Last night you came to my room in the middle of the night, and I never left your sight. How could you have brought someone to steal?

"You have your own helpers, Yin Jiuniang. Return the money from my household, or else..."

"Otherwise, what will you do?"

Ye Zhen flew over, first checked Yin Jiuniang to make sure she was using a blood bag and was not injured, whispered something to her, then turned and walked towards Ye Wantang, raising his hand to slap her twice.

“Your master taught you how to be a good person with all his heart, but you tried to kill her. I’ll beat you to death, you heartless bastard.”

Ye Wantang refused to admit it, claiming that her master, Ye Zhen, had conspired to steal her family property.

"Since you refuse to admit it, then we'll report it to the authorities."

Ye Zhen pulled her arm, and as Ye Wantang struggled, her clothes came undone, exposing her entire shoulder.

Summer days are early, and everyone could clearly see the distinct red marks on her shoulder. Those who valued etiquette, like the Marquis of Zhongyong, quickly turned their backs, while some officials looked at Ye Wantang with meaningful glances.

A young lady confined to her home bears ambiguous marks left by a man on her body, enough to fuel their wild imaginations.

Yin Jiuniang seemed to only realize this now, "No wonder you wanted to attack me. It turns out I was in your way in the mansion. I'll let you off this time for your mother's sake. If there's a next time, I'll definitely report you to the authorities."

Both master and apprentice reported the matter to the authorities, and seeing Ye Wantang's reaction, everyone was even more convinced that Yin Jiuniang had been poisoned.

Ye Zhen slapped him again, "It was your own carelessness that caused you to lose your family property, and you even tried to frame me and Master. If it weren't for Master pleading for you, I would have fought you to the bitter end today."

After thanking the officials, she helped Yin Jiuniang leave, pretending to be angry.

Ye Zhen never intended to use a woman's reputation as a pretext, but since Ye Wantang herself was not proper, she couldn't be blamed.

Since the victim did not report it to the authorities, outsiders would not investigate whether Yin Jiuniang's poisoning was real or fake, and Ye Wantang never thought that Yin Jiuniang's poisoning was fake.

Therefore, she only had her servants report the theft to the authorities, but because there was no evidence, the authorities only said they would notify her once they found out.

Two versions of rumors circulated outside. One version said that during Ye Wantang's confinement, she secretly met with her lover and was swindled out of all her family's assets by him.

Some say that Ye Wantang was worried that Yin Jiuniang would compete with her for the family property, so she conspired with her lover to transfer the family property and even tried to kill Yin Jiuniang to silence her. However, Yin Jiuniang was skilled and escaped, so Ye Wantang accused her of theft.

Ye Wantang cried until her eyes were swollen, and wrote several letters to the Empress, hoping to ask her for justice, but the Empress had no time to pay attention to her.

Because the old princess has been stolen, the queen is sending people everywhere to search for her.

After searching for two days without success, the Empress summoned Xie Tingzhou to her side...