The peerless and dark princess

Mu Heng only had time to see Zuo Jiu's clothes clearly before he saw the figure disappear in a few leaps.

Mu Heng suddenly flew into a rage, "Someone, there's a thief who stole something."

The servants in the yard all looked at each other, not knowing what to do. Some were so scared that their legs and feet were shaking.

"Did anyone see that person clearly just now?"

"My lord, I didn't see her, but judging by her attire, she must be a maid in the mansion."

Yes, Zuo Jiu had prepared the maid's clothes in the mansion before coming, and she usually hid secretly around Mo Xi's room. Except for Mu Wange's personal maid and Mu Ying, Mu Haolin and Qingzhu who knew of her existence, even Nanny Chen didn't know her.

Moreover, that day, Zuo Jiu specially trained Mu Ying in hiding skills in order to find a place to escape. This is the most basic requirement for being a secret guard, and it is also to avoid being noticed by others.

At this time, Zuo Ci in Prince Heng's mansion had already woken up. For a moment, he was not used to sleeping in the palace in broad daylight. Somehow, Zuo Ci suddenly thought of Mu Wange. Every time he saw Mu Wange, Zuo Ci would feel that his mood would be much better, especially when they were bickering with each other. Anyway, he quite enjoyed that kind of time.

At this moment, the Shangshu Mansion was gathering all the servants for questioning, and everyone was looking at each other in confusion. This was supposed to be the busiest time of the Shangshu Mansion, but Mu Heng had gathered them all together for questioning.

"The reason I called you here is because a thief just broke into my study. Does anyone know if any of them is dishonest or sneaky?"

The servants looked at the people around them, or thought about the maids or servants who had behaved strangely in the past few days.

"Master, I don't know whether I should say this or not."

A servant in relatively simple clothing spoke tremblingly.

"Say!"

"I'm the old gardener in the mansion. I'm responsible for maintaining the various flowers and plants in the Shangshu Mansion. The other day, I saw, saw, saw the maid next to Concubine Shen give someone a bag of silver..."

Mu Heng's face turned green when he heard this. He had gone to great lengths to try to speak well of her to Madam Mu, hoping to get her to hand over the reins to the household. After all, Shen Xinyue had been with him for over a decade and was his favorite woman. He felt it was unfair that she hadn't been promoted to his first wife.

Now, actually... No, no, I must be overthinking it. I'm afraid it's because I remarried and didn't get the right to manage the family for her from the old lady, so...

"How dare you! You're talking nonsense! Take him away and give him ten lashes."

"Master, I'm not talking nonsense. Really not. Master, please spare me."

Just when Mu Heng was about to punish the old gardener, Madam Mu arrived.

"Mu Heng, what are you doing?"

"My son is just dealing with a servant."

Old Madam Mu looked at the old gardener. She remembered that this gardener had been in the Mu Mansion for quite a long time.

"Don't you know you're going to marry Qiao Yan tomorrow? Everyone is busy arranging matters in the mansion, but you've gathered everyone here. Are you trying to bring shame to the Qiao family?!"

"No son."

Mu Heng lowered his head. He could not talk about his plan with the prince, nor could he say that his study was snooped into, so he had no choice but to admit his mistake.

"No? No, you're just keeping all the capable people here? And what mistake did this old gardener make that you have to beat him with a stick?"

"No, Mom, you heard wrong."

Mu Heng signaled with his eyes to let the people go, "Well, all of you go back and get busy."

"By the way, the people from Jinxiu Textile just delivered your wedding dress. Try it on later. If it doesn't fit you well, modify it immediately. Don't make a fool of yourself tomorrow. The Qiao family might think you don't like their daughter..."

When Mrs. Mu saw that Mu Heng had released the old gardener, she didn't ask any further questions.

Mu Heng didn't know why he was suspicious of his daughter, so he casually asked, "Okay, okay, okay, son will try it right away. By the way, where's Wangge?"

"It's her mother's death anniversary, and Ge'er took Lin'er to her mother's grave to pay her respects. Why do you have something to do with her?"

Madam Mu looked at her son with some suspicion, "Have you forgotten Chu Wanran? Why don't you allow Wange and his sister to go and pay their respects?"

Mu Heng replied awkwardly, "Well, my son hasn't forgotten, but he's already a minister, how can he..."

"Save this for the Chu family. Let's not talk about this anymore. The marriage is already decided, and saying anything more won't help. But, Mu Heng, let me tell you, no matter how much you like Mu Yucheng, the only legitimate sons and daughters in the Shangshu Mansion are Wange and his sister. Even if Qiao Yan gives birth to a child in the future, it can only be a second-born son or daughter..."

"Yes, yes, you are right, mother. My son is going back to his room to try on his wedding clothes. Mother, you? ?"

"Go ahead."

Madam Mu sighed softly. She knew that Mu Heng was just being perfunctory. "I'll go to the front hall to see how they've made it."

……

After Zuo Ci woke up from his sleep, he went out again, fanning himself.

After Zuo Ci took Zuo Qi out of the palace, they turned a few corners and disappeared from the street in a few leaps without attracting any attention.

"Miss Qiao!!"

"You are??"

"Don't worry about who I am. I know you're not really from the Qiao family. However, I'm not interested in whether you're from the Qiao family or not. Here, this is for you. Someone asked me to find you."

Zuo Qi threw a sachet to Qiao Yan.

When Qiao Yan saw the sachet, she was no longer so scared, because it was the sachet that Mu Wange had left behind. Knowing that it was Mu Wange's person, she naturally felt a little more at ease.

"Are you Miss Mu's man?"

"Hmm~"

Zuo Qi neither admitted nor denied it. "Take this bottle of medicine. It's the same as the previous one. You know how to use it. Also, this person is for you. Keep him with you so you don't get tricked by others. I also asked you to pass this on to you."

This person was not arranged by Mu Wange. Mu Wange just asked Zuo Ci to have someone give the medicine to Qiao Yan. After all, as the daughter of the late wife, Mu Wange would not appear at Mu Heng's wedding banquet tomorrow, and it would not be convenient to give the medicine to Qiao Yan at that time, so she entrusted it to Zuo Ci.

And that person was arranged by Zuo Ci to secretly observe the people around Qiao Yan. More importantly, he was afraid that Qiao Yan would betray Mu Wange.

"Thank you, Miss Mu. Thank you for your help."

In fact, even Mrs. Qiao didn't know that nothing had happened between Qiao Yan and Mu Heng that day, and the marks on her body were all caused by pinching herself. She just took off Mu Heng's clothes and used drugs to make him fall into a hallucination.