Lu Weimian took a deep breath.

She remembered when she was five years old, her mother went to the palace to chat with the Empress, and she and the princess were flying kites in the Changchun Palace garden.

Her kite string broke, and when she went to pick up the kite on the artificial hill, she heard someone arguing.

“Why are you covering your eyes! Is it because your ghost eyes can’t be seen by others!”

“He’s a monster, take off his mask, beat him!”

Lu Weimian heard some unpleasant sounds of fists and feet.

She was scared and didn’t dare to go over herself, so she shouted in the courtyard, “Princess sister!”

In the artificial hill, someone shouted “Someone’s coming,” and they scattered and fled.

Lu Weimian, in a cave in the artificial hill, saw a small boy covered in blood.

He was squatting in the cave, wiping the blood from his body, like a wounded dog with nowhere to go.

A corner of the mask that should have covered his left eye was on the ground, stained with blood and dust.

Lu Weimian’s intrusion was an accident.

As he looked up vigilantly, Lu Weimian saw his left eye, and the red mole in his eye.

The mole looked fierce and bloody at this moment.

But Lu Weimian’s kite was stuck on the cave above his head.

She trembled and explained, “Don’t be afraid, I’m here to pick up my kite.”

Following her gesture, the boy saw the butterfly kite hanging on the cave above his head.

He ignored her and picked up the mask beside him, wiping off the dirt and blood.

Lu Weimian held her breath, reaching for the kite with great effort and taking it down.

She stood there for a while, and then took a golden wound medicine from her small purse, carefully squatting down and placing it in front of him before running away.

Lu Weimian didn’t like the talk of ghosts and gods, and she didn’t think that appearance was a reason to attack others.

He shouldn’t be treated like that.

That was the first time she saw Feng Xingyuan.

The servant’s words pulled Lu Weimian’s thoughts back, “He’s a lowly life, it’s only because His Highness is kind-hearted that he’s still rich and noble today. You’re alone here, His Highness must be worried.”

“You don’t need to rush to answer me, I’m just here to help you when you need it, on behalf of His Highness. I’m currently serving in the Second Young Master’s residence, and I’m at your beck and call.”

Around the corner, a young man in a dark ink-colored brocade robe had just returned to the courtyard, listening to the conversation in the courtyard without showing any emotion, leisurely calculating that it was a little boring to catch her little tail so quickly.

He still wanted to fatten her up a little, so his little fish could bite her a few more times.

Then, Lu Weimian’s gentle voice came from the courtyard, “It seems your young master’s discipline is lax, allowing you to serve two masters, betraying your trust, and daring to be so disrespectful to the master’s family.”

“Mu Yu, fifty slaps. After the punishment, send him to Second Uncle, and kick him out of the mansion to find your master, the Crown Prince.”

Feng Xingyuan paused slightly.

Lu Weimian gave her instructions and left directly.

The servant looked surprised, “Madam!”

He chased a few steps forward, but Mu Yu stopped him, “Excuse me.”

The servant couldn’t understand, “I’m from the Crown Prince’s side, you, you dare to hit me, are you not afraid of losing the Crown Prince’s support in the future?”

A crisp sound of slaps echoed in the courtyard!

The servant immediately fell silent.

Mu Yu acted neatly and efficiently.

She had been holding back her anger, and now she had a chance to vent it on someone from Feng’s front yard, and he happened to be under the Crown Prince.

These days, seeing the Miss crying and worrying, if the Crown Prince had any responsibility, he wouldn’t have even been unable to protect the person he liked.

She had also endured for a long time, only because Lu Weimian was wholeheartedly towards the Crown Prince that she didn’t dare to say anything.

The people in the front yard slapped once, and the Crown Prince slapped twice.

After Mu Yu finished slapping, she dragged the person up and went to the front yard to report to Feng He.

The servant’s cheeks were red and swollen, and he covered his face and followed behind, unwillingly asking, “Are you trying to turn against His Highness the Crown Prince?”

“Have you considered the consequences?!”

“I’ll tell you, as soon as I go out, I’ll tell His Highness that you, the Lu family, and Lu Weimian are ungrateful and intend to betray the Crown Prince. When His Highness treats you as abandoned pawns, the consequences will be your own fault!”

The servant made a move to leave, but Mu Yu didn’t stop him, walking straight ahead.

The servant angrily turned around, thinking about how to frame them so that they would have a worse outcome, but unexpectedly, after rounding a grove of trees, he bumped into Feng Xingyuan, who was playing with a dagger.

He was startled, stumbled a step, and then his foot slipped, and he fell into the lake!

The servant struggled, but before he could make a sound, he was swallowed by the swarming fish.

Feng Xingyuan took a step to look at the lake surface with blood, like a passerby who happened to be enjoying the scenery, watching the fun of the fish competing for food, then turned his gaze to the direction where Lu Weimian had left.

In fact, when Lu Weimian bumped into Feng Xingyuan in the artificial hill that year, the poor boy was being bullied by the little eunuchs in the palace and was covered in blood.

But if she had taken one more step forward, she would have seen the body of a little eunuch who had been too slow to escape hidden in the cave.

That seemingly pitiful little boy was covered in other people’s blood.

Someone else went missing in Feng’s residence.

When Lu Weimian got the news, Mu Yu had just returned to the room.

She said that Feng He searched the whole mansion for the servant, but couldn’t find him, and no one was seen leaving the gate.

It was as if he had evaporated.

Two people disappeared in one day.

It was quite a coincidence.

Lu Weimian felt uneasy for some reason, but she didn’t have any leads for a while.

She clearly remembered that Feng’s residence was the safest place.

Lu Weimian put down her pen and asked, “Where is the husband?”

“I heard he just returned to the room.”

Lu Weimian lifted her skirt and walked around the desk, “Then I’ll go and see.”

Their rooms were separated into two small courtyards. Lu Weimian’s room was a proper bedroom, while Feng Xingyuan’s was just a study.

Lu Weimian hesitated at the door before knocking.

After a moment, she heard a weak, “Who?”

Lu Weimian stammered, “It’s me.”

Although they were husband and wife in two lifetimes, to be honest, she wasn’t very familiar with Feng Xingyuan yet.

His voice was warm and low, “Come in.”

Lu Weimian took a deep breath and entered. The room was filled with a light scent of medicine mixed with tea, and Feng Xingyuan was leaning against the head of the bed in plain clothes.

His clothes were loose, and he was fastening them.

Lu Weimian paused and turned her head, “Sorry, I didn’t know you were changing medicine.”

Feng Xingyuan found it interesting, “I let you in, what’s there to apologize for?”

“Madam is much more reserved than she was last night when she rushed to drink the aphrodisiac.”

Lu Weimian was speechless, her cheeks instantly flushed red, “Then, I really didn’t know.”

Feng Xingyuan didn’t care whether she really knew or not.

That letter had already clearly revealed her intentions.

“Anything you need me for?”

Lu Weimian remembered the main thing, turning to see that he had already put on his clothes, then walked over, “There is something.”

She sat nervously on the nearby soft stool.

Perhaps because the sun was high and the light was bright, Lu Weimian’s angle allowed her to see the bandages binding his waist and abdomen under his thin clothes, as well as the undulating muscle lines.

Lu Weimian hadn’t seen these before, and she shifted her gaze uncomfortably, “Your injury, is it serious?”

“It’s alright.”

Lu Weimian considered how to speak, her fingers twirling her waist sash, a little nervous, “It’s like this, I went to visit my uncles and aunts this morning, and on the way back, I met a servant who claimed to be a close attendant of the Crown Prince, lurking in the mansion to help me.”

Feng Xingyuan paused in his tea-drinking, probably not expecting Lu Weimian to say this so directly, “Hmm?”

“I did have a… shallow relationship with the Crown Prince before. But things are over now.” Lu Weimian’s fingers twirled the sash even tighter, “I told Second Uncle, wanting to get rid of him, but now he’s missing.”

Feng Xingyuan put down his teacup, seemingly unconcerned, “Perhaps he found a secret passage and went out to complain to the Crown Prince.”

Lu Weimian expressed her concerns, “I’m mainly afraid of causing trouble for the mansion.”

Feng Xingyuan calmly said, “If there’s trouble, it’s my trouble, it won’t find you.”

Lu Weimian blurted out, “Isn’t your trouble my trouble?”

Feng Xingyuan paused slightly, then chuckled softly after a moment.

He looked up at her from a distance, seeming easy to talk to, but the heterochromia behind the mask was full of dangerous aura, “Actually, Madam, if you needed, you could have kept him in the mansion, making it convenient for you to associate with the Crown Prince.”

Lu Weimian frowned, “You… are you serious?”

“The Crown Prince is not a good person, you should know better than I do, he planted spies in the mansion, he must have some ulterior motives.”

Feng Xingyuan slowly continued, “At present, it seems to be for you.”

Lu Weimian lowered her eyes, “Whether it’s for me or for his ambition, it’s hard to say.”

“Forget it, if he really comes looking for you, just say I sent him away.” Lu Weimian got up, “Also, let’s go to the palace together tomorrow to report.”

“I can report myself, why do you suddenly want to go with me?”

Lu Weimian licked her lips, “I said it in front of everyone today, so I have to go.”

Feng Xingyuan chuckled, “So simple?”

“It’s not simple,” Lu Weimian casually complained, with a hint of displeasure, “Your second uncle and aunt deliberately gave me a hard time, making me stand according to the rules. I threatened them that I’d tell the emperor, if I don’t go tomorrow, they’ll think they can still control me.”

Feng Xingyuan jokingly said, “It’s hard for you to still give them a good face.”

“I still need to put on an act.” Lu Weimian finished and left his room.

The red clothes suited her, like a graceful and pretty red butterfly.