Clouds and Moon Shadow

Chapter 373 I've met her, she's fine.

"Thank you, Master," Cui Shuming said, smoothing out the wrinkled men's clothes.

Gu Qingyue nodded.

After Mu Yun Chu arrived, the group quickly headed out of the manor.

"You guys go first, I'll go check out the ravine behind the mountain."

Seeing that Gu Qingyue was safe, Mu Yun Chu lowered his voice and squeezed Gu Qingyue's small hand.

Gu Qingyue originally wanted to go along, but considering that there were still things to take care of at Ci'en Temple, she held back.

"Then be careful," Gu Qingyue couldn't help but worry.

"Hmm," Mu Yun Chu said, and then flew into the darkness in the distance. Behind him were Mu Nan and Mu Dong, who had been secretly following him.

Seeing them walk away, Gu Qingyue felt a little relieved; it was good that someone was there to protect her.

A moment later, Gu Qingyue and Cui Shuming also disappeared into the shadows. Soon after, the two of them stood outside the manor and met up with Jiang Luo.

"Let's go, we'll leave the rest to the Prince," Gu Qingyue glanced at the manor and turned to leave.

By the time we reached the foot of Ci'en Temple Mountain, it was already broad daylight.

Gu Qingyue urged Jiang Luo and Cui Shuming to return to the capital as soon as possible, while she herself turned and entered the space.

After shedding her guard uniform and disguising herself as a young boy, Gu Qingyue headed towards Ci'en Temple.

Gu Qingyue entered the temple through the back door; this was her first time visiting Ci'en Temple.

The moment she landed, she was dazzled by the towering trees that blocked out the sky in the temple.

The large trees in this temple are at least a thousand years old, especially some of the big trees whose trunks require several adults to encircle, which is proof of their age.

This is truly a treasure trove!

Without hesitation, Gu Qingyue leaped onto a large tree.

The tree's strong branches are almost as long as the trunk of a typical tree.

Gu Qingyue leaped and bounded among the trees with great pleasure.

Fifteen minutes later, Gu Qingyue met Yu Mo in a big tree.

Yu Mo was not surprised to see that Gu Qingyue had changed her clothes again.

This is because this is what Gu Qingyue looked like in men's clothing when she was in Lizhou, except that her skin wasn't as dark.

Even so, people who are not familiar with her would never associate the person in front of them with the legitimate daughter of the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion.

"Master," Yu Mo said in a low voice.

"How is it?" Gu Qingyue asked excitedly, looking through the branches at the people coming and going in the distance.

"That 'madam' has already gotten up and washed up. A guard just told her to go to the pavilion on the back mountain after washing up..." Yu Mo said in a low voice, carefully recounting the news she had just heard.

“Good, you keep an eye on them and see what they’re up to. I’m going to take a walk for a bit.”

After saying that, she leaped onto a large banyan tree next to her, waved to Yu Mo in a good mood, and disappeared in the next instant.

Yu Mo stared blankly at the woman who had disappeared, his expression momentarily pausing, but then a pleasant smile appeared on his lips. If you looked closely, there was tenderness and a hint of doting in his gray-blue eyes.

When Gu Qingyue flew to the vicinity of the guest courtyard in the temple, she saw the people in the courtyard and almost fell off the tree.

It's an acquaintance.

How did I end up running into him here?

When Yu Mo reported yesterday, she didn't mention that he was among the guests at the temple.

Hidden in the shadows of the trees, Gu Qingyue couldn't help but release her spiritual power.

"Third Brother, when are we going back? I miss Father."

A young man in white rested his chin on his hands, staring listlessly at the man in purple, his eyes vacant and lifeless.

“We’ve only been at the temple for half an hour, Sixth Young Master,” the black-clad guard beside the purple-robed man couldn’t help but speak up.

The Sixth Young Master had been complaining the whole way, and even the most good-tempered black-clad guard couldn't stand it anymore.

The purple-clad man sitting opposite the boy held a book in his hand, his expression indifferent, revealing neither joy nor anger.

"You? Liu Yan, you've gone astray!" the white-clad youth said disapprovingly.

"Ahem," said Liu Yan, a black-clad guard who was an acquaintance of Gu Qingyue. "Sixth Young Master is too restless. Master Liaochen has not returned yet. Young Master should at least meet him."

"I don't care about Master Chen, I want to go home, I want to go home," the white-clad boy said listlessly, looking like an abandoned puppy, and quite pitiful.

"Why don't we go back to Lizhou after we've met Master Liaochen? Didn't you want to meet the young master's savior? Maybe we can meet him this time," Liuyan said helplessly.

"Brother Liuyan, stop lying to me. I heard you whispering with Third Brother. You said he went back to the capital, how could he be in Lizhou?"

The young man in white suddenly sat up straight, as if struck by a thought. "Speaking of which, Third Brother, why didn't we go to see him when we were in the capital?"

The man in purple looked up, a hint of helplessness on his handsome and gentle face; it was Mo Shaoshang.

He smiled faintly, "I've met her, she's fine."

The boy in white stared wide-eyed.

"When? I didn't see you? You didn't even take me with you?" The boy's voice rose, and Liu Yan pinched her brow in annoyance. "Sixth Young Master, this is a temple, calm down!"

"Hmph!" The white-robed youth stood up. "You two have been inseparable since childhood, conspiring to deceive me! I'm not going to talk to you anymore." With that, the white-robed youth strode towards the side room, slamming the door shut with a 'bang'.

Ha, what a temper!

Gu Qingyue couldn't help but raise an eyebrow from a distance. Was this little girl Mo Shaoshang's sister?

Yes, the boy in white was a girl. Even though she was dressed up, Gu Qingyue could easily tell that she was a delicate young girl.

Looking at Mo Shaoshang sitting motionless in the courtyard from afar, Gu Qingyue was quite curious.

Are they referring to themselves as their savior?

If it were her, when had they seen her? How come she didn't know?

Or is the savior they're talking about someone else?

Without giving it much thought, Gu Qingyue abandoned this place and searched the vicinity of the guest courtyard. Finding that Princess Mu Qingfeng and Princess Pei had not yet arrived, Gu Qingyue left.

In the pavilion in the backyard.

Gu Qingyue crouched on the tree at a distance, watching the woman in the taro-colored dress sitting against the pillar with a delicate expression.

Beside her was a maid in green, and they seemed to get along very well.

The woman held a round fan decorated with butterflies and flowers, exuding the air of a wealthy and beautiful lady.

Looking at the woman's face, which bore a striking resemblance to Qin Shi's, Gu Qingyue felt a surge of anger rising within her.

She actually disguised herself as Qin Shi; she's got some nerve!

"Young lady, may I borrow your light?" Suddenly, a man's voice came from the mountain path on the other side of the pavilion.

Upon hearing this, the people in the pavilion seemed to be startled, and the fan in Qin's hand fell to the ground with a thud.

Gu Qingyue narrowed her eyes slightly.

The maid in green quickly stepped forward, "Young master, my lady is not resting here, it's inconvenient for her. You should find somewhere else."

As he spoke, he took the woman's hand, stepped back, and waited for the man to leave.