I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 756: Same person, different fate, miserable Yayin.

Less than half an hour later.

The largest private room in Yujing Pavilion.

Mu Zhen and Murong Jinxiu sat opposite each other at the table.

Beside them, two little girls stood with their hands on their hips and glared at each other, one with her head down and the other with her head raised. In terms of momentum, Liu Minglan, whose height was just above Shanshan's slender waist, had a slight upper hand.

Li Mu leaned on the beauty couch by the window, holding a fruit plate in his arms, listening to the courtesan singing outside the window while eating melon in big mouthfuls.

"Are you Zhao Linshan?"

Liu Minglan spoke first, with disbelief and sarcasm in her tone.

Shanshan entered the palace at a young age, and after becoming a palace maid in Yunhe Courtyard, she was loved by Zhao Chuyi.

With her abilities, it would not be a problem for her to join the Royal Guards.

But she insisted on being an ordinary palace maid in Yunhe Courtyard.

Zhao Chuyi felt that she owed something and insisted that Emperor Hongwen adopt Shanshan as his adopted daughter.

Although Emperor Hongwen did not agree in the end, he privately granted him the surname Zhao.

Linshan was her maiden name.

Her status in the palace is extremely special. She is not only Princess Yunhe's personal maid, but also the chief maid in Yunhe Courtyard.

What many people don’t know is that she is a member of the royal family who was given a noble surname.

Of course, these people do not include the sixth lady of Jing'an's number one family.

Shanshan didn't seem to care about Liu Minglan's ridicule. She smiled and said in a mocking tone,

"Why, you don't recognize your aunt? Willow...green...nose!"

Hearing these three words, Liu Minglan instantly lost her composure. She glanced at Li Mu who was watching the show leisurely, and said,

"You big fool, why are you here to bother my brother Li instead of serving the princess in the palace!"

She was eager to change the subject. As a lady of a noble family, she would be too embarrassed to face others if people knew that she always had two big snots hanging from her nose when she was a child.

"What does it have to do with you?"

Shanshan didn't care at all. If she went over there, Liu Minglan's words would indeed irritate her.

Which little girl really doesn't care about her appearance?

But Shanshan really had no other choice. Even if she went on a hunger strike, her height and weight still increased rapidly.

But now, it’s different!

Even her height still makes her look a little different from ordinary people.

But this face is enough to attract most annoying eyes.

However, all this came too late and could only be considered icing on the cake.

So much so that after she lost weight, she wasn't actually too excited.

When she was still a dark, fat, ugly girl, there was already someone who would pinch her rough, fat face and say,

"Don't listen to what those people say. Our Shanshan is so cute."

Thinking of this, ripples appeared in Shanshan's heart and her eyes involuntarily looked towards Li Mu.

Liu Minglan was too familiar with this kind of look, and her heart couldn't help but skip a beat.

Thinking of the news that had been spreading like wildfire in the city since early this morning, his two little eyebrows suddenly frowned.

"Zhao Linshan! Are you the female official sent by the palace to try out marriage?"

"What did you say?"

Shanshan was stunned for a moment, her face turned red, and then for some unknown reason, she pretended to be shy and said,

"What does it have to do with you?"

As he spoke, he couldn't stop stealing glances at Li Mu.

This can be regarded as an admission made personally.

Seeing this, Liu Minglan's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that the news about Princess Yunhe choosing a son-in-law was not false.

Li Mu came to the capital just to discuss marriage with Princess Yunhe, and even turned down the marriage proposal from the Prime Minister's Mansion for this purpose.

This is no secret in Linglong Waterside Pavilion.

For a moment, Liu Minglan felt a little sad. Princess Yunhe was going to marry someone else, how sad that young master would be... Eh?

That’s not right!

……

Outside the capital, there is a small woods on the outskirts of the city.

Tang Qin was covered in dust and her dress was full of wrinkles, obviously because she had been caught in the rain and had not yet dried completely.

She originally wanted to take a shortcut and reach Qiuzhou earlier.

Who would have thought that he would miss Mu Zhen's carriage.

Fortunately, when she passed by an official post station, she learned that Mu Zhen had come to the capital.

Then he turned back.

She was almost amused by her own stupidity ever since Li Mu came to see her that day.

She does things like a headless fly, and most of the time, her body moves much faster than her brain.

Thinking that Li Mu and Mu Li might meet in the capital later, Tang Qin actually felt a little guilty.

She thought about confessing to Li Mu that she had a benefactor, a benefactor who might admire her and who was favored by Aunt Yu to bring them together.

But in what capacity could she say this?

Not to mention, given her personality of saying one thing but not thinking another, even if she said it, it might only make things worse.

Tang Qin was very nervous.

Now, Ruoshui Hall has the support of Li Mu, so at least the disciples in the hall will not be left with nowhere to go after being purged afterwards.

She no longer had any worries in her heart.

On the way back, I felt groggy and as if I had lost my soul.

At this moment, Tang Qin paused and saw a person lying under a tree in the distance.

Having spent many years with Ge Peining, she instinctively wanted to go forward and check.

Under the tree is a young woman.

Her skin was fair, her features were delicate, and her clothes seemed familiar...

Is this how a maid at Linglong Waterside dresses?

This skirt, which can better show off a woman's figure, is said to be the masterpiece of the little maid named Qiuju in the mansion.

Tang Qin smiled bitterly in her heart, thinking that the man she would meet again would not be just a little maid, but "Lord Su Shang" from her Yin-Yang family, and she sighed.

I wonder what the leader of Anbing would feel when he finds out that the little maid he casually gave away to win people's hearts would one day become someone he couldn't afford to offend.

Tang Qin didn't know whether she was jealous or simply sighing. She smiled and reached out to feel the woman's breath.

"Still angry."

"Girl? Girl?"

Tang Qin placed her fingertips on the woman's pulse, passed a gentle stream of water-attributed Qi over, and then gently shook the woman's shoulders.

"Um……"

The woman murmured softly, then suddenly opened her eyes, waved her sleeves, and scattered white dust towards Tang Qin.

"Don't come over here. My master is the Prince of Yan. My master likes me very much. If you dare to do anything bad to me, you will die!"

Tang Qin's eyes focused, and his body leaned back slightly, and the light blue true energy wrapped around the white dust.

Then he stretched out his hand to grab the woman's throat and asked coldly,

"You said you were from Linglong Waterside?"

"That's right! If my master knew that you dared to harm me..."

"May I have your name!"

Tang Qin interrupted the woman before she finished shouting.

The woman was obviously hesitant and paused before saying,

"Yayin, Muyayin, if you don't believe it..."

"Why are you here?"

Tang Qin obviously had no patience and looked her up and down. Although the woman looked a little disheveled, upon closer inspection, her appearance was not even inferior to her own.

She indeed meets the standards of a maid at Linglong Waterside.

I guess the sentence “My master likes me very much” is not false.

Tang Qin has a bad temper. Especially when she was attacked while trying to save someone, no one would be happy about it.

However, if the other party is really Li Mu’s man, that would be a different matter.

When Yayin heard Tang Qin's words, she hesitated and stammered, not knowing how to explain.

She first defected, then regretted it and looked for an opportunity, and finally ran back secretly without telling her younger sister.

She has a bad temper and a peculiar personality, and most importantly, she has no money!

She pawned all the jewellery she had on her body one by one before she was able to return to the capital. She endured a lot of hardships along the way.

Seeing that she couldn't explain it for a while, Tang Qin waved her hand indifferently.

"It doesn't matter. If you want to go back to the capital, follow me."

"By the way, my name is Tang Qin, and I am Mr. Li's...subordinate."

After saying this, Tang Qin felt a little self-pitying again. She found that she didn't even have the qualifications to call herself Li Mu's friend.

Even worse than the little girl in front of me.

Fortunately, I now have the identity of a "subordinate", which means I have an invisible connection with Li Mu.

However, on the official road not far from them.

A gorgeous carriage slowly approached.

On both sides, there was a long line of nearly a hundred people, all dressed like guards and servants.

In the carriage, Yake put on exquisite makeup with the help of a pretty little maid.

Opposite her, Cang Zhi leaned elegantly with her eyes half-closed.

Two little maids knelt quietly beside him, ready to be ordered at any time.