"What happened to you two?"
Seeing the anxious, unsettled expressions on Jin Zha and Muzha's faces,
Lady Yin was somewhat puzzled. Frowning, she said, "Did you come here today just to ask me about these things?"
"Is there anything else you're hiding from me?"
Noticing their mother's puzzled and grave gaze upon them,
Jin Zha and Muzha became extremely flustered and repeatedly denied it.
But how could they possibly deceive a mother?
"If you still refuse to tell me the truth, then if I learn the truth later, don't blame your mother for ignoring you from now on."
Lady Yin's tone was very calm.
Yet it made Jin Zha and Muzha panic.
The two brothers exchanged a glance.
In the end,
Muzha sighed and told Lady Yin everything that had happened. In a low voice, he said, "Mother, that's what happened."
"We saw that you'd been very upset these past few days, muttering to yourself every day and carrying a strong scent of incense and candles. So we secretly followed you. Who would have thought that a temple for our third brother had been built on Cui Ping Shan? We were so worried that we went to tell Father about it."
"We never expected things to be like this."
"This is all our fault. We didn't know the truth, which led to today's misunderstanding."
"If you're angry, Mother, you can beat us or scold us, but you must never abandon us! We're both your sons!!"
"We didn't know the truth, and we never told Father that it was our third brother's temple. After we realized something was wrong, we kept looking for you. We only found you at night. We really didn't do it on purpose!!!!"
Muzha was extremely anxious.
Jin Zha was equally uneasy. "Mother, this misunderstanding happened because