I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Dongmei raised her head and met Li Mu's gaze, still looking shy and timid, and said with pursed lips:

"I don't understand what the prince means."

Li Mu looked at Dongmei with interest and subconsciously reached out to pinch Dongmei's chin.

But he found that Dongmei's body trembled slightly, and the hand stretched in the air stopped immediately.

"Hey, I'm addicted to playing the villain... After all, it's better to be a bad guy."

Li Mu paused, withdrew his hand slightly embarrassedly, turned around and sat back in his chair, and said lightly:

"You're not like this normally, why don't you pretend?"

"Your Highness has given me a chance, and I must seize it. Otherwise, I will really disappoint Your Highness."

Hearing this, Li Mu raised his eyebrows and looked at Dongmei with admiration.

"Your Highness was just like that, waiting for me to speak. I should do what I want to do."

Li Mu nodded, and did not hide it, and admitted generously:

"I'm just trying. If you don't speak, I can't do anything to you."

"The eldest sister is grateful to the prince and regards him as a god. The second sister regards the prince as a wise master and is loyal to him. The third sister only cares about the prince and regards his happiness as everything."

As she spoke, Dongmei slowly raised her head and looked towards Li Mu.

"I don't want the prince to feel resentful because of me."

"But the grudge has already been created."

Li Mu raised his hand and cleaned his ears, his tone very calm.

"Your Highness, Dongmei..."

Qiu Ju, who was behind him, paused for a moment and was about to speak, but Li Mu gave her a look and stopped her from speaking.

Qiuju pursed her lips, her face turned slightly pale, and she pondered for a while. Then her frown slowly relaxed, and after a light breath, she continued to massage Li Mu's shoulders as if nothing had happened.

"I didn't mean to hide anything, and I never had any bad intentions when I approached the prince. If the prince wants to blame someone, just blame me."

As she spoke, Dongmei slowly placed her hands on the belt around her waist and began to take off her clothes piece by piece.

Seeing this, Li Mu was slightly stunned, clenched the copper coin in his hand, frowned and looked at Dongmei.

I don't know what she is doing. She was talking fine, but then she started to undress.

Is it a beauty trick?

After a moment, Dongmei was completely naked. She walked tremblingly to Li Mu and crawled on the ground.

Li Mu frowned and looked at Dongmei, but did not say anything to stop her.

"Everything I have belongs to the prince. No matter how the prince wants to punish me, I will not complain. I only ask the prince not to vent his anger on my three sisters."

Li Mu's heart seemed to be moved.

"To apologize?"

He seemed to understand Dongmei's intention, but he didn't want to understand...

In Dongmei's heart, apart from the shame in her bones, nothing truly belongs to her.

Not even this body.

The only thing I can use to apologize is my self-respect...

"I don't mean to punish you. Put on your clothes and get up to talk."

Li Mu sighed secretly and spoke lightly.

Dongmei raised her head slightly, and glanced at Li Mu secretly with her red eyes, but she did not stand up.

Li Mu frowned, leaned closer to Dongmei, pinched her chin, asked her to look at him, his voice was icy but helpless:

"You are very smart, and you can even see through people's hearts. This is not a bad thing. I like considerate maids."

Dongmei raised her drooping eyes slightly and met Li Mu's eyes. His inky pupils seemed to be able to see through everything.

"Only, as long as the prince likes it..."

"But your cleverness can also harm you. I have given you the opportunity. It depends on you whether you can seize it or not."

Li Mu withdrew his hand and turned to look at Qiu Ju.

When Qiu Ju saw Li Mu looking at her, her eyelashes fluttered, she blinked at Li Mu, smiled sweetly, and kept pinching his shoulders with her hands, as if everything in front of her had nothing to do with her.

Li Mu patted Qiuju's hand and thought about how to start talking, but Qiuju spoke first:

"Qiu Ju understands. Your Highness is not allowed to be soft-hearted, and you are not allowed to apologize to Qiu Ju."

Li Mu frowned, looked at Dongmei fiercely, and shouted angrily: "Dongmei!"

Dongmei's body trembled, she looked up at Li Mu, tears falling from her eyes:

"I have never had any second thoughts about you, my lord. If you have any doubts, you can keep me here. My sisters all treat you sincerely... Please, my lord... Please..."

Dongmei knew that if they were to kill, it would be impossible to kill only her. She was not pleading for herself, but for the other three.

"It's not as serious as you think."

Li Mu waved his hands. He understood the meaning of Dongmei's words and said helplessly,

"You don't think you know me very well, so why don't you guess what I want to hear?"

"Slave, I dare not."

Dongmei trembled and spoke softly.

"Your Highness is different from others. I, your servant, dare not speculate on your own."

"That's enough! Aren't you cold?"

Li Mu waved his hand, and the dress on the ground seemed to have eyes and was draped over Dongmei. He sighed and said,

"Today, instead of saying that I am testing you, it would be better to say that you are testing me."

"Slave..."

"Since you don't want to speak, I'll speak for you."

Li Mu interrupted Dongmei and said bluntly,

"You tried to test my attitude towards you sisters and took all the responsibility on yourself to prevent the truth from being exposed and implicating others."

"Let me guess. You did this because there are other people involved in this matter. It's not Qiu Ju, and it won't be Xia He..."

Hearing this, Qiu Ju slowly raised her head and looked at Li Mu, then knocked her head heavily to the ground.

"I just told my elder sister..."

"Dongmei, I have never doubted your sisters' loyalty, do you understand?"

Hearing Li Mu's words, Dongmei suddenly looked up at Li Mu. The confusion in her eyes gradually turned into guilt, and her breathing became rapid.

Then, he burst into tears and wailed:

"Well, that day my sister and I were supposed to be sent to the Liu family by Lord Zou, but a masked man came to me and asked me if I was willing to follow the prince."

"On the day when the prince first entered the capital, my third sister and I saw him from afar. My third sister praised him for his handsomeness and said that if she could be given to him..."

Li Mu looked at Qiu Ju in surprise, thinking that this little girl had been coveting him for a long time.

Qiu Ju puffed her cheeks and said thoughtfully: "No wonder you asked me to convince my second sister..."

Then he realized that he seemed to have let something slip, and looked at Li Mu in panic, explaining:

"Second sister, second sister is just interested in the Liu family's shop, not... not..."

"Don't interrupt."

Li Mu waved his hand. She didn't doubt it.

Nowadays, Xia He is in charge of most of the Zongheng family's spies in the capital, and she enjoys doing it. She is a true strong woman in the workplace.

Dongmei sobbed twice, and her kneeling position changed to a duck sitting position. She tugged at the clothes draped over her body, looking aggrieved as if she had been caught in the act, and said softly:

"Originally, I wanted to find a solution myself, but how could others influence Lord Zou's mind? So the masked man found me again and said that as long as I agreed to help him do something..."