Chapter 213 The Feeling of Being Wrongfully Accused
They summoned Yinxing again and interrogated her. Su Tingwan slapped her across the face, "Who did you see last night? Did you see the Prince? What did you say to him?"
Yinxing kept shaking her head, "I've never seen the prince, and I haven't said anything to him! Miss, you have to believe me, I really didn't say anything to the prince. You told me to, so why would I say anything?"
Su Tingwan noticed that her clothes belonged to Ye Susu. "Did you tell Ye Susu that we were sold into a brothel?"
Yinxing was terrified of being beaten and wanted to deny it, but Su Tingwan didn't give her a chance to deny it. She slapped her on the other side of her face again. "Have I been bad to you all these years? Why did you betray me? You are a servant of the Su family. You will be a servant of the Su family until you die. Why did you wear Ye Susu's clothes?"
"I didn't betray Miss, really I didn't, I didn't tell anyone." How could she dare to admit it? If she did, she would only die. She just talked too much and unintentionally mentioned that they had been trafficked to a brothel.
Su Xuan's eyes were cold as he said in a deep voice, "Physician Ye has already told Prince Heng everything. If you still don't admit that you said it, you and Wanwan will be sent back to the border soon."
"Ah, how could Physician Ye have told the Prince?" Ginkgo exclaimed in surprise, "I specifically told her not to talk nonsense..."
Su Tingwan was so angry she felt like vomiting blood. On the way, she had repeatedly told her not to say anything, but she still went around saying, "You bitch, are you trying to kill me? She has ill intentions towards the prince, and you still told her everything. You're going to drive me crazy."
She could only vent her anger by punching and kicking the ginkgo tree.
Ginkgo pleaded and apologized repeatedly, but to no avail.
"Stop! Don't fight anymore!" Su Xuan said sternly. "The Prince of Heng is still here. How will you explain it to people if you kill her?"
Su Tingwan stopped. By this time, Yinxing had been kicked more than a dozen times, her face was red and swollen, and her mouth was bleeding. Even if she was scared, she didn't dare to fight back.
"Brother, what should I do now? The prince doesn't really know, does he? I'm innocent, really, I didn't lie to you."
Su Xuan thought to himself: Actually, he was just bluffing Yin Xing. Sure enough, Ye Susu already knew Wanwan's secret. Xie Shang only had people prepare carriages and horses to return to the border. Or maybe he didn't know that Wanwan had been sold into a brothel at all. Besides, Wanwan had already been kidnapped by bandits. How good could her reputation be?
She says she's innocent, is that true? It seems the Su family really needs to make further plans.
He said, “Father, you and Aunt Liu should personally take Wanwan to Prince Heng and see his attitude. We’ll have to make plans for the future. Remember to take the initiative to admit your mistakes. After all, besides being Wanwan’s father, Father is also a general of the Great Zhou Dynasty. He won’t disrespect you.”
He then said to Su Tingwan, "I will send you a new maid. Whether Prince Heng keeps you or not is up to you."
"What should we do about Ye Susu?" Su Tingwan asked.
Su Xuan's eyes flashed with a fierce light. "Doesn't she like men? Then give her a man and see how she seduce Prince Heng. But this matter needs to be considered carefully."
Su Xuan glanced at Yin Xing. She was the one who caused the trouble, so she had to solve it. He pinched Yin Xing's chin and asked, "Do you want to live or die?"
Ginkgo was terrified and nodded repeatedly, "Please spare my life, young master. I will never dare to do it again. I want to live."
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Soon, Su Tingwan changed her clothes and followed Su Dehai to Xie Shang's tent.
Su Dehai, looking like an old father, knelt down in front of Xie Shang and said, "I have spoiled Wanwan's temper. Whatever mistakes she has made, Your Highness should punish her as you see fit. I will not show any favoritism. I only beg Your Highness not to send her back to the Su family. Once Wanwan goes back, her life will be over."
Aunt Liu also said, "A woman follows her husband after marriage. Once she is married, she belongs to another family. If Miss Wan has done something wrong, Your Highness is magnanimous and please don't be angry with her. The General has also disciplined her. Miss Wan grew up on the frontier and didn't learn any manners, unlike the girls in Shengjing who know their place. Miss Wan only scolded Physician Ye because she likes Your Highness. Physician Ye is always coming and going in Your Highness's tent, which inevitably makes Miss Wan misunderstand."
Su Tingwan's eyes were also red. She changed back into a clean and neat outfit and knelt on the ground timidly. She was afraid that the prince would abandon her because she was not clean, so she pretended to be aggrieved. "Your Highness, I was wrong. I shouldn't have been jealous and angry. My father has already hit me."
She held out her palm, which was red and swollen. These were all from Su Xuan, and they were meant to be shown to Xie Shang.
Xie Shang looked at the group, frowned, and could only say, "General Su, please rise. I have no grudge against Wanwan."
Upon hearing this, Su Dehai confirmed again and again, "If Your Highness doesn't intend to send Wanwan back to the border, that would be wonderful. If Your Highness really were to drive her away, where would I put my face in the future!"
The Su family took the initiative.
Su Tingwan kept crying, and she lay on the ground, too afraid to get up.
Xie Shang was caught off guard, unable to advance or retreat. He had no choice but to help her up himself and said in a deep voice, "I know you didn't learn any manners when you were young. You can learn them from the Princess when you return to Shengjing. Now that you've married into the royal family and become a royal wife, you can't be ignorant of the rules. If there's a next time, I won't be able to protect you either."
His words were also pointed; one cannot say that she doesn't understand rules just because she hasn't studied them.
"I understand, and I will never misunderstand Physician Ye again. I will apologize to her. I was wrong." Su Tingwan behaved very obediently.
Xie Shang didn't say anything more in front of Su Dehai.
After exchanging pleasantries, Su Dehai made another excuse to leave. After all, he was Prince Heng's father-in-law, and he couldn't refuse to give him that much face.
Su Tingwan returned to Xie Shang's tent with ease. Xie Shang noticed that the maidservant who was with her had changed and asked her, "Where is your maidservant, Yinxing?"
Su Tingwan was startled and whispered, "She went to serve Concubine Liu. She was originally Concubine Liu's maid, and Concubine Liu sent her to serve me when I came to Shengjing."
Xie Shang understood perfectly, and sneered inwardly. It seemed she really did have a secret she didn't want more people to know, so he didn't expose her.
In fact, when Su Tingwan was in the Hengwang Mansion, she was not only served by Yinxing and Yunfang, but also by two lower-ranking maids, who stayed in the Tanxiang Courtyard to do some rough work.
Soon, the men Xie Shang sent to investigate the bandits returned, only to find the place deserted and empty. There were indeed signs that someone had lived there. In fact, Su Xuan had also sent people to search before, and there was no one there.
The two groups of people went one after the other, but neither of them found anything.
Although Xie Shang was puzzled, he kept it to himself and would never guess who had kidnapped Su Tingwan.
However, whether Su Tingwan's body was innocent or not remained a mystery. Jiang Fenghua wanted this mystery to linger in Xie Shang's mind forever, and she wanted Su Tingwan to taste the bitterness of being wronged.
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