An Susu didn't believe it a thousand times over.
Her eyes were filled with resentment as she looked at Lin Xiaomei, and she disregarded the injuries on her face and her image as a noble lady, shouting at her loudly.
"Impossible! My cousin, the Crown Prince, wouldn't do this to me. He married Lin Xian'er for the Lin family's military power. My cousin is sincere towards me; otherwise, why would he travel all the way to Anyang to see me, and why would he... and me..."
Before she could finish speaking, her mouth was covered by the person next to her.
The person who did this was the governess sent by the Empress.
The old woman not only covered her mouth but also whispered a warning in her ear.
"Young lady, you mustn't speak nonsense. If you tarnish the Crown Prince's reputation, Her Majesty will not let you off easily."
An Susu gradually calmed down after being reminded by her.
In fact, she wasn't stupid. Moreover, as a woman carefully cultivated by a noble family, she naturally knew what to say and what not to say.
The fact that she blurted out such things in public, almost revealing her relationship with the Crown Prince, is ultimately thanks to Xiao Bai.
Although most people think it's a puppy, it's actually a real fox.
Seduction is its innate ability; it merely amplifies the desires in a person's heart, which is effortless for it.
But the old man's sudden act of covering the idiot's mouth greatly displeased it.
Just as it was about to make another move, Lin Jiujiu glanced at it lightly, which startled it so much that it immediately stopped its supernatural powers and nestled obediently in the little bean's arms, as if what had just happened had nothing to do with it.
Lin Jiujiu forbade Xiaobai from making a move not because of An Susu, but because she felt that if Xiaobai's reputation was ruined here, wouldn't that be helping the person in the capital?
She didn't believe that today's events were just a coincidence; there aren't that many coincidences in this world.
Back when she was in the capital, she was just a nobody in the Lin family.
When the Lin family holds a banquet, she will be locked in a side courtyard and not allowed to come out.
If other families hold banquets, the Lin family will not allow her to attend, let alone take her along.
She would only be invited by Madam Lin when she went to the temple to burn incense on the first and fifteenth of each lunar month.
She was not allowed to stay by Madam Lin's side, but was instead made to kneel in the Buddhist hall all night to pray for the Lin family.
Therefore, everyone in the capital knew that the Lin family had a daughter, but very few people had actually seen her.
An Susu was able to recognize her only because the Empress also believed in Buddhism, and as the head of the harem, she could not easily leave the palace.
For this reason, the An family would send someone to the temple every month to add incense money for the Empress.
Because An Susu had always been favored by the Empress, this task mostly fell to her.
Sometimes she was alone, and sometimes the Crown Prince was with her.
The fact that she could recognize the original person might be because she had seen her a few times in the Buddhist temple.
However, after Lin Jiujiu was taken to the temple by Madam Lin, she was usually sent directly to the Buddhist hall to chant sutras and pray for blessings, and was not allowed to move around freely.
There was no question of any conflict between him and An Susu.
The only reason she would stop here to cause trouble for her when she was in a hurry to return to the capital to marry her cousin, the Crown Prince, is that she was instigated by someone else.
Lin Jiujiu was practically unknown in the capital, with hardly anyone she knew, let alone enemies.
The only person she had the deepest connection with was Lin Xian'er, with whom she swapped identities.
After returning to the capital, Lin Xian'er did indeed make many friends among noble ladies.
An Susu also became her close friend.
What she couldn't understand was that since the two of them had their eyes on the same man, and Lin Xian'er had even become the Crown Princess before her, how did she manage to make An Susu not only not hold a grudge against her, but also incite An Susu to attack her?
She felt there must be something she didn't know.
But she didn't want to know.
After all, confirming whether this matter was related to Lin Xian'er was just a matter of moving her fingers; there was no need for such trouble.
Before she could even begin to calculate, An Susu had clearly already come to her senses.
He pulled the old woman's hand away, glared at her with resentment, and asked in a deep voice.
"Was all of this Lin Xian'er's scheme? My cousin, the Crown Prince, promised me that he would marry me after I finished observing the mourning period, but he married Lin Xian'er after I left the capital."
Now that I'm returning to the capital, she's afraid I'll steal her position as Crown Princess, so she's deliberately trying to get my cousin to marry me off to someone else..."
An Susu seemed to have figured something out, so she didn't wait for the old woman to answer and started talking to herself.
"It must be her. She said that she had no choice but to marry her cousin, the Crown Prince, and that I would be away for three years. The Crown Prince's marriage could not be delayed because of this. She could help me keep the position of Crown Princess by marrying into the Crown Prince's residence."
It turns out it was all a lie. I even thought she was sincere towards me. I thought about how she suffered so much in the Lin family, and how that shameless bitch Lin Jiujiu stole her place as a noblewoman. I even wanted to teach the person who secretly switched her back then a lesson. I never imagined it was all a lie. I was so stupid, so incredibly stupid..."
An Susu initially muttered softly, but as she thought more and more, her voice grew louder and louder.
The old woman was the Empress's person and didn't like the Crown Princess very much. When she saw that the Crown Princess was only referred to as the Crown Princess and not mentioned the Crown Prince or the Empress, she didn't bother her.
Let her go crazy if she wants to. It would be even better if she really went crazy. That way, a madwoman paired with a fool wouldn't be afraid of her causing any trouble.
However, what she didn't expect was that this person was really stupid. She actually believed such words and even regarded him as a good person.
The Lin family members were also quite surprised to hear An Susu's words.
Firstly, they never expected to hear Lin Xian'er's name here.
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