Chapter 216: Fake Good Guy, Real Villain
After they left, Mu Xingci asked someone to fetch General Yang. "General Yang, have someone call all the young women who came here to my door. I have something to ask them one by one."
General Yang was slightly startled and said, "Yes, I will do it right away."
"Well! Go quickly and come back soon."
After General Yang left, Mu Xingci took out the earring he had picked up from his sleeve pocket.
He had already checked with the young ladies on the mountain, and their earrings were still there, but he had never noticed anyone wearing such jade earrings.
Although he had doubts in his mind about who it was, he still gave that person a fair investigation instead of making a direct judgment.
The reason he did this was just to end their past friendship, and he would not make any concessions because of his debt to that person.
It was precisely because he did not defend Yun Wansheng in person when she made things difficult for her that she felt emboldened to inflict even more harm on the woman he loved, causing his Wansheng's life to hang by a thread.
Thinking of this, Mu Xingci's eyes were slightly moist with regret. If he had not cared about his proud face and proposed to her when he saw her coming to the capital, would the ending be different?
Now that things have reached a point where they cannot be reversed, he cannot even stay with his beloved openly.
He could ignore other people's gossip, but she couldn't. After all, in the eyes of outsiders, she was already engaged, and if he stayed with her, he would definitely ruin her reputation.
By then, they and their brother will be criticized by people in the capital, and he must not let them fall into the whirlpool of public opinion because of his selfishness.
Just as he was feeling troubled, General Yang walked in. "Reporting to the Regent, I have brought all the young ladies from the various residences, fifteen in total."
"Well! Let them come in one by one." In order to avoid them from making eye contact with each other and colluding with each other, he could only interrogate them separately.
The first person to come in was Tang Lian'er. Mu Xingci had already asked her the same question on the mountain, so he didn't ask the same question again. He just said something else and let her go.
The second person to come in was Princess Guo'er. Mu Xingci asked gently, "Princess Guo'er, I have a women's earring here. Have you ever seen it?"
After he finished asking the question, Qi Yi walked up to Princess Guo'er and handed the earring to her.
Princess Guo'er lowered her eyes and looked at it with a hint of doubt. In order to see it more clearly, she raised her hand and picked up the earring and looked at it carefully for a moment.
"Replying to the Regent, I think I've seen this earring on Miss Lin before."
Mu Xingci's eyes sternly turned when he heard this: "Did you see it clearly?"
"Lord Regent, Miss Lin, Madam Yun, and I all live in the same tent. Of the three of us, she's the most extravagantly dressed. Naturally, the jewelry she wears is all top-notch. It's impossible not to notice her."
Mu Xingci listened to her words and his face darkened. "Princess Guo'er, your testimony is very important. For your safety, don't mention the earrings to anyone after you get out."
"Ah? Oh! I get it. I won't tell anyone." Princess Guo'er reacted a little slowly.
"You can go back now."
After the people left, Mu Xingci sat quietly with a gloomy face. The coldness in his eyes was like the twelfth lunar month, freezing people's hearts and lungs.
"Regent, if Miss Yun's injury was really caused by Miss Lin, then aren't you in a very difficult position?" Qi Yi was worried about his master.
"In trouble?" Mu Xingci looked up at his personal bodyguard who was worried about him.
"Yiyi, it's because of my hesitation that Lin Yao has become so aggressive. Since she ignored my warning, you can't blame me for being ruthless about what I'm going to do next."
"What does the Regent want?"
"Hey, it seems like the retired emperor won't be alive for many days?" Mu Xingci asked something irrelevant to the question.
When I heard this, my expression froze. Could it be that the master meant that the good days of the Grand Tutor's Mansion were over?
The female members of the family returned to their tents. When Princess Guoer entered the tent, she saw Lin Yao sitting on the bed with a slightly panicked look on her face.
"Miss Lin, why didn't you go to the Regent?" Princess Guo'er suspected on the way back that the matter of Madam Yun must be related to Miss Lin.
I thought that this young lady was usually a bit domineering, but I didn't expect that she could be so vicious when she was ruthless.
Fortunately, I have never offended her, otherwise, I would have suffered enough from her behind-the-scenes tricks.
Now that she had a deeper understanding of Lin Yao, she also became wary of the young lady of the Grand Tutor.
Seeing her come back, Lin Yao smiled casually: "Why did you come back so soon?"
"Who knows what the Regent wants to do? He called all of us over, but before we even stayed for a while, he sent us back."
Princess Guoer sat on the bed pretending to complain, and the maid poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her.
Lin Yao's eyes flickered when she heard this: "Maybe General Shangguan's sister is injured, so he shouldn't ignore it."
"Maybe!" Princess Guo'er drank tea casually.
Lin Yao said nothing more, but was wondering in her heart what Mu Xingci was thinking.
He said he didn't care about that woman, but he kicked himself out of the house for her. He said he cared about her, but he just went through the motions and didn't delve into it.
Of course, she could guess why the man called them, the women, to his place. He simply wanted to find out if anyone had seen the murderer.
While Mu Xingci was waiting, someone from the Duke's Mansion finally came to report.
"Your Majesty, my Lord Duke just encountered a big bear in the mountains and accidentally got injured in the arm. The injury is very serious and he is still unconscious.
The imperial physician said they couldn't treat such a serious injury, and they needed to return to the city immediately to have Imperial Physician Su treat him, otherwise the arm would be lost. "Chen Nong reported anxiously.
"What? The Duke is also injured?" Mu Xingci pretended to be ignorant and stood up suddenly.
"Exactly! Please, Lord Regent, allow us to return to the city."
"Do you need to ask me this? Hurry up and get someone to send him back to the city. We must not waste any more time. I'll go and take a look." After saying this, he walked out of the tent with an anxious look on his face.
He strode to Tian Jinfeng's tent and smelled blood as soon as he entered. Several guards and a woman were waiting in the tent.
As soon as they saw Mu Xingci, they hurriedly saluted: "Greetings, Regent!"
"Forget it." Mu Xingci responded casually, then walked to the bed and looked at Tian Jinfeng who was also unconscious.
"Brother Tian?" He called out in a seemingly friendly manner.
"Regent, my brother is in danger now. Please let us return to the city immediately." Tian Shiniang cried in pain.
"Madam Tian, there's no need to ask for help. The Duke has been seriously injured and must return to the capital for treatment as soon as possible. Are you all ready?"
"Everything is ready, just waiting for your order." Tian Shiniang said while wiping her tears.
"Then what are you waiting for? Come, quickly carry the Duke to the carriage and make sure we return to the capital as soon as possible."
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