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Chapter 3488: 4.1088 Something happened

The man tilted his head and rubbed it against hers, back and forth. "Qiao Qiao, I'll never hide anything from you! Just ask, ask whatever you want to know."

"Last night, for that... that whatever-Su, you stayed out all night, didn't come back at all!" Qiao Mu's small face was taut with indignation, as she yelled at him, unable to bear it any longer.

Mo Lian blinked, immediately understanding. His little wife's anger was probably about this Shan Yisu. Because he didn't come home last night, his little wife mistakenly thought it was because of Shan Yisu that he was delayed and couldn't come back to sleep...

He quickly shook his head, raising a hand above it, swearing, "I swear, Qiao Qiao, I wasn't busy all night because of her."

"But Cai Xiu said you went to pick her up??"

"Uh, yes!" Mo, at this moment, dared not hide anything. He quickly tried to soothe his little wife's anger, nodding repeatedly. "It's true I helped pick her up, but after that, I stayed in the palace, kept in the study by Father Emperor."

"Cai Xiu!" Crown Prince Mo instinctively roared back. How did that girl Cai Xiu relay the message? Look how she's angered his wife!

Then he realized... uh, this wasn't the Eastern Palace at all. This was in the Peach Garden Star; where would Cai Xiu be?

"Don't you dare yell at Cai Xiu!" The little one impatiently slapped his hand away, her almond eyes wide and round. "What happened? Your father kept you all night, what was so important to discuss?"

Mo Lian resisted the urge to laugh, but his little wife's puffed-up face, trying to maintain a stoic expression, was truly adorable.

"Your husband swears! I really stayed in the palace!" Mo Lian quickly explained, "The officials involved in the discussion were Cao Juetou, Wu Shaoyin, and Royal Censor Wang. I can call them all over!"

Qiao Mu snorted, the small flame of anger in her heart subsiding a few inches. "What happened?"

Your father is truly unreliable! No sooner had you returned to the Eastern Palace than problems immediately arose, as if you're his only son who can handle official business. He's going to work my Lian to death!

She had originally thought the Great Emperor was reliable, but now it seemed he was no different from that old King of Mo Country! Both were fond of exploiting their sons.

Mo Lian saw his wife's anger recede slightly and sighed in relief. He quickly pulled her into a tight hug, lowering his head to kiss her repeatedly. "Wife, you don't know how annoying our father can be!"

"Something happened in Huiping Village, and the first person he thought of was me. He even told me to go to that village to resolve the matter, saying I needed to depart tomorrow."

"What??" Qiao Mu exclaimed, a little unsettled. Her Lian had just returned to the capital! Why did he have to go out on another assignment so soon?

"Your husband said I didn't want to go, but my father kept glaring at me with that 'disappointed in you' look."

"He also kept muttering that a man should have ambitions across the four seas, and shouldn't always be sticking by his wife, going along with your nonsense all day!"

"Where did I act nonsensically?"

"Where did my Qiao Qiao act nonsensically?"

Both spoke at the same time, then their eyes met. Qiao Mu finally couldn't hold back a chuckle, then turned her small head and gave a light humph.

Mo Lian saw that his little wife had finally smiled. He quickly wrapped his arm around her and sat down together on a nearby bamboo stool.

"Qiao Qiao, there's been a large-scale corpse puppet attack in Huiping Village."

"It happened a few days ago, and it's quite serious."