In danger, he traveled through time to save her, and the black-bellied prince doted on her

Li Huaijin smiled lightly and said in a playful tone:

"If a beauty like Madam Yuyun, with her celestial beauty, becomes my concubine, the ransom will be paid off naturally."

Mu Jinan kowtowed immediately: "Your Highness, I am crude, illiterate, thin, and infertile. I am not worthy of being called a beauty."

"I cannot be a concubine either. Please, Your Majesty, have mercy on me."

Li Huaijin stood up, his tone seemed to keep people at a distance: "Then let this man go."

Mu Jinan said anxiously in panic:

"You can't let him go. I am willing to be your personal maid. I want to personally judge this man."

After hearing this, Li Huaijin showed an expression of watching a show on his face and sat down again:

"I will promise you for now, but if you fail to serve me well, I can deduct your monthly salary at any time."

Mu Jinan compromised and said: "I will do my best."

Li Huaijin signaled to Zezhou to let Mu Jinan try the man.

She stood up and approached the thief, and asked the guards to restrain him and search him. Only a copper ring was found. Mu Jinan found a small "Xia Qi" engraved on the inside of the ring.

She asked sternly, "Did Madam Mu instruct you? Where did this copper ring come from? What does the word 'Xia Qi' mean?"

Li Huaijin couldn't help but clench the teacup in his hand, his eyebrows raised slightly, and his eyes were filled with surprise.

Seeing the thief's angry eyes, Mu Jinan shouted:

"You have fine lines on your face, I guess you are working hard for your family. I just want to make some money by killing me. If you die, how will your mother, wife and children survive? As long as you explain, I will let you live."

"Pry open his teeth and make him speak"

There was a ruthless look in her eyes. "If you don't tell me, I will pull out all your teeth, stab you all over, and throw you into a salt water tank."

When Li Huaijin heard her words, a hint of curiosity flashed in his cold eyes.

The guard pried open the thief's mouth, and he murmured:

"Every time I received an order, I was knocked unconscious, and when I woke up, there was a token on the table."

"The first time you asked me to kidnap you outside the city and sell you to a brothel, the second time you asked me to kill you. The ring was received with the letter. If you don't report back within two hours, it means that my assassination has failed and I will never use it again."

Mu Jinan thought to himself: "Could it really be the stepmother who ordered it?"

She continued to ask the thief: "What about the letters?" "Can you imitate the handwriting on the letters?"

The thief said helplessly: "Burn it" "The handwriting is different every time"

Mu Jinan asked her: "What about my maid?" "And my sword and token?"

The thief replied: "I sold it to a human trafficker in the East Market" and "The token was burned, and I don't remember where I lost the sword."

Mu Jinan asked again: "What's the surname of that man-trafficker?"

The thief recalled: "Madam Wang, there is a mole on your neck."

Mu Jinan drew out Zezhou's sword, cut the thief's wrist, and sneered:

"The Tao Yu sword has a blade that looks like peach blossoms, as light as snowflakes, and a sharp blade. Would you ignore that sword?"

"If you don't tell me, I will sever all your tendons and veins, so that you will never be able to lift a sword again."

Mu Jinan knew how important the sword was to him. It was specially made by his cousin so that he could use the sword to make up for his own weaknesses.

Li Huaijin's eyes became more and more profound as he watched a play. He raised his finger slightly and said in his heart:

"A bit cruel."

The thief looked at the blood on his wrist and had to confess: "I took the sword away, I will give it back to you"

Mu Jinan avoided the thieves and whispered in Zezhou's ear:

"Once I have found my maid, I want to search the place where he lives in person."

Zezhou asked the prince for permission, but the prince refused.

The thief was blindfolded and taken out of the house. Mu Jinan begged, "My lord, please allow me to leave the house and take my maid back."

Li Huaijin walked out from behind the screen and slowly came to Mu Jinan. He stretched out his slender fingers to hook Mu Jinan's chin, looked into her eyes, full of inquiry, and then said contemptuously:

"What do you think my palace is? You can come and go as you please. Now it's not enough to support you alone, and you have to support your maidservant as well?"

Zezhou on the side lowered his head in embarrassment.

Mu Jinan said cautiously: "Your Highness, this is not to support us. My maid is diligent and smart, and we can only make money and not lose money."

Li Huaijin said in a deep voice: "You have so many tricks, I am worried about you"

"You draw the portrait, and Zezhou goes to bring the person back."

Mu Jinan was worried about Meiluo's safety, so he had to agree to go out of Zezhou to look for her.

She followed Li Huaijin to the inner hall Qizhao Pavilion, and Li Huaijin ordered: "This is the new maid, change her clothes."

Mother Zhang was a person who could read people's expressions very well. Seeing Mu Jin's good looks, she thought that he might become a half-master in the future, so she tried to test him:

"Your Majesty, can you arrange for the young lady to live in the back room? But there is no vacant bed in the back room right now."

Li Huaijin pointed casually and said, "Then let her live in the west wing, Qi'an Pavilion."

Mother Zhang said happily: "Yes, I will have someone clean it up right away, and the young lady can sleep peacefully tonight."

Mu Jinan nodded to express his gratitude to Mother Zhang, and saw Li Huaijin half-leaning on the Luohan bed, with the inkstone screen inlaid with green jade crabapple flowers behind him looking simple and restrained.

He said casually: "Tonight you will help me bathe."

Mu Jinan's pupils suddenly shrank, and she stood there in a daze. She refused and said, "Can you let Zezhou help you?"

Li Huaijin glanced at her and said, "I asked you to serve me in bathing, not to bathe me with your own hands. What are you thinking?"

She thought to herself: "That's great. Although this man is handsome, bathing is still inappropriate."

"According to the current plot, he saved me. Could he also be a time traveler? Let me try."

Mu Jinan looked at him and inadvertently said loudly: "Do you know the first plane?"

Li Huaijin frowned slightly and asked in confusion: "Did I waste more than a hundred gold coins to redeem the madman?"

Mu Jinan was greatly disappointed, as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him. He thought to himself:

"Mu Jinan, give up. You are the only time traveler here who is fighting wits and courage and suffering."

At this moment, in the residence of General Mu in Huaihua, Madam Mu Xiao Wan was seen with a graceful figure. She was sitting on a small Hu bed drinking Longjing tea, looking very comfortable.

Her daughter Mu Yun ran into the house anxiously: "Mother, the servants are saying today that the Second Lady is back."

Xiao Wan's eyes showed a little cunning: "No trust, no substance, it must be some liar who wants to extort money."

Although Mu Yun was not as beautiful as Mu Jinan, she had a lively and charming temperament. She said angrily:

"If the Second Lady really comes back, wouldn't my position among the noble ladies in Chang'an be unstable?"

Xiao Wan held her daughter's hand:

"She has been in Xuanzhou for many years, and no one has carefully educated her. How can she compare with you? Our Yun'er is as beautiful as a fairy. Those young men will almost drop their eyes when they see you."

"With my mother here, she will never be able to step on our Yun'er's head"

Mu Yun raised her chin: "That's true."

Then he worriedly asked, "If she is really the Second Lady, will Father punish us if he knows?"

Xiao Wan's eyes were complicated: "Don't worry, he won't know"

Mu Yun pinched her skirt tightly and smiled as if she understood something, thinking to herself: "It's best if you never come back."

At night, with the breeze and the bright moon, the rolling lanterns were lit in the palace. Mu Jinan found it strange that there were candles inside the lanterns, which looked like balls. When they rolled on the ground, the candles would not fall over.

The palace was indeed luxurious and magnificent. She entered the Qizhao Pavilion and walked over the screen. She saw many gauze lamps hanging on both sides, and various exquisite maid copper lamps placed in front of the bathtub.

She sprinkled pear blossoms on the water, and then mixed powders of soap beans, angelica dahurica, osmanthus flowers, safflower and other flowers into the water, filling the house with a charming fragrance.

Li Huaijin came into the house, and Mu Jinan bowed and said, "My Lord, you take a bath first. I'll be waiting outside. Call me if you need anything."

Li Huaijin stretched out his arms to the side, his eyes calm: "Undress"

Mu Jinan thought to himself, "Could it be that I have met some sickly, treacherous prince? Does he have any special hobbies? Is he a hooligan?"