The crowd noticed that the Mu Mansion’s young lord, Mu Qingge, suddenly stepped forward and bent down to pick up a few sheets of paper from the ground. As she looked over them roughly, a teasing smile gradually appeared at the corner of her mouth.
After finishing, she didn’t hesitate to give her evaluation: "Childish."
Bai Xiyue’s face quietly turned pale.
Handing the sheets to Prince Rui, Mu Qingge sauntered a few steps to Mu Xiong’s side and said with a light laugh, "Grandfather, calm down. These are nothing more than slanderous words from those who can’t face the light. Getting angry would only be giving them face."
Mu Xiong grunted, "Hmm, I won’t be angry. Ge’er, leave this matter to you, find out the one with ill intentions." With that, the old man flicked his sleeves and truly ignored the situation.
Mu Qingge internally chuckled at her grandfather’s cunning.
He clearly already guessed who orchestrated this farce, but because of a trace of unwillingness in his heart, opted to do nothing. As for Bai Xiyue’s situation, she had already inford Mu Lianrong after Prince Rui told her. She hadn’t told Mu Xiong because she didn’t want to upset him, especially since Bai Xiyue was personally brought into the residence by him.
So even knowing her grandfather intentionally dropped the matter, she gladly accepted it.
Actually, the old man’s choice also conveyed a ssage to her. That is, in this matter, the young lord of the Mu Mansion has the final say!
With a subtle movent of her eyes, Mu Qingge turned and glanced back at Prince Rui, saying, "Your Highness Prince Rui, at my coming-of-age ceremony, soone accuses my grandfather of colluding with enemy states. How do you think this matter should be resolved?"
Bai Xiyue looked towards Prince Rui nervously.
But Qin Jinhao indulgingly said to Mu Qingge, "How does Qingge wish to resolve it?"
No!
How could it turn out this way?
Bai Xiyue almost wished to dash forward, grab Qin Jinhao’s arm, and tell him things shouldn’t develop like this.
At this mont, why did Qin Jinhao still obey Mu Qingge like this? Why indulge her?
Doesn’t this show his complete trust in the Mu Family?
Then what about her?
What was the point of orchestrating this whole scene?
"Of course, it’s to root out the person framing us, whoever it may be, and punish them severely." Mu Qingge spoke with a smile, yet everyone present felt the chill and killing intent in her tone.
Bai Xiyue’s heart trembled. She seed to feel that Mu Qingge’s gaze was directed towards her just now. As if she had already seen through everything and knew it was her doing.
’No! Impossible! She can’t know it’s related to !’ Bai Xiyue denied this guess in her heart.
"Alright! Just as Qingge said, find out the person behind this mischief and punish them severely." At this mont, Qin Jinhao seed to have eyes only for Mu Qingge. Whatever she said, he would agree to.
This was not just playing along with Mu Qingge’s act; it was the feeling he had like one foot was already stepping onto that position since the Mu Family agreed to stand by his side.
At this mont, he absolutely couldn’t offend the Mu Family!
Mu Qingge chuckled lightly. That smile was filled with mockery and disdain.
It made the scalp of everyone present tingle, and they silently thought to themselves: The young lord of the Mu Mansion truly has a chilling gaze, making one’s heart quiver.
anwhile, Bai Xiyue felt that Mu Qingge’s smile seed to be aid at her specifically.
Mocking her childish stupidity, mocking her self-proclaid cleverness.
’Clearly... clearly, Prince Rui was supposed to be on my side. Why... why...’ now it felt like she was the one being outmaneuvered?
Bai Xiyue shouted in her heart.
Picking up the letter paper again from Prince Rui’s hands, Mu Qingge waved it around and mocked, "To accuse the Mu Family of colluding with enemy states, how could just a few letters suffice? At the very least, you should have prepared so corroborative evidence of collusion. Or perhaps, found one or two people secretly in charge of the liaison. Both testimony and evidence are indispensable. To think a few sheets of paper can convict the Mu Family. Do you really take our Emperor of Qin and the entire court for fools?"
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