Mu Qingli smiled and actually took the opportunity to call her Sister Zhiyao. As soon as this name was uttered, the atmosphere between the two sisters became more harmonious and they became closer.

The two chatted for a while until Lu Zhiyao felt a little tired and said goodbye and left. Mu Qingli just stood there, and soon Qiu Jin walked up to her and spoke in a low voice.

"Miss, should we go and ask Master Gu to come over now?"

"Invite them to Rushuang Pavilion. Be careful not to be seen by anyone. Also, have my brother watch over mother to prevent anyone from taking desperate measures."

Mu Qingli whispered a word of instruction, then walked towards Rushuang Pavilion with a calm expression.

Rushuang Pavilion is not far from the main hall, but there happens to be a secret door covered by flowers and plants that leads to her Li Yuan. It is now her territory and the safest place in the mansion.

Qiu Jin nodded in understanding, responded, and quickly left to do her business.

Mu Qingli also took advantage of this opportunity to go straight back to Liyuan. A maid was kneeling in the yard with an extremely pale face. There were two or three maids beside her who were staring at her with sullen faces, and disgust flashed in their eyes from time to time.

Only after she appeared did the maids come over with a smile and bow to her. "Young lady, why are you back so soon? Is the banquet over? Do you need our help?"

"It's not over yet. You can go over and see if there's anything I can help with. I need to have a good talk with Qingrong. You can come back later to serve me."

Mu Qingli asked someone to bring a chair to her and she sat down slowly in the yard. She leisurely found an excuse to send everyone away.

Qingrong, who had been kneeling in the yard for a while, rushed over with a pale face, grabbing her clothes and trembling, even her voice was trembling.

"Miss...Miss, I was wrong. I was terribly wrong! Please forgive me. I will never do it again. I will do my best to serve you from now on!"

Mu Qingli supported his chin with his arm and tilted his head to look at her, with a sarcastic curve at the corner of his lips and a calm tone.

"You've been in contact with the people in the Princess's Mansion for more than a day or two, so why are you still talking nonsense? You're not admitting your mistake, you're just scared because your betrayal was exposed.

Although I haven't been home for five years, I still know what's going on at home. During these five years, you relied on your seniority in the yard to bully other maids from time to time.

You could say I've been away from the courtyard for five years, and you've been showing off for five years. You must have been very happy to spend the ill-gotten gains you brought home, right? You even dared to touch the things my mother and brother gave me. You're really brave!"

It's all known, the girl knows everything! It's over, she's finished!

The moment Qing Rong understood, she collapsed to her knees on the ground, her face pale and ugly, with a hint of regret and despair in her eyes.

Seeing that she stopped talking, Mu Qingli's smile became more sarcastic, and a hint of coldness appeared in his eyes.

"I have already taken back all the things you sold. I will not kill you for the sake of our past friendship. Qilan asked someone to send her away and gave her the indenture contract.

Doesn't the Princess' Mansion like her very much? Then send her over. From now on, she will no longer be a member of our General's Mansion. Whether she lives or dies has nothing to do with us."

Qing Rong's face changed immediately when he heard this, and he subconsciously rushed towards her to beg for mercy again.

Qilan and Qixue had just led people in when they heard this and immediately bowed in agreement. Qixue was quick and knocked Qingrong unconscious with a stern face. Then she picked up the person with one hand, smiled at Mu Qingli, and pulled Qilan away.

Qilan couldn't help but laugh and tease as she passed by the man, "Mr. Gu, please come in. Our young lady is waiting for you in the yard. Don't worry, I'll have someone guard the yard. You two can have a good chat."

Gu Luoheng still had some impression of her. He pulled the corners of his lips and nodded slightly as a thank you. Then he stepped into the yard and looked at the person on the chair with a slight smile on his lips.

"Sister Ziyue, long time no see."

Who would have thought that the girl opposite him frowned and sighed softly as she looked at him, "I never thought that after only five years of not coming back, Brother Heng would become so distant towards Ali. It's really sad."

There was a hint of loneliness between her brows, and she lowered her eyes as if she was sad.

Gu Luoheng didn't expect that a name would make her so sad. Her body reacted faster than her brain and she spoke out in a hurry.

"It's not strange. I'm calling you by your given name because I'm afraid you won't like being called by your nickname when you grow up. I don't mean to be strange to you. If you don't like me calling you that, I'll just keep calling you Ali. Don't be sad."

I'm afraid someone hasn't spoken so much in all these years? Seeing the anxious look between his brows is really delightful.

Mu Qingli narrowed his eyes just by listening to this, and the light in his eyes was fine and gentle.

Gu Luoheng was not an idiot. After his impulse, he noticed the undisguised smile in the girl's eyes, and his nervous expression finally eased.

He smiled helplessly and walked straight over, picked up a chair and sat next to her, his tone was inexplicably gentle.

"It's true that we haven't seen each other for five years, but I see that Sister Ali still enjoys teasing people as always."

Mu Qingli had a faint smile on her face, and she seemed to be in a good mood. The corners of her eyes were tinted with a hint of bright red, and she had a kind of charming and seductive charm.

"Brother Heng is wrong. I just like teasing the people I like."

Just like his mother, brother, master, and senior brothers...they are just like him.

The words "I like you" were probably too damaging. She clearly saw the man's ears and neck gradually turning red. She couldn't help but raised her hand to touch him, but she didn't expect that the temperature was also high.

Gu Luoheng never expected that the heat on his neck meeting the coldness would instantly tense up his body so much that he couldn't control himself and fell to the side, even overturning the chair.

Mu Qingli was also stunned for a moment. Seeing someone's rare panic-stricken look, he couldn't help but raise the corners of his lips, and a light laugh escaped from his lips completely uncontrollably.

After a while, she coughed lightly and held out her hand to him. She tilted her head with a smile, her eyes full of amusement, "Do you want me to help you up, Brother Heng?"

As expected, there had never been any other opposite sex by his side in his past and present lives except her, otherwise he wouldn't have reacted so strongly. However, she was in a pretty good mood.

"I'm fine! I really am!"

Gu Luoheng stood up suddenly, his chest heaving noticeably more, his face flushed like rippling spring water, and there was a hint of distress between his brows.

There was still a hint of helpless shame in his eyes when he looked at Mu Qingli, but in the end it all turned into helpless doting.

Mu Qingli stopped teasing him, smiled, put the chair in place, and pulled him to sit down, his tone becoming more serious.

"Okay, I won't tease you anymore~ I just happened to have something to talk to you about."

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