I just want to live a good life

Chapter 538 Brother

Su Nuan cheated and got an important piece of information out of Mu Yunshu, that is, the person who killed Cui Shaoyuan was actually Mu Yunshu.

This surprised Su Nuan.

At this moment, Mu Yunting's face was as gloomy as water, and he didn't even understand the conversation between the two people in front of him.

Cough, cough, she coughed twice, trying to attract the attention of both men, but one was upset that he was tricked into telling the truth with just a few words, and the other was lamenting that beauty had led to mistakes, and neither of them had time to pay attention to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince.

"Yun Shu, some things cannot be undone once they are brought to the attention of the Emperor. You should tell me what you and the Emperor's uncle did first."

Mu Yunting, who was ignored, spoke directly.

Mu Yunshu pondered for a moment and said, "There's nothing I can't say. It was indeed me who killed Cui Shaoyuan, but he deserved to die. He got a letter from somewhere and used it to threaten my father, asking him not only to help him win the provincial examination, but also to stop me from marrying Qingyao. I didn't want to see my father being manipulated by him, and I didn't want to give up Qingyao because of him, so I killed him."

"You're being a bit evasive!"

Su Nuan said dissatisfiedly that although murder was a serious crime, it was much lighter than the crime of treason by colluding with foreign nations.

"What do you mean?"

Mu Yunshu asked with a frown.

"I mean, Prince, should you first clarify the contents of the letter?"

“You’ve seen them all.”

Mu Yunshu was already very impatient.

"I forgot."

"you......"

Seeing the two men confronting each other again, Mu Yunting quickly said to Mu Yunshu, "Yesterday, I received a secret report that a spy from Fanli would appear in Jing'an Temple, with the purpose of handing Chang Xiao's son over to the Fanli people who were supposed to pick him up. Today, you appeared in Jing'an Temple. What's your explanation?"

Mu Yunshu's eyes widened in horror, and he said in disbelief, "Your Highness the Crown Prince suspects that I am a spy for the Fanli people. I am the prince of Yongping, and you actually suspect that I am a spy."

"Everyone who came to Jing'an Temple today is under suspicion, but you are more suspicious."

"There's no reason for me to do anything like that."

"No? If that letter is evidence of the emperor's collusion with Fan Li, you still say that you have no reason to do such a thing?"

"Colluding with Fanli? What are you talking about, Your Highness? How could my father be colluding with Fanli?"

Mu Yunshu looked at Mu Yunting in astonishment.

"Then explain why you are in Jing'an Temple today. Don't tell me you invited the abbot to give a lecture. I've asked before, and the abbot stays in the temple during the Chinese New Year every year. He won't leave the temple until the first month of the year. How could the emperor's uncle, who has known the abbot for so many years, not know of his habit?"

"me......"

"Is there anything more important than clarifying the Yongping Palace's collusion with foreign nations?"

Mu Yunting's words were like a heavy hammer hitting Mu Yunshu's heart.

Su Nuan never understood why Mu Yunting firmly believed that Prince Yongping and his son would not collude with Fanli to rebel. Seeing the struggle on Mu Yunshu's face, she was a little shaken by her previous conclusion. In order to find out the truth of the matter, she also persuaded Mu Yunshu: "Think about the Xun family, think about my sister and your children, is there anything more important than their lives?"

These words became the last straw that broke the camel's back, and Mu Yunshu finally couldn't hold it anymore.

"I came to Jing'an Temple today to meet a man from Fan Li, but it was definitely not for the purpose that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince said. I...I came to inquire about my brother's news."

"younger brother?"

Su Nuan exclaimed in surprise. Everyone knew that Prince Yongping only had one son, Mu Yunshu. How could he have a younger brother?

Rolling his eyes at Su Nuan, Mu Yunshu continued, "This little brother was born to my father and a woman from Fanli. Because of the woman's special status, the child could not return to my father after he was born. My father has been looking for him everywhere over the years. The letter that Cui Shaoyuan threatened my father contained the whereabouts of the child."

Hearing this, Mu Yunting couldn't help but ask: "It's just an illegitimate child. You've gone to great lengths to find him. Sooner or later, this matter will be made public. Why would the emperor's uncle be threatened by such a thing, and why would you kill someone?"

Mu Yunshu sighed softly and replied, "Your Highness, do you still remember why your grandfather passed the throne to your uncle more than 20 years ago?"

"Because my father won a tough battle against Fanli and rescued my uncle from the hands of the Fanli people."

Mu Yunshu took over the conversation and said, "Yes, that battle became the last straw that broke the camel's back for King Fanli. Not long after, the new King Fanli came to the throne. These are the tough battles that the world knows about the Emperor's uncle. But no one knows that my father hid his identity and sneaked into Fanli in order to cooperate with the Emperor's uncle and take back Fanli in one fell swoop. But at the critical moment, something went wrong on my father's side. Not only did the plan fail, but he was also imprisoned by King Fanli. Until he was rescued by the Emperor's uncle, my father never revealed his identity. Later, when he returned to Nanzhao, my father began to worship Buddha wholeheartedly and rarely appeared in front of the public. People said that my father was disheartened because of the Emperor's uncle's ascension to the throne, but that was not the real reason. The real reason was that my father did not dare to show up. He was afraid of being recognized by the people of Fanli and afraid that the things that happened twenty years ago would be dug up. He was afraid that he would lose the face of the royal family."

Saying this, Mu Yunshu seemed a little emotional, and felt sad for his father's situation over the years.

Su Nuan heard something different. The prince was a spy himself. If this matter was made public, it would not be embarrassing. If public opinion was properly controlled, the people of Nanzhao would think that their Prince Yongping was making contributions to the Nanzhao Kingdom. Therefore, Prince Yongping was so afraid of being embarrassed because something terrible must have happened during his imprisonment. Su Nuan was curious about what had happened that made Prince Yongping so afraid.

Out of curiosity, she naturally asked, "Did something happen when Prince Yongping was imprisoned?"

Although it may be a bit rude to be so direct, if I don't ask clearly now, it will be difficult to bring up this matter again in the future.

Mu Yunshu didn't even bother pretending this time and just gave Su Nuan a fierce look.

Su Nuan didn't care at all, her eyes were blazing with gossip.

Mu Yunshu turned to the Crown Prince for help, and then saw the same look.

Sin!

His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is becoming more and more unstable. How can he tell outsiders about his uncle's shameful past, especially someone like Xia Qingyan?