"Ooooh Daddy, it hurts."

Dabao's crying attracted Qin Yueran, who hurried to Dabao to check his injuries.

Nan Muchen was applying medicine to Dabao's scraped knee. When Qin Yueran saw the bloody mess, tears welled up in her eyes for a moment.

"I'm sorry, Dabao. It's because I didn't protect you well that you got hurt."

Qin Yueran pulled Dabao into her arms and gently stroked his back to comfort him.

With a hug from his dear mother and his father helping him apply medicine, Dabao suddenly felt that his wound was not so painful anymore.

"I'm fine, mom. Dabao is a man. He is a man who can protect you!"

Dabao said to Qin Yueran, his little face full of pride as if he wanted to be in the spotlight.

Seeing his son getting carried away in front of Qin Yueran, Nan Muchen shook his head helplessly and deliberately pressed the medicated gauze on Dabao's wound.

In an instant, the little kid who was so proud of himself just now started to grimace and cry out in pain.

"It seems that the martial arts I taught you are still effective. Don't move around carelessly now that your leg is injured."

Although Nan Muchen's tone sounded cold, his words were filled with concern for Dabao.

Seeing Nan Muchen interrupting him, Dabao felt that he had lost face in front of his mother, but it was not easy for him to refute the cold man in front of him. He could only pout and wait quietly for the man to help him apply medicine.

Qin Yueran looked at Nan Muchen's focused expression, and for a moment she had a strange feeling towards this unruly regent.

She originally thought that Nan Muchen usually left Dabao to the care of the servants in the mansion and didn't care about Dabao's situation at all.

Unexpectedly, this man who was so powerful in the court and had an icy face to everyone would be so patient with Dabao. Qin Yueran was really impressed.

Besides, it was fortunate that Nan Muchen arrived in time today, otherwise Qin Yuran couldn't imagine what would happen if Dabao fell from the tree trunk...

Thinking of this, Qin Yuran felt an indelible sense of guilt in his heart.

"What's wrong, General Qin? You keep staring at me. Are you attracted to my appearance?"

Nan Muchen was teasing Qin Yueran on purpose, but when he found out that he had been staring at her face in a daze, Qin Yueran panicked and quickly took a few steps back, pretending to be calm and denying it.

But the slightly red earlobe had already betrayed Qin Yueran invisibly.

Just as Qin Yuran was thinking about how to get away with it, she suddenly saw a sneaky figure flash by.

Qin Yueran's eyes flashed with sharpness, and he leaped up, cutting off her path.

She had been acting sneaky because she had done something wrong, and when Qin Yueran stopped her, she couldn't hide her fear on her face.

Qin Yueran remembered the face in front of her. It was one of the maids around her.

There was a fire in the general's mansion, and now she appears here sneakily and unharmed, it's hard not to be suspicious.

Especially her panic-stricken look made people feel that there was something fishy going on.

"General...I..."

The maid didn't dare to look at Qin Yueran's eyes and wanted to take the opportunity to slip away.

Unexpectedly, she felt a chill on her neck just by turning around.

The shining sword was placed on her neck, and she immediately broke out in a cold sweat.

"Tell me, what are you doing here sneaking around? Don't think I can't do anything to you if you don't confess. I'm giving you a chance to confess."

Qin Yueran's tone was so cold that no tone could be heard, and the little maid was so frightened that her legs went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

The sword cut through iron like mud; with just a slight flick of the sword, the maid's black hair fell down and draped over her shoulders.

Then the cold touch pressed against her neck again, finally breaking the maid's last psychological defense, and she began to sob.

"General, I was just possessed by a ghost for a moment. Please don't kill me... I was ordered by someone!"

The maid kowtowed on the ground as she spoke, with several thuds, and landed heavily on the rough ground.

When she raised her head again, the maid's forehead was already black and blue. There were also traces of tears on her face, and her hair was messy and scattered, looking extremely embarrassed.

"Then tell me, who is behind this?"

Qin Yueran looked at the maid kneeling at her feet, her face expressionless.

It's not that there haven't been people who betrayed her during her five years in the military camp. She had also been betrayed by her teammates on the battlefield in her previous life, and she had long been accustomed to it.

But she said she was instructed by someone, so she was curious about who dared to do something in the general's mansion.

If her subordinates had not reported it in time, Qin Yuran dared not imagine the consequences.

"Yes...it was the eldest daughter of Tainan Mansion. She found me and said that my family was in her hands. She asked me to listen to her and she would not harm my family. She also gave me a large sum of money and asked me to leave the capital. I know I was wrong. I really know I was wrong."

The maid spoke with tears and snot, and stretched out her hand to grab Qin Yueran's sleeve, but Qin Yueran dodged her without leaving a trace.

The eldest daughter of Tainan Mansion, isn't this her good sister?

Unexpectedly, the plan now directly hit her general's mansion. If she let her go so easily this time, wouldn't people think that she, Qin Yueran, was a soft persimmon that could be bullied by anyone?

Now all the servants in the mansion are watching. If this maid is let go easily, there will probably be endless trouble in her mansion.

"Miss Di told me that this matter could be done secretly and I would not be implicated. I was worried about my family, so I lit the fire in the room. But General, I was really forced to do this!"

Seeing that Qin Yueran remained unmoved, the maid panicked and spoke without thinking.

Unfortunately, Qin Yueran didn't listen to her begging for mercy.

If every betrayer can be forgiven so easily, how can she easily trust the confidants around her?

It's time to clean up the house and put things in order.

"Since she has admitted that she was the one who started the fire in the general's mansion, drag her to the yamen and hand her over to the judge for trial." Qin Yueran spoke calmly to the guards of the Treasure Hunting Pavilion, and then the maid was dragged away.

Now she can't trust anyone in the mansion, only people in the Treasure Hunting Pavilion she can trust.

"Check the whereabouts of the eldest daughter of Tainan Mansion. I will ask her what is going on tomorrow."

Qin Yuran gave the order and ignored Nan Muchen's expression, and went to settle Cui and others.

"I'll go with you tomorrow." Nan Muchen said to Qin Yueran, and then took the initiative to help Qin Yueran clean up the general's mansion.

Fortunately, the fire did not last long, and only Qin Yueran's room was seriously damaged. Other places were only left with blackened marks from being burned by the fire, and they would be fine after a little repair.

"I'm sorry to bother you, Regent, with today's matter."

Qin Yueran spoke to Nan Muchen awkwardly, feeling a little uncomfortable.

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