The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

"This isn't the first time Prince Yan has stayed out all night, is it? Why is Princess Lanyue so worried?" The Duchess sighed.

Princess Lanyue's hand, which was wiping away her tears, stiffened slightly.

How could she possibly say it out loud?

Yan Shu had indeed been indulging in a life of debauchery and often didn't come home at night.

Normally, he would take a large stack of silver notes from home before going out. But this time, not only did he not ask the steward for money, he didn't even touch his own treasury, which was completely different from before.

Moreover, the two servants who used to be with Yan Shu were her people. If Yan Shu stayed overnight somewhere, someone would definitely come back to inform him.

This time, everything is wrong.

She even dreamt at night that Yan Shu was lying in a pool of blood, and in the morning she immediately went to confirm the matter.

I was terribly panicked.

She hadn't felt this panicked when Kokuji had his accident before.

I have a feeling that something went wrong.

Princess Lanyue stiffly wiped away her tears, but she couldn't tell them any of this.

Xie Yaochuan hurried in, saw Princess Lanyue, glanced at Mu Yunchao, and slowly bowed.

"Wei Chen..."

Princess Lanyue stepped forward and grabbed his hand, staring at him intently. "Where did Yan Shu go yesterday?"

Xie Yaochuan had already learned of Yan Shizi's disappearance on the way, but he found it troublesome. Now, seeing Princess Lanyue's attitude, he felt it was even more troublesome.

"Yesterday, the Second Young Master Mu left first to pick up his cousin and the Third Young Master Mu. Half an hour later, the rest of them dispersed. This can be confirmed by the people in the teahouse. They left right at the end of the thirtieth chapter of the storytelling. After they left, the Young Master Yan went to Qingyan Tower with his servant. I haven't seen them since."

Qingyanlou was a notorious den of iniquity in the capital.

Anyone who goes in has to empty their pockets before they can leave.

Princess Lanyue knew that Yan Shu frequented that place, but this time...

"You saw him enter Qingyanlou with your own eyes?"

"No. It was just that Prince Yan strongly invited me to go with him. But... as the princess knows, I am just a poor scholar. Where would I get the money to go to Qingyan Tower?" Xie Yaochuan belittled himself without any mercy, determined to get to the bottom of this matter.

Princess Lanyue is notoriously unreasonable. If Yan Shu really gets into trouble and no one can take the blame, those of them who were drinking together at the end will be in deep trouble.

She had actually sent servants to check these places in the morning, and they all said that Yan Shu had not spent the night there.

The Yan family doesn't have any enemies, so nothing really can happen to them.

Seeing that Princess Lanyue was lost in thought, Xie Yaochuan ignored her and looked at Mu Yunchao instead.

"I sent people to investigate the village where Xixi used to live, but there's a problem. The people there are extremely wary of outsiders, and we haven't been able to find any clues," Xie Yaochuan said to Mu Yunchao in a low voice.

"No clues? How do you plan to handle this?" Mu Yunchao looked at him with suspicion.

Xie Yaochuan shook his head. "I was originally going to ask you to borrow Xixi's things so she could go home for a while."

"No." Mu Yunchao refused decisively, giving no chance to discuss it.

Xie Yaochuan pursed his lips and nodded. "I knew you would refuse. But this matter concerns several cities in the Moon Kingdom. I checked the missing children reports collected from various regions."

Xie Yaochuan casually pulled out a notebook from his pocket, flipped through a few pages, and said, "This... almost hundreds of children disappear every year. Not to mention some of them are children from the countryside, who probably didn't even report it to the authorities. Thinking about it this way, how many children go missing every year?"

“Xi Xi can’t go. Her whole family are practically vampires. Yunnan Ren Shan only broke that person’s leg and didn’t execute the whole family, which is already a mercy. And now they’re making Xi Xi go back. Are they afraid she’s not sucking blood fast enough?” Mu Yunchao raised his hand and closed his notebook.

Xie Yaochuan nodded. "If it weren't for the distance and if General Mu weren't still in the capital, he would definitely agree."

She would never agree.

Seeing that they were chatting so enthusiastically, Princess Lanyue grabbed Xie Yaochuan's arm and said, "We can't wait any longer. You must come with me."

Xie Yaochuan was pulled so hard he almost fell.

He stared in disbelief at Princess Lanyue, whose strength was outrageously incredible, and then at Mu Yunchao, who stood there silently, as if he were dead.

If looks could be used to insult, Mu Yunchao would have been insulted hundreds of times.

Mu Yunchao raised an eyebrow. Sure enough, his strategy of saying he wanted to call the others over but actually only calling Xie Yaochuan was completely correct.

After Princess Lanyue left, the Duchess dismissed the servants and then looked at Mu Yunchao.

"At this time in my past life, Prince Yan's body appeared in the pavilion. The pavilion next to Yuhua Lake." The Duchess sipped her tea gently, as if discussing something utterly ordinary with him.

"A corpse?" Mu Yunchao was taken aback. In his previous life, he had not had close ties with young officials in the court. He had never heard of this matter before.

but……

Mu Yunchao suddenly remembered that in his previous life, a Minister of Justice had indeed been temporarily transferred. He had only thought that another person with connections had come. Was it because he had died?

"Young Master Yan was murdered unexpectedly, and the murderer could not be found. Princess Lanyue went mad and cleared out the entire Yanliu Alley. But now, things have changed." The Duchess put down her teacup and looked calmly at Mu Yunchao.

He understood what his mother meant.

Once things change, everything else will follow suit.

In other words, the Mu family was not originally involved, but because he had a meal with Prince Yan, he is now very likely to be implicated.

This also led to him getting into big trouble with Princess Lanyue.

Mu Yunchao's gaze darkened slightly. He truly did not want to see the Mu family ultimately fall into the same desperate situation of being surrounded by enemies as in his previous life. Therefore, he often met privately with these ministers, attempting to build deep friendships. However, even so, problems continued to arise.

This Princess Lanyue was a real headache! Relying on the Empress Dowager's backing and the imperial pardon bestowed upon her by the late Emperor, she acted with impunity and arrogance throughout the capital. The people of the capital looked down on her, gossiping behind her back about her family's scandalous affairs. But despite their contempt, no one dared to openly provoke her.

"My son didn't think this through properly, and this matter will be handled cleanly."

Looking at his serious expression, the Duchess nodded slightly, thought for a moment, and then slowly said, "Yun Chao, don't worry too much about it. You've done enough."