Chapter 58 The Master's Witness

After carrying the woman into the room, Mu Xingci did not leave immediately: "I will arrange a maid for you later. You just need to rest and recuperate."

"Yes! Thank you!" Yun Wansheng thanked naturally.

"If you want to eat anything, just tell Aunt Wang and she will prepare it for you."

"I see. It's getting late, you should go home quickly! Otherwise your fiancée will become suspicious again."

"I am not afraid of her suspicion, and you should not underestimate my ability." Mu Xingci didn't want this woman to think that he was afraid of the young lady of the Grand Tutor.

"Okay! You are not afraid. Who are you? You are the general of the southwest. Who can be more powerful than you?" Yun Wansheng's tone was teasing and a little sarcastic.

"Just be angry with me! Wait for me tonight." Mu Xingci stood up with a smile in his eyes.

"You dare to come out at night?" Yun Wansheng asked in surprise.

"Yun Wansheng, do you think I'm henpecked before I even get married?" Mu Xingci stared at her with cold eyes.

"This is what you show, what else do you want me to believe?"

Upon hearing this, Mu Xingci's handsome face darkened: "Wait until your injury is healed and see how I punish you." After saying this unhappily, he left the villa.

Yun Wansheng watched him leave, and the corners of her lips curled up: "What a boastful man."

At this time in the general's mansion, Lin Yao asked someone to call Mu Xingci's personal maid Wanchun to her yard.

"Miss Lin, I wonder what instructions you have for me?" Wanchun asked respectfully.

"How many years have you served the Marquis?" Lin Yao asked in a light tone.

"I have been serving the Marquis for more than four years."

"Thank you for your hard work. Your name is Wanchun, right?"

"Yes."

"I remember there was a maid named Zixia, right?"

"Yes."

"How is the relationship between you two?"

"Miss Lin, I was able to serve the Marquis thanks to Zixia's introduction. We have been getting along like real sisters over the past few years."

"Really? That's a pity. She is such a kind-hearted person but she is not as lucky as you." Lin Yao shook her head and looked regretful.

"What do you mean, Miss Lin?" Wanchun asked in confusion.

"I'm afraid you don't know what happened yet. Yesterday during the hunt, the concubine was injured, and your Lord Marquis asked her to serve Yun Wansheng.

Unexpectedly, the concubine complained about her poor service to the Marquis, and the Marquis believed her and had Zixia beheaded. A malicious glint flashed in Lin Yao's eyes.

Upon hearing this, Wanchun raised his head in shock: "Impossible!"

"How is it impossible? This matter has spread all over the hunting ground. It is not something I made up. If you don't believe me, you can ask the guards who came back with me." Lin Yao said seriously.

The sudden bad news made Wanchun panic. He forgot the rules for a moment and turned around to go out to ask someone.

Lin Yao watched her go out in panic, and smiled cunningly: "Yun Wansheng, do you think I will let you live in peace until our wedding? Tian Nai, since I can't kill you with my own hands, I can still kill you with a borrowed knife.

Don't blame me for not being able to tolerate you. Who told you to get involved with my brother Xingci? How can I be at peace if you don't die?"

Mu Xingci returned to his own bedroom, his eyes naturally turning to the maid Wanchun who was waiting there.

Without waiting for him to speak, Wanchun walked up to him as usual and took off his cloak, then changed him into casual clothes, then helped him wash his hands and face, and finally gave him a cup of hot tea.

Mu Xingci seemed to be being waited on as usual, but there was a hint of melancholy on his handsome face. After taking a sip of tea, he slowly said, "Wanchun, tomorrow ask Aunt Lu to find me another personal maid!"

Wanchun, who had been lowering her head, raised her slightly red eyes upon hearing this and asked, "Why did the Marquis suddenly want to change someone? Where is Zixia?"

"She betrayed me, and I put her to death by military law." Mu Xingci said in a slightly cold tone.

"Dead?" Although he had known it for a long time, he still couldn't accept the tragic death of his sister when he heard his master say it.

"Well! Wanchun, I am also very sad about Zixia's betrayal. After all, she has been with me for five years and has always been loyal to me, which makes me trust her very much.

But it was precisely because of this trust that the Marquis had in her that she acted without scruples. She knew clearly that Yun Wansheng was the Marquis's favorite concubine, but she still bullied her so cruelly.

Her behavior of pretending to obey but actually disobeying has offended me. If I were an ordinary official, I would have punished her and then let her go, but I am a general stationed in a frontier area.

Zixia knows all my personal preferences. If I let her go, I am not sure whether she will bear a grudge and retaliate against me. If the enemy takes advantage of this, the entire southwest will be in danger.

For someone who has betrayed me, I dare not gamble, and neither does the land of the southwest. Therefore, she must die."

Wanchun listened to her master's words and fought back tears: "My Lord, you have sacrificed uncertainty for the sake of the people. I understand that Zixia is too self-righteous."

"I'm glad you understand. I know you are more steady than her in doing things. I hope you won't be like her and confuse the priorities." Mu Xingci said seriously.

"Don't worry, my Lord. As long as it's beneficial to you, I will help you. If you say one thing, I will never say two. I will never let you have any worries."

"I am relieved by your words. Please go down!"

"Yes!" Wanchun knelt down and bowed.

Mu Xingci watched her leave the room, his eyes slightly darkening. It was impossible for him to say that he was not heartbroken by Zixia's death. After all, that girl had been with him for several years. How could he be indifferent to her death?

But for the sake of the overall situation, he had to make a decisive decision. Once a servant lost her fear of her master, no one knew what she would do in the future.

Wanchun returned to her own room without turning on the light. The empty room enveloped her in darkness.

"Yun Wansheng! It was you who killed my sister. I will definitely avenge her." The voice was extremely vicious.

That night, Yun Wansheng did not sleep well. When she was half asleep and half awake, she suddenly heard the door open. This made her instinctively open her eyes, and all she saw was darkness.

At this moment, the sound of a tinderbox being struck was heard, and then a light illuminated the entire room.

The sudden appearance of the light made Yun Wansheng feel uncomfortable and she narrowed her eyes slightly, but she still turned her head to look at the man walking towards her.

"Did I wake you up?" Mu Xingci walked to the bed with a wooden box in his hand.

"Why are you here?"

"If you don't come, who will change your medicine?"

"Mother Wang is here, give her the medicine."

"That won't do. Only I can see your body." Mu Xingci smiled evilly.

"Auntie Wang is not a man, so it doesn't matter if she sees it." Yun Wansheng glared at the tasteless man.