Chapter 125 Prince
"Just woke up." Mu Xi didn't know what else to say.
Mu Xun quickly went to the bedside.
Mu Xi also turned around.
When Mu Zhen saw Mu Xun, he struggled to sit up.
Mu Xun rushed forward to help him up, but Mu Zhen was too weak to lift him up no matter what he did.
Finally, it was Doctor Luo who spoke up: "Sitting up is difficult in your current condition, so please use a cushion to make it easier to talk."
Mu Xun did as he was told and gently settled Mu Zhen in.
Mu Zhen struggled to breathe for a while on the cushion, and when she was about to speak again, she looked at Mu Xi and said, "I know you hate me."
"..." Mu Xi was speechless, not expecting Jin Fangjun Mu Zhen to say such a thing.
Mu Zhen's eyes were devoid of any warmth: "You hate your father, but I have no regrets. My only regret in this life is that I couldn't fulfill my promise to Crown Prince Zhaomu before I died. As for sacrificing you... you are still my daughter after all. Even if I owe you, so be it. Cough cough..."
Mu Xi was truly shocked and speechless, never expecting that even in his final moments, her scumbag father wouldn't offer the original owner a single bit of warmth.
Shen Lun said with a gloomy face, "Why are you saying these things at a time like this? She is your daughter, so that is her life, but there is no debt owed to her. Don't worry, if it doesn't work out tonight, I will consider a solution for the future."
Mu Zhen, panting, ignored Shen Lun's words and struggled to reach out and take Mu Xun's hand: "Child, I think you've probably already guessed a bit, that I'm not your biological father. But you might not know that your biological father is the former Crown Prince Xi Hao of Yan Zhaomu. Your original surname was Xi, so you should be called Xi Xun. You are a grandson of the Yan Kingdom, and you were born with the responsibility of restoring the kingdom. Alas... you are a good child in every way, except that you are too kind, just like your father. However, you must never listen to Xi'er blindly in the future, understand?"
Perhaps the amount of information contained in those few words was too much, for Mu Xun, kneeling in front of the bed, couldn't react at all.
Hearing this, Mu Xi's brain completely shut down.
Shen Lun reassured him again, "Don't worry, I'll take care of everything from now on."
Mu Zhen then looked up and nodded to Shen Lun: "Naturally, everything depends on you now, my body is no longer of any use..."
Shen Lun did not show any sadness, but simply said, "If you have anything else to say, just say it all."
Mu Zhen was barely breathing, and with great effort turned back to Mu Xi and Mu Xun: "I... I have two things to give you, as my last words... I trust Xun'er completely, Xi'er, you must..."
"Wait, are you saying Mu Xun isn't your biological son? And he's actually a grandson of the former Yan King?" Mu Xi's brain rebooted, and the first thing she did was disbelief. "What's going on? Explain yourself clearly. The Mu clan defeated the former Yan Xi clan to establish their kingdom. Are you saying you've been helping the Xi clan restore their kingdom all these years?"
Why would Jin Fangjun Muzhen, a legitimate member of the Mu clan of the Yu Kingdom, rebel against his own country and relatives?
This is unreasonable, utterly unreasonable.
“You’re a daughter, what right do you have to ask so many questions? If you had any filial piety, you wouldn’t have done what you just did. You should just listen to what’s on your mind.” Mu Zhen wasn’t dead yet, but Shen Lun had clearly begun to act like the head of the family.
Mu Xi was indignant, but her scumbag father, Mu Zhen, looked so pitiful, and she disliked Shen Lun's constant use of the term "daughter."
Just now at the birthday banquet in the main hall, when she disguised herself as a man and was so presumptuous, Shen Lun didn't say a word.
How can they look down on women like this in private?
Unable to hold back any longer, she retorted: "What's wrong with girls? Girls have brains too, and they know whether they are boys or girls. But they don't want to be used as boys from birth. That would be a risk of losing their heads."
Shen Lun's willow-leaf-shaped eyes narrowed to slits: "You... how can your temperament be like this? This doesn't match what was mentioned in the letter."
"Uh..." Mu Zhen was barely clinging to life, so she didn't have time to listen to the two bickering. "Zi Rui, at this point, they should know the whole story from back then. I... I'm not good enough... You... you should tell them a little bit."
"Zi Rui" is Shen Lun's courtesy name.
Marquis Shen Lun of Yongguo's face was clouded with gloom, revealing no other emotions, nor any reluctance or sadness at Mu Zhen's impending death: "Alright, then I will speak. If there is anything I have missed, you can add it."
Mu Xi glanced at Mu Xun, who was still kneeling in front of the bed, motionless with his head bowed, his expression unreadable, and it was impossible to know what he was thinking.
Shen Lun found a chair by the window next to the bed and sat down: "To talk about this, we have to start with the ancestors of the Mu family. Mu Huan, the founding emperor of the Great Yu Kingdom, was originally the former General of Yan. Going back three generations from the Mu family, they were all ministers of the Yan Kingdom."
Mu Xi knew that Mu Huan was the father of the current Prince Yu, Mu Ji, and his scumbag father, Jin Fangjun Mu Zhen. However, she did not expect that he was originally the Grand General of Qianyan. In that case, it was really not simple that someone stole his remains.
Shen Lun continued: "During the reign of Xi Yu, the last ruler of Yan Kingdom, the Mu family held a very high position. In the court, there was a general who commanded the entire Yan Sheng army, and in the harem, there was Lady Mu, who was equivalent to a concubine. Lady Mu also gave birth to the king's eldest son, who was also a strong contender for the throne."
Mu Xi wanted to ask, "Who is that former Crown Prince who was close to that scumbag father?"
Shen Lun could read Mu Xi's mind without even lifting his eyelids: "Although Lady Mu gave birth to the eldest son before the Queen, it was ultimately the Queen's second son who was named Crown Prince Zhaomu. This may be the origin of the trouble. Lady Mu is Mu Huan's elder sister. The two siblings were born of the same mother and had a deep bond. Mu Huan has four sons, as you all know."
Mu Xi already knew from the original owner's memories that Shen Lun was referring to Mu Huan's eldest son, the current Xuan You Jun Mu Zong; the second son, Mu Ji, the current Yu King; the third son, the scumbag father Jin Fang Jun Mu Zhen; and the unassuming youngest son, Mu Dong, who shared the same mother as the scumbag father.
Shen Lun didn't waste any words and directly divided the four into camps: "Back then, because Lady Mu gave birth to the eldest son of the king, Xi Cong, Mu Huan always hoped that this nephew would inherit the throne in the future. He sent Mu Zong to the palace as a companion to the king at a very young age. Later, Mu Ji also joined in, all supporting Xi Cong to become the crown prince. However, your father, Mu Zhen, happened to be on good terms with Crown Prince Zhao Mu, Xi Hao, and they had a deep relationship. Mu Huan was torn between his eldest son and the crown prince. On one side was his family, and on the other was righteousness. Which one could he choose?"
"If it were me, I wouldn't choose either." Since I've already chosen both sides, and it would be advantageous to take either position, why should I choose?
Mu Xi thought this in her heart, but ultimately didn't say it out loud.
Shen Lun couldn't see through it this time, but for some reason, he chuckled coldly, "Heh, I reckon that no matter how much General Mu was torn between two options, loyalty and righteousness were still his top priorities. Your father is more like General Mu in that respect. What a pity... what a pity..."
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