In danger, he traveled through time to save her, and the black-bellied prince doted on her

Mu Jinan cried in a delicate voice, "Father, Madam doesn't like me, why did you kill Jin'er?"

Mu Chen comforted him: "Dad will make the decision for you."

Mu Jinan burst into tears: "Madam is from a noble family, please don't offend her because of my daughter. If I can't go back home, I will go back to my aunt's home in Xuanzhou."

Mu Chen seemed to be humiliated, and he didn't like being constrained by the nobles. He clenched his fists. He didn't expect his daughter to suffer so much. The guilt of not being by her side for many years was completely aroused at this moment.

Mu Chen said sternly: "This vicious woman, my Mu family cannot keep her."

He then said, "Doctor Xue, thank you for your care.

As he was talking about kneeling down, Mu Jinan understood in his heart that Xiao Wan was relying on her surnames Lu and Xiao to act arrogantly, and Mu Chen would probably not be willing to tolerate it any longer.

She didn't want to go back to the mansion and fight slowly, she wanted to give her a fatal blow when she got back to the mansion, she thought to herself:

"I'm sure to win this round"

She coughed violently, coughing up a few drops of blood, and whispered:

"I don't know if I will have a tomorrow, right now I just want to go home with my dad"

Mu Chen stood up immediately. Li Huaijin signaled the imperial physician to go ahead, and the group left the palace.

Li Huaijin stood in front of the door, watching the carriage disappear from his sight. He felt like a piece was missing in his heart and felt indescribably uncomfortable.

He was even more unwilling to see Mu Jinan hurt himself and put himself in danger, and he was extremely worried.

Zezhou bowed and said, "Today, the Parrot Guard reported that Lu Mingxu had close private dealings with Jiang Xianzhi from the Ministry of War. Lu Mingxu was generous in Hu Yulou, throwing gold like grass and trees."

Li Huaijin crossed his arms over his chest, his eyes devoid of warmth:

"This Jiang Xianzhi was once reprimanded by His Majesty and demoted. Now he is so active, I am afraid it has something to do with his cousin, Prince Rui."

"Let the Eagle Guard get the evidence as soon as possible."

Then he asked, "What has that person been doing recently?"

Zezhou whispered: "His people have been keeping an eye on Madam Mu."

Li Huaijin's mouth curled up into a strange smile, his eyes dark:

"wishful thinking"

After a while, Mu Jinan and his party returned to the general's mansion, only to see the door open. The stepmother Xiao Wan, dressed gorgeously, raised her chin and waited for the carriage to stop. She greeted them with a smile and saluted.

"General, you are back"

Mu Chen suppressed his anger. Mei Luo lifted the curtain and helped Mu Jinan get off the carriage with difficulty.

Xiao Wan saw Mu Jinan up close and saw that she looked very much like Princess Rongde. She pretended not to know:

"Who is this?"

Mu Jinan knelt on the ground with a plop, bowed his head and banged his forehead on the ground.

Her little face was tearful and made people feel distressed. She cried and said:

"Meet the Madam"

Before Xiao Wan could react, she saw Mu Jinan suddenly coughing, his face turned pale, and he collapsed to the ground.

Mu Chen originally wanted to settle the score after entering the mansion, but seeing his daughter in such a serious state, his emotions, which had calmed down on the way back to the mansion, returned to a high point again, and he suddenly slapped Xiao Wan in the face.

Xiao Wan touched her cheek. That bitch Wu Rong hadn't dealt with her yet, and Mu Chen had brought her back to the mansion:

"How dare you hit me?"

Mu Chen helped Mu Jinan up without saying a word, and carried her into the mansion. He felt that his daughter seemed not even heavier than his armor, and he couldn't help feeling guilty.

After entering the inner courtyard, Mu Chen settled Mu Jinan down, and heard Mu Chen sitting in the corridor outside the house saying:

"Take down this vicious woman and bring Wurong up."

Mu Chen's guards quickly stepped forward and arrested Xiao Wan:

"kneel down"

Xiao Wan resisted with all her might. She saw Wu Rong being brought before her. She did not repent and thought that today was just a show. The Mu family could not do anything to her. She had the nobles behind her:

"General, I don't know what I did wrong."

Wurong suddenly shouted:

"General, please spare my life. It was Madam who ordered me to kill the Second Lady. If I didn't do it, she would kill me. Madam is in charge of the backyard, and I dare not disobey."

Xiao Wan was so angry that she just wanted to kill Wu Rong, thinking that she had confessed:

"How dare you, a lowly servant, slander me? It was you who sneaked out of the house, and I couldn't find you for many days."

Xiao Wan turned around and begged Mu Chen. Although she was domineering, she understood Mu Chen's temper:

"General, I have worked hard in the mansion for nearly twenty years and have never made any mistakes. Please do not believe the words of a maid."

Wu Rong said, "General, you are away from home all year round, and the servants in the mansion are often beaten and abused by Madam, and they are not allowed to speak. Can you ask someone to check the wounds on the servants' bodies?"

"Because my father found out that she had increased the rent of the tenants in the countryside of Qizhou by 30% and gave it away to others, she drove my father out of the house. If the general does not believe it, you can send someone to question the tenants."

.....

Mu Jinan heard it clearly in the house. No wonder Xiao Wan was so generous and could give the killer so much money.

Mu Chen's eyes were filled with murderous intent. He was not in the mansion, and the Mu Mansion had become so chaotic. What would the people in Chang'an say about him behind his back? He said sternly:

"To whom?"

Wurong said: "Lu family"

Mu Chen signaled the guards to call Butler Xu. This butler was the general's confidant. Xiao Wan had tried to win him over many times but failed. He only had his heart set on Mu Chen. He asked:

"Will the rent of tenants in Qizhou be increased by 30%?"

Butler Xu bowed and said, "General, my wife gave me this instruction a year ago."

Mu Chen said: "Call Nanny Li over."

After a while, a lady with excellent manners and temperament bowed and said:

"General, you are back"

Mu Chen asked her: "Have the maids in the mansion been beaten all year round?"

Nanny Li was originally a maidservant of Princess Rongde. She was quick-witted and did not rush to give a positive answer. Instead, she said softly:

"General, Madam is in charge of the whole family. I have never overstepped my authority and do not know the truth. I will come back to report to you after I have examined it."

Mu Chen nodded, and the steward summoned all the maids into the house, and Nanny Li checked them one by one.

After a while, she walked out of the house and bowed, "General, I am most likely seriously injured, and my wounds are rotting."

The guard shouted: "Send the maid out of the room"

They stood in the courtyard, and Mu Chen asked, "Why did you get the injuries?"

The maids lowered their heads and dared not speak. Xiao Wan's eyes were wide open with anger. How could she be beaten to such an extent by a little girl?

"If you dare to frame me, I will make you suffer."

Mu Chen pointed at her. He had long been dissatisfied with her, and today he took this opportunity to punish her and teach her a lesson:

"To shut up"

He looked at the maids again and pointed at one of them: "You say, today the general will make the decision for you."

The maid's legs were shaking as she knelt on the ground: "I was helping Madam to put her hair in and my hand was unsteady and the hairpin dropped."

Mu Chen pointed at them and said, "Go on."

The maids continued, "The lady didn't like the almond cake I made."

Another listen: "The flower branches that were picked withered the next day, and the lady punished him."

"I was dozing off in the corridor at night and I thought I saw a thief, but it wasn't a person. I screamed and frightened my wife."

.....

Mu Jinan heard it clearly in the house. This stepmother was really narrow-minded. She wanted to punish them for doing this.

Xiao Wan was horrified. Mu Chen was actually going to punish her. She had been spoiled since she was a child, and no one had ever touched her:

"You bitches"

Mu Chen was suspicious about the death of his other daughter a few years ago, but he had no evidence and was oppressed by the nobles. How could he let her off easily today?

"Take the family rules"

Xiao Wan couldn't believe it and called for help. As long as she mentioned these words, Mu Chen would definitely be cautious:

"Mu Chen, my maternal grandfather is from the Fanyang Lu family, how dare you whip me?"

After a while, the servant came with a whip. Mu Chen sneered. Seeing that she did not repent, he was furious:

"Madame Li, twenty lashes!"

Nanny Li first deliberately hit Xiao Wan lightly, which made Mu Chen unhappy.

Mu Chen said loudly: "Madame Li, please don't be perfunctory."

Nanny Li then gathered all her strength in her hands and beat Xiao Wan hard.

Xiao Wan stared, trying to escape, but was held tightly. She only regretted not killing Mu Jinan when she was young and letting her return to Chang'an alive. She said in a sad voice:

"You bitches, lowly slaves"

A hint of "satisfaction" flashed across Wurong's usually gentle face. Tears welled up in her eyes and she lowered her eyes quietly.

Not wanting to let anyone notice her abnormality, she kneeled and leaned to the right, with pearls dripping onto her dress.

I cried in my heart, "I finally did something for you, but it's not enough."

There was a hint of sadness and despair in her eyes.

Xiao Wan shouted for mercy and tried to escape: "General, spare my life!"

"what"

Nanny Li continued to whip her.

Her face was grim and she was in great pain. She said, "Ah——"

The maid in the courtyard watched all this, clenched her fists, bit her lips fiercely, as if she was letting out a breath of anger.

"It's better to kill her"

After only fifteen lashes, Xiao Wan gradually lost the strength to shout. She saw Mu Jinan dragging his sick body and hurriedly running out of the house. He knelt in front of Mu Chen and cried and begged for mercy:

"Father, please stop hitting me. This is all Jin'er's fault. What if Mrs. Lu comes to blame us? Jin'er doesn't want to embarrass you."

Xiao Wan's voice was weak, and she realized that she was the one who set up the trap to frame her:

"You bitch, you're the one who ordered all this."

Mu Chen instantly became furious:

"Jin'er has been in Xuanzhou all the time. She stayed in the palace when she returned to Chang'an. Wurong is a maid in the palace, and the Golden Snake Dart is a private weapon in the palace. Could it be that she was the one who ordered the injuries of these maids?"

“Death is approaching, but I don’t know how to repent”

"Come here, take her away and send her to a farm in the countryside of Qizhou tomorrow. Without my permission, she will never be allowed to enter Chang'an."

Mu Jinan suddenly pleaded for mercy. Xiao Wan had just revealed her true colors and could not leave easily, fearing that she would go back to the Xiao family and oppose him:

"Father, whip the lady as a punishment, but if we really send her to the countryside, Mrs. Lu will definitely come to our house. It is better to lock her up in the backyard and keep a close watch on her."

Mu Chen said angrily: "She poisoned you so much, and you still care about her?"

Mu Jinan cried and said, "My daughter only hopes that Dad can have less worries. Please agree to my daughter's request."

Mu Chen waved his sleeves and said, "Take her away and keep her under strict surveillance. No one is allowed to approach her."

Mu Jinan had a delicate and kind face, and thought to herself:

"The stepmother has been dealt with. The next one is the second female villain, Mu Yun. After all, in the original story, she lived to the end and killed the princess. She also helped to send the heroine to marry. I will be able to meet her tonight."