Looking at Tai'an from the full moon

Mu Dai searched the woods of Katsuyama for two days, but only caught a few bandits who had fled to an unknown place and could only stay in their original village.

“Why are there only these few people?”

Mu Dai was confused. The emperor clearly said there were more than fifty bandits. Even if he could not catch fifty, catching twenty or thirty would be reasonable. Now it has been two days since he came to this forest, three days since the emperor returned to the palace, and four days since the bandits started to flee! Four days, those who should have run away have already run away!

"I've been tricked!"

Of course, this is what Mu Dai thought in his heart. He didn't dare to say it in front of these fifty people, but now he has figured it out. This job looks easy, but it is not simple at all! If he is Emperor Mingren, he will definitely not mess with him for no reason. That means there is only one possibility, he is Xiao Zuoming!

"Butler Mu, what should we do now?"

a soldier inquired.

What to do? What can I do!

"withdraw!"

What's the point of wasting time! Xiao Zuoming, Yueying, you two are amazing! In that case, don't blame me for turning my back on you!

Yueying was bored in the palace, so she went out for a stroll early in the morning. When she came to the South Study with her bags, she saw the scene before her -

A maid dressed in a palace maid's uniform was holding a wine glass and sitting on Xiao Zuoming's lap to feed him wine. Xiao Zuoming was leaning on a chair with his hands half raised in the air, and he tilted his head back slightly to face the wine glass. He seemed to be resisting, but he didn't push the maid away.

"Xiao Zuoming!"

The sudden roar frightened the maid so much that her hands trembled and she spilled a lot of wine. However, Xiao Zuoming seemed to have seen a savior, and regardless of the wine spilled on his clothes, he pushed the maid away and ran towards Yueying.

"Yue Ying, you are finally back~"

Yueying was angry at the moment. When he saw Xiao Zuoming running towards him, he raised his leg and kicked Xiao Zuoming down.

"I've only been out for a day, and you're already doing this to me, right?"

"Ouch~ No, Yueying, listen to my explanation!"

Xiao Zuoming crawled to his feet and was about to walk towards Yueying when the palace maid behind him spoke.

"Hey~ Who was I at that time? I had such a loud voice. It turned out that I was a transgender person from Miaojiang~"

As soon as these words came out, Xiao Zuoming looked at Yueying nervously, and her face looked very ugly. There seemed to be some fierce light in Yueying's eyes, and then Xiao Zuoming felt a palm wind blowing across his face, and Yueying directly knocked the little palace maid to the ground with a palm wind.

"I'll give you a chance to live. Get out now!"

Yue Ying had a cold face, but the little maid didn't care. She stood up from the ground with her hands, then calmly straightened her wrinkled clothes, and finally bowed to Xiao Zuoming.

"Your Majesty, I will come back another day~"

The little palace maid walked out after she finished speaking, and when she passed by Yueying, she looked at her with a provocative look in her eyes.

Yueying clenched her fists, resisting the urge to kill her. Only after the little palace maid left did Xiao Zuoming come over and hold Yueying's sleeves with both hands.

"Yue Ying, things are not what you think~"

"What was that? I saw her sitting on you with my own eyes."

Yueying struggled to shake off the hand that was pulling on her sleeve.

"Didn't I push her away?"

"Humph, you pushed her away only because you saw me coming, otherwise, would you be willing to do that?"

After hearing this, Xiao Zuoming quickly walked around to Yueying and explained.

"No! I pushed her away many times before you came, but she was very clingy and very strong. In the end, she sat directly on my lap. I was trying my best to avoid the glass of wine she fed me just now!"

Yueying thought about how Xiao Zuoming was trying to avoid the glass of wine when she first came in, and when she saw Xiao Zuoming looking at her with aggrieved look, her heart softened.

"Alright, alright, I get it. You are an emperor after all, how come you have no dignity at all? Even a palace maid can bully you!"

Although she believed in him, Yueying still couldn't help but say a few words to him.

"It's all my fault. I will punish her severely next time!"

"Do you want a next time?"

The tone of the waxing moon rose several degrees.

"No, no, no, no, no!"

Xiao Zuoming immediately stood up straight, with his hands on both sides of his clothes, looking like a little soldier waiting for the general's orders.

Yueying looked at him and wanted to say something but held back, and finally spoke.

"I'm a little tired from shopping today, so I'm going back to the house first."

After saying that, Yueying started picking up the large and small bags on the ground.

Seeing this, Xiao Zuoming also squatted down to help her, but was stopped by Yueying.

"You are the emperor. This is not something you should do."

Xiao Zuoming thought Yueying was angry, and moved over to her with a grin on his face.

"It's okay~ This is what I should do~"

"I'm not kidding you..."

Yueying sighed, curled her lips and continued.

"...To be honest, you are far inferior to your father in being an emperor."

Yueying's words stunned Xiao Zuoming. To him, it sounded like she was saying that he was not as good as his father.

Yueying didn't think much about it, picked up the package on the ground and turned back to the house. However, after walking out of the southern study, she looked back and didn't see Xiao Zuoming. She felt a little disappointed. After returning to the house, she calmed down and realized that the little palace maid was not afraid of her palm today, and she also knew her identity. It must be that Mu Dai realized that she was fooled and sent a woman to disgust her. As for Xiao Zuoming, Yueying believed that he was not lying, but this did not affect her anger. Perhaps, it should be said that she was jealous~

"It seems that I really like him."

Yueying sat at the table in a daze. Xiao Zuoming, who stayed in the South Study, was also very depressed. He was bored and scribbled something on the paper.

Xiao Zuo knew that he was not good enough, and he had been compared to others since he was a child. He also knew that Yue Ying must have compared him with his father in her heart, but it was still very uncomfortable to hear her say that he was not as good as his father.

"Oh, this is so annoying!"

Xiao Zuoming crumpled up the paper and threw it aside, then sat back in his chair. The evening breeze made the study window creak, but he was in no mood to pay attention.

"hiss~"

A strange sound was heard, but Xiao Zuoming didn't hear it clearly.

"Hiss~ Xiao Zuoming~"

When Xiao Zuoming heard someone calling him, he realized that Chu Yao had been lying outside the window without him noticing.

"Why are you here? Xiao Zuochen is here too?"

Chu Yao curled his lips.

"No, Prince Yun's mansion has just been cleaned today, and he specifically asked me to invite you and Yueying to enjoy the moon together. How about it, shall we go?"

"Hey~ I'll just go with you."

"Ah? Did you two have a fight?"

Chu Yao's gossip soul ignited.

"Let's talk while we walk..."