Mu Chenshuang returned to the courtyard and encountered Lu Wei, who was preparing to leave with her maid.
Their eyes met.
Lu Wei walked up to Mu Chenshuang and asked, "What did Shuang'er send your guards to do?"
Mu Chenshuang looked at Lu Wei with cold eyes and said bluntly, "Knowing I won't answer, why ask?"
Despite Mu Chenshuang's cold attitude, Lu Wei maintained a smile and said, "Shuang'er is still as arrogant as ever."
"Why should we be hypocritical with each other?"
Lu Wei smiled faintly, "Since that's the case, then I have nothing more to say. However, I would still like to remind you, Princess Weiyang, not to be too presumptuous." After saying that, she led her maid towards the gate of the mansion.
Mu Chenshuang stopped in her tracks, glancing sideways at Lu Wei's departing figure, her eyes lowered thoughtfully.
Just as she was about to return to her courtyard, a hurried voice called out from outside the door: "Princess Weiyang!"
Mu Chenshuang stopped and turned around to see Chen Ping.
Chen Ping walked up to Mu Chenshuang, respectfully clasped his hands in greeting, and said, "Greetings, Princess Weiyang!"
"What is it, Governor Chen?" Mu Chenshuang asked.
Chen Ping lowered his hand and said, "His Highness the Crown Prince requests your presence at the East Palace."
"What's wrong with His Highness's health?"
"His Highness the Crown Prince is in good health, but he has discovered something that is inconvenient to bring to Princess Weiyang, so I will have to trouble you to go there."
Mu Chenshuang roughly guessed what was going on, "The Gu worm has been found?"
"Yes!"
Mu Chenshuang's eyes darkened. It seemed she really had to go to the palace. It would be a good opportunity to check on the Empress Dowager's condition.
"I'll go get some things first, then I'll go to the palace with you."
"yes!"
Mu Chenshuang accompanied Chen Ping to the East Palace.
The main hall of the East Palace.
Before Mu Chenshuang even entered the main hall, she heard screams and desperate pleas for mercy.
As soon as she entered the hall, she saw Lanxiang being beaten with a cane. Her buttocks were already soaked in blood. With the last blow, she fainted.
Xiao Qingyu was kneeling on the ground, already sobbing uncontrollably. In her disheveled state, she had lost all trace of her former glamour. At this moment, Feng Xilan's expression was stern and indifferent, showing none of the pity he once had for Xiao Qingyu.
The moment Mu Chenshuang entered the main hall, Xiao Qingyu saw her, and her tearful eyes still couldn't hide the deep-seated hatred in them.
But such harmless hatred was nothing more than the last stand of a coward in Mu Chenshuang's eyes.
When Feng Xilan saw Mu Chenshuang appear, the sharpness in her eyes softened a little, and she stepped forward, saying, "Princess Weiyang, you've arrived."
The way he called her "Princess Weiyang" sounded so ordinary, but only he knew the bitterness in his heart.
Mu Chenshuang gave a slight curtsy, "Greetings, Your Highness the Crown Prince."
Feng Xilan reached out to help her, but she cleverly and silently dodged him. Feng Xilan's arm stiffened, and he silently withdrew his hand.
"I'd like you to help me confirm what you asked me to find."
Mu Chenshuang nodded.
Feng Xilan gestured, and a eunuch beside her presented a wooden box to Mu Chenshuang, who then covered the box with her hand.
A moment later.
Once she was sure that nothing inside would go wrong, she reached out and opened the box. Inside was a wriggling worm, its entire body blood red. Judging from its size, it had been fed for at least three years. Clearly, this worm was fed with blood every day, and it was no longer in doubt whose blood it was being fed.
Mu Chenshuang's gaze swept coldly over Xiao Qingyu, who was kneeling on the ground. Xiao Qingyu noticed this and, feeling guilty and fearful, quickly lowered her eyes.
"I really want to know where Consort Xiao got this Gu worm?"
Xiao Qingyu trembled. At first, she denied it outright, but after Feng Xilan placed the things in front of her, she kept playing the emotional card, expressing how deep her love for him was, hoping to move Feng Xilan. But all she got in return was Feng Xilan's even deeper hatred.
Xiao Qingyu lowered her head, her face deathly pale, her lips trembling. Now she understood that Feng Xilan would no longer have any pity for her.
Seeing that she didn't speak, Mu Chenshuang slowly walked up to her and said softly, "At this point, does Consort Xiao still have any illusions?"
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