"Thank you for your praise, Your Majesty. I will surely live up to your expectations. General Lou, you can rest assured. Although I'm a woman, some men can't match me. That's why I could come up with a way to repel the Tule tribe while you couldn't."
As Mu Fengqie spoke, she glared at him fiercely. Lou Mingkou was an out - and - out villain. If it weren't for him, Jing Xunchi's life might not be so miserable now. He wouldn't have to live incognito under another identity.
Moreover, the war with the Tule tribe might also be related to this man. So Mu Fengqie didn't want to hide her disgust for him. After all, they were destined to be enemies sooner or later, so she didn't care about this moment.
Lou Mingkou was rendered speechless by Mu Fengqie. He wanted to refute her but couldn't find the right words. Even he himself thought Mu Fengqie made sense.
Even if he had ten heads, he might not have come up with the idea of gunpowder. In this regard, he had to admit Mu Fengqie's superiority. However, the more popular Mu Fengqie and Jing Xunchi became, the unhappier he felt.
It had taken him a long time to get rid of that threat so that he could finally develop his own power and aim for that supreme position. Could the couple of Mu Fengqie and Jing Xunchi become the second Jing Xunchi?
So he thought that he should break their wings before they grew too powerful. He didn't want them to become a threat to him.
After returning to his mansion, Lou Mingkou flew into a great rage. As an old official from the previous dynasty, he had lost face in front of so many ministers. It was all the fault of the Crown Prince and Mu Fengqie.
Just thinking about the Crown Prince made him angry. His daughter had married the Crown Prince. Weren't they supposed to be on the same boat?
He had even thought that when he ascended the throne, he would spare the Crown Prince's life if his daughter liked him. He would let the Crown Prince enjoy the glory and wealth he had now.
But the Crown Prince didn't seem to respect him, his father - in - law, and his daughter didn't seem to like the Crown Prince either. In that case, he didn't need to be so kind to the Crown Prince.
Today was the day the Crown Prince returned to the mansion. As the Crown Princess, Lou Yueying should have been waiting in the mansion for the Crown Prince's return. But she didn't know what to say or do when she saw the Crown Prince.
After all, their marriage was more in name than in reality. Moreover, the Crown Prince had always indulged her. No matter what she did, the Crown Prince never intervened, which made her feel extremely guilty. So she simply found an excuse to run out and returned to the General's Mansion.
As soon as she entered the gate of the Crown Prince's Mansion, she saw Lou Xingzhou walking out. At the same time, Lou Xingzhou also saw her.
"Brother, where are you going? Has Father come back?" Lou Yueying asked.
It had been a long time since she last came back. People said that a married daughter was like spilled water. No matter how much she missed her father and brothers, she couldn't come back often.
Lou Xingzhou nodded and asked somewhat suspiciously, "Today is the day the Crown Prince returns victorious. Why aren't you waiting in the mansion?"
"What does the Crown Prince's return have to do with me? Don't you know how things are between the Crown Prince and me? I'll go see Father first." With that, Lou Yueying ran away.
Just mentioning the Crown Prince made her feel uncomfortable. Since they were destined to separate in the future, she'd better have less contact with the Crown Prince.
Full of joy, she came to the door of her father's study. Usually, the door of her father's study was always open, but today it was tightly closed. It was obvious that there was something important being discussed inside. This was a rule that everyone in the General's Mansion knew.
She originally wanted to go back to her old boudoir and wait for her father. But just as she turned to leave, she seemed to hear voices coming from inside.
"Keep investigating. He must still be alive. That Jing Daniu might very well be him. No matter what, you must find out the truth for me. I'll give you two more months. If you still can't find out in two months, don't come back."
Lou Mingkou looked at Lou Fan, who was kneeling on the ground, feeling somewhat annoyed. Usually, as long as Lou Fan took on a task, there was nothing he couldn't find out. Moreover, he was efficient and had never dragged a matter out for so long.
He was eager to know the answer, so he was a bit impatient. However, he didn't know that Lou Fan wasn't unable to find out but didn't want to. He even secretly erased all the information he had found.
Although his relationship with Jing Xunchi wasn't as close as Lou Xingzhou's, they had known each other for many years. If it weren't for the curse Lou Mingkou had put on him, he would never have harmed Jing Xunchi.
Lou Yueying held her breath and listened carefully to the conversation inside. But the content of the conversation left her stunned on the spot. Although only a pronoun "he" was used, Lou Yueying knew who her father was referring to.
Why did her father say that? What on earth was her father up to? How much more didn't she know?
No wonder her brother had once told her not to tell their father about Brother Jing's whereabouts. It turned out that her brother knew everything. It turned out that her father was the one who had harmed Brother Jing.
She couldn't believe her ears. In her impression, her father was such a gentle man. Every time he was with her, he was so kind. How could he be the one who had hurt Brother Jing?
Lou Yueying couldn't believe it. She just hoped it was a dream. But the next second, she knew she was wrong.
"One more thing. Teach the Crown Prince a lesson. Don't kill him for now. We still need him alive."
"Yes."
Lou Yueying stared at the door with wide - open eyes in disbelief. She had heard clearly what her father had just said. Now, not only did her father not let Brother Jing go, but he also wanted to kill the Crown Prince?
Brother Jing had no grudges against her father. Her father had watched him grow up. Why on earth did he do that? And what had the Crown Prince done to offend her father that he wanted to kill him?
Lou Fan walked out of the study and saw Lou Yueying standing there, looking dazed. He greeted her politely as "Miss" and then left the study.
Lou Mingkou rushed out in a hurry and saw Lou Yueying standing at the door of the study, crying her eyes out. Seeing her like this, Lou Mingkou also became nervous.
She was his only daughter. His wife had left him when giving birth to their daughter. He had promised his wife that he would love and protect their daughter no matter what. So over the years, he had almost doted on Lou Yueying.
"Yue'er, did you hear something you shouldn't have? Listen to Father's explanation. Things aren't what you think. Sometimes, what you hear isn't necessarily true."