Too high to reach

Chapter 393 The Handsome Man's Plan
The couple returned to the house.

They remained silent, washed and dressed, and then lay down in bed.

With a long arm, Li Jing pulled his wife into his embrace. "The two of us, one of us is out there working hard, and the other is staying home..." He gently rubbed his nose and chin against Mo Yi's ear and the back of her head... "Even this kind of relationship is so difficult..."

His hand slid down and landed on her abdomen. "Next, I'm afraid I'll be busy again. And you'll be busy with him too... Think about it, those ordinary days before were extremely precious."

“It’s just different now…” Mo Yi said gently, “Once you’ve avenged your family, the heavy weight on your heart will be lifted. No matter how busy you are, it won’t feel like it did a few years ago. It’s perfect, we can keep each other company and spend time with our child together.”

“You’re absolutely right! Go back and talk to Wu and the others again, give them some money, and find them a pretext… If they can take that first step, they shouldn’t just stay at home.”

"Alright, I'll talk to them later. Aunt Mei is working very hard, let's see... if she's reliable, then let's ask her to be promoted to the rank of concubine?"

"We'll see... In any case, we can't let people's ambitions grow any further. Yi Yi?"

"Ok?"

"Is it okay now?" The man's body was becoming restless...

The next morning, Li Jing had to go to the morning court.

He specifically woke Mo Yi up, saying, "Yi Yi, I'm afraid I'll be very busy these next few days. You stay home and don't go out."

“Okay.” Mo Yi stood up.

After breakfast, Granny Zhao arrived. "Your Highness, Zhou Dong's matter has been settled..."

"Granny...don't be sad."

"Hmm. It's alright..." Granny Zhao breathed a sigh of relief. "Those brothers will arrange the rest. After they're done... Madam Tu said she still has some silver, probably given to her by Feng Liniang. What do you think we should do with it?"

"Let's check the amount and ask the prince when he returns," Mo Yi said.

"Yes. Look how ridiculous this is! The prince won't even take care of his children anymore. He was supposed to be the first head of the family, and then pass on the glory generation after generation, but he just squandered it all so easily. Tell me, what a waste..."

Mo Yi thought of Mo Wen and sighed softly: "Some people just love to get stuck on things... until they drive themselves to their doom."

Now that Aunt Mei and Consort Tian are in charge of household affairs, Mo Yi's workload has been lightened. She has more time to go to the front with Granny Zhao and help the Prince with some small tasks.

Around noon, three men who had been sent to southern Sichuan entered the door, looking travel-worn.

Upon hearing this, Mo Yi was overjoyed, "Quickly, let them in!"

The three entered the study and knelt down in unison… “Your Highness, the Princess!” they cried out loudly.

"How is it?" Although she felt that everything should be fine, Mo Yi was still a little nervous and didn't even have time for pleasantries.

"Your Majesty! I have not failed you!" one of the most handsome men said with a grin.

He handed over a wooden box with both hands.

"Your Majesty, this is what they're looking for..."

Hongyan took it and handed it to Moyi. It was a sturdy little box with a rather complicated little lock on it.

"No key..."

"Shall I split it open?" someone asked.

"Wait!" an old gentleman among the staff spoke up. This man was usually the most gentle and refined. He pulled a hairpin from his hair. "Your Majesty, please give it to this old man!" He took it, fiddled with it for a while, and then, with a click, opened it.

"...The old gentleman is amazing!" Mo Yi praised.

Upon opening the box, inside was a large kraft paper envelope with a seal.

Mo Yi picked it up, looked at it, and then put it down. "Let's wait until the Prince returns to look at it. You've all worked hard; this time, you've done a great job! Tell me about how you obtained it!"

The three of them were overjoyed and began to talk...

Previously, when Mo Yi sent them there, one person went ahead to scout ahead, but let's not talk about him for now.

The two people behind were the ones who went with the Crown Prince.

"They sent five people over there. These people should have some information, so their target was clear. On the way, they also encountered Qian Nianzu, who was on his way to the capital for the imperial examination. We had been observing from the outside. We noticed that the five people had been watching for a long time before they took action and drugged Qian Nianzu and his servant. They searched through their belongings and clothes, but didn't find what they needed. They left one person behind to go back to the capital with Qian Nianzu, while the other four headed towards southern Sichuan."

"We followed from a distance the whole time, but luckily we brought a lot of silver and disguised ourselves along the way. Your Majesty, those people... to be honest, they are quite skilled. We were thinking that if our group went first and failed to find the item, but they found it first... it would be difficult to forcibly take it from us."

While following and discussing, they discovered that the leader of the four had shown particular interest in the wine at a local restaurant in Qingzhou. The restaurant owner, Aunt Qing, was a young widow… with arched eyebrows and almond-shaped eyes, a slender figure, and captivating charm—both sweet and spicy! Her words were witty and eloquent, always making people laugh…”

The man spoke with great enthusiasm, while the other two glared at him, but he was oblivious to it.

"Especially their rice wine, it's brewed exceptionally well. That person is completely infatuated with it. But due to official duties, they dare not delay and must continue on their way. We're thinking that if they get their goods, Qingzhou is a necessary stop on their way back to the capital, and perhaps they'll come again!"

"So, the two of us discussed it. We decided to leave one of us here to wait for them to come to us... I'm the better-looking one... so I stayed." The man said shyly, his face turning red.

Mo Yi didn't understand what he meant at first, "And then..."

"Then I started drinking at the tavern. I went every day... Over time, the proprietress developed a fondness for me."

"Huh?!" Mo Yi looked at him blankly.

Granny Zhao frowned. What were they talking about with the Empress?

"At first, I was very generous with my money, but later I pretended I was short of cash and couldn't drink anymore. The proprietress... let me work in the tavern..." He looked wistful...

The two people next to him simply couldn't bear to see him like this.

One of them immediately stopped him: "Your Majesty... I went there first and arrived at the location. Before I could even finish searching, the other four arrived..."

"There were many of them, and in the end, they were the ones who found it." The man said, still very frustrated. At that moment, he had already reached the edge, but didn't have time to make a move.

"As a result, they got the first strike. We saw that it was two against four, which was unlikely to be a win. So we thought we'd go to Qingzhou and see what happened... but we couldn't fight three against four anymore..."

"But unexpectedly, when they arrived in Qingzhou, they actually came to this restaurant again." The man who started was smug again. "This time, they've fallen into my hands. I was prepared... I drugged them all. Moved them all to the outskirts, and..." He made a throat-slitting gesture.

"We've got the stuff!"

Mo Yi shook his head and laughed, "That's good! You all go and rest for a while, and when the Prince returns, we'll see if he has any more questions..."

"Yes!" The three of them went down happily.

I had something to do today, so the content and word count are a bit shorter. Sorry.

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