Mu Wanting reached out to pull Shen Yujiao, her movements slow and seemingly without much force, yet she easily rescued Shen Yujiao from the clutches of these beasts.
She shielded Shen Yujiao behind her, looking at Commander Li with neither servility nor arrogance, her eyes filled with fierceness.
"Commander Li, fortunes change every thirty years. How do you know the Shen family won't one day return to its former glory? Forgive others when you can, not only for their sake, but also for your own."
"Moreover, the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty strictly stipulate that soldiers confiscating property are not allowed to commit any acts of adultery with those being confiscated. If this is reported, it will hinder Commander Li's path to wealth."
Commander Li wanted to speak, but under Mu Wanting's gaze, he felt his heart pound and couldn't utter a single word.
He looked at the soldiers in a disheveled state and said angrily, "Men, go to the warehouse and ransack the place."
Shen Yujiao and the rest of the Shen family looked at Mu Wanting in surprise. They never expected that at this moment, it would be Mu Wanting, who was the least liked by the Shen family, who would step forward.
Shen Yujiao was as moved as she had been just moments before, clutching Mu Wanting's sleeve tightly and shrinking behind her like a frightened fawn.
Mu Wanting sighed, dragging Shen Yujiao behind her as she arrived at Shen's mother's side, squatted down to stop the bleeding, and treated her wounds.
Shen's mother's earlobe was torn in two, bleeding profusely, showing how ruthless Commander Li was.
Mu Wanting immediately stopped the bleeding, cleaned the wound, and stitched it up for Chen's mother.
She had just finished sewing up her end when Commander Li stormed out of the warehouse in a huff.
He thought confiscating the Prince's mansion was a lucrative task, so he bribed officials and officials with a lot of money, but in the end he didn't even see a hair.
He grabbed Shen's mother by the neck and lifted her up.
"Madam Shen, why is the storeroom all empty?"
Mother Shen's face turned purple as she struggled to shake her head.
Commander Li continued to exert force, causing the whites of Shen's eyes to roll upwards, as if he were about to strangle her to death.
"Tell me! Where did everything go from the storeroom?"
The Shen family members wanted to go up and help, but they were forced to kneel on the ground by the Imperial Guards. Even the usually reclusive Old Madam Shen pleaded for them.
But Commander Li's grip tightened, and Shen's mother's face turned purplish-red, her eyes bulging.
Mu Wanting frowned. This Commander Li was bullying people by relying on his master's power. She dodged the Imperial Guards and grabbed Commander Li's wrist.
Commander Li felt a numbness in his wrist and released Chen Mu.
Just as Chen's mother was about to fall to the ground, Mu Wanting caught her. Then she started coughing violently, and Mu Wanting carefully patted her back to help her breathe.
Commander Li glared angrily at Mu Wanting. It was Mu Wanting who had ruined his plans again. He immediately raised one hand and slapped Mu Wanting's face with all his might.
Mu Wanting seemed to have eyes in her head, dodging at an extremely tricky angle, while Commander Li staggered due to inertia.
Feeling humiliated in front of so many people, he attacked Mu Wanting several times.
However, every time he attacked with all his might, he failed to hit Mu Wanting, but each time he gave her the illusion that he could hit her with the next punch.
So, he threw punches again and again, faster and faster, and Mu Wanting dodged them each time.
By the end, he was exhausted, while Mu Wanting remained standing there, expressionless, as if nothing had happened.
She looked up, her bright eyes meeting his.
“Commander Li, we didn’t want the Prince’s mansion to be robbed either. Instead of wasting your time here with us, why don’t you go find the thieves? That would be a great achievement.”
After saying this, Mu Wanting helped Mother Shen back to the place where she was kneeling in the Shen family.
Commander Li and the Imperial Guards tried to stop Mu Wanting, but she managed to dodge them every time, making them furious.
Unable to get any information from him, Commander Li had no other choice but to have the Imperial Guards report the truth to the Emperor.
Shen Yujiao looked at the bruises on her mother's neck and was so angry that tears streamed down her face. She cursed Commander Li under her breath.
"This ungrateful bastard, even if it were someone else ransacking your house, they wouldn't be as vicious as him."
Mu Wanting said calmly, "Be careful what you say."
Shen Yujiao looked up at Mu Wanting, who remained unmoved, and the cool breeze in her heart dispelled her vexation, just like a refreshing breeze in the sweltering summer.
Subconsciously, he moved closer to Mu Wanting.
Then she gritted her teeth in annoyance. She was already scared and wouldn't let go of Mu Wanting, but now she was moving closer to her. Mu Wanting must be so smug.
She looked up and saw that Mu Wanting's expression was normal, which made her relax a little.
Unable to gain any advantage from the third branch, Commander Li ordered the Imperial Guards to search everyone in the Prince's Mansion.
When the female relatives were searched, some soldiers took the opportunity to grope them, causing the women of the second wife to scream in terror, while the Imperial Guards laughed lewdly.
Mu Wanting spoke calmly: "Commander Li, have you forgotten the laws of the Great Xia Dynasty? Would you like me to recite them?"
The lewd laughter stopped abruptly, and Commander Li's face turned ugly.
"What are you, a woman, doing reading laws all day long!"
But he was also annoyed and ordered some rough old women to search them. No matter how well the women hid, they were all taken away.
Seeing Shen Yujiao and her mother's anxious expressions, Mu Wanting couldn't help but sigh.
“Mother, Second Sister, instead of trusting me, you should let me hide you.”
Madam Shen looked at Mu Wanting with concern. After receiving her firm gaze, she handed her several silver notes, a jade pendant, and a hairpin.
Like her mother, Shen Yujiao handed over the items to Mu Wanting.
Mu Wanting said, "You two keep an eye on things for me."
Seeing the two turn around, Mu Wanting immediately stuffed it into her sleeve, but actually put it into her spatial storage.
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