Mu Jingrui was immediately pulled back to reality.
Shangguan Wanning saw that he was silent and didn't want to force him, so she took the initiative to explain: "Xiao Zhenting wants to marry Xiaoxiao. The reason why she sent the wedding dress to me is because she wanted me to help her see if she needs it.
The place to be repaired. My father has repeatedly warned not to overstep."
"Originally, my mother did these things, but she was not feeling well, so I did it for her." Shangguan Wanning secretly observed Mu Jingrui's expression and asked tentatively, "Did you... go there this time?"
What clue?"
"I……"
"Ning'er, your mother these days..."
Shangguan Yue opened the door and walked in. The three people in the room were stunned at the same time.
"Dad," Shangguan Wan Ning came back to her senses and hurriedly rushed in front of her father to stop him. She turned back and said to Mu Jingrui, "Hurry up and leave."
Mu Jingrui didn't move.
Shangguan Yue didn't move either.
He didn't shout or alert anyone, he just looked at Mu Jingrui calmly.
The two looked at each other, as if they were exploring each other's reaction.
"Are you really not leaving?" Shangguan Yue smiled calmly, "If I call the guards now, even if I kill you, it will be justified."
"You may not be able to kill me." Mu Jingrui was not afraid at all, his eyes were calm, "Even if your guards can really defeat the smaller ones with more, you will definitely die before me."
Shangguan Wan Ning remembered the last time Mu Jingrui assassinated her father.
With his martial arts skills, he could definitely kill his father before the guards rushed in.
She felt cold and opened her arms to block her father's face. "Mu Jingrui, if you hurt my father, I will never let you go."
Mu Jingrui couldn't help feeling a little sad when he saw Shangguan Wan Ning trembling all over.
"Have you been to Linhe County?" Shangguan Yue asked calmly.
"went."
"Have you met anyone from the Jiang family?"
"See you."
"Did you get the stuff?"
"got it."
Shangguan Wan Ning was a little surprised by the concise conversation between her father and Mu Jingrui.
This tacit understanding between them must have happened because of something she didn't know about.
"father……"
"Ning'er, you go out first, I'll say a few words to him." Shangguan Yue gently patted Shangguan Wan Ning's shoulder.
Shangguan Wan Ning hesitated and looked at Mu Jingrui hesitantly.
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to your father."
"You have to do what you say." Shangguan Wan Ning walked out worriedly.
Shangguan Yue found a chair and sat down, and looked at Mu Jingrui carefully. "Do you have anything to ask me?"
"Since you already knew that such evidence existed, why didn't you bring it out earlier to clear my father's grievances, instead of watching the Mu family being ransacked?"
"The Mu family's home was ransacked, but are you two brothers and sisters dead?" Shangguan Yue and Mu Jingrui looked at each other, "You also know very well how powerful Taifu Sun is in the court. With Concubine Liu Guifei in the harem, with me
It is still unknown whether we can defeat him on our own."
"What's more, your father is not the only friend of mine. I also have to think about the many people who are dependent on me. They also have families. What if your father's affairs affect them? As their family members, what will happen?
think?"
Mu Jingrui couldn't tell whether what Shangguan Yue said was true or false for the time being, so he could only remain silent.
"Then have you ever thought about why you were sent to my house after the Mu family was confiscated?"
Mu Jingrui felt an inexplicable emotion well up in his heart.
"Did you arrange this too?"
"If I hadn't arranged it this way, do you think you could survive until now?"
Mu Jingrui actually couldn't deny this.
Before being sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the torture he endured could have been fatal. He didn't know how long he could last.
Mu Jingrui thought of something and frowned: "Then Ning'er..."
"She doesn't know anything. I secretly arranged for you to be sent to my house, just to save your life. Ning'er is my daughter, and she cried and refused to marry you... To be honest with you, I absolutely won't
Will force her."
In this way, Shangguan Wan Ning must have gotten Shangguan Yue's tacit approval when she later sent him to the prince's side.
"What happened to you and Ning'er later?"
Mu Jingrui couldn't explain clearly.
Shangguan Wan Ning's attitude towards him seemed to have changed all of a sudden.
"I kept the evidence because I was looking for a suitable opportunity. Now that Taifu Sun has lost power, it is the best opportunity to bring out the evidence at this time."
Mu Jingrui thought silently.
He didn't know how true or false Shangguan Yue's words were, but it was true that Shangguan Yue protected the evidence.
"Thanks."
There are some things that Mu Jingrui still hasn't fully figured out. But so far, at least Shangguan Yue is still on his father's side.
After Mu Jingrui finished speaking, he was about to leave.
"etc."
Shangguan Yue stopped Mu Jingrui, frowning and feeling dissatisfied. "In the future, I don't want you to climb over the wall and come in to see Ning'er secretly. If others see it, it will affect her reputation. If you two really mean it,
, wait until your father is redressed, and then come to propose marriage."
Mu Jingrui was a little ashamed, it was indeed something he did wrong.
"I see."
Shangguan Yue watched Mu Jingrui leave with a trace of worry between his brows.
He walked out of the study and saw Shangguan Wan Ning pacing back and forth anxiously in the garden, looking towards the door of the room from time to time.
"father……"
Seeing her father coming out, Shangguan Wan Ning immediately came forward to greet her. She looked behind her father and asked cautiously, "Where is he?"
"who?"
"That's right..." Shangguan Wanning knew that her father was teasing her, so she stamped her foot, "Dad, you asked knowingly."
"He's gone." Shangguan Yue looked at his daughter seriously, "Ning'er, you are not allowed to see him in private in the future. After all, you are also a lady. If this spreads out, how will you get married in the future?"
"Then I will not marry. I will stay with you and my mother for the rest of my life."
Shangguan Yue laughed and flicked his daughter's forehead. "If that were really the case, your mother and I would be worried to death."
Shangguan Wan Ning secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she didn't know what her father and Mu Jingrui said just now, they should have ended peacefully.
After Mu Jingrui returned to the Prince's Mansion, he handed all the evidence to Xiao Yujue.
Soon, Xiao Yujue ordered his confidants to secretly take this out again and present it to the court.
The truth is revealed, and Taifu Sun's crime is increased by one degree.
The emperor was also very happy to see such an ending. Originally, many courtiers interceded for Taifu Sun, and he could still save his life.
Now, the emperor ordered the Ministry of Punishment to torture and interrogate him, and sentenced Taifu Sun to be beheaded. He also issued an order to restore the innocence of the Mu family and return all the Mu family's property.
Mu Jingrui and Mu Jingyan finally returned to the Mu family's ancestral home.
The two of them looked at the dilapidated courtyard and couldn't help but sigh with emotion.