"Ying'er, come here."
Su Xibai spoke at the right time to break the embarrassment.
Mo Lan patted Song Ying's butt and said, "Go ahead."
"Sister Mo Lan, the fifth prince and I are not what you think..."
"It's okay, I know. Didn't you explain everything clearly when you sent the invitation the day before yesterday? I understand you and I understand him."
Mo Lan said and smiled at Gong Shaoqian who was sitting in a high position. Gong Shaoqian was not expecting this and could only return a blank smile.
Qian Shuyu stayed where he was, wondering what happened the day before yesterday, why he lost a piece of memory, and the situation was out of control.
Just now, Gong Shaoqian was whispering in her ears that he would not marry anyone but her, and he was almost discovered. Fortunately, she ran away in time.
Mo Lan stopped laughing, met Qin Jixiang's resentful eyes, and raised his eyebrows slightly.
She lowered her head and said in Qian Shuyu's ear, "I listened to the villain's slander before and misunderstood you. Now I understand that the fifth prince is so handsome. Why are we the only two who like him?"
Qian Shuyu raised his head, followed her eyes and glanced at Qin Jixiang, then turned around and asked eagerly: "Sister likes the fifth prince? Didn't you want to break off the engagement before?"
Mo Lan chuckled and took her hand, "It's just an angry talk. I want to save his face. Look, I really wanted to break off the engagement a few days ago, and he was still anxious. I know he You have me in your heart. Don't worry, sister, the misunderstanding between us sisters has been resolved. From now on, I will treat you as before. When you enter the fifth prince's house in the future, I will definitely treat you well."
Qian Shuyu retracted his hand tremblingly, the smile on his face was uglier than crying, "It's best if my sister thinks so. Don't listen to the villain's slander in the future."
The two of them were close to each other and their voices were deliberately lowered. Qin Jixiang could only hear the words villain, like, fifth prince, misunderstanding.
Her eyes widened and her tears were forced back. When she saw Mo Lan glance at her again, she was so angry that she threw the cup in her hand and hit Qian Shuyu on the head.
Just now Su Xibai was so scared that she almost lost her soul. Now she didn't dare to provoke Mo Lan, but Qian Shuyu was a concubine, who would offend the second young lady of the Qin family for her!
Thinking of this, she strode up to Qian Shuyu and raised her hand to slap her, but was stopped by Mo Lan.
The crowd immediately started talking, "What's going on? Aren't these two fighting for the fifth prince? Why did the Mo family protect the Qian family twice today?"
"Who knows, stop talking, the fifth prince is here."
"Second Miss Qin, what are you doing?"
Qin Jixiang wanted to withdraw his hand, but couldn't break free from Mo Lan's control, and his face gradually became distorted.
"You two are arranging me here, do you think I am dead? If you offend my Qin family, be careful..."
"Watch out for something!"
Qin Jixiang turned to Gong Shaoqian and immediately blushed, "Fifth prince, Mo Lan and Qian Shuyu are bullying others too much. I came to the banquet properly, but they bullied me. They whispered about me and arranged for me. You still provoke me with your eyes, and now you are still holding my hand and won’t let go, you have to help me!”
Mo Lan immediately let go of Qin Jixiang's hand and washed it with wine in disgust.
"What did you say? To make Miss Qin so angry?"
Qian Shuyu hid behind Mo Lan again, covering his head that was hit and dangling.
Mo Lan put her hands on her hips, "Well... I didn't say anything. I just discussed the fifth prince's affairs with Sister Shuyu. We are looking at you, not her, Qin Jixiang. Look at her, she may have blinded me."
"What's more, Miss Qin Er, you said that we were talking in a low voice. How could you hear that we were setting you up?"
Qian Shuyu's voice came from behind Mo Lan like a mosquito, and he was about to fall to the ground.
Gong Shaoqian hurriedly supported her, but Mo Lan staggered due to the squeeze from him. Fortunately, Yun Rong appeared and supported her in time.
"What's wrong with Shuyu? Hurry up, go back to your room to rest, and find a doctor."
Qian Shuyu was immediately taken to her yard by Gong Shaoqian.
Qi Xiangfen was helped over by someone. Although she still had a smile on her face, she was no longer polite when she spoke.
"Second Miss Qin, if you dislike my Qian family's poor greetings, just tell me, an old woman, why bother beating my granddaughter."
"Old madam, my little sister is young, reckless and ignorant. Please forgive me. After I get home, I will tell my father and come back to apologize another day."
Qin Jixi, who had seen enough of the drama, finally spoke, apologizing but with enough airs.
Today's birthday banquet was held at her family, but only she and Qin Jixiang came. It was enough to show that in the eyes of the Qin family, the Qian family was not very important.
"I think my little sister knows she was wrong now. I'll take her home to receive her punishment first, so I won't bother you all."
Qi Xiangfen's face was stiff for a moment, and then she smiled again, "Here, send Miss Qin off."
Qian Dezhang stood up and said to everyone: "Children, you are always noisy. Please stay here after today's lunch. I have invited an opera troupe to sing in the middle courtyard. There is also a place for throwing pots and composing poems in the garden. Please have a good time before going home.”
Soon there was no one at the table. Mo Lan pulled Yun Rong to a place where no one was around, looked around, and then pulled her into the space.
"Master, this is what Master Qian collected."
Mo Lan took a stack of paper, which recorded Mo Hong's daily work records in detail, including when he went to the toilet. Most of them were small mistakes made at work.
For example, which petty official broke the candlestick and almost burned the account book, and how much money he spent to clear his household last year, and how many poor people he helped, were recorded down to the last penny.
"Master, why do you think he remembers these?"
Mo Lan handed the paper back to her, "There is nothing wrong with always having the first information about your opponent, but if he hands over these things, I'm afraid the emperor will reward my father. But it also illustrates a problem. Even if there is Geng Grandpa is by my father's side, but his every move is still being watched, either there is a traitor in the Mo family, or there is a spy sneaking in."
"Put the things back, and then go find Wanggui and ask him to start investigating the background forces of all the families in the capital."
"yes."
When Mo Lan came out of the space, she heard rapid breathing, and there was faint movement in the woods next to her.
Thinking of the hickey on Qian Shuyu's neck, Mo Lan melted into the soil and slowly approached the source of the sound.
Qian Shuyu's collar has been torn open, and his snow-white skin is red and purple. Gong Shaoqian is busy with his head buried in work.
"etc."
Qian Shuyu blushed and pushed Gong Shaoqian away, but he pinned her down again, "Shuyu, you always come to tease me today, why have you stopped now?"
"The day before yesterday, Sister Mo Lan and I had reconciled. Today she told me that she still wants to marry you, otherwise she wouldn't have gone to the palace to break off the engagement for so many days. As her good sister, we shouldn't do this. , but as soon as I saw you, I couldn’t help but fall in love, I’m good or bad!”
A trace of hesitation flashed across Gong Shaoqian's face. Looking at the blushing face of the person beneath him, tears fell from the corners of her eyes, and she felt distressed again.
