The two of them started running along the long path until they turned a corner and finally stopped, panting heavily.
He released Yin Luo, squatted down beside a large tree, and gasped for breath. "Hey, I say, what’s your name? After so many years in the palace, I've never seen anyone as beautiful as you."
After Mu Fengyan finished speaking, he waited for a response but saw none. When he looked up, he noticed that Yin Luo's gaze was not on him at all. Despite running for so long, she showed no signs of fatigue; her face was not flushed, and she wasn't even out of breath. It seemed like he was the only one who was exhausted.
Mu Fengyan quickly straightened his back, trying to appear unaffected. He looked at her and asked, "So, what exactly do you want to do?"
What a joke! Getting tired after running just a short distance in front of a little girl—was that reasonable? The key point was that the girl wasn’t even breathing hard!
He couldn't help but focus his gaze on her. At first glance, it had merely been a fleeting impression, but now he realized she was truly beautiful.
Under the sunlight, her snow-white skin was crystal clear, her eyelashes long like wings, and her bright eyes concealed a hint of aloofness. She wore a water-blue gauzy dress with a jade belt at her waist, her figure graceful and fresh—she was indeed a charming lady. Mu Fengyan's eyes lit up, and he suddenly smiled.
When Yin Luo turned around, she happened to catch his silly grin and paused slightly before saying, "Looking for a wall."
Mu Fengyan immediately laughed again, breathless from his laughter. "If you were looking for a wall, you should have said so earlier! You’re going the wrong way!"
Yin Luo was taken aback. As he laughed and stepped forward to pull her along, he said, "Come on, I know this place best. I often sneak out under the pretense of praying for the Exiled Nation, so I’m very familiar with it here. Do you also like sneaking out to play? Just find me if you do!"
Yin Luo twitched the corners of her mouth, feeling that this emperor was not just frivolous on the outside but truly lived up to that reputation!
Sure enough, with his help, the two quickly arrived at a wall. Mu Fengyan looked around and then said to Yin Luo, "Wait a moment."
He crouched down, found a corner, and pushed on the bricks at the top of the wall. After a few moments of digging, a gap appeared at the corner of the wall. Once he moved the bricks aside, there was an opening large enough for a person to pass through.
Yin Luo watched from the side, already wanting to roll her eyes for the second time that day.
"Alright, this is it. Go ahead!"
He clapped his hands and stood up, looking at Yin Luo with a proud expression as if to say, "Aren't I impressive?"
Yin Luo crossed her arms and looked him up and down. "You, an emperor, actually crawled through a dog hole just to go out and have fun. I wonder how your Empress would react if she found out."
"Don't say that!" Mu Fengyan immediately ran over to pull her. "Isn't it because I consider you a friend that I told you about this great place? I wouldn't share it with just anyone!"
Yin Luo glanced at the wall that was about ten feet high and smiled slightly. "Well, thank you then. But this dog hole is better left for you."
After saying that, she directly took off her cloak and with a strong throw, it landed on a tree branch, wrapping itself around it. Then she looked at Mu Fengyan and said, "I'm leaving now. Until we meet again."
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