Chapter 215 Ye Susu Gets Bitten Back

Yinxing avoided eye contact, crawled on her knees on the ground, unable to utter a single word, trembling with fear.

Ye Susu thought that Yinxing was scared and couldn't hold back, so she said, "Consort Su was once sold into a brothel to serve customers, so you want to frame Yinxing for stealing. She knows about your shameful deeds, and you want to get rid of her."

Su Tingwan became calm and composed. "Your Highness, I did not. She is lying. I do not know what Physician Ye's intentions are in framing me. I am innocent. In my life, Your Highness has only ever been my man."

Xie Shang possessed an imposing demeanor and a cold, indifferent gaze, refraining from expressing any opinions or remarks.

Ye Susu stepped forward and pulled Yinxing up. "Tell me the truth, beg the prince to help you, and tell the prince everything about who injured you."

"It was I who hit her. Yinxing stole my things, and I was so angry that I hit her." Aunt Liu knelt on the ground and admitted it. Yinxing's indenture was held by the Su family. It was a dead contract, so even if she was beaten to death by her master for making a mistake, it was her own fault.

Yinxing quickly kowtowed and admitted her mistake, "It was my fault. I shouldn't have stolen Aunt Liu's hairpin and given it to Physician Ye. Physician Ye gave me clothes and ointment and wanted to charge me, but I didn't have any money on me. Physician Ye told me to steal it, so I boldly stole Aunt Lin's hairpin to pay off the debt."

It was Physician Ye who taught the servant to say that the concubine had been sold into a brothel, so that the prince would no longer favor the concubine. Physician Ye also said that as long as she could win the prince's favor, she would redeem the servant and let the servant follow her. She was very kind to the servant, bathing the servant, feeding the servant, applying medicine to the servant, and even giving the servant clothes. The servant was very grateful to her and was temporarily bewitched by her, which is why she stole Aunt Liu's hairpin.

Just as I was about to ask Physician Ye for the hairpin, they came up to me, saying that I had stolen the hairpin and that they would send us to the general to be punished. We were afraid, so we were prepared to go with them. They said that as long as they were happy, they would not report us.

"I had no choice but to steal. If I had known, I wouldn't have taken Ye Yi Nu's clothes and ointment." As she spoke, she took out the ointment from her bosom.

Lin Feng was stunned when he heard such testimony.

Xie Shang frowned, his mind racing. It turned out that Su Xuan had made two preparations, and that Ginkgo was deliberately released to entangle Ye Susu.

Upon hearing this, Ye Susu felt as if the sky was falling. "Your Highness, I did not ask her to steal anything. The clothes and ointment were gifts from me, and I did not ask for money. I also did not instigate her to frame Consort Su. She herself said that Consort Su had been sold into a brothel."

"Yinxing, did you tell her these lies to slander me? You are my maid, have I ever treated you badly? Why did you betray me?" Su Tingwan knew that she was trying to get information out of Yinxing so that she could tell Xie Shang. This way, she could prove that Ye Susu was truly malicious and a scheming woman, and see if Xie Shang would still like her.

"Miss, I'm sorry, I was wrong. I was bewitched and misled by her, thinking that you didn't want me anymore." Yinxing kept kowtowing and apologizing.

Ye Susu felt she couldn't explain herself. "Yinxing, don't lie. I only brought you medicine and clothes because I felt sorry for you. You were covered in wounds and your clothes were torn and no one cared about you."

“But you need money too. I don’t have any. So let me find a way to get you some.” Ginkgo said matter-of-factly, “You also have a jade bracelet that Aunt Liu has on you, which also belongs to Aunt Liu.”

This time, Aunt Liu took matters into her own hands and actually found a bracelet in Ye Susu's bundle. "That's right, this is mine. Ginkgo, you really know how to steal, even something valuable."

Ye Susu had no idea when the bracelet had been placed in her bag. She tried hard to recall if it had been put there when the soldiers were pulling her earlier.

Only then did she belatedly realize that she had been set up.

"Are you still saying you have no ulterior motives?" Su Xuan said in a deep voice.

“What ulterior motives could I possibly have? She’s just a maid. What could I possibly want from her? General Su, tell me! If I had successfully framed Consort Su, why is she standing here unharmed?” Ye Susu wasn’t afraid of him. “On the contrary, it was General Su who ordered your soldiers to attempt to harm me. I’m going to sue you.”

"Your Highness is wise and will naturally not believe your lies, or perhaps you haven't had time to frame Wanwan yet."

Su Xuan immediately knelt before Xie Shang, “Your Majesty, I absolutely did not have anyone rape Physician Ye. I do not know anything about this matter. What did she and Yin Xing say and what did they say? Yin Xing has already said that they wanted to settle things peacefully and took the initiative to seduce the soldiers.”

The soldier nodded repeatedly, "How could we dare to touch her without Doctor Ye's permission?"

“Guard Lin, you saved us. You saw what happened just now, didn’t you? We were forced by the soldiers,” Ye Susu said.

Lin Feng said, "Yes, when I arrived with my men, these soldiers were preparing to force Ye Yi Nu and Yin Xing." He was too far away to hear what they were saying, and he dared not disrupt the prince's plans, so he could only ask Ye Yi Nu to suffer for now.

“We didn’t force them; it was their own choice. There were only two women and five men, so we got a little carried away and lost our composure. We accept the punishment; we shouldn’t have lost control and almost made a big mistake,” the soldier said.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know what Physician Ye and the Prince said, but I really didn't lie to you. I was deceived, but I really never went to a brothel. Yinxing and I have always been together, and we are both innocent." Su Tingwan also knelt on the ground and cried out her innocence.

Yinxing also said, "This servant has never been sold into a brothel. This servant has always been with the concubine. When the bandits captured us, we were imprisoned together. This servant is still a virgin. If Your Highness does not believe me, you can ask someone to verify my identity. This servant has not lied to Your Highness."

Even if no evidence can be found on Su Tingwan to indicate whether she has lost her virginity, Yinxing is still a virgin. The two have been together all the way, and they were even sold into prostitution together. If she really went to a prostitute, could Yinxing still be a virgin?

Since Yinxing dared to let people investigate, it proves that she is still a virgin.

Xie Shang warned Ye Susu not to mention this matter again and to pretend she knew nothing about it, but she insisted on revealing it in front of everyone. Now Su Tingwan has proven her innocence, which is the Su family's plan. From now on, he has no reason to drive Su Tingwan away.

Even if he knew the Su family wanted to help Su Tingwan put on an act, there was nothing he could do about Su Tingwan. Investigating the location of the brothel was a journey of thousands of kilometers from Shengjing to the border. If Su Tingwan didn't say anything, where could he investigate? Was he supposed to announce to the public that the Prince Heng's concubine had been sold into a brothel? In the end, it would be the Prince Heng who would lose face.

Unless the traffickers come forward to identify her, but which trafficker would be so foolish as to walk into a trap? If the investigation really leads to the brothel and they find out that Su Tingwan was a prince's concubine, then no one will dare to admit that they forced Su Tingwan to serve customers.

Xie Shang could only bury all his questions in his heart. After all this happened, it no longer mattered who was at fault and who was not.

The important thing is that Su Tingwan proved her innocence, and that everything was Ye Susu's attempt to rise in rank by framing the concubine.

Xie Shang said in a deep voice, "Physician Ye never told me that Consort Su had been sold into a brothel. I only found out now. Wanwan, were you sold into a brothel?"