She vaguely sensed sothing, her gaze suddenly shifted, watching Feng Yun...
Feng Yun’s face was expressionless, like that of a bystander.
The maidservant’s knees suddenly gave way, and she collapsed to the ground.
She didn’t want to die.
Even less did she want to die in such an ugly way.
"Princess, save , please save ..."
Crawling on her knees to Feng Yun, she didn’t care that her clothes were not properly covering her body, she kowtowed loudly twice, then looked up with tears streaming down her face:
"I am innocent, I just felt a bit overheated earlier and took leave to rest in my room. How could I expect that the Marquis of Xuanping would suddenly enter..."
At this mont, to incriminate others was better than sacrificing oneself.
Feng Yun scolded sharply, "Nonsense! A noble marquis like him, would he shalessly pursue a maidservant to the back of the house? Do you think anyone would believe what you’re saying?"
The maidservant was of ordinary looks, even sowhat unpleasant to the eye.
Claiming that the Marquis of Xuanping intruded into Yang Lingxiang’s room to take liberties with her, no one would believe...
But...
The maidservant closed her eyes.
A dead master, not a dead servant.
A lowly life was still a life.
Besides, her every word and sentence could stand up to her conscience; if there were gods or buddhas above, they would surely bless her...
The maidservant said: "The one having an affair with the Marquis of Xuanping is the Third Lady, not the maidservant. The Third Lady is already carrying the Marquis of Xuanping’s child. If the Princess does not believe it, you can send soone to find the Third Lady to ask, or have a doctor take her pulse and know. If there is a single lie in my words, may I not die a good death..."
Bang!
A gasp ca from outside the door.
Just then, Mrs. He, who had received the news, ca over with several ladies and noblewon. Hearing this statent was like a bolt from the blue.
She saw her mother-in-law turn her head to look at her, rage in her eyes, causing her to almost stumble.
"Go, invite the Marquis’ wife over here."
The maidservant had just responded when Mrs. He added:
"Bring the Third Lady over as well."
"Yes."
The maidservant was about to leave when Feng Yun spoke.
"Wait."
Mrs. He looked towards her.
Feng Yun often interacted with He Qia and his son, but this was her first encounter with Mrs. He.
For the sake of the He father and son, she smiled amiably at Mrs. He, with a gentle tone.
"After all, the Marquis of Xuanping is a high official of the Imperial Court and a marquis. Such dignity, who among us is qualified to decide?"
After a pause, she smiled faintly.
"Let’s invite the Princess Royal to render justice."
Mrs. He beca disoriented, her body rigid.
The surrounding won all wore expressions of anticipating a good show.
And in her husband’s eyes, there was a coldness and alienation she hadn’t seen since she married into the He Family.
Her husband resented her.
Her mother-in-law disliked her.
It was because she was unhappy with her in-laws that she favored her own family, only to realize that her own family was also a pit of fire...
This was going to kill her.
Mrs. He remained silent, her voice lost, feeling as if a small knife was scraping her bones, almost naked under the scrutiny from all around...
-
The situation soon beca clear.
Yang Lingxiang was indeed pregnant, already three or four months along.
Whether or not the child was the Marquis of Xuanping’s, others might not know, but her own maid testified, and with the Marquis of Xuanping caught in a private encounter in the back courtyard, denying his innocence was no longer possible.
The Marquis of Xuanping was already very drunk; after being roughed up a bit, his clothes in disarray and being ogled by onlookers, with the Marquis’ wife’s frenzied crying and cursing, he simply lay down and passed out drunk.
He was a marquis, and the Princess Royal couldn’t make a scene right there.
She rebuked sharply, instructing the Marquis’ wife to support him down to see a doctor.
Then, her gaze shifted to Yang Lingxiang.
"Where did the jade pendant co from, where did the letter co from? Yang Lingxiang, you must give the He Residence an explanation. Otherwise, I will not spare you."
Regarding the father of the child, one could spout all kinds of nonsense.
But what about the jade pendant and the letter that were nearly nailing He Chuandong to the pillar of sha, destroying both his and Wen Hui’s reputations, as well as the relationship between the He Family and the Changn?
Without preditation, how could it have been so well arranged?
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