Chapter 113 A Promising Future

Mu Xi couldn't think of another solution for the time being, so she had to proceed with the original plan.

The task she was about to undertake required a large number of people, but she only had a handful of trustworthy and capable individuals around her.

Mu Xi could only pull Doctor Luo aside and say, "Doctor Luo, do you know that the Marquis is going to stage a 'self-destructive act' at the birthday banquet, making me unrecognizable, and then changing me into that identity of 'Shen Zhixi'?"

"I guessed it," Doctor Luo frowned even more deeply. "But what is this 'playing with fire'? Is it to use fire as a cover-up? That's incredibly dangerous."

Whether it's dangerous or not is not something Mu Xi is considering right now.

She only had one thought in mind: "Dr. Luo, are you really just going to watch me be exchanged for some concubine's daughter in a marquis's mansion?"

"This..." Doctor Luo pondered.

Mu Xi further persuaded, "Doctor Luo, tell me, if my mother were still alive, if I hadn't been raised as a boy, what would things be like now?"

"You mean... but it's useless to say these things now." Doctor Luo naturally understood.

Mu Xi sat up straight: "I am not reconciled. I am not reconciled that the dignified heir of the Jun family will die with his face disfigured, and then spend the rest of his life hiding in his boudoir, unable to see anyone."

Doctor Luo's mind was clearly in disarray: "But even if you don't change your identity, can you really be the Prince of Jinfang forever?"

"Why the title of 'Prince'? Is it something to be proud of?" Even now, Mu Xi still feels awkward whenever others call her "Prince". "My mother was originally the dignified 'Princess Yunying'. I am her daughter. If I were to appear as a daughter, even without this Jin Fang Jun Mansion and my father without the title of Jin Fang Jun Marquis, I should still be a princess, right?"

Doctor Luo was undecided: "That's true, but time can't be turned back. How can you regain your identity?"

“As long as Doctor Luo is willing to help me.” Mu Xi reached out and grabbed Doctor Luo’s sleeve. “This birthday banquet has two purposes for Lord Jun. The first is to create momentum for Mu Xun’s rise to power, and the second is to allow me to change my identity. His plan is probably to intentionally or unintentionally start a fire during the ‘Sword Dance for Birthday Celebration,’ and then have me pretend to set myself on fire. I estimate that he will arrange for a corpse of similar height to be a scapegoat beforehand, and then, because it will be burned beyond recognition, it will be considered that I have confessed. I will then switch places with it in the fire. I guess this was probably discussed and agreed upon privately with Lord Shen some time ago, but I only found out about it yesterday morning.”

"You mean Shen Lun will come?" Doctor Luo didn't know how much of what he heard was being heard, but he noticed Marquis Shen Lun of Yong State.

Mu Xi then told him all the known details: "Yes, Lord Shen will be bringing his two daughters, one of whom is my other, unseen identity. That's not important. What's important is that the replacement of people in the fire will definitely require Lord Shen's personal operation. Since he is the famous shaman 'Jiuyi' in private, it's no problem for him to play with fire, replace people, and even perform a magic trick in the process."

In Yansheng, it is impossible to know how many truly capable sorcerers there are, but the vast majority are definitely swindlers and tricksters.

Since Mu Xi learned that Marquis Shen Lun of Yong State was also the mastermind behind Zhu Ming Pavilion, she was able to more easily deduce the purpose of this birthday banquet.

"Shen Lun or a shaman?" Doctor Luo, who was not thinking about anything, was surprised again.

"Doctor Luo doesn't know?" Mu Xi knew from the original owner's memories that Doctor Luo had befriended Shen Lun in his youth before meeting his birth mother, Shen Ying. She just didn't know why, in the many years that followed, although Doctor Luo devoted himself to Shen Ying's daughter, he never mentioned Shen Lun again.

The divine physician stroked his beard and muttered to himself, "He's actually a shaman? When did he become a shaman..."

Mu Xi waited for a long time but saw that Doctor Luo had not recovered, so she had to continue on her own: "Now a stage has been set up in the main courtyard. I suspect that there are mechanisms under the stage. When the time comes, Lord Shen will take advantage of the chaos to switch me with the mechanism. I hope that Doctor Luo can help me stop Lord Shen's actions at the right time with silver needles."

Doctor Luo finally came to her senses: "You don't want to switch identities? It's not difficult for me to stop him..."

"Doctor Luo has agreed?" Mu Xi was also surprised that Doctor Luo agreed so readily.

"Leaving Shen Lun aside for now, let's just talk about..." Doctor Luo had considered the details, "You don't want to follow the arrangements, so you probably didn't intend for your lord father to know beforehand? Since you still have to perform the sword dance to celebrate the birthday, why not stop the fire during the dance to reduce the danger?"

“I must be set ablaze in front of everyone, only through fire can I be reborn.” Since Mu Xi wanted to entrust this to Doctor Luo, and Doctor Luo genuinely cared about her safety, she revealed part of her plan. “Since Lord Shen could devise such a fire-based trick, he must have some fire-avoidance techniques. I’ve heard that some shamans, when performing exorcism dances, sometimes jump over piles of firewood, tread on burning coals, and run through hoops of fire, so he must have some methods. I just need to follow Lord Shen’s instructions until the very last step…”

Since he's going to follow the path of a shaman, then playing the "rebirth from the ashes" trick first can make Prince Jin Fang famous.

They could even debut as a divine revelation shaman to pave the way for future "divine pronouncements" or "divine mandates".

Doctor Luo disagreed: "Leaving aside what you will do after you retain your status as the heir apparent, this method is too risky, tantamount to playing with fire and getting burned."

“There will be no danger. If ‘playing with fire’ is an essential skill for every shaman, then I am willing to try it out first.” Mu Xi has been searching through several books from the original owner’s memories and looking for methods in the books, but she has not found them yet.

Doctor Luo still had some reservations and was reluctant to agree easily.

Mu Xi had no choice but to back down again: "I don't expect Doctor Luo to agree right now, after all, it requires your help to assassinate a marquis with silver needles..."

"Am I afraid of offending Shen Lun?" Doctor Luo suddenly became angry. "Don't even mention that he's some dog-shit marquis. Even if he became the Heavenly King himself, I wouldn't put him in my eyes."

Mu Xi knew that there must have been something between Jin Fangjun Mu Zhen, Yongguo Hou Shen Lun, and Doctor Luo back then. She didn't care, but she could use it.

Being able to read people so well means you can figure out many things even if you're clueless.

So she coaxed Doctor Luo, "So, Doctor Luo has agreed, huh? I've only met this uncle a couple of times, and suddenly I'm supposed to be his daughter? I don't want to. I'd rather be the doctor's daughter."

"Sigh... You're playing with fire. It's not hard to help you with this, but what will you do afterward?" Doctor Luo shook his head helplessly.

"The future? I have my own plans for the future. In short, as long as I don't change my identity, Doctor Luo can always stay by my side. That's how we can be together forever." With her approval, Mu Xi finally felt a little relieved.

The plan is progressing steadily step by step; we can't rush it, because the future is promising.