Xu Xingyi looked at the familiar mansion, thinking about the person he had not met openly for a long time.

Ever since he secretly expressed his feelings to her in the night last time, he somehow didn't dare to meet Shen Qingxu openly. How strange!

He didn't know whether Shen Qingxu heard what he said that night. Whenever he missed her afterwards, he only dared to secretly see her when Shen Qingxu was asleep.

As Xu Xingyi stood at the gate of Qinghua Mansion, he suddenly had an urge to escape. Before he could turn around and leave, he heard Shen Qingxu calling him in surprise: "Xu Xingyi! Xu Xingyi!"

"It's really you, that's great! Are you still feeling uncomfortable anywhere now?" The lively Shen Qingxu pulled Xu Xingyi's arm to check.

"Qingxu, I..." Xu Xingyi's throat tightened, and looking at Shen Qingxu, he actually had the urge to cry.

"What's wrong with you? Are you feeling unwell? I was sick the past two days and couldn't visit you and Mu Yunzhou. Today I feel much better, so I wanted to visit you."

"You have been standing at the door for so long, why don't you come in? I am not a tiger, will I eat people? Or do you not want to see me?"

Shen Qingxu kept chattering beside Xu Xingyi. Seeing Shen Qingxu like this, Xu Xingyi thought that it should be nothing serious, so he felt relieved.

Xu Xingyi dodged Shen Qingxu's hand that was pulling his sleeve.

"What's wrong? Have I become so unfamiliar with you after not seeing you for so many days?" Shen Qingxu was a little disappointed.

"That's not the case." Xu Xingyi felt a little unnatural.

"I know, I know, men and women should not touch each other! That's enough."

"you......"

"Tsk, you coward, are you afraid to come in? You've been wandering at the door for a long time. Do you want me to treat you?" Shen Qingxu said as she pushed Xu Xingyi. "That's right. I'm afraid that after not seeing you for so many days, I'm not even a friend in Mr. Xu's heart! Alas! Men and women shouldn't touch each other!"

"Shen Qingxu, you're sick. Where did you learn to be so weird?" Xu Xingyi broke down and pinched Shen Qingxu's face.

"Your arrogance won't last for long. Tsk tsk tsk, Xu Xingyi, your endurance is not good enough."

"I'll deal with you later."

"I know, I know! Master Xu Xingyi."

"Are you looking for a fight?"

"No, I just saw that you didn't say anything, so I teased you to talk."

"You've learned to be smart."

"No more joking, let's get down to business. How is Mu Yunzhou doing recently? I was sick before and couldn't get up, so I don't know how he is doing recently."

"Him? His family encountered an unexpected change. At first, he was drunk and ignored everyone. After I brought him back from the restaurant, he lost face along the way. He was too embarrassed to go out, so he never stepped out of the door again. Now he doesn't drink anymore. He just stays at home every day and doesn't go to the library. He won't talk to anyone when you talk to him." Xu Xingyi said, "I don't know how to persuade him. He won't listen to anything now."

"He has never encountered any major setbacks. This experience is really hard for him."

"So I thought, now that you're feeling better, I'll ask him out, and then you can try to persuade him."

"Shuyao has gone back to Kangzhou, and no one has taught me how to comfort people. Sigh, I don't know how to comfort him." Shen Qingxu slapped his head and said, "How stupid! If he doesn't want to come out, we can go to Mu's house to find him. We don't have to ask him to come out. He is so stupid at the critical moment."

Wasn’t Xu Xingyi the one who came to look for Mu Yunzhou?

Shen Qingxu cursed herself in her heart for being such a fool!

She looked up at Xu Xingyi: "Xu Xingyi, where have you been recently? Why can't I find you? I asked my sister, and she told me that you were recovering from your injuries. A few days ago, she told me that you had your own things to do. What important things are you busy with? Can you tell me?"

Xu Xingyi saw Shen Qingxu looking at her with expectant eyes and speaking in a soft, coquettish tone. Damn, he was going to die. Didn't Shen Qingxu know that he would go crazy if she spoke to him like this?

What should I do if he seems to be telling Shen Qingxu his mission?

Xu Xingyi quickly took a big step away from Shen Qingxu.

Shen Qingxu followed him: "Xu Xingyi, why are you backing away? Are you afraid that I will continue to ask questions?"

Xu Xingyi nodded.

"Is it something important?"

Xu Xingyi nodded.

"The kind that you can't tell me?"

Xu Xingyi nodded again.

"Did my sister arrange this?"

Xu Xingyi nodded again.

"Well, I won't ask anymore. You will tell me when you complete the task."

He knew that Shen Qingxu only asked about this because she considered him a good friend, but the way she asked him almost made him think out Shen Qiuchi's plan. Would Shen Qiuchi go crazy and beat him to death?

Xu Xingyi suppressed his panic.

"It's just a mission assigned by my senior sister. But none of these are as important as you. I did spend most of my time recuperating from my injuries. When I came back, I heard that Prime Minister Mu and his wife had taken poison, so I hurried to visit Mu Yunzhou."

"Okay, in the past, you always came to me first when you had something to do, and then took me with you!" Shen Qingxu clenched his fists, "You actually left me behind this time, aren't you afraid that I will beat you up?"

Xu Xingyi didn't know how to explain it, so he scratched his head and said, "I'm scared, but this... this time it's different because of a reason."

"Okay, okay." Shen Qingxu waved her hand, "I forgive you for not taking me with you. Do you have anything to do later? If not, let's go see Mu Yunzhou together!"

Xu Xingyi said, "I have been accompanying him these past few days. I will not go today. I have to go back to the academy later. Mu Yunzhou is withdrawn now and doesn't talk to anyone. And I just came out of the Mu Mansion today and saw someone from your house, so I followed him to see you."

"Okay then, go ahead and do your work. I'll go see him later. I haven't seen him for such a long time. What a sin!" Shen Qingxu said as he called Yilan and Weiyu out the door.

Xu Xingyi stood in the front hall with a look of surprise on his face. He watched Shen Qingxu leave, then laughed and shook his head helplessly. How could a host go out and leave guests at home? Shen Qingxu was the only one who did that.

But she didn't consider herself an outsider, she considered him as a family member?

The corners of Xu Xingyi's lips curled up, and he didn't know what he was thinking about. Xu Xingyi walked deep into the woods in the yard.

When Shen Qingxu arrived at the Mu Mansion, she saw that the door was closed, so she called Yilan to knock on the door. When the gatekeeper Mi saw that it was the princess, he opened the door and welcomed her into the mansion.

Then he closed the door and bolted it. Shen Qingxu asked in confusion, "Why did you close the door in broad daylight?"

"This... I don't know. It was Yuanbao who was beside the young master who told me to do it." Old Man Mi replied.

"Oh, then you know where your young master is now. If it is convenient, take me to find him." Shen Qingxu said.

Old Man Mi led the way and saw Mu Yunzhou sitting alone in the hall listlessly. Shen Qingxu stepped forward and patted Mu Yunzhou and said, "Mu Yunzhou, I'm here to see you."

When Mu Yunzhou saw that it was Shen Qingxu, he said, "I heard that you were sick. Are you feeling better now?"

"I must be fine now, otherwise I wouldn't be able to get up to see you."

"Oh, I'm sorry. I've been in a bad mood recently and don't have time to accompany you out to play." Mu Yunzhou lowered his head and looked like he didn't want to pay attention to anyone.

"Mu Yunzhou, I'm not here to play with you. Don't be like this. It's uncomfortable to watch."

"I don't want to, but all I can think about is my parents leaving me."

"Mu Yunzhou, you have to cheer up. We will help you. Let's find evidence together. If that doesn't work, my sister is the queen and your cousin is the emperor. We can find out the truth together and clear the Mu family's name."

"Don't be unhappy, you have to believe that you can do it. We can't do it, and we still have our brother-in-law and sister."

Mu Yunzhou lost control of his emotions when he heard this: "Shen Qingxu, do you know? Because there is no progress in the case, all the evidence points to the Mu family. My parents committed suicide by taking poison, and I can't even build a cenotaph! All my relatives were exiled, and my elderly grandmother had to endure the hardships of walking in exile. I can't even burn paper for my parents at home, and I don't know how my parents are doing down there. I'm going crazy."

"Mu Yunzhou, we can look for evidence and find out the truth. Now the people outside are pleading for your father. Everyone knows that he is innocent."

"So what if everyone knows about it? Rumors are scary. The emperor and empress don't care. The charge of treason is still on my father. As long as the evidence is not found, my father will be despised."

"That's why you have to cheer up and help your father overturn the case."

"Why would I want to overturn a case? The Dali Temple won't let me in. I have no official position or fame. I don't even have the chance to touch my father's so-called evidence of treason."

"That's why we have to find a way. Xu Xingyi and I will help you. I can ask my sister to send some people to help."

"What's the point of begging your sister? Don't you know that your sister is extremely powerful? Her military training department and the intelligence organization inside it can find out anything they want to find out?"

“But I didn’t find any.”

"Haha, the Queen is well-connected. What kind of false evidence can't she find? She just acquiesced." Mu Yunzhou sneered.

Shen Qingxu was also a little angry: "Mu Yunzhou, you don't want to find evidence yourself, but blame this and that. You don't even want to clear your parents' names, and you just stay at home all day! You are a coward."

"Heh, Shen Qingxu, stop pretending to care about me. Your sister is the queen. On what basis do you accuse my Mu family of a crime before finding out the truth?" Mu Yunzhou retorted to Shen Qingxu.

"Mu Yunzhou, are you out of your mind? It's true that my sister is the queen, but your cousin is the emperor. Why don't you say that he won't help you? Why are you so fierce? Huh? Why don't you scold your cousin who is the emperor!" Shen Qingxu was almost mad at Mu Yunzhou. "You have the guts to yell at me, why don't you ask your cousin who is the emperor for help? Why don't you try to find evidence to overturn your parents' case? Why don't you work hard to become a high-ranking official and catch the murderer to avenge your parents? Why don't you even dare to go out? You only dare to be fierce to me here. You are a coward, a wimp!"

"Shen Qingxu, your true face is revealed. You are here to add insult to injury. You are not here to care about me at all. You are here to laugh at me. You don't consider me a friend at all!" Mu Yunzhou said angrily, "You are so hypocritical!"

Shen Qingxu was so angry that her eyes turned red and filled with tears: "You bastard, you really can't tell good from bad. You don't listen to good words and you can't tell bad words from good words. You look like you have water in your brain! I'm so angry."

After saying that, he raised his hand and knocked Mu Yunzhou unconscious on the chair. Then he asked Yuan Baolai to carry Mu Yunzhou out. When they arrived at the waiting carriage, Shen Qingxu threw the man into the carriage and took Mu Yunzhou straight to the palace.

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