Shen Tingsi followed behind the palace maid.
Seeing that the road was getting more and more off, he held his glutinous rice balls and whispered:
"Miss, I'm a little panicked."
"What are you panicking about?" Shen Tingsi glanced at her, somewhat amused.
This girl is loyal to her master and can stand up in times of crisis, but she is a little stupid and timid.
Tang Yuan glanced at the palace maid who was walking ahead without looking back, and lowered his voice:
"Miss, have you seen this sister before?"
Shen Tingsi understood immediately, "Why, do you suspect that she is not the Ninth Prince's person?"
Tang Yuan nodded vigorously and whispered in his ear:
"Is she going to trick us into going to a deserted place and do something bad?"
Ever since she was cheated by the maid in the eldest daughter's room in the Marquis Wen Ning's mansion, she has learned her lesson.
Whenever she encountered such a thing again, she would be very vigilant, fearing that she would accidentally harm her young lady again.
Shen Tingsi smiled and comforted her, "No, I know her."
He had indeed seen this maid.
Her name was Tianxiang. She worked under Huayi and was considered a maid in his room.
He still remembered that Tianxiang was an orphan adopted by his wet nurse.
Since she is his wet nurse's person, she must be loyal to the palace.
So he was very relieved and had no doubt at all that Tianxiang was not working for the "Ninth Prince".
Tianxiang seemed to be very familiar with the layout of Yayuan. She turned left and right in front, leading Shen Tingsi and Tangyuan through many remote paths, and finally brought them to a deserted courtyard.
Then she finally turned around, looked at Shen Tingsi and said:
"The prince is waiting for you inside."
Shen Tingsi nodded slightly at her and was about to take Tangyuan in, but she stopped him.
Her expression was gentle, but her tone was firm:
"The prince said that he has something important to say to the second young lady alone, so you can only go in alone."
Tang Yuan instantly showed an uneasy expression, "I won't say anything nonsense, let me go in with the lady."
Shen Tingsi thought for a moment and whispered in her ear:
"Don't wait for me here. Go back to the banquet. If I don't come back after a cup of tea, go find the Queen Mother and His Royal Highness Prince Zhan and tell them that the Ninth Prince's men took me away. Do you understand?"
He had no doubt that Tianxiang was working for the "Ninth Prince", and he was also very sure that Jiang Xiancao would not be crazy enough to kill him to silence him at the Queen Mother's blessing banquet.
She probably figured it out and asked him to discuss cooperation.
After all, no matter how smart she was, she knew very little about the affairs of the royal family.
If she really wanted to be a good Ninth Prince, she had to get more information from him, and he could also take this opportunity to put forward conditions.
But if he was wrong, he didn't want to involve Tangyuan.
Tangyuan stared at him with eyes wide open, full of disapproval.
Shen Tingsi said in a deep voice, "Do as I say, this is the master's order!"
Ever since he became acquainted with Tangyuan, he rarely became so serious.
Tangyuan had become accustomed to his carefree demeanor, and the pressure he suddenly emanated from her made her involuntarily convinced.
"Yes, I understand."
After she finished speaking, she walked back holding up her skirt.
Tianxiang glanced at her and ignored her. He just smiled and pushed open the gate. "Second Miss, please come in."
Shen Tingsi walked into the yard, but did not see the Ninth Prince.
Suddenly, a man in black appeared behind him and covered his mouth with a handkerchief.
The handkerchief was filled with a strong and strange fragrance, and Shen Tingsi immediately recognized that it was a drug.
He quickly held his breath and inhaled only a little.
Because the inhaled dose was not large, and the constitution of this body was somewhat special, Shen Tingsi only felt dizzy and weak in his limbs, but did not lose consciousness.
But he realized that something was wrong and cleverly pretended to faint.
The man in black carried him into the house and laid him on the bed.
Shen Tingsi used his hearing to hear the man in black approaching the door and opened his eyes cautiously.
Tianxiang stood in front of the man in black and whispered:
"I've brought the person here as the young lady instructed. Can I go now?"
The man in black sneered and suddenly reached out to grab Tianxiang's neck.
Tianxiang's fair face suddenly turned red, and she stared at the man in black in disbelief.
"You just took Miss Jiang away at the banquet. Although not many people saw it, there were witnesses."
The man in black asked her in a cruel tone, like a cat teasing a mouse, "If we let you go like this, what will happen if you betray the young lady?"
Tianxiang's teeth chattered. Seeing that she was trying hard to say something, the man in black loosened his grip a little, allowing Tianxiang to catch her breath.
After coughing violently for a few times, she said with tears in her eyes:
"Somehow, the prince discovered that my mother and brother had embezzled the palace's money for so many years. My brother had already squandered all that money and couldn't pay it back. At a time like this, only the eldest daughter is willing to help us. She is the benefactor who revived our family!"
For my mother and brother to escape the capital, even if someone tortures me, I will firmly declare that it was the Ninth Prince who ordered me to bring Miss Jiang Er to have a tryst with him!"
Shen Tingsi, who was lying on the bed, was shocked when he heard her words.
What? !
The wet nurse and housekeeper Miao, whom he trusted so much, actually embezzled the money from the palace?
It was obvious that he had never treated them unfairly, and even treated them like family members. But in order to escape the blame, these two people instructed Tianxiang to cooperate with Jiang Huaizhu's vicious plan and set up a trap to frame him, their master?
The anger of being betrayed by the person you trust the most is no less than the feeling of knowing Jiang Huaizhu's true face.
If he hadn't accidentally turned into "Jiang Xiancao", how long would he have been played around by these people like a fool?!
Shen Tingsi was so angry that his whole body was shaking, but he forced himself not to make a sound.
The man in black let Tianxiang go, but when Tianxiang was about to turn around and run away, he knocked her unconscious with a palm and dragged her out of the room.
Then, there were footsteps outside.
"Brother, I brought the Ninth Prince here. I'll make sure no one sees."
The man in black ordered, "Hurry and put him on the bed."
"I heard that the woman inside is the daughter of a marquis, and she's as beautiful as a flower. I've never slept with a woman like this before, so I want to try her out first. Big brother, what do you think..."
The man in black said indifferently:
"What a coincidence! The employer wanted to make it look like they were having an affair, but you raped them and left traces, which made it look more realistic."
"Big brother is really smart. When those nobles hear the news and come, they will only see these two lying naked together. No one will know that the one who really ruined the daughter of the Marquisate was not the Ninth Prince, but me, Hu Lao San!"
"Well, hurry up."
As the man in black urged him relentlessly, his accomplice carried the Ninth Prince into the house with excitement on his face.
Shen Tingsi's heart was beating like a drum, but he was at a loss as to what to do.
Jiang Xiancao, aren't you very smart and capable? How did you get ambushed?!
The wretched man threw the Ninth Prince to the ground and was about to pounce on him to molest the "Marquis's daughter".
Just when Shen Tingsi was in despair and was about to fight this bastard to death, suddenly...
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