Maimaiti gestured to the guards at the door to help Zhang Ting up and bring her a chair so that she wouldn't have to keep leaning on him.
However, Gang Gang managed to calm her down.
As soon as Zhang Ting heard this, she became agitated again: "General, save me! Qi Guze wants to kill me!"
She pretended to be crazy and, in fright, fell off the chair and crawled to the ground to hug Maimaiti's leg.
Maimaiti was increasingly bewildered by her sudden appearance and tried his best to pull his leg out of her grasp.
But several attempts failed to achieve the desired result.
Maimaiti directly refused Zhang Ting, but considering her current appearance, he softened his voice: "You go back first, he definitely can't kill you openly."
This is, after all, outside. If Zhang Ting really says something detrimental to him, he might really be out of a job.
Seeing this, Zhang Ting continued to cry and sing, "No, General, you don't know they really dare to kill me."
"No, let me go, let me go!" Zhang Ting said, then started feigning madness again. She ran straight out of the General's Mansion, pretending to be fleeing for her life. "You and Qi Guze are the same, you're both just people who play with other people's feelings..."
She stood in a busy area, talking incessantly.
Although she's already acting like a madwoman, there's no guarantee she won't say something important, and that's when things will really get serious.
Not to mention, the words of a madman will become the subject of conversation after dinner.
This made Maimaiti frown deeply. It was true that he didn't want to take Zhang Ting in, but it was also true that he couldn't let her reveal her secret.
With a wave of his hand, two servants immediately stepped forward to block Zhang Ting's path.
Zhang Ting knew she had succeeded, but she turned around and pretended to be terrified: "General, don't kill me, I'll leave, I'll leave."
As soon as these words were spoken, many people pointed and whispered about Maimaiti's General's Mansion.
"This is insane, absolutely insane," Maimaiti muttered to himself.
He then stepped forward a few steps and looked at Zhang Ting, who was struggling, and said, "I won't kill you. I promise to take you in."
"That's great, that's great!" Zhang Ting jumped up with joy, as if she had truly lost her mind.
Maimaiti snorted coldly, but still led his people through the door.
He had long disliked Zhang Ting, and now that no one was around, he immediately questioned her in a cold voice, "What exactly are you up to?"
As expected, as soon as Maimaiti finished speaking, Zhang Ting immediately calmed down and returned to normal.
"What does the General think?" Zhang Ting said, letting out a cold snort, showing no trace of her madness.
Seeing Zhang Ting like this, Maimaiti realized he had been tricked and was furious. But before he could make a move, Zhang Ting spoke first: "General, how about we make a deal?"
"What deal!?" Maimaiti's eyes were icy. "What you should do now is to quickly find a loophole in Xu Yuehuai and Qi Guze's relationship. Only then can I..."
"Only then can you carry out your conspiracy?" Zhang Ting replied with a sneer.
Maimaiti grew up with Zhang Ting and naturally knew that this person was just as smart as him and Zhao Yinfang, and might even be able to turn the tables on them.
Looking into Zhang Ting's eyes now, he was utterly terrified.
He swallowed hard, listening to Zhang Ting's next words: "Maimaiti, I'm here to ask you about Princess Chuchu. Once you tell me, I can shut my mouth, and no one will ever know what you did before."
Maimaiti was very wary, and he became even more displeased when he heard that Zhang Ting actually wanted to inquire about Princess Chuchu.
He glared at her slightly, then reached out and grabbed Zhang Ting's neck tightly: "Tell me, what exactly do you want?"
Maimaiti increased the pressure on her hands, making it difficult for Zhang Ting to breathe.
"Don't forget, I have evidence against you." Zhang Ting said each word with some difficulty.
When Zhang Ting mentioned having evidence against Maimaiti, his expression immediately changed.
It seems he trusted this woman too much.
Seeing this, Zhang Ting smiled slightly. Although her own life was uncertain, it was still gratifying to see Maimaiti panic.
She continued, "Tell me about Princess Chuchu quickly, or I'll expose all your connections with Marquis Ningyuan. If that happens, you might lose your position as Grand General."
Maimaiti was angry, but a hint of fear crept in, but it quickly vanished: "Are you trying to negotiate with me again?"
He burst into laughter as he spoke.
He said this with a meaningful smile on his face, but it made Zhang Ting's scalp tingle.
He increased the pressure on her hand, causing Zhang Ting to cough up tears instantly: "Killing you now is as easy as crushing an ant. You still dare to threaten me?"
"You...you're shameless." Zhang Ting never expected things to develop this way.
She was being strangled to the point of near death by Maimaiti, and it looked like she was about to die.
Just then, Zhang Ting's father suddenly rushed out and, taking advantage of Maimaiti's unpreparedness, hugged him from behind.
“Daughter, run, run!” Zhang’s father shouted hoarsely at Zhang Ting.
Maimaiti was startled by this sudden action and almost instinctively let go of his hand.
Zhang Ting gasped for breath, feeling a pang of sadness as she watched her father being kicked by Maimaiti.
If only she hadn't listened to Maimaiti back then, her father wouldn't have ended up like this.
Seeing that she was still standing there, Zhang's father immediately shouted, "Run! Daughter, run! Don't worry about me!"
He gripped Maimaiti even tighter; as long as his precious daughter was safe and sound, he would be at ease.
Even though Zhang Ting was reluctant to leave her father here, she couldn't let him down. She ran out of General Maimaiti's mansion as fast as she could and rushed back to Tianxiang Tower.
"Xu Yuehuai, Xu Yuehuai, save me!" She didn't dare to look back the whole way, afraid of being caught and silenced, until she entered Tianxiang Tower and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Xu Yuehuai looked at Zhang Ting, who had only gone out for a short while, and hurriedly ran back, feeling both surprised and puzzled.
"What's wrong with you?" she said, helping Zhang Ting to sit down beside her. Only then did she notice that Zhang Ting's face was covered in tears, and she became even more anxious. "Zhang Ting, did you go to see Maimaiti just now? What did he do to you?"
Zhang Ting's face was filled with pain as she nodded: "Maimaiti wanted to kill me, but luckily my father stopped him in time, otherwise..."
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