Chapter 258 Framed and Me

"Gu Shuyan!" The Crown Princess gritted her teeth in hatred, but she couldn't lash out in front of so many people.

Glancing to her side, the Crown Princess said, "Madam Yan, tell me what happened back then?"

When Chunxiang was called out, she immediately stepped forward, lowered her head, and cautiously replied, "When Madam Xue and Miss Gu were talking about the events at the Marquis's mansion, Miss Gu said that if Madam Xue hadn't wanted to kill her, she wouldn't have been driven out of the mansion, and she wouldn't be reduced to a concubine now."

"After hearing this, Madam Xue was very excited, and so she went into labor."

When she said the last sentence, Chunxiang deliberately looked very scared.

"you!"

The Crown Princess turned and glared at Chunxiang, her gaze clearly expressing her displeasure at Chunxiang for not following the plan. However, Chunxiang had kept her head down ever since she met these ladies, so her expression was completely obscured.

"So, Miss Gu knows Madam Xue? Judging from their conversation, could this Madam Xue be..."

Lady Jinning, who was originally on Gu Shuyan's side, immediately took over the conversation after hearing Chunxiang's words.

"I was wondering why Madam Xue looked so familiar. Now that I think about it, isn't she the eldest daughter of the Marquis's mansion?"

"What young lady? She's an imposter."

The crowd immediately began to discuss among themselves. The Crown Princess had clearly left these ladies behind on purpose, but how could she have gone completely unnoticed on such a short distance?

The Crown Princess suddenly regretted bringing these people over.

Just as the Crown Princess was getting annoyed, Gu Shuyan spoke up again: "I was just taking a walk in the front yard today. If Madam Xue hadn't asked me to come here, I wouldn't have known that Madam Xue was the same Yingxue from back then."

As she spoke, Gu Shuyan looked at Chunxiang with disdain, "Madam Yan, my sister and I never said anything like that. Why are you framing me? Although my sister has no connection with the Marquis's mansion anymore, I am happy for her as her sister that she is now accompanying His Highness the Crown Prince."

As Gu Shuyan spoke, a look of grievance, confusion, and doubt immediately appeared on her face, making it impossible for anyone to doubt that she was lying.

As if infected by Gu Shuyan, Madam Yan immediately began to sob, "I didn't mean to, I didn't mean to say that..."

She stopped mid-sentence, but those present didn't understand that this meant the Crown Princess had forced her.

She must have been just a lowly concubine. If she wanted to live in the Crown Prince's residence, she would have to do whatever the Crown Princess told her to do.

"You bitch, how dare you scheme against me?"

The Crown Princess slapped Chunxiang across the face. Chunxiang didn't raise her head even once from beginning to end. Her timid and submissive appearance only made the Crown Princess seem more domineering.

"Your Highness, you are quite cunning. We kindly wished you a happy birthday, but you schemed against us like this. Shu'er, Jing'er, let's go."

Madam Ji was unwilling to stay there for even a moment longer. She took her daughter and daughter-in-law's hands, turned around, and left.

"This humble woman will also take her leave now!"

Immediately afterwards, Lady Jinning also stepped forward. She and Lady Ji were good friends, so naturally she would stand on Lady Ji's side at this time.

Once the two families left, the others felt it inappropriate to stay any longer and began to say goodbye one by one.

When only Lady Anguo remained in the courtyard, the Crown Princess looked at Chunxiang with a gloomy face.