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

Chapter 727: Backfired.

Zhao Chuyi lowered her head, clearly wanting to see Li Mu's expression.

My body seemed to be stuck in a quagmire and I couldn't exert any strength at all.

For a moment, you could hear a pin drop in the courtyard.

Shanshan frowned, her eyes filled with shock and confusion.

I wanted to ask, but I couldn't open my mouth.

Teng Jingjing had no time to pay attention to this sudden change, and a faint Qi shield involuntarily appeared around her body.

The sweat on his forehead wet his hair.

She felt as if there was an invisible pressure that was suffocating her.

Just when she felt that she could no longer hold on, the pressure suddenly disappeared.

At the same time, Li Mu took a step forward and took the invitation. His tone was calm and there was no emotion at all.

"Okay, definitely."

Zhao Chuyi looked up in surprise and met Li Mu's calm and emotionless expression.

She held the invitation in her hand tighter, and a feeling of regret and fear surged in her heart.

Last night evening, after Li Mu left the palace, the first thing she did was to look for the queen.

I waited outside the palace for several hours before we met.

Zhao Chuyi was a person who dared to take action once she thought of it. She couldn't wait to discuss the matter of the tutor with the Queen.

She was determined to keep Li Mu in the capital at all costs.

Before, she only thought that letting Li Mu leave the capital, a place of trouble, was the only way to protect him.

She understood Li Mu and knew that he was not interested in the court and would rather live a leisurely life.

However, with the change of identity and the urging of power, Zhao Chuyi thought for the first time that she could protect Li Mu.

The engagement is not empty talk.

The queen intends to find a son-in-law for her from among the current Confucian disciples.

When all schools of thought suffered, Confucianism naturally suffered heavy losses as well.

However, this does not include Mu Zhen.

The decline of the traditionalists allowed Mu Zhen to instantly gain a firm foothold in Confucianism, and he already had the strength to compete with the traditionalists.

The person chosen by the Queen for Zhao Chuyi was the most outstanding talent among the two factions.

One of them is Chen Zhihe, a disciple of Zhuge Liang, one of the Twelve Great Confucianists.

The Chen family is also an old aristocratic family, and has deep roots with the two schools of military strategy.

The other person was the nephew of the great scholar who seemed to be unknown at the previous summit, but anyone who was not blind could see that he was an extraordinary person...Mu Li.

It’s a pity that if Zhao Chuyi was a person who could easily compromise, she would not have run away because of dissatisfaction with the engagement.

In the stalemate, the queen resorted to some dirty tricks.

Let Zhao Chuyi use this matter to test Li Mu.

Zhao Chuyi was already angry because Li Mu ignored her, so she agreed without thinking.

She really wanted to see Li Mu care about her, show concern for her, or even get angry at her and question her...

She can then explain.

She thought that as long as it was for Li Mu's good, she could be ruthless.

However, only after she became truly estranged from Li Mu did she realize how heartbreaking it was.

So, she regretted it.

But Li Mu's reaction at this time was not what she expected.

Zhao Chuyi was panicking and could no longer remain calm. She threw away all the royal dignity and daughterly reserve.

"Sir, it's not like that..."

Zhao Chuyi spoke hurriedly.

But he stopped talking halfway.

She still held the torn corner of the invitation in her hand.

However, the figure of Li Mu in front of him became gradually illusory, and in the blink of an eye, he slowly disappeared like a bubble in the water.

Zhao Chuyi came to her senses and realized that Li Mu had left. She turned and looked outside the yard.

Just as he was about to catch up, his feet went weak and he was about to fall.

Shanshan quickly supported her, but her face did not look good.

Teng Jingjing who was standing by was not treated so well. When she felt the invisible pressure disappear, her body went limp and she collapsed to the ground.

Her fair hands groped her chest as she gasped heavily.

Outside the hospital.

Li Mu immediately saw Chun Tao holding the Shui Ning long sword. Seeing that she looked as if facing a formidable enemy, he did not say anything but just stuffed the invitation in his hand into her arms.

"Keep it."

Chuntao breathed a sigh of relief, glanced at the invitation and said nothing more.

The pressure just now was truly terrifying. If she hadn't sensed the familiar aura in it, she would have already rushed into the yard.

Seeing Li Mu leaving without looking back, he was about to catch up with him, but the invitation card in his arms just happened to fall.

She frowned in displeasure, secretly cursing herself for being useless, being frightened by the young master to the point where she couldn't even hold her things steady.

If the young master really wanted to punish her, would she resist?

She lifted the hem of her skirt and gently hooked her embroidered shoes with peach blossoms on them, and the invitation fell back into her hands.

What surprised her was that there was not a single word on the scattered invitations.

Under normal circumstances, Chuntao would never do such an rude thing.

But Li Mu’s anger just now made her a little concerned.

He glanced around and seeing no one was paying attention, he looked at the invitation from beginning to end for a long time.

Only then did I confirm that there was really not a single word on it.

Naturally, she would never have thought that even if Zhao Chuyi was deliberately testing her, she would not be willing to go through with the whole act.

She would never let her name or any other man's name appear on this big red wedding invitation.

She thought it was a stepping stone for the two to reconcile, but unexpectedly it became a white silk thread strangling her neck.

in the courtyard.

Zhao Chuyi's eyes were red, and she held Shanshan's wrist tightly, speaking in an urgent tone,

"Shanshan, hurry up, help me go see the Master."

Shanshan's face looked grim. It was obvious that the pressure just now made her feel uncomfortable, but more importantly, she was dissatisfied with Zhao Chuyi.

"The princess wants to get engaged?"

"with who?"

Shanshan, for the first time, did not obey Zhao Chuyi's order. Instead, she frowned and asked in a cold voice.

Zhao Chuyi was stunned for a moment, and in a trance she actually saw some shadow of Li Mu, and quickly denied it.

"No, Shanshan, listen to my explanation. It's the Queen Mother..."

"Shanshan knows, Miss, you just need to tell Shanshan who you are going to be engaged to."

Shanshan exudes the irresistible majesty of a high-level warrior, and what touches Zhao Chuyi even more is the word "Miss".

Zhao Chuyi pursed her lips and told her what the Queen said last night.

She wasn't the type of person who would be fooled into leaving nothing behind.

What happened just now also made her realize that if she relied on herself, she would only make things worse.

However, when she said the names of the two people and was about to firmly express her determination, she was determined to break up.

Shanshan held her hand tightly with a confident smile on her face.

"Okay, Miss, don't worry about these things, just leave them to Shanshan."

She had heard of the name Chen Zhihe. He was a genius in national policy and was indeed famous in Qiuzhou area.

As for the guy named Mu Li...he's a bit troublesome.

She had also heard a little about what happened at the summit. A 20-year-old Hua Jin warrior could be called a child of destiny.

The queen really took a lot of effort in dealing with both the civil and military affairs.

However, in Shanshan's opinion, these are not as important as a single hair of her master.

Although she was somewhat angry about what Zhao Chuyi had done in the past few days, she also knew that this was probably due to the coercion and instigation of the Queen.

Her mind was not working quickly, but she knew that as long as the fiancé was gone, her princess wouldn't have to worry about it.

At this moment, the door in the distance suddenly opened, and Lu Jianjia walked out quickly, with the sadness on her face still not fading away.

Shanshan looked back and said,

"Miss, you can stay here and chat with Miss Jianjia. Shanshan will be back soon."

"Shanshan?"

Zhao Chuyi sensed something was wrong, but before she could finish her words, Shanshan had disappeared from the spot.