He didn't know who to hate, whether he hated fate for playing tricks on him.
The woman collapsed on the street, sobbing uncontrollably. She couldn't be pulled up. Although it wasn't very hot, the ground was still quite warm after being exposed to the sun for so long. But she was too grief-stricken to care about anything else.
Qiao Xi'er glared at the woman, her anger churning within her, causing her abdomen to ache.
“My husband has done nothing to wrong you, so why are you slandering him like this? He has never hurt anyone, so why won’t you let him go?”
"Have some conscience! You're just making baseless accusations. How can you sleep peacefully? Aren't you afraid of retribution?"
After uttering these words, she felt her energy channels become even more unstable, her stomach churned with excruciating pain, and she collapsed into Mu Xinghe's arms.
Mu Xinghe took her pulse and could feel that her breathing was rapid and unstable. He felt something was wrong and quickly said, "Xi'er, don't say anything more. At this time, your health is the most important thing."
Qiao Xi'er shook her head: "No matter what, I will clear your name. I can't let you suffer this injustice and let it become a stain that you can never wash away for the rest of your life."
"Never mind all that, I just want you to be alright. Don't get angry, you're pregnant." Mu Xinghe felt heartbroken and hated himself for being so powerless.
He was willing to sacrifice his reputation and future for his own sake.
Qiao Xi'er gritted her teeth, pushed him away, staggered a few steps, faced the crowd, and shouted with all her might.
"Even if I don't want this child in my womb, I will still clear my husband's name."
Her pale face was now bloodshot, and her body was trembling violently.
The noisy crowd quieted down immediately, staring at the pregnant woman in disbelief.
Qiao Xi'er's eyes were filled with tears, but her voice was resolute: "My husband was born in the same village as me in Qingshui Town, Ning County, Yuezhou. We watched each other grow up. He has never had any relationship with other women and has always focused on his studies. Everyone in the village can vouch for this."
"We got married in Datian Village and then came to the capital to prepare for the imperial examinations and settle down. My husband is the top scholar in the southwest region, so it's inevitable that some people are jealous and want to hinder his future. That's why they came up with this plan. If people can be convicted based on just one side of the story, wouldn't all the learned students in the capital be in danger? Don't any of you here have children who are studying?"
Qiao Xi'er's words reminded everyone present, and the last bit of noise subsided, with everyone looking at each other in bewilderment.
Yes, almost all of them send their children to school, and some of them do very well. What if they are stopped on the street and someone says that their child is a heartless man who abandons his family, and they start crying and making a scene? How can they resolve that?
Once you get involved in this kind of thing, you can't explain yourself even if you're right. Although it's unknown whether Mu Xinghe was wronged, if it happened to them, they would probably be in an even more awkward and difficult situation than Mu Xinghe is now.
Someone said, "Young lady, words are not enough. You need to produce evidence, otherwise no one can uphold justice for you."
"Yes, produce the evidence. If it's true, then it's not too late for everyone to speak up for you."
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