My house was confiscated and I was exiled. I emptied the emperor's warehouse and fled.

Qin Junyi looked at Su Yunwan's peaceful sleeping face beside him, gently kissed her forehead, then pulled his arm back from under her neck and quietly got up.

Walking out of the room, he called out the shadow guard who was on duty in secret.

"While I was away from the mansion, was there anyone summoned by the princess?"

"My Lord, it is twelve."

"Ask him to come to the study."

"Yes."

Soon, Shi Er knelt on one knee in the open space of the study and told Su Yunwan about the questions he asked last night and what he had done this morning when he sent Xiao Yin to see him.

After listening to this, Qin Junyi rubbed his temples and said, "How could I forget about Xiaoyin?"

Shi Er raised his head, showing a panicked expression: "The princess already knows?"

Seeing Qin Junyi nod slightly, he immediately bent down and said: "My subordinate's words and deeds are inappropriate and violate the prohibition. Please punish me, master!"

He felt bitter in his heart: no matter how hard he tried to turn the tide, he could not avoid physical pain.

Qin Junyi did not pursue the matter: "Princess, you already have a guess in your mind, so you are using Xiaoyin as a test. Next time you need to keep her mouth shut, remember to include Xiaoyin in the count."

"Yes, I won't dare to do it again." Shi Er felt relieved and answered respectfully.

"Go down."

"Yes."

After returning to the dormitory and closing the door, Shi Er leaned against the door, patted his chest exaggeratedly, and let out a long sigh: Fortunately, the master forgave me and I escaped.

Suddenly, there were footsteps outside the door, followed by a knock on the door.

Shi Er's body froze, then he turned around and opened the door. When he saw the person outside, his heart dropped back to its original place, and he stepped aside, "Brother Wu, it's you!"

"Who do you think it is?" Wu Shaohan stepped into the room.

Shi Er said with lingering fear: "My master summoned me just now, and I thought I wouldn't be able to come back tonight!"

"what happened?"

"Oh! It's all my fault for being careless. The princess asked about the ban last night. As soon as she mentioned Xiaoyin, I panicked and gave away the clues..."

Shier explained the whole story succinctly and was very upset.

"Princess, you have a quick mind and can see the big picture from the small details. You must pay attention to this next time." Wu Shaohan warned sternly.

He still remembered that when he was on the road to exile, he once escorted the princess to go out for shopping. However, he did not guard against the disguised master approaching, and the princess discovered his master's identity.

For now, the master has spared Shier, but there must not be a next time!

Shi Er suddenly put away his relaxed look, bowed his head and replied solemnly: "Yes, Brother Wu, don't worry, I will keep it in mind, there will never be a next time!"

*

The next day, in the study in the front yard of the palace.

Qin Mu entered from the door, and as soon as he met the gaze of Qin Junyi who was sitting behind the desk, he fell to his knees in front of the desk with a plop.

Qin Junyi's face darkened, and he said angrily, "Is there anything you can't say while standing?"

Qin Mu bowed his head and said, "Brother, I am willing to obey the transfer order and go to the capital. I only hope that you can give me one thing."

"What is it?" Qin Junyi had an ominous premonition in his heart.

Qin Mu paused, his heart as dead as death, and said: "Golden silkworm poison."

"What?" Qin Junyi stood up suddenly, put his hands on the table, bent his back, and exuded a threatening intimidating aura.

A pair of sharp eyes, like the eyes of a beast hunting, stared at Qin Mu's eyes tightly: "Look at me, say it again!"

"You heard me right, Jin..."

"boom!"

Qin Mu's voice was interrupted by the flying teacup. His body did not move, allowing the teacup to hit his forehead and shatter into pieces.

A trickle of blood flowed down from the forehead, blurring the vision.

Qin Junyi looked at the glaring scarlet, angry and anxious, and shouted in a low voice: "Do you know what you are doing?!"

As early as when he took over the title inherited from his father, he had already abolished the means of controlling with poison. Needless to say, the third brother knew that he wanted to use it on himself!

How dare he!!!

Qin Mu wiped the blood stains from his eyes carelessly, "Brother, you also know that the capital is full of imperial power, wealth, and the temptation of rising to the top overnight.

I can't guarantee that I won't be able to seize power and usurp the throne one day, so I can only ask you to restart the golden silkworm poison just in case."

“Ha! Haha!” Qin Junyi sneered, “Getting there first? Scheming to usurp the throne? Only you dare to rely on my trust and say these eight words of treason!”

Qin Mu felt a pain in his heart and crawled on the ground: "I hope that big brother will put the overall situation first, prevent the problem from happening, and help me!"

"Don't even think about it! Just stay in Youzhou and don't go anywhere!" Qin Junyi said viciously.

Qin Mu did not forget his mission: "Brother, you just said yesterday that I am the most suitable candidate for the trip to Beijing."

“Do you consider yourself a human being?”

Anyone who takes a little care of themselves will not actively ask to have the poison that they have finally gotten rid of replanted into their body.

Qin Mu was suddenly choked and was completely speechless.

The house fell into deathly silence, with only the summer cicadas calling, "cicada, cicada."

After a long while, Qin Junyi broke the silence, "I have met Yin Ruoshu."

Qin Mu's face turned pale instantly. Even though he had been mentally prepared, he still felt as if he had been hit hard.

"You should know what she will say, but I don't believe a word she says! In this family, anyone could betray me one day, except my beloved wife, grandmother, and you. There is no chance for you three to do that.

But what did you do? You used marriage as a joke to evade me, and even dared to mention the golden silkworm poison! Are you dissatisfied with your life being too good and not dying fast enough? ! "

Qin Mu's lips trembled as he knelt on the ground: "I have failed your trust, please punish me severely. From now on, if I do anything disobedient, please deal with me according to the rules!"

He did secretly hate himself for living too comfortably, to the point of forgetting his most important identity and mission, and daring to repeatedly rely on his elder brother's favor to commit acts of rebellion and deception.

Even if his elder brother did not pursue the matter, he would no longer have the face to uphold his brother's identity. The only way to return to the position set by his father and plant the golden silkworm poison was to always remember his responsibilities, stop being arrogant because of his father's favor, and stop being suspicious because of fear of losing, which would hurt his elder brother's heart.

Qin Junyi clenched his fists, his joints turning white from the force. "No, it's my fault, totally wrong! Over the years, I have always treated you as a brother, but you wanted to treat me as your master. No matter how sincerely I treated you, I was unable to help you rebuild your complete independent personality. Instead, it became my wishful thinking, imposed on you!"

His eyes were bloodshot, and violent energy was surging in his internal organs, and then burst out from his throat: "Since you insist on doing this, I will fulfill your wish and just treat you as a useful weapon and use you to death!"

After hearing these words, Qin Mu was like a candle in the wind, swaying and murmured to himself: "That's...good."