Chapter 180: You are being used as a knife
"Impossible!" Princess Deyang almost lost her composure. "How could it be Lan Ning?"
"Lan Ning has been obedient and sensible since childhood, and he has studied the rules very seriously. I often take Lan Ning with me to various occasions, and over the years, Lan Ning has never made a mistake."
"How could the person being carried out be Lan Ning? There's absolutely no way!"
Princess Deyang felt a little panicked.
She saw Fang Yilin not far away and walked over quickly: "Yilin, didn't Lan Ning come to see you? Where is she?"
Fang Yilin's face was stiff.
She didn't dare look directly into Princess Deyang's eyes. "Aunt, Lan Ning said a few words to me and then left. Hasn't she returned yet?"
"Oh, I remember now. Lan Ning said she had something to ask Princess Ling. Auntie, why don't you ask Princess Ling?"
After Fang Yilin kicked the ball to Xie Yingmian, Princess Deyang became more and more panicked.
She looked at Xie Yingmian, her tone cold and urgent: "Princess Ling, where is Lan Ning?"
"Princess Deyang, you're asking the wrong person." Xie Yingmian said calmly, "You should ask the monks in Donghua Palace."
After hearing this, Princess Deyang's heart instantly sank to the bottom.
"Impossible!" she shrieked. "Absolutely not."
"How could Lan Ning be carried out by monks? Lan Ning attaches great importance to rules. She would never make a mistake in such an occasion. It must be you. You must have done something."
Xie Yingmian had no intention of taking the blame for Fang Yilin.
She said calmly, "If Princess Deyang wants to know the whole story, I can tell you."
"As soon as I entered Donghua Hall, Princess Lan Ning came to seek justice for Fang Yilin. I argued with her for a few words, and then she suddenly rushed over in a frenzy. The monks from Donghua Hall saw this and stopped her."
"Princess Lan Ning spoke rudely to the monks. After repeated attempts to dissuade them failed, the monks carried her out of Donghua Hall."
Without waiting for Princess Deyang to speak again,
Xie Yingmian continued, "Before today, I had never met Princess Lan Ning."
"I'm also confused. I don't even know Princess Lan Ning. Why would she want to kill me?"
"Princess Deyang, why don't you ask Fang Yilin what he said to Princess Lan Ning that made her disregard rules and etiquette and attack me, a complete stranger, in public."
Xie Yingmian has said everything he needed to say.
Xie Yingmian has done what she should do.
She no longer paid attention to Princess Deyang and said goodbye to Lady Wang and Lady Xing.
Mrs. Wang won the bet and intended to let Princess Deyang apologize to Xie Yingmian in public.
Xie Yingmian didn't want to be conspicuous in such an occasion, so she asked Mrs. Wang to save the bet for later.
Princess Deyang turned her attention to Fang Yilin: "Miss Fang, what's going on?"
"Why would Lan Ning seek justice for you?"
Fang Yilin's eyes flickered: "Aunt, don't be misled by Xie Yingmian."
"Lan Ning and I have always been good friends. Xie Yingmian had previously plotted against me and alienated me from Aunt Dowager. I was upset and complained to Lan Ning about it. Lan Ning must have taken it to heart."
"Later, I went to apologize to Xie Yingmian, but she schemed against me instead. She even had my mother slandered and insulted. I've been very sad these days and even wanted to die."
"You know Lan Ning's personality. She loves to stand up for the weak. Knowing that I was wronged, she wanted to seek justice for me. I tried to dissuade Lan Ning and told her not to make a scene in Donghua Hall, but she refused to listen and insisted that Xie Yingmian come and apologize to me."
"Xie Yingmian has always been sharp-tongued and can turn black into white. She must have said something excessive that angered Lan Ning."
"Lan Ning has always been a man who values and understands rules. I thought Lan Ning was just talking to Xie Yingmian, but who knew something like this would happen."
"I'm sorry, Auntie. If I had known this would happen, I should have stopped Lan Ning."
Princess Deyang was extremely angry.
Lan Ning's personality is a bit simple. She believes whatever others say, especially what Fang Yilin says.
Lan Ning almost obeyed Fang Yilin's words. Fang Yilin's words were more effective than hers as a mother.
When Princess Deyang heard Fang Yilin's words, she knew that Lan Ning was being used as a knife by Fang Yilin.
Xie Yingmian is not an easy person to deal with, so Fang Yilin asked Lan Ning to take the lead.
No matter who was kicked out between Xie Yingmian and Lan Ning, Fang Yilin would not be affected.
Only a fool like Lan Ning could not see such obvious thoughts.
Princess Deyang couldn't get angry in this situation, so she just said with a forced smile, "Really?"
Fang Yilin said stubbornly, "Aunt, I didn't lie to you."
"I really didn't expect it to turn out like this, and I didn't expect Lan Ning to be so angry about Xie Yingmian."
"However, the Concubine and the others will be here soon, I will go and ask Auntie Concubine..."
"Enough!" Princess Deyang flicked her sleeves.
The Empress Dowager, the Queen, the Grand Princess and others have not arrived yet.
Although Lan Ning was embarrassed, because of Lan Ning's status, those people could only laugh at him in private and did not dare to speak openly.
If the Empress Dowager and the Queen knew about this, Lan Ning would be truly embarrassed.
Fang Yilin dared to show off his little tricks in front of her. He was really ignorant.
Princess Deyang glared at Fang Yilin fiercely.
If it wasn't a special occasion, she really wanted to slap him.
"I've taken note of what happened today. I hope you'll take care of yourself." Princess Deyang said, and returned to her seat angrily. The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she felt.
Although she is a princess.
But she, the princess, is different from the authentic royal princess.
As a descendant of the royal family's collateral line, her father's generation was already five generations away.
It was her grandmother who loved her the most and was afraid that she would be bullied in her husband's family. Before she died, she used the merits of her ancestors to obtain the titles of princess and monarch for her and Lan Ning.
As a princess, she appears to be extremely noble.
In fact, princesses are divided into different ranks. A princess from the side branch with no privileges like her has no ability to bring Lan Ning back in such an occasion.
It’s all Fang Yilin and Xie Yingmian’s fault!
If it weren't for these two people, Lan Ning wouldn't have lost face so much.
Princess Deyang directed all her anger at Xie Yingmian and Fang Yilin.
After a while.
Boom boom boom!
The bell rang.
After three calls, the noisy Donghua Hall suddenly fell silent.
Everyone quickly found their seats and sat down.
About a cup of tea later, the Empress Dowager, the Queen and the Grand Princess entered the palace with the concubines of high rank.
They sat down in their respective seats.
The chanting and prayer officially began.
Xie Yingmian chanted scriptures and prayed with everyone else.
The chanting ended two hours later.
The Empress Dowager, the Queen, the Grand Princess and others left first, and the others also left one after another according to their status.
Nothing happened throughout the process.
Xie Yingmian was puzzled.
Could it be that the osmanthus sachet was not thrown to her by Fang Yilin through Lan Ning, but was dropped by Lan Ning accidentally?
However, she remembered clearly that only a very few people had that special fabric.
Although Princess Deyang was a princess, she was married out and was not eligible for a share.
She had just caught the calculation in Fang Yilin's eyes.
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