Chapter 142 A Confidant
Mu Xi hesitated to speak.
Mu Xun stroked the two halves of the golden lock back and forth in his hands, then made his decision and said softly, "As long as you are willing, I am willing to keep my promise."
"Huh? Are you going to restore your kingdom again?" Mu Xi's heart skipped a beat.
Mu Xun's eyes, like a calm lake reflecting the moon, flickered: "You... ever since you woke up from that faked death, you've been completely different. Who exactly are you?"
Mu Xi, of course, couldn't admit it at all: "You've changed so much since you woke up. From now on, should I call you Xi Xun?"
Mu Xun hadn't changed at all; he was still as gentle and refined as ever, and as handsome as ever. But if you said he hadn't changed at all, something seemed different. Mu Xi wasn't entirely lying.
Mu Xun was taken aback, then quickly realized: "What difference does it make what we call it? I already said that I don't want to restore the country. Besides causing widespread suffering, who would benefit from that?"
"Are you really not going to do that? Wouldn't that be going against the dying wishes of your two fathers?" Mu Xi hadn't forgotten that just two days ago, Mu Xun was still talking about "filial piety."
Mu Xun said very seriously, "I do want to follow filial piety, but I don't want to be 'blindly filial.' Looking back on the old roads of past dynasties, the palaces and gates have all turned to dust. It's just that the people suffer when the dynasty prospers, and the people suffer when it falls. If I violate filial piety, I will gladly let the people of the world suffer less."
Mu Xi couldn't help but feel a sense of awe, but then she thought of the plain brocade hidden in the golden lock in Mu Xun's hand: "You have a good idea, but you're only saying this to me. Will Lord Shen agree? Will the person who signed their name and pressed their fingerprint on it agree?"
Mu Xun lowered his head and clenched the two halves of the gold lock. When he looked up again, he said, "Regardless of whether they agree or not, I still want to ask you, what are your plans?"
"Me? I used to know, but ever since I learned about your background, I haven't known anything about you." Mu Xi simply told the truth.
Upon hearing this, a smile suddenly appeared in Pinghu Yingyue's eyes. She then turned around and sat down at the table, gesturing for Mu Xi to sit opposite her.
Mu Xi was puzzled: "What's wrong with you? Is something off with you too?"
"Also?" Mu Xun smiled tolerantly, put the two halves of the golden lock back together, and turned the screw on...
Mu Xi was even more confused: "What's wrong with you?"
As Mu Xun unlocked the golden lock and took out Su Jin, he said, "I know you've been wronged. You were born a princess of noble birth, but..."
“Now that I’m in front of you, I have no right to say this,” Mu Xi said truthfully.
Mu Xun opened a piece of plain brocade, glanced at what was inside, and then put it back into the golden lock.
Lock it again, divide the gold lock into two halves, and push one half to her.
"This is half..." Mu Xi didn't understand what Mu Xun was trying to do.
Mu Xun's eyes, as calm as the moon reflected in a still lake, were incredibly gentle and serene: "This can also be considered my 'destiny book.' Didn't you say you wanted to forget about this matter? Then I'll hand over my identity to you, and you can decide what to do with it."
Mu Xi picked up the crescent-shaped gold lock in front of her, but still didn't understand what Mu Xun meant.
Mu Xun then picked up the half he was holding and hung it back around his neck: "As for this half of the gold lock, I've decided to keep it."
What could Mu Xi do when the other party said that? She hung the half-moon gold lock around her neck and said, "Since you are not afraid, why should I be afraid? But if you want to give up on restoring the country, it may not be so easy. At least Lord Shen will not give up easily."
"Let's put him aside for now and just think about you. What do you want to do next?" Mu Xun watched as Mu Xi hung the gold lock around her neck and tucked it into her inner garment, his eyes growing even gentler.
“Well…” Mu Xi still had some concerns, “Are you really going to give up so decisively? Actually… there are probably many people who have already paved the way for you.”
I can't say whether it's envy or what, but I always feel that if I were in that position, it would be a huge risk but also a huge opportunity.
Mu Xun repeated his previous statement: "On this land of Yansheng, dynasties rise and fall like flowing water, one dynasty ends and another begins, how long can life last? Once war breaks out again, only the common people will suffer, who has thought about that?"
Before his death, Jin Fangjun Mu Zhen said that Mu Xun was soft-hearted.
At the time, Mu Xi didn't pay much attention, but now, thinking about it carefully, although Mu Xun must have killed people, but...
"Then you always listened to your father before, wasn't that against your conscience?" Mu Xi recalled the past and knew how much Mu Xun was conflicted.
Mu Xun's expression hardened: "I did not act against my conscience. Although I have no great ambitions, if Father and you are in danger, I will kill anyone I encounter, even Buddha or man, without hesitation."
Mu Xi recalled Mu Xun's words: "He will bear all the sins, and even if he falls into the eighteenth level of hell and never be reborn, he will be willing." She couldn't help but sigh.
Mu Xun gave kindness to the world, and gentleness to her and Jin Fangjun, but what did he have left?
Mu Xun then steered the conversation back on track: "Since I've said I don't want to restore the kingdom, I don't need you to relinquish your position as heir. However, the current situation leaves us with no choice. But whatever you want to do, just say it. As long as your wishes don't cause greater turmoil and harm innocent people, I will support you."
The meaning was obvious; Mu Xun had long understood her intentions.
Mu Xi hadn't expected Mu Xun to become her "confidant," so she spoke frankly: "Originally, I only wanted to return to being a princess, but the current situation is... If you don't restore your kingdom, the Marquis of Yong won't agree; if I don't relinquish my position as heir, the Gao family won't let me off the hook. For now, once Qifeng Terrace is completed, I'll have rendered a service, and perhaps then we can find a way..."
Before Mu Xi could finish speaking, Mu Xun shook his head: "This method won't work."
"Do you know what I'm planning?" Mu Xi asked in surprise.
Mu Xun shook his head again: "No matter what your plans are, the King will not agree."
Mu Xi didn't understand.
Mu Xun then went on to explain further: "Actually, whether it's you or the Gao family, if anyone from the Jin Fangjun Mansion wants to go to the Western Territory to take command of the military, the King will not easily agree."
"Does he dare to touch the four great feudal lords?" Mu Xi thought it was unlikely.
“He doesn’t need to touch the Four Great Lords, as long as they don’t threaten him,” Mu Xun explained. “But as for the Four Great Lords right now… Qingyang Lord in the east only has one daughter, so let’s not talk about him for now; Zhuming Lord in the south, everyone knows what’s going on, he’s all in name only; as for Xuanyou Lord in the north, he’s still the King’s eldest brother, who has been dealing with the remnants of the Han Hai Army for years, and he doesn’t obey the King’s control, so he’s probably the most troublesome and the most helpless. Only the west is left, which is our Jinfang Lord’s Mansion. Although he has military power, no one can control him, so he’s the best for the King.”
Mu Xi understood these principles to some extent, but she hadn't thought about them in such detail.
But even though they are all children, the resources they receive in some areas are so different that one can't help but ask, "Did your father tell you these things before he passed away?"
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