The room fell into a stifling silence.
In the flickering candlelight, Mu Chenshuang's face, with its clear contours and perfectly sculpted lines, was illuminated, as if painted with meticulous brushwork.
Seeing that Mu Chenshuang remained silent, Lord Mu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that perhaps after hearing his words today, she would give up the idea of continuing the investigation.
But to his surprise, the next moment, Mu Chenshuang spoke firmly, showing no intention of giving up whatsoever.
“Father, isn’t our Jingbian Marquis’s mansion already at the center of a bloodbath?” Mu Chenshuang asked in a clear voice. “The danger we face has always been an objective reality, and it’s not something that disappears just because we don’t investigate or think about it.”
"The secret behind my mother's death is the same. Since my father clearly knows how dangerous the people behind this are, do you think he would really let us go if we didn't investigate?"
Mu Chenshuang shook her head with a sigh. She felt that Lord Mu seemed too cautious now, completely lacking the decisiveness and courage he had when leading troops on the border.
She dared not say whether it was the pressure from the court's political situation on Lord Mu that had brought him to this point, or whether he had bigger plans, but what she did know was that Lord Mu now seemed to be in a very passive position.
Mu Chenshuang always believed that no matter what, one must take the initiative in order to achieve final victory.
"Father, today, before the Second Prince left, he threatened me again with the matter of Mother's death. Rather than letting him use this to manipulate our Marquis's Mansion, it would be better if you told me about it directly."
Mu Chenshuang's eyes shone with unwavering determination, without the slightest wavering.
Her words truly touched Lord Mu from the bottom of his heart.
Yes, their Marquis's mansion has always been in danger, and this isn't a recent development.
If he and the entire Marquis's mansion hadn't been in danger back then, Mu Chenshuang's mother wouldn't have made such a sacrifice, even if it meant being humiliated herself, she would have tried her best to protect the Marquis's mansion.
Thinking of this, Lord Mu seemed to have finally made up his mind.
"Perhaps, Shuang'er, you are right." Lord Mu said in a low, hoarse voice, his legs seemingly losing strength, he staggered back a few steps and plopped down in a chair.
Mu Chenshuang was somewhat surprised when she saw him leaning against the chair, looking utterly dejected and lost.
She was used to seeing Lord Mu's stern and majestic side, as well as his angry roars and painful struggles, but she had never seen him so dejected, even somewhat desperate.
"Father?" Mu Chenshuang couldn't help but call out softly when she saw him staring intently at a certain place, as if he wanted to look into the distance.
Lord Mu snapped back to reality and saw Mu Chenshuang's questioning eyes as she looked at him. He couldn't help but smile bitterly.
Lord Mu lowered his slightly twitching lips. He thought about it, and he still couldn't bring himself to tell Mu Chenshuang all the unbearable humiliation and pain that Xie Changqing had suffered in the past.
"Your mother, she..." Lord Mu frowned for a long time, but before he could finish speaking, he couldn't help but close his eyes.
His pained expression was as if, even after so much time had passed, he could still see Xie Changqing's appearance at the moment of his death whenever he closed his eyes.
"She did commit suicide." Lord Mu spoke these words slowly and deliberately, with immense weight and pain.
Before he could finish speaking, Lord Mu's eyes were already red with tears. Besides the pain, he also felt a sense of guilt.
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