"What's wrong? What happened?"

Liuyun followed her gaze and saw that her eyes were fixed on a few middle-aged women who were doing needlework and chatting under a tree not far away.

Mu Yunyao motioned her not to speak, then took Qingyun and walked a few steps forward to the ladies.

With a slightly anxious look on his face, he asked, "Could you please do me a favor, ladies?"

Several people looked at the elegantly dressed girl in front of them, then looked at the carriage parked in front, wondering if it was another family that came to catch an adulterer.

Suddenly, Bafeng's thoughts came to mind, "Whose family are you from? What can we help you with?"

"I am from the Xiangfu. When I was out for a walk with my sisters, my cat got scared and ran into Xuanpingfang. Could you please help me find it?"

As he said this, he looked at Qingyun again. Qingyun understood and quickly took out her purse.

"I won't trouble you in vain. My lady will give you one tael of silver as a thank you to each of you. If you can find the raccoon slave, I will give you another ten taels as a thank you."

Several people looked at the silver being stuffed into their hands and were a little confused for a moment.

"Are you really from the Prime Minister's Mansion? The people living here are not ordinary people. If we offend them while looking for a raccoon slave for you, it will be more trouble than it's worth."

They all live around here and know everything about the people and things here.

Qingyun immediately put on a face when she heard that.

"What are you talking about? My daughter's surname is Mu. If not from the Xiangfu, who else could she be from?"

After Qingyun said this, those people's faces became more respectful.

The first person to speak asked, "I wonder what the young lady's raccoon looks like? We can look for it carefully."

"It's white, has long fur, one eye is green and the other is yellow. It's a very rare one."

After hearing Mu Yunyao's detailed description, those people immediately dispelled their doubts.

Someone even said, "I just saw a white shadow rushing in from the side."

Some people echoed the crowd and believed it without a doubt. They thought that they could get one tael of silver just by finding a cat slave. It would be a waste not to make money. If they really found it, there would be ten taels left, and each of them could get more than one tael.

Several people looked at each other, and someone spoke immediately.

"Don't worry, Miss. We will go find it for you right away. You can go to the teahouse next door to rest first. We will send it to you when we find it. If we don't find it, someone will come to let you know after an hour."

This arrangement was undoubtedly appropriate, but Mu Yunyaoyun refused.

"Auntie, it's getting late and I'm in a hurry to go home. I have something that the raccoon likes with me. Why don't I stay with you? In case it's nearby, it might smell the scent and come over."

After hearing what she said, the few people didn't know how to refute her and could only give her a warning.

"That's fine too. Tell the maids and servants around you to protect him carefully and make sure no one bumps into him."

Mu Yunyao nodded and asked a few people to take the lead, while she took Qingyun back to Liuyun County Master.

The few people were not far away, and the ladies had loud voices. Princess Liuyun had already heard what they said. When she saw Mu Yunyao coming back, she was a little puzzled.

"When did you lose your raccoon slave?"

Liu Yun was watching when she entered the Golden Tower, and there was no Li Nu at all.

Mu Yunyao smiled and shook her head, "It doesn't matter. What matters is that we have a reasonable reason to come here."

After saying this, he gave those ladies a meaningful look.

They are all famous gossipers in this area. Since there is a good show, of course the more people there are, the more lively it will be.

As for Li Nu, she doesn’t have one, but it’s fine as long as someone has one.

"County Lady, do you want to watch a play? You'll miss it if you don't leave now."

Liuyun felt frightened by Ye's look and had goosebumps all over his body, but he still followed her footsteps obediently.

Behind Princess Liuyun, three or four young ladies followed, supported by maids and old women, and they were protected in front and behind by female guards.

It makes the already narrow streets seem even more cramped.

No one knew what was going on, so everyone kept quiet tacitly.

Not long after, there was a sound of fighting coming from the front.

"Let go, let go, who are you? How dare you steal my lady's raccoon slave?"

"Bah, what kind of Madam is this? She's just a whore kept outside by someone else and she dares to call herself Madam.

This is the lost cat slave of the young lady of the Xiangfu, and you dare to take it for yourself, aren't you afraid that she will offend the nobleman?"

"You, you are going too far. This belongs to my wife. My wife has raised it for two years. Everyone in our courtyard can testify to this."

"Isn't what you said funny? Family members testify for each other. Who can believe it?"

"The young lady of the Xiangfu lost a raccoon and asked us to find it. It just so happened that your master has an identical one. How could it be such a coincidence?

Besides, don't you see your master's status? Is he worthy of raising such a rare raccoon slave?"

Mu Yunyao knew she had found it when she heard the noise, and she winked at Liuyun County Lady, signaling her to move faster.

At this moment, a young male voice came from the other side.

"What are you arguing about? Didn't you hear your wife complaining about a stomachache? Go and get a midwife. It's just a little beast that hurt people. Is it worth fighting for? If anything happens to my child, watch out for your skin."

When Princess Liuyun heard the voice, she was stunned on the spot. Even the person who followed her bumped into her without her being able to react.

It was only until Mu Yunyao reached out and helped her that she came back to her senses.

He looked at Mu Yunyao in disbelief and said, "Is that his mistress? She has a child?"

Mu Yunyao understood her feelings at the moment. After all, she had to tell her husband. If nothing unexpected happened, the emperor would issue an edict to grant their marriage after she returned to the palace today.

But what did she hear now? Not only did he have a mistress long ago, but this mistress was also bearing him a child.

Liuyun felt the strength in her palm, looked down to see Mu Yunyao holding her hand, and looked up to meet her worried eyes.

The feeling of being betrayed was not pleasant, but Princess Liuyun soon figured it out.

After all, the matter was only discussed privately between the Empress Dowager and the Emperor and at most they had told the winner of the imperial examination privately.

And she was just looking at him, it was not too late to know his true face now.

She was now extremely grateful to have met Mu Yunyao, and also extremely grateful that she had spoken to her on a whim.

Otherwise, she couldn't believe how embarrassing the situation would be when she discovered these things after the imperial decree granting the marriage was issued.

After calming down, Liuyun County Lady pulled Mu Yunyao back and said.

"Let's go and watch the fun. I want to see how this third place winner will react when he sees us."

This time it was Mu Yunyao's turn to be led away by them.

Mu Yunyao thought that this third place winner must have peed his pants out of fear. After all, before the emperor granted him the marriage, he asked him if he was married, and he said no.

Although keeping a concubine is not considered marrying a wife, his concubine is different.

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