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Chapter 5020: 5.0772 Double Standard

Mo Lian quickly floated to his wife's side and ingratiatingly smiled at her. "Wifey, your husband will fight for you!"

"Your husband will surely help you beat this old man into a pig's head."

Ma Wu, feeling indignant, stood with his hands behind his back, angry flames flickering in his cloudy, aged eyes. "Marquis of Anxing... is my benefactor. For the Marquis, I am willing to risk my life! If this gentleman insists on interfering in other people's grievances, then this old man has nothing more to say."

Mo Lian scoffed, angered by his words. "Others? Other people's grievances? Old man, not only is your mind addled, but your eyesight is clearly problematic too!"

"This is my wife. When I handle my wife's affairs, helping her beat people, hurt people, scheme against people, kill people, how does that become someone else's business? Your mind is unclear, and I'm too lazy to waste words with you!"

Peach Blossom Immortal Venerable: "..."

What Mo Lian said seemed to make perfect sense, but looking at the disdainful glances from the Marquis of Anxing and Ma Wu, it felt as though they were looking at an idiot.

"What a sanctimonious benefactor," Qiao Mu sneered, her gaze sweeping over their faces.

Ma Wu frowned, clutching his chest. "What? To be blunt, isn't this matter entirely provoked by you, Crown Princess? If you had a broad enough mind and weren't so malicious, you wouldn't have insisted on sending people to ambush Princess Xiang Chang on her way back to Cangzhou, causing her untimely death."

"If the Princess hadn't died, why would the Marquis come to trouble you, and I, too, would not be your enemy."

Qiao Mu couldn't help but smile. It seemed as if all the righteousness in the world was monopolized by their side.

"This... Mr. Ma Wu? You two are truly masters of the double standard." Qiao Mu coldly curled her lips at them.

"While accusing others of malicious intent, why don't you reflect on yourselves? When you brutally attacked in the imperial garden earlier, did you ever consider sparing those two concubines?"

"No, you bribed those two concubines, giving them some money and resources for their lives, but from the very beginning, you intended to annihilate all of them and me within the gravity confinement talisman array."

"You didn't intend to let any innocent person present survive, and now you talk to me about malicious intent? You tell me to be broad-minded in my dealings?"

Qiao Mu let out a soft scoff. "So, your four lofty words of 'broad-mindedness' were meant only to demand from others, from beginning to end."

"We..." Ma Wu was speechless. He truly couldn't refute it, because it was exactly as she said. From the moment they initiated the attack, they had no intention of leaving any survivors. The elder quickly glanced at his master, the Marquis of Anxing.

At this moment, the Marquis of Anxing was slumped on the ground, as if all his bones and strength had been drained from him, seeing no hope whatsoever before him. He had lost, completely and utterly lost everything. He had tried both scheming and assassination, but he simply couldn't contend with this little Crown Princess before him. It seemed that this little Crown Princess was not someone he could defeat by simply sending a few people.

"Marquis." Ma Wu, seeing him lost in a daze, quickly called out to him.

The old Marquis of Anxing snapped back to reality, a hint of bitterness on his aged face.

"Hahahahaha," suddenly, a series of strange laughs rumbled from his throat. He sat there stiffly on the ground, not moving at all.