Chapter 217 Mountain of Corpses
Having said all that, Mu Xi wasn't afraid to speak frankly: "Princess, you may not know this, but even now, many people are still working hard to restore Dayan, and this very action aims at that. Doesn't the princess want to..."
But looking at Princess Yan Ya's calm and composed expression, as if it had nothing to do with her, she couldn't even continue speaking.
Princess Yan Ya, however, was thinking of something else: "Are you trying to ask why, if I'm not interested in restoring the kingdom, I surrendered back then instead of dying for my country?"
Mu Xi hadn't thought of this before, but since Princess Yan Ya brought it up, she took it as an admission.
Princess Yan Ya smiled bitterly: "For so many years, I have been imprisoned by Prince Yu, and your father, General Mu, has never contacted me. I know he will not give up easily, but things have changed, and my state of mind is very different now. As for dying for my country... if I say that I actually tried several times back then, but each time your father persuaded me to come back, then in a way, he has saved me many times."
Wow, it seems this princess actually has quite a bit of affection for her scumbag father, Jin Fangjun.
Tsk tsk, I never thought that a scumbag father like him would still have a woman who likes him, especially such a beautiful princess?
Princess Yanya immediately guessed Muxi's thoughts: "Don't misunderstand. It's true that your father and I were childhood sweethearts and that we once secretly discussed marriage, but that's all in the past. Since you can say it out loud, it means you don't care anymore. Your father is a loyal man, whether to his friends or his family, so as a husband, he will only be loyal to his wife."
“Loyalty? I’m afraid it’s not even towards his wife, let alone his children…” Mu Xi smiled self-deprecatingly. “If what the princess says is true, then his loyalty is only to the cause of restoring the Yan Kingdom. Otherwise, he wouldn’t have disguised the original owner of this body… me… as a man and pretended to be the crown prince for so many years. I’m afraid his only loyalty in his life is this one thing.”
Princess Yan Ya naturally understood Mu Xi's complaint: "General Mu's actions are probably unfair to the Crown Prince, but he did it out of gratitude for the brotherhood he shared with my brother back then, and it really has nothing to do with me."
There was no need to explain this, and Mu Xi didn't care: "I'm not afraid of the princess laughing at me, but I'll say something outrageous. My father probably never understood love or romance in his life. Marrying and having children was just a formality for him. Alas, he was only focused on being true to his brotherly love, but in the end, he accomplished nothing and died with regrets."
"Dead?" Princess Ya Yan was extremely surprised. "General Mu is dead? When did this happen?"
Mu Xi's words just now contained a hint of complaint, and now she said sadly, "I went to the birthday banquet that night, but Gao Shi somehow got hold of an evil sorcerer to cast a spell and turned my father into a 'human gu' and made it out to be seriously ill, all in order to trap me in the position of heir."
"Human poison? Such a thing exists?" Princess Yan Ya exclaimed indignantly. "How could the Gao family be so heartless and insane? That day at Qifeng Terrace... I even prayed for the General at Qifeng Terrace, how could I have imagined... Why didn't you tell me then..."
What's the point of saying it?
Princess Yan Ya then stopped.
"Princess, you are a highly accomplished Xuan Nu in this world, aren't you? Do you have a way to break that evil spell so that Father can be laid to rest in peace?" Mu Xi had been trying to do this for a while, but various troubles came one after another, and she had no clue what to do.
Princess Yan Ya shook her head: "Although I was born with a mysterious body, because I was born a princess, my father and mother still planned for me to marry, and did not let me embark on the path of a witch. Therefore, I know some common methods of praying for blessings and warding off disasters, and offering sacrifices to the gods, but I have never heard of evil witchcraft, let alone how to undo it. But as far as I know, no matter what kind of evil magic it is, it cannot last long."
Mu Xi had asked the two personalities, the three-year-old Xuan Nu and the white-robed immortal, the same question before.
The two personalities gave the same answer as Princess Yan Ya: as long as Mu Xi waits patiently, maintaining evil magic is time-consuming, labor-intensive, and resource-intensive, and the evil sorcerers are actually having a harder time than them.
Since Princess Yanya had said so, Muxi decided not to insist.
Princess Yan Ya countered with her question, "But what exactly happened to you, that you were so seriously injured this time? And what is your relationship with General Ying Yang?"
"It's all because I was disguised as a man." Mu Xi chuckled to herself, but then she felt a deep hatred for Liu Yang. "That scoundrel Liu Yang saw through me from the first glance. He took advantage of the chaos during the assassination attempt on the Prince of Yu to secretly spy on and follow me in the hunting grounds until he led me to an empty roadside and tried to expose me. I refused, so I fought him."
"He saw through you?" Princess Yan Ya asked incredulously. "You've been pretending for so many years, it's not easy for an ordinary person to not notice. Did he really think he was so sure at a glance? Was he willing to risk offending Prince Jin Fang?"
Mu Xi snorted coldly: "Hmph, I'm afraid the entire Jin Fangjun Mansion is not even in Xuan Youjun's eyes. But since the princess was able to see through me, that guy claims to have seen countless women, so he probably has some discernment."
Princess Yan Ya was still surprised: "I saw through you because of the 'divine intervention,' which cannot happen to a man. If it does, it certainly wouldn't be one of the seven ancient gods. In addition, you tore open your collar in public at the birthday banquet. Everyone else was terrified, but I also had the intuition of the Mystic Maiden... But it's truly remarkable that General Ying Yang has such insight."
Mu Xi scoffed: "Hmph, that guy has just been hanging around with women for too long. Besides, the truth can't be hidden forever, and the false can't be made true. No matter how much I pretend, I'm still not him. If I spend too much time with people, I'll inevitably slip up. There's a price to pay for keeping it hidden all these years. As for that guy... I can only say it's a pity about those two eagles. Sooner or later, I will dig them out myself."
Princess Yanya thought for a moment and said, "Now that you've been exposed and haven't made any moves these past few days, Prince Xuanyou must have other plans?"
"Keep dreaming..." Mu Xi got angry as soon as she mentioned it. "What could they possibly be planning? They're just going to continue using this to blackmail me... cough cough..."
He was so excited that he couldn't catch his breath and couldn't speak at all.
Princess Yan Ya came up to comfort her, saying, "It was I who shouldn't have asked that question and upset you. You have two serious injuries to your heart meridian, and it will be difficult for you to recover your strength. You need to rest and recuperate in peace in the future, which is the way to long-term health."
"It has nothing to do with the princess. I will kill that scoundrel with my own hands... Otherwise... I swear I will not be human..." As long as Mu Xi had a breath left, she was determined not to let Liu Yang go.
After Princess Yan Ya left, Doctor Luo came again and informed Mu Xun of the situation.
Although Mu Xun was seriously injured and lost a lot of blood, he recovered better than Mu Xi once he woke up.
Mu Xi was relieved.
The two rested for two months at Princess Yan Ya's camp before they were able to move around normally and return to the main camp.
King Yu then used these two months to carry out a large-scale massacre, capturing countless suspected and involved assassins, and the corpses piled up at the foot of Yanshan Mountain, creating a "spectacular sight".
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