The temperamental white moonlight is back, and the entire Marquis's family obediently calls him

The man raised an eyebrow: "Never heard of it, Mrs. Lu, could you tell me about it?"

Lu Mingzhao forced a smile and replied, "A few years ago, my soul flew away and was taken over by another soul. She did many things against my will..."

"Liar." The man interrupted her, narrowing his eyes. "I think Mrs. Lu just wants to start something and then abandon it."

Lu Mingzhao raised his finger and swore, "I really didn't lie."

"Besides, I'm illiterate, how could I possibly write a letter?... Yes, the entire Marquis's mansion, even the whole capital, knows that I'm illiterate. You can go and ask!"

Before he could finish speaking, the man drew a dagger from his waist.

"I traveled a long way back because I was moved by Mrs. Lu's love letter, and now Mrs. Lu is using these excuses to fob me off... I am really heartbroken."

"I don't want to live anymore."

Lu Mingzhao was startled by his actions, and when he saw him raise the dagger to stab himself, he didn't have time to think and raised his arm to knock the dagger away with his elbow.

The dagger flew several feet away and fell to the ground.

The man turned around abruptly to look at Lu Mingzhao, a look of surprise flashing in his eyes.

"You...know martial arts?"

Lu Mingzhao's clean and efficient skills and agile movements just now clearly showed that he was a trained fighter!

He investigated Lu Mingzhao for so long, yet he didn't know that Lu Mingzhao knew martial arts!

Lu Mingzhao's face stiffened.

Oh no.

You've misjudged.

Lu Mingzhao answered with a forced smile.

"You're lying again. You clearly know martial arts." The man stared at her.

"Why keep it a secret? Is it some kind of secret?"

"no!"

"Just now, another soul took over my body."

Lu Mingzhao broke out in a cold sweat and turned to run away, but the man blocked her way.

"Don't rush off, I still have some questions I want to ask..."

The man drew closer and closer, and Lu Mingzhao could even smell his faint fragrance.

She gritted her teeth and raised her hand to seize the opportunity.

The man cried out in pain and was pushed several meters away.

By the time he realized what was happening, Lu Mingzhao had already vanished.

On the other side, Liu Muqiu burned incense and went outside, only to see Lu Mingzhao sitting at the door with a flushed face.

"What happened to you? Why is your face so red?"

Lu Mingzhao gritted her teeth: "I've met an abnormal person."

She looked around and lowered her voice, saying, "He insists I wrote him a love letter and even tried to touch me inappropriately!"

Liu Muqiu turned pale with fright and quickly checked her mother-in-law from head to toe: "Are you...are you alright?"

"These past two days, Princess Wenyu has been observing a vegetarian diet at Yuanshan Temple, and she specially cleared the area, allowing only daughters of officials to go up the mountain... I specifically chose today to come, how could I have encountered such a madman!"

What if something happens to her mother-in-law? How will she explain it to her husband?

"I'm fine, I'm just a little... angry." Lu Mingzhao rubbed his face.

More than anything, I'm angry at myself for being too impulsive.

Only Zhou Ningchuan knew that she knew martial arts; even her three children were unaware of it.

She had intended to take this secret to her grave.

I never expected to be tricked out of my possession by such a shameless scoundrel!

We should have just let him kill himself with the dagger!

Why should she take action?

"This is outrageous!"

Liu Muqiu immediately took her mother-in-law to find the abbot.

Princess Wenyu is still here, yet this lecherous fellow managed to sneak in.

We must catch that thief!

As soon as the two stepped into the abbot's courtyard, Lu Mingzhao suddenly stopped.

Liu Muqiu followed her mother-in-law's gaze and saw Princess Wenyu on the left side of the abbot, and a man in black standing on the right, who was smiling and nodding at them.

Liu Muqiu guessed what was going on, and looked at her mother-in-law again. Sure enough, she saw her mother-in-law gritting her teeth and lowering her voice:

"It's him..."

Princess Wenyu was unaware of what had happened.

Upon seeing the two arrive, she was delighted and introduced them to each other:

"Xuanzhou, these are Madam Lu and Madam Liu from the Marquis of Zhongjing's residence."

"Madam Lu, this one..."

Before Princess Wenyu could finish speaking, Lu Mingzhao squeezed out four words through gritted teeth: "Your Highness Prince Wei."

From the moment Liu Muqiu mentioned that Princess Wenyu had cleared the area, she vaguely guessed the man's identity.

Besides Prince Wei, who else would dare to walk openly in the temple grounds like this? And even make suggestive remarks to the wife of the dignified Marquis Zhongjing?

"I have long admired Madam Lu's reputation, and today I finally get to meet her."

Li Xuanzhou greeted the two men with a polite nod.

But when he met Lu Mingzhao's gaze, he rubbed his shoulder—the arm that had been pinned down earlier—as if by accident, and winked at Lu Mingzhao.

Lu Mingzhao became even angrier.

Wei Wang was clearly threatening her!

If she dares to reveal what just happened, Prince Wei will make it public that she knows martial arts.

It's absolutely outrageous...

Lu Mingzhao took a deep breath: "Hearing that the princess was here, Mu Qiu and I came to pay our respects. It's getting late..."

"Mu Qiu, let's go back."

Watching Lu Mingzhao's retreating figure disappear through the doorway as if fleeing, Li Xuanzhou chuckled.

Princess Wenyu glared at him: "What have you done now?"

Li Xuanzhou shrugged innocently: "I didn't do anything."

"..." Wen Yu's eyes were full of suspicion. "Don't think I don't know that the delay on the way back to the capital was your doing."

Li Xuanzhou immediately became serious: "I really didn't do this."

"We'll see..."

"Even if I were to do it, I would do it directly to Marquis Zhongjing, not to a woman."

"However, the fact that Marquis Zhongjing was delayed because of that woman does indicate something..." Li Xuanzhou's eyes deepened, and his smile grew wider. "It seems that Marquis Zhongjing is not as devoted to his wife as the rumors suggest."

Wen Yu, exasperated, said, "Li Xuanzhou, what business is this of yours!"

"If you keep acting up, I'll tell everything you've done to the Imperial Uncle!"

Li Xuanzhou immediately surrendered and begged for mercy.

"I dare not!"

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On the other side, Lu Mingzhao and his companion descended the mountain and boarded a carriage.

Lu Mingzhao felt uneasy.

Liu Muqiu could also tell that something was wrong with her mother-in-law, but since her mother-in-law didn't say anything, she didn't press her for details.

The lecherous man mentioned by the mother-in-law was clearly the Prince Wei.

That kind of status is something they can't afford to offend.

What can they do?

Lu Mingzhao, on the other hand, kept thinking about it without stopping.

She was so nervous just now, but she has calmed down now.

What was the time-traveling woman's purpose in deliberately writing a love letter to Prince Wei before leaving?

Is it true that he secretly harbors feelings for Wei Wang and wants a response?

Or was it simply a deliberate attempt to sabotage her before leaving?

If it's the latter, what kind of result does the time-traveling woman want to achieve?

And Wang Wei...

She had heard her eldest son mention Prince Wei before. The rumored Prince Wei was not as dissolute as she had seen him today. Could there be some hidden reason behind this?

After all, at twenty-nine years old, Prince Wei was in his prime and unmarried. What kind of woman couldn't a man of his status get? How could he possibly be so fond of a married woman?

The sky outside the window was overcast, with dark clouds billowing and the autumn wind howling.

It seems a storm is brewing.

It seems... something is about to happen.

Upon returning to the manor, Liu Muqiu stayed in the main courtyard with her mother-in-law for an afternoon.

As dusk approached, Zhao's mother suddenly rushed in.

"Madam, Grandma!"

"The young lady went out this afternoon to keep an appointment, and the ladies who accompanied her just now sent someone to inform us... she has gone missing!"