I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 367: Liu Mingyan was disheartened.

Li Mu felt a little confused. His impression of Liu Mingyan had always been that she was smart and scheming.

However, all of this disappeared after Liu Mingyan's bow.

If her previous actions were not deliberately disguised...

Li Mu carefully recalled the previous Liu Mingyan, who was sometimes charming and amorous, and sometimes shy, ignorant and immature.

The look he gave Li Mu was always filled with admiration and love.

Li Mu is not an ignorant white flower. He can tell whether a woman is interested in him or not.

Especially someone like Liu Mingyan, who is so blatant.

"What are your plans for the future, Miss Liu?"

As soon as Li Mu opened his mouth, all the thoughts he had prepared in his mind were overturned.

Originally, Li Mu planned to cooperate with Liu Mingyan.

After learning about the merchant's affairs, Mo Ming wanted to take control of this power in his own hands.

I don't know if it was because I was too poor before I crossed over...

However, given the current situation, it is certainly better for the two families to become one family rather than cooperate.

He helped Liu Mingyan sit back at the table, and his eyes became softer as he looked at her.

"Your Highness has done me a favor, so just call me Yan'er."

Liu Mingyan's tone was calm. Although there was a smile on her lips, it lacked some vitality.

"Intend……"

Liu Mingyan exhaled lightly and said,

"I would like to go back to the capital with Your Highness. I wonder if Your Highness will agree."

Liu Mingyan seemed like a different person. She didn't seem to care about anything, and she no longer had the concerns of the past when speaking.

Li Mu could vaguely understand her sudden change. Anyone who discovered that his hard work over the past decade was nothing but a joke would not be much better than Liu Mingyan today.

The fact that Liu Mingyan can still remain so calm shows her character.

Li Mu nodded and asked again:

"What about after we return to the capital?"

Hearing this, Liu Mingyan turned to look at Li Mu, a hint of expectation flashed in her eyes, and she smiled faintly:

"If Your Highness is willing, I will move to Your Highness's house and do odd jobs, fetch water, wash clothes, chop wood. As long as I have a meal and a place to shelter from the wind and rain, I will be satisfied."

"Oh my god, have I gotten into trouble..."

Li Mu frowned slightly, wondering why Liu Mingyan looked so disillusioned with the world. Then, he heard Liu Mingyan continue,

"If Your Highness is not interested, maybe she will marry into the East Palace, or maybe... she will end up in a lonely grave."

"Miss! What are you talking about..."

Hearing this, Yuanbao could no longer sit still and stood up and rushed to Liu Mingyan.

Liu Mingyan looked down at Yuan Bao, forced a smile on her face, and said:

"From now on, the business will have nothing to do with me."

"Miss, Miss." Yuan Bao looked panicked, then looked at Li Mu and said urgently,

"Your Highness, Miss, what happened to the Miss?"

"What's wrong? You feel like you can't win, and resistance is futile, so you just give up on yourself."

Li Mu didn't expect things to turn out like this.

Liu Mingyan left home at a young age in order to escape the control of her family and did not want to become a tool for the family to curry favor with the powerful.

However, things have been going smoothly these years, and I thought it was all due to my hard work.

In the end, I found that the road I was walking on was just paved by others.

For a moment, Li Mu actually felt that he and Liu Mingyan had a sense of sympathy.

Is the path he is taking now also paved by people behind the scenes?

Li Mu placed his hand on Liu Mingyan's fair little hand. Seeing that she was trying to hide, he immediately grabbed it, stared at her with burning eyes, and said:

"Liu...Yan'er, do you remember that you are now my confidante who I love? It won't be long before this news spreads throughout the streets and alleys."

A blush flashed across Liu Mingyan's face, but she quickly regained her composure.

Now, perhaps only Li Mu could stir up a ripple in the dead silence of her heart.

His gray eyes slightly raised, obviously not knowing what Li Mu meant by saying this.

Li Mu stared at Liu Mingyan's eyes, exerted force on his palms, a hint of contempt appeared in his eyes, and his voice was icy cold:

"Guess what I would do if someone wanted to give my woman away?"

"I am not yet..."

"You already are, and everyone in the world will know that you are!"

"Your Highness, what will Your Highness do..."

An expression finally appeared on Liu Mingyan's face, one of scrutiny and fear.

Even though she hated the Liu family and hated that they used her as a tool, they were still her relatives after all.

Li Mu was relieved when he saw Liu Mingyan's reaction, but his tone became colder:

"It's simple. Cut off the roots. If there are people coveting it, kill the whole clan to avoid leaving any trouble behind."

"Then Your Highness, just kill me as well."

Hearing this, Liu Mingyan stood up suddenly.

Unexpectedly, Li Mu used a little force to pull Liu Mingyan into his arms, then sniffed Liu Mingyan's neck and praised:

"I can't bear to hurt a woman like Yan'er, so how can I bear to kill her?"

Liu Mingyan shrank her neck slightly. This was the scene that she had been dreaming about, but now it made her feel a little uncomfortable.

She didn't say anything sarcastic, but she thought it was stupid that Li Mu wanted to massacre her entire family, but still wanted to keep her by his side.

She believed that Li Mu had no less than a hundred ways to make her submit, not to mention whether she could really let it go.

"The Liu family has the merit of following the emperor, and now they are the number one family in Jing'an. Even if your highness is a master of martial arts, your majesty will not, will not..."

Li Mu gently pinched Liu Mingyan's waist, signaling her to shut up, and then said with some disdain:

"So what? I killed your father and your grandfather. Even if the whole world knows it was me, what can they do to me if they don't have evidence?"

"you!"

Liu Mingyan knew that what Li Mu said was true. She gritted her teeth and looked at Li Mu. Then she sighed and said,

"Yan'er has already fallen in love with Your Highness. There is no need for Your Highness to do this. As long as Your Highness speaks up, even if it's your grandfather, he will..."

"You still don't understand. If I say I'll kill your whole family, I'll kill your whole family. People should keep their word."

Li Mu shook his head and looked at Liu Mingyan with some disappointment. He stretched out his hand to lift Liu Mingyan's chin and asked her to look at him carefully before speaking.

"This time, the Ran Nu invaded because the Liu family colluded with them. I will find out the truth and kill all the direct bloodline of the Liu family, including the head of the Liu family. After that, I will report this to His Majesty. What do you think His Majesty will do?"

Hearing this, Liu Mingyan's body trembled violently, his eyes gradually became dazed, and he murmured:

"Collaborating with the enemy and betraying the country, the entire clan will be implicated. Once my father and grandfather are dead, the Liu family will be rootless and floating. All our huge assets will go to the national treasury. Who would care whether this crime is true or false?"

"With the support of the Prince of Yan's Mansion, the others will only take the opportunity to bite off a piece of meat from the Liu family. On one side is the Prince of Yan's Mansion, and on the other side is the Liu family, which has lost its foundation. Is there any need to guess?"

Liu Mingyan's eyes were filled with fear, as if she had just met Li Mu. Tears rolled down her eyes, and she collapsed into Li Mu's arms, begging.

"Your Highness, I am... I am willing to serve Your Majesty forever. The Liu family will never say anything..."

"You still don't understand." Li Mu rubbed his eyebrows helplessly, thinking to himself, why is it so difficult to install a fork.

Not seeing Liu Mingyan's sudden realization, he stopped beating around the bush and put Liu Mingyan on a stool beside him. Then he looked down at her and asked:

"Now, do you still think that the Liu family is a tree that is difficult to shake?"

Liu Mingyan stared into Li Mu's eyes, her mouth opening and closing slightly, but she couldn't say anything.