"Sister Wan'er, I'm just worried about you. Please don't wrong Rong'er." Qin Rong took out a handkerchief and wiped her eyes, as if she couldn't believe it.

"Really? Then do you know where I was last night?" Xiang Wan sat down on a chair to the side, pulled Xiang Xia along, and after glancing hesitantly at Wang's mother, she also sat down next to her.

"Where did Sister Wan'er spend the night? This, Rong'er, Rong'er really can't say it." Qin Rong lowered her eyes, twisting her handkerchief with her fingers, her voice growing softer and softer.

"What's there to be ashamed of? Just tell me. Do you think I'm afraid?"

By now, Xiang Wan had seen through Qin Rong's tricks, and she was afraid that Qin Rong was still planning to ruin the reputations of her two stepsisters.

“Yesterday afternoon at the restaurant, I saw Xiaolan waving at me. I thought something urgent had happened, so I hurriedly ran downstairs.”

Hearing this, Xiaolan, who was standing nearby, noticed that everyone was looking at her and hurriedly nodded.

"When we got downstairs, Xiaolan said that Xiaozhu and Xiaomei were missing and had abandoned her. I went with her to look for them in the place where they disappeared several times, but we couldn't find them. We thought they had gone back on their own, so Xiaomei and I went back. But the two older sisters weren't there either. I thought I had been abandoned by them."

At this point, Qin Rong's tears flowed again. She glanced at Xiang Wan and Xiang Xia with a hint of resentment, and seeing that the two remained silent, she continued speaking.

"I asked the waiters at the restaurant, and they said the two ladies had already left. I was very angry at the time, so I asked the waiters where they had gone. The waiters, the waiters said, said..."

"What did you say?" the Queen Mother asked sternly.

He said the Chunfeng Ruyi Tower in the city was quite lively at night, and I thought... I thought...

"You thought we went to that damned Ruyi Tower, so you and your maid secretly came back and accused us of ruining your reputation, didn't you?" Xiang Wan asked sternly.

Upon hearing this, Xiang Xia was momentarily stunned, her expression blank. Xiao Zhu and Xiao Mei were furious, but Xiang Wan calmed them down with a look, preventing them from rushing towards Qin Rong.

"No, no, Rong'er would never do such a thing. Sister, you've wronged me."

Qin Rong was so anxious that tears streamed down her face.

"Then tell me, what happened?" Xiang Wan understood. The Queen Mother must have listened to her words and was afraid that things would really be as she said, so she made a big fuss about summoning people to leave the mansion.

"I, I, I didn't believe what Xiao Er said either. My two sisters definitely wouldn't go there. But I was anxious at the time, and I was afraid that my sisters didn't know what kind of place it was and might have been deceived. So I asked Old Qian, the coachman, to go and check inside that building."

"Old Qian couldn't get in because he didn't have any money, so I gave him some and told him to go see if there was anything fun to do. I didn't tell him to go find the two older sisters."

"Old Qian wandered around for a long time before coming down, saying there was nothing new to see. I breathed a sigh of relief, but I couldn't find my sister. I assumed she had already returned home, so I asked Old Qian to bring the carriage back."

"When I arrived at the manor, it was already quite late. I assumed my two elder sisters had already retired for the night, so I didn't disturb them. It wasn't until I didn't see them in the morning that I realized I had caused trouble. I'm so sorry, my two elder sisters. Mother, please punish me if you must. It was my fault for not taking good care of them."

Qin Rong burst into tears and knelt down on the ground.

After hearing this, Xiang Wan could only chuckle. Such a clumsy excuse; it's amazing she could come up with it.