3621

Chapter 3621: 4.1221 Slander

"Ah, ah, ah!" Shi Huixin's appearance sent a shiver down people's spines.

She no longer looked like a noble lady. With her hands covering her face, she lay on her side on the ground, her body curled up, twitching and trembling incessantly, looking as if she had suddenly contracted some illness.

This spot was the main passage leading to the Mu family's mountain gate, so Shi Huixin's sudden change naturally attracted a lot of attention.

Mu Jingfeng and Mu Jinghang, who arrived after hearing the commotion, glared at Qiao Mu with drastically changed expressions.

Mu Jingfeng sternly shouted, "Qiao Mu, how could you treat your concubine aunt Shi like this? What kind of grudge is this, for you to lay such a vicious hand on a mere woman?"

"Father! Don't talk nonsense and slander!" Mu Xingchen immediately retorted, displeased. "My sister and I just arrived here when Concubine Aunt Shi suddenly ran over."

"As we were speaking, she suddenly looked like this. What does that have to do with my sister?"

Mu Jingfeng saw his son protecting Qiao Mu at every turn and immediately reprimanded him angrily, "Rebellious son!"

To actually say his own father was slandering him, was that something a son should say?

Qiao Mu, however, wasn't angry.

She had long known what kind of person Mu Jingfeng was.

Whenever something happened, he would blame this person or that, without any father-daughter or father-son affection in his heart.

Such a selfish man probably only cared about himself.

"Madam, watch your step." The maid Cong Lu helped the hurrying Mu Qingya, who also arrived at the scene.

By now, the path leading to the Mu family's mountain gate was surrounded by Mu family disciples, as well as many gossiping maids and servants who loved to watch a spectacle.

These people hid far away in the corners, not daring to come closer, but their eyes glinted with gossip.

Concubine Aunt Shi went to confront the Crown Princess, but suddenly ended up in such a miserable state. Naturally, everyone believed that this matter was not unrelated to the Crown Princess.

Qiao Mu was too lazy to waste words with them. With a wave of her hand, she said to her elder brother, "Big Brother, let's go."

Mu Xingchen nodded along. He also felt that arguing with these people was like playing a lute to a cow – utterly pointless.

The clear would be clear, and the muddy would be muddy. If they liked to overthink things, then let them be.

Having made up his mind, Mu Xingchen lifted his foot, about to leave with Qiao Mu.

But how could Mu Jingfeng let them just leave like that?

Stretching out his hand to block Qiao Mu, Mu Jingfeng's face was filled with anger and darkened. "Qiao Mu, you are still a child of the Mu family, don't presume upon your status as Crown Princess to act recklessly."

"You poisoned your stepmother; even if this matter reaches His Majesty, you will have no justification!"

"Hand over the antidote!" Mu Jingfeng called out in a deep voice.

"Master." Mu Qingya quickly stepped forward a few paces, blocking Qiao Mu, and shook her head, saying, "Qiao Qiao wouldn't do such a thing! There must be something else suspicious about Concubine Aunt Shi's situation."

"At a time like this, you're still helping her speak?" Mu Jingfeng glared at Mu Qingya with anger. "Just now, only the three of them were talking here. Everyone saw it with their own eyes!"

"For Concubine Aunt Shi to suddenly look like this for no reason..."

"Ah, Uncle, look, look!" Mu Rouqian couldn't help but exclaim.

Everyone turned to look back, and their hearts couldn't help but be slightly startled.

They saw Concubine Aunt Shi suddenly drop the hand that was covering her face.