Zheng Huan, who was originally teasing Lan Yuying in Xia Chu, did not expect her to ask this question out of the blue.
Lan Yuying saw her face was dyed red, her brows were happy and her eyes were springy, and she pinched her fair face: "Why don't you actually recruit her?"
Xia Chu said 'ouch' and stretched out his hand in a gesture of surrender: "Xia Xia, spare your life, this is my move..."
Only then did Lan Yuying chuckle and let go of her hand, looking at her eagerly: "Say it quickly."
Xia Chu calmed down her thoughts and told her exactly what happened when she was rescued by Xiao Mubai.
Lan Yuying was really happy for him. Ever since he sneaked down the mountain and was picked up by Bai Ruofei when he was eight years old, he had been talking about it over and over again in the past five years.
Lan Yuying sighed for him, she didn't expect that what he had learned in the mountains over the years would actually be for His Highness King Mo.
"Back then I had to work hard to put a plum blossom on your head, but now you can't thank me enough." Lan Yuying pressed Xia Chu's forehead to ask for the reward.
"Yes, in order to thank you, I have to find a suitable husband for you no matter what." Xia Chu smiled and poured a glass of wine for her.
Lan Yuying withdrew her fingertips from his forehead, turned her hand and patted his shoulder and said coquettishly, "Why are you talking about me again?"
The room was bursting with laughter. Even though they lowered their voices, the bursts of laughter still made Han Sa, who was guarding outside Xiao Mubai's door, have veins jumping on his forehead.
He saw Xia Chu carrying two jars of wine to Lan Yuying's room. He was still chatting so happily up to this moment and had no intention of coming out at all. He couldn't help but sweat for his master.
Han Sa imagined a picture of a beautiful woman in the room with soft jade falling down, and his heart skipped a beat. He pinched his eyebrows and then walked to Xu Wenlan's room and knocked on his door.
Xu Wenlan was woken up by Han Sa in his sleep. He opened the door angrily and was about to get angry. Unexpectedly, Han Sa raised his head and stretched out two fingers directly at him: "The young master brought two jars of wine to Miss Lan's room. It’s been almost two hours.”
Xu Wenlan was startled for a moment, then pushed Han Sa away with one hand and ran towards Lan Yuying's room.
When Xia Chu opened the door, the aroma of Lan Qiao Fengyue's wine hit his face. He glanced at Lan Yuying with his peripheral vision, and saw that her cheeks were flushed and she had clearly drank a lot.
Xu Wenlan suddenly became furious. She held Xia Chu's wrist that opened the door and pulled him out of the room with a strong force: "Have you ever thought about Lanlan's Qingyu?"
Xia Chu was spitted on by him, and she wiped it with her sleeve in disgust, then looked back at Lan Yuying helplessly.
Lan Yuying immediately stood up and walked towards the door while saying: "Mr. Xu, it's okay, he is..."
Xu Wenlan closed the door gently before she finished speaking, and stood outside glaring at Xia Chu: "It's getting late, Lan Lan, please rest early."
Xia Chu was a little impatient at his glare. He rolled up his sleeves and put his hands on his waist. Just as he said "I...", Xu Wenlan snorted coldly and walked towards his room with a puff of sleeves.
Xia Chu was left alone with one hand on her hips and the other hand pointing at Xu Wenlan's messy back...
The next day at 6 o'clock, Xiao Mubai came back from the palace, and Xu Wenlan had been waiting in his room early in the morning.
After meeting him, he made a lengthy complaint about the incident of lingering in Lan Yuying's room to drink in Xia Chu last night. After he finished speaking with great emotion and indignation, he saw Xiao Mubai's expression was as usual and he was replying to the secret message without any movement.
Xu Wenlan wailed and rushed forward. He stretched out his hand to stop Xiao Mubai who was walking like a dragon: "His Royal Highness, King Mo, do you really care about your young prince?"
Xiao Mubai put the pen down, relaxed his back and leaned on the back of the chair. He raised his eyes slightly to look at the furious Xu Wenlan, and smiled: "I don't think there is anything in Ah Chu that needs discipline."
Xu Wenlan gasped with a hiss: "Xiao Mubai, I didn't expect you to be so broad-minded. Do you mind?"
"What's there to mind?" Xiao Mubai looked at him as if he was making a fuss.
Xu Wenlan walked around him, leaned close to his cheek and looked at his face, and then put her hand on his heart: "Aren't you sore after hearing the scene I described?"
Xiao Mubai waved his hand away impatiently: "I have never been sour."
Before Xu Wenlan could speak, Han Sa who was standing aside suddenly coughed.
Xiao Mubai glanced at him with an unhappy expression, and Han Sa immediately bowed: "I'd better go guard outside the house."
After saying that, he quickly slipped out and closed the door, then patted his chest to catch his breath.
Not long after Han Sa left, Xia Chu came to look for Xiao Mubai and went to the Criminal Department together. Xiao Mubai collected the secret letter and left Xu Wenlan without even saying hello and walked away alone with Xia Chu in the room. .
Xia Chu and Xiao Mubai left the inn. Xiao Mubai took him to a shop. When they came out again, they had already disguised themselves before going to the Criminal Department.
Kong Changhui was stunned for a moment when he saw the two of them and didn't recognize them. It wasn't until Xia Chu called his name that he hurriedly saluted but was stopped by Xiao Mubai: "No need to be polite, just go to the death row."
Kong Changhui had already taken care of things and led them to the entrance of the death row without any obstruction, while he guarded the outside.
Pang Weiguang, who has been imprisoned for six years, has a shabby appearance and disheveled hair. He still has not half of his high-spirited appearance.
Seeing the unfamiliar faces of the two people who came in disguise, he sneered and said, "What, you finally couldn't help but come to kill me?"
Xiao Mubai stepped forward, intending to help him straighten his hair. Just as he stretched out his hand, Pang Weiguang looked relieved: "Let's do it. Instead of lingering like this, why not give me a good time."
Xiao Mubai's face was moved. He hesitated for a moment and then said softly: "Guard Pang, you have suffered."
After hearing this, Pang Weiguang's body trembled. He raised his head and shook the scattered hair from his forehead. He carefully distinguished Xiao Mubai's face. After a long time, he tentatively asked, "Is it His Highness?"
When Pang Weiguang was detained, Xiao Mubai had not yet been canonized as King Mo, so he was still calling His Highness the Second Highness at this moment.
Xiao Mubai nodded and acknowledged his identity, but Pang Weiguang's eyes turned red instantly and said anxiously: "Your Highness, I don't, I really don't."
Xiao Mubai patted his shoulder: "I only found out last night that I have always wrongly blamed you."
When Pang Weiguang saw that he called himself the king, he also changed his title after him: "Have you caught the real culprit?"
Xiao Mubai's eyes darkened and he shook his head, with a layer of apology on his face: "Not yet, so I can't save you for the time being, and I have to make you suffer for a while longer."
Pang Weiguang said hurriedly: "It's okay, Your Highness can know that it was not my fault that day, and I have died without regrets."
Xiao Mubai calmed down, looked at him expectantly and asked warmly.
"Is there anything you haven't said about what happened back then?"
(End of chapter)