Faced with everyone's doubts, Madam Mu said with tears in her eyes, "Everyone knows that I was bedridden with an incurable disease and didn't have much time left. The fact that I can stand here unharmed today is all thanks to my master. My master's strength is not outstanding. She spends all her time studying medicine. Her abduction is only because I have always been too open and honest and failed to guard against those despicable tricks. This is why my master was harmed by villains. I am ashamed of my master. After I rescue her, I am willing to accept punishment."
After Madam Mu spoke her heartfelt words, many of the onlookers felt deeply moved and began to wipe away tears.
The head of the Mu family, looking embarrassed, whispered in his wife's ear, "Madam, if Master hears what you just said, it will be quite a big deal."
Lady Mu, with her back to everyone, winked slyly and said, "Husband, this is just a temporary measure. Anyway, Master told us to stall for time as much as possible."
To outsiders, the whispers between the two seemed to be the head of the Mu family comforting his grief-stricken wife. Even the head of the Shi family couldn't help but wonder if it was really his own people who had disregarded the bigger picture and kidnapped Madam Mu's master on their own.
Just as the head of the Shi family was giving a signal to someone beside him to go back and investigate, he suddenly remembered that Madam Mu had not yet answered his question, and asked again, "I hope my sister-in-law will tell me Master's honorable name?"
“My master is an Emperor-level physician; how can I casually reveal his name?” Madam Mu said irritably.
A murmur rippled through the crowd, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at the head of the Shi family. "Wow, my Shi family head, you dare to arrest an Emperor-level physician!"
Unlike the others, the head of the Shi family seemed to have noticed something in Madam Mu's evasive remarks.
"Sister-in-law, it seems you're deliberately stalling for time. Aren't you very anxious to save your master?" the Shi family head asked.
Madam Mu was momentarily at a loss for words. She rarely lied, especially in front of so many people, and hesitated for a moment.
Those few seconds of hesitation solidified the Shi family head's belief: "You're in cahoots with those guys?"
Although the head of the Shi family did not know how Dongfang Mian got involved with the Mu family, the Mu family came to cause trouble right after Dongfang Mian had snatched the young master into the ancestral tomb. No one would believe that they had no connection.
"What do you mean by 'a group'? Don't talk nonsense. We're only here for my master," Madam Mu said.
"Hehe, sister-in-law, your master's name isn't Dongfang Mian, is it? It's rare that your master, an old man in his twenties, has such a filial disciple as you," the Shi family head said coldly.
Everyone was stunned. They didn't know who Dongfang Mian was, but for someone in their twenties to be Madam Mu's master was utter nonsense! Madam Mu had just said that her master was an Emperor-level physician. An Emperor-level physician in his twenties? Could there really be some conspiracy?
Although Madam Mu did not confirm the words of the Shi family head, the Shi family head still seized upon her momentary surprise.
Unlike the doubts of the others, the head of the Shi family felt deeply incredulous. He knew that Dongfang Mian was an Emperor-level Poison Master, and he also knew the extent of Madam Mu's illness. Even if an Emperor-level physician intervened, it would be difficult to save her life.
But now, not only has Madam Mu survived, but she's also alive and kicking, coming here to cause trouble. Is this really something Dongfang Mian could do?
Could it be that her medical skills are even above the Emperor level?
With her poison skills added to the mix, the Shi family head found that he could see through Dongfang Mian less and less. He had originally thought she was just a talented poison master.
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