I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 669 Questioning my aunt.

"Just you?" Li Mu turned his head with a sneer on his face.

To be honest, Li Mu's acting today could be considered exaggerated, but for some reason, he seemed to know Shan Yuan very well and was sure that he would fall for it.

As expected, Shan Yuan's face showed a rare boldness and frivolity that belonged to his age. He stared at Li Mu fiercely and said word by word,

"If I can, what will you do?"

"Whatever you say, it's up to you."

"Okay, I want you to leave Prince Yan's Mansion!"

"Oh, it's a deal!"

It seemed like Li Mu didn't believe that Shan Yuan could rescue people from the palace at all, and he even only stated half of the bet.

Shan Yuan snorted coldly, glanced at Zhang Hanrui and Li Linger, then turned and left.

At this time, Li Mu patted Dongmei's buttocks beside him, causing the little girl to look at him shyly.

When their eyes met, Dongmei seemed to receive some signal, and she spat in panic, "Young Master is so bad."

Then he pushed Li Mu away and ran out of the main hall without looking back.

Chuntao and the other girls were confused. What was going on? Did Dongmei... cheat? She even dared to push the young master away.

Or maybe you have learned some new tricks to tie a young man down. We agreed that the four sisters would make progress together, but you were secretly taking extra lessons!

Li Mu naturally didn't have time to care about what the three little girls were thinking. Seeing Shan Yuan had already walked to the door of the hall, he took a few quick steps, put his hand on his shoulder, and said in a voice that only the two of them could hear,

"You're not so naive as to let it end like this, are you?"

Shan Yuan turned his head and saw that there was no murderous intent in Li Mu's eyes, but rather a look of amusement as if he were looking at an ant, and the rage in his heart grew even stronger.

However, Li Mu's next words made him feel like he was in an ice cellar.

"If you can't do it, the story of the Single Eyebrow Princess will spread throughout the entire Kyushu. You know, I can do what I say."

When he said this, Li Mu felt a pang of pain in his heart.

But this feeling was short-lived and soon returned to normal.

Shanyuan's face showed three parts of fear, three parts of shock, three parts of hesitation, and one part of disbelief, just like the old fan-shaped picture.

He really couldn't believe that these words would come out of the mouth of the man in front of him.

Li Mu patted his shoulder gently, with a hint of sarcasm on his face.

"It's called gambling only when everyone has chips. How can a great junior master from the Renzong sect be so narrow-minded?"

"I don't believe you dare to do this!" Shan Yuan took a deep breath, and his back teeth clenched.

No wonder Li Mu agreed so readily before, it turned out that he was waiting for him here.

The smile on Li Mu's face gradually disappeared, and his deep eyes stared straight at him.

"I'm not like you. If you can really win, you don't have to worry, but if you lose, you have to make me feel at ease."

So, he was afraid that I would take the second young master's position?

The contempt in Shan Yuan's eyes flashed away, and the feeling of irritation also disappeared instantly. He used his true energy to shake off Li Mu's hand on his shoulder, and after taking a few steps, his figure gradually became illusory.

Seeing that the time was about up, Li Mu did not try to stop her. After returning to the hall, he just glanced at Zhang Hanrui indifferently and walked towards the inner courtyard on his own.

In a short time, the news of the gambling match between the real and fake second young master of Prince Yan's Mansion spread throughout the capital in just half an hour.

Almost everyone on the streets was talking about it.

Even something as big as the capital's lockdown seemed no longer of concern to the public.

"Have you heard about the real and fake prince? The Prince of Yan's Mansion has been plagued by big and small events over the years!"

These people are just spectators, enjoying the fun.

"What the hell is this real and fake prince? The Prince of Yan himself admitted that he wanted to repay his gratitude, so why didn't he acknowledge his relatives when the Prince of Yan's Mansion was in decline? Now that our prince has become famous, all kinds of monsters and demons have emerged?"

This is Li Mu’s crazy fan, and he speaks very rudely.

Of course there are also neutral ones, but the vast majority still stand on Shanyuan's side. After all, the idea that blood is thicker than water is still deeply rooted in the Daxing Dynasty.

The common people didn't even know the specific content of the gambling fight, but the wealthy families knew it, and the one in the palace naturally knew it as well.

Of course, it was Li Mu who asked Dongmei to release this news. This girl could not only read people's minds, but most importantly, Li Mu taught her how to read lips.

The four words "spread it" were the order Li Mu gave her at that time.

If Li Mu went to rescue someone, it would be best to do it quietly.

But if it was Shan Yuan, Li Mu would not let him go so easily. After all, he didn't know if he had any other cards.

What Li Mu wanted to see most was to notify the person in the palace, to be on guard, and to set up a tight net.

The gossip of the crowd also gave him a push, forcing him to go all out.

...

In the room, Li Mu was wondering if there was anything else he could do.

At this moment, there was a creaky sound, and the door opened from the outside, and Zhang Hanrui, in a white dress, walked in with lotus steps.

Her curved eyebrows were smiling, and she looked like she had dressed up specially. She walked to the stool beside Li Mu and sat down, looking at Li Mu with a smile,

"How did you figure out that..."

"Why?" However, Li Mu's cold voice interrupted her.

Zhang Hanrui was stunned, the smile in the corner of her eyes gradually disappeared, and then she heard the secret buried deep in her heart.

"You told me that he killed the former princess, but why is this happening now? Could it be that you have other feelings for him?"

Anyone could tell that this was said in anger, but it happened to hit Zhang Hanrui's soft spot, causing her to be unable to speak for a long time.

As the room became creepy quiet, Li Mu's expression gradually stiffened, and he looked towards Zhang Hanrui with eyes full of disbelief.

Zhang Hanrui seemed to have just come to her senses, and hurriedly shook Li Mu's hand, saying in an urgent tone,

"Xiao Shisan, listen to what your sister says..."

"Snapped!"

Unexpectedly, Li Mu directly opened Zhang Hanrui's hand, as if everything was connected, and asked in a trembling voice,

"So, when I first entered the palace, you had the opportunity to kill me, but you mistook me for him and didn't do it?"

Zhang Hanrui was stunned for a moment. She didn't expect that Li Mu's question would be this.

That’s right, he really didn’t know Li Mu’s identity at first.

If it weren't for Su Yuwei's incident, Li Ling'er and Xu Youzhi would probably be the only two people in the mansion who knew Li Mu's true identity.

And she might become a nympho aunt who suppresses her perverted thoughts and peeks at her nephew.

Zhang Hanrui's hesitation made Li Mu let out a bitter smile.

Zhang Hanrui was a smart woman. She knew that some things could be confessed, but some things had to be concealed for a lifetime. She looked sad and said pitifully,

"Little man, are you really not willing to give your sister even a chance to explain?"

Her chin rested on Li Mu's chest, and she would rub it gently from time to time, like an abandoned wild cat.

This is what the melted iceberg looks like, something only Li Mu can see.

"Okay, answer me a question and I'll listen to your explanation."

Hearing this, Zhang Hanrui's eyes flashed with joy. Li Mu's words meant that he had forgiven her.

She was different from other women in the mansion. If it were Su Yuwei, she would rather die than deceive Li Mu. But in her opinion, as long as she could make the little man happy, telling lies was nothing, as long as she was not exposed. And this was exactly what she was most confident about.

"You didn't kill me at first, was it because you thought I was him?"

Zhang Hanrui heard that it was because of this incident. The little man was not angry because he approached Shanyuan without permission, but because he was jealous. She felt relieved at once. So after she finished explaining, there would be no more barriers between them.

However, before Zhang Hanrui could say "no", she heard Li Mu's extremely disappointed voice, "Tell the truth."

At this moment, she felt that she shouldn't have lied to Li Mu. Even if he found out, so what? With the relationship between her and the little man, she could definitely explain it clearly.

Following a firm "yes", the two people in the room were stunned at the same time.