Seeing this, the Madam's heart sank. She asked, "General Shen, what do you mean by that?"
Feng Qishi heard this and looked at the Madam. "Madam, what do you mean by that?" he countered.
The Madam's eyes flickered. "He is just a servant, he naturally wouldn't dare to say anything. Moreover, if he can tell you the truth, it proves... he trusts you. In short, this matter definitely cannot be separated from Mai Xia. You must not wrongly accuse a good person."
"A good person..." Feng Qishi uttered two words, looked at Mai Xia, and asked, "Do you have anything to say?"
Mai Xia lowered her eyelids slightly and shook her head.
Feng Qishi looked at Mai Xia's strange reaction and asked, "What do you mean by that?"
"Please don't take my daughter's words seriously. If they say I killed this little maid," Mai Xia looked down at the maid lying on the wooden board, and said calmly, "then I killed her. Take me away." She looked up at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi was stunned.
Mu Anxiao was shocked. "Mother, what are you doing? You don't even know this maid. Why are you saying you killed her?"
Mai Xia looked at Mu Anxiao. "I believe General Shen will be able to investigate clearly."
However, the Madam thought Mai Xia had admitted to killing the maid, but little did she know, she had more to say. It seemed the Madam began to make new plans in her heart.
Mu Anxiao knew that anyone who entered prison would not have a good outcome. If Mai Xia went in, she would undoubtedly suffer unjustly.
Thinking of the consequences, her heart sank. She quickly said, "Mother, this has nothing to do with you. You don't need to take..." She glanced intentionally at the first servant and the second servant, "...their blame."
"Xiao'er, stop talking." Mai Xia said, looking at Feng Qishi. "Take me away."
"..." Feng Qishi saw Mai Xia's cooperative demeanor, his heart sank, and he looked at Mu Gui. "My men are at the mansion gate. I will take her away first."
Mu Gui heard this and nodded slightly.
Immediately, Mai Xia's eyes sank. Just as she was about to leave with Feng Qishi, Mu Anxiao spoke again, "This has nothing to do with you, why do you have to take the blame for nothing? Are you crazy?" She came in front of Mai Xia.
Mai Xia: "I believe..."
"Mother, do you know that you can't go against them alone? You still have a chance. Quickly, say it has nothing to do with you." Mu Anxiao interrupted, her face filled with excitement, as she didn't want Mai Xia to be implicated.
Seeing this, Mai Xia reached out and gently touched Mu Anxiao's cheek, saying, "Don't be afraid, Mother will be fine."
"Mother..."
"General, let's go." Mai Xia ignored Mu Anxiao and looked at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi nodded slightly, stepped forward to Mai Xia's side, and said coldly, "Move aside."
Mu Anxiao was stunned and looked up. "Before the matter is clarified, you are not allowed to let your men lay a hand on her." She glared angrily at Feng Qishi.
Feng Qishi: "It's none of your business." Saying this, he looked at Mu Gui. "Order someone to carry her away."
Mu Gui nodded slightly and looked at the servants, ordering, "You, carry this maid and follow the General."
"Yes." They said in unison and began to act.
Mu Anxiao always felt that her words carried some weight. She even thought Feng Qishi would rationally state the fact that she was present with him at that time.
However, in reality, Feng Qishi didn't mention her presence at all. Thus, she clenched her fists slightly and said with a burst of courage, "I was right behind you at the time, why didn't you say so?"
Hearing this, Feng Qishi stopped in his tracks, turned sideways without thinking to look at Mu Anxiao, who was determined to expose her whereabouts, and said, "You've really had enough. You can even say such lies. It seems you have a problem too."
"I..."
Unexpectedly, as soon as Mu Anxiao uttered a word, Feng Qishi walked up to her, grabbed her arm, and said sternly, "You're coming with me too."
Mu Anxiao heard this and excitedly said, "You're going to let my mother go?"
"You are also a suspect." Feng Qishi said, and pulled Mu Anxiao away.
Suixuan watched this scene and secretly smiled.
Mu Gui sensed something was wrong and shouted, "General, you can't do this. She is the King of Jin's..."
"I know what I'm doing." Feng Qishi shouted back without looking back.
Hearing Feng Qishi's confident tone, Mu Gui sighed faintly and looked at the Madam, who was looking worriedly at his side. "Don't worry, the General knows what he's doing."
"What if this matter reaches the King of Jin..."
"It's just a maid, she can't stir up much trouble. Don't worry." Mu Gui said calmly.
The Madam nodded slightly and asked, "My lord, haven't you finished your business yet?"
"There's still some. When Hua'er is about to leave later, have someone notify me." Mu Gui said, looking at Mu Hua. "Hua'er, you're going to the palace. You must abide by the rules, understand?"
Mu Hua nodded. "I understand, Father."
"It's good that you understand." Mu Gui finished speaking and turned towards the room.
After Mu Gui completely returned to his room, the Madam gave Mu Hua a look, then took her and turned to leave.
A moment later.
Mu Hua supported the Madam's arm as they walked back, smiling and asking, "Mother, does this mean Mu Xiao will die?"
The Madam glanced at Mu Hua, then placed her hand over Mu Hua's back and said, "Child, no matter what you think, remember, after you and Mu Xiao enter the palace, you must restrain your temper, especially towards Mu Xiao, you must have a 100% good attitude."
"She was taken away by Brother Shen, she... is definitely finished." Mu Hua said based on her intuition.
The Madam heard this, stopped walking with Mu Hua, and said, "Don't be foolish. General Shen just wants to teach her a lesson. Arresting her is impossible."
"A lesson?"
"Nothing is as simple as you think. In short," the Madam squinted her eyes, "Mai Xia cannot return."
The look the Madam had when she wanted to deal with the maid that morning was like this, and now it was the same.
This made Mu Hua scared. "Mother, do you really want her dead?"
"It's not that I want her dead, it's... Shen Moyun who wants her dead." the Madam said calmly.
Mu Hua was stunned. "Mother, what do you mean by that?"
"It means nothing." the Madam said, gently pulling Mu Hua's hand away from her arm, then ignoring Mu Hua, and walked forward gracefully.
At this moment, Mu Hua couldn't understand the Madam.
So, she stood still, just as she was about to ponder the Madam's words, a gust of cold wind suddenly blew. Then, she shivered from the cold and slowly turned around to look, but there was nothing.
At the same time, the maid appeared in front of Mu Hua.
Gao Yang looked up at the maid and said calmly, "I didn't expect you to be unable to bear to part with her."