C105 An ear in the corner

It was hard to guard against thieves during the day and night. The conversation between the Prince Mu and Mu Chuyang was heard clearly by Qing Yi who was hiding outside the house.

Prince Mu and Prince's Wife Mo had originally wanted to investigate who revealed the matter of Yuwen Di negotiating a marriage for Duan Yunfei to Mu Chuyang, but after Mu Chuyang had entered the palace to look for Duan Yunfei, he became severely ill. Prince Mu and Prince's Wife Mo had been busy taking care of Mu Chuyang, so they had completely forgotten about the matter.

On the other hand, Qing Yi had taken advantage of Mu Chuyang. However, these few days, in order to not attract attention, Qing Yi had specially requested the butler to go to the kitchen to do odd jobs, so as to not arouse suspicion while serving Mu Chuyang.

The butler was unwilling to do so. After all, Qing Yi's origins were unknown, and the kitchen was an important place. If Qing Yi came to the Prince Mu's Mansion for any other purpose, poison the kitchen would be the easiest way to assassinate her. However, the servant in the kitchen who fell in love with Qing Yi at first sight repeatedly spoke up for her and assured the butler that he would definitely watch over her firmly and not let her get near the Prince Mu couple and Mu Chuyang's meals.

That servant had been serving in the Prince Mu's Mansion for almost ten years, but due to him, the butler still agreed. Actually, it was not like the butler did not investigate Qing Yi's identity. It was just that the results of the investigation were as Qing Yi had said, but the butler still felt uneasy and could not believe her. In any case, it wasn't wrong to be more careful.

It was just that pitiful that servant boy, even now, he did not know that he was being used by Qing Yi, but he still had the thought that Qing Yi was trying to get close to him, so he specially asked the butler to come to the kitchen to do some work. One must know that the treatment of serving in front of Mu Chuyang was much better than working in the kitchen.

This morning, Qing Yi followed the servant out of the residence and bought some ingredients that were missing from the kitchen. The moment she returned, she saw Prince Mu calling Mu Chuyang away. Qing Yi had followed Xiu Heng for so long, she naturally knew how to observe the situation. Seeing how serious Prince Mu was, she felt that something big was about to happen.

Qing Yi immediately covered her stomach and told the manservant that she was not feeling well. The servant who was always in love with Qing Yi was naturally unwilling to see Qing Yi in such a sorry state. He hurriedly took the things in Qing Yi's hands and told her to quickly return to her room to rest.

Qing Yi thanked the manservant and pretended to head towards her room. When she saw the manservant return to the kitchen, she sneaked out.

At this time, the people in the house were busy with their own matters, in addition to Mu Chuyang specially cleaning the area outside the study room for the servants to come, there was no one at the entrance of the study room. This provided a great opportunity for Qing Yi to eavesdrop.

Although Mu Chuyang had closed the door, Qing Yi had been chosen by Xiu Heng to be sent to Prince Mu's Mansion as a spy. Other than her good looks, which could easily bewitch the people, there was also a very important reason behind why she had suffered an accident when she was young.

After losing her biological parents, Qingyi was saved by Xiu Heng. After finding out that Qingyi's hearing was better than most people, Xiu Heng secretly trained Qingyi, hoping that she would be able to lend him a hand in the future.

Qingyi had heard from the Prince Mu that Yuwen Di hoped that Mu Chuyang and his sister could become sworn brothers. At that time, she had thought of reporting this matter to Xiu Heng, who was in the Xiliang.

In the past few days in Prince Mu's Mansion, Qing Yi had also seen Mu Chuyang's feelings towards Duan Yunfei. Even Qing Yi, who had been by Mu Chuyang's side for a short while, knew Mu Chuyang's feelings. Duan Yunfei and Mu Chuyang had known each other for so many years, could it be that he had not discovered the feelings Mu Chuyang had for her?

Or could it be that because the Thirteenth Princess had been doted on so much, she took it for granted that Mu Chuyang would treat her differently? How ridiculous.

Duan Yunfei had truly made Qing Yi jealous. Back then, when Qing Yi's parents were still alive, although their family was in a difficult situation, she had always been the apple of her eye. Even though Qing Yi's parents were not doing well, they had never thought of letting Qing Yi work to make up for their problems. Qing Yi was no different from an ordinary daughter.

However, the heavens could never predict the future, and people would always be blessed with misfortunes. A huge fire had taken the lives of Qing Yi's parents, leaving her without a family. If it wasn't for the fact that she was so fond of fun that day and had come home a little later, she would have definitely been unable to escape.

Although Qingyi had been fortunate enough to be saved by Xiu Heng later on, she knew clearly in her heart that she was just a chess piece for Xiu Heng.

On the contrary, during these few days in Prince Mu's Mansion, Qing Yi felt an unprecedented sense of warmth.

Everyone in Prince Mu's Mansion treated Qing Yi very well. No one bullied her because of her sudden visit, instead, they looked after her from all angles. She didn't understand anything, but someone taught her by hand.

Mu Chuyang had said it when Qingyi decided to stay. If she went back on her words and wanted to leave Prince Mu's Mansion to pursue her own happiness, Prince Mu's Mansion would definitely not let her live in her own life. But how could she have a life of her own? Her life was nothing more than to be a pawn.

When she thought about how Mu Chuyang had taken care of her these past few days, she became even more uncertain about her decision. Should she report this matter to Xiu Heng or not?

Xiu Heng was Qing Yi's savior. That was true, but Xiu Heng and Mu Chuyang were different. When Mu Chuyang heard that Qingyi could not read, he taught her how to read. When he heard that she had never been to the capital, he sent his little servant girl to take Qingyi around.

Qing Yi did not know whether or not Mu Chuyang would wish for his life to be taken if he knew that he was merely a spy sent by Xiu Heng at that time. No matter who it was, they would definitely not want their kindness to be betrayed. They definitely wouldn't want to be deceived by others.

"Your son is unwilling." Qing Yi suddenly heard Mu Chuyang's words and laughed.

Even though Qingyi did not know what Mu Chuyang was thinking, she had clearly liked Duan Yunfei for so many years, but why would Mu Chuyang be unhappy when he wanted to give them a marriage?

But so what, since Mu Chuyang rejected the marriage, Qing Yi was happy to see it happen.

Thinking that Mu Chuyang and Duan Yunfei would not get any results, Qing Yi's mood improved a lot. Since that was the case, he might as well report this to Xiu Heng.

Qing Yi secretly returned to her room again. After confirming that no one would come in to disturb her during this period, she took out the brush, ink and paper she had hidden away and started to write a letter to Xiu Heng.

After finishing, Qing Yi hid the letter. She had only left the manor today, and if she left again, it would be hard to avoid others from suspecting that the news would be sent out. However, it was not right now.