Chapter 42: Everyone is crazy. Is your father crazy? Huh? ...
It was approaching noon, and the sun was getting bigger and bigger.
The sunlight fell on Mu Xingchen's long eyelashes, and the shadows reflected by her eyelashes just concealed the complex emotions hidden in her pupils.
She sighed silently. Fengxue's action attracted attention and alerted the enemy.
The man whispered in a low voice: "Let's go, Miss Mu, I'll take you back to the Mu family."
A group of people marched towards the Mu family in a mighty procession, and the news quickly spread throughout Kyoto.
Feng Xue had returned to the cold pond. Standing by the pond, she reported to Li Jing, "My Lord, the Mu family has found Mu Qing. She should have been taken back to the Mu family by Xiao Su."
Li Jing closed his eyes and replied calmly, "Yeah."
"Master?" Feng Xue raised her head with a puzzled look on her face. She asked, "Why did you let her stay in the Mu family? You knew that the Mu family..." As she spoke, she frowned and became a little annoyed.
Li Jing didn't explain, but said calmly: "Go watch her, don't let her be in danger."
Fengxue took a deep breath. The Mu family’s place was so disgusting that she would feel sick if she stayed there for one more day.
After watching Feng Xue leave, Qi Feng dropped the silver needle in his hand and said, "It's incurable. I really don't want to treat you anymore. Even a god can't cure your condition."
The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He was furious. "I gave you the only medicine my master left me, the only one in the world. I toiled tirelessly day and night to treat your injuries! And then what happened to you? Huh? You went off in the middle of the night to look for that woman without a word, and didn't come back all night. Well, even if you did, you went looking for her, but you still..."
Qi Feng was about to faint from anger.
He pointed at Li Jing's giant black tail, his face flushed as he said, "You even fed that woman spiritual energy and hurt her body. Look at you! Huh? You can't even maintain your human form!!! I've lived for so many years, and this is the first time I've encountered something like this. Are you crazy? Huh? You don't want the great cause anymore, you want the beauty instead of the kingdom? You don't want your people? You don't want your own life???"
Li Jing opened his eyes, and just when Qi Feng thought he was going to explain, he said, "I know what's going on."
At this moment, Qi Feng felt dead as if in ashes.
It was no use what he said.
He used to believe what he said, but now he really looks like he is crazy.
These days, the unlucky one seems to be under a curse, constantly getting injured and close to death, in an endless cycle.
He was truly tired, and he wanted to change masters. Treating people, no, treating demons was simply too tiring.
Qi Feng slumped on the ground, staring at Han Chi in a daze.
At this moment, bursts of faint blue light were emanating from the bottom of the cold pool. That was not the light reflected by the cold pool itself, but the light reflected by Li Jing's scales that fell to the bottom of the pool.
Not only could Li Jing no longer maintain his human form, but even his scales began to fall off.
If this continues...
Qi Feng closed his eyes and resigned himself to picking up the silver needle he had just thrown away.
It wasn't that Li Jing didn't want to talk at this moment, but he was in so much pain that he couldn't speak. The only sound in the entire ice pool was painful gasps.
The pain of scales falling off was like a raging fire that mercilessly burned every inch of the body, like ice burning, and like being in hell.
Beads of cold sweat streamed down Li Jing's forehead, dripping down his chin and into the ice pool. The veins in his neck and arms bulged. With every injection Qi Feng injected, the pain intensified, and he nearly lost consciousness.
But for some reason, even when he was about to lose consciousness, Mu Xingchen's face would still appear in front of his eyes in the darkness.
She wondered if she would be embarrassed if she returned to the Mu family. She was so timid...
Qi Feng knew how much pain he was in, but he only wanted to say: "You deserve it."
It would be painful for him to die, but he still dares to be distracted at this time.
Qi Feng pierced the wound with a needle without mercy.
Li Jing couldn't help but groan and completely lost consciousness.
Qi Feng sneered and said, "Just bear with it slowly."
Mu Mansion.
At this moment, the people from the Mu family had been waiting for her in the lobby for a long time.
As soon as Mu Xingchen stepped into the lobby, she felt countless malicious gazes focused on her.
Mu Qi suddenly threw a teacup at her, and Mu Xingchen subconsciously dodged sideways.
"Bang——" The teacup shattered into pieces at Mu Xingchen's feet.
Seeing this, Mu Qi became even more angry. He stood up and pointed at Mu Xingchen, shaking with fear, and shouted angrily, "Rebellious girl!!!"
Mu Xingchen shrank his shoulders in fear and took a few steps back.
"You dare to step back!!!" Mu Qi was furious. He looked back at the teacups on the table, then picked up one and wanted to smash it over.
"Alright, Master." Ge Yun turned around and stopped him coldly, "It's not too late to interrogate him first and then throw him."
Mu Qi took a deep breath and put the teacup down heavily. After a cold snort, he sat down.
Ge Yun turned his cold gaze towards Mu Xingchen and asked, "Mu Qing, do you know you are wrong?"
Mu Xingchen raised his head timidly, but said firmly, "I don't know what Mu Qing did wrong."
"Rebellious girl!" Mu Qi was once again enraged. He pointed his finger at Mu Xingchen, shaking with anger. "You have completely ruined the Mu family's tradition! You were jealous of Prince Yan's concubine, so you tried every possible way to make her have a miscarriage. I ask you, how could you do such a vicious thing? Who taught you?"
"Father, I didn't!" Mu Xingchen said aggrievedly.
"You haven't yet!" Mu Qi said as he threw the cup in his hand towards her again, but as expected, Mu Xingchen dodged it again.
"Bang——" The porcelain pieces shattered into pieces, but a small piece bounced back onto Mu's face, leaving a slight bloody mark.
Mu Xingchen looked back to the right calmly and saw someone deliberately flicking the porcelain piece back.
Xiao Qi said coldly: "It's Mu Feitian."
Mu Xingchen's eyes turned cold, he was finished.
Seeing that Mu Xingchen didn't reply, Mu Qi angrily said, "Rebellious girl! Speak!"
"Father, I didn't know there was something wrong with the water. I didn't put any drugs in it. It's not me!" Mu Xingchen said aggrievedly.
"If it's not you, then who else could it be? Could it be that she aborted her own child?" Mu Qi asked angrily.
"Father, I don't have even a tael of silver on me, let alone spirit stones. How can I afford that expensive abortion drug?" Mu Qing raised his head, his timid expression changed, and he spoke with determination.
She stood below, her expression transparent, without a trace of panic at being questioned, but instead seemed to be completely aboveboard.
Mu Qi's eyes changed, and he asked, "Do you know what medicine that is?"
Mu Xingchen continued, "Father, Prince Yan came to settle accounts with me that day, saying that the medicine my sister was given was a high-grade medicine from Huichuntang. But as far as I know, Huichuntang's high-grade medicine requires spirit stones, and they are very expensive. But as everyone knows, because I can't practice, the mansion has never given me a single spirit stone."
She took out the jade pendant from her bosom and showed it to everyone, heartbroken. "That day, Prince Yan wrongly accused me of stealing medicine, and I knew he was trying to use this opportunity to break off the engagement. I never thought that after that day's failure, he would come up with this method to force me to break off the engagement. If he had only targeted my daughter, it would be fine, but that child is also of royal blood after all. Prince Yan so brazenly framed me and put me in a dark cell, completely disregarding the reputation and safety of the Mu family."
"It has come to this!" She stepped forward and handed the jade pendant to Mu Qi. "I hope father can help me and break off the engagement with Prince Yan. I also beg father to clear my name and not let the Mu family suffer an unjustifiable injustice!"
Xiao Qi wanted to applaud Mu Xingchen from inside the bracelet. What did it mean to shift the blame? What did it mean to sow discord? What did it mean to frame someone?
The film queen of the new century is born again at this moment.
Mu Qi sat down, his eyes becoming serious.
Madam Ge narrowed her eyes and said threateningly, "Are you saying that Prince Yan's concubine was ordered to harm you? Do you have any evidence?"
Mu Xingchen said innocently, "This is just my guess. After all, after the incident, Prince Yan was certain it was me without even investigating, and had me thrown into prison with great fanfare. This is the crime of killing a royal heir. Besides, what good would that woman gain by framing me and forcing me to break off the engagement? If I marry Prince Yan, I will pose no threat to her. After all, everyone knows that I am just a loser."
Mu Xingchen changed the subject: "However, this is just my guess. Maybe I'm wrong. But no matter what, I've exhausted my father. I'm really ashamed."
Mu Qi's eyes were completely deep, as if he had already believed what Mu Xingchen said.
He snorted coldly and cursed, "Idiot! You just go to an appointment when someone asks you to. Don't you have a brain? Humph!" He flicked his sleeves to express his dissatisfaction, but at this moment it was obvious that his anger had subsided a little.
It is indeed common knowledge that the mansion did not give spirit stones to Mu Qing.
Mrs. Ge took the jade pendant from the table and said to Mu Xingchen in a cold voice, "Mu Qing, if we bring up the matter of breaking off the engagement, there's no way to change it. Have you considered it carefully?"
At this moment, Mu Lin said anxiously: "Mother!"
"Shut up!" Ge Yun turned around and scolded.
Mu Lin clenched her palms, her face gradually turning pale. She seemed to have lost all her strength and fell backwards without a steady footing. Mu Qinxin caught her and asked worriedly, "Sister, are you okay?"
Mu Lin shook her head.
Mu Xingchen frowned as he watched this scene. "Why does it look wrong? Mu Lin doesn't want me to cancel the engagement?"
This is an affirmative sentence.
Xiao Qi: "After you cancel the engagement, she will marry Prince Yan. It seems that she really doesn't want to."
Mu Lin gritted her teeth, as if she had made up her mind. She stepped forward and knelt down, firmly saying to Ge Yun, "Mother, even if Mu Qing and Prince Yan break off their engagement, I will never marry!" Then she turned to Mu Qing and said angrily, "If you like me, you should fight for me yourself. Are you going to hide like a coward for the rest of your life?"
Mu Xingchen frowned slightly. "Sister, I can't fight for this. Mu Qing knows very well that neither Prince Yan nor His Majesty would allow a loser like me to marry into the royal family."
Mu Lin's face turned even paler, and she begged Ge Yun, "Mother!"
Mu Qingtian also stood up at this moment, "Father, Mother, we should think about this matter in detail!"
Ge Yun rejected it coldly: "There is no room for negotiation, the engagement is cancelled! After the engagement is cancelled, Lin'er will discuss marriage with Prince Yan again."
Mu Lin collapsed on the ground in a daze.
Mu Qi watched all this calmly without saying a word. It was obvious that he also agreed with Ge's statement.
After a moment, he said, "That's all for now. Mu Qing, even though you didn't do it, it's still related to you. I'll ground you for one month."
"Father, what about my daughter's innocence?" Mu Xingchen asked back.
"I will report this to His Majesty. This woman made all the decisions on her own, and it has nothing to do with the Mu family or Prince Yan."
Mu Xingchen curled the corners of his mouth calmly, "Yes, father."
Very good, all the chess pieces have fallen into the right places.
Xiao Qi said excitedly: "The opportunity has come!"
Once this happens, Prince Yan will surely seize the opportunity to send Mo Fei away to avoid disaster. Isn't this Mo Fei's chance to get away from Prince Yan? What does it mean to shoot oneself in the foot? Before you have absolute power to protect the people you want to protect, you must either act decisively or be smarter.
The consequences of being angry and humiliated are obvious. Li Yan, the revenge of strangling her neck is finally coming.
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