Pampered Consort of the Fragrant Orchard

Du Xiaoli smiled and said, “You won’t.”

Liu Mochen looked at Du Xiaoli’s resolute expression. Despite being faced with his killing intent, she was unexpectedly not the slightest bit afraid. He withdrew his murderous aura and said, “You sure are confident.”

“Of course. I believe that a person who was willing to donate a large sum of money to help the common people survive through a drought is definitely not someone who would willfully slaughter the innocent,” Du Xiaoli said.

Liu Mochen narrowed his eyes slightly and gazed at Du Xiaoli for a moment before saying, “I remember now. You’re the little girl from that year. Back then, that little girl also said she’s Du Xiaoli.”

Upon seeing Liu Mochen’s reaction, Du Xiaoli asked doubtfully, “Didn’t you already recognize me from the start?”

“No,” Liu Mohcen answered, “But now I know it’s you.”

“Eh, then how did you recognize me before? You knew my name, as well as Xia Ying’s.”

“Yuexuan told me,” Liu Mochen said nonchalantly.

“Yin Yuexuan? You’re the sect leader of the Yanluo Palace Hall?” Du Xiaoli looked at Liu Mochen in astonishment.

A person who had such good relations with Yin Yuexuan, was so highly skilled in martial arts, and even wore a mask… Aside from Yanluo Palace Hall’s sect leader, no one else could possibly be him.

“Are you very astonished?” Liu Mochen said with devilish smile. He did not deny Du Xiaoli’s suspicion. “Now, do you still feel that I’m a good person? Are you still confident that I won’t kill you?”

Everyone under the heavens knew that Yanluo Palace Hall’s the sect leader, nicknamed the King of the Underworld

, had always killed people without batting an eye. Under his leadership, Yanluo Palace Hall’s power and influence doubled! This was a path he had paved step by step with the blood of many people.

Du Xiaoli was only shocked for a moment. She regained her calm soon after and said, “It’s no wonder you would know about me and Xia Yuan. Although I now know you’re Yanluo Palace Hall’s sect leader, I still maintain my standpoint.”

“Up to you,” Liu Mochen said, not really minding it.

He reckoned that out of all the people who knew him in this world, few would say he was a good person.

“What’s your name?” Du Xiaoli asked.

Everyone knew the nickname of Yanluo Palace Hall’s sect leader, but no one knew his real name. It was clear that he did not like telling people his personal details. Du Xiaoli asked this question, but she did not actually have any hope that he would answer her.

“Liu Mochen.”

Unexpectedly, he revealed his real name. It wasn’t just Du Xiaoli who hadn’t anticipated it. Even Liu Mochen himself hadn’t seen this coming. Hadn’t he always been cold and indifferent toward people? Why would he tell her his real name the moment she asked?

Was it because of that warmth?

“That… Uh… Liu Mochen, is the poison in your body Cold Poison?”

Du Xiaoli wanted to ask about the poison in Liu Mochen’s body, but the moment she mentioned it, Liu Mochen emitted a cold aura while he gazed at her.

It immediately fell silent inside the room. After a while, Liu Mochen finally said, “How do you know about Cold Poison?”

“I’m a physician,” Du Xiaoli replied.

“Hu Yijian’s little apprentice.” Liu Mochen recalled that there seemed to be this piece of information when he investigated her background previously.

“In the future, you need to do your best to avoid getting poisoned,” Du Xiaoli said. “Although the Cold Poison will devour the new poison every time you get poisoned, it will also deepen the spread of the poison in your body. It will be very troublesome if you want to detoxify the Cold Poison from your body later on.”

“There’s no way to detoxify it anyway, so what’s the point?” Liu Mochen said nonchalantly. “That day, you said you wanted to repay me. This time, you’ve saved my life twice. That’s considered as repaid. Your business with me is done. Goodbye.”

Liu Mochen finished talking and was about to leave, but he was held back by Du Xiaoli’s call.

“Who said it’s done? At that time, your Yanluo Palace Hall wanted to kidnap and take me away. I still haven’t properly settled that debt with you guys.”

Liu Mochen turned around, looked at Du Xiaoli, and said, “According Yanluo Palace Hall’s rules, I’ll have to refuse to reveal any information. However, with your intelligence, I’m sure it won’t be hard for you to guess who it was. Goodbye.”

At that, Liu Mochen took large strides and left. Du Xiaoli blanked out for a moment, and by the time she went out, Liu Mochen was already gone.

“Mistress, he left already.” Xia Yuan just so happened to enter the courtyard and saw Liu Mochen fly off, swiftly disappearing.

“Mm, let’s go back then.” Du Xiaoli nodded and returned to the Prime Minister’s Manor.

Upon her return, Du Xiaoli thought of how she hadn’t gone to see the Old Madam for some time. In the past, the old lady didn’t really like Du Xiaoli. Nevertheless, Du Xiaoli was her granddaughter, so she still went to visit the Old Madam.

Old Madam Du was very happy to see Du Xiaoli and hurriedly called the latter to sit by her side. She also had a servant girl prepare some snacks and treats for Du Xiaoli.

Du Xiaoli hadn’t expected that Du Kexin would be here too. If she had known, she wouldn’t have come visit at this time.

“Let’s continue with what we were just talking about. Meiqing, Xin’er still has a month or so before she reaches marriageable age. You need to plan and prepare well for the coming-of-age ceremony. I can’t invite just anybody to it. I need to invite those with prestige,” Old Madam Fu said.

So, it turned out that they were talking about Du Kexin’s reaching of the marriageable age. It was no wonder that both Du Kexin and Zhong Meiqing were here.

“This daughter-in-law knows,” Zhong Meiqing replied.

“Xin’er also achieved a ranking in the competition this time. You must be done with your studies at the academy, right? Stay home and focus on preparing for your coming-of-age ceremony.”

“Yes, Grandmother,” Du Kexin said.

“Additionally, regarding your marriage into Prince Ren’s Manor, you should have Yunhan go put in a few words for you. Although you’d only be the prince’s second imperial concubine, you still need to get officially wed. It can’t be considered done just because you get carried into the manor in a palanquin. Get this marriage settled as early as possible.”

“Yes.”

“...”

While listening to the women talk, Du Xiaoli didn’t actually say anything. Instead, she merely sat quietly beside Old Madam Du. However, Du Xiaoli could still Du Kexin’s gaze on her from time to time.

“All right. If there’s nothing else, you can go back first.” Old Madam Du waved her hand to dismiss them once she was done talking.

References 1. — This nickname is also the name of the sect—Yanluo. MoonWhisperer, TWIP's Thoughts

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