Chapter 195 (1/2)

Very quickly, the news that King Yan, Mu Changyan, and the others had left the Ministry of Justice prison spread like wildfire. The sensitive people knew that this was a signal, a signal that Mu Changyan was unwilling to become a puppet.

But until now, did Mu Changyan really have the strength to oppose the empress dowager?

Heavenly Temple.

Mu Changyan knelt on one knee in front of a sculpture, filled with deep emotions.

””Unfilial son Mu Changyan kowtowed.””

He raised his head, ””This subject has been terrified ever since I received my orders. What I fear the most in my life is the destruction of the foundation left behind by my ancestors.””

I know that I am incompetent, but I don't dare to give up the Mu Family's foundation.

Today, I have made up my mind to defend the stability of the Mu Clan.

””If your ancestor has a spirit in heaven, please help your ancestor fight.””

Bang! Bang! Bang! Bang!

Mu Changyan kowtowed three times.

He took out a dagger from his sleeve and cut his palm. Then, he stood up and dripped some blood on the sculpture, ””I hope Ancestor agrees to help me activate the formation.””

””The empress dowager thinks she's in control of everything, but only the descendants of the Mu Family know that the true Grand Formation for protecting the country requires the blood of our descendants to activate.””

His blood slowly dripped down onto the statue.

Mu Changyan stared fixedly at the stone statue, but after a while, not a single drop of his blood merged into the stone statue, and all of it dripped down the stone statue and dripped onto the ground.

With a thump, Mu Changyan's body involuntarily fell to the ground. It was as if her life force had been sucked out of her body in an instant, and her face was devoid of blood.

””Why is this happening?””

He fell to the ground, his face so pale that he seemed to have lost half his life.

This was the secret that his older brother, the former crown prince, had told him.

This secret was a secret that the Mu Clan would never allow to be leaked. If the previous crown prince hadn't known that he was powerless, he wouldn't have revealed it.

Only those who inherited the throne would be able to inherit this secret from the previous Swallow King.

But now, Mu Changyan had failed.

””Why!””

Mu Changyan raised his head to the sky and shouted, ””Could it be that the will of the heavens is going to destroy my Great Yan, and the will of the heavens is going to annihilate my Mu Clan?!””

Or, am I not a grandson of the Mu Clan?!

At that moment, a person walked in from the outside like a ghost. He looked at the despairing Mu Changyan and said in a low voice, ””Your Majesty … it's not that you don't have the bloodline power, but it's because the poison in you is too deep. Although your subject has tried her best to remove the poison, under the combination of the medicine, the bloodline power in your body is extremely thin.””

Mu Changyan suddenly turned around and shouted, ””Zhuge Liuyun!””

””Quickly tell me, is there any way out?””

The ghost-like old man who came in was the Imperial Physician Zhuge Liuyun. He lowered his head and replied, ””Your Majesty, your subject is powerless.””

If he wanted to recover the bloodline power in the King, he could only wait.

””After all of the medicinal effects in the king's body have been removed, the bloodline power will naturally return slowly.””

Mu Changyan stood up and walked quickly to Zhuge Liuyun, ””How long will it take?!””

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ””This subject doesn't know … however, this subject feels that it will take at least a few years.””

Mu Changyan flung out her sleeves. ””I won't be waiting for more than a few years. The empress dowager will press on, step by step. I'm afraid it won't be long before she kills me.””

””Right now, the military is only the beginning. If I sit and wait for death, sooner or later the empress dowager will steal all the a.s.sets of the Mu Family!””

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ””Your Majesty … Your subject knows that Your Majesty is worried.””

However, there really wasn't any better way to deal with it right now. It was best to bear with it.

Sacrificing one more year.

””This subject will try my best to find a way to completely remove the poison and medicinal effects from the king's body during this year. Once the power of the king's bloodline recovers, there won't be anything to be afraid of.””

Mu Changyan's hands drooped down helplessly, ””It's not that I don't know this logic, I just don't have the time.””

He raised his head to look at Zhuge Liuyun. ””You probably know what shameful things the empress dowager has done in the brocade palace.””

Zhuge Liuyun's expression changed, ””This subject … has heard of it.””

Mu Changyan looked straight into Zhuge Liuyun's worried eyes. ””Then do you know that the empress dowager is already pregnant?””

This heartless s.l.u.t actually dared to commit such a heinous act … The face of my Mu Clan has vanished.

””If she gave birth to an evil seed that even Father doesn't know, how would I explain this to the ancestors of the Mu Clan?!””

He walked quickly back and forth. ””You also know that the reason why the empress dowager brought me back from the Ancient Barbarian Mountain's illusory world is only her expedient plan.””

Gu was only her puppet, but now that she was pregnant, she would definitely think of a way to give that evil person an ident.i.ty.

At that time, all of the businesses in the Mu Clan will fall into the hands of outsiders! ””

Zhuge Liuyun lowered his head. ””But your Majesty, the empress dowager is too powerful now, and your Majesty is temporarily unable to activate the Imperial Protector's Grand Formation. The best way is to endure it for now.””

””Gu has endured enough.””

Mu Changyan said loudly, ””Even if I have to put my life on the line, I can't just watch her take away the Mu Clan's land!””

After being silent for a while, Zhuge Liuyun said, ””This subject heard that the former crown prince and Ye Yun... seemed to have a child?””

Mu Changyan's expression changed drastically. ””Who told you that?!””

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ””It's just that the servants who served the former crown prince started to gossip in private.””

He said that the former crown prince and Ye Yun already had a husband and wife and speculated that Ye Yun might already be pregnant by the time she left Extreme Heaven Palace. ””

Mu Changyan waved her hands, ””No!””

Zhuge Liuyun said, ””Why are you so sure?!””

Mu Changyan asked, ””Did you forget where I came from?””

At that time, Gu left the Heavenly Temple to protect Ye Yun.

””For the past few years, Gu has been secretly protecting Ye Yun. Does she have any children? Could it be that there's someone who knows better than Gu?””

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ””But this subject heard that when Ye Yun was living in the city, he opened a small tavern, in which there was a very pretty little boy.””

””Your Majesty, your subject has no other intentions. Your subject's meaning is … if Ye Yun really has a child, then he might have a chance of winning in a fight with the empress dowager.””

Mu Changyan looked at Zhuge Liuyun and asked, ””What you mean is, if Ye Yun had a child, she could also activate this Great Guarding Formation?””

Zhuge Liuyun said worriedly, ””That's what I meant.””