"We need to move fast. We’ve been away from Yueluo Kingdom for quite a while; I’m afraid that nosy old maid has already noticed something," the Right Guardian went on.

"Yes, I’ll see to it right away."

Qi Yunqiao’s hands and feet were all tied. She tilted her head, listening, but there was no sound outside, so she shouted again, "Hey! Where is everyone? All dead or what? Which sneaky bastard with his tail between his legs dared kidnap your auntie here? Just you wait. Once your auntie gets free, if I don’t strip you naked and throw you off the city wall, I’m not a woman!"

She thought to herself, she was still just a girl right now, of course not yet a woman.

"Somebody come! Your auntie’s hungry! If you don’t bring me food, and I starve to death, you won’t get what you want."

The Right Guardian came in with a dark face when she heard this. "Sounds to me like you’re tired of living."

"Oh, finally a living person?" Qi Yunqiao’s body was bent at the moment; with her eyes slanted she caught sight of someone in white and immediately knew who had taken her. She chuckled, "You really are blind. If you’re going to grab someone, grab a Mu Family person. That Mu Niancheng or whatever would be perfect. What did you catch me for? Got something wrong with your head, or is it stuffed full of shit?"

"You damn girl!" The Right Guardian lashed a whip down. "You know who I am? You know why we grabbed you?"

"Of course I know." Qi Yunqiao nodded. "That Mu Yubing already told me. How could I not know?"

Hearing that it was Mu Yubing who had sold them out, the Right Guardian grew even angrier. She shouldn’t have brought her back all those years ago; a fake would never do.

"Catching me is useless. I’m not from the Mu Family," Qi Yunqiao tried to persuade. "If I were you, I’d go catch Mu Niancheng. He’s the legitimate heir of the Mu Family. Once you’ve got him, what can’t you get? Catch Mu Niancheng, you must catch Mu Niancheng!"

Hearing her urge over and over to catch Mu Niancheng, the Right Guardian gave her a few more measuring looks.

"Sit tight. Make one more sound and I’ll cut out your tongue."

"At least bring me something to eat!" Qi Yunqiao shouted at her retreating back.

The letter from Fairy Moon Pavilion was delivered to Prince An’s Mansion in the middle of the night. By the time Ye Haoyang got up to take it, the messenger was already gone, but he had already sent people to give chase.

By early morning, everyone in Prince An’s Mansion knew what was written in the letter.

The people from the Mu Residence also got the news and hurried over.

The letter was very clear: they wanted the Mu Family’s Silver Flower. If they didn’t hand it over, they’d chop off Qi Yunqiao’s ten fingers first.

"Hmph! If my girl so much as loses a single hair, I’ll skin that woman alive." Baili Han crumpled the letter into a ball. When he saw Mu Shaoling and Dongyang coming over, he roared, "Where’s your stuff? Hand it over right now. I’m going to save my daughter."

"It’s not with us." Mu Shaoling spread his hands.

Hearing that, Baili Han roared again, "How can it not be with you? You old thing, don’t tell me you can’t bear to part with it? I’m warning you, if you don’t bring it out to save my girl, if my girl suffers even the slightest harm, I’ll wipe out your Marquis Chang’an Mansion."

Mu Shaoling glared right back at his shouting, completely refusing to back down. "I said it’s not with me, so it’s not with me. Want to wipe out the Mu Family? Depends whether you’ve got the ability."

"Uncle, don’t be angry. I have it," Ye Haoyang said, trying to calm him. "Don’t worry, I’ll definitely bring Cousin back. I’ve already prepared the men, and I’ll personally lead the team."

"I’m going with you." Baili Han waved his hand. He had to save his own daughter.

Yang Chuxia said, "If we can all go, then we’ll all go. But the letter doesn’t even say where we’re supposed to make the exchange."