580 The Secret About the Past 198 (2/2)
”Your Highness…” After some thought, Xiao Chi decided to speak his mind, ”Previously, Mu Ning had been remaining inside your room all day… Tongues have been wagging about this matter.”
”Tongues have been wagging? What have people been saying?” Tuoba Gucheng asked with raised brows.
”Well…” Xiao Chi paused in his speech.
”Speak.”
”They're saying that you may have fallen for Mu Ning, Your Highness.”
”If my mother hears about this, such frivolous gossip is going to cause many lives to be taken again. Call everyone here, I'd like to give out some instructions. You don't have to call Mu Ning, she's resting.”
”Alright.”
After having his breakfast, Tuoba Gucheng stared at the people in front of him with a stern expression on his face. Placing his hands behind his back, he said, ”I heard you guys have been talking privately about Mu Ning and me. Is that true?”
”We wouldn't dare to,” they answered in unison.
”I don't care if you really dare or dare not. But I hope you'll understand this: don't allow your wagging tongues to cause Mu Ning to end up in the same plight as Jiang Feng. Mu Ning is going to be transferred back to Danxue soon. By then, Bai Zhi will resume her duties here. Is there any wrong in letting Mu Ning rest in peace after she's suffered such a severe injury because of me? If any of you were in her place, you would be treated the same as well! Besides, do you guys really think Mu Ning is prettier than Ms. Lin?”
Everyone looked at each other in puzzlement and answered while smiling, ”Ms. Lin is prettier, obviously. Mu Ning is really hideous.”
”If you had to choose between Ms. Lin and Mu Ning, who would you pick to be your wife?”
”Well…”
”I'm just saying what if. I want to hear the truth.”
”Ms. Lin, of course…”
”Even you guys have chosen Ms. Lin, would I be so blind as to fall for Mu Ning? Don't make any speculations on your own. I believe I don't have to explain why a loose tongue causes trouble. Hasn't there been enough losses of innocent lives?” Tuoba Gucheng hissed sternly.
Everyone remained silent.
”Answer me, will you behave like this again?”
”No!”
Staring at his subordinates, Tuoba Gucheng instructed, ”Alright, you're dismissed. You may go back to performing your respective tasks.”
He turned around subconsciously to see that An Xiaoning was standing by the staircase. At this moment, Tuoba Gucheng felt a little awkward and afraid to make eye contact with her. ”Didn't I tell you to rest? Why did you come downstairs?”
”I'm hungry.”
Upon hearing her voice, the subordinates immediately fled the mansion.
Needless to say, An Xiaoning had already heard everything Tuoba Gucheng had said. However, there was no change in her expression, as if it did not concern her at all.
She calmly proceeded to have her meal.
Although Tuoba Gucheng kept a straight face, he was filled with awkwardness.
He felt as if he had been exposed for badmouthing others.
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Sun Weiwei was sentenced to death immediately.
After so many years, the truth about Bai Ranran's death, which was caused by Sun Weiwei's injection of the virus, was finally unraveled.
Due to the fact that her assistant had also died that night for the same reason, Sun Weiwei was charged for the murder of two lives.
Her execution took place on the 16th of July.
The weather was exceptionally fair, with fluffy white clouds in the clear blue sky.
News of the matter was broadcast across all media platforms online and on television.
The tabloids released several articles that documented the entire course of her career, from her rise to her fall.
No one would have expected to see the once-famous megacelebrity, who was Ye Xiaotian's had-been godsister, ending up in such a pathetic plight.
Now that it had actually happened, everyone began to think that the entertainment and showbiz industry was not as glamorous as they had imagined.