Soon, the official road returned to calm.

After watching the Fourth Prince leave with his men, Qingyou also rode back to the Duke's Mansion.

Now that Shi Lingqiao has lost her reputation, she'll see if Char Siu Bao can overcome the gossip and marry her.

Moreover, his wife was publicly humiliated by the bandit leader before she even entered the house. I wonder if Char Siu Bao felt disgusted by that.

Qingyou originally wanted to use the same methods against Shi Lingqiao, but if Shi Lingqiao really lost her virginity to the bandits, she would never be able to marry into the Duke's mansion.

Even if Huo Jiwen insists on marrying her, the Huo family patriarch, elders, and others will likely stand up to stop him, since the Huo family can't afford to lose face.

Moreover, in the original owner's memories, the bandit leader also had a younger brother who was a notorious thief. He was highly skilled in martial arts and also adept at stealing, and the two brothers had a very good relationship.

In that lifetime, the bandit leader did not die, and his younger brother was used by the Fourth Prince and Shi Lingqiao. The evidence used to frame the Qiao family was that the man secretly placed in the Qiao family's home.

That man had also stolen many important items for the Fourth Prince, or framed his rivals.

This time, the bandit leader died because of Shi Lingqiao, and his younger brother will definitely seek revenge when he finds out.

In the future, there will be a special connection with Shi Ling.

Qingyou returned to the Duke's mansion ahead of time. She had just changed back into her previous clothes when she flicked the antidote into the air, waking up Granny Qi and the others for a while.

A maidservant came to report that Lady Hou of Py was requesting an audience.

When Qingyou was near the official road, she naturally saw the carriage of the Hou family.

It was quite unexpected at the time, but since this gossipy lady witnessed what happened before, she wasn't worried about people in high society finding out.

Of course, besides Madam Hou being unable to resist gossiping, Qingyou would also have the people from that brothel organization release information.

It is said that Shi Lingqiao bribed the bandit leader to ruin Miss Qiao's reputation, but the bandit leader was defeated and almost captured. Shi Lingqiao couldn't help but ride a horse to rescue him.

Who knew that the bandit leader would fall off his horse and hit his head, and in his dazed state, he would mistake her for someone else. Her attempt to steal a chicken backfired, and she ended up suffering the consequences.

They would also mention how the bandit leader had taken liberties with Shi Lingqiao.

If Char Siu Bao still wants to marry Shi Lingqiao, it will only make people more disappointed and think that he is hopeless and indeed not qualified to be the heir of the Duke's mansion.

Shi Lingqiao once used the tactic of ruining reputation to harm the original owner of the body and Qiao Xinyue.

Let her try the pomelo too. Even if she marries into the Duke's mansion, the noble ladies in high society will no longer take her out to play if she loses her reputation.

Qingyou quickly got up and went to see Lady Hou.

After listening to Lady Hou's account of the events on the official road.

Qingyou deliberately said unhappily, "This woman is really restless. She's going to marry Jiwen in just over a month. Instead of staying home to prepare for the wedding, why is she riding her horse alone to the outskirts?"

Lady Hou said, "That's right. If she had stayed at home and behaved herself, she wouldn't have lost her reputation."

She asked curiously, "Princess, given her condition, will you still let her marry into the family?"

Qingyou sighed, "This is Jiwen's business, I don't want to get involved."

Seeing this, Lady Hou couldn't help but feel sorry for the eldest princess. It was truly unfortunate for the princess to have raised such an unfilial son as Huo Jiwen.

However, she didn't show it on her face, but instead offered some words of comfort.

Before leaving, Lady Hou couldn't help but ask, "Should this matter be kept quiet?"

She wanted to tell people she knew about this, but she was afraid of offending the princess.

Qingyou said helplessly, "With so many people watching, how can we keep quiet?"

Then, as if remembering something, she took Lady Hou's hand and said, "Not only do we not need to keep this a secret, but I also need to trouble you to spread the word to others."

Lady Hou was taken aback. "Ah, why?"

If it were her, she would definitely want to keep quiet.

Qingyou leaned closer to her and said, "If more people find out about this, Jiwen might feel ashamed and give up on marrying that woman."

Lady Hou understood after hearing what she said, "Alright, then I'll go and talk to the people I know."

I only hope that Huo Jiwen can understand the eldest princess's maternal heart this time and give up that scourge.

The two chatted for a while longer before Lady Hou left, clearly eager to gossip.

After the other party left, Qingyou returned to her room alone, then secretly ran out to find the brothel organization and paid them to spread the news immediately.

On the other side.

Miss Cai instructed her guards and others to escort the bandits and Shi Lingqiao to the prefectural governor's office in the capital.

The governor of Kyoto thanked them profusely, because this group had committed all sorts of atrocities in the past two years, including arson, murder, and robbery, and had been moving around committing crimes in various places, yet none of the prefectural governments had been able to catch them.

They've been hunting them down, but unfortunately, these guys are too cunning and always manage to escape.

However, while he was happy that the group had been arrested, the governor of Kyoto was very troubled by Shi Lingqiao.

This young lady is the fiancée of the young master of the Duke's mansion, who is also the emperor's nephew, making him a very troublesome person.

As a matter of routine, someone was sent to take Shi Lingqiao away for questioning.

However, in order to avoid incurring the wrath of the Duke's mansion, he sent someone to inform Huo Jiwen.

Shi Lingqiao had now regained control of her body and kept crying out that she was innocent.

She said she didn't know these people, otherwise she wouldn't have been kidnapped, stabbed the bandit leader with a dagger, and then been sexually assaulted by him.

As for why she appeared alone on the official road, she explained that she had heard that someone had dug up a high-quality ginseng on a mountain in the suburbs.

She owned two clinics, so of course she didn't want to miss out. As soon as she heard about it, she couldn't wait to ride her horse to buy some.

Who would have thought I'd be so unlucky as to encounter something like this?

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