"Ning'er, what's going on?" Zheng Binghong was very excited. He tried his best to suppress his emotions. He grabbed Shangguan Wanning's arm and asked.
Shangguan Wanning's nose was filled with sourness. She had no one to vent all her pain and grievances, so she leaned into Zheng Binghong's arms and cried bitterly.
She explained what had happened in a disjointed manner, and Zheng Binghong was so shocked that he couldn't utter a word.
He never imagined that his father would even hide it from him.
In order to take revenge and to prevent Mu Jingrui from getting suspicious, Shangguan Wanning was sent to Mu Jingrui in this way.
If anything went wrong, Shangguan Wanning would most likely lose both her innocence and her life.
"Uncle, what should we do?" Shangguan Wanning looked up at Zheng Binghong.
Zheng Binghong's thoughts became a tangled mess. He patted Shangguan Wanning's back gently and took a deep breath.
"Ning'er, I'm also very upset. Please give me some time. Go home first and don't tell anyone about this, okay?"
Shangguan Wanning has been closest to her uncle since she was a child. At this moment, she felt like she had found someone to rely on, and nodded with difficulty.
She didn't even report to her parents and found an excuse to return to the Prime Minister's Mansion.
She fell asleep in a daze, and when she woke up, it was dark outside.
Sitting in the darkness, Shangguan Wan Ning didn't even have the strength to get up and light a candle. She just sat there hugging her knees in a daze.
She didn't know how long it had been, but out of the corner of her eye she seemed to see something flash past the window.
She was startled, then looked up and saw a familiar figure.
"Jing Rui?"
Shangguan Wanning stared blankly.
She forgot her joy and fear, and stood up involuntarily, walking step by step to Mu Jingrui.
She reached out to touch Mu Jingrui, but was afraid that it would make him disappear.
In an instant, tears fell like rain.
"Jingrui, you are finally willing to come and see me?"
Mu Jingrui looked at Shangguan Wanning's haggard appearance, and the resentment and anger in his heart actually dissipated by more than half.
Could it be that she really had her own reasons? Was all her sadness and grief caused by him?
"Jingrui, I'm sorry... I'm really sorry..." Shangguan Wanning cried and confessed to Mu Jingrui, "I didn't know it would turn out like this."
"So, it was you who really gave the troop deployment diagram to Zheng Guoxun?"
Shangguan Wan was stunned.
I had dreamed of Mu Jingrui countless times before, but he never spoke a word. Why was it this time...
This scene is so real.
Shangguan Wanning plucked up her courage, reached out and touched Mu Jingrui's face.
Mu Jingrui stood there without moving.
The warm body temperature is transmitted through the palm of my hand.
Shangguan Wan Ning suddenly came to her senses. "Jing Rui, you are not dead?"
She cried with joy and opened her arms to hug Mu Jingrui.
However, Mu Jingrui smiled coldly.
"Huh, are you disappointed?"
Shangguan Wanning stood there stiffly. "Jingrui, you..."
"Shangguan Wanning, I'm only asking you this once, did you betray me?"
"Jing Rui, I..."
"explain."
Mu Jingrui stepped forward quickly and grabbed Shangguan Wanning's neck.
He wanted Shangguan Wanning to speak, but was afraid to let her speak.
He was afraid that the answer he would hear would be unacceptable and he would collapse.
Shangguan Wanning struggled in pain. Mu Jingrui felt so distressed that he relaxed his grip involuntarily and then pushed her away heavily.
Shangguan Wanning fell on the bed, gasping for breath. She turned to look at Mu Jingrui with tears in her eyes.
"Jing Rui, I never thought of betraying you. When I heard that you were trapped in Tiangou Gorge, I was very worried... I begged grandpa to find a way to save you... He... He modified the deployment map, and I thought he wanted to help you..."
Mu Jingrui was also unwilling to believe that the kind-hearted girl in his mind would betray him for revenge and even kill 100,000 innocent soldiers.
"Jing Rui, please believe me. I really didn't betray you. How could I betray you?"
Mu Jingrui's heart was filled with ripples.
The tragic battle was still vivid in his mind, and his narrow escape was just an accident. If Chu Xiaolian hadn't helped him, he would have been waiting for reincarnation on the Naihe Bridge.
Looking at the hesitant Mu Jingrui, Shangguan Wanning's heart was as calm as water.
She took out a dagger from under her pillow and said sadly, "Since you don't believe me, then just kill me."
Mu Jingrui's heart ached deeply.
"Jingrui." Shangguan Wanning approached Mu Jingrui cautiously and gently pulled his sleeve.
The fact that he is alive is more important than anything else.
"Is what you said true?" Mu Jingrui looked at his beloved and couldn't help but soften his heart.
"Jingrui..." Shangguan Wanning didn't want to explain again. She looked at Mu Jingrui carefully and concernedly, "Are you injured? How are you now?"
Mu Jingrui's heart moved, and all the psychological defenses he had built up were easily broken by Shangguan Wanning at this moment.
He walked up to Shangguan Wanning, hugged her and kissed her lips hard.
Shangguan Wanning responded to her kiss, and they both fell to the ground.
For a long time, Mu Jingrui suppressed his confused thoughts, clenched his fists and suppressed his impulse.
His fingers gently stroked Shangguan Wanning's face.
"Ning'er, everyone in the world can betray me, but you can't. Do you know that?"
Shangguan Wanning nodded, hugged Mu Jingrui's neck, and said softly: "Jingrui, believe me, I really didn't betray you. Now that you can come back safely, even if I have to shorten my life by ten years, I am willing."
"Ning'er, I really... want you very much."
Shangguan Wanning's face turned red instantly. She turned her head to avoid Mu Jingrui's burning gaze, her heart beating wildly.
"But, Ning'er, I can't tarnish your innocence without knowing the reason. I want to marry you in a grand manner."
Mu Jingrui kissed Shangguan Wanning lightly on the lips. "Only if I am cleared of my innocence can I return to the court with dignity. Ning'er, now you are the only one who can testify against Zheng Guoxun and his son."
Shangguan Wanning's body stiffened, and she suddenly felt cold all over.
"Ning'er, I know it's difficult for you to do this. But it's not just for me. Think about the 100,000 soldiers who died in vain. They were innocent. Do you have the heart to let them die in vain?"
Shangguan Wanning was in a state of confusion and subconsciously avoided Mu Jingrui's gaze.
Mu Jingrui could understand her feelings, so he sat up and held her in his arms.
"I have already met His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and he promised me that he would do his best to protect the rest of the Zheng family. Ning'er, if it only involved me, this matter would be over. But now... 100,000 lives are at stake."
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