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

Mu Yunchao bent down to examine the footprint on Yan Shizi's body, his expression gradually becoming serious.

For this kind of injury, he could only think of one person.

Xiao Xian.

In her past life, when a man came to harass Yu Xi, before Yu Xi could even make a move, he kicked her.

The shoe print was etched directly into the man's chest, breaking several bones.

It's almost exactly the same situation as Yan Shizi's now.

They all thought the shoe print was small and concluded that it was the work of a woman.

But he felt that Xiao Xian's current age was quite suitable, and also...

He saw Xiao Xian leave in the morning, jumped over the wall, and left. He must have started learning martial arts from a young age. Although his martial arts skills seem to be less than half of what they were in his previous life, killing a good-for-nothing like Yan Shu should still be relatively easy.

However, since someone has already taken the blame for this, it's only natural that the Mu family should be completely absolved of any responsibility.

We need to find a way to get the Yan family to bury the body directly.

Mu Yunchao looked at Xie Yaochuan, who seemed lost in thought in the distance, and slowly walked over as if his soul had left his body.

Surely not?

Why do you look so lost?

Has Princess Lanyue's unreasonable demands become even more powerful?

"Xie Zixun," Mu Yunchao whispered, calling his courtesy name. (Xie Yaochuan, courtesy name Zixun)

Xie Yaochuan was taken aback. After regaining his senses, he saw him standing beside Yan Shizi's corpse. "What? Did you find something that I didn't notice?"

"No, but I feel like something's off about you." More than just off, it's like you've become a completely different person.

"Me?" Xie Yaochuan suddenly remembered something, looked at him instantly, and smiled. "I suddenly remembered that your sister is the Empress, right?"

Mu Yunchao frowned, a bad feeling creeping over him. "What do you want to do?"

"I need her to do a small favor. Could you help me get a palace maid out of the palace?"

Mu Yunchao could hardly believe her ears and looked at him, "A palace maid?"

Although Xie Yaochuan was known to the world as the romantic and amorous Young Master Xie, most people only made fun of him. The reason for this was simply his captivating peach blossom eyes and his almost demonic face, which often led people to mistakenly believe that he was a heartless person at first glance.

However, the Xie family was actually one of the few families in the capital that did not have concubines or maids. Growing up in such a family environment, Xie Yaochuan naturally would not treat relationships lightly.

So when he mentioned rescuing a palace maid, Mu Yunchao was truly astonished.

In his previous life, he had never heard of Xie Yaochuan being infatuated with any woman. Even though the Xie family didn't place much importance on social status or background, she was, after all, just a palace maid. Perhaps he had misunderstood; maybe it was just related to the case.

Mu Yunchao couldn't help but scrutinize him from head to toe, and asked suspiciously, "She...is she involved in this case?"

“How could she be involved in this case? She’s so gentle and beautiful… If you keep making things up, I’ll really beat you up! Tell me, shouldn’t the Empress have a way to release the maid?” Xie Yaochuan looked at him intently.

"What's her name? I'll write to ask my sister." Mu Yunchao's face was full of speechlessness, but this was the first time in both his lives that his brother had taken the initiative to say that he had someone he liked, so he would naturally help if he could.

Xie Yaochuan paused, realizing he wasn't really familiar with the name.

Seeing his somewhat guilty expression, Mu Yunchao couldn't help but wonder, "Don't tell me you don't even know his name?"

Mu Yunchao couldn't help but suppress a laugh, teasingly saying, "Surely not, the charming and amorous Young Master Xie, is it just unrequited love? You're interested in her, but is she interested in you?"

Xie Yaochuan held the handkerchief the woman had given him, his gaze wandering. "You have to spend more time together to develop feelings. I can't even talk to her much right now, so how can I talk about being interested in her?"

Mu Yunchao frowned slightly as she looked at the handkerchief in his hand. She had seen Yunshang use this handkerchief before. After hesitating for a moment, she asked him, "Are you sure it's from a maid in the palace? Not some concubine?"

"Of course! She should be a first-class maid in the Empress Dowager's palace."

In the Empress Dowager's palace...

First-class maid...

Mu Yunchao was silent for a moment, then asked him seriously, "Are you sure you want to do something this difficult right from the start?"

Xie Yaochuan: ? ? ?

Mu Yunchao was quite exasperated. "You could at least try talking to her. What if she doesn't want to? She has everything by the Empress Dowager's side, and everyone in the harem has to respectfully call her 'Aunt.' You've managed to get her out of there, cut off her source of income, and then offered to support her. Do you think she'd be willing to do that?"

"Everyone always says you're smart, how could you be so stupid about this? Talk to her properly and marry her into the Xie family through proper channels. If she agrees, I'll tell my sister to send her out of the palace."

Xie Yaochuan felt somewhat downcast and melancholy. "What if...she doesn't want to?"

"You don't actually intend to seize it by force, do you?" Mu Yunchao's face was full of disbelief.

I never imagined you were like this, Xie Zixun!

At this moment, Xie Yaochuan appeared somewhat embarrassed and uneasy. His eyes darted around, avoiding eye contact with Mu Yunchao. After all, he did indeed have such thoughts in his mind.

In fact, when he first saw her, an unprecedented feeling welled up inside him. As if it were destiny, the moment he saw her, he knew it was her, and that he had waited so long just to meet her.

Looking at Xie Yaochuan in front of him, Mu Yunchao couldn't help but sigh. He had never imagined that his friend, who was praised for his intelligence, would be so lacking in this aspect.

"You're so silly! Come on, let me teach you." Mu Yunchao put his arm around Xie Yaochuan's shoulder and whispered to him how the people he had seen in his past life had pursued their wives, listing them out one by one to teach him.

In short, it all boils down to two words: sincerity.

Xie Yaochuan listened to the strategy for half an hour, his expression changing from (╥_╥) to (☉_☉) and then to {(☆·☆)}.

Xie Yaochuan scrutinized Mu Yunchao from head to toe, secretly wondering how this best friend who had grown up with him could have such a hidden side!

Mu Yunchao was a single man who had never even set foot in a brothel, and had no family. He was clearly the kind of guy who would never know how to pursue someone.

To my utter surprise, he was so knowledgeable about this kind of thing, even able to clearly outline the specific steps, when to do the first step, what to do next, and what strategy to take at the end...

This entire process is so detailed it could fill a book!

I never expected this, Mu Yunchao, you're so capable!

You truly are my good buddy!