As soon as Mu Jingyan saw his brother's expression, he knew that he had become soft-hearted, and he immediately became furious.
She glared at Shangguan Wanning angrily and said angrily, "It was our own idea. It has nothing to do with His Royal Highness the Crown Prince."
"Why are you doing this? How has my father wronged you?"
Shangguan Wanning was so angry that she was shaking all over. She didn't understand what had happened. She had tried so hard to make peace with Mu Jingrui, but...
It seems like it is developing along the same trajectory as in the previous life?
Mu Jingyan had a straightforward personality and believed that things should be done in an open and aboveboard manner, so he frankly told Master Sun what he had said and everything they had found out.
During this process, Mu Jingrui remained silent. The arrow wound on his back probably made him feel pain, and he frowned from time to time.
"Why don't you speak?" Shangguan Wanning looked at Mu Jingrui, feeling a little disappointed.
Mu Jingrui lowered his eyelids, feeling helpless.
"I have nothing to say."
Shangguan Wanning took a deep breath and said firmly, "My father would never do that. He would never frame his best friend of many years just to support Xiao Zhenting to take the top position."
"You say it can't happen, so it can't happen? That's just your one-sided statement." Mu Jingyan scolded angrily.
"Aren't Tutor Sun's words just one-sided?" Shangguan Wanning cast her gaze towards Mu Jingyan, her eyes darkening.
"I know that no matter what I say today, you won't believe it. I don't want to explain anymore." Shangguan Wanning's thoughts were a little confused. Everything she was experiencing now was something she had never experienced in her previous life.
She needs some time to sort it out and digest it.
"Just now, you saved my life, and I also helped you escape. We... owe each other nothing. But I warn you two, don't come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to assassinate or cause trouble again."
Shangguan Wanning clenched her fists, stared at Mu Jingrui and said word by word: "I won't let anyone, including you, hurt my parents. If there is a next time, I will not show mercy."
After saying this, Shangguan Wanning lifted the curtain of the carriage and prepared to get off.
Mu Jingyan was so angry that he didn't want to let her go easily.
Just as he was about to step forward and grab her, Mu Jingrui grabbed his wrist and he was unable to move.
"Brother..." Mu Jingyan struggled angrily for a few times, "You are my father's son. You don't want to avenge him, but you are obsessed with your enemy's daughter. How can you be worthy of him and mother?"
Mu Jingrui felt bad when he saw tears welling up in his sister's eyes.
"It hasn't come to that yet. No matter what, she saved us tonight. I promise you, if it is proven that Shangguan Yue killed my parents, I will kill him with my own hands and show no mercy."
Mu Jingyan didn't know what to do and couldn't help but cover his face and cry.
Shangguan Wanning walked back in a daze, and soon met the butler who came to help her.
"Miss, are you okay?"
Shangguan Wanning shook her head absentmindedly.
Mu Jingrui's indifference and Mu Jingyan's hatred kept appearing in her mind, making her upset.
"You should go back soon. After waking up, Madam learned that you were kidnapped by assassins and fainted again."
Shangguan Wanning suddenly came to her senses and hurried home.
Shangguan Yue called the imperial physician from the palace, who was now pacing anxiously in front of the door.
His wife was in a coma and his daughter was arrested, leaving him with nowhere to go.
"Dad, don't worry. Aunt and sister will surely be blessed." Shangguan Xiaoxiao came over with a cup of tea. "You must take care of yourself. I made you a cup of ginseng tea. Please have a drink."
Shangguan Yue was extremely anxious, but looking at his little daughter who was lowering her head and looking obedient, he couldn't bear to reject her filial piety, so he picked up the cup and took a sip.
"Dad...Mom..."
As soon as Shangguan Wanning came back, she rushed into her parents' room. Shangguan Yue hurriedly went to meet her, grabbed her and looked her over carefully.
"Ning'er, how are you? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine," Shangguan Wan Ning suppressed her excitement and asked, "Where's mom?"
"Inside the room, the imperial physician is still giving her acupuncture. Go in and take a look. If you return safely, her injuries will be mostly healed."
Shangguan Wanning walked straight into the inner room, and did not open her eyes until dawn appeared in the eastern sky.
Shangguan Wanning helped her mother take the medicine before returning to her room to bathe and change clothes.
It was not until she woke up from a nap that Lu Tong reported: "Miss, the master just sent someone to tell you. Go see him when you wake up."
Shangguan Wanning paused. She had many doubts and anxieties in her heart, but now she calmed down.
She poured a cup of tea and took it to her father's study.
Shangguan Yue dismissed all the servants and asked with concern: "Are you injured last night?"
"No."
"Who is the person who kidnapped you?"
Shangguan Wanning's heart skipped a beat. She avoided her father's inquiring gaze and thought quickly, wondering whether she should tell the truth.
"You know those two men, don't you?"
Her father's questioning made Shangguan Wanning feel ashamed.
She took a deep breath and looked up at her father. "That's right."
"That's right. If you hadn't known them, the man in black wouldn't have risked his life to block the arrow for you." Shangguan Yue put down the book in his hand, "Is it Mu Jingrui?"
Shangguan Wanning's cheeks flushed slightly and she walked to her father's side.
"Dad, actually...can you not arrest him for now?"
"Then can you give me a reason not to arrest him? Ning'er, you have to know that Mu Jingrui is a martial arts expert and a careful thinker. If he intends to kill me, I will be unable to defend myself. You don't want me to die in his hands one day, do you?"
Shangguan Wanning's heartbeat inexplicably accelerated, and the tragedy of her previous life once again came to her mind.
She shuddered all over and her face turned extremely pale. After hesitating for a while, she told Mu Jingyan about his suspicions about his father.
After listening to this, Shangguan Yue looked calm and his eyes remained calm.
"So do you believe me or them?"
"Of course I believe in Dad." Shangguan Wanning blurted out without thinking.
Shangguan Yue nodded with satisfaction.
"Ning'er, you have to remember that those who are innocent are innocent. Dad has never done anything to let his friends down." Shangguan Yue gently patted the back of his daughter's hand. "I think Mu Jingrui will continue to investigate, so let him investigate. The truth will come out one day. But..."
Shangguan Yue suddenly became serious and said, "Don't get too close to him. This person... you may not be able to control him."
Shangguan Wanning's heart sank. She didn't want to add to her father's troubles at this time, so she could only nod in agreement.
Coming out of her father's study, she looked up at the blue afternoon sky, her mind full of thoughts.
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