Chapter 252 Knowing Young Master Xuan's Whereabouts
"You'll know whether I'm lying or not then. Besides, scholars naturally don't lie."
Granny Xi sized Guo Bingwen up and down. "Who do you think you are? Do you think you can just see the princess whenever you want?"
"A scholar, my foot! Look at your attire, you don't look like a scholar at all!"
"If you said you were a beggar, I might believe you to some extent."
Although Kwok Ping-man had straightened his clothes, the dirt on his cuffs and the holes in his hem were still very noticeable, along with his stubble.
"Your words are truly uncivilized. I am only like this temporarily because I have been traveling a long way. I will be different after I go in and freshen up in a while."
"You'd better go and inform the princess quickly. Since you didn't know anything about it, I won't say anything to the princess and I'll let you off this time."
"Hmph," Granny Xi sneered, "Even if our princess were blind, she wouldn't take a fancy to a beggar. Where do you get your confidence that a princess of a nation would be interested in someone like you?"
"You dog of a servant, how dare you speak to us like that! When we see the princess later, I'll have her deal with you first!" The old lady pointed at Granny Xi and cursed.
“My son is a child prodigy. He passed the imperial examination at the age of twelve and is destined to become a prime minister. Go out and ask around. In all of Cangzhou, who doesn’t treat my son with respect?”
"Hmph, he passed the imperial examination at the age of twelve and is still a scholar after all these years."
"And the reason your son is treated politely by others is because of the Jiang family, not because your son is a scholar. In Dongling Kingdom, a single plaque could crush a bunch of scholars to death."
"How do you know the Jiang family? Don't you not know me?" Guo Bingwen was the first to react.
Granny Xi knew she had let something slip, but she said calmly, "Didn't your mother just say that you passed the imperial examination at the age of twelve and became a scholar?"
"In this Cangzhou City, only your Guo family has such people. By the way, aren't you the son-in-law of the Jiang family? How dare you call yourself our princess's man? You have some nerve."
“If this were in the capital, the Grand Princess would have thrown you to the wild dogs long ago.”
"I think it's because you don't want us to go in!" The old lady said, one hand on her hip and the other pointing at Granny Xi. "It was your princess who came to us herself."
"She is so fond of my son that she insists that he divorce his wife and marry her."
"Clap clap clap!"
Granny Xi raised her arm and slapped the old lady several times. "You lowly thing, how dare you spout such nonsense at the gate of the Princess's mansion! Guards, beat her out of here!"
"Get them as far away as possible. If you hear them uttering any more slanderous words against the princess, kill them on the spot!"
"I only wasted so much time talking to you because I felt sorry for you, but I never expected that you would actually try to slander the princess and ruin her reputation."
“Even the eldest grandson of a first-rank official in the current dynasty is not something my princess would put in her eyes. You, a down-on-your-luck scholar who has been married before, actually think about having the princess remarry for you.”
Although Granny Xi was a servant, she had served the Grand Princess for many years and was considered half a mistress among the servants in the Grand Princess's residence.
Naturally, they wouldn't let Kwok Ping-man and his mother throw a tantrum here. After following the wolves around all these years, they've become half wolves themselves.
"Granny, what are you doing?" Guo Bingwen said angrily, seeing that Granny Xi was unyielding and even resorted to hitting and driving people away. "I really am a friend of the princess."
"Besides, what my mother said is right. You can see for yourself. This is a token of love that the princess gave me. Her name is embroidered on it."
As Guo Bingwen spoke, he took out an embroidered handkerchief, and Xi Mama reached out and snatched it away, examining it closely.
Seeing this, Guo Bingwen straightened his back even more. The old lady shook off the two servants who were holding her arms, patted her clothes, and raised her chin, saying, "I told you my son didn't lie, and I didn't lie either."
"Do you see this?" The old lady pointed to the handkerchief in Xi Mama's hand. "This is the princess's handkerchief. Such a private item, being in my son's hands, must have been a gift from the princess."
"They might have already... you know, they might even be pregnant with my Guo family's child. Do you really want to be with another man?"
"Even if you are the emperor's daughter, you shouldn't do such a thing, right?"
Granny Xi stuffed the handkerchief into her sleeve. "The princess lost her handkerchief a few days ago and couldn't find it anywhere. It turns out you picked it up."
"If you had simply returned the handkerchief properly, or even pawned it, that would have been fine. But you had to use it to slander the princess. You are truly audacious!"
"You try to slander the princess's innocence with just a few words. I think you have a death wish."
"Guards, take them to the authorities!" Granny Xi ordered loudly. "Let everyone on the street watch out for what happens when someone slanders the princess."
At this moment, a number of people were already standing scattered at the entrance of the villa.
Seeing that Granny Xi was still like this, Guo Bingwen became so anxious that he could no longer straighten his back and kept saying, "I am truly the princess's beloved. I want to see the princess. Please let me see the princess."
“How could the princess possibly care about someone who could poison his own wife? Guards, gag him.”
"And hers too!" Granny Xi pointed at the old lady and loudly ordered, "Take them to see the officials!"
Seeing this, Guo Bingwen suddenly remembered what Jiang Wanning had said. Could it be true that Princess Ping'an was using him?
It seemed that the only way to determine whether it was true or not was through a trial and error. Guo Bingwen shouted loudly, "I know the whereabouts of Young Master Xuan!"
"Princess Ping'an, I know where Young Master Xuan is!"
Granny Xi's eyes changed slightly, and she subconsciously glanced at the courtyard behind her. She said to the servants, "Hurry up and drag these two scoundrels to the authorities!"
Even though Granny Xi reacted quickly, she was still a step too late. At that moment, Princess Ping'an was listening to the music at the door. As soon as Granny Xi finished speaking, Princess Ping'an's voice rang out from behind her, "Wait!"
"Let them in."
“Princess,” Granny Xi advised softly, “given the current situation, we should be careful. Keeping this mother and child around could easily lead to trouble.”
"This man could even poison his own wife, and the mother and son were so greedy."
"And how could someone who has never even been to the capital possibly know about Young Master Xuan? It must be Jiang Wan Ning's deliberate scheme to deal with you."
"Princess, we should be careful. Besides, His Majesty has ordered that the matter of Young Master Xuan should not be mentioned again."
"If His Highness knew that you had done so much for Young Master Xuan, he would definitely be angry."
"I said let them in." Princess Ping'an would not listen to any advice when it came to anything related to Young Master Xuan.
"I will speak to my mother myself. As for my cousin the emperor, she has no time to concern herself with my affairs."
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