Chapter 17 (1/2)

Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios

“… Perhaps, you’re the only one in the world that knows that you’re a girl,” said Mu Qingge suddenly.

Mu Ge raised her brows and looked up, as if waiting for her next sentence, but she was complaining in her heart. ‘No, there’s still that darned peeping tom!’

He appeared when the illusion enchantment was repairing itself and she was also washing the dirt off her body, so he had taken complete advantage of her.

The good thing was that this petite figure had nothing much to look at, and she did not lose out much with the inner wear she had.

“Now, I only remember that when I came of age, Mother told me I can’t take off the earring if I want Grandpa to be happy and the Mu Residence to be safe.” Mu Qingge closed her eyes and spoke lightly, as if she was immersed in her memories.

Mu Ge kept quiet.

She could roughly guess a few key points.

Mu Residence had a special status in the Kingdom of Qin, and Mu Xiong’s military troops were too powerful, causing the Emperor to fear him. If Mu Residence did not have any male descendants, the Emperor could naturally take back the Lord position. If he was harsher, he could directly get her to marry some prince and silently swallow the Mu Residence whole, leaving Mu Xiong with nothing.

However, if the Mu Residence had a descendant, the Emperor could not touch them easily, no matter how much he wanted to. He had to meticulously handle his relationship with the Mu Residence. No matter what he did in the dark, he must act close on the surface. If not, the Kingdom of Qin’s soldiers’ hearts and the civilians’ hearts would become cold.

This was the second time Mu Ge became curious about the body’s mother. What kind of woman was she, which allowed her to have such an enchantment and even use her own daughter in this set up?

Mu Ge’s eyes turned and her cold gaze landed on the translucent Mu Qingge. “I think you said that your only blood-related kin in the Mu Residence is your grandfather and your aunt. What about your parents?”

Parents…

That word seemed to have touched Mu Qingge’s sore spot, as pain flashed across her eyes. She then said slowly, “My dad died in battle when I was four. My mom refused to believe this, so she went to the battlefield to find my dad alone. Then, we lost all news from her. Mother is an orphan and met Father while training. After she left, Grandpa had also sent people to look for them but to no avail.”

When she was four… Mu Qingge was already fiften this year.

They had lost all news from them for eleven years. Perhaps…

Mu Ge looked at Mu Qingge silently and seemed to start to understand the latter’s extreme methods when she was alive.