Chapter 59 Why must the bridal sedan be his? Isn’t there a prince…
The next day.
"Knock, knock, knock." There was a series of knocks on the door.
Mu Xingchen yawned while covering herself with the quilt. She opened her eyes slightly and saw that the bed was empty.
"Knock knock knock." The door was knocked again.
Mu Xingchen frowned, sat up, and shouted towards the door, "Who is it?"
The person outside didn't answer and just kept knocking on the door.
Mu Xingchen yawned, put on his clothes and went to open the door. After a moment, the door was opened with a creak.
Outside the door, Mu Yao was standing there wearing a flashy red dress and smiling.
"Mu Yao?" Mu Xingchen looked at the person outside the door and asked doubtfully, "What are you doing here?"
Mu Yao walked in without her consent. As she walked, she said, "I have something to tell you." Then she went straight to the table and sat down.
Mu Xingchen raised her eyebrows and turned around to ask, "What's the matter?"
"Sit down." Mu Yao gave a look.
Mu Xingchen was speechless. It turned out that he treated this place as his own room.
Mu Xingchen sat down opposite her and asked, "Can you tell me now?"
"Big sister." Mu Yao suddenly called out.
Xiao Qi reminded her, "Xingchen. She never called Mu Qing 'sister' before. You should be careful. If something is out of the ordinary, there must be something fishy going on."
Mu Xingchen frowned and said straight to the point, "What's the matter, Third Sister?"
"I have a request." Mu Yao suddenly said with a serious expression.
"What?"
"Prince Yan's sedan chair will arrive at the door at three o'clock in the afternoon. I want to get on the sedan chair in your place."
Mu Xingchen was shocked.
What the hell?
"What sedan chair?" she asked in shock.
Mu Yao frowned: "Didn't you promise Prince Yan yesterday to be his concubine? The sedan chair will arrive at noon."
Mu Xingchen was shocked again: "How did you know?"
"Don't worry about how I know this. The bridal sedan will come anyway." Mu Yao's eyes darkened as she spoke. She knew it was because she had a dream again last night.
This dream was completely different from the last one; everything had been disrupted and started over again. She didn't know what had gone wrong, but she knew that if she didn't take action, she would be exterminated along with the Mu family, just like in her dream. So she desperately needed a supporter, and that person was Li Yan. As soon as she married him, she would take her mother and leave the Mu Mansion immediately, far away from this dangerous place.
As for the life of the man before her, she no longer prayed for it. Now, not only could she not pray, but she also had to disassociate herself from him as soon as possible, otherwise, if that man came back to kill her, it would be all over.
Mu Xingchen looked at the person in front of her. She pursed her lips and asked, "If you want to replace me, there are many ways. Why did you come to me in person to tell me? What are you going to do if I don't agree?"
Mu Yao said honestly, "I thought about knocking you out, but... if I had entered the palace like this, I would have suffered a terrible end, so I'd like to ask Big Sister for help. I know you don't want to marry her anymore. You were the one who broke off the engagement. There's no need for you to give up being his wife and become a concubine. Besides, you killed Mo Fei's child. If you marry him, he won't let you go."
Mu Xingchen said with a complicated expression, "Third sister has a bright future ahead of her, so why would she be so willing to become Li Yan's concubine?"
Mu Yao's heart gradually turned cold. She didn't want to, but there was nothing she could do. Li Yan was the only one who could protect them. It was better for her to leave than to stay and have her family wiped out.
"I do." She smiled.
Mu Xingchen was silent for half a second, then suddenly laughed out loud: "Third sister, you want me to cooperate with you, pretending that I don't want to get married, and then let others mistakenly think that I calculated you to get married. But if you do this, you will get the benefits and reputation, but what about me? I will take the blame for you, what can I get?"
Mu Yao's heart turned cold. "Isn't it enough for me to marry in as a concubine for you? Do you really want to marry into Prince Yan's mansion? Is big sister stupid?"
Mu Xingchen covered his chest and said dejectedly: "I am very sad that he framed me, but now that he has personally proposed to marry me, I still have a glimmer of hope. Even if I don't marry her, I don't want her to think that I don't want to get married." Mu Xingchen looked heartbroken.
Xiao Qi bit the bracelet with his teeth and said, "That's enough."
"You!" Mu Yao's stomach was churning, and her face turned red with anger. "You really are mentally ill. You are so mean for a man that you don't even want your life. Mu Qing, is your brain filled with mush?" After saying this, she covered her chest with her hands. She had never felt so disgusted before.
Mu Xingchen sniffed and choked up, "Anyway, Third Sister, if you want to get married, just knock me out." After saying that, she looked at the sky outside and said, "It's almost three quarters past noon. There's no time, Third Sister."
Mu Yao gritted her teeth immediately. She had thought Mu Qing was stupid enough, but she didn't expect her to be so extraordinarily stupid, and it caught her off guard.
She stood up immediately and said coldly, "Alright. If you don't want to play along, then we'll find a scapegoat. When we wake up, we'll pretend we knew nothing."
scapegoat?
"who?"
Mu Yao curled the corners of her mouth.
…
"Ding—" a gong sounded outside, and the matchmaker shouted, "It's three quarters past noon, pick someone up."
The servant outside panicked and said, "What are you doing? You are not allowed to come in. Are you planning to forcefully marry the Mu family's daughter while the master is away?"
Li Yan turned a deaf ear and walked straight inside.
The servant slapped his thigh anxiously. The master was not at home at this hour. "Oh, what should I do?"
If a fight breaks out, it's not worth it to offend Prince Yan for Mu Qing. But if we don't stop him, we'll take him away from the Mu Mansion at noon today. Before tomorrow, the Mu Mansion will become the laughing stock of the entire capital.
The servant glanced outside the door. He had already sent someone to notify the housekeeper and the mistress, but it was probably too late now.
At this moment, Li Jing was squatting on the roof of the house with his arms around Mu Xingchen.
He said in a deep voice: "Mu Qi was stopped by my people and can't come back for the time being."
Mu Xingchen's mouth was broken into a smile. She loved watching plays the most, especially this kind of bloody and chaotic plays.
Li Jing looked at her smile, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly: "Very happy?"
Mu Xingchen nodded, "Yeah. Happy."
The person lying in the room downstairs at this moment is Mu Yao. She found a disguise artist to disguise herself as her.
The disguise artist was very skilled, and his painting was so realistic that it was hard to tell the difference. However, the identity of the disguise artist was beyond her expectations.
"Brother Jing, do you know the top performer in Zui Qing Lou?"
When Li Jing heard the words "Zui Qinglou", his face suddenly darkened.
Mu Xingchen turned her head slightly, and her head suddenly hit his chin. Li Jing put his chin on her head and hugged her tightly with his arms.
"I don't know him."
"oh."
The person who just changed Mu Yao's appearance is the current top star of Zui Qing Lou. Could it be that she appeared here without even changing her appearance, but appeared here openly and blatantly.
Mu Xingchen had a strange look on his face. What was the connection between those two people? This matter seemed to be getting more and more complicated.
Suddenly, Mu Xingchen's heart trembled. She thought of the person Mu Yao mentioned taking the blame. Could that person be Mo Fei?
No, is that right???
"What's wrong?" Li Jing frowned slightly.
Mu Xingchen suppressed the shock in his heart and shook his head, "Nothing serious." It's just that the amount of information is too huge.
A quarter of an hour later, Mu Yao was sent to the bridal sedan in a daze.
The gongs and drums suddenly became deafening.
Mu Xingchen watched the group leave with a complicated expression.
"What? Do you regret it?" Li Jing's face was gloomy.
Mu Xingchen turned her head in confusion. "No, I just think this is a bit too much of a joke. Li Yan's making such a scene will definitely make the Mu family's reputation the laughing stock of the whole city. With that old man... with my father's temper, he will definitely feel extremely embarrassed and will not let it go. After all, the Mu family is the most aristocratic family in Kyoto. How can they still stand together after Li Yan humiliates the Mu family like this?"
Li Jing raised a slight smile on his face. He touched Mu Xingchen's head and brought her back to the room.
He said with a doting look: "You are really smart to think of these things."
Mu Xingchen was speechless.
Li Jing explained, "Li Yan is Xiyao's next monarch, and this is almost unanimously agreed upon by His Majesty and the entire court. However, His Majesty will always be somewhat wary of him until he abdicates. If the Mu family befriends Li Yan at this time, perhaps Li Yan will not suffer any consequences, but the situation for the Mu family is uncertain."
Mu Xingchen asked in confusion: "Why must it be him? Isn't there a prince?" Speaking of which, she seemed to have never seen this prince before.
Li Jing's eyes darkened, "You don't know?"
Mu Xingchen shook his head.
Seeing this, his pupils darkened a little, "It seems that over the years, your eyes have indeed been obsessed with Li Yan."
Mu Xingchen's breathing stagnated. She simply didn't have the opportunity to ask about the prince.
"Forget it." After saying that, she walked straight to the bed.
Li Jing pulled her back into his arms, "You still have a temper."
Mu Xingchen knocked her head against his chest, "Hiss~ So hard."
Li Jing couldn't help laughing. He touched her red forehead and said, "Silly."
Mu Xingchen felt a pang in her heart. She really couldn't maintain her image anymore.
Li Jing stopped teasing her after seeing this, "Prince Xiyao was born with a weak fetus. The imperial physician diagnosed that he would not live past the age of 25."
Mu Xingchen frowned slightly, "What about the other princes?"
"No other prince can match Li Yan's talent. He is one of the most gifted people in the entire continent."
Mu Xingchen agreed with this point. The man was talented, but his brain was not normal.
"So Mu Qi is deliberately putting on a show for His Majesty, right?"
"Yes. The more awkward the quarrel, the more relieved His Majesty will be."
Mu Xingchen sighed. Life is like a play, and it all depends on acting. It's not just her, everyone is acting, and it all depends on who has the better acting skills.
"Please wait for me for a few more days." Li Jing suddenly said.
"What?" Mu Xingchen asked in confusion.
"Wait until I marry you."
Mu Xingchen felt a pang in her heart. She said with a fake smile, "Haha, this matter... is not urgent."
It's not just a matter of not rushing, it's absolutely not necessary. How long their relationship can last depends on when he brings up this matter.
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The author has something to say: Mu Xingchen: Chaos, chaos, chaos, the more chaotic the better.
Li Jing: Do you regret it?
Mu Xingchen: What do you regret?
Li Jing: Do you regret it?
Mu Xingchen: What do you regret?
Li Jing: You just regret it.
Mu Xingchen: ???
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