"Who the hell is this? How dare they ruin Linzhou's reputation like this! If I find out, I'll skin them alive!" Miss Xie said angrily.

Miss Xie sighed. Her younger brother wielded great power in the court, and many people coveted him. Now that he's in trouble at this time, isn't it obvious what his motives are?

"We don't know what's going on in the court, but right now those people are insisting that it was Linzhou who did it, which makes things difficult."

Although they all knew it wasn't true, once the news got out, their reputation would be damaged, and it would be inappropriate to assign matters in the north to the Duke's mansion again.

......

At the same time, Song Ning finally received a message from the Duke's mansion, asking her to go there.

Song Ning wisely refrained from asking any questions and followed the person to the residence.

The atmosphere in the mansion was noticeably somber; the servants all hung their heads, not daring to utter a single unnecessary word.

The servants led her directly to Xie Linzhou's courtyard, where Princess Jianing was also present.

Princess Jianing seemed to want to say something, opened her mouth, and finally said, "You go in and see him first, we'll talk about the rest later."

"good."

Song Ning entered the room, and all the servants around her withdrew.

He stepped forward, lifted the blanket, glanced at the injury, and immediately frowned.

Although she didn't understand these things, she did know some basic body structure in her previous life.

The wounds were all in vital spots; they wanted to kill him.

How could a girl do something like this? And she was the one who was violated. What was she doing before? Did she suddenly become divinely inspired after being violated?

Once outside, Zhang Ping stood at the doorway with his head down, pursing his lips and remaining silent.

"Did you give him his medicine?"

Zhang Ping was about to nod when he realized what Song Ning had asked, and then he remembered.

"Look at my memory, I almost forgot."

Only Xie Linzhou and Zhang Ping knew about Song Ning's thing in the manor. Zhang Ping had been so vigilant these past few days that he had completely forgotten about it; it was a life-saving treasure.

"I'll go get it right away."

Once outside the courtyard, Princess Jianing was waiting for her, finally deciding not to hide it from her anymore.