The peerless and dark princess

Mu Wange waited until Dong Mingrui and Lu Qinghan (Zuo Yunhan) left before speaking, "Zuo Ci, why are you doing this? You know she came to you sincerely, will you..."

"Elegy, if you were faced with a situation like this one day, what would you do?"

Zuo Ci looked into Mu Wange's eyes steadily. "How could I not know that she came to see me sincerely? However, what I did was fraught with danger, and I couldn't let her lose her peaceful life. I blame her for taking so long to acknowledge me, but she is my sister, and blood is thicker than water... Mu Wange, I'm afraid we are the only ones on this journey together."

"I understand. You disowned her to protect her."

Mu Wange actually knew but thought it would be better to let Zuo Ci say it out loud, "Well, we have a pleasant cooperation."

"Is the stage over there ready?" Zuo Ci hinted at something.

"The actors are already in place, it just depends on whether what happens next will be successful." After saying that, Mu Wange and Zuo Ci smiled at each other.

"You should go back to the show."

"Well, I should go back now, otherwise I'll miss that great show. I'm leaving now, and you don't want to be seen by anyone, so leave now."

Mu Wange gave a few reminders and left the pavilion first.

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"Mingrui, Aci doesn't recognize me anymore."

Zuo Yunhan covered her face with a handkerchief and choked with sobs, "It's all my fault for not remembering it sooner. I dream about it every day, but why did I run away and dare not face it..."

"Han'er has nothing to do with you. You just lost your memory."

Dong Mingrui held her in his arms slightly, looking at her afraid of being discovered here, "No matter what, Ah Ci shouldn't have done that to you."

"Mingrui, if Mingxue left you all for years without a trace, and suddenly came back, how would you face her?"

"I...Han'er, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said that to A Ci," Dong Mingrui listened to Zuo Yunhan's assumption, and then put himself in her shoes. If it were Dong Mingxue, he might not be able to treat her the same way as Zuo Ci.

"You've never known Ah Ci, so how can you understand how he feels when he's all alone for a day? Mingrui, I know you feel sorry for me because of Ah Ci's attitude, but you've never known Ah Ci's character, so how can you judge him? There's a saying that goes, don't judge without knowing the whole picture..."

"Han'er..."

Zuo Yunhan realized that she had been out for a while, and remembered that she was here to attend the Zhao family's banquet. "I should go back, otherwise I will be discovered."

When Zuo Yunhan returned to Madam Dong's side, she discovered that Mu Wange was already in the pavilion with Gong Qingyu and a less familiar Mu Lanxin. She couldn't help but feel a little strange. She had clearly left earlier than Mu Wange, so how could she have returned before her...

Before Zuo Yunhan could figure out what was going on, he was frightened by a scream.

The sound came from one direction, and everyone looked at each other in confusion.

"Ah? Where's my young lady? Have you seen her?"

"Who is your girl?"

"Isn't that Miss Qiao's maid?"

Someone recognized this maid as Qiao Yan's personal maid. Her maid is here, and what about Qiao Yan? ? ?

"Oh, wasn't it because the maid accidentally spilled some tea on her clothes? Miss Zhao sent her to change clothes in the side room. It seems that's... that's where the sound came from."

"Huh? That's not... that shouldn't be the case. This is a great party... then let's go and see it together?"

Some curious people suggested going over to take a look, while others were a little hesitant.

"Anyway, didn't the Qiao family maid just say that Miss Qiao is missing? Then it should be okay for us to go look for Miss Qiao, right?"

In the end, everyone followed the direction of the sound. Mu Wange, Gong Qingyu and Mu Lanxin looked at each other and followed the crowd.

Mu Wange actually knew it well, but still pretended to be curious and followed along.

Mu Heng looked at the tearful Qiao Yan and suddenly couldn't remember how he ended up in this room and was with this woman. However, the clothes on the floor and the marks on his wrists all explained what he had done.

Mu Heng was quite troubled. He had clearly been discussing with Zhao Yunliang how to help the Crown Prince suppress the other princes, and then how could Zhao Yunliang, after having a few drinks with his wife, just...

Mu Heng looked at the man in front of him with a splitting headache. He felt a little itchy in his heart, but he also knew that the first thing he had to solve was the problem at hand. "You...you put on your clothes first."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Yan immediately looked up at Mu Heng, "Minister Mu, are you just going to take everything and leave?"

Mu Heng looked at her pitiful appearance with tears in her eyes, and his heart trembled, "No, no, it's not like that. Besides, if we look like this, everyone must have heard the sound just now, so..."

As Mu Heng spoke, he picked up the clothes on the ground and handed them to Qiao Yan on the bed, then picked up his own clothes and put them on quickly.

At this time, Zhao Yaxin and her mother also heard the scream and followed the sound. When they arrived in front of the house, Zhao Yaxin's face turned pale. Isn't this the room where Qiao Yan came to change clothes? That scream.

Zhao Yaxin's mother saw that Zhao Yaxin's face turned pale, and at the same time everyone arrived at the door of the house.

Mu Heng was also dressed at this time and was thinking about how to solve this matter. He first comforted Qiao Yan, then planned to talk to Lord Zhao, and then return to the Mu family to talk to Madam Mu about how to solve this matter.

As a result, when he pushed open the door, he saw many female relatives standing at the door and Zhao Yaxin and her daughter on the steps.

The maid noticed Qiao Yan behind Mu Heng and said, "Ah, Miss??!!!"

Qiao Yan's aunt, now her nominal mother, emerged from the crowd and nearly fainted upon seeing this scene. She still embarked on a path of revenge, "Minister Mu, you...how could you do such a thing? Even though my daughter hasn't married yet because of you, you can't treat her like this. In a situation like this...how could you??"

"Mrs. Qiao, it's my son's fault. Look, my son has already..." Old Madam Mu couldn't finish the words, "Then..."

Mu Heng took over the conversation and said, "Then let Qiao Yan enter my Shangshu Mansion."

"Enter the Shangshu Mansion? Could it be that Shangshu Mu wants me, the legitimate daughter of the Qiao family, to enter your Shangshu Mansion as a concubine? I heard that you are planning to make a concubine your wife. Although my daughter is a little older, she is a legitimate daughter..."

Mu Heng was speechless. He had indeed intended to do so. He had heard Qiao Yan say that she had admired him before, and he believed that she would not care about whether he had a wife or a concubine. But he had no idea that things would turn out like this.

Madam Mu stopped Mu Heng, who was about to speak, with her eyes and made the final decision, "Madam Qiao, how can we let Miss Qiao suffer so much? We must marry Miss Qiao as our legal wife."