"Mr. Wu does not reside long-term in the Capital City; he has a cottage outside the city where he occasionally lives."
"Why did he give you the Gu Insect? What exactly was his motive for giving it to you?"
"He knew I could not have my love for Wulang, so he gave it to me. Originally, I intended to plant it on the Luo Family and Xie Si. I didn’t expect that disgusting man to plant the mother Gu Insect on himself for her!"
When the conversation reached this point, Ji Youzhi no longer wanted to ask more. He believed that prying further would only stir up unnecessary trouble.
Ji Youzhi didn’t plan to let Old Lady Xie and Xie Si hear any more.
If he continued the investigation, it would certainly be connected to Nanjiang!
He called his guards to take the Lin Family away.
Old Lady Xie grew anxious and said quickly, "Divine Hunter Ji! This is purely a family matter, all due to that wretch from the Lin Family, whose love turned to hatred. This has nothing to do with our Xie Family!"
Hearing Old Lady Xie’s words, Ji Youzhi wavered between doubt and belief.
Unexpectedly, Xie Wulang, who had been silent all along, suddenly spoke.
"Divine Hunter Ji, the old lady is right! Neither the Lin Family nor our Xie Family has anything that others could exploit. When these things happened, my elder brother was still a scholar, and our Xie Family had nothing Nanjiang could possibly use! So, what the Lin Family said is all true!"
Ji Youzhi was quite surprised that Xie Wulang, who had remained silent, would stand up and speak for the Xie Family at such a critical moment.
He recalled that Xie Wulang had been an excellent student. The Xie Family had acknowledged him, hoping to rely on his abilities to bring honor to their name by succeeding in the imperial examinations.
Unexpectedly, things didn’t go as wished. Because of the Lin Family’s selfish love, his life was ruined.
At this moment, Ji Youzhi didn’t know how to respond. He looked at Xie Wulang for a long time before finally saying, "The innocent will naturally be proven innocent! If the Xie Mansion is truly not involved, I will not wrong you!"
Old Lady Xie tried to stop Ji Youzhi from taking the woman away, but she ultimately failed.
So, after Ji Youzhi and the Inner Guard took the Lin Family away, Old Lady Xie hurried to find Mrs. Ji.
Xie Pan’Er followed, but was ultimately stopped by Old Lady Xie’s attendants.
Xie Si stared at the gate of his courtyard, his mind replaying everything that had happened today. His heart was filled with lingering fear, and he tentatively asked his parents, "Father! Mother! Sister mentioned breaking from the main branch and taking back our properties. Do you think it’s possible?"
Hearing his words, the Luo Family and Xie Wulang exchanged a look, their faces etched with desolation.
"It will definitely work! If my beautiful sister wants to break from the main branch, she definitely can!" a sweet, gentle voice called out from the courtyard gate.
Xie Si and the others quickly looked towards the gate and saw Xie Pan’Er walking in, holding the Princess.
"Greetings to the Princess!" Xie Si immediately knelt.
The Luo Family also struggled to rise and kneel, but Xiaosuisui quickly waved her hand. "No need to kneel, no need to kneel! Beautiful sister’s mother and father don’t need to kneel!"
Then, she turned to Xie Si and said, "Beautiful sister’s brother, you can get up now!"
Only then did Xie Si stand up.
Xiaosuisui looked at Ji Youran and asked, "Second Uncle, can you get the little bugs out of them now? Suisui wants to see!"
Xiaosuisui was somewhat excited. Her second uncle had been ready to remove the Gu earlier, but then her eighth uncle unexpectedly showed up. He said they should interrogate the person first and see how things went, so they had waited until now.