Mu Gui then shifted his gaze to the second servant, ordering, "You, go and find that woman for me."
The second servant had remained silent precisely because he feared Mu Gui would turn his attention to him. He hadn't expected to evade it after all.
Hearing this, he concealed his guilt and slowly raised his face to look at Mu Gui, who was watching him. He asked with feigned ignorance, "Master, are you speaking to me?"
Mu Gui's expression was unreadable. "There are only two servants here. You tell me, if not you, who else would I be speaking to?"
The second servant felt awkward.
Following this, the first servant glanced at the second servant, who was clearly intimidated, and recalling the second servant's usual timid and cowardly nature, he said, "Master, we were all sent by her. If we let him go find her... wouldn't that be bad?" He cautiously observed Mu Gui's expression.
Mu Gui frowned slightly.
The first servant's nerves tightened as he maintained a forced smile.
Mu An Xiao glanced at the first and second servants on either side of him. Then, lowering his eyes to think, he turned to look at the other three servants carrying the wooden board, his brow furrowed.
At that moment.
Mu Hua knelt beside the maid, weeping uncontrollably.
The Madam lowered her head, looking at Mu Hua's exaggerated display, and frowned slightly.
Mu Gui, seeing Mu Hua cry so sorrowfully, said calmly, "The dead cannot be brought back to life, Hua'er. Father will arrange a proper burial for her. You, just go into the palace with peace of mind."
"Father, can I not go?" Mu Hua suddenly said.
Hearing this, both the Madam and Mu Gui showed expressions of surprise.
Mu An Xiao stood beside Feng Qi Shi, looking down at Mu Hua, who was feigning sisterly affection with the maid, and muttered, "Waited here for so long."
"You'd best say less," Feng Qi Shi glanced at Mu An Xiao.
Mu An Xiao raised his eyebrows and looked sideways at Feng Qi Shi's arms crossed in front of him, saying, "Hands are good, that's good."
"..." Feng Qi Shi glared at Mu An Xiao and remained silent.
Mu An Xiao curled his lips, lowered his head to look at Jia, who stood on his other side, staring in a certain direction, and asked softly, "What are you doing?" She reached out and pushed the back of Jia's head.
Jia's head jerked down the moment Mu An Xiao pushed it. "What are you doing?" he asked, turning to look at Mu An Xiao.
Mu An Xiao, knowing he shouldn't say too much, followed Jia's gaze.
Jia looked up at Mu An Xiao and said, "You want to know what I'm looking at."
Mu An Xiao nodded slightly.
Jia said, "She hasn't been taken away yet." He pointed to the maid lying on the wooden board.
Mu An Xiao was stunned. "..." She completely shifted her gaze to where Jia had been looking.
Feng Qi Shi looked down at Mu An Xiao's reaction. After a moment's hesitation, he extended a hand and pushed Mu An Xiao's shoulder, whispering, "You're too obvious like this."
Hearing this, Mu An Xiao immediately retracted her gaze from that direction and turned back to look at Feng Qi Shi. "..." She deliberately remained silent.
Feng Qi Shi, feeling Mu An Xiao's sudden stare, uncomfortably turned his face away and said coldly, "Why are you looking at me?"
"If you don't want me to look over there, I'll look at you," Mu An Xiao said softly.
Feng Qi Shi glared at Mu An Xiao and looked in the direction of Mu Hua and the others.
Seeing Feng Qi Shi look away, Mu An Xiao lowered her head to Jia and whispered, "Go take a look."
Jia nodded, turned, and ran in that direction.
Mu An Xiao sighed softly and looked back at Mu Hua, who was watching Mu Gui, muttering, "It would be a miracle if her father agreed to her request."
"As expected, she definitely wants to use Mai Xia to avoid going into the palace," Feng Qi Shi said in a low voice.
However, Mu An Xiao had already seen through all of this. But she believed that with Mu Gui's timid nature, he would never easily agree to Mu Hua's request.
Therefore, she watched them, waiting for the outcome.
The next second, as Mu An Xiao had expected, Mu Gui said, "No."
"..." Mu An Xiao's lips curved.
Conversely, Mu Hua looked disappointed and called out, "Father." She then reached out and tugged Mu Gui's sleeve, saying, "If I go into the palace, Mai Xia will definitely harm my mother. I want to protect my mother."
Mu Gui said, "Your being here will only cause trouble for your mother. Let's go."
"Father..."
"Stop talking. If you say another word, Father will be angry," Mu Gui said calmly.
Mu An Xiao smiled thinly and muttered, "She dreams too big."
Feng Qi Shi glanced at Mu An Xiao and said, "They're here."
Upon hearing this, Mu An Xiao immediately withdrew her mocking expression and looked up at Mai Xia, who was walking gracefully with the fourth servant, and Mai Liang, who was following behind Mai Xia. She felt nervous for Mai Xia.
"They're here," the Madam greeted with a disdainful tone.
Mai Xia stopped and, hearing the Madam's sarcastic tone, nodded and said, "Greetings, Madam. Greetings, Master." She bowed slightly.
Mu Gui said coldly, "Do you know your crime?"
Hearing this, Mai Xia was startled. She looked up at Mu Gui, who was glaring at her, and asked, "Master, what crime have I committed?"
"Still pretending," Mu Gui said coldly.
Mai Xia was completely bewildered.
Mai Liang ignored Mu Gui and looked down at the maid lying on the simple wooden board, saying, "Isn't this Mu Hua's maid? How did she end up here?"
Because everyone else was present, Mai Xia did not pay attention to Mai Liang. Instead, she continued to stare at Mu Gui and said, "Master, I don't understand what you are saying."
"Do you recognize these two?" Mu Gui asked directly, pointing to the first and second servants standing by his side.
When Mai Xia heard this, she glanced at the two servants and said, "These two are servants by the Madam's side. I know them."
Mu Gui let out a cold snort upon hearing Mai Xia's response. "Starting to play innocent now."
Mai Xia looked at Mu Gui's disdainful expression with confusion.
Mu An Xiao watched Mai Xia's confused expression and whispered, "It seems she still doesn't know what happened here."
Upon hearing this, Feng Qi Shi glanced at Mu An Xiao again and reminded her, "You'd best say less."
"..." Mu An Xiao glared at Feng Qi Shi.
Feng Qi Shi cleared his throat and was about to speak when Mu Hua quickly walked in front of him, pulling his arm while looking at Mu An Xiao. "You and your mother are finished," she said, then turned back to Feng Qi Shi, "Brother Shen, don't be with her anymore. Let's go."
"..." Feng Qi Shi stared at Mu Hua's face for a few seconds, then shook her hand away, walked around her, and stood beside them. "You don't know anything," he said, looking at Mai Xia.
Mu Hua was not angry. Instead, she smugly glanced at Mu An Xiao and turned to leave.
Mu An Xiao watched Mu Hua's retreating figure, her suspicion that they were definitely involved growing stronger.
Just then, Jia arrived with the maid's soul.
A cool breeze swept through.
Mu An Xiao shivered and turned to look at the pale maid, remaining silent.
Seeing Mu An Xiao looking at her, the maid exclaimed in surprise, "You... you can see me." Saying this, she lowered her head to look at Jia.
"..." Mu An Xiao deliberately remained silent.