The adopted daughter returns with a new face

When Heng Huaian saw Xu Yang climb onto the roof, he used his lightness skills to quickly follow him. Before he had chased him for two rooftops, he lost sight of Xu Yang and jumped down in frustration.

"Master, where is he?" Liu Yuhang caught up breathlessly and asked when he saw his master standing on the street.

"This pretty boy's martial arts skills are amazing. He has disappeared." Heng Huaian said as he and Liu Yuhang turned around and walked south.

Lan Rufeng shook off the master and servant surnamed Huai and fell into an alley. She walked leisurely towards the inn, but she didn't know that there was a figure following her in the distance, following her all the way to the inn.

The figure watched the person jump into the backyard of the inn and return to his room, and then he held his breath and lay on the eaves of her room, lifting the tiles to peek inside.

Lan Rufeng entered the room and looked at Hong'er sleeping like a pig on the bed under the dim light. He took off the mask on his face and put it beside the bed. He turned around, poured a glass of water, brushed his teeth in the basin beside him, and walked back to the bed. He raised his hand and pulled out his hair, leaving his long black hair draped over his shoulders. He took off his coat, got on the bed, lowered the curtain, changed his clothes, and went to sleep.

"It turns out to be a young girl, interesting. But I didn't see her face clearly, so I was a little disappointed." The man on the eaves thought to himself, smiled, put the tile back, and turned away.

Lan Rufeng suddenly heard a faint sound from above the room. He took the mask and put it on his face. He quickly put on the outer lining, got out of bed, and rushed out of the window to the roof. When he came up, he saw that it was quiet.

"Meow!" Suddenly a cat jumped over from the eaves.

"Damn it, I was scared to death." Lan Rufeng cursed inwardly and jumped off the roof. She returned to her room and lay back on the bed. She slept until noon and looked at the bright sun outside. She checked out of the house near noon, bought an umbrella on the street and went back to Nan'an Palace. When she came back, the guards in front of the palace saw her turn around and rushed inside. She was confused and stepped into the palace.

The guard ran into the hall and reported to his master the news that Lan Rufeng had returned. When everyone in the hall was preparing to have lunch heard that Lan Rufeng had returned, they all stood up and walked to the door, and saw Lan Rufeng coming in wearing a round-collared black robe with a plain dress and holding an umbrella.

Lan Rufeng saw the people at the entrance of the hall from a distance. He came up, took his umbrella and asked with a smile: "Are you waiting for me to have lunch?"

Everyone stared at Lan Rufeng. They had never seen Lan Rufeng in black. The black round-collared outer armor made his originally handsome face look even more outstanding.

"Where have you been?" Mu Rongchen stared at Lan Rufeng who was still smiling.

"Prince Rong, why do you ask this? Didn't I say I would go out and play for a few days?" Lan Rufeng smiled and threw the bag to Yue Jingyun, clasped his fists towards Lan Zhentian and walked into the hall.

"Cousin, he is Mr. Lan?" Heng Huaiyue looked at the man in black whose full appearance he could not see clearly, and pulled his cousin.

"Hey! There's a little beauty here! Look at her round face, so pretty." Lan Rufeng looked at the beautiful girl who was pulling Mu Rongchen, and was a little surprised. Where did this girl come from?

Mu Rongchen was afraid that Lan Rufeng would misunderstand, so he pulled his hand out from his cousin's and said, "This is my cousin, Heng Huaiyue."

"Heng Huaiyue..." Lan Rufeng's mind flashed, and then he remembered that there was a tenth princess in the royal family, Mu Rongxiang, who was married in Nan'an. He suddenly realized and smiled: "So she is the tenth princess's youngest daughter. I'm sorry."

"Mr. Lan, this is your first time in Nan'an and you are not familiar with the place. You should let Zhong Yan follow you when you go out. At least this way no one will worry." Lan Zhentian said as he invited everyone to sit back at the dining table.

"Thank you King Nan'an for your concern. I like to be alone and I won't go too far when I go out." Lan Rufeng said with a smile.

"You are so carefree. I am still waiting to say goodbye to you and go back to the outside of the Great Wall. I have been waiting for several days." Guanzhilou complained.

"I just wanted Zhilou to stay in Nan'an for a few more days. I see that you don't appreciate my good intentions. I must have misunderstood you." Lan Rufeng shrugged innocently.

"Mr. Lan, tell me when you go out next time! Don't make me worry." Lin Ruyan didn't want Lan Rufeng to run around.

"Okay, I will tell the princess before I go out next time." Lan Rufeng agreed as she looked at Lin Ruyan who was worried about her.

"Let's eat!" Lan Zhentian said, and everyone started to eat.

After the meal, Mu Liangcheng went to the study to find Lan Zhentian for something. Everyone drank tea in the hall. Yue Jingyun took Lan Rufeng's bag and followed everyone back to the east wing.

"Study" Mu Liangcheng tentatively asked his father, besides the golden lock, does the sister-in-law have any other birthmarks or other things to prove her identity? The answer he got was only a small golden lock with a tiger head, nothing else.

"Liangcheng, why do you suddenly ask your father this? Have you seen Feng'er?" Lan Zhentian stared at his son-in-law suspiciously.

"Father, Liangcheng is just curious. If he had seen Feng'er, why would he be asking you here?" Mu Liangcheng didn't dare to say that it was the emperor's uncle who asked him to come and investigate.

"No, it's the little golden longevity locket with a tiger head. People in the capital all say that Ruyu looks like Feng'er. You have seen her in the capital and know her better than father. The Feng'er that remains in father's mind is only her appearance before she was three years old." Lan Zhentian couldn't stop the pain in his heart when he talked about his daughter.

"Don't be sad, father. Feng'er will come back." Mu Liangcheng heard this but did not comfort his father-in-law.

"The Liang family actually stole my daughter. If they and their husband hadn't died, I would have gone to the capital to settle accounts with them. And your uncle, if he was willing to annul the marriage, Feng'er might not have hidden away and not come back.

Mr. Lan, such a talented person should not be missed, Liangcheng must find a way to keep him in the court for his own use. "Lan Zhentian blamed the Liang family and reminded his son-in-law to keep Lan Rufeng. His wife said that this man was too talented and it would be a pity to let him go outside.

"My father and my uncle both wanted him to serve as an official in the imperial court, but he didn't like being constrained and refused Liang Yu's marriage proposal, so my father let him stay with his uncle." Mu Liangcheng didn't want to, but he couldn't force him to do anything if he didn't want to.

"When the time comes, my father will ask him about his intentions. He will definitely keep the person for you." Lan Zhentian decided to help his son-in-law.

When Mu Liangcheng heard his father's words, he smiled and said, "Okay, then Liangcheng will go back first, and father will also go to rest."

Lan Zhentian nodded and watched his son-in-law leave, raising his hand to stroke the small beard on his chin. It was the first time he heard his wife constantly praising someone, and he had never seen his wife smile so softly when talking about Lan Rufeng. His wife liked Lan Rufeng very much, and even said that she regarded him as half a son, so he was half a father to him, so he had to meet him anyway.

Lan Rufeng returned to the room, took the bag handed to him by Yue Jingyun and threw it on the bed. He watched everyone come in and sit at the table, and asked, "Aren't you taking a nap?"

"Tell me, where have you been these days?" Mu Rongchen asked directly.

"Of course I went around to play and bought some gifts for the two girls. How come Prince Rong missed me so much after just a few days of not seeing me?" Lan Rufeng sat down with a smile.

Lan Rufeng hit the nail on the head when he heard Mu Rongchen's thoughts. He said unhappily, "What do I want you to do? I'm waiting for you to come back and help me deal with the affairs and find a way to deal with the Beili Iron Cavalry."

"Prince Rong, are you kidding me? Didn't I tell you when I left? I told you to deal with it quickly. Why are you waiting for me to come back and deal with it together?" Lan Rufeng was dissatisfied.

"Master Lan, the prince just rushed back from Qieyang Pass last night and went to the military camp this morning. The prince is very busy all day, but you ran out to take some time off." Yang Feng scolded.

"Mr. Lan, Rong Chen is indeed very busy. I also followed Rong Chen to Qieyang Pass." Guanzhilou also testified for Mu Rongchen.

"Then what's going on with the Beili Iron Cavalry? Could it be that the Beili want to attack us?" Lan Rufeng asked helplessly.

“Not really, it’s just that the Beili Iron Cavalry is Beili’s most elite army, and they always like to provoke outside Qieyang Pass from time to time.” Yue Jingyun said.

"Prince Rong is a man of both military and literary talents. Can't you think of a solution?" Lan Rufeng asked with a smile.

"I haven't figured it out yet." Mu Rongchen answered truthfully. He had been trying to find a way to defeat Beili's cavalry since he came back, and he was thinking about it while handling affairs.