Chapter three hundred and forty-two severed fingers
Shangguan Wan Ning was startled. She sensed Mu Jingrui's unhappiness from his breathing and trembling.
She didn't struggle anymore, closed her eyes and let his kiss get deeper and gentler.
After a long time, Mu Jingrui let Shangguan Wan Ning go.
His palm gently covered her cheek. "I'm sorry, I was...in a bad mood that night..."
"Forget it, actually I'm not really angry with you." Shangguan Wan Ning snuggled into Mu Jingrui's arms, "I just hope you don't always hide your worries. You can tell me. Forget it.
I can't help you, but at least I can be a good listener."
Mu Jingrui hugged Shangguan Wanning and couldn't help but reveal a wry smile.
There were some things that he really couldn't say and didn't know how to say them.
"Okay." Mu Jingrui hugged Shangguan Wan Ning tightly, with a bit more determination in his eyes.
He couldn't bear to let go of Shangguan Wan Ning. Whenever he thought of being separated from her, he couldn't help but go crazy and go crazy.
"Ning'er, no matter what, I will definitely make you happy."
Mu Jingrui seemed to be saying this to himself.
After he returned, he went to find Xiao Yujue. The two summoned secret guards and dead men respectively, made a careful plan, and sneaked into the Queen Mother's palace at night to rescue Mu Jingyan.
But, the first time, they failed.
Afterwards, Xiao Yujue even found someone who was proficient in agency ambush, but the second rescue still failed.
They didn't even dare to open the door to the secret room.
"Your Highness, as the Queen Mother said, there are no complicated mechanisms in the secret room, but because of this, there is nothing we can do. As soon as the door of the secret room is opened, the people inside will fall out. No matter how fast the action outside is, it cannot be fast.
faster than she was falling."
Mu Jingrui was frightened when he thought of the scene in the secret room.
He could not imagine what kind of suffering Mu Jingyan was enduring.
Seeing the wedding day approaching day by day, but still unable to save Mu Jingyan, Mu Jingrui felt unprecedented anxiety.
"Miss, you look so beautiful in your wedding dress."
Lutong and Putao helped Shangguan Wanning try on clothes, and saw her walking out from behind the screen, as beautiful as a fairy descending from heaven.
"My uncle will definitely hold you in his hands and feel pain from now on."
Shangguan Wan Ning looked at herself in the mirror shyly, lowered her head and smiled slightly.
"Let me see."
Mrs. Shangguan walked in and saw her daughter wearing a bright red harem with a happy smile on her face.
"It fits quite well." Mrs. Shangguan asked Shangguan Wanning to turn around and nodded with satisfaction. "If there are any flaws, it's still too late to correct them now."
"No, it's pretty good."
Shangguan Yue found the top embroidery workers in the palace and spent five days making it.
Mrs. Shangguan took her daughter's hand and sat down beside her, and said in a serious voice: "Ning'er, after you get married, you won't be the same as you were at your parents' home. Don't be too willful. Men are working hard outside and are busy with affairs, so you have to be more understanding."
Yes, do you understand?"
"Mom, my daughter knows."
"Don't always be angry. No matter how good Jingrui's patience is, there will be times when it will run out. As women, the biggest weapon we can use to bind our husbands' hearts is to be considerate."
Shangguan Wan Ning leaned on her mother's shoulder and acted coquettishly. "Mom, I understand. Don't worry, I will serve your husband well."
Mrs. Shangguan patted her daughter on the back, feeling helpless and sad. "Oh, women are not admitted to college. If I had known this was the case, I should have had more children when I was young..."
On the day of the wedding, the Prime Minister's Mansion was bustling with people, and officials from all over the capital came to congratulate her, almost crossing the threshold.
Shangguan Wan Ning was woken up by Xi Niang early. A large group of people surrounded her and carefully groomed her.
Her heart was beating wildly.
Soon, she will be married to Mu Jingrui.
Shangguan Wan Ning felt that she had rewritten the fate of her previous life.
"You two, when you accompany the eldest lady to get married, you must abide by the rules of the Mu family and serve the young lady and uncle well, do you understand?"
"This slave knows."
"This slave knows."
Mrs. Shangguan specially called Lutong and Putao to give them advice, and then asked the housekeeper to reward them with three hundred taels of silver each.
Lu Tong looked at the banknote in his hand and smiled happily.
Everything was ready, and when the auspicious time came, Mu Jingrui came to welcome the bride.
"Sir, it's almost time. The sedan chair is ready. It's time for you to go out."
The housekeeper knocked on the door of the study room and saw Mu Jingrui standing alone by the window, looking at the sky with blurred eyes, seeming to feel a deep melancholy.
"grown ups?"
The housekeeper didn't understand why Mu Jingrui was in such a state.
He is so in love with Guan Wan Ning, and it should be a happy thing for him to finally marry his beloved girl?
"You go out first." Mu Jingrui said softly.
The housekeeper didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he bowed out and closed the door again.
Mu Jingrui closed his eyes in pain, his clenched fists making his whole body tense.
He can't give up on Shangguan Wan Ning, absolutely not.
If he doesn't go to welcome the bride today, how will Shangguan Wan Ning face everyone in the future? Rumors and rumors can drown her out.
How could a girl like her withstand such a blow?
Mu Jingrui calmed down, walked out of the study and said, "Get ready to go out to meet the bride."
"yes."
"Sir, the Queen Mother has sent a congratulatory gift."
The butler came over, holding a tray in his hand. He couldn't guess what was covered under the red cloth.
Mu Jingrui's heart sank.
He walked over slowly and slowly opened the red cloth with trembling hands.
In the tray was a tuft of long hair and a severed finger.
In an instant, Mu Jingrui's psychological defense completely collapsed, and the pain in his heart almost made him breathless.
The housekeeper was shocked. He had never seen Mu Jingrui like this before.
The red cloth was quickly covered, and the butler couldn't see what was in the tray?
"Sir, are you okay?"
Mu Jingrui seemed to be able to imagine Mu Jingyan's miserable situation at this moment.
His sister's bright and innocent smile appeared in his mind.
They grew up together, and after their parents died, they were each other's only relatives in the world.
He promised his parents that he would protect and take good care of his sister. What's more, she still has an unborn child in her belly.
Mu Jingrui's eyes were red, and there was even a layer of tears in his eyes.
No matter how decisive he is on the battlefield, Mu Jingyan, like Shangguan Wanning, has a weakness that he cannot hide.
"Sir, do you want the imperial doctor to come and take a look at you?" the housekeeper asked with concern.
Mu Jingrui took the tray from the butler's hand, turned around and walked back to the study with an expressionless face.
His steps staggered a little and his vision was blurred.
The moment he closed the study room, all of Mu Jingrui's resentment and hatred were concentrated in his heart.