The reborn girl always wants to escape, but the abstinent marquis hugs her and coaxes her!

Chapter 328: The Fate of Killing Father and Mother

The music house in front of us is clearly a replica of the one owned by the Luo Xiao family in Yuzhou City that was damaged by rain.

Xu Rongrong didn't expect to see it in the capital city thousands of miles away.

Mu Rong had just said that he wanted Luo Xiao to settle down in the capital, and she had thought about it too...

In fact, long after Shu Qing told her that Luo Xiao's tuberculosis could be cured, she had been dreaming that Luo Xiao and her daughter could stay in the capital for a long time.

In addition, there was the relationship with Nanny Xiao.

She had also asked Luo Xiao about her plans. Although the Xiao clan sisters had bullied her in every way, Luo Xiao still wanted to stay.

The reason is simple... She has no other relatives in the world, only Aunt Xiao and Luo Yuqi. If she can stay with her relatives for a long time, who would be willing to wander around?

So, from that time on, Xu Rongrong had an idea in her mind - to open a music house in Beijing and hand it over to Luo Xiao to manage.

Given her past life experiences, she believed that the money she held was the most real and permanent thing in the world. However, if she wanted to do long-term business in the Great Zhou, she needed to understand the court's trends, the preferences of the powerful, and the needs of the people. Nowhere could she gather this information faster and more comprehensively than at a music hall or wine shop.

However, she was able to identify the courtyard on Luming Street and seize Xu Chaoqian's porcelain shop because she had memories of her past life, knowing in advance that border trade would reopen after the spring, and the items she held would double in value. She also opened a herbal medicine shop because she didn't want to waste the skills she had learned while bored in the Marquis' Mansion in her past life, identifying herbs.

The subsequent tea business was also due to her trust in Luo Chen's ability and vision, which made her determined to invest and support it.

The Coke House Tavern is not her forte. She is not the kind of person who tries to show off her wealth. She has accumulated so much wealth today by devoting herself to the business after her rebirth. She will definitely not rashly invest in an industry that she does not understand.

However, the appearance of Luo Xiao just filled this vacancy for her.

In addition, her interactions with Luo Xiao's mother and daughter in Yuzhou City made her deeply believe in their character. After arriving in Beijing, in order not to cause trouble for herself, Luo Xiao would rather die of illness than ask for help. If she rashly helped them because of their past friendship, she was afraid that it would hurt Luo Xiao's heart.

But if she were to stay in the clinic to help out, her talents would not be able to be fully utilized, which would not only be a pity, but would also make it impossible for Luo Xiao and her daughter to escape the situation of being dependent on others.

Nothing can make someone feel more at home than having a shop of their own.

She didn't expect that Mu Rong had already prepared it for her.

She stared at Mu Rong blankly, only to see a smile in his eyes. "What my third brother and I are planning is secretive, and we need to gather information from all walks of life. Nothing could be more useful than a music studio."

Xu Rongrong didn't believe what he said.

Judging from his determination to help Prince Ning seize the throne, he must have already made arrangements in various places in the capital, and he would definitely not need to get information from the music house at this time.

In addition, what he just said: If Luo Xiao stays in the capital, she will have one more friend.

Why... did he bring her to this point?

She raised her head and looked at Mu Rong. "Sister Mu told me tonight that your behavior since asking His Majesty for the marriage has been completely different from your previous behavior. It's as if you owe me something. So... is this really the case, Your Majesty?"

"Or perhaps... what does the Marquis owe me? Why would he consider me in every detail, big or small, like today?"

Mu Rong was stunned.

So, after coming out of Prince Ning's Mansion tonight, the strangeness he felt from Xu Rongrong was all because of the word "debt" that Mu Qianyin said?

This...how should he answer?

Mu Rong took a long breath, and under Xu Rongrong's serious gaze, he smiled bitterly: "If you say I owe you something... I do."

At that moment, Xu Rongrong felt as if all the blood in her body was about to freeze.

She curled her fingers nervously, her fingertips pressing into her palms so hard that it hurt.

There was a suspicion in her heart that she didn't want to face...

It was also a conjecture she had never tested...

Could it be true?

Seeing the girl in front of him unconsciously showing her nervousness, Mu Rong smiled slightly: "Rongrong, do you know how others evaluate me?"

"Huh?" Xu Rongrong was confused. "They say I'm unlucky for my husband and mother, and will kill all my blood relatives."

Xu Rongrong was stunned.

"What they say is not entirely untrue," Mu Rong said with a wry smile. "Everyone knows that when I was young, my parents doted on me alone, and there were no other heirs in the Marquisate... But that's not true. My mother is Princess Rongyang, and my father is a marquis with distinguished military achievements. How could the Mu family's responsibility allow my father to lose a child because of his exclusive favor towards me? In fact... after I was born, my mother gave birth to two other baby boys."

"Why have I never heard of this?"

"Because one of them died before they were full-term, and the other just after they could sit up... According to royal family rules, infants under a full year old cannot be included in the family tree, and no one is allowed to talk about them. It's as if they... had never been there."

No wonder I have never heard of it in either life.

Mu Rong continued, "After losing her third child, my mother fell seriously ill. The imperial physician declared her infertile. Fortunately, my father and mother had a deep bond, and even though she couldn't bear another child, he never considered taking a concubine... If things had gone smoothly, then you know what happened next... When I was thirteen, my father was ordered by the emperor to go to war to quell banditry on the border. Although it was a small battle, for some reason, my mother insisted on going with him... That time, neither of them returned alive."

"Later, I heard people discussing this battle. The rioters on the border were all bandits, and with my father's ability, there was no way he could be defeated. His Majesty ordered a thorough investigation, but the cause was never found. From then on, rumors spread among the royal family that I was unlucky for my father and mother, and all blood relatives, and had an extremely bad fate... Therefore, when I was young, no one dared to get close to me except a few princes. Only..."

Mu Rong paused here.

Xu Rongrong understood that he was referring to Lin Jiaoyue.

No wonder, with his cold and hard character, he was willing to be ordered around by Lin Jiaoyue in his previous life, and even helped her love rival ascend the throne.

Mu Rong continued, "The rumors eventually reached His Majesty. He was so furious that no one dared to discuss them in person. Later, I inherited the title of Marquis of Weiyuan and went into battle early. After years of fighting on the battlefield, those rumors gradually faded."

"But no one dares to mention it anymore... But those rumors did exist after all. I'm afraid you'll dislike me because of them..."

When Mu Rong said this, his voice gradually dimmed.

"If I feel guilty, it's because I was afraid you wouldn't agree to my request, so I forced you to marry me under His Majesty's order... I feel guilty after all."

So, that's how it is?