bayedsolid Chapter 305 The Trump Card in Hand!
Chapter 305 The Trump Card in Hand!
Since that day, Mu Xinyao seemed like a different person, absent-minded all day long, and her mental state was not as good as before.
Mu Chang'an no longer showed her any mercy and directly ordered her to stay at home, even forbidding her from leaving the house during the annual Dragon Boat Festival.
After discussing the matter with Mu Chang'an, Li finally recounted the whole story to Mu Qingyuan.
Mu Qingyuan was already very disappointed in his older sister, Mu Xinyao, and now that such a thing had happened, he naturally felt even less sympathy for her. She dared to frame his most trusted elder sister, and even almost implicated the entire Mu family. For such a serious crime, it was already extremely merciful of his father not to send her to the family temple.
Now, even the old lady herself is struggling to protect herself, and she is extremely isolated from news. It has to be said that Mu Xinyao is still too arrogant. She thought that she could do whatever she wanted just because she had the Prince Ming as her backer, and she has completely blocked her own path.
Mu Xin Nuan felt a pang of emotion. In her previous life, Mu Xin Yao had not relied on the Ming King at first and had actually thrived. But in this life, she never imagined that what she thought was a powerful patron would trap her in a cage.
Mu Xinyao probably couldn't figure out what exactly went wrong.
Why is it that even with the support of the Prince Ming and the Duke of Anguo's mansion, the Mu family still shows no fear of her? They were simply confined to their quarters without any warning?
What Mu Xinyao couldn't understand even more was why, despite being confined to her quarters, the Ming Prince and the Duke of Anguo's mansion hadn't made a single move.
Little did Mu Xinyao know that Duke Anguo and Prince Ming were already overwhelmed with state affairs and had no time to care about a woman in the inner quarters.
More importantly, Mu Xinyao's trump cards are no longer as important as Ming Wang's current situation.
As night fell, most of the lights in the Moon Pavilion were extinguished, and the curtains in the windows were completely closed, leaving no gaps.
Mu Xin Nuan sat down on the stool, glaring angrily at Duanmu Chu Ze standing opposite her, looking as if she wanted to bite him.
"Don't look at me like that, it makes me feel embarrassed."
Mu Xin Nuan rolled her eyes at him in an extremely inelegant manner, "Then why did you come? Just disappear already."
Duanmu Chuze raised an eyebrow with a hint of wickedness and curved his lips into a smile, "Anuan, how could you do this? I have good news for you."
Mu Xin Nuan sighed and rubbed her forehead helplessly. "Duanmu Chu Ze, if you don't sneak into someone's boudoir at night, are you not worthy of your status as the Prince of Chang Le? How can you be so shameless?"
If anyone else had said those words, they would probably be dead before the words even faded!
But it was Mu Xin Nuan who said those words, so even if Duanmu Chu Ze was angry, he couldn't really do anything to Mu Xin Nuan.
"Okay, I'm shameless, I'm shameless, is that enough? Ah Nuan, are you sure you don't want to know even a little bit about Mu Xinyao's trump card?"
Mu Xin Nuan's eyes lit up immediately. "What? Tell me quickly, what is it?"
"Mu Xinyao has the blueprints for a weapon. That weapon is very powerful. If it falls into the hands of the Ming King, it will be extremely dangerous."
"What weapon? How could a woman like Mu Xinyao have this?" Mu Xinnuan asked with some doubt.
"I'm not entirely sure how she got here." Duanmu Chuze's eyes flickered. Could he say that Mu Xinyao had traveled from the modern era? If he did, Mu Xinnuan would probably be scared to death!
Besides, how would he explain his own identity later? And how was he sure that Mu Xinyao had transmigrated?
"What kind of weapon is that?"
Seeing that she was no longer dwelling on the previous question, Duanmu Chuze felt much more relaxed. "It's a crossbow."
"dull?"
“That’s right. However, this trump card has now been directly presented to Father Emperor by my people. Moreover, Father Emperor ordered at the morning court this day that your father, in charge of the Ministry of Works, immediately produce one hundred of them, and then test them at the Xishan Hunting Grounds a month later.”
"Father? But what about Father now?"
"Don't worry! Father is just concerned that someone in the Ministry of Works might sabotage things. Besides, your father has been in the Ministry of Works for many years and must have unique skills in this field. Father is giving him a chance to make a contribution."
Mu Xin Nuan was speechless. Had she made a contribution?
Seeing Mu Xin Nuan's slightly surprised expression, Duanmu Chu Ze smiled and said, "What? Aren't you looking forward to it at all?"
Mu Xin Nuan snapped out of her daze, her face instantly turning crimson. She glared at him reproachfully. How could he say such things so bluntly? This was clearly an implication that if her father could successfully complete the Chu Du this time, he would probably issue an imperial decree to grant them marriage.
How did you get this information?
Duanmu Chuze curled his lip. "It's simple, just have someone keep an eye on her and Prince Ming. To be honest, Mu Xinyao is just too clever for her own good! If she had handed the blueprints to Prince Ming earlier, he probably would have thought she knew more than just that and would have helped her a lot. But she's so self-righteous, thinking that as long as she doesn't hand over the blueprints, they will respect her. She's just so stupid!"
"So, Ming Wang and the others also knew about this?"
"Of course! However, the Emperor has clearly decreed that apart from the Ministry of Works of Dayong, no other government office or common people are allowed to build this. If discovered, they will be executed immediately! If a family possesses more than three of these items, their entire family will be exterminated."
"That powerful? Such a law is a bit too domineering," Mu Xinnuan said, frowning.
"This is a weapon, so it should be punished more severely. Otherwise, wouldn't the world descend into chaos?"
"Have you seen that picture? Are you sure that crossbow will be extremely effective?"
"I had them made in secret a long time ago. A total of twenty were made. They're all at Prince Chang Le's residence now, and I didn't bring one with me. If I had known you were interested, I should have given you one too."
“I don’t want this. It’s too cold and aloof. Tell me, where did Mu Xinyao get such a thing? Besides, although she occasionally goes out, I’ve never seen her come into contact with any martial arts masters.”
"Alright, the point of telling you this isn't to get you to investigate anything, but just to let you know that Mu Xinyao has been completely abandoned by the Ming King."
Duanmu Chuze's voice was somewhat cold, and his smile was tinged with disdain. It seemed that even uttering the name of Mu Xinyao from his mouth was an insult to a prince like himself!
Upon hearing this, Mu Xin Nuan initially dismissed it, then her eyes flickered, and finally she looked shocked. "You used a divisive tactic?"