There was a mutiny in Yongzhou. Even though Rong Feizhou only had half of the military order in his hand, it was still a military order. A full 300,000 troops from the Yongzhou military camp followed him and headed straight for Shangjing.
As for Mu Yichen, he drew on the reserve troops from various prefectures and cities, gathering a total of 230,000 people, in addition to a secret team of 100,000 people that he had trained in his early years. Once the troops were combined, the army under his command would be as high as 330,000. They would set out from Chongzhou at the other end and also head straight for Shangjing.
On the other hand, Mu Lianxuan only had an army that he had forcibly recruited from the prefectures near Shangjing, plus his imperial guards, which totaled no more than 200,000 soldiers. No matter which team he faced, he would have no chance of winning, not to mention that the two men were now united against him. Even when Mu Lianxuan informed Rong Feizhou overnight that Rong Tianpu was most likely poisoned to death by Mu Yichen, the other party did not change their route and continued to march. He guessed that the other party was most likely thinking of getting rid of him first, and then settling the score between them with Mu Yichen.
But he had no way to retreat.
He had only been on the throne for a month, how could he throw away the throne and step down in disgrace? If he didn't, he would be caught in a trap and forced to step down from the throne as a traitor, and he might even be infamous for eternity.
How could he be willing
Therefore, his last chance of survival lies with Rong Si. The military token that Rong Tianpu gave to Rong Feizhou was incomplete, so the other half must be with Rong Si. As long as he gets this half, he can command the remaining 250,000 garrison troops in Yongzhou to contain the powerful Rong Feizhou. He can then lead his troops to Huangzhou quickly and take advantage of the mountainous terrain there. He may not lose to Mu Yichen.
Yes, this was his only chance.
But this only turning point also became unpredictable because of Rong Si's sudden change. That's why he started with Rong Tianpu's death. Rong Si was Rong Tianpu's only daughter, and she must be upset about his death. Needless to say, Mu Yichen was an executioner. Rong Feizhou also got involved. It can be said that if he hadn't been obsessed and suddenly attacked his "father", Mu Yichen would not have found a flaw to replace the medicine. What's more, that man was not Rong Si's biological brother at all. No wonder he felt that Rong Feizhou looked at his sister in a wrong way before! In the end, he was just the son of a poor scholar!
The more Mu Lianxuan thought about it, the more hatred he felt. He then raised his head and looked at Rong Si with a burning gaze who had a confused look on her face.
"Dad? The people in the General's Mansion told me that he passed away suddenly, perhaps because of old age..."
"You believed them?"
"So what if you don't believe it?"
Rong Si stood up and said, "The situation is already in chaos, how can you still be in the mood to come and discuss with me how my father died?"
“Because that’s very important.”
"How important is it?" Rong Si raised her eyebrows.
Mu Lianxuan looked at her face and her eyes, and suddenly he felt that her appearance had changed so much compared to before. There was no longer all kinds of fear in her eyes as before, and even admiration and dependence on him. He didn't know since when, Rong Si's face was covered with such things as calmness and composure. The Rong Si he had seen, the Rong Si who often acted coquettishly to him and only had him in her heart and eyes, gradually disappeared.
Mu Lianxuan felt dazed for a moment, then he took two steps forward and got closer so that he could smell the faint magnolia scent on Rong Si's body. Only then did the uneasiness in the deepest part of his heart subside slightly.
"Okay, let's not discuss the cause of General Rong's death. Rong'er, look into my eyes and tell me the truth. Did your father see you a few days before he died? Did he give you anything?"
Hearing this, Rong Si knew that this man had already started to set his sights on the half of the military token on her body. She looked up at his eyes and nodded after a long while, "Yes."
"What?"
Hearing his question, Rong Si raised her hand, and a jade pendant tied with a red string immediately fell out of her palm and jumped twice. The exquisitely carved little white rabbit was looking up at some unknown direction behind it, vivid and funny.
As soon as he saw the shape of the jade, Mu Lianxuan's hands trembled unconsciously. It was square. He heard that the center of Rong Feizhou's military talisman was missing a square piece in the middle. Now the jade that Rong Si took out happened to be square, so he couldn't help but think about it.
But now Rong Si, even he could feel that her feelings for him had faded a long time ago, why, why was she still willing to take out the jade pendant for him to see? Or was it because Rong Si didn't know the secret inside the jade pendant at all
Mu Lianxuan's mind raced, and before he could say anything, Rong Si smiled and looked at him, "Do you want it? Here you go!"
As he said that, he threw it directly into Mu Lianxuan's arms, and the other party caught it in a panic.
"Rong Si..."
He opened his eyes wide in surprise. Deep in his heart, a sudden surge of joy almost overwhelmed him. She still loved him...
The favorability level directly rose to 99.
"Rong Si!"
He took two steps forward and was about to hug Rong Si in his arms. Seeing his quick movements, Rong Si took two steps back and then smiled again.
"Don't you take a closer look? Maybe it's not what you want..."
Rong Si crossed her arms, showing a gesture of rejection, then looked at Mu Lianxuan and paused before she spoke softly, "If you only want the jade, then I'll give it to you. But if you want the thing inside the jade, I think I may have to say sorry to you, because I've given the thing to someone else..."
Hearing this, Mu Lianxuan paused and looked at Rong Si with disbelief in his eyes. He then lowered his head to look at the jade in his hand. He was so excited just now that he didn't notice that if the military talisman was really in the jade, the military talismans of the Wei Dynasty were always made of black iron, so they wouldn't be so light...
Thinking of this, Mu Lianxuan exerted a little force on his hand, and the Hetian white jade in his hand immediately turned into powder. When the wind outside the window blew, it flew everywhere and nothing was left.
"You knew it a long time ago?" Mu Lianxuan slowly put down his hand and looked at Rong Si who was smiling the whole time. "You knew the military token was in there a long time ago, and you took it out a long time ago, and even gave it back to someone else?"
"If he wants it, I'll give it to him. It's not an important thing anyway." Rong Si smiled again, turned around and was about to walk towards the chaise longue. The next second, her wrist was immediately tightly grasped by Mu Lianxuan's hand, and she unconsciously used some strength in her hand.
Rong Si instantly felt a piercing pain in her wrist, and she shuddered subconsciously.
Then he turned around and tried to pull it, but it didn't twitch, "Let go!"
"Who?" Mu Lianxuan's eyes were deep as he slowly approached Rong Si. The anger and disbelief in his eyes reached a level that even he himself could not control.
"Who is it? You have always disliked Mu Yuanxiu, and you only visited him out of sympathy. Moreover, he is under my close surveillance now. He will die as soon as I want him to. It must not be him. Rong Feizhou or Mu Yichen? One was your brother before, and even had bad intentions towards you, and the other one heard that you took good care of him in the harem and even saved his life? Hehe, good Rong'er, tell me, who is it, please?"
As he was talking, Mu Lianxuan actually laughed out loud. Rong Si had a feeling that this psychopath was dangerous, so she stepped back.
Who knew that such a small action would instantly anger Mu Lianxuan.
He pushed Rong Si onto the chaise longue behind him, and stepped forward, grabbing her neck with his right hand. He used a lot of force, because the original owner had bruises easily since childhood, and her fair skin was immediately stained with blue and purple. The Hetian jade powder left on the palm of Mu Lianxuan's hand, applied to the blue and purple, showed a different kind of beauty of abuse.
Mu Lianxuan chuckled, and his eyes were red as he looked at Rong Si. "Rong'er, be obedient and don't run away from me. Tell me who you gave your love to, okay? Was it Mu Yichen, the murderer, or Rong Feizhou, the fake brother? Oh, by the way, when it comes to murderers, you may not know what I mean. Your father, Rong Tianpu, was killed indirectly by Rong Feizhou and directly by Mu Yichen. I heard that the poison is called Nine Days Drunk. After taking it, the whole person seems to be living in the most wonderful and regretful dream, tortured by pain and pleasure alternately until the person's blood and energy are drained dry."
"Before that, Rong Feizhou knew that he was not Rong Tianpu's biological son, so he gave him a drug that made him demented, so that he could keep his status as a major general. But Mu Yichen took the opportunity to replace the poison with Jiu Ri Zui, so that he could avenge his mother's murder. So, Rong'er, look how stupid you are. Just to be angry with me, you personally delivered the military token to the two executioners, did you know that? Hahaha..."
Mu Lianxuan laughed again as he spoke, and when he lowered his head he saw Rong Si's unmoved eyes. There was no shock, no resentment, no regret, and also not a trace of love in them.
"I know..." Rong Si looked at his red eyes and suddenly spoke, "I know how my father died. I read the letter my father left me, saying that he had no regrets about his death, and that it was all his own fault. When he saw Zhong Yuanpan, he knew that it was Mu Yichen who poisoned him, and it was his payback. He even wanted to thank the poisoner for letting him see his wife before he died. He missed her for so many years, but she never came to his dreams because she hated him too much. She might even have drunk Mengpo soup and walked across the Naihe Bridge. Even if he died, he might never see her again. He was very grateful to the poisoner for being able to see his wife with his own eyes before he died..."
Rong Si spoke word by word, and she was not making this up. Behind the blood-stained painting of Meng Mushuang, there were exactly these words written, telling her and Rong Feizhou to live well and not to think about revenge. He brought this upon himself, and she should be grateful.
This was also discovered by Rong Si later.
After hearing Rong Si say this, Mu Lianxuan couldn't help but relax his hands. He looked at Rong Si under him in astonishment, and then he heard her speak again.
"I think I know much more than you think, and it's not your turn to inform me. For example, you approached me with bad intentions, you pretended to be crazy after returning to Beijing, and you killed me in the Huguo Temple..."
At this point, Rong Si's mouth curled up slightly, "Do I need to explain it to you bit by bit? Mu Lianxuan! You have been teasing me like a fool from the beginning to the end, and have never loved me. If it weren't for Rong Feizhou, I would have been sent to the cold palace as soon as you ascended the throne, right? Haha..."
"No!" Mu Lianxuan's hands completely loosened.
"No? Are you still treating me like a three-year-old child? Huh? If you hadn't really become stupid after falling off the cliff, and I hadn't always stayed with you, even risking my own safety to drag along a fool like you, would you care about my opinion at all now?" Rong Si stood up, her eyes full of mockery.
Hearing this, Mu Lianxuan suddenly turned his head, the redness in his eyes becoming more obvious, "So, during the time when I was stupid and foolish, you... were just acting? You were playing a trick on me?"
"Is there no reason in this world that you are allowed to play tricks on me but I am not allowed to play tricks on you?"
Rong Si curled the corners of her mouth.
"Rong Si!"
"I am here!"
Rong Si smiled and replied, "Remember I have said before, if one day I find out that you have cheated on me, then I will never like you again, I will like someone else and stay away from you. What? Did you think I was being coquettish with you at that time? My good emperor!"
Mu Lianxuan stared at her intently. He felt that Rong Si at this moment was like a jailer torturing him. She would stab him viciously and mercilessly wherever she saw pain, leaving him with wounds all over his body and bleeding.
But even though she was in so much pain that she couldn't speak, she still looked at him with a smile, without any fluctuation in her eyes.
Rong Si, how heartless you are
Is there really no love left? Why? Why did she leave without looking back when he had completely fallen in love with her, and even colluded with others to watch him die
He loved her so much that he never touched another woman after returning to Shangjing. Shao Qingwei was just a trick to deliberately provoke Rong Si because he was too panicked. Yes, he had thousands of ways to control that woman and make her work for him, not necessarily to put her in the harem, but such a Rong Si made him unable to not be afraid. He actually had feelings for her before, and her love for him faded, so he chose Shao Qingwei in a daze. He was eager for Rong Si to make a scene with him. As long as she made a scene, he would immediately send Shao Qingwei away, far away, and never see her again. But Rong Si, when she saw Shao Qingwei for the first time, she acted as if she had seen nothing, and even asked to see his brother. When she learned that he stayed in Shao Qingwei's palace, she did not react at all. When the jade disc that conferred the title of Qing Guiren was sent to her palace, she stamped it without thinking.
He should have known long ago that Rong Si's heart was no longer with him, he should have known long ago...
Mu Lianxuan looked at Rong Si, and suddenly he covered his face and laughed softly.
Laughter is a hundred times more unpleasant than crying.
Who would have known that the next second, Rong Si was suddenly taken into his arms, and he hugged her tightly, tighter and tighter, as if she was holding on to her life-saving driftwood.
"Rong'er..." After a long time, Mu Lianxuan spoke in a hoarse voice, "Let's start over, okay? I don't want the throne anymore. I'll take you away from here. I'll treat you well in the future. How about if you tell me to go east, I won't go west? As long as you follow me, we'll find a paradise, ignore everything here, work from sunrise to sunset, just the two of us, okay? As long as you nod, I'll take you out of the palace immediately. The farther we go, the better, never come back, and never see the people here again, how about..."
As Mu Lianxuan spoke, he loosened his arms around Rong Si and looked at her seriously.
Only then did he realize what he really wanted. The neglect of his parents when he was a child made him want to replace Mu Yuanxiu and win their attention and attention. Later, it gradually turned into wanting to replace the other party's throne. In the final analysis, he just wanted someone who could care for him and love him without reservation. This person had already come to his side, but he was blinded by ambition and let go of her hand. Now he regrets it, okay
He really didn't want the throne anymore, there was no pretense in his words, he really wanted to retire to the mountains with Rong Si, as long as she nodded, as long as she nodded, it would be fine...
Looking at Mu Lianxuan who was looking at her expectantly, Rong Si was stunned for a moment. Even the system's notification that Mu Lianxuan's favorability had reached 100 interrupted her stunned state. After a long time, she frowned and chuckled.
"Mu Lianxuan, do I look like an idiot?"
Although Mu Lianxuan did not quite understand Rong Si's words, he could still clearly hear the sneer in the other party's words. He looked at Rong Si who was laughing softly, and his hand that was clinging to her shoulder gradually slid down. At this moment, all the sounds, all the lights had already left him. His world was empty and pitch black with no end in sight, just like when he was a child and was locked up in a pitch-black little room by the eunuch who was guarding him. No matter how he shouted, cried and clapped his hands, no one came to pay attention to him. He was abandoned by everyone.
It took him a long time to find his voice, "So who is that person?"
Rong Si did not answer.
Mu Lianxuan suddenly raised his head and looked over with unfocused eyes. His pupils were dark and empty. Then he suddenly smiled, "Rong Si, don't tell me that those two fell at your feet just like my brother and I did? Rong Feizhou, I can understand, but Mu..."
As he spoke, the figure of a masked man in white suddenly flashed through Mu Lianxuan's mind, and then he suddenly burst into laughter, "It's him, it's him, I should have understood it long ago, who else could it be but him? Who else could hate the mother so much, and look so grief-stricken when you fell off the cliff... Hahahaha... Rong Si, Rong Si, you really did not choose the wrong name. You have the ability to move the hearts of four of us at the same time. No matter who of us becomes the emperor, you are the well-deserved queen, hehe, hahahaha, you are really amazing, haha, I still underestimated you..."
The more Mu Lianxuan talked, the louder he laughed, and he laughed so hard that tears came out of his eyes, but he still couldn't help laughing.
"Now that my brother and I are out of the game, which of the remaining two do you really like? Hey, hush, don't say anything yet. How about I come over and help you verify it?"
Rong Si looked at Mu Lianxuan, who was already a little crazy, and the next second he grabbed her hand tightly.
Three days later, Rong Feizhou and Mu Yichen both received urgent letters from the new emperor.
After they both opened the book and looked at it, they locked themselves in their tent until late at night.
The contents of the letters were exactly the same. In just a few words, it was clear that they were all citizens of the Great Wei. He did not want to go to war, but now there was a way to win without bloodshed. Whoever entered the Shangjing City first after seven days would be the ruler of the Great Wei from then on. It was very simple, just see who moved faster.
but…
Si, the daughter of Rong, has an enchanting appearance. She has captured the hearts of the four of them with her own strength. She is truly a person who brings disaster to the country and the people. In order to avoid any more troubles because of her in the future, he will die together with her in Jizhou, which is completely opposite to Shangjing, seven days later to prevent future troubles.
In other words, this was a gamble that Mu Lianxuan took with all he had. If none of the two men came to rescue Rong Si after seven days, he would just die with Rong Si, which could be considered a complete success in another sense.
"Are you crazy?"
When the urgent letter reached Rong Feizhou and Mu Yichen, Rong Si woke up and found herself in Jizhou. She also knew Mu Lianxuan's plan. He was indeed helping them make a choice.
Beauty or the country
This is an eternal topic.
"Haha, I'm crazy, I've been crazy for a long time. Why don't you make a bet with me, which of the two of them will abandon his country and come to save you, or neither of them will come, and you will die here with me?" Mu Lianxuan laughed as he spoke, then he glanced greedily at Rong Si's face, turned around and walked into the house.
Who is coming back
Who would come for such a heartless and ungrateful woman
Ha ha ha ha…
On the other side, Rong Feizhou and Mu Yichen's subordinates had no idea what news the two of them had received from Mu Lianxuan. The next day, they saw their general walk out of the tent and said in unison, "Give the order, prepare to march, and go to..."
Seven days passed in a flash.
On the day the bet took effect, Rong Si was pulled out of bed by Mu Lianxuan early in the morning. The two of them had been sitting on the city wall since the sun just rose. When the sun was about to set, there was no sign of anyone coming over.
Mu Lianxuan had been paying attention to Rong Si's expression. She had no expectations or disappointment from beginning to end, as if it made no difference to her whether the two people came or not. The more he looked, the colder Mu Lianxuan's heart became.
He fell in love with a heartless woman.
The sun sets in the west, but there is still no movement on the distant horizon.
"It seems that you are destined to..."
Mu Lianxuan turned his head to look at Rong Si, but before he could finish his words, a shocking sound immediately appeared in their ears, and Mu Lianxuan's smile froze at the corners of his mouth.
“… I’m destined to wait for him.” He said the following words with a complicated expression, turned slowly, squinted his eyes towards the distance, moved his lips, but did not utter any more words.
He didn't understand what he was feeling now, and even felt at a loss.
Is someone really coming
He chose Rong Si and gave up the country.
He did something that even if he were in his position, he might not be able to do.
The galloping team was getting closer and the man's face was becoming clearer and clearer.
There is no more foolishness and naivety as before, only determination and seriousness.
Mu Yichen.
Hehehe, to him, this person is even more unexpected than Rong Feizhou.
Rong Si and him have an irreconcilable grudge from the previous generation. He killed Rong Si's father with his own hands. How dare he come here? Although Rong Tianpu said he didn't mind, could he just ignore the revenge for killing his father? It was impossible for him and Rong Si to be together. Was it worth it to give up the country for an impossible thing
Mu Lianxuan suddenly had an urge to shout.
does it worth
does it worth
Are you worth it
But whether it was worth it or not, the man appeared right under their noses and pulled back his horse, which was running so fast that foam was forming at the mouth.
He raised his head and looked straight at Rong Si. Almost at a glance, he saw her long hair like a waterfall fixed with a plum blossom hairpin, and her hair was gently flying in the wind.
"Rong Si, I'm here to pick you up."
He just said that.
Before Rong Si could say anything, Mu Lianxuan took two steps forward and sneered, "You come to pick her up? You, the murderer of your father, come to pick her up? Don't you even ask if she wants to go with you?"
Yes, he still wasn’t willing to accept it. He just wasn’t willing to accept it. How could he accept it
Hearing this, Mu Yichen's pupils shrank. Seeing Rong Si standing aside and not wanting to speak, he stared at her for a long time before suddenly smiling, "Yes, I killed Rong Tianpu, but I still say that I have a clear conscience. If you are still resentful..."
As he said that, he immediately pulled out a dagger from the side of his boot, threw it to the ground with a "clang", pointed at his chest, and said to her with a smile, "We can play a game. When you come down, stab here with all your strength. If I die, everything will be in vain. If I am not dead, you must come with me..."
"Prince!" Behind him, a group of soldiers shouted in panic.
Mu Yichen turned around and said, "Didn't we agree on this? You send me here, and then we go to Shangjing to join Canghai. He is more suitable for you than me, and he can certainly make great achievements for you."
"Your Majesty..."
"Go! I have been living for others and revenge all my life. I don't want to live for the rest of my life. I just want to live for myself and the woman I love. So, you better go!"
Seeing those people showing expressions of pity, Mu Yichen turned around and looked in the direction of Rong Si, smiling at her, "Would you like to come over?"
Rong Si looked at Mu Yichen like this for a long time, and actually smiled too.
My heart started beating again, again and again...
"I… "
Rong Si took a step forward and was about to say something when she suddenly saw Mu Yichen below with a look of fear on his face, "Be careful!"
Before she could turn around, Mu Lianxuan beside her suddenly hugged her in his arms.
"Well."
She heard a muffled sound in his throat, and the next second his hand loosened immediately.
"It seems..." He whispered in her ear, "I have to go alone after all..."
After saying that, he flipped down from the city wall, but his eyes were fixed in the direction of Rong Si.
All the memories of his childhood passed by like the wind. He was abandoned by his mother, ignored by his father, and ignored by his nominal mother, the Queen. Mu Yichen had the Queen's smile and love, and Mu Yuanxiu had the expectations and scoldings of his father and mother. Only he had nothing, nothing...
The only smile he had, Rong Si, was also pushed away by him...
Mu Lianxuan, do you know that your life is a joke
You are a joke...
As the sound of something landing on the ground was heard below, Mu Yichen quickly flew up to the city wall, hugged Rong Si in his arms, and knocked away the sneak attacking villain with a palm.
"Wicked concubine..." The man cursed him with his eyes wide open.
Rong Si recognized that the man was one of Mu Lianxuan's men who had been following him, and that voice was exactly the same as the one who had said he wanted to kill her before.
Mu Yichen hugged Rong Si tightly in his arms, his hands trembling constantly. Mu Lianxuan under the city wall had already fainted with blood spitting out of his mouth. The arrow hit him directly in the heart. After Rong Si and Mu Yichen went downstairs, they found that the other party was still breathing because his heart was naturally located on the right side.
They looked at each other immediately and sent him over for treatment.
The matter has finally come to an end.
Just at this moment, Mu Lianxuan called out Rong Si and handed the knife to her.
“Go ahead!”
Rong Si rolled her eyes at him.
"Then open your mouth."
Rong Si didn't react in time. After she opened her eyes, she suddenly felt a black pill being thrown into her mouth by Mu Yichen.
"what?"
"The mother Gu of the mother and child Gu is in my body. From now on, if you have a thought, I will be unable to live or die. If you regret it in the future, you can kill me at any time to avenge your father."
"Boring. What are you following me for?"
"My life and property depend on you, so of course I have to follow you."
"My brother... Rong Feizhou entered Shangjing?"
"Um."
"Then why did you come to rescue me?"
"No reason."
There were no reasons. He just didn't want to gamble, not a cent, to gamble that Rong Feizhou might come for his sister, to gamble that Mu Lianxuan might not be able to kill Rong Si because of his love for her, to gamble that Rong Si was smart enough to get out of his hands, to gamble on all possibilities...
He can't afford to gamble.
He wanted to see her standing in front of him alive, just like she was now, laughing and moving.
Rong Si turned to look at him and suddenly smiled.
"Well, I'm going to Tarzan, you're still following me?"
"Isn't this a coincidence? I want to go too."
"… "
The mother-child Gu, also known as the silk-pulling Gu, can find her no matter where she is.
Rong Si, don't ever think of leaving me in this life!
Rong Si...
The author has something to say: There is a special chapter later. The scumbag prince didn't let him die, but tortured him.
Then comes the brother's mental journey and Jade Concubine's life in the world.
Of course, Rongrong had to leave. Ba Wuqing always did this, so he let Mu Yichen be happy for a while~~