Chapter 604: Chapter 604: Not My Style

Jiang Ning laughed coldly, “That’s just perfect, then. Whether I detain Mu Jian or kill him, it won’t matter to them. If he dies, so be it.”

“You say that so easily.”

“I don’t understand you.” Jiang Ning stared at Li Hongyuan’s eyes, “Do you have a soft spot for Mu Jian? What’s the use of keeping this troublemaker? Whether or not he’s the mastermind, he’s the one who killed your concubine mother directly. Wouldn’t it be good to kill him and avenge Concubine Jin?”

“If it’s just killing a pawn, I don’t think it’s meaningful. It won’t be considered as revenge.”

“All I can say is that our thoughts are different.”

“Jin Zhuzhu is my concubine mother. If I’m not in a hurry to take revenge, what are you in a hurry for?” Li Hongyuan also stared at her, “Or is it that your real goal is to eliminate witnesses for the Jiang Family?”

Jiang Ning sneered coldly, “If that’s what you think, then suit yourself!”

“I’m trying to have a conversation with you, why are you getting angry?”

“Did you ever think about having a proper conversation with me? Li Hongyuan, you never trust me, even though you say you like me and have protected me. But deep down, you don’t believe me. It’s because I was forced upon you by my father, a person you can’t refuse, right? You people in the royal family are all selfish and cold-hearted to the core!”

“Jiang Ning!”

“What are you shouting for?” Jiang Ning said angrily, “When you assigned Mu Jian to me yesterday, don’t tell me you didn’t think of the consequences! Weren’t you just trying to see if Mu Jian had any connection with the Jiang Family? Now that the Jiang Family has proven it to you and wants to interrogate Mu Jian personally, you turn around and bite back, saying that the Jiang Family wants to silence witnesses. Tell me, what exactly should the Jiang Family do to clear the suspicion? Is it because no matter what the Jiang Family does, it will never gain the trust of you and the Emperor, simply because my father is so capable and my Uncle has too much merit?!”

As Li Hongyuan looked at her furious expression, he calmed down, “What nonsense are you talking about? Just because the Jiang Family has great merit and I married you, must I fully trust the Jiang Family? How do you explain what was found in Mu Jian’s secret chamber?”

“Last night, I asked my father, and he said it was a forgery, not his handwriting. It’s obvious that Mu Jian is trying to frame us. Otherwise, he had plenty of opportunities. Why would he choose to poison the food I prepared?”

“There are other powerful families in the Imperial Court besides the Jiang Family. Why did he choose to frame the Jiang Family?”

“Well, he had to choose one family, didn’t he? If he framed the Zhang Family, would you still ask the Zhang Family: with so many royals and ministers in the Imperial Court, why did Mu Jian choose to frame the Zhang Family? You don’t interrogate Mu Jian, but you come to ask me, the victim, instead?”

Li Hongyuan stared at her silently for a while, then slowly said, “When you get excited, you talk like pouring beans, babbling on.”

Jiang Ning snorted.

Li Hongyuan asked, “So are you determined not to let Mu Jian go?”

“No.”

“What will be the consequences … ”

“Consequences?” Jiang Ning glanced at him, “There are only two options: first, the Crown Prince is eager to protect him and comes after me. Second, the mastermind behind this comes after me or the Jiang Family.”

Li Hongyuan said, “I wouldn’t go so far as to harm you for the sake of Mu Jian.”

“Even better. Now the only trouble left is the mastermind behind all this. He killed Concubine Jin, framed my family and me, and I’m still afraid of what trouble he might cause? Hasn’t he caused me enough trouble already? If someone holds a knife to my neck and I don’t fight back, that’s not my style.”