Chapter 218 King Yu's Madness
As June arrived, the Imperial Observatory finally confirmed that the "Six Harmonies Star Phenomenon" would arrive in the first few days of June.
King Yu couldn't wait to grind the corpses on the "mountain of assassin corpses" to dust again, so he decided to hold the sacrificial ceremony ahead of schedule.
As a result, the atmosphere in the camp has been extremely tense these days, with everyone busy but also keeping quiet.
Just as Mu Xi greeted Mu Xun and helped him sit down in the tent, a report came from outside: "Your Highness, Lord Shen Lun, the Marquis of Yong, has come to visit."
"Please come in quickly," Mu Xi said calmly.
During the time she and Mu Xun were in Princess Yan Ya's temporary medical retreat, Shen Lun never visited them, which kept them completely out of touch. When they returned to the main camp, everyone was on edge, which made it even harder to gather any information.
Although Mu Xun woke up later than Mu Xi, he recovered much faster. He has been able to move around normally for the past few days, but he has not been able to find out any useful information. He also does not dare to go to Shen Lun easily, so he can only come to Mu Xi's tent to sit with her.
Mu Xi was carried back to the camp. Although the wound on her chest had long since scabbed over, the unseen damage inside was difficult to repair in a short time, so she rarely got out of bed and rarely saw anyone.
Shen Lun took the initiative to come to our door, which was exactly what we wanted.
Mu Xun got up to greet him, while Mu Xi continued to lean against the wall like a wounded soldier.
Shen Lun lifted the curtain and entered, still as refined and composed as ever, only his sunken eyes betraying the anxiety he must have been going through these past few days.
Mu Xun bowed and casually dismissed the servants.
Mu Xi bowed respectfully from the bed and invited Shen Lun to sit down.
Shen Lun sat down at the low table, his gaze sweeping over Mu Xi and Mu Xun, and he couldn't help but become serious: "Your complexions are worse than I expected. Are you really that badly injured?"
Mu Xun then served Shen Lun a cup of tea: "Lord Shen, the young master did indeed almost lose his life to Liu Yang."
“How dare he…” Shen Lun’s willow-leaf-shaped eyes flashed with anger for a second, but he didn’t finish his sentence.
Mu Xi noticed that Shen Lun also had a lot to say, so she skipped the pleasantries and gave a slight bow: "Uncle, you must have come here on important business?"
Shen Lun sighed, "Alas... the assassination attempt that day failed..."
Unexpectedly, Shen Lun was willing to talk about this first, so Mu Xi had to ask, "Why did it fail at the last minute?"
"Sigh..." In just two months, Shen Lun had made sighing a regular occurrence, and a shadow of gloom and frustration flashed in his willow-leaf eyes. "The operation team was originally divided into two groups, one along the mountain path, to ensure success. But unexpectedly, as soon as the two teams infiltrated their designated positions, they were ambushed and surrounded by the Red Carp Guards. Another group fought their way through to join the support team on the outer perimeter. Afterwards, we couldn't find out where the news had leaked, but according to reports from Yu Wang's spies, Yu Wang had laid a trap with multiple burrows, making countless preparations. On one hand, he was wary of Qingyang Jun and Xuanyou Jun leading troops for the first time; on the other hand, he was also wary of any action from the former dynasty's old subordinates; and then there was a third, which was always the same: he also had to guard against those who had started the uprising with him back then, who might take advantage of his absence from Moyang and miscalculate..."
Anything is possible. In any case, Shen Lun's plan has failed, and Mu Xi is still recovering from serious injuries, making it difficult for her to make any further plans.
Shen Lun's words turned to hatred: "In the end, we made a mistake, not because of the battle itself. But someone actually took advantage of the chaos, and Mu Ji was murdered... We don't know who did it, but the fact that Prince Yu, Mu Ji, was assassinated and lost his son is truly insane. Now, anyone in the Yanshan camp and within a fifty-mile radius who has even the slightest suspicion has been slaughtered by the Red Carp Guard. If such a tyrannical and murderous person is not eliminated, how can the people of the world live in peace?"
Whether the people of the world are at peace or not is unknown.
Mu Xi thought that it wasn't just the person who killed Mu Ji who was taking advantage of the chaos; someone else also wanted to kill him. So he casually said, "On the day Prince Yu was assassinated, someone dressed as an ordinary guard in the hunting grounds, wearing a colorful mask with random patterns, also intended to kill me, the heir of the Jin Fang clan. I don't know who did it. However, that fellow Liu Yang secretly spied on me and identified it as possibly being from the Imperial Guards. I wonder if Mu Ji's murder was also related to this."
She had already mentioned this to Mu Xun.
Mu Xun sat by the bed and didn't react much.
Shen Lun was even more surprised: "Besides Liu Yang, you were also ambushed? Are you sure it was Gao Quan's men? Why didn't you say so earlier?"
"I have no evidence, so it's pointless to say anything. Do you think Gao Quan is the one who can bring him down?" Ever since Mu Xi's heart meridian was damaged for the second time, he has felt powerless to do anything, even just thinking about it. Therefore, he has given up on some things.
Shen Lun pondered for a moment: "Wu Liangren and Mu Ji, mother and son, have long since pledged allegiance to Queen Gao. On the surface, Gao Quan has always supported this son, but that is only on the surface. Gao Quan is ambitious and will never be content to be subservient. Let alone killing you, what if he kills Prince Yu? He may not be so sincere towards Mu Ji. Now he also holds Mu Chong in his hands, and these days he has been having many private dealings with Princess Qingyang and Prince Xuanyou. I wonder what he is planning."
Gao Quan actually possesses such abilities?
Mu Xi was somewhat surprised; it seemed that the other camp wasn't a monolithic entity either.
But since Xuan You Shizi and Liu Yang have been mentioned again...
Mu Xi still harbored deep resentment and was about to ask Liu Yang what the situation was.
Shen Lun, however, was still pondering: "King Yu is in his prime, but his three sons have grown up and each has their own supporters. With Mu Ji dead, Queen Gao has lost her backing, and they're likely to suffer this injustice in silence. Anyone with eyes to see would probably guess that it was the other two who did it, but if that's the case, they should eliminate their strongest rival first. Gao Quan, on the other hand, is now using the pretext of searching for 'assassin accomplices' and 'remnants of the previous dynasty' to plant many of his own people inside and outside the palace. I wonder what his true intentions are? As for King Yu, feeling that he has lost face, he's creating a climate of fear and bloodshed, purely out of revenge..."
Shen Lun kept nagging, making the atmosphere inside the tent even more oppressive.
Mu Xi could imagine the bloody scene, and at the same time felt a chill run down her spine.
The more frantic the King of Yu became, the more threatened he felt, which also meant that her options for what to do next were limited.
Since we can't get anything out of the King of Yu, we can't let that scoundrel Liu Yang get away with it.
After Shen Lun finished speaking, Mu Xi said, "I sent a message to my uncle earlier, informing him about Liu Yang, so that he could be on guard. Now that so much time has passed, I haven't heard any news from him openly. I wonder if the Crown Prince of Xuanyou and that fellow have made any moves in private?"
Mentioning Liu Yang, Mu Xun's expression changed, and his fists clenched involuntarily.
Shen Lun remained calm, only letting out a long sigh: "Alas... this matter... to be honest, I'm ashamed to say, you'll have to suffer in silence. That Liu Yang has always been extremely arrogant in the Northern Region, and given that Lord Xuanyou and the Crown Prince Xuanyou treat him like a son and a brother respectively, he will definitely inform Mu Sheng immediately after he injured you..."
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