Chapter 17 (2/2)

A very young child kept an earth-shattering secret all to herself, and had to carry the burden of the family from a young age. Mu Qingge did not have the same thinking of an adult like Mu Ge, so Mu Qingge could only count on herself to finish the mission her mother left behind.

It was a pity that she was a good-for-nothing and could not cultivate. Under all sorts of pressure, she could only use her identity as a rich man’s son to make everyone remember Kingdom of Qin’s Mu Residence.

The human and the ghost kept quiet for some time. Eventually, Mu Ge was the one who broke the silence.

“Talk about that person with the last name ‘He’.” Mu Ge placed her hands behind her head and lay down on the mattress, as she stared at the top of the tent.

Strong murderous intentions gathered in Mu Qingge’s eyes when this topic was brought up. Her teeth clenched tightly as her cold voice sounded, “He Cheng.”

“What’s He Cheng?” Mu Ge’s gaze shifted, but it was dark and hard to understand. “Based on Old Master’s character, he would definitely kill the person, who set his precious grandson – the only Mu family’s descendant – up and indirectly caused the death of 500 guards, without you saying a word. Why did he tell me that I can’t kill him?”

Mu Qingge’s eyes darkened. “That’s because the He family belongs to Prince Rui’s group. As long as He Cheng didn’t die, the He family would not say anything about how we treat him. But once he did, the He family would take the chance to suppress the Mu family. The person on top might even use this chance to retract a portion of Grandpa’s military power. The Mu family never gets involved in the royal family’s conflicts, but I’m the reason why there seems to be a close relation between the Mu Residence and Prince Rui Residence. Now that the Emperor is getting older and the princes are more impulsive, Grandpa doesn’t want to get involved at this point, so he won’t let you kill He Cheng and would ask you to keep your distance from Prince Rui.”

“You understand it pretty clearly,” sneered Mu Ge in a seemingly mocking manner.

However, Mu Qingge did not say a word and got lost in her thoughts again.

Looking at her face, Mu Ge guessed that she still missed that Prince Rui.

They did not continue talking, and Mu Ge started planning in her heart. ‘There’s definitely more than one killer for He Cheng’s incident. That Prince Rui… He probably came over with Old Master Mu to personally see if Mu Qingge was alive or dead and because of that He Cheng.’

‘Does he want to save He Cheng from the Mu Residence?’

Mu Ge’s lips suddenly curved up in a defiant and sinister smile, as her eyes looked a lot more playful.

‘We’ll need to see if I agree to that!’

‘It’s okay if I can’t kill him. I can play with him slowly.’ Mu Ge’s smile looked more heartless. ‘I’ll let those who offend me to clearly know what it means to be better dead than alive.’

How could one rotten life be compared to the Mu family’s 500 brave heroes?