It's good to exchange marriages. My sister eats coarse food while I wear gold and silver.

"Mu Qing, when a child is born, why do parents put a longevity lock around his neck?"

"Of course, it's to protect the child." Mu Qing replied coldly. She was about to say "These are two different things", but a few seconds later, her face turned pale. "Impossible, the Mu family has always been loyal to the royal family. Why would the emperor want to make things difficult for the Mu family?"

"That was originally the case, but your grandmother has always been eyeing the Gale Camp, and the emperor was worried about how to make a breakthrough in the Gale Camp. As a result, your grandmother took the initiative to come to the emperor, so the emperor was naturally happy." Yuan Buwei shook her head and looked at Mu Qing. If she had really focused her energy on the family, she would not have been opposed by everyone in the Mu Mansion when Old Lady Mu proposed that she be the head of the family.

"After all, this matter is not glorious. Regardless of success or failure, the emperor will no longer stay in the Mu Mansion." Lu Sui, who had been listening, added, "Mu Qing, the emperor must have promised you something else. Otherwise, based on my understanding of you, you would not have refused to give up until now."

Mu Qing bit his lower lip, his face showing some shame and anger of being seen through: "No, Your Majesty..."

"Has the Emperor agreed that as long as you accomplish this, he will decree the marriage?"

"How did you know?"

Mu Qing glared at Yuan Buwei and blurted out, and she regretted it the next second.

"Mu Qing, the emperor originally wanted to take away the young marquis's military power. If you marry him and become a member of Wanning Marquis's Mansion, the emperor can directly charge you with a crime and take away both mansions at the same time, which can save him a lot of trouble."

Mu Qing's expression gradually stiffened, her clenched fists gradually turned white, her breathing became rapid, and soon a thick layer of sweat appeared on her forehead: "Impossible, the emperor will not be ruthless, our Mu family has never done anything that is detrimental to the court."

"To serve the emperor is like serving a tiger. If you do well, the emperor will be wary of you. If you do not do well, the emperor will punish you. As for those in between, it all depends on the emperor's mood. To put it bluntly, they are all chess pieces of the emperor. Even if they are powerful for a while, if they threaten the existence of the imperial power, there will be cases of the whole family being executed. Isn't it rare?"

Yuan Buwei's words were deafening.

Mu Qing's eyes were red, and he looked down at Lu Sui: "You knew it a long time ago, didn't you?"

"I was just guessing before. I thought you were brought up by me and you wouldn't betray me." Lu Sui smiled, with disappointment in his eyes. "I overestimated you."

"No, no, young marquis, please listen to my explanation. I have never thought of harming you, and I don't know that the emperor would harm you. I..."

"Mu Qing, as Lu Sui's deputy general, even Li Yan can see it. You really can't see it, or are you putting Lu Sui to death for your own selfish reasons?"

"I don't!"

As Mu Qing roared, tears also fell: "I care about him too much, why would I hurt him?"

"But everything you did pushed Lu Sui to a dead end." Since she had started, Yuan Buwei was not going to let Mu Qing go. "Or do you think that when Lu Sui has nothing left, you can tell him, look, everyone has left you, only I will never leave you, and then you can retire to the mountains and become a pair of idle clouds and wild cranes?"

"No, I can accompany, accompany the young marquis..." Mu Qing suddenly stopped talking because she couldn't continue. The emperor was about to take away Lu Sui's military power, so how could she accompany him to fight on the battlefield.

"Mu Qing, you are actually a brave and resourceful woman. Your achievements have surpassed many women of your age, but you have ruined your originally good hand."

"That's all because of your existence!"

Mu Qing couldn't hold it in any longer and yelled at Yuan Buwei: "As soon as you appeared, the young marquis could no longer see me. It was me who accompanied the young marquis through one difficult night after another."

"Mu Qing, I don't like what you said. Didn't I accompany the young marquis through many difficult nights? I also accompanied Xing Zhou, and the soldiers in the Gale Camp. Who hasn't accompanied the young marquis?"

Li Yan couldn't help but interjected, "You talk about your dedication to the young marquis in every sentence, but your dedication is only from your own perspective. It is not what the young marquis needs. And everything the young lady does is from the perspective of the young marquis. If you have half the thinking of the young lady, you would not have come to this point today."

Mu Qing's face felt hot after hearing what Li Yan said.

She bit her lower lip, not daring to say another word. She just looked at Lu Sui helplessly, hoping that he could say something fair.

"Mu Qing, I've given you many chances before. Today, everyone has broken down what I've said to you, but you still look aggrieved and innocent..." Lu Sui shook his head, "You always push the responsibility onto others and clear yourself of all blame."

"No, it's not like that, young marquis, I just... I'm just afraid that you will look down on me."

At this moment, Mu Qing suddenly realized that the good impression she had accumulated in Lu Sui's heart was completely destroyed by her.

She was panicked and anxious.

"Young Marquis, I kneel down in front of you. I know I was wrong. I..."

"The person you need to apologize to is Avi."

Mu Qing was startled and turned to look at Yuan Buwei who was standing there. She was obviously wearing plain clothes and had no makeup on, but compared with himself, she was so dignified and elegant.

Looking back at myself, I am like a rat in the gutter, hated by everyone.

Mu Qing still held the dagger in her hand. The next second, filled with despair and anger, she stabbed towards Yuan Buwei.

"Awei, be careful." Lu Sui shouted first, struggling to get up, but suddenly fell heavily to the ground.

"Young Marquis!" Li Yan shouted and immediately went to support Lu Sui.

"do not come!"

Mu Qing kidnapped Yuan Buwei. She knew she couldn't do this, but she just didn't want to do it.

"Lu Sui, I'm sincere to you, why can't you see it? Why don't you love me?"

"If you want him to love you, you must first love yourself." The sharp dagger was against her neck, but Yuan Buwei did not panic at all. Instead, she spoke to Mu Qing calmly, "It's not too late for you to turn back now. If you stab me with this sword, you will..."

"Yuan Buwei, shut up!"

Mu Qing opened his mouth and spitted all over Yuan Buwei's face: "Who do you think you are? You only know a little bit of medical skills, which happened to be able to cure Lu Sui's illness, and you relied on your good looks to flirt with him."

"Then what do you want me to do? Quit and let you and Lu Sui be together?" Yuan Buwei sneered, "Mu Qing, you still don't understand. You think that what happened to you was caused by me."

"Yuan Buwei, I dare not say anything else, but I know very well that you married Lu Sui and took care of him wholeheartedly. Don't you have any selfish motives?" Mu Qing snorted and laughed, looking at Lu Sui who had been helped to the recliner by Li Yan. "Lu Sui, don't you know how dark this woman you face every day is?"