He spoke fiercely, but was actually very panicked.

Because he wasn't sure what had happened upstairs that led to the current outcome.

Shen Yu stared at her, his pupils trembling.

Shen Ruyi saw his nervousness and sneered, "Brother, if you want to ask me where I went, you might as well ask me what good things I added to today's dishes. As soon as I went upstairs, I felt dizzy and had stomachaches, and I also had eczema, so I had to run to the toilet."

She walked forward calmly, stared at Shen Yu and asked, "Brother, don't you know that I'm allergic? Why did you put peanuts in the stewed pig's trotters?"

Shen Ruyi lifted up her sleeves, revealing a large red rash.

"She really has an allergy. She doesn't look like she's lying." Someone who was closer looked at her arm and said, "The eczema is extremely severe."

Shen Yu also saw her dense rash, and he didn't expect that Shen Ruyi would actually be allergic.

Shen Ruyi came up to him and stared at him, "Brother, please answer my question, why do you want to hurt me? Have you forgotten that I almost died from an allergic reaction before?"

"you--"

Shen Yu couldn't answer for a moment.

It was his oversight to put peanuts in the stewed pig's trotters.

He was so busy plotting against Shen Ruyi that he didn't bother to tell the cook to avoid certain foods. However, he didn't expect that Shen Ruyi would get diarrhea because of the allergy to that food.

How to explain now?

When Shen Ci saw that Shen Yu was speechless, he immediately felt something was wrong and said hurriedly: "Who would believe you if you said you went to the toilet? Even if you had diarrhea, would it take so long? We finished drinking a meal and you just came back?"

"Yes, we didn't meet Shen Ruyi when we came in. After three rounds of drinking, at least half an hour has passed."

Someone nodded in agreement.

Gu Qinghua also said with a hurt look on his face: "Ruyi, I just came upstairs to ask you to go down to the banquet, but I didn't expect..."

Seeing this, the prince looked at Shen Ruyi and asked, "Miss Shen, after such a long time, you still need to explain your specific whereabouts. Otherwise, it will be difficult to clear your suspicion."

Gu Qinghua immediately chimed in, trembling, "Ruyi, you and I grew up together as childhood sweethearts. Even if you don't want to marry me, you don't have to scheme against me like this..."

His eyes were red and he felt extremely aggrieved.

It seemed as if it was really Shen Ruyi who harmed him.

"I plotted against you?"

Shen Ruyi was laughed at, "You did such a filthy thing with Shen Jiaojiao in front of my wet nurse's tablet, and you still dare to throw dirty water on me!"

She stretched out her hand and slapped Gu Qinghua hard in the face!

“Bang!”

Gu Qinghua was caught off guard and was slapped. Half of his face was swollen. He looked up at her in shock, "You hit me?"

"I'm hitting you, you shameless thing!"

Shen Ruyi slapped him again, on the other half of his face.

"Shen Ruyi!"

Shen Yu finally reacted, stepped forward and grabbed her wrist, his pupils trembling, holding on to the time, "You haven't explained clearly, where have you been for so long!"

Shen Ruyi turned her head to look at him, her pupils slightly shrank, and her cold tone became sarcastic, "I ran into His Majesty the Ninth Prince when I went downstairs, and we talked for a while. What, big brother, do you want His Majesty the Ninth Prince to come up and testify?"

If it weren't for Rong Yan today, she would have really died without a burial place.

A sharp light flashed in Shen Ruyi's eyes. It was tears, but also the blade of a knife.

Shen Yu met her gaze and his face froze, "You mean, the Ninth Prince is down there?"

Feeling uneasy, he had to let go of her wrist.

The wrist had been scratched purple and blue, with five obvious fingerprints on it, which showed how much force Shen Yu had used.

Shen Ruyi felt a chill in her heart as she looked at her wrist.

In her previous life, she was too stupid to try to save such a vicious family.

This time…

She raised her head and looked at Gu Qinghua and Shen Jiaojiao. "They did this in front of my nanny's tablet. They must give me an explanation today! Otherwise, I will go and beat the drum to report it! No one will be able to live in peace then!"

"Shen Ruyi! This is our family's business, why are you making a fuss about it!" Shen Yu was furious and shouted.

But he was just a weakling inside, and after he finished speaking, he couldn't help but look downstairs.

If Rong Yan is really down there, then the matter is not just a family affair of the Prime Minister's Mansion, it can be big or small.

By then, he really won’t be able to suppress the situation if Rong Yan steps in.

Shen Yu frowned, and finally looked at the eldest princess for help.

The princess frowned and turned to look at Shen Ruyi, "Shen Ruyi, have you lost your mind? Why is your wet nurse's tablet in Zuixinlou? In my opinion, it was you who framed Master Gu and Shen Jiaojiao, and replaced the incense in the room and drugged them!"

"Don't you even take a look at whether this excuse you came up with holds water?"

The eldest princess is the daughter of the queen, but the queen died early, and she grew up with Concubine Li. When such a big thing happened, she naturally had to protect Shen Yu and Shen Ci.

She stared at Shen Ruyi and put pressure on him in a harsh voice, "Shen Ruyi, if you can't explain today's incident clearly, go to the clan house and tell them. I want to see if you have the guts to talk tough!"

Shen Ruyi raised her head and looked at this graceful and elegant woman.

She is the queen's daughter and the prince's younger sister.

But after the Queen died, she followed Concubine Li. Concubine Li was an assistant to the Prime Minister's Office, so the eldest princess naturally stood on the side of the Prime Minister's Office.

This is not uncommon.

In her previous life, this Princess had often used chicken feathers as a token of authority. Whenever she was around, she would always find an excuse to praise Shen Jiaojiao and suppress her.

At that time, she was intimidated by her majesty and did not dare to confront her head-on. She almost ran away when she saw her, allowing others to make even worse stories about her.

But this time, she won't back down.

Shen Ruyi met her gaze, her face unchanged, her tone calm, "First of all, my eldest brother said that my nanny's tablet is here. If it weren't for his coercion and inducement, I wouldn't have gone upstairs, and I wouldn't have been thrown dirty water by you guys."

"Secondly, it seems that the decision of whether to go to the clan residence or not is not up to Her Royal Highness the Princess. Everything today depends on evidence, not whoever has the loudest voice will be the winner."

After saying this, she looked at the eldest princess quietly without any fear.

The eldest princess was pampered and raised in the palm of her hand, and she had never been confronted so bluntly by anyone since she was a child.

"you--"

She was so angry that she raised her hand to slap Shen Ruyi in the face.

Shen Ruyi did not dodge or evade. Seeing the slap about to fall on her face, a sneer appeared in her eyes.

“No!”

The prince was shocked when he saw this, and he grabbed the eldest princess and shook his head solemnly, "Look at what's on her head."

He also didn't expect that what Shen Ruyi was wearing on her head was actually the phoenix hairpin that the late emperor had bestowed upon the imperial concubine!

The princess was stunned, her eyes fell on Shen Ruyi's head, her face darkened, "How come the hairpin given by the late emperor is on your head!"