Mu Jingrui was immediately pulled back to reality.
Seeing that he didn't say anything, Shangguan Wan Ning didn't want to force him, so she took the initiative to explain: "Xiao Zhenting is going to marry Xiao Xiao. The reason why he sent the wedding dress to me was that he wanted me to help her see if there was anything that needed to be fixed. My father repeatedly warned me not to overstep my authority."
"Originally, these things were done by my mother, but she was not feeling well, so I did it for her." Shangguan Wan Ning secretly observed Mu Jingrui's expression and asked tentatively, "Did you get any clues this time?"
"I……"
"Ning'er, your mother has been..."
Shangguan Yue pushed the door and walked in. The three people in the room were stunned at the same time.
"Dad," Shangguan Wanning came back to her senses and rushed to her father to stop him. She turned back and said to Mu Jingrui, "Go quickly."
Mu Jingrui didn't move.
Shangguan Yue didn't move either.
He didn't shout, didn't alarm anyone, just looked at Mu Jingrui calmly.
The two looked at each other, seemingly trying to figure out each other's reaction.
"You really won't leave?" Shangguan Yue smiled calmly, "If I call the guards now, I can kill you just as long as it's legitimate."
"You may not be able to kill me." Mu Jingrui was not afraid at all, his eyes were calm, "Even if your guards can really outnumber them, you will definitely die before me."
Shangguan Wanning recalled the last time Mu Jingrui assassinated his father.
With his martial arts skills, he could definitely kill his father before the guards rushed in.
Her heart sank, and she opened her arms to block her father. "Mu Jingrui, if you hurt my father, I will never let you go."
Mu Jingrui couldn't help feeling sad when he saw Shangguan Wanning trembling all over.
"Have you been to Linhe County?" Shangguan Yue asked indifferently.
“Yes.”
"Have you seen anyone from the Jiang family?"
"Yes."
"Did you get the stuff?"
"I got it."
Shangguan Wanning was a little surprised by the brief conversation between her father and Mu Jingrui.
This tacit understanding between them must have meant something happened that she didn't know about.
"father……"
"Ning'er, go out first. I want to talk to him." Shangguan Yue gently patted Shangguan Wanning's shoulder.
Shangguan Wanning hesitated and looked at Mu Jingrui with hesitation.
"Don't worry, I won't do anything to your father."
"You'd better do what you say." Shangguan Wanning walked out worriedly.
Shangguan Yue found a chair and sat down, looking at Mu Jingrui carefully. "Do you have something to ask me?"
"Since you already knew that such evidence existed, why didn't you take it out earlier to clear my father's name, instead of just watching the Mu family being ransacked?"
"The Mu family's house was raided, but are you two dead?" Shangguan Yue and Mu Jingrui looked at each other. "You know very well how powerful Grand Tutor Sun is in the court. With Concubine Liu in the harem, it is still unknown whether I can defeat him on my own."
"Besides, your father is not my only friend. I also have to consider the many people who depend on me. They also have families. What would their family members think if they were implicated because of your father's affairs?"
Mu Jingrui couldn’t tell whether what Shangguan Yue said was true or false, so he could only remain silent.
"Then have you ever thought about why you were sent to my house after the Mu family was raided?"
An inexplicable emotion surged in Mu Jingrui's heart.
"Did you arrange this?"
"If I hadn't arranged it this way, do you think you would have survived until now?"
Mu Jingrui actually couldn't deny this.
Before being sent to the Prime Minister's Mansion, the torture he endured was completely fatal, and he didn't know how long he could hold on.
Mu Jingrui remembered something and frowned: "Then Ning'er..."
"She knows nothing. I secretly arranged to send you to my house just to save your life. Ning'er is my daughter. She cried and refused to marry you... To be honest with you, I will never force her."
In this case, Shangguan Wanning must have obtained Shangguan Yue's tacit consent when she later sent him to the prince.
"What happened between you and Ning'er later?"
Mu Jingrui couldn't explain it clearly either.
Shangguan Wanning's attitude towards him seemed to change all of a sudden.
"I kept the evidence because I was looking for a suitable opportunity. Now that Grand Tutor Sun has lost power, this is the best time to bring out the evidence."
Mu Jingrui pondered silently.
He didn't know how much truth there was in Shangguan Yue's words, but it was a fact that Shangguan Yue protected the evidence.
"Thanks."
There were some things that Mu Jingrui still hadn't figured out completely. But so far, at least Shangguan Yue was still on his father's side.
After Mu Jingrui finished speaking, he prepared to leave.
"etc."
Shangguan Yue stopped Mu Jingrui, frowning with some dissatisfaction. "In the future, I don't want you to climb over the wall to secretly see Ning'er again. If someone sees her, it will affect her reputation. If you two are really interested, wait until your father's injustice is cleared, and then come to propose marriage."
Mu Jingrui felt a little ashamed. He had indeed done something wrong.
"I see."
Shangguan Yue watched Mu Jingrui leave, with a trace of worry between his brows.
He walked out of the study and saw Shangguan Wanning pacing anxiously in the garden, looking towards the door from time to time.
"father……"
Seeing her father coming out, Shangguan Wanning immediately came forward. She looked behind her father and asked cautiously, "Where is he?"
"who?"
"That's it..." Shangguan Wan Ning knew her father was teasing her, and stamped her feet, "Dad, you ask even though you already know the answer."
"He's gone." Shangguan Yue looked at his daughter seriously, "Ning'er, you are not allowed to see him privately in the future. After all, you are a lady from a wealthy family. If this gets out, how can you get married in the future?"
"Then I won't get married. I will stay with you and mother forever."
Shangguan Yue laughed and flicked his daughter's forehead. "If that were the case, your mother and I would be so worried."
Shangguan Wanning secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
Although she didn't know what her father and Mu Jingrui had said just now, she believed that they should have parted peacefully.
After Mu Jingrui returned to the Prince's Mansion, he handed all the evidence to Xiao Yujue.
Soon, Xiao Yujue ordered his trusted censor to bring out this secret document again and present it in the court.
The truth came out and Tutor Sun was charged with an even more serious crime.
The emperor was also very happy to see such an outcome. Many court officials had pleaded for Tutor Sun, so he was able to save his life.
Now, the emperor ordered the Ministry of Justice to torture and interrogate Tutor Sun severely, and sentenced him to death by beheading. He also issued an edict to restore the innocence of the Mu family and return all the family property.
Mu Jingrui and Mu Jingyan finally returned to the Mu family's ancestral home.
The two of them looked at the deserted and dilapidated yard and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.
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