Lin Mu had definitely not expected to meet the former crown prince here. He recognized the name as he had heard that a few times before. The last time he heard about a prince was from Tongguo Bing who had told him that the prince came to the Big Zhao's Heavenly Delicacies restaurant with the other young masters of the noble clans of the city.

He had thought that this was the none other than Shuang Zedong, but it turned out to be false.

"How did you become like this? If you're not the crown prince, who is now?" Lin Mu questioned, feeling shocked.

"The crown prince is none other than my second brother now." Shuang Zedong spoke.

"Second brother? You had a brother?" Lin Mu questioned.

Till now he had not heard that the king had another child from the queen. He knew that there were more children from the concubines but not from the queen.

~Sigh~

"He is not my blood brother, rather the son of my father's favorite concubine. He schemed against me and assassinate me with the assistance of Gu Yao. But Lord Wu Hei managed to save me." Shuang Zedong spoke.

"What! But the assassination of a prince would have been great news if it happened." Lin Mu said.

"Indeed… but the current crown prince managed to convince father that letting such news spread would be bad for the current morale of the kingdom. Instead, they fabricated a story of how I have entered seclusion to focus on cultivation and have given up on my position of the crown prince." Shuang Zedong explained.

be so stupid?" Lin

the negative since before,

either. But our best guess is that the concubine had managed to charm the king so badly that

had a hand in this and supported the current crown prince's rise to his position." Wu

forcibly calmed himself down. He swore to

The final man who was remaining in the group spoke. "I am nameless, one of the

his brows as he looked

aware of the Gu Legion for a long time. In fact, he knew

Lin Mu questioned, still not feeling safe

Gu Legion as well. Back then I was a wandering cultivator and had been away from them for a long time. But when I returned, I found them to all be dead and only skeletons were

and die in the process, but I realize that it was not

they did not have people to avenge them and thus I took it upon myself. I researched more about the Gu Legion and found

a different approach. Eventually, an opportunity presented to me and I infiltrated the Gu Legion. I rose up the ranks and managed to sabotage the plans

was not always successful." Nameless

the Hei corps. All these years I wondered if I was just lucky but it turned out that I had a hidden ally all this time." Wu

an honorable man." Lin

Knowing that the killers of his family were with him, yet not being able to act and wait patiently. If it were Lin Mu

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