Love is deep but fate is shallow, this beautiful wife has waited for a thousand years

Mu Xiaoqiao stared at Wang Youquan and said word by word, "Mu Huanan, the emperor personally appointed him as the general, the official rank is second, and he was granted the general's mansion. The late emperor once said that the Mu family is a loyal and brave family. When the current emperor first ascended the throne, the whole country of Northern Chu invaded. It was my father who led the army and severely damaged Northern Chu, forcing Northern Chu to no longer dare to invade our Great Jin. Twelve years ago, he destroyed Eastern Qin and expanded our Great Jin's territory by half, making it a great country that can stand shoulder to shoulder with the Southern Rong and Western Zhou. Five years ago, he defeated the Western Zhou, making the Western Zhou dare not set foot in our Great Jin for a year. You want to throw such a person into a mass grave?"

Her voice was not loud, but it seemed to have a shocking power. Sweat beads were streaming down Wang Youquan's fat face, and he couldn't wipe them away no matter how hard he tried.

Zhao Yong had been listening silently. He was a military general and had always admired Mu Huanan. Although he was acting on orders this time, it was not his original intention. The fate of the General's Mansion made him feel as if he had seen his own future ending, which would probably not be much better than that of the General's Mansion.

At this moment, he also looked down upon Wang Youquan's behavior of adding insult to injury. Seeing that Wang Youquan was speechless, he spoke in a deep voice, "If General Mu trusts Zhao, let Zhao take away the general's body. Zhao will bury the general properly."

Mu Xiaoqiao's gaze shifted from Wang Youquan to Zhao Yong, staring into his eyes. Zhao Yong did not dodge, and just stared at Mu Xiaoqiao. After a while, he heard her say in a low voice, "In that case, thank you, Commander Zhao."

Zhao Yong secretly breathed a sigh of relief and signaled the imperial guards to go into the cell and carry the man away. Mu Jincheng wanted to stop him, but Mu Xiaoqiao said in a deep voice, "Jincheng, don't move rashly."

Mu Jincheng always obeyed his sister's words. Although he clenched his fists tightly, he did not move in the end and let the palace guards come in and carry away Mu Huanan's body.

"Master, wait for me." Shao, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly shouted and slammed his head against the wall of the cell. His head was bleeding instantly, and he could only breathe out but not in.

"mother…"

"mother…"

Mu Xiaoqiao and Mu Xiaoya shouted at the same time and rushed over. Mu Xiaoqiao hugged Shao Shi. She opened her eyes weakly and said intermittently: "Xiaoqiao, take care of... take good care of your brothers and sisters."

After saying that, she forced a smile and stretched out her hand as if she wanted to touch Mu Xiaoqiao's face. Mu Xiaoqiao burst into tears and quickly put her hand on her face, crying, "Mom, mom, please don't leave me, mom..."

"Xiao Qiao, mother... I'm sorry. Let... mother... be selfish again. Mother... can't live without your father..." Shao's hand fell heavily and her eyes closed.

“Mom, don’t go, Mom…” Mu Xiaoqiao could no longer hold back the tears that she had just been able to hold back.

Mu Xiaoya was also crying out of breath and kept calling for her mother.

The people outside were speechless as they watched this tragedy. No one had the heart to interrupt. To lose both parents in just one hour would be a hard blow for anyone to accept.

All the members of the Mu family knelt on the ground and cried bitterly, and the Dali Temple Prison was filled with crying sounds.

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"What did you say?" Ruan Haoyu slammed the table and stood up. Because he stood up too quickly, he almost couldn't stand steadily. His body swayed before he was supported by Zhao Ning.

"Your Highness, please take care of yourself." Zhao Ning said quickly.

Ruan Haoyu waved his hand and asked the secret guard who was kneeling on one knee in front of him anxiously, "General Mu and his wife are both dead? Is the news true?"

"It is absolutely true. I knocked out a jailer, put on his clothes and sneaked into the prison to deliver a message to General Mu, but I ran into the commander of the imperial guards who came to deliver the order. As a result, the general died on the spot, and the general's wife later committed suicide by hitting her head against the wall."

Ruan Haoyu sat down dejectedly and pinched his eyebrows. He hadn't slept well for many days. When he heard the news, his head started to hurt again.

"Amu, General Mu, how is she?"

"When I left, she was silent the whole time. Apart from asking Commander Zhao to bury her parents together, she did not speak again and just sat there the whole time."

Ruan Haoyu felt distressed. How could she be okay in such a situation? No matter how strong she was, she was just a 19-year-old girl. The death of both her parents must have been a huge blow to her! At this moment, he wanted to be by her side, hold her in his arms, and let her cry in his arms!

"Has the message been passed on to General Mu?"

"I deliberately went in to carry the body of the general's wife and slipped the news into General Mu's hands." This secret guard was very smart.

Ruan Haoyu put his mind at ease and said, "Let's go investigate again."

The secret guard took the order and left. Ruan Haoyu leaned back in the chair, pinching his brows. He had already investigated almost everything in these days. The man named Chen Taorui in the General's Mansion was the most suspicious. He had entered the palace privately a few days before the incident in the General's Mansion, and he was away on the day of the incident. Later, he secretly returned to the General's Mansion and was spotted by the secret guards. The secret guards followed him and found that he had gone to have a secret meeting with Wang Youquan, the Minister of the Dali Temple.

Now that the case has been handed over to Wang Youquan for supervision, it is too suspicious. Since the emperor has given up on the general's mansion, it means there is no chance of a turnaround. What he has to consider now is to find the right time to break the prison!

However, the Dali Temple Prison is now heavily guarded, as airtight as an iron gate. It is very difficult for secret guards to sneak in. It is almost impossible to bring dozens of people from the Mu family out of prison.

It can only be done outside the prison.

Then the timing is very important, and the manpower and escape route must be planned clearly. If you act blindly, you may not only fail to rescue people, but also lose your own people.

There has been a lot of unrest in the capital recently, with the Ministry of Justice aggressively cracking down on the general's faction. Officials who once had connections with the general's mansion are all in danger, and people are in a panic, fearing that one day they will be charged with a crime if they are not careful.

Mu Huanan and his wife were buried by Zhao Yong on a barren mountain near the capital. Zhao Yong was quite loyal and prepared two high-quality coffins. He buried Mu Huanan and his wife together in one tomb. However, no one dared to come to pay their respects, so the place looked desolate.

What Zhao Yong didn't know was that after he left, someone went up the mountain, dug out two coffins overnight, carried them to the Mu family's ancestral tomb for burial, and restored the tomb built by Zhao Yong to its original state.

It is said that the emperor was furious when he heard about this and punished Zhao Yong to kneel at Anhua Gate for three days and three nights, and ordered him not to interfere in the cases of the General's Mansion again.

Mu Xiaoqiao sat in the corner of the cell. She didn't move even when the jailer brought her food. Mu Xiaoya brought a bowl of porridge with only a few grains of rice to her and choked up, "Big sister, please eat something. Our parents are gone. If you get hungry, what will we do?"

Mu Xiaoqiao's eyes moved, and she slowly raised her stiff hands and touched Mu Xiaoya's head. She managed to raise the corners of her lips and said softly, "Xiaoya, be good. Sister is not hungry. You eat first."

Mu Xiaoya sat beside her and drank the porridge. Mu Xiaoqiao clenched the note in her hand. There was only one sentence on it: Beware of Chen Taorui, take care of yourself, and wait for the opportunity.