diskusbooks Chapter 177 Stop pretending, your leg is perfectly fine.
Chapter 177 Stop pretending, your leg is perfectly fine.
So Su Mowan had no choice but to continue lying on the bed like a corpse.
Murong Jing went to the study.
Although a lot of military affairs had piled up last night, it was clear that Murong Jing's mind was not on military matters at the moment.
"Go to the Ministry of War and find Vice Minister Su. Tell him that I want to see him."
Feng Yue responded respectfully and was about to leave when Jiang Zhuo entered.
Jiang Zhuo was still dressed in purple, his slender figure exuding a hint of nobility. He walked to the front of the study and stopped.
"Your Highness, Vice Minister Su requests an audience."
Feng Yue was so surprised that his mouth dropped open. Wasn't Minister Su amazing? His master had just said he wanted to see him, and he actually came to his door himself!
Murong Jing, who was in the study, was already used to it and simply told Jiang Zhuo to bring the person to the study.
Feng Yue didn't need to go; he simply instructed the maid to make tea.
The master's brother-in-law has arrived, and he's such a difficult brother-in-law to deal with. We have to be careful in entertaining him!
Murong Jing laid out the map of the five kingdoms, staring intently at Liuxia and Yunmo on it, his narrow phoenix eyes narrowing dangerously.
So when Su Mobai came in, he saw this scene.
Before he even sat down, he rudely mocked, "Instead of looking at that nonsense, you might as well ask me. I know more than you can see."
Upon hearing this, Jiang Zhuo, who was standing at the door, frowned.
Although Murong Jing inside the door had a calm expression, the brilliance in his eyes was not to be underestimated.
"You are a Ryukyu person."
This statement was made with absolute certainty.
He had previously heard Su Mobai say that he was not from Yunmo, and then he heard Su Mowan say that Ji Yu was her mother. Without a doubt, Su Mobai was from Liuxia.
Ji Yu's identity is that of a renowned strategist in Liuxia twenty years ago. Beyond that, there are deeper details that need to be investigated further.
Su Mobai was somewhat surprised that Murong Jing could reveal his secret so easily, and his delicate eyebrows and eyes showed doubt.
"How did you find out?"
“Su Mowan told me that Ji Yu is her mother.”
That is, your mother.
Murong Jing stared intently at Su Mobai, as if afraid of missing his expression.
Of course, Su Mobai's expression did not disappoint him.
Upon hearing that it was his younger sister who had told the story, Su Mobai was uncharacteristically stunned for a moment before muttering, "How did she know?"
Su Mobai was indeed very surprised that Su Mowan knew this news, because he had never told Su Mowan her mother's name. He naturally did not know that Su Mowan knew this because she had overheard Su Yuandao talking to a confidant in the Northern Frontier military camp a year ago.
Murong Jing frowned at those words.
Why didn't she know?
“I haven’t told her.”
When Su Mobai said this, the emotions in his eyes were so infectious that Murong Jing quickly understood Su Mobai's good intentions.
He understood, but he clearly disagreed.
"So, you mean she found out herself. While you have your reasons, I don't think your approach is advisable. She doesn't even know who her mother is; do you think she can feel good about that? Furthermore, because you didn't even tell her who her mother is, she's making wild guesses, saying things about me..."
"With you what?"
Su Mobai raised an eyebrow.
Murong Jing was displeased: "What do you mean by saying we're siblings!"
"Pfft-hahahaha!"
Su Mobai rarely laughed so unceremoniously, his fox-like eyes narrowed into slits, he was laughing so hard he could hardly contain himself.
Murong Jing frowned upon seeing that he was gloating: "Actually, her suspicions are not without merit. How could your mother be buried in the Murong family's imperial mausoleum?"
Su Mobai suddenly stopped smiling.
He frowned and pondered for a while before slowly saying, "So she knew about this before she became suspicious. She's not too stupid, but where did she get the connections to find out about this?"
Speaking of this relationship, a hint of displeasure flashed in Murong Jing's eyes, but he still said, "She has the sect leader's token of the Xiaoyao Sect. She must have asked the left hall master of the Xiaoyao Sect to help her investigate."
"The sect leader's token of the Free and Unfettered Sect?"
Su Mobai sat up straight abruptly, his face grave: "How did she end up with the sect leader's token of the Free and Unfettered Sect? Where did she get it?"
Seeing the tense look on his face, Murong Jing explained, "She said it was given to her by a senior, and that senior is very likely Lu Xunliang, the leader of the Xiaoyao Sect."
Su Mobai's expression turned even uglier.
"Given to her by Lu Xunliang..."
His face was so ugly that Murong Jing frowned: "I am familiar with the rules of the Xiaoyao Sect. I have heard that if the sect leader's order is passed down to a man, he will become the next sect leader, and if it is passed down to a woman, she will become the sect leader's wife. If you are worried about this, you don't need to worry at all."
Su Mobai was naturally aware of this as well, but that wasn't what he was worried about at all. What he was worried about was Lu Xunliang himself.
Murong Jing might not know Lu Xunliang's background, but he knew it very well.
In fact, Lu Xunliang was his elder.
Su Mobai shook his head, glanced at the very calm Murong Jing, and deliberately said, "I'm not worried about that. But you, since you know that the Xiaoyao Sect has this rule, why are you still so unhurried? Lu Xunliang has a son. Maybe Mo Wan likes that person?"
"Because Lu Xunliang's son is a good friend of mine, I have nothing to worry about."
Murong Jing was truly confident.
As if remembering something, a faint smile appeared on his lips.
"So this is ah."
Su Mobai smiled, then his eyes darted around: "Where is he now? Call him over so I can meet him."
This is quite strange; Su Mobai would actually take the initiative to ask to meet people.
Although Murong Jing was puzzled, he agreed.
“You can go find him yourself, Lu Yifeng, he lives in Luohua Pavilion in the west of the city.”
"Lu Yifeng? Isn't that the infamous Poison Immortal? It's actually him?"
Su Mobai made no attempt to hide his surprise.
He had heard of Lu Yifeng before, but he never expected that he was actually Lu Xunliang's son.
He had limited energy and never bothered to investigate.
This time, Murong Jing ignored his question and went straight to the point.
"After all that, what I really want to ask is this: Are you truly Ji Yu's son? And why is your mother buried in the imperial mausoleum?"
"Actually, it wouldn't hurt to tell you. I believe you won't tell anyone. Mo Wan and I are siblings with the same father and mother. Our biological mother is Ji Yu."
Murong Jing frowned at Su Mobai's confidence, or rather, his trust in him.
"How do you know I won't tell anyone? You are not a Yunmo person after all. If you have any ulterior motives or are plotting something that is detrimental to Yunmo, I will not sit idly by."
"That's right, you are Prince Qin of Yunmo, but you are also my brother-in-law, Su Mobai."
As Su Mobai spoke, his fox-like eyes crinkled with laughter, "Your Highness looks so radiant today, did you enjoy your soak in the river last night?"
"..."
An embarrassed look flashed across Murong Jing's face.
How does this person know everything? Did he secretly send people to follow him all along? His hidden guards must have noticed.
Seemingly noticing his confusion, Su Mobai poured himself a cup of tea and slowly took a sip: "Someone Mowan knows was also at Xiaoxiang Biying last night and saw you. That person told me."
Clearly, Su Mobai had no intention of revealing who this acquaintance was.
Murong Jing decided to change the subject before Su Mobai could mock him, so he put on a stern face and said coldly, "Let's get down to business. Why did you come to Yunmo? Also, if you want military power, instead of taking such a step-by-step approach, why not just marry the eldest princess directly?"
Su Mobai's pupils contracted, and after a long while, he said, "How did you know I wanted military power?"
Regarding this question, Murong Jing merely glanced at the person opposite him and said, "It's very simple. Back then, you could have clearly climbed to the position of Minister of Personnel, but you gave it up and 'contentedly' remained a minor Vice Minister of War. If you didn't want to climb higher, why bother taking the civil and military examinations? And after passing the examinations, you clearly had better positions available, but you didn't take them. There's something wrong with that. So, there's only one possibility for why you both took the civil and military examinations back then: to have more options."
"If you hadn't passed the military examination, you'd definitely be sitting in the position of Minister of Personnel now, wouldn't you agree?"
Su Mobai remained silent.
Murong Jing is right.
The reason he resigned from his position as Minister of Personnel was because he wanted military power. He thought he had hidden it well, but unexpectedly, Murong Jing saw through it.
He pursed his pale lips, his expression relaxed, but his eyes were serious. "You're right, I do want military power, but that's a thing of the past. Even if I were to become Minister of War, I wouldn't have much real power. It would be better to hand this responsibility over to Mo Wan. Now it seems that it's much better for her to take charge than for me to do it."
Murong Jing narrowed his eyes.
"Generally, there is only one way to gain military power."
"You guessed right, it's exactly what you thought."
Uncharacteristically, Su Mobai gulped down a mouthful of tea.
"Now you know that although I had the intention of using him, I did not have any intention of harming Yunmo. Moreover, what I was planning and what you were planning are actually the same from another perspective."
"I don't understand what you're saying."
"Stop pretending. Your legs are perfectly fine, but you used the opportunity two years ago to end up in a wheelchair. Everyone says that Yunmo's War God Prince is now paralyzed and unable to go to the battlefield. Others may not know, but do you think I don't know what you're plotting?"
Su Mobai smiled knowingly.