Chapter 103 Stand Up
"Yun Wansheng! You're still trying to quibble now. If I, a young lady from an official family, really wanted to cause trouble for you, I wouldn't have waited until now.
At first I didn't know you would come here. If it weren't for my injury that prevented me from playing the pipa and I was afraid of being blamed by the generals, how could I have told you the truth? "
Yun Wansheng listened to her confusing right and wrong and glared at her with angry eyes: "Ms. Li, the injury on your wrist is indeed related to me, but it was not caused by me. It is a matter of our two families..." Before she could finish her words, Li Meiying slapped her hard in the face.
Yun Wansheng suddenly felt a burning pain on her face. Just as she was about to touch her cheek, someone grabbed her waist. Then she saw Li Meiying being kicked to the ground by the man who was hugging her.
"You are so brave that you dare to hit my woman." Mu Xingci shouted in a deep voice, emitting anger.
This dramatic scene was so shocking that people didn’t know how to react for a moment. They only had one thought in their minds: what was going on?
Yun Wansheng, who was in the man's arms, was also stunned. She really didn't expect that the man would suddenly attack her and kick her without caring about Miss Li's identity.
Mu Xingci looked down at the woman in his arms. She had a slightly swollen cheek and five handprints were clearly visible. He felt distressed and stroked her face gently. "I'm sorry, I was a little late."
Yun Wansheng met the man's affectionate eyes, blinked slightly, and then pushed him away: "Thank you, General, for your help."
After saying this seemingly indifferently, he glanced at everyone and said, "My lords, although Miss Li's injury is related to me, the truth is not what she said.
The day before yesterday, our two carriages collided at an intersection, which caused her to be injured in the carriage.
At that time, I took her to see a doctor and gave her five hundred taels of silver, and only then did she agree not to pursue the matter.
If you don't believe me, you can ask our maids and the coachman."
Upon hearing this, Gu Feicheng glanced at Mu Xingci, who was staring at the woman. He paused for a moment, then gave an awkward laugh. "It sounds to me like this is all a misunderstanding! Okay, let's leave it at that for now!"
Yun Wansheng naturally understood that this matter would end like this in the end. After all, Li Meiying's father was the prime minister, and she, an ordinary citizen, could only accept it.
"Gu Feicheng, I'm not looking for a misunderstanding. Li Mu, your daughter has wronged my woman. You must give me an explanation today. Otherwise, I won't mind punishing her personally."
Mu Xingci glanced at Governor Gu who was trying to smooth things over with a cold look in his eyes and said he didn't buy it.
Upon hearing this, Li Mu nodded and bowed with a slightly panicked look on his face: "Don't worry, General Zhenjun, I will punish her with the family rules and lash her with fifteen lashes when I get back."
"Xiao Fei, follow Lord Li and keep an eye on it later." Mu Xingci ordered mercilessly.
"Yes!" Xiao Fei responded from behind.
Li Mu didn't expect that Mu Xinghan would be so disrespectful to him, so he had to punish him even if he didn't want to.
Mu Xingci no longer paid attention to these people. He took Yun Wansheng's hand and walked out the door. Everyone in the lobby watched them leave quietly, and no one dared to speak.
Gu Feicheng glanced at Li Meiying, who was being helped up by Madam Li, and said, "Miss Li, would you like me to call a doctor for you?"
Mu Xingci may not care about anything, but I cannot ignore it. It is still necessary for me to clean up the mess for him.
"General, that Zhenjun General went too far. How could he beat my daughter in public?" Madam Li said angrily.
"Mrs. Li, calm down. Not many soldiers have good tempers. Don't take it to heart. It was his daughter who beat up his woman!
This is just his current temper. If you were in the capital, you wouldn't just give him a beating and let him go." Gu Feicheng warned him.
He and Mu Xingci grew up wearing open-crotch pants, so if anything happens, they have to protect their own people.
Upon hearing this, Li Meiying was both embarrassed and angry and said, "Mom! How can I face people in the future?" She also understood that she couldn't afford to offend her father, who was powerful in the capital.
She never imagined that the seemingly insignificant little woman had such a powerful backer.
The day before yesterday, she saw that the woman was always in a good mood, obeyed her and gave her as much money as she asked. She thought that this woman was easy to manipulate.
I made a fool of myself today, so I thought of using her as an excuse, but I ended up offending the wrong person and ended up making myself even more embarrassed.
"Stop crying, it's all your fault. Go home!" Li Mu scolded angrily.
Upon seeing this, Mrs. Li quickly took her daughter away.
Outside the mansion, Yun Wansheng shook off Mu Xingci's hand and said, "Thank you. I have something to do, so I'll go back first." Then she went to the front to find her carriage.
Mu Xingci looked at her back as she hid from him, his eyes slightly dimmed, and then he followed her not far away.
When he saw her get on the carriage, he got in without saying a word.
Because the compartment of an ordinary carriage is small, as soon as a grown man like him came in, the space seemed to be filled up instantly.
"Don't follow me, go down!" Yun Wansheng looked at the man in front of her coldly.
Mu Xingci would of course not listen to her. He pushed her aside with one hand and sat next to the woman.
"Driver, let's go!"
The carriage started moving, and Yun Wansheng tried to stay as far away from him as possible, but the carriage was so small that even if she moved any further she would still be next to him.
"How have you been this year?" Mu Xingci asked, looking at the woman's profile with gentle eyes.
"I'm fine!" Yun Wansheng didn't look at him and spoke in a light tone.
"We've been apart for so long, and you still hate me so much?"
"Yeah! I'm annoyed just seeing you."
"Really?" Mu Xingci looked at the woman who didn't even look at him, which made him feel a little depressed.
No one knew how happy he was when he saw her just now, but when she saw him, she was extremely cold, which made him feel very uncomfortable.
"Yun Wansheng, the truth about your grandfather's death has been uncovered. It turns out that Zixia and Wanchun are biological sisters. When Wanchun was eight years old, her grandmother passed away early, and there was no one at her uncle's house to take care of the child. So, their mother sent Wanchun to her younger brother's house for food.
After Wanchun went to her uncle's house, she lived a life of beatings and bullying. Zixia was ten years old at that time. She felt sorry for her sister and often went to see her secretly.
The two sisters had been close since childhood. Later, their parents sold Zixia to a human trafficker. She passed through several hands and was finally sold to a marquis's mansion.
Later, Zixia became the head maid, and soon after, she introduced her suffering sister to the Marquis's mansion. This is why Wanchun wanted to avenge Zixia. "Mu Xingci explained simply.
Upon hearing this, Yun Wansheng felt pity for the sisters: "I see!"
Her tone did not contain the happiness after knowing the truth. She had already known that this man was not the murderer, so the truth was not important to her.
Mu Xingci thought that when she heard that the murderer was the maid, she would resolve her misunderstanding of him and would definitely apologize to him.
Unexpectedly, she still treated him so coldly, which made him a little annoyed: "Yun Wansheng, what do you mean? You have misunderstood me for so long, shouldn't you say something to me?"
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