Before the Royal Guards arrived, Zheng Guoxun and Zheng Bingrong had left a suicide note, and both father and son committed suicide by taking poison.
In addition, Shangguan Wanning had been missing and had not returned for a long time, so Mrs. Shangguan fell ill all of a sudden.
Shangguan Yue came to Mu Jingrui's home and asked directly, "Where is my daughter?"
Mu Jingrui did not deny it either.
"She's fine. I'll take her back later."
Shangguan Yue didn't say anything else. He guessed the reason why Mu Jingrui detained Shangguan Wanning, and he was sure that Mu Jingrui would not hurt her.
"Now that things have come to this, I hope you and Ning'er... can stop here." Shangguan Yue's expression was serious.
Mu Jingrui suddenly thought of Shangguan Wanning and Sun Jinyao. He smiled coldly with a firm attitude.
"You betrothed her to me since she was a child. I don't care whether you are willing or not. Anyway, if she wants to marry, she can only marry me."
"Mu Jingrui, don't think I really can't do anything to you."
After all, Shangguan Yue is the prime minister and the head of all officials. Even if Mu Jingrui is still the Minister of War, he is below him.
"You and Ning'er will not have a future, so you'd better take care of yourself."
Watching Shangguan Yue walk away, Mu Jingrui felt deeply decadent and sad.
He came to the villa and saw Shangguan Wanning sitting alone under a tree, with her hands around her knees, staring blankly at the ground.
At that moment, Mu Jingrui's heart softened.
He walked up to Shangguan Wanning, not knowing how to tell her the result of the matter.
Mu Jingrui squatted down in front of Shangguan Wanning and said softly, "I'll take you home."
Shangguan Wan Ning came back to her senses, her heart aching.
She grabbed Mu Jingrui's arm and asked nervously, "Is the case over? Where's my grandfather? Where's my third uncle?"
Mu Jingrui lowered his eyelids and avoided Shangguan Wanning's inquiry.
"Are they...dead?"
It would be strange if the emperor didn't kill them after knowing that they had brought an army of 100,000 to an irretrievable end.
However, Mu Jingrui could not bear to tell Shangguan Wanning that after they committed suicide, the emperor still felt unsatisfied and hung their bodies on the city wall to be exposed to the sun.
The residence of Marquis Yiyong was ransacked and no one was allowed to offer sacrifices or collect the bodies of the two.
"Let's talk about it when we get back. At this time...your mother needs you."
Mother was Shangguan Wanning's weak spot. She stood up immediately.
Mu Jingrui accompanied Shangguan Wanning and deliberately avoided the noisy streets, but in the end they could not avoid them.
As the two men walked through an alley, they saw a group of people scrambling for rotten vegetable leaves and slop, muttering and cursing.
"I can't believe that the Marquis of Yiyong is such a person. What a family of loyal heroes. Pah!"
"That's right. For their own selfish desires, they disregarded the lives of 100,000 soldiers. It's a good death for them."
"Let's go and smash some balls to vent our anger."
Shangguan Wanning listened to everyone's discussion and her hands and feet suddenly turned cold and her face turned pale.
"Go back."
"Where is my grandpa?" Shangguan Wanning looked at Mu Jingrui with tears in her eyes and roared, "Tell me."
Mu Jingrui didn't say anything. Shangguan Wanning pushed him away and ran with the crowd.
"Shangguan Wanning, you are not allowed to go." Mu Jingrui ran to chase her, but in the excitement of the crowd, he was pushed around by the crowded crowd and could not catch Shangguan Wanning at all.
Shangguan Wanning followed the people to the city gate. From afar, she saw her grandfather and third uncle hanging on the city wall like two withered leaves.
This scene is just like the previous life.
But... now there are only two of them.
But it still caused a huge shock to Shangguan Wanning's heart.
She stood there blankly, scenes flashing through her mind, her grandfather's love and teachings for her still vividly remembered.
"Why...why is it like this..." Shangguan Wanning murmured to herself, tears no longer able to stop flowing freely.
Shangguan Wanning's knees softened and she fell to the ground.
"People like this deserve to be exposed to the sun and they deserve to have a bad end."
"Their flesh should be cut off piece by piece and fed to the dogs."
Faced with the excited and abusive people, the soldiers defending the city considerately lowered the ropes so that the things in their hands could hit Zheng Guoxun and Zheng Bingrong.
Shangguan Wanning saw this and, with strength from nowhere, she pushed through the crowd and rushed to the front.
"Please... let them go... they know they are wrong..." Shangguan Wanning begged bitterly, tears streaming down her face.
"Who are you, little girl? Get out of the way."
"That's right. How can you be so ignorant of right and wrong? They deserve what they get."
Shangguan Wanning couldn't refute it, but she really couldn't remain indifferent when she had to watch her loved ones die and be insulted.
"They are already dead... When people die... Everything is empty. Please have mercy and stop treating them like this, okay?"
"You are in the same group with them. Well, if you don't move aside, I will beat you too."
Someone in the crowd took the lead and threw several eggs at Shangguan Wanning's face.
The pain made her thoughts clearer.
Her refusal to move aside aroused even more anger, and everyone turned their anger toward her.
"If they hadn't betrayed me, my son wouldn't have died. I wish I could eat their flesh and drink their blood..."
An old man rushed over, picked up a bucket of manure and poured it towards Shangguan Wanning.
Shangguan Wanning just felt like someone pushed her.
Mu Jingrui stood in front of her.
She looked up at Mu Jingrui's miserable appearance and tears fell like rain.
"Walk."
Mu Jingrui pulled Shangguan Wanning and was about to squeeze out of the crowd, but they were surrounded by people.
Mu Jingrui was not afraid of thousands of troops, but he was helpless when facing the unarmed civilians.
Seeing that they were getting more and more excited and starting to rush over to punch and kick, he had no choice but to protect Shangguan Wanning as much as possible.
Seeing the situation becoming increasingly chaotic, the soldiers defending the city had no choice but to send troops to suppress the situation and hang the bodies of Zheng Guoxun and Zheng Bingrong.
"Grandpa... Third Uncle..."
Shangguan Wanning looked up at the two people closest to her and cried inconsolably.
Her vision and consciousness gradually blurred until she lost consciousness completely.
When she woke up again, she was already in her room, and Lu Tong was standing beside her bed with red eyes.
"Miss, are you awake?"
"Girl, how are you? Are you still feeling uncomfortable?" Lu Xiangzi also came over and asked with concern.
Shangguan Wanning had already accepted the reality. She barely supported herself and sat up, and asked weakly, "Master, how is my mother?"
"She was shocked and fainted several times in a row. I'm afraid... she will need a long period of rest before she can recover."
"My lady, the master asked me to tell you not to worry too much. He will do his best to take care of other things."
Shangguan Wanning closed her eyes in pain and remained silent.
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