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Chapter 3619: 4.1219 The Deal

What kind of reputation would that spread?

This Shi Huixin was truly a troublemaker.

A murderous glint flashed in his eyes. He said coldly, "Aunt Shi, if you don't get up now, I'll have someone carry you out!"

Shi Huixin's outstretched claws naturally failed to grasp Qiao Mu's small feet as she had wished.

Qiao Mu took a step back, looking down at Aunt Shi with an expressionless face. Her voice was faint as she said, "Aunt Shi, you should have heard what Big Brother just said. Your two daughters' fate has nothing to do with me."

"No, no! That's not it." Aunt Shi kept her eyes fixed on Qiao Mu, quickly crawling forward a bit more, repeatedly kowtowing and wailing sorrowfully, "Crown Princess, as long as you speak to forgive them, I believe the Old Master will surely handle it with discretion."

In essence, Shi Huixin was trying to threaten and entice her, to make her go plead with the Old Master.

It was ridiculously funny. Where did Shi Huixin get such gall to think that Qiao Mu would be foolish enough to go to the Old Master to ask for something?

All for those two brain-dead sisters, Mu Rouyan and Mu Rouyun?

And she was supposed to swallow her pride and beg the Old Master for them?

Heh!

Qiao Mu couldn't help but let out a cold laugh in her heart.

"You think that if you cry in front of me, I'll definitely be led by the nose because I want to maintain a good reputation?"

Qiao Mu spoke to Shi Huixin with cold words, "Do you know that nowadays, in the entire Imperial City, no one dares to spread rumors about the Crown Princess?"

"Don't do such boring things," Qiao Mu said coldly. "Your two daughters were banished by order of the Old Ancestor. It has nothing to do with me."

"And I won't go plead with the Old Master for your daughters, after all, between them and me, heh." She ended the conversation with a mocking laugh, stepping around Shi Huixin and preparing to walk away.

A malevolent glint flashed in Shi Huixin's eyes. She shrieked, "Don't you want to know who secretly colluded with the Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture to persecute your mother and daughter in the Lower Star Domain?"

"You know in your heart that this isn't something I could do!" Shi Huixin shrieked, "I know who it is! I know who Prefect Geng Pengcheng of Shuntian Prefecture truly serves!"

"As long as you are willing to plead for my two daughters, to allow them to remain in Imperial City, I... I can tell you!" Shi Huixin cried out, her neck stiff.

Her eyes showed resentment and a last-ditch effort.

She was gambling, betting on Qiao Mu's thoughts.

Her two daughters carried all her hopes in this life. If they were banished to that desolate branch family, it would be extremely difficult for them to return to the capital, or even for her to see them again, from then on.

How could she let such a thing happen?

Qiao Mu's dark eyes stared fixedly at Shi Huixin.

It was as if her gaze intended to pierce deep into Shi Huixin's soul.

Shi Huixin couldn't help but shiver slightly.

"Speak," Qiao Mu said, her eyes coldly fixed on the woman. "Tell me everything you know."

"That Prefect of Shuntian Prefecture, do you think he was truly protecting me?"

"No!" A trace of anger flashed in Shi Huixin's eyes.

"Madam Feng Lan, the Prefect's wife of Shuntian Prefecture, identified you before her death," Qiao Mu said coldly. "Feng Lan, you should know her."