Chapter 227 Slander
"What are you going to do?" Xu Qingyue was shocked when she saw this.
Xu Qingyan was seen running towards the back door with big strides and knocking on the back door of Prince Shuo's mansion with quick movements.
Xu Qingyue wanted to step forward to stop them, but the back door of Prince Shuo's mansion was opened. A servant saw so many people gathered at the door and scolded impatiently: "Who is knocking here! This is the back door of Prince Shuo's mansion. If anyone dares to cause trouble here, be careful or you will all be arrested and taken to the government!"
When Xu Qingyue heard the servant's words, she wanted to faint on the spot.
Only Xu Qingyan was delighted. This boy was really helpful! Before she could ask, he introduced himself first!
"So, this is Prince Shuo's Mansion! Xu Qingyue, you actually hooked up with Prince Shuo! No wonder you, a concubine of the Duke's Mansion's bastard, dared to come here and have an affair without the Duke's Mansion's knowledge!" Xu Qingyan announced loudly.
"The concubine of the Duke's Mansion is having an affair with Prince Shuo? Oh my God! How dare she be so bold!"
"Does Prince Shuo have any quirks? As a prince, he can find any woman he wants, but he actually goes to seduce the concubine of the Duke's Mansion!"
"Who is that woman? Let me see what she looks like. Oh! She is quite pretty. No wonder Prince Shuo wants to have an affair with her!"
"They are having an affair, and the master of the Duke's Mansion has discovered it! Tsk tsk... The world is really going downhill... The world is really going downhill! How could a dignified prince do such a shameless thing!"
Some people who were watching the excitement showed their curiosity. People said something to each other, and after spreading the word, the words became more and more unpleasant.
Xu Qingyue was about to collapse. She never expected that things would turn out like this.
The servant who opened the door was originally arrogant, but when he heard the people's comments, his face began to panic. It's over! The prince's reputation is probably ruined!
So he quickly closed the door with a bang and ran inside to inform Prince Shuo.
"It's not like that... It's not like that, I didn't have an affair with Prince Shuo, there's nothing wrong between Prince Shuo and I!" Xu Qingyue was extremely flustered and kept explaining, but no one listened at all. The only response she got was the increasingly outrageous words.
Soon, the news of Prince Shuo's affair with the concubine of the Duke of Yingguo spread all over the streets. Xu Qingyan and her friends also had Xu Qingyue arrested and brought to the Duke of Yingguo and his wife.
——Lobby of the Duke's Mansion——
"Duke, Madam, I didn't have an affair with Prince Shuo! I just went to Prince Shuo's Mansion to meet a friend. It was Xu Qingyan who wronged me!" Xu Qingyue still refused to admit it and tried desperately to explain.
The Duke's wife looked at her coldly and said, "It's already this time, and you still don't admit it. The marks on your body are the best proof. You didn't have an affair with Prince Shuo. Could it be that you fell in love with the servants in Prince Shuo's mansion?"
"No, I didn't... I..." Xu Qingyue was flustered when she heard that.
She even felt a little hatred towards Prince Shuo in her heart. Why was he so fierce today and left those marks on her body? Now he was handing the evidence to someone else!
She would never have thought that when she went out today, the incense was tampered by Xu Qingyan and the others, and the purpose was to catch her and Prince Shuo having an affair. Unexpectedly, she and Prince Shuo did not disappoint Xu Qingyan and the others.
"Prince Shuo is really going too far. Seeing that my illegitimate son went out to join the army, he dared to have an affair with his concubine so blatantly! Come, tie up Xu Qingyue! Such a shameless woman cannot be allowed to stay in our Duke's Mansion. This Duke will personally take her to Prince Shuo's Mansion and ask Prince Shuo for justice!" The Duke of England stood up and scolded coldly.
Although he had already heard from Pei Jingchuan and others about Xu Qingyue's affair with Prince Shuo, he still showed the anger of just learning about it.
At the same time, on the other side, when Prince Shuo learned that his affair with Xu Qingyue had been spread widely, he got very angry in his mansion.
He secretly hated Xu Qingyue for seducing him and causing him so much trouble. The low-key and humble image he had maintained for so many years was completely shattered at this moment.
Just as he was in his mansion, worrying about how to solve this matter, a servant ran in again and reported: "Your Highness, it's bad! Duke Ying has tied up Miss Xu and is making trouble in front of the mansion! Now, the gate is full of onlookers, and they won't leave no matter how hard we try. There are also people from the Imperial Censorate, watching the fun!"
"What!" Prince Shuo's face was ferocious. He angrily kicked the table in front of him and walked quickly to the door.
"Duke of England, what are you doing!" Prince Shuo walked to the gate and looked at the Duke of England angrily.
When Xu Qingyue saw Prince Shuo coming out, she felt like she had seen a savior. She crawled towards Prince Shuo and said, "Prince, save me! They are here, talking nonsense and throwing dirty water on me!"
Prince Shuo ignored her and kicked Xu Qingyue who was crawling towards him away, glaring at the Duke of England and the others.
"My king has no grudge against you. Why do you, Duke of England, want to throw dirty water on me?" Prince Shuo looked as if he had no guilt at all.
Duke Ying was a little impressed by Prince Shuo's shameless spirit, but thinking of his own purpose, he also stood up with great righteousness, looked at Prince Shuo and said: "My Lord, since you have had an affair with my illegitimate son's concubine, then our Duke's Mansion will definitely not want such a woman! Today, she was caught in adultery by my daughter-in-law and daughter in your palace. Many people saw it. Whether Your Lordship admits it or not, we will give this person to Your Lordship!"
"Duke of England, I have nothing to do with her. Do you know what crime you are committing by slandering the prince?" Prince Shuo still refused to admit it and looked like he was accusing the Duke of England.
The Duke of England was not afraid either. He shook his robe and said calmly, "This Duke and the Prince have seldom interacted before, and we have no hatred or grudges, so there is naturally no need to slander the Prince. But this Duke does not understand why you want to plant a pawn in our Duke's Mansion with the intention of harming this Duke. If we had not discovered that Xu Qingyue had interacted with that spy and had not become suspicious, we would not have discovered that she was actually related to the Prince. I really don't know what the Prince's intentions are!"
"What nonsense are you talking about!" Prince Shuo's brows suddenly frowned when he heard this.
He didn't expect that the Duke of England would actually link these two things together. The Li Ji he sent was a death warrior. If she was exposed, he didn't worry that Li Ji would betray him. But now, the Duke of England actually linked Li Ji with Xu Qingyue. Li Ji was already dead. Did he think he could still blame himself? Xu Qingyue was also very surprised. When they were in the Duke's Mansion, they didn't find the connection between him and Li Ji. Why did they suddenly...
Duke Ying continued to sneer, "Two days ago, I rescued a woman who was selling herself to bury her father on the street and brought her back to my house. But she was not content to be a maid in the backyard and tried to get close to me. My people found out that it was Xu Qingyue who gave her the sachet with medicine with the intention of getting close to and murdering me. I couldn't figure out why Xu Qingyue did this. But now, knowing that she had an affair with the prince, she probably did this because of the prince's will! Otherwise, she was originally from my mansion, why would she harm me?"
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