Shaohua is Junqing

"Your Majesty, do you know why the moon waxes and wanes? Sometimes it's a crescent, sometimes it's a full moon, and sometimes it's only half like tonight?"

"I've heard different opinions. Some say it's because of clouds in the sky. Some say it's because fairies in the Moon Palace light more lamps, so the moon is round and bright, and when they light fewer lamps, the moon is dim. Some say there's a celestial dog in the Heavenly Palace that swallows the moon and spits it out bit by bit, so the moon changes from full to crescent."

Siyu laughed after hearing this, "You have a very rich imagination, but it's all wrong."

“I also think these claims are too bizarre.”

"In fact, the moon itself does not emit light. The part illuminated by the sun is bright, and the part not illuminated is dark. The place where we are is called 'Earth'. Because the positional relationship between the sun, the earth and the moon changes every day, sometimes the moon faces us with its completely bright side, and sometimes it faces us sideways. Therefore, the moon we see shows changes in waxing and waning." Siyu tried to explain in simple and easy-to-understand language.

I don’t know if Beitang Mo Ran understood or not. He stared at Si Yu with a pair of eyes that seemed puzzled, but also with burning passion, as if he wanted to read something from her face or eyes. He didn’t speak for a long time.

Siyu looked at the handsome face in front of her. In such a cold day, she actually felt her face getting a little hot.

"How do you know all this?" Beitang Mo Ran asked softly.

"My teacher in my hometown told me that." Siyu couldn't tell him that she had traveled through time, so she used "hometown" as an excuse.

"The teacher in your hometown knows a lot." Beitang Mo Ran looked away, and Siyu breathed a sigh of relief. If she continued to be stared at by him like this, she would probably collapse to the ground.

"Yes. Well, Your Highness, it's getting late. You should go back and rest. I want to sleep too." Siyu quickly changed the subject.

"Okay, go to bed."

"Well, I wish Your Highness a good dream." Siyu said this and went into the house without waiting for Beitang Mo Ran's reaction.

Beitang Mo Ran smiled faintly, "I wish you a good dream too." Then he turned and left.

The next morning, Su Xunxian arrived at Prince Chen's Mansion.

"Mo Ran, I heard that the emperor came to your house to eat hot pot yesterday, and the son of the Minister of War Yan was also here."

"You are really well-informed."

"So it's true. When we were at the hot spring palace before, I thought the princess was just talking casually, but I didn't expect that she actually invited the emperor to dinner."

"Xunxian, whenever something happens in my house, you are the first to know and the first to come. Could it be that you have clairvoyance and clairaudience?"

"I am just an ordinary person, how can I have such magical powers?"

"Then how do you know what's happening in my house? Do you have spies in my house?" Beitang Mo Ran suddenly said in a harsh voice.

"Mo Ran, this is not a joke. How could I do such a thing?"

"Speak." Simple and straightforward.

"A maid in my house had some private dealings with a young steward in your house. The young steward told the maid in my house about what happened in your house as a story. I also found out about the private dealings between them when I overheard the servants talking about it. That's why I knew about what happened in your house so quickly." Su Xunxian saw that he could no longer hide it, so he told the truth.

"Since we know that the servants are secretly communicating with each other, we should just leave it alone and let them talk about it. It's fine if they talk about trivial matters in life, but if military secrets are leaked, what should we do?"

"Mo Ran, don't be angry. I will teach them a lesson when I go back and stop them from talking nonsense."

"No need to wait for you to come back, let's do it now, Uncle Fu."

"What does the prince want?" Zheng Fu, the palace's chief steward, responded.

"Go and bring here the steward from our house who had an affair with the maid from Lord Su's house, and then send someone to Lord Su's house to bring the maid here as well."

"Yes, old slave, let's do it now."

Su Xunxian wanted to say something, but Beitang Moyan's face darkened and he glared at him. Even if Su Xunxian had anything to say, he swallowed it.