At this moment, Jun Moyan was like a thousand-year-old block of ice, with cold air emanating from every part of him, even his hair, which made Leng Jian, accustomed to Jun Moyan's fits of temper, feel deeply alarmed.
"Master, please calm your anger. Your body cannot handle agitation; it will cause the poison to attack your heart."
"Send a command to Leng Yue, tell her to return immediately!"
"Yes."
Leng Jian arrived outside the Study Room, took out a thin bamboo whistle, and put it in his mouth.
As the crisp whistle sounded, before long, a large gyrfalcon circled down and landed on Leng Jian's hand.
"Go find Leng Yue and tell her to return quickly."
"Screee—"
The gyrfalcon flapped its wings and flew back into the sky, quickly disappearing from sight.
Leng Jian stood at the door of the Study Room and pondered for a moment before stepping inside.
"Master, it is already the first quarter past the hour of the Goat (1 PM). It's too late to prepare lunch now. Why don't you just go to Mingyue Tower and grab a bite?"
Jun Moyan lifted his dark face, his cold eyes shooting daggers outward, "Do you think your Master's brain is as broken as his body? I know what you're plotting!"
"The Three Young Masters are truly adorable. Aren't you going to see them even once?"
"Scram. Say one more word, and I'll have someone sew your mouth shut with a needle."
Seeing Jun Moyan's resolute attitude, Leng Jian reluctantly left the Study Room, went to the kitchen to cook a bowl of clear noodle soup, and brought it before Jun Moyan.
"Master, please make do with this for now. I will cook a proper dinner for you later."
"I won't eat it. Take it away."
"Oh."
Leng Jian obediently took the noodles and left.
Staring at Leng Jian's retreating back, Jun Moyan's cold eyes were deep. His face, handsome and peerless like jade, showed no emotion; no one knew what he was thinking.
"Grumble—"
A distinct rumbling sound echoed in the Study Room.
Jun Moyan placed a hand on his abdomen, his expression growing gloomier.
【So hungry. That damned Leng Jian actually took the noodles away. I'm going to deduct his entire Monthly salary for this month!】
"Grumble grumble—"
Rubbing his constantly growling stomach, Jun Moyan moved his Wheelchair toward the inner part of the Study Room.
【I'll just sleep then. If I'm asleep, I won't be hungry.】
The scorching sun blazed overhead, and cicadas chirped themselves hoarse hidden among the leaves.
Jiang Mubai fanned himself with a folding fan, humming a little tune as he leisurely stepped through the gates of Prince Qin's Mansion.
Upon seeing him, Leng Jian showed rare enthusiasm, "Young Master Jiang."
Seeing Leng Jian looking as dejected as a frost-bitten eggplant, Jiang Mubai couldn't help but be amused, "Jian Jian, what's wrong?"
"Young Master Jiang, please try to persuade my Master..."
Learning that Jun Moyan refused to see Mu Ning and her three children, Jiang Mubai was not surprised at all.
He knew Jun Moyan's proud nature best. He studied literature at three, practiced martial arts at five, and led troops into battle to defend the Eastern Phoenix Kingdom's territory at twelve. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call him a genius favored by heaven.
However, at fifteen, he was secretly harmed, afflicted by a Strange Poison, and became a cripple, as if his proud spirit had been violently broken. Later, he was tricked by a woman into losing his purity. For someone as noble as Jun Moyan, let alone an ordinary man, this would be unbearable shame and humiliation.
To Jun Moyan, Mu Ning was the greatest disgrace of his life, an untouchable taboo, and a dark history he could not face.
And the three children born to Mu Ning were evidence of Jun Moyan's humiliation. It was completely normal for Jun Moyan to refuse to see Mu Ning and her three children.
"Sigh, what's the big deal? Jian Jian, there's a saying: If the mountain won't come to me, I'll go to the mountain."
Leng Jian felt enlightened upon hearing this.
"Young Master Jiang, where are Miss Mu and the Three Young Masters?"
"Oh, them? They went back to Prince Rui's Mansion."
Leng Jian immediately became anxious upon hearing this, "Young Master Jiang, how could you let Miss Mu and the Young Masters stay at Prince Rui's Mansion? You have so many Houses under your name; you could have settled them in any one of them."
"I told them to stay, but they wouldn't listen. They insisted on going back to Prince Rui's Mansion..."
Jiang Mubai raised his voice while glancing toward the Study Room, "Mu Ning also said that since she and Prince Rui are unmarried, outsiders have no right to comment!"
Leng Jian was stunned, "How can that be allowed? No, I must bring the Three Young Masters back. If they must stay somewhere, it should be Prince Qin's Mansion."
Hey, that works!
Jiang Mubai supported him wholeheartedly with both hands and feet （ and encouraged him ）, "Jian Jian, you're right, we must bring them over! Just kidding, Moyan is a Prince after all. If people find out he's letting others raise his children, won't we be laughed to death?"
"I'll go now."
As soon as the words left his mouth, Leng Jian vanished.
Ha, there's going to be a good show later.
Jiang Mubai stifled a laugh, happily spun around twice on the spot, and then turned toward the Guest Courtyard.
At this critical juncture, he couldn't afford to provoke Jun Moyan. If Leng Jian wasn't around and Jun Moyan ordered him thrown out of the Mansion, there would be no show to watch!
On the other side, the three adorable children, having eaten their fill, all looked visibly unhappy after returning to Prince Rui's Mansion.
"Mother, why did we have to come back to Prince Rui's Mansion? That Prince Rui keeps looking at you lecherously. I really want to pluck out his eyeballs and string them up to play with."
Mu Ning took out three pale yellow pills and handed one to each child, "The purpose of our return this time is to demand compensation from the Mu Family for your Mother and your deceased sister.
As you have seen, even if we present evidence of Madam Mu and Mu Xi's wicked deeds to the world, Emperor Dongfeng will still protect the Mu Family.
Besides Emperor Dongfeng, there is also Prince Qi. These two forces combined are not to be underestimated. Even if we had three heads and six arms and were extremely clever, we could not contend with them.
Therefore, we must borrow influence. As long as we stay at Prince Rui's Mansion for one day, the attention of Emperor Dongfeng and Prince Qi will be focused on Prince Rui, and we won't be noticed."
"What about Father? Is he really that useless? Can't even leave the door?"
"Mother, Prime Minister Mu said Father is going to die. Is that true?"
"Take the body-nourishing pills first."
"Oh."
After the three children swallowed the pills in their hands, Mu Ning continued, "I can't say exactly what Jun Moyan's situation is. He has rarely shown himself over the years. Ever since the year you were born, there have been rumors that he was dying, but he hasn't died yet."
Pausing, Mu Ning said to the three curious little ones, "I won't stop you if you want to see him, but you must not mention me or anything about the Valley in front of him, understood?"
The three adorable children nodded in unison.
Before long, Prince Rui sent someone to invite Mu Ning to the front courtyard for a talk. The three adorable children ran to Mu Yanli's room and huddled together to discuss in low voices.
"Da Fu, Duo Duo, do you think we should prepare a Meeting Gift for Father?"
Mu Yanli frowned in distress, "But we don't know what he likes, so what should we prepare as a Meeting Gift?"
Mu Yanxi rolled her eyes, "Why bother with all that trouble? Since he's dying soon anyway, we might as well give him a coffin."
"..."
With Leng Jian's skill, he infiltrated Prince Rui's Mansion's backyard without any effort and successfully found Mu Yanli and the other two.
"Eek, Brother Leng Jian, why are you here?"
Leng Jian looked left and right and asked the three little ones, "Where is your Mother?"
"Prince Rui took her away."
Learning that Mu Ning was absent, Leng Jian pondered for a moment and decided to take the Three Young Masters back to Prince Qin's Mansion first.
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