Chapter 492: Who Incited?

Fei Yi said, "If you want to kill or chop, come at me! It has nothing to do with my sister—release him!"

Gu Rongjin remained unmoved: "You two, one getting close to General Mu, one getting close to the Princess Defending the State, colluding inside and out, you're all accomplices—what do you mean 'unrelated'?"

I didn't even know the Princess's identity at the start!

Otherwise he definitely wouldn't have gone to talk to him!

There's no need to let things turn out like this...

If he hadn't exposed himself, my sister wouldn't have been exposed!

But...

Fei Yi glanced toward Yi Fei.

But if my sister harbored such thoughts, once exposed it could be even worse than now.

He shouldn't have let her go off alone from the start; he should have stayed with her!

He didn't care enough about her, not even knowing the heavy burden she carried.

Fei Yi is now overwhelmed with guilt.

Gu Rongjin ignored Fei Yi and said to Yi Fei: "Speak, who put you up to this? Your father wouldn't tell you these things—where did you learn them? Name the mastermind, and I can spare your life."

In accordance with Gu Rongjin's words, Mu Yu Mo released Yi Fei.

Yi Fei coughed, drawing deep breaths of fresh air; Fei Yi rushed over to support his sister: "Are you alright?"

Yi Fei shook his head.

"Who exactly incited you? Sister, just say it—you're so kind, surely a bad person put you up to this, sorry?" Fei Yi believed his sister's nature was not bad; it absolutely couldn't have been her own idea!

Gu Rongjin said, "Covering up won't help; I will definitely find out. You may doubt my abilities, but then you lose all hope of living—and so does your brother."

Yi Fei's gaze swept over Gu Rongjin and Mu Yu Mo, finally resting on her elder brother before withdrawing, as if weighing pros and cons and also thinking about how to speak.

Speak, sister!

This is the last chance!

"No one incited me," Yi Fei said.

"Sister!" Fei Yi spun anxiously, really wanting to knock on her head to see what's inside!

Even now, who are you still covering up for?

Yi Fei pressed her lips and said: "But I can tell you who I learned it from."

"You're being honest," Mu Yu Mo chuckled.

Yi Fei tugged at the corner of her mouth and said slowly: "Since I was young, I've vaguely felt that my own origins, as well as my father's identity, are full of mysteries; everyone seems to be deeply taboo about him, yet can't help mocking him, mocking us siblings."

Fei Yi hadn't not thought about these things, but after growing up a bit he understood that exiled criminals usually had some background; ordinary commoners would typically get a beating or be reduced to slave status.

However, he didn't ask his father, possibly because he didn't want to stir up his father's painful memories, or perhaps he was simply avoiding knowing the truth; he feared his father might be an utterly wicked person, so he refused to know the past.

Yi Fei continued: "Gradually I began paying special attention to everything around my father; after a few years I noticed a mysterious person coming to see him, so I tailed that person without alerting them, waiting for an opportunity, and eventually one day I found the chance!"

Everyone listened seriously to Yi Fei's words without interruption.

"That day, that person was drunk, I knew my chance had come, I coaxed the drunkard to slip up, but his mouth was tight; even drunk, he just repeated things like 'Crown Prince,' 'Your Majesty,' 'Sorry.'"

"But I didn't give up; the next day I pretended to know everything and deceived him. That person was smart, but his hangover made his mind fuzzy, so he really believed me and then told me the full truth in detail."

"Of course, what he said was only a small part; later I went around inquiring, and only then did I learn that originally everything was far..."

Gu Rongjin: "Who is that person?!"

Mu Yu Mo: "Obviously, what you know isn't all factual."

"Sister, who is that person?!"

Yi Fei looked at them and said: "I don't know, he's a man who looks like a banished immortal."

Mu Yu Mo was completely bewildered.

What the heck?

At this point, still being infatuated?

Gu Rongjin instantly understood: "It's Xiao Yang."

"Who is Xiao Yang?" Mu Yu Mo felt he had heard that nickname before.

Yi Fei widened her eyes: "You mean that person is the former National Teacher?!"

She hadn't not thought of it, but she didn't think the person who betrayed her grandfather would still come to see her father!

"Xiao Yang still hasn't let go."

After all these years...

It's all the damned Deposed Emperor's fault!

Mu Yu Mo murmured: "It's the National Teacher..."

Is that the National Teacher who's been missing for nearly twenty years?

Gu Rongjin sighed: "At least we can be sure he's still alive."

"Where is he?" Mu Yu Mo asked Yi Fei.

Yi Fei shook her head: "I don't know; I haven't seen him since that day—it's been about six years."

She pressed her lips, looking at the Gu father and son: "I've said all I have to say; do whatever you want—kill or chop!"

"Sister!" Fei Yi grew anxious again, pleadingly looking at Gu Rongjin and them: "Heir Apparent! General! My sister wouldn't lie; she only knows this much, her getting close to you is merely... in short, she absolutely doesn't mean to harm you, and certainly has no intention of rebelling!"

Mu Yu Mo chuckled: "You speak nicely, but if it weren't for you exposing yourself, who knows what crazy thing your sister might do? A physician with a parent's heart—such a black-hearted person becoming a physician is truly terrifying."

"General, with that said, haven't I saved the lives of the soldiers in your camp? Are the people I've healed all fake? Without me, how many lives would disappear—do you, General, care?" Yi Fei pressed aggressively.

"Of course I care!" Whenever Mu Yu Mo closes his eyes, someone collapses before him.

Although his troops have a high survival rate, on the battlefield swords have no eyes—how could there be no sacrifice? One general's success is built on countless bones...

"Alright, you've saved many people; you deserve a chance to live—go on."

Mu Yumo did not seek his father's opinion, he unilaterally decided and said.

Now it was Yi Fei's turn to be stunned; she never expected that a few words could make the person who just looked like he wanted to kill her let her go.

"Are you sure? I'm the daughter of the traitor you just called!"

"I've said before, this is what you earned by saving a life—including your brother; you all may go." Mu Yumo said.

Gu Rongjin did not voice an opinion, but instead smiled while watching his son, who had indeed grown up.

Yi Fei, however, did not look like she had been let go; she was relentless: "What if I cause trouble for you again in the future?!"

Even if a Great Luo Divine Immortal came then, they couldn't save you; this General will personally take action!