I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 717 Punishment.

In the private room, Nanny Xian glanced at the Queen and was about to open the door.

But there was a "bang" and the door was pushed open from the outside.

Then, Li Mu was seen grabbing a woman's hair and dragging her into the house like a dead dog.

Nanny Xian frowned, looking slightly displeased, but did not say anything. She simply used her body to block Li Mu at the entrance, preventing him from entering.

In fact, Li Mu didn't mean to show off, but he looked a little too ostentatious now.

I just happened to see someone passing by the corridor, and I couldn't wait to push the door and go in.

But now that he had already entered, he did not explain any more and his figure flashed past Nanny Xian.

Nanny Xian was being arrogant. Although she knew that the Queen would not blame her for such a thing, as a maid, she still had to maintain the proper attitude.

But before she could finish her expression, she heard a man's surprised voice behind her.

"Queen?"

The queen sat elegantly on the beauty couch and was not at all surprised to see Li Mu appear.

Only when his eyes swept over the woman's hand in Li Mu's hand, he frowned slightly, then looked away, nodded and smiled,

"How did Qingyi know that I was here?"

At this time, Nanny Xian reacted and her figure flashed and appeared behind Li Mu. Just as she was about to speak, the Queen gave her a look and she stepped aside.

Li Mu didn't care about this little mistake. He threw the courtesan to the queen's feet and said calmly,

"Maybe it's because I haven't seen you for a long time and I miss the Queen."

"We just caught an assassin and found him a little strange after the interrogation. I think he has something to do with the queen."

The queen didn't even look at the woman on the ground. She just smiled softly and said,

"Now that you are not in the palace, you don't have to be so particular about these details, and don't call me Queen all the time."

"Come, sit down and talk."

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Duan had already brought a stool and placed it behind Li Mu, and said carefully,

"Your Majesty, please take a seat."

"Your Highness?" Li Mu raised his eyebrows and looked back at Qin Duan. When he saw her face clearly, the smile on his lips gradually turned playful.

He sat gracefully on the stool Qin Duan brought and looked at the queen.

The queen obviously knew what Li Mu was going to ask. She looked at Qin Duan helplessly and said,

"The girl is the younger sister of Concubine Rong. She had some unpleasantness with Qingyi before, so I brought her to serve by my side."

"Heh." Li Mu chuckled and pretended to complain.

"Aunt Hui is saying that I am petty and would take revenge on a little girl, which is why she always keeps me by her side."

"Aunt Hui?" The Queen was stunned for a moment, and the surprise in her eyes did not seem fake.

Li Mu grinned and asked seriously,

"Aunt Hui said it herself. There's no need to call her Queen all the time. Aren't you and the old man brother and sister?"

"You kid."

The queen covered her mouth and chuckled. She didn't dwell on the title and looked back at Qin Duan.

"Girl, I have found the person for you. Don't you want to apologize to Qing Yi in person?"

"Your Majesty, it was Duan'er who was ignorant and offended you before. Duan'er apologizes to you. I hope you can forgive Duan'er this time."

Qin Duan pursed her lips, her voice trembling slightly, obviously she was still a little frightened by Li Mu's brutality that day.

The queen still had a dignified smile on her face, and her eyes became more gentle as she looked at Li Mu.

"Qingyi, the girl is ignorant and I have already punished her. Can we just write off the previous incident?"

Her tone was very soft. Although she was the queen, when she spoke to Li Mu, she used a negotiating tone, and one could even hear a hint of pleading.

Qin Duan was originally an insignificant little person. If Li Mu had not met her today, he would have forgotten about her long ago.

But the Queen personally pleaded for him, and Li Mu became interested instead.

He looked at Qin Duan with an unconcealed gaze, and after a moment of silence, he said,

"That's it?"

As soon as the words fell, the atmosphere in the room suddenly became a little subtle.

The queen's brows knitted unconsciously, and a trace of displeasure appeared on her face, but she still patiently asked,

"I don't know what Qing Yi wants. I can..."

"Will you pinch shoulders? When you apologize, you have to be sincere. No matter how pretty her mouth is, you can't touch her up and down. Just pretend nothing happened."

Before the queen could finish her words, Li Mu interrupted her and stared at her without blinking.

"Be bold!"

Unexpectedly, after Li Mu finished speaking, the one who reacted the most was Nanny Xian.

But before she could step forward, the queen glared back at her.

"that's it?"

The queen stared at Li Mu and her voice sounded a little colder.

Li Mu shrugged and said indifferently, "Aunt Hui has spoken."

"Okay." The queen sighed, and looked at Li Mu with eyes that were both doting and helpless, her cheeks slightly flushed, and she seemed to be a little embarrassed.

He slowly stood up, walked behind Li Mu, and pretended to massage Li Mu's shoulders.

Li Mu dodged sideways, then looked at the queen in surprise and said,

"Aunt Hui, this is unacceptable."

The queen's hand froze in mid-air, staring blankly at Li Mu.

Then, as if realizing something, he glanced at Qin Duan beside him, as if to verify his guess.

Li Mu didn't look at Qin Duan, but he understood the queen's eyes and nodded without hesitation.

Embarrassment flashed across the Queen's face, and then she grabbed Li Mu by the collar, pushed him back onto the stool, and said angrily,

"What are you thinking about, girl? Come here quickly."

After saying that, he walked to the table without looking back, picked up the wine jug, poured two glasses of wine, and forcefully stuffed one of the glasses into Li Mu's hand.

"Drink it! Let's forget about what happened before."

The Queen's actions seemed like an attempt to hide her embarrassment.

Li Mu raised the wine glass to his lips, thought for a moment, and drank it in one gulp.

Behind him, Qin Duan's small hands rested on his shoulders at the right time and began to massage them gently.

Li Mu closed his eyes in enjoyment, but began to think in his mind.

Of course, he deliberately said it in such an ambiguous way in order to see the queen's reaction.

However, there was nothing wrong with the queen's every move. If this was an act, her acting skills would be enough to win her an Oscar.

At least Li Mu didn't see any flaws.

I think back to every bold guess I made before, which almost always turned out to be the opposite in the end.

Li Mu couldn't help feeling a little guilty.

Could it be that I was overthinking this time?

Maybe it was because of Qin Duan's special massage technique, but Li Mu's tense nerves also relaxed a lot. He closed his eyes and asked the question in his mind.

"From what Aunt Hui said, it seems that you invited me here?"

"I can't hide it from you. If you don't come today, I will bring the maid to your house."

"Also?" Li Mu sensed something wrong in the Queen's words, and his tone was filled with doubt.

The queen did not hide anything and told him everything she was planning.

She has been here with Qin Duan every night these days.

He also bribed the servants in Li Mu's house and secretly told Li Mu about the matter of the courtesan.

If Li Mu came, we would just regard it as a chance encounter by fate.

"Why?" Li Mu was a little puzzled.

The queen glanced at Qin Duan and said with a wry smile,

"The girl seemed to be very afraid of you, so she pretended to meet you by chance... Well, since you already know everything, I won't mention it anymore."