Li Jue quickly recounted everything that had just happened.
Mu Rong and Mu Jin were so shocked that their jaws nearly dropped.
"Is that true?"
Li Jue kept a straight face. "Do I look like someone who would lie?"
Mu Rong and Mu Jin exchanged a glance.
In the end, Mu Rong thought it over before saying uncertainly, "My lord... My lord seems to have some interest in Prince Ye. Ever since Mount Meng rescued those people yesterday, I've felt that something was strange."
Although my lord had been reprimanding Li Ruo, she had been staring at Prince Ye from beginning to end.
Later, she had even secretly sent Mu Jin to escort the master and servant back.
Besides that, first thing this morning, she had sent him to the Ministry of Revenue and ordered the officials there to reimburse all the salary that had been withheld from Prince Ye.
One thing after another—if she said there was nothing to it, it really would be hard to believe.
Mu Jin scratched her head. "Other than That One in the Palace, our master hasn't seemed to treat anyone differently in all these years. But she does seem somewhat different with Prince Ye."
Li Jue's eyes widened. "No way, right?"
Could she really have guessed correctly?
Could she truly be interested in him?
Ye Lihan's face flashed through Li Jue's mind, and she suddenly had a spark of inspiration. "Don't you two think Prince Ye looks a little like That One in the Palace around the eyes and brows?"
Mu Rong froze for a moment. "Now that you mention it, I really do think they look somewhat alike."
"Could it be that our lord is only... because of that?"
The group speculated about the possibility.
After a long while, Li Jue let