Chapter 409 - 409"Xie w.a.n.g sure has a good trick up his sleeve …" It was so easy to pack up Princess Xi Ya and send it back! " When Zhong Lixian saw Mu Jin walk in, she couldn"t help but to clap. She looked at Xie w.a.n.g coldly, without any ripples in his eyes.
Mu Jin, on the other hand, calmly walked to Zhong Lixian"s side and sat down. Her gaze then landed on Zhong Lixian"s legs that were covered by thin cotton wool, "The crown prince"s legs seem to be badly injured!"
"No matter how heavy your injuries are, there will always be a day when you recover. Xie w.a.n.g, on the other hand, your life is much more serious than my leg …" Zhong Lixian"s cold eyes were as cold as an icicle in winter.
Mu Jin naturally knew what Zhong Lixian was talking about.
However, he only said lightly, "Does the Crown Prince want my life that much?" Mu Jin"s eyes turned cold, and an invisible force of deterrence pounced towards Zhong Lixian.
Both of them had the aura of kings. One of them was vigorous and the other looked down on the world.
"Perhaps, I should call you Crown Prince!" Zhong Lixian"s cold eyes were filled with dense killing intent.
It was unknown when the temperature in the room suddenly dropped. Even though the room was burning with charcoal, the people in the room could still feel waves of coldness emitting from their bodies.
And this coldness came from the depths of his bones, making him unable to let it go.
Mu Jin retracted her pitch-black eyes, but her pupils that were as deep as water remained calm. She did not feel the slightest bit of fear towards Zhong Lixian"s words, "Then how does this duke address a palace maid and the child born to the emperor, the person who was taken over by the empress?"
When Zhong Lixian heard these words, her pupils suddenly enlarged, but the shock and astonishment in her eyes instantly disappeared. Lightly raising the corner of her mouth, a frosty feeling flowed from the corner of her lips.
"This king"s story begins with the gunpowder explosion five years ago, but the crown prince"s story began with the night twenty-two years ago. The empress cannot bear children today, so in order to consolidate her position in the imperial palace, she was replaced by a young palace maid when the emperor was about to be fortunate. Not long after that, this young palace maid became pregnant with a child, became a man in one fell swoop, and was then bestowed the t.i.tle of crown prince. Mu Jin"s pitch-black eyes landed on Zhong Lixian"s face, and the expression he indifferently looked at Zhong Lixian became more and more unsightly. After he finished speaking, Zhong Lixian"s expression had already become gloomy.
"How did you know?" Zhong Lixian was silent for a long time, as her sharp and gloomy eyes swept towards Mu Jin.
In the entire palace, only two people knew about him. One was him, while the other was the empress.
Everyone who had partic.i.p.ated in this, including his birth mother, had already been secretly executed by the empress. Even the mama who had served the empress since he was young had been secretly executed by the empress when he was born.
When he was seven years old, he knew that he was not born of the empress. It was only because the empress had gotten drunk during the birthday banquet that time.
However, he was curious as to how Mu Jin found out about this.
"Do you know that your biological mother isn"t just a mere palace maid but a half-sister of the empress? Otherwise, why would the empress have chosen your biological mother?" Mu Jin"s slender, jade-like fingertips lightly knocked on the wooden table.
"I naturally know that my birth mother is the empress"s half-sister. I just want to know how you, Your Highness, found out my ident.i.ty. I don"t think you will come to confront me like this if you don"t have solid evidence!" The empress had a pair of phoenix eyes, but he also had a pair of phoenix eyes. Ever since he was born, he had never been suspected by anyone.
He originally thought that by capturing Mu Jin"s secret, he would be able to threaten and use him. However, in the nick of time, Mu Jin also caught his secret.
Back then, the empress had done this in great secrecy, and the people who knew had all been killed. It was impossible for the remaining two to be revealed.
"Back then, the empress was young and soft-hearted. After she heartlessly killed your birth mother, she was unable to bear to kill the mama who had taken care of her for so many years!" When Mu Jin said this, Zhong Lixian also understood it all. It seemed that all of this was said by the mama back then.
"But, why would you suspect my ident.i.ty?" Zhong Lixian definitely did not believe that all of this was just a coincidence. How could Mu Jin suspect his ident.i.ty for no reason?
This king did not suspect your ident.i.ty at the beginning, but when I investigated you, I found out about the empress"s ident.i.ty. Within almost a month, the empress"s trusted aides had either mysteriously disappeared, or accidentally died, so three months later, all the palace maids and eunuchs came to change their blood. How could this not make me suspicious? Mu Jin"s words were self-evident.
It was precisely because Mu Jin had investigated this crucial point that he had begun to have doubts regarding his ident.i.ty and background.
But he didn"t feel it at all. He thought he would win back, but in the end he still lost.
Zhong Lixian smirked as she stared at Mu Jin with sinister eyes, "But this matter has already pa.s.sed so long. The emperor is already very old, so even if you reveal my true ident.i.ty, what can you do?"
"Is the crown prince prepared to force the emperor to abdicate?" Mu Jin Xie spoke out. This was the crime of deceiving the monarch, if the twenty-two years of matters were to be reversed, then the Empress and Zhong Lixian would all die!
If the Empress had been unable to give birth, she could have sent her own little sister to the Emperor. After giving birth to a child, the little sister"s child could have easily pa.s.sed beneath her knees.
However, the empress was worried that her favour would be taken away by her younger sister, and was even afraid that her younger sister would threaten her or even take her place. Hence, the empress chose this extreme method!
Mu Jin"s words seemed exceptionally easy and straightforward, but Zhong Lixian"s expression changed abruptly as the light in her eyes became exceptionally sharp.
"Prince, do you think it"s appropriate for you to say such words in my palace?" Zhong Lixian was as angry as a leopard whose thoughts had been seen through.
Mu Jin sn.i.g.g.e.red. "Looks like the crown prince has already made such preparations. It"s one thing for this king to not know about this before, but now that I know, what do you think are the chances of success?"