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"You've been unhappy all day and you've been depressed. Is there something on your mind? " Mu Ying asked.

"Oh, it's nothing. It's just a small matter." Xue Luoyun forced a smile as he spoke.

After a pause, he said, "Maybe it's because I'm a bit tired from the journey."

"Oh, really?" Mu Ying raised his eyebrows as he saw through her lies.

"Since you're so tired, I have a way to get rid of your fatigue." Mu Ying looked at her and said in a mysterious tone.

"Really? Tell me about it..." Xue Ruyun's interest was piqued.

"Do you want to guess?" Mu Ying teased her.

"You're not going to throw me in this lake, are you?" Xue Ruyun thought about it for a moment and suddenly realized that he could do anything to win Mu.

"This is indeed a good method." Mu Ying chuckled.

"Then I'll thank you. I don't want to take a cold shower this late." Xue Ruyun cupped his hands together and retreated, about to take his leave.

Mu Sheng shook his head. What had she been thinking all day? After a moment of silence, he reached into his pocket and pulled out a brocade handkerchief.

"Here, for you." Mu Ying spread out his hands and pretended to be speechless as he handed the handkerchief over.

"What?" Could it be a scorpion centipede or something? " Xue Ruyun suspiciously looked at Mu Ying, thinking back to the words he had just said about waking him up, he didn't dare to open it.

Hearing her words, Mu Ying's face darkened. "If you don't dare to open it, then forget about it. I'll put it away." As he spoke, he moved to withdraw his hand.

"Don't." Xue Luoyun seemed to be angry when he saw him, and he tightly held his hand.

Mu Sheng lowered her head and saw that she was pulling her. She was extremely happy and immediately felt proud of herself.

Seeing him stare at him, the tenderness in his eyes began to flood. He quickly let go of his hand.

"Open." Mu Ying ordered.

"Oh." After a moment of hesitation, he slowly unfurled the embroidered robe.

When she opened the last corner, her eyes were suddenly filled with tears. She covered her mouth as she looked up at Mu Ying in disbelief.

"How is it, are you tired?" Mu Ying laughed.

"This can't be …" Xue Ruyun didn't dare to believe it. She was so excited that she couldn't speak. Within that brocade handkerchief was the jade hairpin that she gave to the bun shop owner that day.

Mu Ying nodded affirmatively.

"You, what happened to you?" Xue Ruyun picked up the jade hairpin. It was inconceivable. It really was his mother's inheritance. The lines and patterns on it did not change in the slightest.

"You don't have to worry about that." Mu Rong Zhan leaned his body over and said indifferently as he looked at the lake's surface.

"Today, I thought that it would be impossible. To think that..." Xue Luoyun was so excited that he was incoherent.

"Answer me, do you still like this thing?"

"I like it." Xue Ruyun couldn't help but nod his head. "Thank you."

"You're welcome. This is one of the betrothal presents I gave you. After accepting it, you're even more certain that it's my woman." The corner of Mu Sheng's mouth lifted into an evil grin, his eyes filled with uncontrollable pride.

"Well, no..." Xue Ruyun carefully put away the hairpin, then turned his back to Mu Ying and said.

"Then, return the hairpin to me." Mu Sheng stretched out his hand and solemnly asked for it back.

"You …" Xue Luoyun was so angry that he couldn't speak. He really didn't understand the customs of the wind.

"Since you're not returning the favor, you'll be my woman from now on." Mu Sheng was quite pleased with himself as he hugged Xue Ruoyun from behind.

Xue Ruyun shyly struggled a few times, but in the end, he couldn't escape from his clawed hands, so he could only let him hug him.

"I could tell that you were unhappy today. When we passed that bun house earlier, I knew you were thinking about that hairpin when I saw your reluctant expression." Mu Ying whispered into her ear.

"How do you know that?" When Xue Ruyun turned around, his nose just happened to touch the tip of Mu Ying's nose, who had lowered his head, and his pink-lipped lips almost touched hers. She was so embarrassed that her face turned red and she quickly turned around.

Mu Ying was secretly vexed. Just now, he almost kissed his, regretting that he did not lower his head a little.

"But you're still as stubborn as ever, and you're still not willing to tell me."

"I'm sorry," Xue Ruyun said quietly, "I didn't intentionally hide it from you. I just feel that this matter is too regretful. Since it's already useless, I don't want to say it. Another person regrets."

"Idiot." Mu Ying caressed her head lovingly.

"Tell me, how did you get this hairpin? "Could it be that you found the owner of that bun house?" Xue Ruyun chased closely, but couldn't help but want to know where this hairpin had come from.

Seeing that she kept pursuing the matter, Mu Ying could only say, "Actually, I've been sending people to secretly follow you all the way. That day, I was unable to bear for you to leave. Thus, I had to send people to follow you and pass on your message at all times so that I could be at ease. "

Hearing Mu Ying's words, a warm feeling surged up in Xue Ruyun's heart. He hadn't come to see Mu Ying off that day. Standing far away on the city gate tower, Xue Luoyun felt somewhat regretful in his heart.

Now that he knew he had done so much behind his back, Xue Ruoyun was extremely moved. He was secretly happy that he was still by his side at this moment, but the two of them actually didn't miss it. Otherwise, if he found out about this one day, how sad would he be?

Along the way, he had a faint feeling that someone was following the convoy. He thought that the Emperor had sent someone to monitor Xue Duan Sheng, but he didn't expect it to be Mu Sheng's man.

"When I heard that you were forced to endure the pain of losing this hairpin because of them that day, I couldn't help but feel heartache. "Hurry up and order people to redeem it." Mu Sheng recalled the scene. He was furious, but it was not appropriate for him to step in. That was all he could do.

"Thank you." Xue Ruyun turned around and threw himself into Mu Ying's arms.

"Idiot, why do you have to pawn such an important thing for those people? You're always too soft-hearted." Mu Ying gently caressed her back, his heart aching, he tightened his embrace.

With her expression, other than himself, Mu Ying really didn't feel at ease handing her over to anyone else.

In this lifetime, only Mu Ying can accompany him personally.

"Their blood is thicker than water, there is no other way. However, since the last time we parted ways, I do not owe them anything. I have cut off all ties with them. " Xue Ruyun hatefully said. That incident had completely hurt her heart, and she'd long since made up her mind. Besides Xue Duan Sheng, she would never care about the Zhao Clan and the others' lives ever again.

At this moment, the night was beautiful. A pair of beautiful women were by the lakeside, truly a pair of beautiful goddesses.

After countless days and nights of anxious anticipation, they finally arrived at the capital.

When Mu Zheng heard that they had arrived, he did not wait for them to rest and immediately called Mu Ying and Xue Ruyun into the hall. He couldn't wait to see Xue Ruyun, and see her standing there in front of her, completely unharmed.

In the main hall, other than Mu Zheng, there were also Mu Zhuoyun, the ministers, and so on. After hearing about the series of things that happened on the Pirates' Island, everyone had endless admiration for him.

He believed that this time, he would be able to deeply understand the people's intentions, observe the situation of the people, and bring peace to the Pirates Island. The greatest credit would belong to Xue Luoyun.

If it wasn't for her, the emperor wouldn't have known that there were so many corrupt officials out there, trying to deceive them.

The emperor ordered people to escort the corrupt officials up, and after scolding them one by one for their crimes, they were sent to the prison.

If you are guilty, of course you have to pay rewards.

Mu Ying's achievements were outstanding, and these rewards were nothing out of the ordinary. His mansion had countless treasures, and all of them were bestowed by the Emperor, so he didn't care about any of this. The only one who cared was Xue Luoyun.

He wanted to ask the Emperor to choose a day for their marriage. However, he recalled that many officials in the imperial court would admonish him because he was the daughter of a sinful official. Plus, Her Majesty had not yet received her approval. Mu Ying swallowed his words in the end.

After all, it was Xue Duan Sheng's fault. If it wasn't for the scandal of him killing his wife, Mu Sheng and Xue Ruoyun wouldn't have been so worried.

"Xue Ruyun, your contributions this time are great. I will definitely reward you handsomely. Say, what do you want? " Mu Zheng saw that the long-absent Xue Ruyun was still as charming as ever. Her heart was filled with joy and her eyes couldn't leave her for even a moment.

Seeing this scene, Mu Sheng was extremely jealous in his heart.

"A servant's daughter is supposed to be punished, but she did what she should. She only wants to atone for her sins and does not dare to ask for any rewards." Hearing that the Emperor wanted to heavily reward her, she didn't ask for anything else and slowly declined.

There was only one thought in her mind, "This subject's only wish is to ask the Emperor to announce this to the world and restore this subject's reputation." This was the only requirement Xue Luoyun had.

Because Madame Zhao and the others had spread the rumours so widely that everyone in the world was pointing fingers at them. Even though Xue Ruyun's mind was very broad, he still couldn't endure everyone's strange gazes. Furthermore, he didn't want to be criticized by everyone because of this matter.

"Of course!" Mu Zheng was stunned and almost forgot about this matter. A woman's reputation was crucial, and he wouldn't let anyone criticize her behind her back.

Seeing how humble and reserved Xue Luoyun was, the other ministers all clucked in praise of her. When the empress dowager and the others heard of this, they praised her more as well, praising her for her aristocratic demeanor. That was a long story.

"Come on, the leader of the pirates, come in." After Mu Zheng had finished giving his rewards to Xue Ruyun, it was time to meet this woman whose name had spread far and wide.

"Xuan Liangyue!"

Following the end of the call from outside, Leng Yue walked in leisurely.

"This humble girl pays her respects to the Emperor!" Her voice was clear and sonorous.

"Raise your head." Mu Zheng had long wanted to see what kind of person he was.

However, when they looked up, they saw that everyone had sucked in a breath of cold air. Who would have thought that this vicious and fearsome pirate leader would have such a delicate face? He looked just like a fairy in a painting.

"You, you're the leader of the pirates who subdued the pirates by the coast!" Mu Zhuoyun cried out in surprise as he asked in disbelief.

The cool moon's beautiful eyes turned to look at Mu Zhuoyun. He was dressed in a yellow apricot robe with jadeite pendant hanging from his waist. He looked dignified and handsome. He looked a bit like he had won, but also a bit more youthful than him. Seeing this, Leng Yue immediately guessed that he was the current crown prince.

"Reporting to Your Highness, it is indeed this commoner." Leng Yue replied, neither servile nor overbearing.

"Good, good, good. Truly, one cannot judge a book by its cover. "You look weak but you're actually concealing your strength. It seems that I, Xi Liang, am truly a crouching tiger and hidden dragon." Mu Zheng was overjoyed to see this bright moon. He praised it from the bottom of his heart.