Cheng An quickly pulled her aside, lowering his voice to almost a whisper, "What happened?"

Although she knew Hongxiu would speak softly, she still reminded her, "Keep your voice down."

This matter must not be known to others.

Hongxiu concealed the strange look on her face and answered softly, "It wasn't Princess Chen who had the accident."

Cheng An immediately breathed a sigh of relief, as long as it wasn't Qin Su who was in trouble. She inexplicably felt that as long as Qin Su was alright, there would be one less crisis.

"It really is..." she suddenly exclaimed, staring at Hongxiu, "Impossible. How could my sister-in-law do such a thing?"

"No! I don't believe it! If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe it!" She shoved Hongxiu aside, grabbed the kneeling maid, and led the way. "Lead the way!"

The maids were all dumbfounded.

Could things really take a turn for the better?

The Prince of Minzhou sensed something was amiss, but catching them in the act was the most important thing right now. Any other issues could wait; if problems arose, they would handle them accordingly. After all, this was the Prince's residence; there was always a way to resolve things.

Unfortunately, things were not as simple as the Prince of Minzhou thought.

Princess Cheng'an had just stepped out the door when her sharp gaze fell upon the women who had originally intended to watch the show. She said, "Since you've all stayed, let's go together. It'll be good for you to be witnesses for my sister-in-law."

He then added, "I guarantee my sister-in-law's innocence." He emphasized every single word in that sentence.

These ladies thought Cheng An had gone completely mad. This was a royal scandal, and he actually let them watch it? How could that be reasonable? It was completely unreasonable.

But the princess has already spoken, and they had mentioned leaving before. Bringing it up again now would be blatantly offending Princess Cheng'an.

Their faces were ashen, as if they had swallowed a fly, but they had no choice but to follow along.

On the contrary, the Prince of Minzhou felt that the matter was flawless and there was absolutely no way there could be a problem.

The maid led the way, her slender legs moving with incredible speed, as if they were on wheels of fire. It wasn't that she was in such a hurry, but rather that Princess Cheng'an kept urging her on. Unable to withstand the pressure, she could only hurry along as she led the way.

Before long, a group of people arrived at the side room, and the lewd sounds reached their ears. Although these ladies had all experienced such things, to do it in broad daylight, with so many people watching, was truly, truly indecent.

The Prince of Minzhou coughed lightly, his face also looking unpleasant. "Why don't we let the maid go in and take a look first? Regardless of whether the person inside is Princess Consort Chen or not, we should at least save some face for her."

Cheng An sneered inwardly. Now you're going to save face for people? When you were scheming against them, you didn't leave any room for maneuver. Pretending to be virtuous.

If Hongxiu hadn't already told her that the person inside wasn't Qin Su, she wouldn't have allowed these people to come over at all.

Even if Qin Su were to be schemed against and something that shouldn't have happened, it's still family, and it's none of the business of outsiders to watch and have fun.

She cleared her throat and said righteously, "Since she has already done something shameful, why should we help her cover it up?"

"By the way, has the Prince sent anyone to look for Prince Chen? Hurry up."

The Prince of Minzhou had actually sent someone as soon as he heard that the matter had been accomplished, but when Cheng'an asked about it, he had no choice but to pretend to send another person.

Princess Cheng'an was also very curious: who were the people engaging in such intimate acts inside? Who was so unlucky as to be pushed in there?

Could she be the Princess Consort?

Cheng An recalled that the Princess Consort's complexion was not good when she left, as if she had been drugged.

If that's really the case, then things will get interesting.

She glanced at the Prince of Minzhou secretly, and a sense of amusement crept into her mind.

Princess Cheng'an thought that Qin Su must be watching the show somewhere, so she walked to the door, raised her foot, and kicked it hard.

The door, unable to withstand the pressure, opened wide, and the stench inside assaulted my senses.

Cheng An: I kind of regret not having asked Hongxiu to come.

But remembering why she came here, she stormed in, lifting her skirt. When she saw the two men and one woman's naked bodies together, she felt utterly disgusted.

Do these lowly people even deserve to be seen by her?

Never mind, getting things done is the priority.

Cheng An grabbed the woman's hair and slapped her twice across the face. "Haven't my brother treated you well?! How can you be so shameless as to commit adultery in broad daylight?"

The woman, however, was still not fully awake and only wanted to continue pestering the man.

Cheng An: ? ? Did you hit too lightly?

"Everyone come in and see what disgusting things this slut has done!" she shouted, and the lady outside really wanted to curse.

If I had known better, I would have run away sooner. Why am I still standing here?

Offending the Prince of the County is much better than offending the Prince of Chen, okay?

There was no other way but for everyone to come in one by one.

Some found it too disgusting to look at and refused to watch it, while others, who were a little bolder, seemed to have noticed something amiss.

"This person... doesn't seem to be Princess Consort Chen."

Perhaps out of fear of Qin Su's identity, the Prince of Minzhou did not enter at this time, and pretended to maintain his composure.

"Who else could it be but the Princess Consort of Prince Chen?"

One sentence instantly attracted the attention of many people, and those who were bolder quickly came over, but they still found the two men extremely disgusting.

Cheng An, on the other hand, didn't seem to care. He simply picked the person up and swept his hair back.

The woman's face was flushed, her eyes were almost unfocused, and she was completely naked, but it was still immediately clear that this was not Qin Su. This was clearly, unmistakably, the Princess Consort.

This... many people had a sudden flash of insight and seemed to understand something.

The Prince's Mansion tried to scheme against others, but ended up getting themselves into trouble.

Many people already understood, but some were simply too naive to grasp the situation and blurted out, "Isn't that the Princess Consort? Is the Princess Consort having an affair in the side room?"

Cheng An also pretended to glance at her, then tossed the person aside, took the handkerchief Hongxiu handed him, wiped his hands, and sneered, "Well, the Prince's Mansion dares to slander the Princess Consort of Chen. What audacity!"

She strode out and launched into a tirade of mockery at the Prince of Minzhou.

Prince of Minzhou: ? ? Shouldn't we be continuing to berate Qin Su? Why are we criticizing him?

A group of ladies came out, and they looked at the Prince of Minzhou with very strange eyes, making him feel very uncomfortable.

"What does Your Highness mean by this?" The Prince's expression was not good. What does it mean that your family members are in trouble, and you're blaming me alone? Is this a way of taking your anger out on me?

"The Princess Consort of Chen is in trouble, and you shamelessly mock me, the Prince?"

Even though their family's title was demoted, it was still a hereditary title personally acknowledged by the ancestor emperor. How could they be insulted so easily?

The way people looked at him became even stranger.

Who is truly shameless?

Princess Cheng'an slapped him hard across the face.