Greedy Baby and Scheming Mother: Volume 3

By Tian BuLa

She, who was born before her marriage, turned into a complete slut with the contempt and curses of the entire world. That damn stinky man ate her whole body, yet did not show himself.

That night, she could still vaguely remember how he robbed and occupied her, how his neck interweaved with her hot body and his tempting breathing.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Funstory
• Release date: Nov 7, 2019
• ISBN: 9781647574260

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CHAPTER 201 - NEW TRICKS (2)

Mu Wanjun was startled. Some people said that if a man truly had you in his heart, he would hand over everything he has. It didn't matter how much money he could earn, but how much money he could give you.

Although the soul in Mu Wanjun's body was of a modern age, her heart was still warmed by Jin Yulie's words.

She turned around and hugged him, taking the initiative.

She wrapped her arms around his neck and offered him a kiss. I'll give you a chance to pursue me.

Pursuit? Jin Yulie was a little confused. It didn't matter. It sounded like a good suggestion.

Great! How do you want me to chase you? "

At least we have to be romantic. The other requirements will depend on your performance.

Alright! As he spoke, he carried Mu Wanjun in his arms and the two of them returned to the bamboo house.

Jin Yulie looked at Mu Wanjun's busy gesturing with her hands, and it looked like she really was planning to leave. Isn't this place good? Aren't you going to stay for a little longer? Or do you want revenge? Now, Jin Yulie seemed to have gotten a better understanding of Mu Wanjun.

Of course! My blood and Ye Zi's blood can't be lost in vain, right?

You don't have to worry about this matter. Right now, your father is bringing ten thousand soldiers to search for Ah Mu.

What's going on? Mu Wanjun did not know about any of these.

Jin Yulie gave a cold laugh as he said it simply: Destroying bandits? It was all thanks to Mu Yanran! Since she's going to spend her father's money, I'll go to her house and pay my respects."

You need me to accompany you?

No need, just watch the show.

Although his body accepted Jin Yulie, there were some things that Mu Wanjun did not plan to let him interfere in.

On the morning of the second day, a car of Carriage drove out of bamboo forest, leaving this fairy-like place, ready to flow back into the mortal world.

When Ah Mu found She Minghu, he asked Old She Minghu. The leader was in the snake garden, they were busy packing their things, there were many Carriage outside, the Carriage s were filled with boxes, as if they were lucky to be able to escape.

Old? Chief, don't forget that you still have my blue glass bottle. That's an antique, so don't take advantage of that kid.

Don't worry, young lady. We've already packed everything. Let's go now. That brat is very mysterious.

En! She Minghu replied as she jumped out of the house. She carried the Carriage in her arms.

Ride!

A long convoy slowly drove out of snake garden.

She Minghu was still laughing to herself, thinking that once that foolish brat understood, she would have slipped away long ago. She laughed very happily. Just as she was about to drink the tea on the tea table, the Carriage suddenly stopped. She Minghu was caught off guard and spilled all the tea on her body.

Her expression changed as she angrily lifted the curtain. Just as she was about to ask what was wrong, she saw that there was another Carriage blocking her path in front of the Carriage.

Cheers …

Before she could finish, she saw that the Carriage curtain had been lifted. On top of it sat a child who was around her own age, and he was looking at her with a smile that was not quite a smile.

Who else could it be other than Ah Mu?

Ugh …

She Minghu was speechless, she didn't expect that brat to arrive so quickly. Just as she was thinking of what to say, Ah Mu cleared her throat and said: Where are you planning to take my property?

Shameless! She Minghu cursed in her heart, but her face still had a smile, It's only been a year, and the killer's business is not so good right now. snake garden has already made a loss to you, we plan to pack our bags and return to our home.

Is that so? Ah Mu knew that she was lying, but he did not refute her, Since it's like this, I still intend to give you all the money on the IOU.

What game is he playing? Clearing accounts? He was no fool.

She Minghu's mind speculated on any of Ah Mu's main points, and her mind started to think about ways to deal with it.

Ah Mu waved his hand, and a small Carriage behind him was lifted up, and a few big boxes were opened, inside were filled with dazzling gold bars!

From the looks of it, it was at least a thousand taels of gold!

Of course the gold would not belong to Ah Mu, the Master of the gold was just beside him. Zuo Chenfeng looked at his gold with a pained heart, and thought to himself: This money must definitely be placed on Jin Yulie! And interest, not a dime less!

When Ah Mu noticed Zuo Chenfeng's expression, he pouted and muttered to himself, Uncle Zuo, you're still a young duke after all, don't be so stingy, alright?

The young duke will also lack money, alright? Zuo Chenfeng replied in a low voice.

Ah Mu also jumped down from the Carriage and walked in front of She Minghu, Last night, you said that since the snake garden is mine, from last night, everything inside the snake garden is mine, including you and me … As he said that, he waved a fan in his hand, pointing it at She Minghu. It looked like a mini version of Jin Yulie.

Such a cold weather fan, be careful of the cold!

Old? The leader's face turned ugly. This brat was truly a difficult person to deal with!

Take a good look at the contract, there isn't such a clause on it! She Minghu quickly distinguished herself.

Ah Mu had read through all of these things by early on, so he shook the contract in his hand and pointed to the contract as he said, "The one written on it is clear, the snake garden belongs to me and I admire you. Although it isn't written about you, it is still mine, but, since you handed it over to me last night, it means that even you have been tacitly approved of in this matter.

Last night, She Minghu said that just to choke him, but she didn't expect him to have something to use?

She Minghu's face flushed red. All of her retorts seemed to be useless in Ah Mu's eyes. The snake garden s like Jin Yulie could not be offended, because they knew that Jin Yulie did not have the only identity as the Great Qin State Duke of Jin s!

Zuo Chenfeng also spoke up at the same time: That's right, unless you guys change your career in the future! But everything in the snake garden belongs to us. But you should think carefully, from now on, don't you need to walk in the dark night at all?"

Old? Both the Head of the Guards and She Minghu's face changed.

Ah Mu did not understand what Zuo Chenfeng meant, but the two of them did. The Night Empire! This was an undisguised threat!

Offending Jin Yulie was not a good thing!

After She Minghu pondered upon the pain, she looked at him gravely. The first glance, Looks like snake garden was destroyed by me.

Miss … Old? There was reluctance in his eyes, but he still said, Actually this is good too. At least you won't have to live behind the shadow from now on. It was also good to have a simple and happy childhood.

CHAPTER 202 - REVENGE (1)

Promise me that you will help me keep an eye on snake garden. She Minghu hesitated for a moment, but in the end, he still let go. She really did hand over the snake garden.

Ah Mu nodded his head in approval, and sent the gold out, allowing the snake garden people to divide it up. Mummy had said that buying people's hearts was the first and also a very important step. En is in the front row, and En is in the front row.

The matter seemed to have come to an end as the snake garden welcomed the new Master. Ah Mu looked down at the group of 300 plus people. These killers were a threat to him before, but now they were his people.

Feng Shui's revolution seemed to be particularly fast today!

Since he already had his own backing, should he try it out? He was still thinking about Mu Yanran.

After the handover ceremony.

However, Zuo Chenfeng said, The rest of the ladies are around the same age as my young master, why don't you accompany my young master? Old? Chief, what do you think?

There was naturally nothing to say about the identity of the Jin Residence's young noble, as this arrangement could indirectly help She Minghu clean up his background. Old? The Head of the Guards naturally readily agreed, but he also made a request.

As long as this old man can guard my family's young lady.

Of course.

This was actually Jin Yulie's intention. He had done countless of backup considerations for Ah Mu's safety, as he no longer wished for the matter of Ah Mu being kidnapped to happen again. The snake garden had controlled a portion of the killers, but if there was any movement, they would also receive the news, and the elderly? Their leader was one of the top assassins, and his disguise technique is even better! Anyone who wants to take Ah Mu away, will first have to face their ancestor's trial!

Jin Yulie had never mentioned his concern for Ah Mu, but behind his back, he protected him with all his might! This kind of painstaking work really wasn't something that anyone could do.

Ah Mu rolled his eyes and looked at Zuo Chenfeng: Is there something that I don't know about?

Yeah, there are a lot of things you really don't know. Zuo Chenfeng raised his eyebrows, If you want me to tell you, give me my gold and interest first …

If he was not mistaken, he would not let go of Kids's money! Ah Mu glared at him furiously.

Don't glare at me, you look just like a Kids, you're simply a demonic child!

With Jin Yulie's background, Ah Mu managed to get his hands on the snake garden despite being a fox. While he was busy counting all his possessions, Mu Wanjun started to warm up.

She had the carriage driver drive the Carriage straight into the Capital!

Upon entering the Capital, the carriage driver asked in a low voice: Madam, where are we going now?

Jin Yulie did not say anything, he leisurely sat at the side and drank his wine, planning to enjoy the show that was about to begin!

Mu Wanjun smiled, she said: The weather today is not bad, let's go to Mu King Manor to take a look?

The carriage driver also laughed. It seemed that today, he would be the one on duty with the two Master s. He was truly fortunate to be able to witness this show.

The Carriage went straight in and stopped in front of the Mu King Manor's door.

Go! He reined in his horse and stopped.

Mu Wanjun jumped down from the Carriage and went straight in. However, they were stopped by the Mu King Manor guards, Stop, who dares to trespass into the Mu King Manor, you must be tired of living …. Ahhh!"

Just as he finished speaking, he heard a blood-curdling scream!

Mu Wanjun did not make any movements, she only kicked the bottom of That person's chin, causing her jaw to fall off.

So noisy! Mu Wanjun shook her head and patted the dust off her hands.

Seeing that she had taken care of one person with one kick, the other guard, seeing that the situation was not good, hurriedly rushed back into the manor and shouted at the same time, Mu Wanjun is here!

This scream sounded extremely miserable, as if Mu Wanjun was a big demon.

And when he went in and shouted, there was even a miserable scream. Mu Wanjun also rushed in and kicked That person in the butt, causing him to fall to the ground like a dog eating shit!

Your Crown Princess? Won't you come out and meet her sister? You want me to look for it myself? It could be said that Mu Wanjun had fought her way into the great hall, with a group of people sprawled behind her.

These people were all lying on the ground. They were either injured to the point that they couldn't crawl back up, or they had their acupoints pierced and could not move at all. She would not expose her back to the enemy.

When she reached the hall, she was surrounded by a group of people, all of them armed, but afraid to go forward.

None of them were opponent at all with Mu Wanjun's martial arts.

CHAPTER 203 - REVENGE (2)

Get that wretch Mu Yanran to come out and see me, or else I'll tear down her Mu King Manor! What a boastful tone, but she had the qualifications to say such words!

As soon as she entered the hall, she pulled out a chair and sat on it. At the same time, her gaze swept across everyone present.

The princess is not here. Someone suddenly whispered.

Everyone was in awe of her powerful aura.

Other than the previous State Duke of Jin, Mu Wanjun was the only one who dared to charge into Mu King Manor.

Not here? Mu Wanjun raised her long eyebrows and looked at that person. Suddenly, she raised her hand and three silver lights flashed by. They grazed That person's face and pierced into the pillar behind him.

That person turned her head, only to see three silver needles nailed on the pillar. However, there were traces of blood on them, and when she touched his face, there were three shallow marks on his face.

If Mu Wanjun had not shown mercy, these three silver needles could have easily taken his life.

I hate people who lie the most! Do you think she didn't do her homework before she came here? Right now, at this time, Duke Mu had not returned, and she had investigated thoroughly. Mu Yanran had not left the palace ever since he returned last night, could it be that he was not here, and could he not be at another's house?

Mu Wanjun had guessed wrongly that Mu Yanran was not really in Mu King Manor at the moment.

Where is she? Other than her most trusted woman in the Mu King Manor, no one else knew.

Otherwise, with such a big commotion, it was impossible for her not to come out. The newly appointed butler had sent people to look for Princess Hua-Yang, but there was no news.

Mu Wanjun spread open her own consciousness, she realised that Mu Yanran's Spirit Qi was not in the entire Mu King Manor, it seemed that she was not here. But she did.

Since he was not there, Mu Wanjun looked at the entire Mu King Manor. Since they were all here, it would not be worth it if he did not collect any interest.

She swept her eyes across the place and threw out the Storage Ring in her hands. Under the control of her cultivation level, the ring expanded the space around it. Her Storage Ring was a gift from the foster father.

This ring expanded the space according to the power of her cultivation.

It could be said that if she was in the bitter sea realm, the storage space of this ring would be as big as a closet. But after she had stepped into the spring of life s, the storage capacity of the ring had multiplied by several times, and reached the size of a house. Even though she had suffered heavy injuries before, with Jin Yulie's help, she managed to climb higher and higher, and now, she had stepped onto the other side.

Now that he had completely become one of the top characters in Mystic Moon Continent, the storage capacity of this storage ring could not be underestimated!

The ring suddenly began to float in mid-air. The surface of the ring was upside down, and a boundless suction force shot out from it. A miraculous scene occurred.

Countless valuable things automatically came from all over the Mu King Manor and went into the storage ring.

When everyone saw this, their expressions changed greatly!

Wasn't this blatantly robbing and plundering families?

Someone wanted to make a move, but before they could do so, they discovered that they had already flown into the air and landed heavily on the roof beams.

Jin Yulie was originally at the Carriage and his ears moved slightly. He believed that Mu Wanjun would not be injured by the people from Mu King Manor, so he was still concerned about what she was going to do.

However, when he heard the incomparably shocked exclamation of the coachman, he still curiously lifted the curtain of the carriage and personally got off to take a look.

After seeing Mu Wanjun's movements, he had a deep understanding of who Ah Mu learned her money from.

Mu Wanjun calmly sat on the chair, she watched as her ring searched through everything, the storage capacity of the ring was astonishing, she just let the ring search by itself.

As a result, everyone was horrified to see that after the ring had been searched for valuable items, they found that even the live ducks, fishes, and fishes in the kitchen were all gone.

An old hen was flapping her wings and had just laid an egg, and all the eggs and nests had been put into the ring.

No way!

In the end, the entire Mu King Manor became empty!

Mu Wanjun saw that it was about the same, so she continued to search until there was nothing left to eat. Other than some furniture made of wood, everything else was taken away.

Alright, this is only interest. I'll tell you, Princess, the next interest will be on me when I'm in a good mood!

She turned and left.

The servants of the Mu King Manor were still in shock, and had yet to recover from their shock.

Mu Wanjun saw Jin Yulie not far behind him, looking at her with a smile.

He stood under the sunlight with a smile on his face and an unrestrained, unrestrained appearance. Mu Wanjun was moved for no reason.

He was truly too good-looking, especially when he smiled. His handsome appearance carried a hint of gentleness, so good-looking that even she, a woman, was tempted by him. Wait a minute, he's my man. If other women are attracted to him, it's going to be troublesome. That's right, in the future, other than him, he couldn't smile at other women!

Mu Wanjun thought and made up her mind!

Jin Yulie also saw the empty and miserable Mu King Manor, he was secretly speechless, this woman was too heartless, she had been plundered so cleanly. However, it was truly very interesting. This really was her style.

Can we go now?

Let's go! Mu Wanjun was in a good mood as she held Jin Yulie's arm.

What are you going to do with those things? He wouldn't actually take it for himself, right?

Mu Wanjun thought for a while and got the Carriage to drive to the south side of the city. There, there was a slum, and when she ran out of General Mu's mansion with Ah Mu in her arms, it was a huge challenge for her to bring the Kids, especially to take care of the babies that were just a few days old.

When she was caught unprepared, someone came to her rescue.

The That person was located to the south of the city. At that time, Mu Wanjun found out that there was also such a slum in the abnormally bountiful and bountiful Great Qin Nation's Capital.

Jin Yulie had heard of this place before, but had never come to this place.

At the southern end of the city, the roads were paved with yellow mud instead of bricks. As long as it rained, it would be difficult to walk in the mud.

The houses here were all crooked, and there were several places where the houses were about to collapse, supported by a few wooden pillars. There was a faint smell of decay in the air, and it was hard to smell.

Seeing this scene, Jin Yulie could not help but frown.

What are you doing here?

Mu Wanjun didn't mind at all as she jumped down from the Carriage, she had a bright smile on her face, and she was as happy as if she was returning home, If there is a hatred, I will not take it back, but if there is a kindness, I will not take it back! I'm not a villain.

She smiled as she walked directly into the southern part of the city.

Jin Yulie looked at her, his heart also softening. This woman had brought him far too many shocks and surprises! The carriage driver looked at the situation here and frowned, Master, do you really want to go in?

CHAPTER 204 - ANOTHER HER (1)

Jin Yulie laughed: If she can enter, why can't I go? He jumped off the Carriage, took off his cape and cloak, and threw them into the Carriage, You go back first.

Yes sir! The charioteer knew that Master would not change his mind.

Jin Yulie followed behind Mu Wanjun and entered.

Mu Wanjun's arrival had attracted the attention of many villagers. Everyone gathered around as if they knew her, Lady Mu, you're back.

Mu Wanjun smiled as she greeted everyone.

A lot of Kids s rushed out of the room. The clothes worn by these Kids s were tattered and patched up again and again. Their faces were all black flowers, just like little kittens.

They were curious about a large number of Jin Yulie s, and they were naturally curious and wary of this person in embroidered clothes.

Mu Wanjun was greeting an old lady who was over a hundred years old, holding her hands tightly without a care. She was worried about whether the chilblains on her hands were better or not, and even took out some ointment to carefully apply on her.

Jin Yulie was getting more and more curious, she, Mu Wanjun, was a daughter of a noble family, how could she be related to these people?

In the Mystic Moon Continent, there was an insurmountable gap between the aristocrats and the poor, even Jin Yulie was no exception. The aristocrats were the aristocrats, and the poor were the poor, which could not be contacted. Even if Mu Wanjun was different from before, it was still strange that when she mixed together with the poor, like before, Jin Yulie would still find it interesting when she did other things.

He had suspected her more than once, but now he doubted her even more. Just what had happened to her that caused her to undergo such a drastic change?

At the same time, Jin Yulie also noticed that the majority of the people here were women and Kids. There is only one possibility...

The ladies also noticed Jin Yulie's existence, causing them to panic, but due to Mu Wanjun, they did not immediately disperse.

Don't be afraid, this is my friend. Mu Wanjun introduced himself, His name is Jin, you can call him Master Jin.

Greetings Master Jin. Although they were apprehensive, everyone still saluted Jin Yulie.

Mu Wanjun took out the Storage Ring and poured everything out. She knew that it would not bring trouble to these people, so she took out about everything she had, anything that she could eat.

When they saw that there was meat to eat, their faces bloomed with a glow of excitement, especially when there was meat. It had been a long time since they had eaten meat.

Mu Wanjun arranged for everyone to move methodically.

Jin Yulie took the opportunity to pull Mu Wanjun over and ask: How do you know them? Mu Wanjun had brought him far too much curiosity, and he had secretly planned to ask the An Shuang to investigate. He wanted to know how many days Mu Wanjun, whom she had missed out on, had passed in these past seven years.

"Remember me to tell you, after I gave birth to Ah Mu, they locked me up in the woodshed. Didn't I leave later on?

At first she didn't even know how to change diapers.

In her previous life, there was still a high grade item like wetting the urine, but there was only a small piece of cloth here …

After she left General Mu's estate, she sadly lost her way and accidentally made it to the south side of the city. It was all thanks to the aunt's help that she was not so flustered.

That was why she got to know the aunts here. She established a black market, and once she had money, she would send her subordinates to send some silver taels to them every year to help them.

Just like this, they had come to see Mu Wanjun as a Buddha.

Jin Yulie never thought that there would be such a twist. He could imagine just how difficult it would be for Mu Wanjun back then.

I'm sorry. He whispered in her ear, his wide hands wrapped tightly around her hand.

Why are you apologizing? It's not your fault. She did not care about Jin Yulie's warmth at all.

Once she had made things clear, she would return it tenfold or even a hundredfold! One of the rules of her faith was that she was scum if she didn't take revenge!

In order to prevent yourself from being scum, Mu Yanran, you all should just wait and see!

Jin Yulie had already secretly tormented him to the point that he was about to collapse, but he did not plan to let Mu Wanjun know. Furthermore, he had expected that after Mu Wanjun recovered from her injuries, he would personally come and take care of her, so even though he had tormented her to his heart's content, he had still allowed her to live.

CHAPTER 205 - ANOTHER HER (2)

Mu Wanjun accidentally realised that these people's lives weren't that easy. Every year, she would send someone to deliver money to them.

After learning about it, Mu Wanjun realized that this area south of the city was actually one of Pure Yu Hao's territory.

This was really a narrow path for enemies.

Since Mu King Manor came over every month to collect rent, they had to get all their silver. Fortunately, Mu Wanjun still gave them some money every year so they wouldn't be extremely tired.

Especially them, who were almost all the elderly, weak, and children, the able-bodied men had all been forcibly recruited, and the rest of them had also been forcefully recruited by the Mu King Manor to toil for the Mu King Manor.

Every mansion had a fertile land shop. In addition, they secretly operated a few mines and needed a large amount of labor to mine.

So that's how it is. Mu Wanjun saw that she had looted something from the Mu King Manor, and thought to herself: This thing is really used by the common people.

Mu Wanjun swept her gaze across Jin Yulie, her eyes filled with provocation.

Jin Yulie's eyelids jumped, he felt that this girl was planning something bad.

He approached her and asked in a low voice, What kind of evil scheme are you plotting now?

Tell me, how could His Majesty not know about this? Why did he let his son get away with it?

You don't understand, these people are poor.

Even you think so? Mu Wanjun frowned, her tone filled with dissatisfaction. Everyone was raised by their parents. Don't you think all men should be equal? "

She was just complaining, but it caused a huge wave to rise in Jin Yulie's heart. She was really bold to say such words.

In the eyes of others, this was an outrageous act! But he had to be head-butchered! He wanted to exterminate his entire family! However, strictly speaking, if he really wanted to exterminate Mu Wanjun's entire clan, then his majesty the Emperor would not be able to escape from one of them …

Jin Yulie did not dare believe it. No matter how much Mu Wanjun messed around, or how many fortuitous encounters she had, she was still someone from the Mystic Moon Continent after all.

Could this be the other side of her? Another side of her that he didn't know about?

Perhaps if he thought about it carefully, he was right. Only her, who could say such words, and her, who could do such a thing, would be interesting, the kind of her that could move his heart.

While they were busy cooking a fragrant dinner, on the other side of Capital, there were some people who were worrying about how to start the smoke.

In the afternoon, when Mu Wanjun went to Mu King Manor to mess things up, Chunyu Hao was still in Imperial Palace. Recently, after hearing about Jin Yulie giving out the order to kill in Jiang Hu, Chunyu Hao was ambushed several times in succession. Luckily, the dark guard beside him went all out to save his life, so in these few days, whenever he had time, he would basically be hiding in Imperial Palace's chambers.

On the surface, he said he was filial, but in reality, it was to avoid an assassination. If these assassins were powerful, they couldn't just sneak into the Imperial Palace and assassinate them, right?

Everyday he stayed in Imperial Palace like this, even Imperial Consort Yu was surprised, his son had been very abnormal recently. However, Mu Yanran did not accompany them. She and her trusted aide secretly guessed that this couple must have had a fight to vent their anger, so Pure Yu Haotian was still in Imperial Palace.

She had also tried to persuade Chunyu Hao, This is how a husband and wife should be, at the head of the bed quarreling with each other. After leaving him to eat dinner, he personally sent someone to escort him back to his residence.

Mu Yanran was not in the Imperial Palace nor in the Duke Palaces. What was even weirder was that no one knew where she had gone to.

Cui Yun secretly went to look for Mu Yanran after Mu Wanjun left. At that time, she was in Chunyu Feng's courtyard. These days, the assassination attempts were too much for her, but luckily, Mu Yanran's cultivation was not weak, and normal assassins would not be able to hurt her easily.

At the same time, she had already discussed another plan with Liushi, so she was still in the mood to have a private meeting with Pure Jade Wind.

The two had just stripped off their clothes, and were in the middle of the tent, shaking the dragon and the phoenix. Cui Yun knocked on the door. Mu Yanran was very dissatisfied, but she knew that Cui Yun would not easily look for her if she did not have anything important to do. She allowed the unrelenting Pure Yufeng to pinch her chest.

He then hurriedly put on his clothes and went out to meet them.

When she heard Cui Yun's words, she immediately followed Cui Yun back to the Mu King Manor.

The moment she entered the door, she saw that it was so tragic that it couldn't be done in the Mu King Manor.

Mu Wanjun was really able to plunder, she was only a hair away from digging!

Mu Wanjun, you little bitch, just you wait. Before long, your good days will come to an end! Mu Yanran stomped her feet fiercely and turned back to return to the Mu residence.

Chunyu Hao came back not long after.

Jin Yulie, you have gone too far!

When he saw that his Mu King Manor looked depressed today, he became so angry that he fainted. After he was woken up by the frantic help of the