Your Highness, please stop chasing me.

Chapter 16 The Young Marquis Makes a Move

"Lord Chen, what an air of official power you have," Mu Xue retorted.

"Our country's criminal law clearly states that family members of officials of the third rank in the current dynasty are not required to kneel when participating in criminal trials. Lord Chen, have you perhaps not thoroughly studied the criminal law?" Mu Xue did not give Chen Li a chance to speak.

"What a sharp-tongued young woman! Do you know why I summoned you here today?" Chen Li glared angrily.

Mu Xue glanced at Boss Jiang sideways: "I didn't know before, but I do now."

"Do you know Jiang Xirou, the youngest daughter of the Jiang family?" Chen Li asked directly.

"Your Excellency is wise; I have no knowledge of any Jiang Xirou," Mu Xue replied.

"This official has determined that three days ago, you and Jiang Xirou had an argument at Meiweiju Restaurant, and you even hit her, didn't you? And you even said you knew her." Chen Li shouted coldly.

"Lord Chen, you yourself said that a dispute occurred at the time. Didn't you investigate why we had a dispute? Besides, does a dispute necessarily mean that both parties know each other?" Mu Xue retorted.

The people outside the gate were also whispering among themselves.

"yes"

“What the Fifth Miss said makes sense.”

"Yes, yes."

......

Chen Li's eyes flashed, and the way he looked at Mu Xue changed.

I thought that even if Miss Mu Wu wasn't stupid, she was still just a young woman.

“The young masters and ladies who went to Meishiju with Jiang Xirou at the time also testified that you hit Miss Jiang, and Miss Jiang threatened to cause you trouble, but the next day she was found dead in her own boudoir,” Chen Li continued.

Once he sat in his position, he was somewhat literate.

“Miss Jiang’s maid also said that your letter was delivered to the Jiang residence that night.” Chen Li gestured for the evidence to be presented.

"Yes, sir, I have a letter from Miss Mu Wu." Boss Jiang finally chimed in, hurriedly taking out the letter from his pocket.

"Pfft," Mu Xue couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Chen Li asked.

"Everyone knows that the fifth young lady of the Mu family is mentally challenged and illiterate since childhood. Did I really write this letter?" Mu Xue smiled wickedly.

The person behind this went too far; it seems they were extremely angry.

"This, this can also allow you to have someone else write it for you. Yes, that's it, to have someone else write it for you," Boss Jiang said confidently.

Mu Xue suddenly felt that this family's profession was to be used as pawns by others.

"Mr. Jiang, who do you think I should hire to write this?" Mu Xue asked.

"How would I know? Don't try to deny it. You're the one who killed my daughter," Boss Jiang shouted unreasonably.

"Lord Chen, then please send someone to examine the handwriting on this letter," Mu Xue said calmly.

Chen Li gave a wink to the constable standing beside him.

The constable accepted the order, took the letter from Boss Jiang's hand, and quickly went out to verify it.

An hour later, the constable returned and whispered in Chen Li's ear.

Mu Xue watched calmly without interrupting.

"This official has determined that this letter did not originate from the Mu residence. The murder of Jiang Xirou has nothing to do with Miss Mu the Fifth." Chen Li finished speaking and quickly left the court before anyone could react.

What's the situation?

The people present looked at each other in bewilderment, and even Boss Jiang stood there dumbfounded.

Mu Xue curled her red lips into a smile; it seemed he had made his move.

When Mu Xue returned to the carriage, she saw that Shen Ji was already sitting in the carriage at some point.

When Su Su saw the strange man, she was about to scream when Mu Xue stopped her.

She said calmly, "Susu, I suddenly want to eat osmanthus cake from Liji on North Street. Go and buy some."

Su Su glanced nervously at the carriage, then at Mu Xue. Seeing Mu Xue nod slightly to her, she could only nod in agreement and turn to walk towards North Street.

Mu Xue got into the car, lowered the curtain, and said, "Thank you."

Shen Ji leaned against the car wall and asked curiously, "Xiao Wu, how did you get involved with that bastard Mo Shijie?"

Mu Xue turned her head to look at him: "Haven't you heard that I'm engaged to him?"

Shen Ji choked. He had heard Mu Sheng mention this before. He said awkwardly, "I've heard of it, I've heard of it, but I can't just recall it. But he can't harm you just because he's engaged to you, can he? Is he going to stage a hero-saves-the-damsel-in-distress act?"

Mu Xue almost choked on her water. Was the young marquis's thought process all messed up?

"Young Marquis, you jest. What looks do I have that would make Prince Jing's son so heartbroken? I'm just in someone else's way. Young Marquis, do you know that I have a sixth sister born out of wedlock?" Mu Xue asked with amusement.

Shen Ji instantly understood, "Mo Shijie is in love with your sixth sister?"

Mu Xue gave Shen Ji a profound look: "I don't know if he's in love with her or not, but he definitely wants to marry her."

That statement contains a lot of information.

No wonder Xiao Yuanyuan asked him to come and help Mu Xiaowu out of that predicament, Shen Ji thought to himself.

"What are your plans? This is not a good situation. With the Jing Prince's Mansion intervening, Xiao Yuanyuan can't directly take action," Shen Ji said.

Although they hadn't had much contact with Mu Xue, they could tell that this little girl wouldn't do something like killing someone indiscriminately. Besides, they were at Meishiju that day and witnessed everything. To put it bluntly, it was just a little follower causing trouble for her boss, nothing serious, not enough to warrant someone's death.

Remembering the people she had seen that day, Shen Jihou belatedly asked, "Wasn't the one following Mo Shijie at Meiwuju that day your sixth sister?"

Seeing that he had finally remembered, Mu Xue nodded and said, "Yes, it's her."

"Does Mo Shijie have eyes?! Are those two holes in his head for breathing?!" Shen Ji exclaimed in a low voice. He hadn't forgotten that this was Mu Xue's carriage, and he couldn't let the people outside hear that there was a man inside.

"Pfft," Mu Xue chuckled at the description.

Then Shen Ji said, "Aren't you much prettier than that woman? Why would he leave you, his legitimate daughter, for someone who's inferior to you in every way?"

“I used to be a mentally challenged young lady,” Mu Xue reminded her.

Shen Ji was speechless; this was the first time he had ever seen someone say they were stupid so naturally.

Mu Xue also considered Shen Ji a friend. She explained, "Father and my brothers are not in the manor now. I was mentally challenged before, and Aunt An was in charge of the manor. Naturally, Sixth Sister is more suitable than me."

Shen Ji was used to the benefits that came with such a large mansion.

He nodded knowingly. Indeed, Mu Sheng was working for the Regent. Although he claimed to be traveling, he was actually helping Ye Shangyuan search for traces of ancient medicine. He hadn't returned to Nanyu Kingdom for a long time, let alone to the Mu family mansion.

Feeling a chill run down her spine from Shen Ji's sudden look of pity, Mu Xue coughed lightly and said solemnly, "I still want to thank the young marquis for his help. It happened so suddenly that I had to ask Granny Kang to ask you for help."

Shen Ji smiled, fanned himself with his folding fan, and said with a smile, "Xiao Wu, don't be so polite. As your second brother's good friend, I'm practically your brother too, so it's only right that I take care of you."

He then said with a serious expression, "However, I have to return to the capital first thing tomorrow morning. I'm afraid that once I leave, Mo Shijie will still cause you trouble. He's determined to frame you for murder."

Mu Xue smiled and said calmly, "Since he is determined to kill me, I cannot sit idly by and wait to die."

Shen Ji became interested: "How so?"

Mu Xue gathered her thoughts and slowly said, "I'll need your help with this."

"Sure, sure." Shen Ji leaned forward, looking very interested.

“Jiang Xirou was murdered by Aunt An and Mo Shijie in collusion, but I have no evidence. However, I do know that Mo Shijie spent five hundred taels to hire a silver-ranked assassin from the Assassin Alliance to do it, so Jiang Xirou must have had a reason to die. But I don’t have the manpower, and I can’t get into the morgue. I’ll have to trouble you, Young Marquis, to check if there are any obvious injuries on Jiang Xirou’s body.” Mu Xue paused here.

Shen Ji was puzzled and asked, "Even if we can find the wounds, what does that prove?"

Mu Xue felt so tired, thinking that Shen Ji was brainless.