The reborn sweet girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent prince hugs her and coaxes her!

No one could understand Mu Rong's mood at this moment.

He only felt a touch of warm sunshine exploding in his chest, making him feel numb and at a loss.

The woman in his heart was not willing to stay with him because he was moved or wanted to repay her, but because she was really willing to stay with him. What could be more exciting than this realization?

His excitement was beyond words, but Xu Rongrong was confused.

She didn't understand where his sudden change came from, but fortunately this strange atmosphere didn't last long.

Nanny Xiao walked into Xinghui Hall with a happy face.

"Madam, Marquis, Madam Xiao is here." She said happily.

Mrs. Xiao is Luo Xiao. After she opened "Tingyuxuan" in Pinyuefang, everyone started calling her by her real surname.

As her second cousin, Nanny Xiao had not been to "Ting Yuxuan" for some time due to the complicated affairs in the mansion. Of course, she was overjoyed that her fifth sister could come to the mansion today.

Upon hearing this, Xu Rongrong followed her out to meet the guests.

"Greetings, County Lady." Madam Xiao still liked to call Xu Rongrong that. Today she came alone and did not bring Luo Yuqi with her.

Xu Rongrong was a little surprised: "Why is Yuqi not here? Wen Yao just said two days ago that he had made a new necklace for her."

Madam Xiao hurriedly said, "Thank you Miss Wen Yao for your concern. I came here today because I want to report something to the county lady and the marquis."

Xu Rongrong calmed down after hearing this. She glanced at Nanny Xiao and said, "Please go to Xinghui Hall and invite the Marquis to come over."

Nanny Xiao knew that the master had some important business to attend to, so she did not dare to delay and hurried over.

Xu Rongrong looked at Madam Xiao and thought: "Could it be that there is a clue about the incident a few days ago?"

"The county lord is right."

These few words made Xu Rongrong clench the handkerchief in her hand, and a feeling of impending storm surged into her heart.

Soon, Mu Rong arrived.

He took a few steps into the front hall, then waved his arm, and Mu Yi, Mu Ai and others who followed him closed the door and stood guard on the roads leading to various places from the front hall.

"Madam, are you here for Yao Yaoji?" Mu Rong glanced at Xu Rongrong and asked.

He and Xu Rongrong thought the same thing.

A few days ago, when they associated Miss Wei with Yao Yaoji, an idea was planted in their minds.

But the legend of that woman has been circulating in Pinyuefang. If one wants to find out her background, one can only look for it in Pinyuefang. It is safest to entrust this matter to Mrs. Xiao.

Madam Xiao nodded: "The Marquis and the County Lady are right... Yao Yaoji is indeed not from the Central Plains, but from Southern Xinjiang."

"really!"

"It is almost the end of the year now, and merchants from all over the world are constantly coming and going. Some foreign merchants who came to the capital more than ten or twenty years ago are also returning to the capital under the pretext of border trade. Last night, several merchants from southern Xinjiang mentioned Yao Yaoji's name while watching singing and dancing in the "Tingyu Pavilion". Madam Xiao said slowly, "I used a little trick to get Yao Yaoji's life experience from them."

"In addition to her exquisite dancing skills, Yao Yaoji also has a delicate and elegant fragrance that is hard to match for ordinary people. It is more like the fragrance of flowers and herbs. When she dances beside the guests, she always brings a sense of relaxation and joy to people."

Xu Rongrong sighed upon hearing this: "So, she is indeed a medicine man."

Mrs. Xiao also nodded.

Because Wai had been hiding in "Tingyuxuan" after being rescued, Xu Rongrong did not hide the matter of the medicine man from her. So when she found out something strange about it, she immediately came to the Marquis' Mansion to tell him.

Mu Rong thought for a moment and snorted coldly, "So when she entered the palace to perform dance, His Majesty discovered her miraculous qualities, combined with the long-standing legendary method of prolonging life, and found an opportunity to abduct her into the palace."

"I think so." Madam Xiao continued, "When Mr. Shu was treating Wai, he told me that if he could be kept alive with ginseng and deer antlers, supplemented with herbal medicine... he could be kept alive for more than ten years and have a constant supply of blood."

After she finished speaking, there was silence in the hall.

It was Xu Rongrong who spoke first:

"Before Wai entered the palace, the Queen already had the secret medicine in her hands. I think it must have been made from Yao Yaoji's blood... and the Queen is also someone who knows the Emperor's secrets."

"That's why the Empress Dowager has been so fond of him for more than ten years."

Thinking of the woman from southern Xinjiang whom she had never met, who was trapped in a dark secret room and struggled in fear and pain for more than ten years just to make a name for herself in the capital, Xu Rongrong felt a chill all over her body.

Her face turned pale and her finger bones seemed to be about to crush the handkerchief in her hand.

Mu Rong was afraid that she would hurt herself, so he quickly came over and wrapped her hand in his own.

Then he told Mu Yi to come in and send Mrs. Xiao to meet Nanny Xiao in the back.

After everyone in the hall had left, he squatted down and half held Xu Rongrong in his arms, patting her back to comfort her: "You and I can't do anything about Yao Yaoji's matter, but after all, we worked together to save Wei, so that she won't follow in Yao Yaoji's footsteps..."

Xu Rongrong subconsciously leaned in his arms, feeling cold in her heart: "Nanjiang is attached to the Great Zhou, and the people of Nanjiang are also his children. How could he do such a heinous thing?"

"Not to mention the people of Southern Xinjiang, even his own children with his blood, how could he let them go?" Mu Rong's eyebrows were cold and cold: "It was because of Yao Yaoji and his belief in the secret method of prolonging life that he began to support the Second Prince and secretly helped him to fight with the Crown Prince... Divide the power so that no one can shake his power."

At this point, he snorted coldly, "The Crown Prince and the Second Prince were deposed one after another, and he ordered Wei Shi, Nanny Wu and others to harm the Third Brother. The secret methods he practiced have made him lose his humanity."

Xu Rongrong subconsciously grabbed his arm and said, "Although Wai has been rescued, he will never give up. Once he cannot find Wai's whereabouts in the capital, he will definitely send people to the southern border... Maybe he has already sent out the secret guards!"

Seeing that she was getting nervous again, Mu Rong hurriedly said, "Rongrong, don't worry. On the way south from the capital, there are Mu's army guarding in secret everywhere. At present, the emperor is focused on dealing with the third brother and has not sent secret guards to the south for the time being."

Xu Rongrong breathed a sigh of relief when she heard this.

She raised her head and met Mu Rong's eyes. At this moment, she felt extremely at ease.

Only when he felt the girl in his arms calm down did Mu Rong let her go.

But Xu Rongrong still keenly felt that something was wrong. Her mind was focused on other things just now and she did not notice Mu Rong's abnormality. Only now did she feel that he was exuding an unusual chill from his chest to his arms.

She stood up suddenly: "My Lord, have you...had the cold poison attack again?"

Mu Rong grinned with some difficulty: "Rongrong, don't make a sound, just help me to the study."