"Hiss," Nan Qianyue said suspiciously, stroking her chin, "This lady with a swollen face looks familiar?"
"Nanqianyue!" Lou roared, enraged by Nanqianyue's pretentious attitude. She pointed at Nanqianyue and shouted, "It was you! It was the three of you who beat me up like this!"
"Your Majesty! You must do justice for me!" she cried out, kneeling on the ground in misery and hatred.
Empress Dowager Wei's annoyed gaze swept over Lady Lou and lingered on Nan Qianyue's face. She said, "Qianyue, Madam Song said that you three siblings beat her like this. What do you say about that?"
The three women from Nanqianyue frowned, looking as if she were spouting nonsense and I was completely bewildered.
"Your Majesty, I do not know what Madam Song means by this. My two siblings and I have been by our mother's side for the past two days. I am sure Your Majesty has heard that our mother was kidnapped by villains the day before yesterday and was frightened. My two siblings and I were worried about our mother and stayed with her until very late at night before returning home. The maids and servants can all testify to this."
Lou Shi couldn't contain her anger upon hearing this and roared, "You're talking nonsense! It was clearly you who kidnapped me to the North Cemetery on the outskirts of Beijing last night! You beat me, cursed me, and bullied me so badly!"
Nanqianyue frowned and tilted his head, "The northern cemetery on the outskirts of Beijing?!"
The younger siblings were also surprised, and exclaimed in horror, "A cemetery! Who goes to a cemetery at night?!"
The two of them shuddered at the thought.
Nanqianyue nodded in agreement, “Besides, the Prime Minister’s residence is far from the northern cemetery on the outskirts of the capital. The three of us are too weak to carry anything, so how can we get Madam Song out of the heavily guarded Grand Commandant’s residence without a sound?”
Lou quickly retorted, "I'm not at the Grand Commandant's residence at all. I'm at the South Villa in the outskirts of the capital. The villa is poorly guarded and not far from the cemetery. Don't try to deny it!"
Nanqianyue was even more puzzled, "Why is Madam Song in the other courtyard?"
She paused, then turned her gaze to the Empress Dowager and said, "When I was learning etiquette from Granny Qiao, she told me that if the ladies and young ladies of those wealthy families made a mistake, they would be sent to a separate residence by the head of the family. Madam Song probably didn't go to the separate residence for that reason, did she?"
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