"Dad, my daughter is in the capital." Cai Muge thought, "My daughter is afraid of being caught, so she has been hiding and dared not come back."
Cai Tingzhou glanced warily at the street and whispered, "Hurry into the mansion."
The father and daughter entered the mansion.
As soon as he entered the mansion, Cai Tingzhou said softly, "You are also my daughter. How could I bear to send you to your death?"
"Daddy?"
"You think everyone knows that you are not Long Yaodong's concubine. If your father pushes you out, those people working in the court will definitely not dare to kill you immediately. If they dare to kill people at will, then your father can also legitimately report them."
Hearing this, Cai Muge thought that neither King Rui nor General Pang and General Yan had killed her.
Could it be just as my father said?
Cai Tingzhou continued, "Although my father pushed you out with the direct intention of saving your elder sister, you must also know that as a father, I will definitely come to your rescue. Even if you have been safe and sound for a while, why didn't you send a message back? You actually made your father and your aunt worry about you."
When Cai Muge heard the name of his biological mother, his heart skipped a beat: "Is my aunt okay?"
"Okay, I just miss you so much that I often cry."
"Daddy, I want to go see her."
"Go ahead."
"Thank you, Daddy!"
Cai Muge walked towards his biological mother's yard.
After she walked quite a distance away, Cai Tingzhou narrowed his eyes and said to the person beside him, "Go and tell the young lady that Mu Ge is back."
The lady he was talking about was Cai Mushi.
The only legitimate daughter in the mansion.
The servant said he was leaving.
--
On the other side, Fu Ciyi and Yan Funing left the Fu family.
In the carriage, Yan Funing said, "My husband just took me to that courtyard on purpose. Did he want Cai Muge to misunderstand that we were staying there for a while?"
"Ningning is indeed smart." Fu Ciyi played with her soft little hands.
"The Cai Muge I saw today has a mellow face, which shows that she is living a comfortable life. In this case, I guess she has lost the desire for revenge."
"That's why I put her back."
I never expected Cai Muge to be brave enough to kill Cai Mushi.
A concubine's daughter of the Cai family has always been a timid person, and it is impossible for her temperament to change overnight.
"My husband wants to lure the snake out of its hole?"
"Yeah." Fu Ciyi nodded. "In fact, Cai Mushi should have died long ago. The only purpose of keeping her alive is to uproot the Cai family."
Cai Mushi is Long Yaodong's concubine.
Long Yaodong committed the serious crime of treason, so his woman should naturally be implicated.
Therefore, Cai Mushi should have died long ago, but the Cai family is deeply rooted, and it would take a lot of effort to wipe out all the relationships between the Cai family and Cai Tingzhou.
Keeping Cai Mushi for the time being would also leave a hidden danger.
Now is the time to formally deal with this hidden danger and deal with the Cai family at the same time.
--
Soon Cai Mushi arrived at Cai Tingzhou's study: "Dad, I heard that sister Muge is back?"
"Well, she is safe and sound, without any physical injuries. There must be something fishy going on." Cai Tingzhou expressed his opinion.
"Dad wanted her to die in my place. She must have hated both you and me deeply." Cai Mushi sat down opposite her father and poured him tea. "Dad, I'm afraid she's our rival and wants to mess with our family and disrupt our Cai family."
"Father thinks so too, but the current situation is not suitable for making things clear."
"Let my daughter talk to her."
"Okay."
Cai Mushi thought of something and asked, "I heard that something big happened in the morning court today."
"It's indeed a big deal. The Empress Dowager is not the biological mother of the new emperor. The biological mother of the new emperor is someone else." Cai Tingzhou told his daughter about the morning court session, and then said, "The Ling family wants to cooperate with me. I think if I want to have power in the future, I have to delay and think of a solution."
"My humble opinion is that we should cooperate. However, the Ling family is ultimately a military family. Military generals only have brute force, so it's understandable that they want to rely on their father's wisdom to win. But our Cai family has no military power. If we want to have a greater say in the future, we must have a deep cooperation with Prince Chi."
Cai Tingzhou laughed out loud when he heard this: "You are indeed better than your brothers."
"Father, you're too kind." Cai Mushi said modestly, "Let me think about how to convince Prince Chi and work closely with him."
"Um."
The father and daughter talked for a while, and Cai Mushi ordered the servants: "Go and ask Miss Muge to come over, and tell her that my father and I have something to say to her."
The servant said he was leaving.
Soon, Cai Muge was taken to Cai Tingzhou's study.
"Daddy, sister." Cai Muge bowed.
Cai Mushi held her half-sister's hand affectionately and said, "Hurry up and sit down. Daddy and I were just talking about how much you've suffered recently."
"Sister." Cai Muge sat down obediently and called softly.
She couldn't tell whether the elder sister in front of her was pretending or really cared about her.
"During the time you were away, I blamed myself every day. As your elder sister, I failed to protect you. It's my fault," Cai Mushi explained. "When I brought you to the Crown Prince's Mansion, I wanted you and me to share the glory and wealth so that we could deal with the Crown Princess together. I really wanted you to get pregnant with Long Yaodong's child so that we could preserve our status in the Crown Prince's Mansion. I never imagined that someone would be jealous of us and say that I wanted to use my surrogacy to bear a child, trying to alienate our relationship."
"Back then, I said a lot of harsh words to you to protect myself. I am your sister, right?"
"But if I don't do this, I won't be able to survive. You are actually Long Yaodong's woman, so you won't be able to survive either."
"Only if we pretend to fight and one of us moves towards that side will we have a chance to both survive."
"My sister is alive. Is it because His Royal Highness Prince Rui, General Pang, General Yan and the others have kept her safe?"
She asked tentatively.
You should know that the person who was in charge of purging Long Yaodong's rebels at that time was Long Wenyu, and the assistants were the soldiers of the Imperial Guard.
If that’s the case, it must be them.
"Sister, you even know this?" Cai Muge widened her eyes.
"Of course I know, because I know they dare not kill you, and if I fall into their hands, Prince Rui will kill me first." As she spoke, Cai Mushi went to tidy up the hair by Cai Muge's ear, "I have always sent someone to take care of your aunt."
It's finally time to use it.
As expected, Cai Muge nodded: "Auntie is very good."
She had already gone to see him and heard that the lady and the first daughter treated her very well, and even her father often stayed overnight in the lady's room.
Cai Mushi took the opportunity to ask, "Can you tell me how they let you back?"
Cai Muge glanced at her father, then stood up and knelt down: "I am an unfilial daughter. His Royal Highness Prince Rui released me this time because he ordered me to assassinate my sister."
"How can this be possible?" Cai Tingzhou shouted angrily.
Cai Mushi helped Cai Muge up: "Sister, do you want to kill me?"
"No!" Cai Muge shook her head. "Sister, His Royal Highness Prince Rui wants to kill you not only because you are Long Yaodong's concubine, but also because you once had a relationship with him?"
"It must be that he wants to kill me to please Yan Funing." Cai Mushi said bitterly, "If I get the chance, I will kill Yan Funing!"
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