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Chapter 4070: Stop Acting

The little one's habit of speaking only a few sentences and feeling like she'd exhausted her year's worth of words was truly amusing.

Mo Lian turned his head and glanced at Madam Mu, his voice solemn. "Bring the person forward."

Soon, an old granny in a blue cloth coat, her mouth gagged, her shoulders constantly twisting with effort, was pushed and escorted over.

Madam Mu Qingya swept her gaze over the old woman, her expression remaining composed, without the slightest change.

Her gaze towards Qiao Mu was still as gentle and kind, with a hint of helplessness and confusion, as if an elder could inexplicably indulge any unreasonable behavior from a junior. She sighed softly.

Granny Qiu, who stood beside her, glanced at the little Crown Princess without speaking. The maid Cong Lu, however, couldn't help but yell angrily, "Crown Princess, our Madam has been so kind to you, always considering you, never daring to neglect you in anything! How can you do this? Just find two unfamiliar old women to slander her?"

"Since we've brought the person, it means we have complete evidence," Aoye kicked the blue-clothed granny behind her knee, causing her to cry out in pain and fall to her knees, flapping twice before collapsing at Qiao Mu's feet.

"This Zhang Huilan, Madam Mu should be very familiar with her, right?" Aoye smiled faintly, extending his leg and nudging the woman. "Madam Mu, perhaps take a closer look, a clearer one."

Madam Mu's expression was cold. She merely cast a sidelong glance at Granny Zhang, who was sprawled on the ground, then shook her head. "I don't recognize this person, nor do I know what you're talking about."

Qiao Mu stared at her with an icy face for a long while before quietly saying, "You've been exposed."

"Heaven's Will, Soaring Heaven Hall, Hall Master, Mu Qingya." Qiao Mu extended her hand and tossed a confession statement towards her, letting it float down and land at Mu Qingya's feet.

"What nonsense are you spouting??" Cong Lu's face was furious as she pointed at the gleaming blade pressed against her neck. "Don't you see what these are?"

"The people of Heaven's Will broke into our Mu family, captured us, and now you..."

"Stop acting," Mo Lian interrupted Cong Lu's words in a deep voice, not even glancing at her.

His gaze remained fixed on Mu Qingya. After a long look, he smiled and nodded. "Hall Master of Soaring Heaven Hall, you truly are capable. It wasn't in vain that you meticulously cultivated for so many years and lay dormant in the Mu family for so long."

"Zhang Huilan was your informant placed within the Long family. I found it very strange before: when exactly did the Imperial Capital Long family branch pledge allegiance to Heaven's Will?"

"Turns out, everything is inextricably linked to your operations."

Mu Qingya looked at Mo Lian with surprise, tightly clutching the silk handkerchief in her hand, her eyes filled with two pools of clear tears. She said, utterly perplexed, "Your Highness, what do you mean by this?"

"Stop pretending!" Qiao Mu was utterly disgusted by her. She suddenly pulled her husband behind her, glaring at Mu Qingya with a face full of disdain. "Don't use your 'innocent little flower' face to stare at Qiao Qiao's Lian. It's sickening."

Granny Qiu supported the swaying Mu Qingya and said in a deep voice, "Crown Princess, please mind your words! Since you returned to the Divine Land Mu family, search your heart, has Madam ever mistreated you in any way?"

"Madam has shown your mother the genuine heart of a sister; even blood sisters couldn't be more devoted!" Granny Qiu said with a cold face.