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Chapter 4216: Intriguing

Deep in her eyes, a fierce light exploded, her bloodshot eyes suddenly glaring at Qiao Mu, as she shrieked hoarsely, "Qiao Mu! You are so malicious!"

"I've never seen such a malicious person in my life," Ni Hanzhi shrieked, "How can you slander others like this?"

Qiao Mu's cold gaze swept over her, then suddenly spoke calmly, "Originally, I was just like you, speaking without basis."

"But now, I really have to suspect you?"

The instant reaction of guilt and fear in a person is the most genuine.

Just now, when she blurted out, "Ni Hanzhi killed Elder He Wen," Ni Hanzhi's expression changed drastically, as if she might die of a heart attack at any moment. It was too vivid, too real.

But was it possible?

Ni Hanzhi was Master He Wen's only disciple.

He Wen had always cherished and doted on her, even bearing punishment himself for Ni Hanzhi's sake in Jiawei City, stepping forward to ask the little Crown Princess to spare Ni Hanzhi.

Logically, Ni Hanzhi should have held her master in high esteem and would not have done such a despicable thing.

Unless...

Something happened between them.

Wei Su's handsome face was as calm as water. He turned to Qiao Mu and said coldly, "Crown Princess! You must have proof before speaking!"

"By slandering Junior Sister Ni like this, do you think people from my Medicine King Island can be bullied at will?"

Qiao Mu coldly glanced at the man, "You also know one should have proof before speaking? Then why did you, without any proof, bring Elder He Wen's body and cause such a scene at the palace gate?"

"Furthermore, you even sent people to mingle in the crowd and spread rumors everywhere. Do you think this Crown Princess has such a good temper that she'll just accept everything?"

Wei Su's face was grim. "Who sent people to spread rumors?"

Aoye stepped forward and kicked one of the hooligans on the ground. "You'll have to ask these rumor-spreaders."

After he spoke, with a meaningful look, several Purple Forest Guards went forward to search them. From the pockets of those hooligans, they each found a small bag of spirit coins.

Seeing that the bags were of the same style and the spirit coins inside had the exact same weight, it was clear they were given by the same person.

Wei Su's face instantly became extremely grim. "Who gave you money and told you to come and spread rumors?"

The hooligans repeatedly begged for mercy but couldn't clearly state who had given them the money.

Each of them only said that the person who appeared was wearing a bamboo hat and gave them a bag of spirit coins, only asking them to say a few words in the crowd.

Given this, what else wasn't clear?

This indeed confirmed that someone had secretly orchestrated this, bribing these idle people to spread rumors in front of the palace gate.

"Ni Hanzhi, you are that person with the bamboo hat, aren't you?" Qiao Mu looked at her coldly, taking in her exceptionally pale face.

Her guilty expression was too obvious.

Ni Hanzhi's face contorted in anger, and she shrieked, "You're falsely accusing me!"

Falsely accusing?

Qiao Mu looked coldly at Ni Hanzhi, "Do you think that what you've done, secretly and without anyone knowing, will remain unknown?"

Ni Hanzhi's face suddenly changed dramatically, and she tightly twisted a corner of her skirt. "You, what do you mean by that?"

A soul-summoning charm was quite disrespectful to the deceased, and Qiao Mu naturally didn't want to use it on Elder He Wen.

Qiao Mu had another method to quickly ascertain the truth.

Her gaze, full of meaning, fell upon Ni Hanzhi, "Have you ever heard of 'Time Reversal'?"

Ni Hanzhi felt her heart pounding rapidly, a sense that the situation was about to spiral out of control.