Chapter 225: Chapter 221: The Second Miss Is Someone Our Young Master Has Chosen

"You better behave yourself and don’t cause any trouble!"

After sending off Gu Yuan, Tang Xiaobai called in her bearded guard for a verbal warning.

"We’re all in the same boat here, so be sensible!"

Li Xingyuan protested, "He’s eyeing your sister!"

"Isn’t it normal for my sister to have many admirers?"

"Ha! He’s your cousin, grew up with you, and why didn’t he show any interest earlier? Coming out now is obviously taking advantage of the situation!"

"That’s because earlier—" Tang Xiaobai started to say, but stopped short.

Earlier, the Gu Family intended to marry Gu Wan to Tang Ziqian, so Gu Yuan and her sister were out of the question.

"Whatever his reasons were, not acting shows a lack of sincerity!" Li Xingyuan said dismissively.

After saying this, his eyes suddenly became alert, "You aren’t thinking of making him your brother-in-law, are you?"

Cousins might have closer feelings.

So why else would she get angry just because he glared at Gu Yuan twice?

"No, no!" Tang Xiaobai immediately denied it.

Gu Yuan is fine, but she opposes close kin marriage.

"I still prefer you, Prince Li!" Tang Xiaobai said sincerely.

Just as the words were spoken, they suddenly heard a very faint noise overhead, like a kitten stepping on tiles.

But such a faint sound made Li Xingyuan’s expression change instantly. He raised his hand and pulled Tang Xiaobai into his arms.

At the same time, Yingying outside rushed up to the rooftop.

Tang Xiaobai strained her ears to hear the sound of a fight, but heard nothing. As soon as Yingying rushed up, a shadow swiftly and silently descended from the roof, diverted mid-air to float inside just leaving an afterimage.

Such high Qinggong!

Not only was Tang Xiaobai amazed, but even Li Xingyuan was astonished, retreating several steps with the girl in his arms to create distance.

"It’s me!" The shadow spoke out, then landed.

Li Xingyuan recognized him and relaxed his grip.

Tang Xiaobai blinked in surprise, "Mo Huan? What are you doing here? Where’s Ah Xiao?" She said, unable to resist craning her neck outward.

Could the little ancestor have come too?

Tang Xiaobai suddenly felt a bit excited. She hadn’t seen the little ancestor for a long time, he must have grown taller?

"The Young Master didn’t come."

Tang Xiaobai was momentarily stunned, a wave of disappointment rising in her chest.

"Then you—" Just about to continue asking, she looked up to see Mo Huan watching her with a complex expression.

Tang Xiaobai looked down at herself too.

Nothing seems wrong?

"I was ordered by the Young Master to deliver a spy list from Zhenzhou to Liangzhou, now I’m on my way back to Hedong, and passing through here, I happened to see the Second Miss—" Mo Huan explained, then asked, "How did the Second Miss end up here?" Saying this, he glanced at Li Xingyuan.

Even though he had a full face of big beard, he could still recognize Li Xingyuan, having spent some time at the Duke Yan Mansion.

But the question was, wasn’t Prince Li supposed to be busy in Zhenzhou? Why was he in Lanzhou? And why was he hugging and whispering with the beloved little girl of their Crown Prince’s Palace?

Tang Xiaobai briefly explained her presence there and then asked worriedly, "You came back from Liangzhou? How is Liangzhou now?" Thinking it through, something didn’t seem right, "You went from Hedong to Liangzhou, only returning now?"

The little ancestor should have simultaneously sent messages to the Capital City and Liangzhou, she was already here, how come Mo Huan was only turning back now?

"I was originally ordered by the Young Master to send a message to Duke Yan, went to Liangzhou, both Duke Yan and General Tang had disappeared, I thought, returning like this would be an underserved task, so I stayed to remove all the spies from the list," saying this, Mo Huan paused and added, "as for Liangzhou, when I left it was fine, Deputy General Cheng Zhidu was in charge, now I don’t know."

Although there weren’t many spies on the list, one of them was Cheng Zhidu’s beloved concubine. Since he hadn’t given prior notice, Cheng Zhidu might be heartbroken.

After hearing this, Tang Xiaobai was silent for a while.

She had been researching for days on how to remove these spies, and as a result...

"I only dealt with those on the list; those not on the list are of concern to the Second Miss," Mo Huan added.

Tang Xiaobai organized her thoughts, nodded, and said, "You’ve worked hard, so you should return to report back to your Young Master as soon as possible!"

Mo Huan did not respond, and after giving Li Xingyuan another glance, asked, "The Second Miss is not considering marriage at this moment, right?"

Tang Xiaobai blushed, cautiously asked, "Did you tell him?" She was still a bit apprehensive.

Mo Huan shook his head, "I was about to say it, then Prince Li sent someone to deliver a message, interrupting me, and I was dispatched to Liangzhou afterwards."

Tang Xiaobai breathed a sigh of relief and said, "I came to Liangzhou this time and won’t be able to go back for a year or so, so those unimportant matters should obviously be put aside first."

Marriage is an unimportant matter?

Mo Huan looked at her strangely and asked, "Did you tell the Young Master about going to Liangzhou?"

"Forgot," Tang Xiaobai said embarrassedly, "Ah Xiao is also busy in Hedong, there’s no need to bother him with such trivial matters, right?"

Mo Huan was silent for a moment, then said, "The Young Master might already know. He’s probably waiting for the Second Miss to personally inform him."

If Crown Prince’s Palace doesn’t receive a letter from Second Miss Tang for a long time, His Highness might get very irritable.

When irritable, he might go into battle himself.

"Then..." Tang Xiaobai thought for a moment, "Wait a minute!" Saying so, she ran into the inner room.

Mo Huan curiously peeked inside but seeing she didn’t come out immediately, shifted his gaze to Li Xingyuan, smiling, "Prince Li really wins the favor of young girls."

"Not really, not really." Li Xingyuan humbly waved his hand.

"The Second Miss likes the Prince this much, does the First Miss know?"

Li Xingyuan paused, "???"

"But the Second Miss is the one chosen by our Young Master."

Li Xingyuan was more confused, "I know—"

At that moment, Tang Xiaobai ran back out, interrupting Li Xingyuan’s words, "Help me deliver this to your Young Master!" She stretched out her hand, holding a piece of paper.

Mo Huan took it and glanced at it.

A very simple and blunt letter, just a few words, only mentioning "I’m going to Liangzhou" and "don’t worry", without even an envelope.

As long as there’s a letter, the envelope is not important.

Mo Huan put away the letter and said earnestly, "Second Miss, you’re all grown up now, remember that men and women have differences, and think more about our Young Master before you speak or act." After saying this, he gave Li Xingyuan a pointed look.

Li Xingyuan was about to get angry, "I didn’t do anything—"

Before he could finish speaking, Mo Huan disappeared.

That incredible top-notch Qinggong!

"What does he mean?" Tang Xiaobai was a bit unsure.

Could it be jealousy on behalf of the little ancestor over Li Xingyuan hugging her just now?

But wasn’t that caused by Mo Huan playing the assassin on the rooftop?

"Is he insane?" Li Xingyuan guessed.

Tang Xiaobai shook her head, "Just ignore him!" 𝙛𝓻𝒆𝓮𝒘𝙚𝙗𝒏𝙤𝙫𝓮𝒍.𝓬𝒐𝙢

What’s the big deal? There are more pressing matters right now.

With the spies on the list taken care of, the plan might need to be completely reworked.