"Aunt, don't listen to people outside talking nonsense. I have been studying the etiquette of the "Four Books and Five Classics" since I was a child. Miss Shangguan is a lady with very strict family tutors. How could we do shameless things like a private date?
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"That's right." The eldest princess smiled slightly, "But didn't many people see that day?"
"That's all a misunderstanding." Xiao Zhenting had already thought of a way to shirk his back, "That day, I met Miss Shangguan in Baima Temple. When I saw someone bullying her, I just stepped forward to help her. I don't know what happened, but the story is spread.
Then it became like that."
Xiao Zhenting answered firmly, and the eldest princess sneered in her heart.
"So, you have nothing to do with Ning'er, right?"
"Of course, it doesn't matter."
The eldest princess seemed very satisfied, nodded slightly, turned her head to look at several important officials in the court present.
"You all heard it. The second prince and the eldest daughter of the Shangguan family are just a misunderstanding. No matter what the Shangguan family has, wealth, glory, or desolation, will have nothing to do with the second prince."
"I heard it very clearly."
Xiao Zhenting breathed a sigh of relief.
Now, even if Shangguan Wanning is beheaded and shown to the public, he will not be implicated. But it’s a pity that such a beautiful woman didn’t get it.
After the eldest princess finished speaking, she walked straight into the emperor's bedroom.
Mu Jingrui's mind was blank for a moment after hearing the news. He subconsciously wanted to save Shangguan Wanning, but the pain from the wound on his body restored his rationality.
"Sir, the steward of the Prime Minister's Office is asking for a visit."
Mu Jingrui suddenly remembered that the Tianzhuo was under the jurisdiction of the Shenji Camp.
In other words, Shangguan Wanning is actually in his hands now.
No wonder!
Mu Jingrui took a deep breath and strode to the main hall.
"See Lord Mu." The housekeeper stood up and saluted.
Mu Jingrui's face was gloomy, and he whispered his clothes above and sat down with a sharp look and a straightforward mouth.
"What's the matter, say."
The butler felt the chill and coldness that was emitting from Mu Jingrui's body that was blocking people from thousands of miles away.
He never expected that in just two years, Mu Jingrui had become the youngest Minister of War since the founding of the country from the servant who was bullied by everyone in the Prime Minister's Mansion.
"Mr. Mu, I have sent you some gifts at the order of the master of the family." The butler waved his hand and the servant followed him up a box.
Mu Jingrui didn't even look at it. "I will not receive any reward without merit."
"Actually... my master wants Mr. Mu to help me. My eldest lady is now in prison, and my wife wants to go in and see her..."
"It's not possible." Mu Jingrui interrupted the butler, "According to the law of our dynasty, basically those who were sent to the prison of heaven are death row prisoners, and no one can meet without trial."
"But……"
"No, but." Mu Jingrui stood up and walked out, and issued an order to expel the guests. "Send the guests."
Although the housekeeper had known it was not that easy, he didn't expect that Mu Jingrui not only did not speak mercilessly, but he didn't even let him finish his words.
After Mu Jingrui returned to the study, he couldn't calm down for a long time. He recalled the hardships he experienced with Shangguan Wanning.
However, the better the memories, the more uncomfortable his heart will be.
In the evening, Mu Jingrui received the news that Xiao Zhenting had already separated his relationship with Shangguan Wanning.
For some reason, he suppressed his anger and could no longer suppress his explosion, shattering the desk with a palm.
"Shangguan Wanning, this is the man you are determined to follow. If you leave you alone in the face of disaster, why are you..."
Mu Jingrui closed his eyes in pain, and it took him a long time to calm himself down.
"Ah Yeh."
Shangguan Wanning sneezes, and the chills came, making her subconsciously hug herself tighter with her hands.
She curled up in a dark and damp corner, trying to stay away from the crawling cockroaches.
She had been mentally prepared for a long time, but she was still a little scared when she was really locked up.
Shangguan Wanning was a little dazed. Her eyes were inadvertently flowing, and a pair of slender legs appeared in her sight.
“How does it taste?”
A cold voice sounded in his ears, Shangguan Wanning raised her head, her familiar eyes were still deep, but there was no longer the warmth of the past.
Shangguan Wanning looked at Mu Jingrui blankly. She wanted to talk to her thousands of words, but when she spoke, it turned into helpless sadness, so she had to swallow it back.
He read her letter but did not come to the appointment, which means he didn't believe what she said at all.
Since that's the case, why bother?
Shangguan Wanning lowered her eyelids and stared blankly at the ground.
Her silence made Mu Jingrui burst into anger, as if it was contempt and disdain for him.
Mu Jingrui was furious and ordered the prison guard to open the door of the cell and rushed in, pulling Shangguan Wanning up from the ground.
A severe pain came from his wrists and the bones seemed to be crushed.
She looked at Mu Jingrui with pain and gritted her teeth to prevent herself from showing weakness or crying. "What do you want?"
Shangguan Wanning's voice was hoarse, with alienation and indifference, which made Mu Jingrui's heart even colder.
"What do I want?"
Yes, what do you want?
Mu Jingrui himself wants to know.
Kill her? Or humiliate her?
It seems that he can't even do it.
Even when he saw her curled up in the corner and pretending to be strong, his heart was still aching.
"Shangguan Wanning, do you know that you try every means to please the person you are deeply in love with, what will happen to the person you have to know that something happened to you?"
Shangguan Wanning stopped struggling and looked at Mu Jingrui quietly.
She also wanted to know whether her goal had been achieved.
"He cuts the relationship with you and draws a line in front of the eldest princess and many ministers, do you know?"
"Really?" Shangguan Wanning was delighted.
“Are you very disappointed?”
Mu Jingrui looked at Shangguan Wanning's nervous look and his heart twitched a few more times.
He didn't understand why Shangguan Wanning was devoted to that bastard Xiao Zhenting. How could he not compare to Xiao Zhenting?
"I have nothing to say. If Lord Mu has nothing to do, please go back."
Shangguan Wanning didn't want to continue talking to Mu Jingrui anymore. He was the one who really disappointed her.
"At present, you still don't want to see me?"
Mu Jingrui's anger made him involuntarily increase the strength of his wrist.
Shangguan Wanning's face turned blue with pain, and she subconsciously struggled a few times, trying to break free from Mu Jingrui's clamping.
Her resistance aroused the most primitive and hottest flames deep in Mu Jingrui's heart.
Mu Jingrui pushed Shangguan Wanning to the wall, pressed her against the wall and kissed her lips heavily.