Chapter 482: Two Broken Men (1/2)
Lin Mu had definitely not expected to meet the former crown prince here. He recognized the name as he had heard that a few times before. The last time he heard about a prince was from Tongguo Bing who had told him that the prince came to the Big Zhao's Heavenly Delicacies restaurant with the other young masters of the noble clans of the city.
He had thought that this was the none other than Shuang Zedong, but it turned out to be false.
”How did you become like this? If you're not the crown prince, who is now?” Lin Mu questioned, feeling shocked.
”The crown prince is none other than my second brother now.” Shuang Zedong spoke.
”Second brother? You had a brother?” Lin Mu questioned.
Till now he had not heard that the king had another child from the queen. He knew that there were more children from the concubines but not from the queen.
~Sigh~
”He is not my blood brother, rather the son of my father's favorite concubine. He schemed against me and assassinate me with the assistance of Gu Yao. But Lord Wu Hei managed to save me.” Shuang Zedong spoke.
”What! But the assassination of a prince would have been great news if it happened.” Lin Mu said.
”Indeed… but the current crown prince managed to convince father that letting such news spread would be bad for the current morale of the kingdom. Instead, they fabricated a story of how I have entered seclusion to focus on cultivation and have given up on my position of the crown prince.” Shuang Zedong explained.
”This… utterly ridiculous! How can the king be so stupid?” Lin Mu said, feeling enraged.
Lin Mu's thoughts about the aristocrats and nobles were already in the negative since before, and now this was only infuriating him more.
”I don't know either. But our best guess is that the concubine had managed to charm the king so badly that he does not question his own actions.” Shuang Zedong spoke.
”Wu Xun also had a hand in this and supported the current crown prince's rise to his position.” Wu Hei added.
Hearing the answer only made Lin Mu angry but then he forcibly calmed himself down. He swore to himself he would take them down one by one.
”I believe I should introduce myself now.” The final man who was remaining in the group spoke. ”I am nameless, one of the elders of the Gu Legion.” He revealed.
Lin Mu raised his brows as he looked at Wu Hei for answers.
”He is another person who has been aware of the Gu Legion for a long time. In fact, he knew about them before me and had the same aim as me to decimate them.” Wu Hei spoke.