5078

Chapter 5078: 5.0830 Essential for Trapping

Crown Prince Mo was deeply moved.

Indeed, his own father was much more reliable than the old king of the Mo Kingdom...

Having spent over a decade cleaning up his foster father's messes, the Crown Prince, accustomed to such tasks, suddenly felt a bit idle.

His own father was truly capable. State affairs no longer required his extensive worry, and crisis situations were handled remarkably well.

Qiao Mu couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion. She raised her small hand and patted Crown Prince Mo's lapel, "It's very good."

It is very good, Crown Prince Mo thought. Finally, he wouldn't have to toil so much. He, too, was now a child who could rely on his father...

Over there, Empress Bai, holding her daughter-in-law's hand, mumbled, "Little Glutinous Rice Ball's father has been so busy these past two days; I haven't seen him at all. I was going to scold him, but now it seems his hard work wasn't in vain."

"Glutinous Rice Ball's wife, let's go see the person who fell into your talisman array first. Then we'll go to the East side gate to see your father. When your father was young, he was truly exceptionally brave, capable of fighting a hundred enemies single-handedly in battle. He was absolutely a master of combat."

"But he's not bad now either," Empress Bai said with a smile, glancing at her son. "Son, you wouldn't think your father and mother are still in the dark about the city's situation, would you?"

"Mother and your father aren't old yet. We can at least support you youngsters for another thirty to fifty years, no problem at all."

Mo Lian couldn't help but chuckle. Holding his mother's hand, he acted endearingly, "Mother, thirty to fifty years isn't enough; at least several hundred years! You must always support your son and daughter-in-law."

The little stoic wholeheartedly agreed with these words, nodding with empathy, "Support."

If Father gives Qiao Qiao's Lotus trouble, hit Father. If the officials give Qiao Qiao trouble, hit those old, short-sighted officials!

Empress Bai saw the little expression on her stoic-faced daughter-in-law and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

The old嬷嬷 (wet nurse/nanny) serving close by couldn't help but twitch her eyelids repeatedly, coughing lightly to remind them, "Your Imperial Highness, it's already been almost fifteen minutes."

You three, you've been chattering endlessly. Aren't you going to do something serious?!

Empress Bai slapped her thigh and quickly said, "Right, right, let's go quickly. We still need to rush to the East side gate to watch the excitement!"

The old嬷嬷 couldn't help but feel speechless, unable to complain about her Imperial Highness. Her personality was truly consistent for decades; even after being in a coma for so many years, she hadn't changed at all!

Wherever there's excitement, that's where she'll go...

The group followed Qiao Mu out of the chrysanthemum garden, making three or four turns along the palace walls, walking for about another fifteen minutes.

They finally stopped in a courtyard adjacent to a painted wall corridor.

"Eh, such a remote place," Empress Bai looked around curiously. "Qiao Qiao, are you sure it's here?"

Qiao Mu nodded her head, waving her small hand towards everyone, and strode forward into the painted wall corridor.

Everyone followed the little Crown Princess noisily. Not long after, they indeed saw an old man with a grey beard and eyebrows, his face sullen, holding a lamp in his hand, fiddling with it up, down, left, and right.

Qiao Mu's little face was taut. She said expressionlessly, "No need to try. Do you think you can get out of the talisman array group I set up? Once you exit the first double confinement array, you will inevitably trigger other talisman arrays."

Talisman arrays nested within talisman arrays, one after another. Just the twenty-plus sets of mostly non-repeating talisman arrays would exhaust someone to death inside.