The legitimate daughter returns, and the princess goes crazy

"I came here tonight not to add insult to injury, nor to watch the fun, but to help you solve your problems."

Duke Qi looked Mu Yan up and down, with a trace of consideration in his eyes. His biggest problem now was that he didn't know how to rescue Qi Ning.

"Help me? Why would you help me? You should know that our Qi family and your Mu family still have a blood feud to settle. How could you be so kind as to help me?"

Mu Yan's eyes were dark, and he said slowly: "Because the enemy of my enemy is my friend."

The Duke of Qi looked puzzled and frowned.

Mu Yan continued, "You must have heard about the discord between me and my concubine sister. Young Master Qi's death was related to Mu Wan, and Princess Qi Ning's fate was caused by her."

Duke Qi raised his eyes suddenly. He already knew how King Xuan was injured that day. It was Qi Ning who was accidentally injured when he was arguing with the Saint Girl of Dongfan Kingdom. What did it have to do with Mu Wan?

He seemed to have guessed something, and asked after a long pause, "What do you mean by that?"

"The current Saint of Dongfan Country is actually the long-lost Mu Wan in disguise."

Mu Yan chose her words carefully and spoke with a solemn oath.

Duke Qi stumbled back a few steps, looked up at the sky and laughed, "So that's how it is, so that's how it is..."

A deep gaze fell on him, "Do you regret making a deal with the King of Wei now?"

Duke Qi opened his eyes wide and stared at Mu Yan. It seemed that the girl in front of him could see through him.

Although he had apparently joined the camp of King Xuan Mo Wenjing because of Qi Ning, he had actually already become a disciple of Mo Xingchen before that.

Ever since he handed over the military power, the Duke of Qi's Mansion had become an empty shell with nothing in sight. He couldn't bear to see the Duke's Mansion decline in his hands.

So when the Wei Dynasty offered him an olive branch, he accepted it without hesitation. Mo Xingchen promised that as soon as he ascended the throne, he would immediately restore the military power of the Duke of Qi's Mansion.

By then, the Duke of Qi's Mansion will surely achieve greater glory.

"But he clearly said at the beginning that Mu Wan's disappearance had nothing to do with him..."

Originally, Mu Wan was supposed to be executed, but Mo Xingchen said that keeping Mu Wan for the time being would be useful, so he asked Zhou Zheng to drag the case until Mu Wan disappeared from the Dali Temple Prison for no reason.

Mu Yan sneered and said, "Mo Xingchen is a man with a very deep mind. There is nothing he can't do."

Even though he had promised the Duke of Qi that he would bring Mu Wan to justice, it was nothing more than a delaying tactic to buy time so that he could discuss a rescue plan with Dongfan.

Mu Yan continued while the iron was hot, "Since he can deceive you once, he can deceive you a second time. The current emperor is afraid of the power of the Duke of Qi's Mansion, so he racked his brains to take back the military power. After Mo Xingchen took that position, how could he hand over such a potential danger? Aren't there enough cases of people abandoning their talents?"

"Besides, have you ever thought about how a girl like Mu Wan could plan such a meticulous murder plan? And how could she involve the Dongfan Imperial Guards?"

It is true that Mu Wan wanted to kill Mu Zhao, but the person who really fanned the flames behind the scenes was Mo Xingchen.

If the plan succeeds, it will only mean the death of two insignificant people for Mo Xingchen, but if the plan fails, he will find an opportunity to make Mu Wan disappear.

Duke Qi's cloudy eyes turned slightly red, and he murmured to himself: "It turns out that I have always been courting disaster. I am so sorry for Yang'er!"

In fact, ever since Mu Wan disappeared, he had suspected that this matter was related to Mo Xingchen, but he had never dared to face the reality and had always had expectations for Mo Xingchen, which was nothing but self-deception.

Mu Yan took a deep breath and said, "Uncle, the dead are gone. What we need to consider now are the living."

When Qi Ning was mentioned, Duke Qi regained his composure a little, "Yes, Ning'er is still waiting for me to save her, so what should we do next?"

At this time, Duke Qi had been completely persuaded by Mu Yan.

Mu Yan's eyelashes trembled slightly as she analyzed, "King Xuan is in trouble, and His Majesty is furious. If we expose King Wei at this time, it may backfire. So we can only push all the blame onto Mu Wan, who is now Si Yao."

Although he couldn't use this to drag Mo Xingchen down, it wasn't a wasted effort as he was able to completely eliminate Si Yao.

After all, if two princes got into trouble at the same time, the emperor would definitely think too much and even suspect whether this was a conspiracy of the enemy country to sow discord in order to ensure that there would be no successor to the throne of the Northern Qi Dynasty.

At that time, in order to prevent the enemy's conspiracy from succeeding.

Since King Xuan has been deposed and the other princes are still minors, the Emperor will definitely find ways to save Mo Xingchen.

In this way, everything she did would be to help Mo Xingchen, and then the loss would outweigh the gain.

Mu Yan continued, "If we can prove that Si Yao's purpose of coming here this time is to disrupt Northern Qi, then people will suspect that the Eastern Fan Saint was the mastermind behind the accidental injury to King Xuan, and Qi Ning was just used as a pawn."

After all, the dagger was in the hands of two people at that time. As long as it is proved that it was Si Yao who grabbed Qi Ning's hand and stabbed Mo Wenjing, her crime could be reduced.

By then, the Duke of Qi can use the remaining merits of the Duke of Qi's Mansion to plead for mercy, and then it will not be difficult to save Qi Ning's life.

However, the Qi family may not be able to stay in the capital city in the future, and Duke Qi must be well aware of this.

Duke Qi's expression was firm: "As long as I can save Ning'er's life, I will do it no matter what the cost, but where can we find evidence?"

Mu Yan opened her red lips and said, "I heard that Princess Qi Ning went to Huan Fang because she received a note. I have seen the handwriting on the note and confirmed that it is undoubtedly Si Yao's handwriting."

As long as they can find the handwriting of the Holy Maiden of Dongfan and compare it with the one on the note, they can prove that the note was written by her and that Qi Ning was deliberately lured there by her.

And getting her calligraphy was not a difficult task for Duke Qi.

Duke Qi asked, "Can you recognize the handwriting on the note? Are you sure it's the handwriting of the Saint of Dongfan?"

Mu Yan said confidently: "Confirmed without a doubt."

In an instant, a trace of guilt flashed across her black pupils. The note was actually passed on by her, and the handwriting was also her imitation of Mu Wan's.

Although she felt guilty for deceiving the Duke of Qi, otherwise the Duke of Qi would definitely not join her in dealing with Mu Wan. She could only make up to him in other ways afterwards.

Duke Qi hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not difficult for me to find some calligraphy works of the Eastern Barbarian Saint, but it's too weak to say that she came to disturb Northern Qi just based on a piece of paper."