Liuli and Zhao Nihong exchanged a glance, then ordered the old woman to get a wooden stick and knock them both unconscious with a blow when the opportunity arose.

Just now, Liuli noticed that Guan Yurong had been watching her. As soon as she left, she followed. Therefore, the old women that the two women brought were strong. After knocking the two men unconscious, they dragged them into the room.

“Take off your clothes,” Liuli said.

Without hesitation, the old woman quickly stripped Guan Yurong and the two men of their clothes, then huddled them together. "Let's go." After everything was done, the group hurriedly left.

Not far away, someone came looking for them. "Aunt Zhao, I've finally found you! The young master is crying and looking for his mother. The old lady felt sorry for him and took him to eat double-skin milk, which was just sent over from Prince Yong's mansion. But the young master still wants his mother, so I came to find you. Please come with me."

When it came to her son, Zhao Nihong became anxious. Originally, the child had stayed with Wei Zhongshi, but she didn't dare to have any complaints about Wei Zhongshi.

Thank you.

Both of them had something on their minds, and it was impossible for them to both go with the maid. Someone had to call the maid over.

They exchanged a glance, and Liuli said, "Go ahead, the child is important. I've been out for quite a while now, and if I don't go back soon, the old lady will start to complain."

"Okay." Zhao Nihong felt a surge of panic, as if something was about to happen, and she was very uneasy.

The two walked separately. After walking for a short while, Liuli felt weak all over, her vision blurred and she couldn't see anything clearly. Just as she was about to speak, she collapsed to the ground and fainted.

"The county..." The maids and servants beside her also fainted and fell to the ground in disarray.

When the maid and servant girl woke up, they were met with Old Madam Xie's frosty face. "Speak! What happened? Why are you here? Why did you faint in the middle of the road?"

When the maids and servants saw that their mistress was not there, they immediately panicked. Moreover, they were not innocent either; they had done something wrong. Guan Yurong was a perfectly good young woman with a marriage agreement, but they had ruined her.

A person with a clear conscience has pure eyes, while a person with a guilty conscience has many hidden thoughts in their eyes.

Madam Xie, a woman who had dominated the inner quarters her entire life, was certainly not blind to this. She immediately roared, "Guards, bring the torture!"

“Mother, isn’t that a bit inappropriate? After all, they’re not servants in our household,” Xie Yangshi said.

"Just because someone isn't a servant of our household doesn't mean they can do whatever they want in our mansion! Has Princess Liuli woken up? Has the murderer been found? Has Miss Guan been found?"

"Replying to the old lady, not yet," a servant replied.

Upon hearing this, Madam Xie flew into a rage. "Guards, beat him! Keep searching! You must find him! If he disappears from the Xie residence, don't ever come back!"

The group of people who had just been found were ordered to go down and search again.

The maids and servants kneeling on the ground dared not raise their heads, and no matter what they were asked, they said they didn't know; they dared not say anything out of the ordinary.

Finally, someone came to report, "Madam, we've found it." Her tone was hesitant, as if she didn't know whether she should say it or not.

However, Madam Xie was the most fair and just, and dared to fight against all evil forces. No demon or monster could hide its true face in front of her. Indeed, everyone had a premonition that something bad was going to happen, and those related to Liuli and Guan Yurong hoped that the investigation would stop.

However, the general public who were just watching the spectacle hoped for a thorough investigation.

As expected, Madam Xie spoke with unwavering impartiality: "Speak! What kind of behavior is this, stammering like this?"

The servant seemed hesitant to speak, "Madam, this..."

"Just say it! Stop stammering and making the old lady angry. Besides, we still want to know what happened," someone couldn't help but urge.

Seeing that everyone was so eager to know, and with everyone chiming in, the servant gritted his teeth and said, "Madam, please come with me."

"Take the people and leave," Madam Xie ordered fairly.

Before long, a large group of people walked toward the courtyard where Guan Yurong was.

If someone were to observe carefully, they would surely notice that Wei Zhongshi, Zhao Bi, and Zhao Nihong were all absent; these people had all mysteriously disappeared.

But no one is paying attention to these things now; everyone is whispering about what is about to happen.

The road wasn't far, but it still took a quarter of an hour to walk there. Following the servant, they arrived at the house. "Madam, this servant dares not speak."

"Open the door!" Old Madam Xie ordered coldly.

The servants dared not disobey and slammed the door open.

When everyone saw the three people hugging, they immediately held their breath. "Shameless..."

"Despicable..."

Besides the most offensive words, they couldn't think of any other words to describe what had happened in the room. Old Madam Xie swayed, "Who was it? Who was it! Investigate!"

She fainted immediately after saying that, and everyone rushed over, shouting all at once, "Madam, Madam, quickly call the imperial physician, quickly, call the imperial physician."

When Guan Yurong was woken up by the splashing, she saw her grandmother and mother, who were furious. "Grandmother, Mother, waah..." Without being told, she knew that something had happened. When she saw her relatives, the only thing she could do was cry.

"Mother, it was Liuli, it was her, she knocked me unconscious, and I don't know anything after that." She cried very sadly.

The ladies from several families sat together. It was clear that someone was causing trouble at the Xie family's house. They wanted to find out the truth before they would stop, so as not to wrong the Xie family or anyone else.

After listening to Guan Yurong's tearful account, someone asked, "Are you saying that Liuli knocked you unconscious?"

"Yes, I was blinded by greed and drugged Liuli. She found out and knocked me unconscious. Now I, Mother, I... I have no face to show anyone."

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