As Duan Yunfei and Wu Shan were chatting casually, a burst of gossip came out from outside the palace.

"Have you heard? Thirteenth Princess and Young Prince Mu are engaged. "

"Thirteenth Princess? The most beloved princess? "

"That's right, but I heard that His Majesty bestowed a marriage to Thirteenth Princess and Young Prince Mu because there's a hidden story behind it."

"How is this possible? This is simply ridiculous." His Majesty is the ruler of a nation, so why would he use the Thirteenth Princess's marriage as a tool? "

"Ai ai ai, you can't put it like that. Everyone in the capital knows that even though His Majesty and Prince Mu aren't blood brothers, they are better than blood brothers. The Prince Mu has held the military power for so many years that his Majesty has never worried that he would wield too much power or even place high of a expectation on him. "

The person who spread the rumor wanted to say something but hesitated. The person who read it would know what would happen next. However, he couldn't appear too anxious, so he could only wait for him to continue.

"I heard that Prince Mu entered the palace to request His Majesty's hand in marriage. His Majesty originally did not agree, but because of Prince Mu's face, he decided to betroth Thirteenth Princess to him in the end."

"But I heard that the Thirteenth Princess and the Young Prince Mu are childhood friends, so it isn't surprising that His Majesty gave them a marriage. Even if according to what you have said, His Majesty did this because of Prince Mu, but Thirteenth Princess marrying into the Prince Mu's Mansion is not really considered marrying her. "

"You don't understand, the Prince Mu's Mansion has a big reputation, the Prince Mu has a lot of power in the imperial court, but the Young Prince Mu does not have one and a half officials, if in the future …" If Prince Mu is gone, then Prince Mu's Mansion will also become lonely … "

The rumour monger continued to speak, but when he reached the point where the Prince Mu was gone, he lowered his voice.

One had to know that he had indeed received benefits from his benefactor, which was why he had the guts to spread rumors about Thirteenth Princess and Young Prince Mu. However, if the words he had cursed at Prince Mu were to spread, his benefactor would not have been able to protect him.

To take someone's money and help them get rid of their troubles, he still put his own life first.

The listener felt that what the rumors said made sense, and upon hearing those words, he hurriedly nodded his head.

The location of the market had always been the place where the root of the rumours had originated, and every day they spread them far and wide. In the span of a night, the entire capital knew of the marriage between Mu Chuyang and Mu Chuyang. At the same time, the "hidden story" behind the marriage contract became a topic of discussion for the commoners.

Late at night, a black-clothed person entered the Fifth Prince's chamber to report in detail about what he saw and heard in the market.

"Your Highness, according to Mr. Su Yi's method, all of the citizens of the capital know of this matter. Today, this servant was ordered to check out the situation. As I was walking on the road, I heard that nine out of ten people were discussing this matter. Right now, it is already a storm in the city. "

"Haha …" The Fifth Prince laughed loudly. Wasn't this the result he wanted?

If they could stop Duan Yunfei from marrying Mu Chuyang, that would be for the best, but if this marriage could not be cancelled because of this rumor, at the very least, they could fix Mu Chuyang.

The Fifth Prince and Mu Chuyang had always been incompatible like fire and water, but the root cause was jealousy.

Mu Chuyang, very handsome and talented, in the entire Jin Country, there were not many people who could compare to him.

Seeing such an outstanding Mu Chuyang, even if Mu Chuyang treated him with respect and courtesy, he would still not like Mu Chuyang.

"Mu Chuyang, I want to see if Prince Mu's Mansion can save you this time."

In the eyes of the Fifth Prince, the reason why Mu Chuyang gained the favor of Yuwen Di was only because of the relationship between the Prince Mu's Mansion s.

If Mu Chuyang was just an ordinary mortal, no matter how talented he was, no matter how much he was capable, he would never be able to enter Yuwen Di's eyes.

The matter was progressing in the direction that the Fifth Prince had expected, but what he wanted was not just that, it was far from enough.

"The person you found to spread this news, dispose of him."

A dead person wouldn't speak. If someone investigated this matter, because that person died, then the clues would be cut off, and they wouldn't be able to investigate the Fifth Prince's background.

The Fifth Prince and the Eighth Prince were both openly and covertly fighting each other for the position of crown prince, but Yuwen Di had been slow to announce the selection of the crown prince.

"Or, leave him his life, but if anyone asks, tell them that it was done in secret by Eighth Prince."

After thinking about it, through this piece of gossip, he might not only be able to obstruct the marriage engagement between Duan Yunfei and Mu Chuyang, he might even be able to make use of this chance to make Mu Chuyang suffer, and even marry the Eighth Prince who did not know of the consequences, killing three birds with one stone.

If Yuwen Di sent people to investigate this matter, for the sake of Duan Yunfei's reputation, and found out that the Eighth Prince had actually sent people to spread rumors, then Yuwen Di would definitely vent his anger on the Eighth Prince.

At that time, what the Fifth Prince needed to do was to make the fire more ferocious, take the opportunity to drop the position of the Eighth Prince in Yuwen Di's heart by a thousand miles.

"Your highness, you have a good plan."

As the black-clothed man was preparing to do this matter as instructed by the Fifth Prince, he was called to a halt by the Fifth Prince.

"Bring out the best ginseng in the mansion to Mr. Su Yi, and tell him that it was to thank Mr. Su Yi for the idea."

Other than the Fifth Prince's people and the empress of the palace, no one else knew that Su Yi had been used by the Fifth Prince.

The Eighth Prince had still been trying to put Su Yi into his pocket for his own use, but he ended up hitting a wall consecutively. The simple-minded Eighth Prince did not expect that the reason behind this was because Su Yi had long since become a subordinate of the Fifth Prince.

Mu Chuyang was so angry that he decided to dig up the root of the rumor. He wanted to find the source of the rumor, not only because of the reputation of the Prince Mu's Mansion, but also because of Duan Yunfei.

"Chu Yang, someone must be up to something behind this. You must know that the engagement between you and the Thirteenth Princess was only made yesterday, so how could the entire capital know about it in one night, and not to mention those words that the commoners talked about that would ruin the reputation of the Prince Mu's Mansion … "

Prince Mu found out about this matter and called Mu Chuyang over to the study room to discuss it.

"No matter who is behind this, we cannot sit still and wait for death. royal father, your son will definitely find out about this matter. But in order to prevent these rumors from affecting your son's marriage to Yun Fei, perhaps royal father will need to make a trip to the palace. Before the person behind this can report this matter to your majesty, we might as well inform Your Majesty first. "

Mu Chuyang changed from his usual state and didn't act impulsively. Instead, he used a rare moment of calmness to carefully ponder the intentions of the person behind the scenes.

Mu Chuyang secretly made up his mind that he definitely would not let the person behind the scenes succeed.