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Chapter 4074: Why?

"Don't deny it. In fact, for all these years, your contributions to the entire Mu family have been immense."

"You managed the Mu family's affairs, and all its sundry matters were in your hands. How could you not know the movements of those two maids?"

"Those two maids who tried to 'climb the bed' were supposedly sent by Auntie Shi. But in reality... you were secretly fanning the flames, watching coldly from the sidelines. All of this is inextricably linked to you."

"But in the end, after the incident, the one who was punished, the one who took the blame for you, was Auntie Shi."

"Shi Huixin was truly tragic," Qiao Mu said coldly. "From beginning to end, she was just a pawn in your hands, doing whatever you commanded."

"Finally, you even remotely controlled and killed her with a vicious decay talisman."

"Mu Jingfeng, that muddle-headed fool, even accused me of the killing!"

"He had no idea that within your Heaven's Will organization, there must be a Talisman Hall. I've had many dealings with people from that hall of yours."

"For instance, Master Black Cat. He's from the Clear Sky Gate, a faction under your command. In fact, he should be... from that Talisman Hall of Heaven's Will, right?"

Mu Qingya looked at Qiao Mu with a smile in her eyes. For a long time, she simply watched her with a smile on her lips, her gaze so calm as if she wasn't currently having her hidden identity stripped away layer by layer by the little one.

"Are Cai Die Xuan, Zhen Hui Fang, and Chang Wang Ge not businesses my mother left to me? Is it wrong for me to reclaim them?" Qiao Mu looked at Mu Qingya. "That was my mother's dowry, my mother's possessions; it's mine!"

Mu Qingya's smiling gaze gradually grew colder and colder, a faint, sardonic smile appearing at the corner of her lips.

"You were resentful, but you had no choice but to hand the businesses over to me."

"So you sent people to Cai Die Xuan to set it on fire. You secretly forged my handwriting to trick Cai Xiu into taking that poisoned letter to Cai Die Xuan."

"Even if the fire didn't kill anyone, the poison... would ruin Cai Die Xuan's reputation and make me infamous."

"But I suddenly returned from the academy. I controlled the situation, causing your scheme to fail once again."

"You actually resent my appearance, as it disrupted all your plans."

"Regarding the Cai Die Xuan incident, although I returned in time, Cai Xiu was injured. The eight members of the Zhang family, instigated by you to cause trouble, were indeed detestable, but their crime wasn't punishable by death. Eight lives simply died in prison."

"I admit, that time you won."

"You are truly formidable." The little Crown Princess walked step by step towards her, standing three paces away, looking at her indifferently. "I suspected you three times. All three times came to nothing."

"Can you tell me the truth now?"

"I'm genuinely curious," Qiao Mu looked at her. "I don't know how I offended you, that you would repeatedly send people to hunt me down. Time and again, you wanted me to live a hellish life, plagued by hardship and distress."

"In this life, you have no hope of achieving what your heart desires." Because you already achieved it in your last life.

"Why?"

Mu Qingya tilted her head slightly, her cold gaze growing deeper and colder, bit by bit.

Suddenly, her finger moved, lightly pushing aside the blade at her neck. She gave Qiao Mu an extremely faint, shallow smile. "Want to know?"

"You'll never know in this life," Mu Qingya said coldly.

"Protect the Hall Master!!" Granny Qiu roared.