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Chapter 3530: 4.1130 Tying Up Shi Yongqian

"Crown Princess, the person you're looking for should be her."

"Go, call out the Second Miss!" The Shi family patriarch turned and angrily roared at an elder.

This unceasingly troublesome unfilial daughter, why did she do such a thing, offending the Crown Princess and implicating their entire Shi family?

Qiao Mu carefully observed the Shi family patriarch's panicked and uncertain expression, and a hint of doubt immediately arose in her heart.

A person's first reaction in fear and anxiety is never fake.

The Shi family patriarch's current behavior seemed as if he was completely unaware of Shi Yongqian's actions.

Could it be that Shi Yongqian sending Miao Sheng to the lower star domain to capture someone was entirely a personal act, truly unrelated to the Shi family?

Or? Perhaps the real person behind Shi Yongqian was not as simple as the Shi family patriarch?

She seemed to realize something, and her gaze flickered slightly.

"Shi family patriarch, this Crown Princess distinguishes clearly between grievances and favors, and will not unjustly accuse your Shi family members without reason." Qiao Mu said coldly, "Do you dare to accept the test of my Proverb Talisman?"

"Dare! I dare!!" The Shi family patriarch immediately raised his head, his expression firm. "I dare!"

He no longer cared about being ridiculed by the onlookers outside.

At this moment, if he could save the lives of over a thousand people in the Shi family, what did it matter if he lost face and made some sacrifice?

Qiao Mu saw his determined expression and trusted him a bit more.

Nodding, she flicked a Proverb Talisman from her fingers, asked a few simple questions, then withdrew the talisman. Her gaze, cold as ice, rested on the Shi family patriarch. "This Crown Princess wants to confront Shi Yongqian face-to-face."

"Second Miss is here! Second Miss is here!!"

Everyone turned around to see two elders angrily escorting a disheveled woman, her hairpins askew and long hair hanging loose, pushing her along the way.

"Kneel!" The Shi family patriarch roared furiously, "You unfilial daughter!"

"Daughter, my daughter!" Lady Shi wailed as she chased after them, intending to stop everyone from assaulting her daughter, but she was flung onto the bluestone tiles by an elder's flick of his sleeve.

"You still dare to cry?" The Shi family patriarch harshly rebuked. "It's because you habitually spoiled her all day, raising her into such a lawless and arrogant person! Now she has harmed the entire family! You've made me lose all my face!"

Lady Shi choked back a few sobs, trying to retort, but was silenced by a glare from the Shi family patriarch.

Shi Yongqian was pressed to her knees on the ground, feeling her knees stiff and hard, the pain almost bringing tears to her eyes.

She turned her head, asking softly and delicately, "Father, what is this about?"

"Patriarch, just now I went to Second Miss's room and saw her packing up a lot of valuables, preparing to escape." An elder directly exposed her intentions, looking at Shi Yongqian with disdain.

What was she pretending to be weak and innocent for now? When he had entered earlier, she had several bundles packed in her hands, ready to be put into her inner realm and escape!

Having brought such a monstrous disaster upon her clan, she still had the audacity to try and escape regardless of everything? This was utterly selfish, disregarding the safety of the entire family!

"Unfilial daughter!" The Shi family patriarch roared again, "What good deeds have you done? Confess quickly!"

Shi Yongqian's face was pale, looking quite like a delicate, frail white flower.

"Father, what are you doing? What have I done?" She caught sight of the poker-faced Crown Princess sitting at their doorstep and immediately thought to herself, This is bad.