The old woman heard the sound, looked at the newcomer, and immediately bowed down to salute: "Old slave has seen King Yue of Guang, Marquis Xue." And to Marquis Xue who had just given the order, "Marquis Xue is unaware, these humble people are the culprits who poisoned the noble guests, old slave was ordered to investigate"
"Hey, stop it if you're going to stop it. What's with all the nonsense!" Xue Shizi's voice grew colder as he looked at the guard who was beating He Le'an even harder. With a wave of his hand and an internal force palm strike, the guard flew backwards and crashed into the wall behind him, making a dull thud sound. The guard fell to the ground, dead. The frightened old woman stared with wide eyes, only to hear a lazy voice that seemed to be laughing but not quite:
"A-Leng, your martial arts skills seem to have improved again, come on and try once more, let me take a closer look."
Xue Shizi gazed at the handsome and refined King of Yue with a profound meaning, earlier others didn't notice, but he knew that in the moment he struck out, this king had secretly added force, directly killing the person, yet still pretending to be indifferent. He could only accompany him in acting, raising his hand just about to strike the terrified and disbelieving woman, when suddenly she knelt down and begged: "Xue Shizi spare my life! This old slave was merely following Master's orders to investigate!"
"Xue Shi Zi just told you to stop, but you didn't listen. Now you're begging Xue Shi Zi for mercy?" Xue Shi Zi sneered with a wicked smile, "But Xue Shi Zi is not in a good mood now, so someone has to be the scapegoat..."
He raised his hand, and with a slow and deliberate motion, he swept it towards the guards who had stopped in their tracks at the hint from the madam. One by one, they fell to the ground, until finally, he turned to gaze at the madam, who was already trembling with fear. "I don't know when it started, but it seems that no one listens to me, the young master of the Bo Manor, whenever I say something."
"This luxurious building is owned by a familiar friend of mine. If his people were not clean-handed, how could they have established themselves in Fengzhou City for over 20 years? Zhi Yibo allowed you to investigate, but he didn't allow you to torture people and beat them into such a state. What did you find out? What did you discover?"
Just as the old woman was about to make excuses, He Le'an bit her lip tightly and remained clear-headed. She endured the piercing pain and used all her strength to shout loudly: "We didn't poison anyone!" As she struggled to lift her head, blood flowed from the corner of her mouth down her chin. Despite the agony, she continued, "Our business is clean, we have no grudges against the Bo family, why would we poison them?"
"Right!" The dying Cao Zhang also weakly exclaimed, "We didn't poison him!" Then, those who still had a thread of consciousness all followed one after another, weakly echoing in agreement.
"Listen, others who have been wronged by you don't even want to admit it, and finding a scapegoat is not done like this." Xue Shizi was tongue-tied at He Le'an's stubbornness, his lips bitten till they bled, and he glanced sideways at the expressionless Yue Guo Wang, also speechless at his pretentious behavior. He said to the woman, "Letting you off today is impossible, apologize to these innocent people who have been tortured by you, and from now on, be their slave or servant. I, Xue Shizi, can spare your life."
The woman looked at Xue Shi-zi in despair, shaking her head non-stop. The King of Yueyang lazily said: "If you want to seek pleasure for yourself, Xue Shi-zi has many ways to make you not rest in peace even after death, stripping off your clothes and hanging them on the city wall to whip the corpse, these are all things he often does."
Xue Shizi, who had never known that he still often did such evil things, couldn't help but twitch the corner of his mouth.
He Le'an stared at the servant kneeling in front of her, apologizing. When Xue Shi-zi was about to take action, he didn't know why, but he couldn't say a word to plead for this slave's life. Perhaps she wasn't a kind-hearted person from the start, so she didn't think it was cruel to retaliate and get revenge. Just as she was about to endure the pain and thank Xue Shi-zi, a young man dressed in servant attire rushed over, anxiously saying:
"Viet, Viet King of the county, Xue Shizi, something big has happened!"
"The Fourth Miss of the Yi Qin Royal Manor was caught in bed by various young masters and misses from different households!!"
Upon hearing this, both the King of Yue and Xue Shizi's faces changed color, even He Le'an, who was gradually losing consciousness, looked surprised. The fourth daughter of the Yi Qin Wang Fu, wasn't she the one the maids said was about to be engaged to the King of Yue? Why...
Before her consciousness was completely lost, she only heard Xue Shizi's voice with a hint of playfulness and disrespect, saying somewhat coldly: "A Ruo, you go take a look first, I'll handle things here..."
