Cold-faced Empress

The room emptied instantly, leaving only Mo Canglan and a few bewildered eunuchs standing there.

Consort De, her face grim, said from outside, "Prince Mu, it seems there was a misunderstanding. Miss Fu should have already left. These palace servants, unaware of the situation, made such a fuss; they deserve to die!"

Mo Canglan leisurely rolled up the few sheets of paper in her hand and said to the palace servants, "Carry the person to the main hall. There's no need to dress him."

The palace maid timidly replied.

Seeing that Mo Canglan intended to make a big deal out of this, Consort De's expression changed. She couldn't stop Mo Canglan from doing what he wanted, so she decisively stopped talking to him and hurriedly turned back to find the Emperor.

The palace servants carried Ning Ruicheng, who was naked and delirious, onto a stretcher, and casually piled his clothes on top of him, barely covering his private parts.

In a short while, only Mo Canglan remained in the room.

He turned to the side, his gaze casually sweeping across the crack in the cabinet door, and with a slight parting of his thin lips, he uttered a single, harsh word: "Stupid."

Inside the cabinet, Fu Siying, holding her breath, pinched her leg and said, "Who are you calling stupid!"

Rong Chen gasped in pain, clutching his leg and pleading weakly, "It hurts... Sister!"

The siblings huddled in the dark closet, peering through a crack at the haughty and disdainful Mo Canglan outside.

"Aren't you coming out? Or are you waiting for me to open the door for you personally?"

Fu Siying nudged Rong Chen, signaling him to go first.

The poor Rong Chen braced himself, pushed open the cabinet door, and crawled out with his head drooping and shoulders hunched: "Greetings, Prince Mu."

Upon seeing Fu Rongchen here, Mo Canglan was not surprised at all, and calmly turned his gaze to Fu Siying, who was sitting in the cabinet.

Fu Siying looked up at Mo Canglan, clearly not guilty, but a little timid.

Well, after all, this is a case of catching someone in the act of adultery.

"Wait for me to reach out and pull you up?"

Fu Siying quickly shook her head; she would freeze to death if he reached out his hand.

After she emerged from the closet, Mo Canglan looked her up and down and suddenly said, "This outfit is nice."

Fu Siying was stunned for a moment, and only realized that he was praising her new clothes after Mo Canglan walked out of the room first.

"Hmm, oh."

She responded softly, unsure if he heard her. She recalled that the old nanny beside the Empress Dowager had specifically asked her to go and speak to Prince Mu. Could it be that this outfit… was exactly what he liked?

The siblings followed Mo Canglan nervously. Rong Chen repeatedly gestured to Fu Siying to look at the scroll of paper in Mu Wang's hand.

Fu Siying suddenly felt a bit thirsty.

What are his plans?

She cleared her throat and asked, "Would you present these papers to the Emperor?"

Mo Canglan replied decisively, "No."

"Why?!" Fu Siying exclaimed in surprise.

"Because I am a cold-blooded ghost."

"..."

No wonder this guy could so easily tell she wasn't involved; he's incredibly perceptive.

Suppressing her urgent need for water, she explained to Mo Canglan, "It must be Consort De who wants to harm me! I'm forging a poem by Ning Ruicheng that Ning Ruicheng wrote for her as a counterattack. It will definitely cause her trouble and leave her speechless!"

Mo Canglan continued walking: "You think this is how you get revenge?"

"I don't really intend to do anything to her, I just want to make her lose face!"

“To make Consort De lose face is to make the Emperor lose face,” he suddenly turned around, his serious gaze meeting her alarmed eyes. “And I will never allow the Emperor to be in trouble.”