Raising a concubine under her nose, the reborn mistress marries the prince

"What did you say?" Lin Mushen's eyes widened, and his eyeballs seemed to pop out of their sockets. His eyes instantly turned blood red, as if they could spit out fire.

The fierce and unbelievable gaze shot straight at the person in front of him, making people feel chilled.

"The Taoist priest... is not dead?" He spoke word by word, his voice so low that it seemed to come from the Netherworld, filled with endless anger and astonishment.

"Yes! I am incompetent, please forgive me, Your Highness!" The secret guard answered tremblingly, his body shaking uncontrollably.

He knew very well that he had made a serious mistake and might face extremely severe punishment, but at this moment he had no choice but to plead guilty.

"Bang!" With a loud noise, the secret guard flew backwards like a kite with a broken string and fell heavily to the ground.

Blood suddenly gushed out of his mouth, staining the ground a shocking red.

Seeing that he was still alive, Lin Mushen immediately struck him with another sword.

Unfortunately, the secret guard has already died.

"Drag him away, you piece of trash!" Lin Mushen was furious, his roar echoing throughout the room.

His chest was heaving violently, and he was obviously very angry.

The guards at the side walked up expressionlessly and dragged the body out of the room skillfully.

They are already accustomed to such scenes.

King Jin is tyrannical, and no one knows if they will be the next to die.

"Go, go call your uncle!" Lin Mushen was still furious and roared loudly.

At this moment, he was full of regret. If he had killed the Taoist priest decisively at the beginning, perhaps he would not have the trouble today.

However, there is no medicine for regret in the world. Now I can only hope that my uncle can come up with a solution.

When Duke Zheng hurried over, what he saw was Lin Mushen slumped in the armchair.

His face was as pale as paper, his eyes were empty and lifeless, and he seemed to have lost his soul.

Duke Zheng's heart sank suddenly, and he thought to himself, this is not good: What kind of difficult problem has he encountered?

It had been a long time since Prince Jin had summoned him so urgently to discuss matters.

Seeing how distraught he was, he must have made some huge trouble.

"Uncle!" When Lin Mushen saw Duke Zheng, his eyes reddened like a child.

here we go again……

Duke Zheng sighed in annoyance.

He looked at his nephew in front of him and couldn't help feeling disgusted.

This nephew seems to never grow up. He acts capriciously all day long and has no rules at all.

What is even more unbearable is that he is an ungrateful person.

Whenever he needed a favor from Duke Zheng, he would call him uncle with sweet words; but when he had nothing to ask for, he would forget about everyone else.

Even so, what can he do? After all, the future of the entire Zheng family now depends on him.

"Shen'er, what brings you here this time?" Duke Zheng suppressed his anger and tried to make his tone sound calmer.

"It was me who poisoned our father." Lin Mushen said expressionlessly.

"What?" Duke Zheng, who had just sat down, jumped up from his chair as if struck by lightning when he heard this.

He stared at Lin Mushen with eyes wide open in disbelief, and pointed at him with trembling fingers, "You, you, you are so audacious! How dare you poison the emperor! This is a serious crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of your clan!"

"My nine clans include the emperor!" Lin Mushen said expressionlessly.

He didn't seem to take Duke Zheng's anger to heart, and continued to speak calmly, "The man who gave me the poison has been caught by my father."

These words were like a bolt from the blue, striking Duke Zheng's heart directly.

He felt his legs go limp, and he fell powerlessly into a chair, muttering to himself, "It's over, it's all over now..."

Seeing this, Lin Mushen frowned slightly and said impatiently: "I came to discuss countermeasures with you, not to listen to you pour cold water on me."

He was calling me "uncle" just now, but now he immediately calls himself "king". His attitude changed so quickly that it was astonishing.

Duke Zheng could no longer suppress his anger, and stood up, shouting, "Why didn't you consult me ​​when you poisoned me? You only came to me now that something bad has happened. What do you think of me? Your lifeline?"

After Lin Mushen's rage just now, he has gradually calmed down.

He stared at Duke Zheng with cold eyes and said slowly, "I was the one who managed to get the poison into the palace, and it was my mother who put the poison in the palace."

Upon hearing this, Duke Zheng was stunned and couldn't utter a word for a long time.

Because he knew very well that if the matter was not handled properly, the entire Duke's Mansion would probably become a burial object for the mother and son.

After a long while, Duke Zheng finally came back to his senses. He took a deep breath and asked, "Has the emperor begun to doubt you?"

He really couldn't understand why this mother and son were so bold as to do such a stupid thing.

Moreover, when they poisoned the person, they actually left the Taoist priest behind. Aren't they afraid that the emperor would find solid evidence?

Lin Mushen shook his head and replied solemnly, "It's not just me that the emperor suspects. Prince Yu must also be one of the people the emperor suspects."

Duke Zheng disagreed. "Prince Yu should personally lead people to capture the Taoist priest. This way, he will be free of suspicion."

Lin Mushen continued, "But when the Taoist priest was captured, he was already unable to speak, and his hands and feet were all broken. Until now, he has never uttered a single word."

After hearing this, Duke Zheng finally calmed down a little.

In this way, it can also be said that it was Prince Yu who did it because he was afraid that he would tell the truth.

As for why Prince Yu did not take the opportunity to kill the Taoist priest, it was because he wanted to dispel Emperor Rong Sheng's doubts.

After a moment's silence, Duke Zheng asked, "So where is this man being held now?"

"I was taken to the Ministry of Justice by my father's personal guards."

"Leave it to me, and don't get involved anymore." Duke Zheng stood up.

He didn't expect that Lin Mushen would be so stupid that Concubine Zheng would follow him in making trouble.

It would have been bad enough if she had poisoned the emperor to death, but the emperor actually caught a witness.

The person to be eliminated should be the Prince of Yu, who is currently in the limelight.

As long as Prince Yu dies, the position of Crown Prince will be easy to grasp.

Whenever Duke Zheng came out of Prince Jin's Mansion, he always felt a chill on his back.

Thinking of the way Emperor Rong Sheng looked at him when he just woke up, he always felt that the emperor knew who poisoned him.

He shook his head, trying to get this ridiculous idea out of his mind.

If the emperor knew about this, he would have chopped off Lin Mushen's head long ago.