Lady Li: "I didn't lie to you all; the Prince absolutely adores ."
A few won started chattering, their voices filled with envy: "No lie, no lie, but when it cos to affection, you still can't compare to Madam Situ."
Upon hearing this, Lady Li was indignant: "Hmph! What is there to boast about? The Prince said himself, if not for the fact that she's the Eldest Legitimate Daughter of General Situ, he would've kicked her out of the War Prince's Mansion ages ago."
"No way, the Prince usually dotes on her quite a bit."
"n are just performing a play; what do you all know?"
The won burst into laughter: "You speak as if you really understand."
"I didn't before, but after being pampered by the Prince last night, I understand now." Lady Li's voice was filled with pride, and seeing the envious looks from everyone, she felt particularly pleased.
When the topic shifted to intimate affairs, the group let out a lewd laugh.
In the forest, Xuexue's body swayed uneasily. At a distance of several dozen ters, she could clearly see that the underwear in Lady Li's hand was indeed Long Rui's. If the two were truly innocent, how could his personal garnt end up with Lady Li?
Her mind was a haze; she didn't know how she made her way back to the courtyard, consud by thoughts about whether n in this world were truly unreliable.
She began to doubt Long Rui.
That evening, when Long Rui finished his duties and prepared to return to the Rain Listening Courtyard for rest, he found the main door already closed. He shouted for a long ti, but no one inside responded.
Seeing this, Long Yi said, "Prince, it seems Madam Situ has already retired."
Long Rui looked perplexed, muttering to himself, "Impossible, I've never seen Xuexue retire so early."
Finally, he turned to Long Yi and asked, "Did sothing happen in the Mansion today?"
"No, everything's been quite good."
Actually, Long Yi hadn't been in the Mansion today; he had things to handle outside. When the Prince asked, he answered casually, thinking that if any major events had occurred, the steward would have reported it.
"Alright, as long as there's no problems!" Long Rui felt relieved, looked up at the door, then turned and left, thinking perhaps Xuexue was busy with business matters and tired, hence closing the door early to sleep.
The next day.
When Long Rui visited the Rain Listening Courtyard again, he discovered Xuexue had left early, which felt strange because she had never left the War Prince's Mansion so early before.
Though he was sowhat puzzled, he paid no mind, assuming she had gone to inspect the shops. However, by evening, she still hadn't returned, and now he started to worry, hurriedly sending people out to search. Yet after scouring the entire Capital, they still couldn't find any trace of Xuexue.
This ti, Long Rui was truly anxious, fearing sothing had happened to her.
Reflecting on things later, he recalled Xuexue's odd behavior the previous evening, closing the courtyard door just after nightfall, clearly intending to avoid him. So he sent soone to investigate within the Mansion and discovered the incident with Lady Li, finally understanding the situation.
It turned out that after much consideration, Lady Li realized she couldn't have the Prince visit her room to stay overnight, so she concocted a sche. That morning, she intentionally approached Xuexue. Her real intention was to steal one of the Prince's personal items to boast about, thus not only shutting the mouths of the Mansion's won but also satisfying her own vanity.
However, she never calculated that the Prince would go to great lengths to investigate this matter.
At this mont, Madam Wang was sobbing and kneeling before the Prince: "Prince, please spare ; I won't dare do it again."
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