “If you want to investigate, then go ahead and investigate it. According to your character, no matter what you find out in the end, you’ll be able to endure it. Come on. It’s getting late, go back and have a rest early. I will tell your Imperial Father not to send you back to Western Guangdong.”

“Thank you, Imperial Aunt.”

“Listen to my advice. Don’t get angry with your Imperial Father. He arranged for you to stay in Western Guangdong all these years, and he has his own reasons....”

“Imperial Aunt, there’s a gust of wind. I’ll send you back.”

The Grand Princess Yi De stopped talking and nodded her head helplessly. “Let’s go.”

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Incurable Chapter 26 Part 2

Chapter 26 (2/2)

They went home first to collect the cats.

Used to the car by now, the three little ones and Zhouyi were all quite calm inside the carriers. Only Dàtóu, the chatterbox, kept meowing the whole way.

By the time they reached the South District, the roads had opened up, and the car quickly sped onto the coastal highway.

The line of the sea had been painted gold by the setting sun. The car window was cracked open just a little, and a gust of sea wind rushed in—salty, damp, and cool, driving away the summer heat.

No wonder everyone bought homes by the sea. The air was fresh, yes, but the evening view alone was worth it. The horizon swallowed half the sun, the rippling sea curled with golden light, and wave after wave folded over one another like night-blooming flowers opening all at once.

Mu Wan sat in the passenger seat, looking past Liu Qianxiu toward the sea.

The sunset was gold.

The side of his face was gold, too.

His smooth forehead, high brow bone, elegant nose bridge, straight nose, and the faint line of his lips.

From her angle, the outline of his profile looked like a beautiful paper-cut pasted onto a sky drenched in evening glow, almost holy in its unreachability.

“Do you want to stop and look?”

The sunset was particularly beautiful tonight. Liu Qianxiu had clearly noticed her gaze fixed on the window and asked lightly.

The moment he said it, Mu Wan was tempted.

Even if they stopped now, they would only catch the very last of the sun disappearing. If they dropped the cats off first and came back later, the sun would be long gone.

“Okay.” Mu Wan agreed with a smile.

Liu Qianxiu pulled the car into an open lot by the shoreline.

He was obviously not unfamiliar with the place. After parking, the two of them got out and walked toward the water.

Mu Wan was not exactly someone who adored the sea.

She had grown up in Xiacheng. Her mother had brought her to the coast when she was little, and school excursions had brought her here plenty of times, too.

But she had never seen the sea like this.

The slanting sun sank into the water. Waves rolled one after another, all burnished in red-gold light. The wind lifted the hem of her skirt. Barefoot on the beach, she let the tide rush up around her ankles—cool and gentle—and the sand slipped away between her toes.

Her mood that morning had not been good.

But after seeing Liu Qianxiu in the afternoon, it had only grown brighter and brighter.

He said she could go to Qingyuan Temple.

He handed her strawberry milk.

He had brought her here now to watch the sunset.

Anything he did for her could make flowers bloom in her heart.

He was the source of all her happiness.

The man walked ahead of her, tall and slender. The last light of sunset stretched out his shadow until it fell over her body.

Mu Wan looked at him like she was looking at a god she could long for but never truly reach.

They watched the horizon in silence. Neither of them had spoken since getting out of the car.

Only once the sun had disappeared completely and the air had turned cool did Liu Qianxiu stop, turn to her, and say, “Let’s go.”

“You’re in front of me.”

Mu Wan agreed, then stepped aside instead of moving forward. She took one step back into the water. The tide rolled up and swallowed her ankles. It felt wonderful.

Bathed in the afterglow, the woman looked as if she had been given a thick, warm filter. Her features were even more vivid than usual. Standing there so quietly, she looked up at him with a smile, and even with the sky behind her, her dark eyes still seemed to shine.

The sea breeze rose again, cool and tender.

Liu Qianxiu started forward, his feet pressing softly into the sand.

For a while, the only sound was the muted whisper of his steps.

Just as he slowed and seemed about to turn back, he heard the quick light sounds of a woman running up behind him.

Bare feet hitting the sand sounded strangely smooth.

“Liu Qianxiu!”

She caught up behind him, called his name, then poked him lightly in the back and said, “Don’t turn around.”

Liu Qianxiu stopped.

He did not turn.

His frame was lean, yet tall and broad enough that, standing behind him, Mu Wan could smell the faint clean trace of disinfectant on him even through the salty sea air.

“I have a secret.”

Mu Wan’s heart rose and fell with the waves.

“What is it?” the man asked.

Mu Wan smiled.

Looking at his back, she opened her red lips.

Her voice was so low the wind itself could not hear it.

She said it only with her lips, silently.

I’m secretly in love with you.

Liu Qianxiu turned around.

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Incurable Chapter 26 Part 1

Chapter 26 (1/2)

“Can I really go?”

After lunch, Liu Qianxiu stood by the sink, listening to the woman beside him ask for confirmation yet again.

She looked like a child who had not finished her homework over the school break but had somehow still been given permission by her parents to go out and play—delighted, yet not quite able to believe it.

“Mm.” Liu Qianxiu washed one bowl clean.

Having gotten confirmation, she smiled at once. Leaning against the kitchen counter, she tilted her head and asked, “Is the Taoist temple far?”

“Far.”

“Then are we taking the train?”

“We’re driving.”

“A road trip?” She drew out the last words, her voice full of happiness. “Will there be lots of fellow Taoists there?”

“No. Shifu is away. Only my senior brother is at the temple.”

“Ah?”

Mu Wan looked startled for a moment.

But after the surprise passed, she understood. Liu Qianxiu preferred to be quiet when he went into retreat. He would never like one of those large temples crowded with incense and worshippers. The temple he chose had to be remote and secluded.

While she was thinking about that, Liu Qianxiu finished washing the last bowl. He turned off the tap, pulled out a paper towel, and dried his hands. Then he glanced at the time and asked, “You don’t have filming today?”

Mu Wan’s curious look faded. Once the topic shifted back to herself, she braced both hands on the counter and looked out the window.

“I don’t have any scenes today. Or tomorrow. Or the day after. Actually, I don’t have any this whole week.”

Looked at that way, maybe she should thank Mu Qing for getting her scenes cut. Otherwise, she would not even have had the time to go to the temple with Liu Qianxiu.

A blessing in disguise.

As she spoke, Liu Qianxiu kept looking at her. When Mu Wan turned back and met his eyes, she rubbed her nose.

“It’s not that I’m slacking off. I was supposed to have scenes these next few days, but they got—”

She stopped halfway through and smiled instead.

There was no point saying any of that to Liu Qianxiu. All she wanted was to be happy about going to the temple with him this week.

The light came back into her eyes, scattering the shadow that sentence had brought with it. Lifting the corners of her eyes, cautious and pleased all at once, she asked,

“Why are you taking me to the temple?”

Her voice was sweet and clear, like dew resting on lotus leaves before dawn after rain.

Liu Qianxiu looked at her and asked, “Are you happy?”

“I am.” The answer came fast and certain.

The man said nothing more.

That seemed to be the answer.

He checked the time again and said, “I’m going to work.”

After Liu Qianxiu left for work, Mu Wan went home to pack.

They were leaving on Thursday and staying until the following Monday. Four days in all.

Summer clothes were light, but Mu Wan still found packing extraordinarily difficult.

Her entire wardrobe ended up strewn across the bed. The cool air from the AC lifted the corner of a gauzy dress now and then. Looking at the little mountain of clothes, Mu Wan only managed to pick out two pieces to actually put into the suitcase.

In the end, she stopped choosing altogether and flopped face-first onto the bed.

Her soft body sank into the pile of clothes. After a moment, quiet laughter drifted out from within it.

She rolled over onto her back, the smile still on her face, lifted her phone in front of her eyes, and called Lin Wei.

Lin Wei was in the middle of drawing up a design plan. When she saw Mu Wan’s name, she called out, “Mu Wan?” and then took her coffee into the pantry to answer. She had been up late finishing drafts and still had not delivered the final work. She was tired.

Lin Wei might be a rich second-generation girl who played hard and loved freely, but her professional ability and standards were beyond question. She genuinely loved interior design. Staying up late was normal for her.

“Did you stay up all night?” Mu Wan could hear the fatigue in her voice.

“Mm.”

After taking a life-saving gulp of bitter coffee, Lin Wei winced.

“Why didn’t you go film today?”

At that, the smile on Mu Wan’s face paused. She sat up from the pile of clothes and crossed her legs.

“I don’t have any scenes this week. Mu Qing did it. She wants me to go beg her.”

“Don’t.”

Mu Wan laughed as soon as she heard that.

“Of course not. Anyway, even if I don’t have acting work, I won’t starve if I hang around you.”

That was her confidence.

It was something Lin Wei had given her. The two of them had known each other too long, and the depth of that friendship went without saying.

Mu Wan was still smiling as she spoke. Clearly, that smile was not only for the joke she had just made. Lin Wei narrowed her eyes.

“You’re awfully happy. What happened?”

Nothing stayed hidden from her.

Mu Wan dropped backward onto the bed again. Her black, thick hair spilled out across the colorful heap of clothes like scattered black gemstones, still gleaming.

“I’m going to a Taoist temple.”

Lin Wei nearly sprayed out her coffee.

“You’re going to a Taoist temple for what? Are you taking this ‘love the house, love the crow’ thing all the way into religious cultivation now?”

“I’m going with Taoist Liu.”

There was laughter in Mu Wan’s voice.

“Holy shit?”

Lin Wei yanked the phone away to stare at it. “He asked you to go with him? What exactly are you two now?”

“Still what we were before,” Mu Wan said.

She pressed the back of her neck into the pile of clothes, the coolness of fabric brushing against her skin with a fine, dry texture. Then she added, certain of only this much, “But I can feel that I’m different to him.”

She could not yet say exactly how she was different.

But it had already begun to show.

Liu Qianxiu was a man apart. Qingyuan Temple was the place where he went for quiet cultivation. The fact that he was willing to share that place with her meant she had already stepped closer to him.

From the day Mu Wan had first said she wanted to pursue Liu Qianxiu to now, when there had finally been real progress, Lin Wei felt like she had spent years grinding through a game and had finally reached the clear screen ending.

“So are you going to confess?” Lin Wei asked.

Looking up at the ceiling, Mu Wan thought about it for a moment.

“I’m going to try something small first.”

If it failed, she would cut her losses and go back to the warm-water method of slowly boiling the frog.

If it worked, then she would just go all the way and claim him.

After hanging up, Mu Wan kept packing.

By the time her small suitcase was full, she looked at the clock and saw it was already five. Sitting beside the luggage, she called Liu Qianxiu.

“Liu Qianxiu, what time do you get off today?”

Mu Wan took a taxi to Tang’er Hospital.

Liu Qianxiu had a meeting today and said he would be getting off later than usual. He had told her to go directly to his place later instead. But staying home by herself would have been boring anyway, so she decided to go wait for him at the hospital.

After arriving, she went straight to his office.

Evening was still hot and humid, but inside the hospital, it was always cool and airy, with that faint smell of disinfectant drifting everywhere. Slipping past the crowds, Mu Wan took the elevator up to Liu Qianxiu’s floor.

When she stepped out, the slanting sunset was spilling into the corridor.

With the eyes of several nurses following her and their whispers rising softly behind her, Mu Wan walked to Liu Qianxiu’s office door.

Before she even reached it, she heard voices.

And footsteps.

The door opened.

A bespectacled male doctor came out first. His eyes lit up when he saw her, and he smiled as he asked, “Who are you here for?”

There were several doctors at the doorway, men and women both. Some Mu Wan recognized, some she did not. Looking past them, she fixed her eyes on the tallest one.

Liu Qianxiu said mildly, “For me.”

The doctors all looked from one to another. Someone even glanced at Xiao Yun beside them. Since she was clearly here for Liu Qianxiu, it would be awkward for them to keep blocking the way.

The group left the office, and Liu Qianxiu stepped out as well.

“Are you going to your meeting?” Mu Wan asked, watching the doctors in white coats continue discussing something as they walked away. A few of the male doctors still glanced back at her, expressions mixed with surprise and admiration.

“Mm.” Liu Qianxiu still had a surgical report in hand.

“Then go.” Mu Wan smiled and pointed into the office. “I’ll wait for you here.”

“Okay.”

Liu Qianxiu answered and started walking toward the others.

But before fully turning away, he went back into his office.

Mu Wan assumed he had forgotten something and followed him in. Liu Qianxiu opened the desk drawer and took something out. Before she could make out what it was, he had already held it out toward her.

A carton of strawberry milk.

“ It may take a while,” he said. “If you get hungry, drink this first.”

The pink packaging looked oddly mismatched with the cool doctor aura around him. He probably had not bought it for himself.

Mu Wan’s heart first softened, then gave a tiny sour twist as she remembered seeing Xiao Yun outside just now.

“Where did this come from?” she asked, looking up at him without taking it.

Holding the milk carton, the man’s dark eyes stayed calm and patient.

“I bought it.”

The sour little fog in her chest vanished.

Mu Wan parted her lips, looked away, and felt heat rise at the tips of her ears. She took the carton, tore open the straw, and stuck it in, trying to sound casual.

“So you like this flavor too? I like it too.”

Through the clear straw, pale pink liquid rose slowly. She sipped at it in little mouthfuls, and it really did seem to suit her taste. Even the corners of her eyes lit with delight.

Liu Qianxiu’s lashes shifted very slightly.

Without lingering, he turned and left the office.

This meeting really did take a while.

After finishing the strawberry milk, Mu Wan played two rounds of a mobile game. The big WeChat group for supporting actors at the film base kept buzzing nonstop. IP adaptations were booming lately, and one production after another was coming out. There were so many actors, yet most people still managed to get work every week.

She could take it easy this week.

But if her roles were still being cut next week, she planned to go find Mu Qing. The bit about living off Lin Wei had only been a joke. She had trained as an actress and only knew how to be an actress. She was not about to let Mu Qing knock her out of her own profession with just a few petty tricks.

Besides, her mother’s death anniversary was coming soon.

At that thought, Mu Wan lifted her eyes toward the window.

It was six in the evening. The summer sun still hung high, though no longer with the harsh blaze of noon. Looking at that gentler light, Mu Wan pressed her lips together.

The tenth anniversary of her mother’s death.

Also, the tenth year since she had become truly fatherless and motherless.

Liu Qianxiu stood in the doorway watching her, his gaze lowered.

Only after she had smoothed the gloom out of her expression and lowered her head again to play her game did he push the door open and walk inside.

Mu Wan turned at the sound. Something in her eyes jumped. She set down her phone and looked at him.

“You’re done?”

“Mm.”

Liu Qianxiu came in, set down the papers in his hand, and shrugged off his white coat. Without it, the fitted clothes underneath made him look even more striking than the sunset outside—lean, cool, and painfully bright.

Mu Wan stared without meaning to. By the time Liu Qianxiu came to stand in front of her, she had only just pulled herself back together.

She rose from her chair.

“We need to take the cats to my friend’s place first,” Liu Qianxiu said. “I have surgery tomorrow, so I won’t have time to go then.”

“The same friend as last time?” Mu Wan thought of Xu Xingkong—that gentle woman who felt like lavender and soft wind.

“Mm.”

“Do you have another strawberry milk?”

Mu Wan asked.

Liu Qianxiu did not answer.

He simply went to the office drawer, took out another carton, and handed it to her.

“Don’t drink too much on an empty stomach.”

She shook the pink carton lightly. The sweet milky liquid bumped softly against the sides, and Mu Wan smiled.

“It’s not for me.”

She wanted to give it to Xu Xingkong.

Last time, Xu Xingkong had given her a plum—sweet enough to leave a memory.

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Pampered Poisonous Royal Wife Chapter 320

~ YUE WANG WHO DOESN’T ASK FOR ANSWERS ~ 

Mu Yunyao got up to get her cloak, but the instant her fingers touched it, she abruptly pulled her fingers back. She walked to the bedside and sat down as if nothing had happened. It’s already so late, and this is Baohua Temple. Who knows if she would get hit or encounter any danger after going out? So......

Before she finished thinking, she heard Si Qin knock on the door. “Miss, are you asleep?”

“Not yet. What’s wrong?”

“Just now, many lanterns had suddenly flowed down in Ling Xi River on the west side of Baohua Temple. Many pilgrims, who came to offer incense, had come to take a look, and Madam also wanted to take a look. Thus, so she let this servant come and see if you had slept.”

“Lanterns?” Mu Yunyao suddenly thought of the two words written on the piece of paper sent over by Yue Wang. Her fingertips felt as if they were scalded as they tightened. Could it be that he was talking about this?

“I....I’ll accompany Mother to take a look.”

When Mu Yunyao followed Su Qing to Ling Xi River, she saw exquisite river lanterns flowing down the stream. The river lanterns were shaped like lotuses, and the heart of the flowers was lit with a candle flame, illuminating the entire river lanterns, making it shining exquisitely.

The river water jingled, and the river lanterns flickered. Borrowing the starlight that filled the sky, it was so beautiful that one could not bear to look away.

Many people in the surroundings were discussing in whispers, “Is this river lantern specially arranged by the Baohua Temple?”

“There isn’t any big conference right now, so it shouldn’t be. Also, if it’s the arrangement of the Baohua Temple, the pilgrims should be informed in advance.”

Mu Yunyao’s eyes were focused on the stream. Everyone else was sighing over the origin of the river lantern, but she could see the pattern drawn on the lotus flower petal of the river lantern. It was precisely the same appearance with the ice lanterns that Yue Wang had given her back in Jingling City.

She did not know why, but her face was slightly hot. It was hard to tell if she was angry or not. Yue Wang was too bold. Isn’t it..... Isn’t he afraid that people will see through it?

“It’s so beautiful.....” Su Qing sighed with emotion and turned to look at Mu Yunyao, only to find that she was pursing her lips and her face was slightly flushed. “Yao’er, what’s wrong with you?”

“Hmm? I’m fine. I merely couldn’t help but be captivated by the beautiful scenery in front of me. Does Mother still want to follow and watch?” While she was still in a daze, the river lantern had already drifted out for some distance.

“No need, there are so many people ahead. I merely have a look from here.” Su Qing couldn’t help but sigh. “The Baohua Temple is truly a good place. After coming here, not only is the mind tranquil, the scenery also makes one feel relaxed and happy. Yao’er, you have to wake up early and kneel down tomorrow. Hurriedly go back to rest.”

“Alright.” Mu Yunyao stepped forward and held onto Su Qing’s arm as she accompanied her to the room at the back. After walking just two steps, she seemed to have sensed something, turning her head to look at the stream. She saw Yue Wang standing silently among the crowd.

He was dressed in profound colored clothes, and his figure was tall and straight. His eyes were clear and cold. It was like he was blending in with the cold night. However, the focused and bright light in his eyes was clearly reflected in Mu Yunyao’s eyes, causing her heart to tremble inexplicably, made her feel strange and open her mouth involuntarily: “Mother....”

Su Qing stopped and asked, “What’s the matter?”

“I...I wanted to take a look at the stream. Let Si Qin and Si Qi accompany you back first.”

“Very well, then let Si Qin accompany you to see it. You haven’t had a good rest in the past few days, so please go back to your room and rest after watching it.”

“Yes.” A gentle breeze blew by as Mu Yunyao watched Su Qing go back. Mu Yunyao suddenly realized what she had said. However, You Wang had already looked over with a smile. When she turned around to leave, it seemed that she was too eager to cover it up, so she could only slowly walk over.

There were a lot of people around. Yue Wang didn’t deliberately turn his head to look at Mu Yunyao but placed his gaze on the side of Lingxi River. However, the light in his eyes was even brighter than the river lanterns in the stream. “Do you like it?”

“Fourth Master is really in high spirits.” Mu Yunyao did not answer, but inwardly, she thought about how much time he had spent making all these lanterns.

Yue Wang slightly raised his lips. He only wanted to make her happy, and he didn’t need to get the answer from her mouth. He only needed to remember her expression when she looked at the river lanterns. the warm light in her eyes is enough. “There is another thing. Look to the East.”

Mu Yunyao’s forehead twitched as she looked to the east according to Yue Wang’s words. She saw Grand Princess Yi De walking over slowly.

The Grand Princess Yi De was wearing a simple and elegant long dress. She didn’t seem to want to show up or make a scene. She was only accompanied by Qu Mama. Her whole body was not as noble and alienated as she had seen in the Palace before, making her appear a bit more approachable.

Mu Yunyao wanted to retract her gaze and avoid her, but just as she was about to do so, she met Grand Princess Yi’s gaze. She could only hurriedly step forward and pay her respects. “ Greetings, Madam...”

Qu Mama was a bit worried at first. However, after hearing Mu Yunyao’s address, her gaze loosened up a bit.

Grand Princess Yi De was a bit surprised. She hadn’t expected to run into Mu Yunyao here. “What a coincidence. You’re also here to watch the river lanterns?”

“Yes. Tomorrow is the day of my granfather’s death, so I came to Baohua Temple to kneel and pray for blessings.”

Grand Princess Yi De smiled slightly. “What a filial child.”

Yue Wang then walked over, his voice carrying a rare emotion: “Aunt, the sky is getting cold. Why don’t you put on your cloak?”

“It’s alright. Qu Mama wants to take it, but I want to walk around in the quiet and peaceful area. It’s not far away, so you don’t have to worry.”

After Yue Wang heard this, he frowned slightly, “Qu Mama, I’ll stay here to accompany Aunt. Go back and get a cloak.”

“Yes.”

Grand Princess Yi De looked at Mu Yunyao, who was standing silently at the side. “The scenery here isn’t bad. You should slowly enjoy it.” With that, she headed straight to the prayer hall with Yue Wang.

“Send Madam respectfully.”

Waiting until Grand Princess Yi De and Yue Wang had left, Mu Yunyao didn’t stay any longer. She directly turned around and walked towards the side room. She could sense the intention of Yue Wang to let her communicate with the Grand Princess, but she did not plan to rely on the identity and status of the Grand Princess. If too many human relationships are involved, the relationship becomes too complicated. Once attached, it was not easy for her to escape unscathed.

It was already very late in the night, but the abbot of Baohua Temple, Great Master Yuan Guang, was standing at the door of the prayer hall.

“Amitabha. The female benefactor is here.”

The Grand Princess Yi De slightly bowed towards Great Master Yuan Guang with her hands folded. “Greetings, Great Master. I am here to offer you incense.”

With a smile on his face, Great Master Yuan Guang bent down slightly, gesturing for the Grand Princess Yi De to enter the prayer hall. He then personally brought some incense sticks and offered them to her.

Holding the incense in her hand, the Grand Princess raised her head to look at the golden statue of Buddha with a merciful look on her face. “Great Master, I’ve made a wish for more than thirty years in a row, but I’ve never had the chance to make it. Now that I’m old, will I ever have the chance to make it in my life?”

Every year, when she comes to Baohua temple to offer incense, her wish was to find her lost daughter. However, after so many years had passed, her child was still missing. She didn’t even know if she was still alive or dead.

“Amitabha, His Royal Highness Grand Princess has done many good deeds in her life. The Heavens will not treat the good people unjustly.”

Grand Princess Yi De faintly smiled, but the light in her eyes constantly flickered. “Great Master, can Buddha be trusted?”

“Amitabha, Buddha is merciful. If you believe it, then you will have it. If you don’t believe me, then you will have nothing. It all depends on the Grand Princess herself.”

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~ A PRAYER HALL WHERE NO ONE CAN PRAY FOR BLESSINGS ~ 

Su Qingwu’s heart tightened, he quickly went forward to support Mu Yunyao, “What happened to you?”

Mu Yunyao wanted to avoid Su Qingwu, but as soon as she moved, the pain in her eyes became more intense. Immediately, tears gathered in her eyes, “You don’t need to worry. Mind your own business!”

Su Qingwu, who had been pushed, did not let go of his hand. Instead, he pulled down Mu Yunyao’s sleeves and spoke with an almost imperceptible sense of urgency: “You must not use your hands to rub your eyes if you’re blinded by sand. Don’t move. I’ll help you blow it a bit.”

When she closed her eyes, she couldn’t see the things around her. Being surrounded by Su Qingwu’s breath, Mu Yunyao suddenly felt a burst of panic. She could not help but recall everything she had experienced in her previous life, and her breath suddenly became chaotic. “No need to trouble Cousin Brother, Si Qin.... Si Qin....”

She didn’t know if Si Qin was busy helping Su Qing organize her things or else, but she didn’t hear Mu Yunyao’s shout.

Su Qingwu frowned, raised his hand, and gently held onto Mu Yunyao’s face. The warm feeling from his hands caused his eyes to darken as he steadied his breath and whispered: “Don’t move recklessly!” After he finished speaking, he gently blew at Mu Yunyao’s eyes.

Mu Yunyao ignored the pain in her eyes and directly pushed Su Qingwu to the side. “Cousin, please have some self-respect.” Her eyes were slightly red, and as she forced them open, tears began to flow uncontrollably.

Su Qingwu looked at her now and then thought of what she had just said. He couldn’t help feeling a trace of regret. He shouldn’t have asked Mu Yunyao about it so frankly just now. After all, it was as she had said, she had indeed only been in the Capital for a short twenty days. Except when she twice entered the Palace, she didn’t even come out of the residence, so there was no chance to arrange something like this. More importantly, the girl dancing in front of Huan Cai Pavilion had the same dance posture as Yuyi, and Mu Yunyao had never seen Yuyi dance before.

“I just wanted to help you.” Su Qingwu frowned as he looked at Mu Yunyao.

“I dare not trouble Cousin.” Mu Yunyao turned and walked towards the side room. She wasn’t in the mood. She hated the Su family and didn’t have the slightest bit of goodwill towards Su Qingwu.

After finishing her work, Si Qin walked out. Seeing her like this, she hurriedly went forward to support her. Her voice filled with worry, “Miss, what happened to you?”

“I was blinded by the sandstorm. Please help me to take a look.”

Si Qin hurriedly helped Mu Yunyao inspect. After blowing for a few times, she blew the sand out of her eyes, “Is Miss better now?”

Although her eyes no longer hurt, she was still red with some tears. Mu Yunyao blinked and let out a sigh of relief. “It’s alright. Is everything in the room ready?”

“It has already been prepared. Miss, do you want to go back and res first?”

“Yes.”

Listening to the conversation between the two, Su Qingwu loosened his fist, expressionlessly twirling his fingertip. It seemed that there was a touch on his fingertips that had just touched Mu Yunyao’s cheek. It was warm as jade, smooth as cream, so beautiful that it caused one’s heart to tremble.

After a long time, he bent down and picked up a piece of ginkgo leaf from the ground. There seemed to be some emotions struggling in his eyes, but he suppressed them with his rationality, “All things in the world is transformed, everything in a state of mind is immobility....”

After he finished reciting the Buddhist scriptures, Su Qingwu turned around and left. But the ginkgo leaf he had picked up in his hand didn’t throw down in the end.

After settling down, they would have to kneel for four hours starting from the night.

Jin Lan and Jin Qiao had already started preparing for Su Qing and Mu Yunyao. Seeing that it was time to kneel down at night, they took out an exquisite the sewn cotton pad and tied it to their legs. The cotton pad was filled with herbs that could activate the blood circulation through the meridians. It was filled with cotton and was extraordinarily soft. In addition, there was a prayer mat that was prepared in advance. Thus, when they then used to kneel four hours, it wasn’t too much to bear.

Actually, most of the kneeling scriptures focused on that form, and they usually didn’t need to kneel for that long.

Mu Yunyao looked at Su Yaxian and the others, her heart filled with regret. She had implicated them this time, so when Su Yaxian planned to leave the Eldest Madam later, she could take this opportunity to help her, which is to repay today’s apology.

In the prayer hall, the candle was brightly lit, the sound of the wooden fish was quiet and pleasant, and the scent of sandalwood was calming the mind. Mu Yunyao brought up the Buddhist scripture she had copied and placed it on the incense table under the Buddha throne.

Su Yaxian and the others also placed the Buddhist scriptures that they had copied down on the side. However, they had only copied down two scrolls and compared them to Mu Yunyao’s twenty scrolls, which is in strong contrast for the comparison.

Su Qingwu couldn’t help but narrow his eyes as he turned to look at Mu Yunyao, only to discover that her expression was as usual. The corner of her lips held a slight smile as if there wasn’t the slightest bit of complaint or injustice.

Su Qingwu represented the Su family and stepped forward to offer his incense stick. He retreated, knelt on the prayer mat in front of him, and saluted.

After Mu Yunyao and the others followed to salute, they all knelt on the prayer mats and calmed their hearts, waiting for the monks to recite the Buddhist scriptures and pray for blessings.

For a moment, the entire hall was quiet. The only sound that could be heard was the wooden fish.

Mu Yunyao raised her head to look at Buddha, who was sitting high on the throne. Her eyes were exceptionally calm. After a long time, she leaned over and bowed towards Buddha, silently muttered in her heart: “I have been reborn, I wish my mother to live a long life.”

She had her own arrangement for the future. She could move forward step by step and not rely on the Buddha’s pity. The only thing she could wish for was her mother could live a long life. She hoped that her mother would live to a hundred years old. If this wish of hers could be fulfilled, then she will pay silvers to rebuild Baohua Temple. She will do it over and over again.

At the same time, Su Qing also saluted to Buddha on the other side. But what she prays for is that she hopes Mu Yunyao’s life will be safe, smooth, and never go through the hardships of her previous life again.

The wooden fish sounded regularly. Su Qingwu was actually reciting a Buddhist scripture. However, his purpose was not to pray for blessings but to calm his mind. He doesn’t want to let Mu Yunyao disrupt his mind, nor is he willing to fall into a dilemma because of her. So he tries to pull out the seeds that have taken root in his heart over and over again.

There was no need to mention the three sisters. Su Yaxian and her two sisters only hoped that time would pass faster.

Although they were nominally praying for the Old Master of the Su family in the prayer hall, no one could actually think of him there.

The first night passed peacefully. Although the time was a bit difficult, they had not suffered much when they were fully prepared, except that feel numbness in their knees as they knelt down.

After four hours, Mu Yunyao accompanied Su Qing back to the side room.

Si Qin and Si Qi immediately brought hot water to soak their legs in the cold air.

After Mu Yunyao finished soaking her feet, she felt much more comfortable. Just as she returned to her room, she saw a small slip of paper lying on the table. After opening it, she saw Yue Wang’s handwriting on it, which only had two words written succinctly: By the stream.

Mu Yunyao creased her brows and burned the slip of paper on the candle flame. Yue Wang also came to Baohua Temple?

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~ GO TO BAOHUA TEMPLE ~ 

Mu Yunyao continued to copy for two days and one night before she finished copying the Buddhist scriptures on the day before Old Master Su’s death. She instructed Jin Lan to place the scriptures in the box properly as she became so tired and sleepy.

Just when she wanted to rest, she heard from Jin Qiao that Su Yaxian came over.

A few days ago, the Eldest Madam had announced that Su Yuyi was sick and that she was extremely ill. The doctors have even been invited to come several times. But in reality, according to her guesses, Su Yuyi had closed the door for teaching the woman that the Eldest Madam had found to dance the worship dance. It should be that she wanted the woman to replace the Moon Fairy from the Moon Palace in order to break all the rumors in the Capital.

Since Su Yuyi couldn’t go to Baohua Temple because she was “ill,” Su Yaxian and others would take her place.

Sure enough, after Su Yaxian entered the door and greeted them, she said, “Little Sister Yunyao, Mother arranged for me to come and invite Aunt to go with you to Baohua Temple to pray for Grandfather.”

“Thank you, Second Sister, for specially coming over. I wonder who else would be here besides us?”

“Since Father and Second Uncle both had their own work to do and couldn’t leave now, so Eldest Brother took a leave of absence and brought Aunt, you, Sister Yajing, and Sister Yaling to Baohua Temple. Originally, Eldest Sister was going there as well, but unexpectedly, she caught a cold a few days ago. Mother stayed in residence to manage the event in here. As for Little Sister Su You, her health has always been weak, and she rarely goes out of the residence, so naturally she can’t go out either. Second Aunt also has to stay in residence to look after her, so this year, only the few of us will be able to go out.”

Mu Yunyao smiled slightly, “This is also good. Coincidentally, my mother and I just returned back to the Su family this year, so we should specifically pray for Grandfather.”

Su Yaxian just smiled and didn’t say anything. She saw Su Qing walk down with her people. After bowing, she followed them out of Jiyue Pavilion and walked towards the inner door.

Someone had long prepared the carriage, so when Mu Yunyao and the rest arrived at the door, she saw Su Qingwu waiting by the side of the carriage.

Su Qingwu stepped forward and bowed to Su Qing, “Greetings, Aunt. The carriage has been prepared. The journey to Baohua Temple is a bit far. Please bear with it for a while.”

“It’s fine.” After Su Qing finished speaking, she brought Mu Yunyao directly onto the carriage and headed towards the East City Gate.

Su Qingwu rode on horseback. There were two carriages.

One was given to Mu Yunyao and Su Qing, while the other was given to the Su Yaxian and the rest. The carriage interior was very comfortable and spacious. Even with the servants they brought, it was still so large.

Si Qin brewed a cup of tea and passed it to Su Qing and Mu Yunyao. “Madam, Miss, it will take about an hour to get to Baohua Temple. You can take advantage of this time to rest. You will need to kneel for three days at Baohua Temple. It has been very tiring.”

Mu Yunyao immediately smiled when she thought of Qi Mama, who had been sent over by the Eldest Madam. Just now, she had been thinking about why the Eldest Madam had sent her over, but upon hearing Si Qin’s words, she understood that Qi Mama was a pair of eyes that the Eldest Madam had sent over. As long as she was a little out of order when she prayed in the Baohua temple, her reputation of being unfilial would spread out in an instant.

It’s just that she heard Yue Wang said that the Eldest Madam had bribed a few people to stir up some trouble on her way to Baohua Temple. She wondered when Eldest Madam doesn’t would choose to let people do it.

Mu Yunyao hadn’t been able to rest well for the past two days because of the Buddist scriptures. The carriage swayed slightly, and before long, she fell asleep while leaning on Su Qing’s shoulder.

Si Qin stepped forward and wanted to support Mu Yunyao, but when she saw Su Qing shake her head in refusal, she quietly sat to the side, constantly paying attention to her surroundings.

When Mu Yunyao woke up again, she was already at the foot of the Baohua Temple. “I actually unknowingly slept for such a long time. Why didn’t Mother wake me up? I’ve slept for such a long time, so your shoulders must be numb and senseless. “

Su Qing smiled at her. “These few days, you have been working extremely hard to copy the Buddhist scriptures. Mother wants to let you sleep for a while more.”

Mu Yunyao’s heart ached as she stepped forward to help pinch her shoulder. Upon touching it, she saw that Su Qing couldn’t help but suck in a breath of cold air. In her heart, Mu Yunyao was silently blaming herself for sleeping too peacefully.

However, Su Qing didn’t seem to care at all. She shook her head slightly and said, “Alright, I won’t be so spoiled. Besides, Mother is happy to see you sleeping soundly.”

Mu Yunyao couldn’t hold back her laughter. She helped Su Qing off the carriage and looked at the Baohua Temple, which was high up on the steps.

Baohua Temple had a history of several hundred years. This temple was the most magnificent ancient temple, had experienced two wars, and had protected many people. As a result, the incense burner here was very flourishing.

Every year, the Su family would come here to pray for their blessings. Therefore, they had already reserved a room in the inner courtyard of Baohua Temple. As soon as they entered the temple gate, monks came to lead the way. Mu Yunyao arranged for people to place the things they brought into the side room. She couldn’t help but walk out of the courtyard to look at the ginkgo trees nearby.

These ginkgo trees had been planted for who knows how many years. The towering canopy of these trees was enormous, and from time to time, yellow ginkgo leaves would fall to the ground.

Mu Yunyao slightly raised her head and stretched out a finger to catch a leaf. She gently smiled and said, “This place is really a good place for people to focus and calm their hearts.”

“Yunyao?” Su Qingwu stood not far away and looked at Mu Yunyao, who was holding onto a leaf. He couldn’t help but tighten his grip.

Mu Yunyao came to Baohua Temple in order to pay her respects to the Old Master Su, so she wore a simple and elegant dress. She wore a moon-white butterfly pattern plain dress, and even the jewelry on her head had been replaced with silver pearl hairpins, which made her look more and more flawless.

Seeing Su Qingwu, the smile on Mu Yunyao’s face became colder: “Cousin Brother, what can I do for you?”

“Have you finished copying your scripture?”

“Of course, I’ve copied it. That’s my filial piety for Grandfather. Although Eldest Aunt has sent a lot of scriptures, since it’s filial piety, then even if I can’t sleep for a few days, I still have to finish copying the scriptures.”

Looking at the smiling Mu Yunyao, who was totally on guard, Su Qingwu felt very uncomfortable. He wanted to break her mask and let her reveal her real emotions to him. “Do you know of the rumors about Yuyi in the Capital?”

Mu Yunyao slightly raised her brows. “The matter has been spread like this for so long. Does anyone in the Capital not know?”

“Then does this have anything to do with you?” For some reason, the first person he suspected after the matter came out was Mu Yunyao.

“Cousin said this strangely. I’ve only been in the Capital for a few days, and I don’t even leave the residence, so what ability do I have to arrange this? Besides, I only want to live peacefully, and I don’t want to cause any trouble. Cousin framed me for no reason. Don’t tell me he wants me and my mother to die?”

Mu Yunyao had just finished speaking when a gust of wind blew past, stirring up fine dust, which happened to fascinate her eyes and causing her to raise her sleeves hurriedly to cover herself. She closed her eyes and let out a low cry.

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~ YUE WANG WHO DOESN’T TAKE THE USUAL PATH ~ 

Mu Yunyao couldn’t stop herself from laughing, “Okay, okay, I’ll give you a good wash in a while. I’ll definitely be able to wash it clean.”

The Snow Fox was so sad, stopped crawling on the table, jumped onto the bed, and hid in the corner of the bed while licking its front paws. It probably felt that the taste was not good after licking twice and silently lied on the brocade quilt.

Mu Yunyao laughed for a long time before reaching out to pick up the Snow Fox. Holding both of its front paws, she lowered her head and rubbed its forehead: “Alright, don’t be angry anymore. Be a bit more obedient.”

The Snow Fox stuck out its tongue and licked Mu Yunyao, coincidentally licking the tip of her nose, made Mu Yunyao shake it a little, “I’ll give you some dried meat to eat later.”

“Squeak squeak.”

Just as Muyun Yao was about to get up, she heard the movement coming from the window. She suddenly trembled in her heart and turned her head to be on guard.

On the edge of the window sill, Yue Wang leaned against the window, with one leg bent and the other hanging. His posture was very relaxed, and he was staring at her without blinking. His expression was cold, but his eyes filled with a smile. Just like old wine, you can be intoxicated in a moment.

“Your Highness, don’t you think that your actions are disrespectful?” Mu Yunyao was infuriated in her heart. She doesn’t find out when Yue Wang came. Moreover, this was the Su family residence and wasn’t some ordinary small family. He went back and forth so unscrupulously. If he was found out, he would surely make trouble and would make the whole country restless.

Yue Wang jumped down from the window sill and slowly walked in front of Mu Yunyao. He picked up the Snow Fox and threw it to the side. “You can’t be so accustomed towards it.”

The Snow Fox was thrown onto the ground and bared its fangs at Yue Wang, making sinister sounds from its throat.

Yue Wang looked over coldly, scaring the Snow Fox to the point it trembled. It dodged towards Mu Yunyao’s feet to hide, but it didn’t give up glaring at Yue Wang. “Wuwu …”

Mu Yunyao bent down to pick up the Snow Fox. She gently stroked its back. “It’s alright, go play by the side.”

After pacifying the Snow Fox, Mu Yunyao turned around to see that Yue Wang was reading the Buddhist scripture she had copied. and she became even more furious, “His Royal Highness Yue Wang, shouldn’t you be returning?”

“With so many scriptures, can you finish copying them in the next two days?” Yue Wang didn’t answer Mu Yunyao and directly asked what he thought in his heart.

“To trespass into the residence of an official does not seem like the style that the fourth prince should have.” Mu Yunyao’s tone was solemn.

“If you can’t finish copying the Buddhist scriptures, there will definitely be gossip spreading around.”

“His Royal Highness Yue Wang!”

“Moreover, I received news that the Eldest Madam of the Su family sent a servant to contact some people. She probably wants to stir up some trouble on the way to Baohua Temple in two days.”

Mu Yunyao’s eyes turned cold. Finally, she did not insist on letting Yue Wang leave, “Who did she contact?”

“Some people with high standards.” A hint of a smile flashed through Yue Wang’s heart, “Don’t worry. I can get someone to help you settle it in advance.”

“No need. The Eldest Madam is looking for trouble for herself. Naturally, I will help her.” As Mu Yunyao spoke, her eyes flashed with a cold light.

With regards to this answer, Yue Wang was not the least bit surprised. “There is still a important piece of news for you. In two days, Grand Princess Yi De will also be heading to Baohua Temple.”

Mu Yunyao suddenly raised her eyes. “Really?”

“Naturally, I won’t lie to you. Every year, as long as Imperial Aunt is in the Capital, she will definitely go to Baohua Temple and pray for the incense.” Yue Wang said with a smile.

“At the moment, all the young ladies in the Capital were staring at Grand Princess Yi De. If they knew that the Grand Princess Yi De was going to Baohua Temple, they would have broken the threshold of Baohua Temple. Why didn’t they hear anything from her?”

“The reason she went this time to pray for the lost daughter of Imperial Aunt, so she didn’t want to make it public.”

Mu Yunyao nodded her head, “So that’s how it is. I thank His Royal Highness for the news.”

“How are you going to thank me?” Yue Wang’s eyes shined as he looked at Mu Yunyao, with a glimmer in his eyes.

Mu Yunyao slightly moved the space between her eyebrows, feeling that today’s Yue Wang was particularly abnormal. “His Royal Highness, it’s getting late. You really should go back.”

“Alright.” After Yue Wang finished speaking, he stood up immediately, as if he had come here to take a risk in order to say these two words. He had just reached the window sill when he suddenly stopped. He turned around to look at the Snow Fox that Mu Yunyao had placed on her bedside. “It’s said that the Snow Fox in Western Guangdong would have fleas on its body. Don’t let it go to bed, and don’t often hug it.”

Mu Yunyao widened her eyes. Just as she was about to ask something, she saw Yue Wang directly stepping on the windowsill and jumping down. The Snow Fox innocently raised its head to look at its master. It leaped off the bed and ran to Mu Yunyao’s feet, gently rubbing against her skirt. Mu Yunyao bent down to pick up the Snow Fox. After a moment of expressionless silence, she suddenly became a little discouraged. “How could there be fleas?” Although she said that, she still cared a bit about it in her heart. She held the Snow Fox as she searched carefully for a long time, and only then did she slowly relax her mind.

The Snow Fox didn’t realize that it was almost driven out of bed by Mu Yunyao. It thought that its master was playing with it and swung its tail exceptionally happily.

After delaying for a while, Mu Yunyao once again looked at the Buddhist scriptures on the table and instantly lost the desire to continue copying them. She directly carried the Snow Fox to bed to rest.

The next day, Mu Yunyao accompanied Su Qing to eat breakfast. Just after finished their breakfast, the Second Madam came in with a face full of smiles, “I heard that Yunyao is copying Buddhist scriptures these days. It just so happens that I have some top-grade Guizhi Ink, so I brought it over to Yunyao.” As she spoke, she personally took the small wooden box from the maid’s hands and handed it over to Mu Yunyao.

Mu Yunyao received the wooden box and opened it. When she opened it, her eyes couldn’t help but fill with joy. Inside the box were six-ink sticks. Each ink stick had the texture of black jade and carved beautiful pictures of flowers and birds. The patterns on each ink stick were different, but they were full of charm, especially the flying birds. It can be described as delicate.

“Thank you, Second Aunt. This gift is so valuable.”

“No matter how expensive the gifts are, no one is important. I still have to thank Yunyao for taking care of You’er.” Yesterday, Su You’s attitude suddenly softened, making Second Madam feel like she was in a dream. She couldn’t stop herself from smiling when she went to sleep at night. When she thought about Su You’s change, it was because of Mu Yunyao. Her heart filled with gratitude.

“Elder Sister gave me a lot of fruit, and the two of us also took care of each other.”

“Isn’t that how sisters look after each other?”

Mu Yunyao’s eyes moved slightly as she gently nodded her head, “Second Aunt’s words are reasonable.”

The Second Madam’s smile deepened. “I came here specifically to deliver the ink. Since the ink has already been delivered, I won’t waste any of your time. There are so many scrolls of Buddhist scriptures. It won’t be easy to finish copying them.”

The Eldest Madam was so angry with Yunyao this time that she almost fainted. If it were her usual attitude, she wouldn’t have done something so outrageous like this. Even with all twenty volumes of the Buddhist scriptures, she still found all of them.

Mu Yunyao smiled and nodded, “It’s all due to my filial piety to Grandfather.”

The Second Madam lightly patted Mu Yunyao’s hand, “I like your personality. Alright, I won’t continue disturbing you. Hurry up and write. After you finish writing, you have to deliver it personally to Baohua Temple!”

Hearing the deliberate emphasis in the Second Madam’s voice, Mu Yunyao smiled and knelt down, “I’ll send Second Aunt on her way.” The Second Madam came and went in a hurry, but both sides understood what she wanted to say, so there was no need for her to say anything more.

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~ FILIAL PIETY ~ 

The Second Madam didn’t dare to say much. She feared that the moment she spoke would make Su You return to how she used to be. Hearing that she wanted to eat something, she quickly instructed the servants to go down and prepare some pear cakes, “I remember that you loved your mother’s steamed pear cake the most when you were young. It’s autumn now. Steamed pear cakes with rock sugar can moisten your lungs and relieve asthma. Mother will make some for you to eat, okay?”

Su You obediently nodded her head, “Then Mother, go quickly.”

“Ai, alright. I’ll go now. You wait for a moment.” The Second Madam quickly left the room, and when she reached outside, she couldn’t help but take out a handkerchief to wipe her tears. “Where did Miss just go?”

The maid hurried forward to reply, “Reporting to Second Madam, Young Miss has just gone to Jiyue Pavilion.”

The Second Madam sighed and wiped the tears off her face. With a smile, she said, “It looks like I’ll have to find a chance to take the gift to Jiyue Pavilion.”

In the following few days, Mu Yunyao spent every day copying Buddhist scriptures in Jiyue Pavilion and would occasionally hear news of the East District in her ears from time to time. She heard that Eldest Young Miss was so angry that she broke her beloved tea set, and the Eldest Madam had even ordered to punish several servants who chewed their tongue… After hearing this, she just laughed it off and didn’t take it to heart.

What surprised her was that Su You actually gave her a Buddhist scripture the next day. The handwriting on it was almost the same as the one she had damaged earlier. Mu Yunyao told Jin Lan to keep this Buddhist scripture, but she didn’t intend to use it.

The Eldest Madam has been so busy these days, and she doesn’t know what is going on. Some common rumors had passed quickly, but the news about Su Yuyi being the Moon Fairy of the Moon Palace was getting more and more intense. It had been a few days, yet there were no signs of it calming down.

She wanted to find someone to take the place of the Moon Fairy from the Moon Palace, but this person wasn’t something that could be found in a hurry. First of all, she had to have a somewhat similar figure to Su Yuyi, and she also had to know how to dance the worship moon dance. Just in case, she asked to investigate the identity of the original dancer that day. In addition, as the day of the Old Master’s death neared, she had to arrange for someone to go to Baohua temple to recite scriptures and pray for blessings, which made her very annoyed.

“Madam, the Eldest Young Master is here, and he has a woman with him.”

The Eldest Madam was overjoyed. “Let Qingwu come in quickly.”

After Su Qingwu entered the room and bowed, he immediately gestured the woman behind him to stand in front of the Eldest Madam: “She’s the one I found. She’s trustworthy, and her figure is similar to Little Sister Yuyi. All you need to do is have Little Sister teach her the worship moon dance, and it will be enough to deal with all the rumors in the Capital.”

The Eldest Madam carefully sized up the woman Su Qingwu had brought with him. After a long while, she nodded in satisfaction. “Indeed, it’s not bad. Qingwu, it’s all thanks to you.”

Su Qingwu gestured for the woman to be led away before speaking to the Eldest Madam, “Mother, the wood is in the heart of the forest, and the wind will destroy it. This time, the rumors of the Capital’s voice can’t be put down for a long time, and it has a great deal to do with Yuyi’s outstanding performance.”

The Eldest Madam’s gaze immediately sharpened. “I felt that the rumors spread too quickly in the Capital. Furthermore, there was no signs of calmness after a few days. So it seemed that there was someone behind the scenes. Could you found out who it was?”

“Mother, don’t investigate this matter anymore.Currently, all of Father’s colleagues are hoping for their daughter could enter the eyes of Grand Princess Yi De. Since Yuyi is in the limeligh at the Palace Banquet, she naturally has to prepare to be targeted.”

The Eldest Madam was indignant. “Hmph, I knew those people didn’t have any good intentions! Qingwu, have you found out who performed that Moon Fairy from the Moon Palace?”

“I can’t find anything.” Su Qingwu’s expression was grave and solemn. There was no clue at all regarding this matter. There had been no news about it in advance. Even the procuress of Huan Cai Pavilion had no idea of what was going on as if it was impossible to investigate.

Su Qingwu’s forehead twitched. “Mother, Yuyi is already quite outstanding. There’s no need to help her intentionally make her name known.”

The Eldest Madam disagreed with him, but there were some things that she could not say to him now: “I have my own plans on this matter, and the woman you found today is already of great help. For the next few days, Yuyi will need to stay at home and teach that woman the worship moon dance and go to Baohua Temple to help your grandfather pray for blessings. I can only let you do it for her.”

Su Qingwu wanted to continue persuading her, but the Eldest Madam didn’t have the heart to listen, “I’ll go and tell Yuyi the good news right now. She has become irritable these few days, and she seems to have lost a lot of weight.… That’s right. By the way, this year was the first year that Su Qing and Mu Yunyao returned to the Su family, so no matter what, they have to express their filial piety towards the Old Master. I let Mu Yunyao copy the Buddhist scriptures and let the two of them go to Baohua Temple together.”

“Aunt and Mu Yunyao are going as well?”

“That’s right, Su Qing is a daughter, so it’s appropriate to go. Although Mu Yunyao is a granddaughter, she also has the blood of the Su family. Naturally, she should have a share of filial piety.” In the eyes of the Eldest Madam, Mu Yunyao makes her feel uncomfortable. How could she let the other party have a good time? Mu Yunyao had repeatedly stepped on her face, so this debt should be settled. Did she really think that just because she had mixed up in Jingling City, she would have a chance to establish herself in the Su family? If she didn’t try the depth, she would merely jump in and drown herself in the end.

Su Qingwu opened her mouth as if he wanted to say something, but in the end, no words came out. He watched the Eldest Madam walked out.

It was already late in the night, but the candle flame in Mu Yunyao’s room was still lit. The books that the Eldest Madam had found were all thick and solid. If she did not make good use of her time, she might not finish them all.

The Snow Fox circled around Mu Yunyao’s feet. Realizing that she was not paying attention to it, it used the stool to jump onto the table. Waving its tail, it circled and flicked around Mu Yunyao.

“Squeak!”

Mu Yunyao’s hands hadn’t stopped moving. “Play around by yourself for a while and don’t cause any trouble here. If you destroy the scriptures I copied, I’ll skin you alive and turn you into my fur collar.”

Naturally, the Snow Fox didn’t understand her words. Seeing that she would occasionally dip her finger in the ink at the inkstone, it carefully leaned over and stretched out its front paw to fiddle with the ink sticks inside the inkstone.

Mu Yunyao stopped and lightly tapped the Snow Fox’s front paw with the brush. Instantly, a ball of ink was smeared on the snow-white fur. The Snow Fox takes back its front paw fiercely and thinks that it is injured. The Sow Fox lies on the table and rolls.

Mu Yunyao was amused by its actions. Seeing the Snow Fox’s appearance as if the sky had collapsed, she couldn’t help but stretched out her finger and pointed its head: “Do you dare not be obedient in the future?”

The Snow Fox was still lying on the table, moving its hind legs from time to time. Under the light of the candle flame, its eyes were watery, as if they were tear-stained, which made people feel very distressed when they saw it. “Uhhh...”

Mu Yunyao put down her brush and reached out to hold the Snow Fox in her arms. She took out a handkerchief and dipped it in water to wipe off the black marks on its front paw. Unexpectedly, the Snow Fox’s front paw had become wet, and the ink was faint. The more she wiped, the worse the scene was. Finally, the whole forepaw was black.

At this moment, the Snow Fox really wanted to cry and howled even harder while holding its paws.

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