Mu Wan Yun didn't understand why Prince Jian was addressing her so familiarly. She curtsied and said, "I ask that the Prince enlighten me."
Prince Jian glanced at Wei Mingsang, and when Wei Mingsang didn't object, he said,
"Back then, my Imperial Uncle issued an imperial edict for Mu Wanruo to marry me. But in reality, he ordered the Hidden Guards to take her away and kill her. That way, the Mu Family would be unable to produce the bride, thereby committing the grave crime of deceiving the emperor."
Hearing this, Mu Wan Yun stammered, "Why did she have to be killed? Couldn't she have just been locked up?"
Wei Mingsang said, "That's not what happened. Prince Jian only knows half the story.
The late Emperor ultimately took pity on Wanruo. He sent her to Luoyang and had Hidden Guards watch over her.
