Chapter 76 Catching Adultery
Lady Li, the wife of the Earl of Qingyuan, spoke loudly, as if afraid that those around her wouldn't hear her.
“It rained last night, and the young monks in this meditation room have used mugwort to fumigate it. The windows are also tightly closed, so where would the mosquitoes come from?”
"But it happened to bite Miss Jiang's neck."
"You're just being nosy," said Madam Wang, the wife of the Marquis of Rong'an, displeased. "It's good that the young lady is alright."
"Oh, this isn't your family matter, your daughter. Why is Madam Wang being so aggressive and pushy?"
"Could it be because she can't have children herself, and she's envious of other people's children?"
"I'm not jealous of yours," Wang said, not one to mince words. "Your husband is certainly fertile and capable of raising children."
"How many of them actually crawled out of your belly?"
"You!" Li was speechless after being rebuked.
In the blink of an eye, the focus shifted to Jiang Wan Ning, "Let's go in and see who's in this house."
"Wouldn't this clear Miss Jiang's name?"
“Who else could it be? Even if there is someone, this is a meditation room where women live, so naturally it must be a woman,” Shen Ruzhi said.
"That's hard to say. All the officials' families are here, and none of them are staying in this meditation room."
"Yes, taking a look is also for Miss Jiang's reputation. There's no one else in the room anyway, and everyone is just taking a look. What is Miss Jiang afraid of?"
"Yes, sister. Let everyone see it. That will prove your innocence, won't it? I'm only doing this for your own good."
"Shut up!" Zhou frowned in displeasure and couldn't help but scold Jiang Wanru in a low voice.
Jiang Wan Ning remained standing at the door, refusing to budge. "Good sister, are you sure you want to go in and take a look?"
Jiang Wanru glanced around. "I...I'm doing this for my sister, and for the sake of the Marquis's mansion."
"If you go out like this today, there will inevitably be a lot of speculation..."
"At that time, Father's official reputation and Sister's..."
Jiang Wanru hesitated, as if she wanted to say something but then stopped.
Someone nearby chimed in, "Yeah, since there's nothing here, let's take a look."
“This Marquis’s mansion has more than just the county princess as a daughter. This second Miss Jiang is also thinking of herself.”
"Let everyone take a look."
"......"
"Ningning." Zhou said with a worried expression.
Jiang Wan Ning smiled and shook her head, reassuringly saying in a low voice, "It's alright, Mother."
Then he turned to the side and gestured for them to watch, saying, "Since everyone wants to see, then please watch."
Everyone entered the house,
The room was empty, and there were no signs of any sexual activity between a man and a woman.
"How is this possible?!" Jiang Wanru exclaimed instinctively.
"Why is it impossible?" Jiang Wan Ning asked. "What do you mean by that, sister?"
"No...no," Jiang Wanru quickly explained, "I'm so happy that my sister is alright."
As Jiang Wanru spoke, her hands, hidden in her sleeves, clenched tightly.
This Zhang Sheng can't even handle such a small matter.
Jiang Wanru looked around again, unwilling to give up, "Sister, where are the crabapple and peony beside you?"
"Where are they?"
"Miss."
Before Jiang Wan Ning could speak, Shao Yao's voice came from behind her.
"Why are there so many people gathered here?" Peony carried breakfast towards Jiang Wan Ning. "This servant has brought you breakfast."
"His Highness specifically instructed that since the weather is cold today, you should drink some hot soup to warm and nourish yourself."
As soon as Peony finished speaking, everyone sighed in dismay.
The Prince of Langya has come today too?
Then it makes sense that Jiang Wan Ning changed rooms in the middle of the night, hence the red mark on her neck.
Everyone knew the truth but didn't ask any further questions.
Jiang Wan Ning's face flushed slightly. "You take it in first, I'll eat it later."
"yes."
"Does my little sister want to take another look?" Jiang Wan Ning asked, looking up with a smile.
"No...no need," Jiang Wanru said.
Just as everyone was about to disperse upon seeing this, the door to the meditation room where Jiang Wanru had lived next door was opened.
A disheveled man emerged, rubbing the back of his aching head.
"You... what are you doing here?!" Jiang Wanru's heart tightened.
Zhang Sheng rubbed his sleepy eyes. "Didn't you tell me to stay here?"
After saying that, she immediately realized something was wrong and hurriedly straightened her clothes, "I...I went to the wrong place."
"Does your sister know this person?"
"I...I don't know him!" Jiang Wanning denied it outright.
Unable to break free from the crowd, Zhang Sheng pointed at Jiang Wan Ning and said, "Didn't you send me here?"
“Young master, I slept in the room next door last night.”
"It's you, no doubt about it!" Zhang Sheng reacted quickly. "Last night you asked me to keep you company, and this morning you took advantage of the fact that no one was around to send me to the neighbor's."
Zhang Sheng himself didn't know why he woke up in Jiang Wanru's room.
All I know is that last night, just as I saw Jiang Wan Ning leave the house, she was suddenly attacked with a stick.
When I woke up again, this was the scene I was in now.
In this situation, he naturally couldn't drag Jiang Wanru down with him, since he was counting on her to prosper in the future so he could enjoy the good life with her.
"Sister, why did you hurt me?!" Jiang Wanru said, kneeling down with a thud.
“I know that what happened between me and the prince was wrong, but you have already reported me and my aunt to your sister.”
How could you do such a thing?
"You're the one who's involved with this person, yet you're ruining my reputation."
"Have you no shame?" Shen Ruzhi roared, kicking Jiang Wanru in the shoulder.
“And you!” Shen Ruzhi pointed at Zhang Sheng.
"Don't you even look at yourself?"
"You're not even as good as a single finger of the Prince, yet you dare to say that Ningning and you are having an affair?"
As Shen Ruzhi spoke, she was about to rush up and punch someone, saying, "I have such a bad temper, I can't stand it anymore."
"You...you...you assaulted someone in broad daylight! I'll report you to the authorities!"
"Go ahead and sue! Go ahead and sue! I grew up in jail, do you think I'm afraid of you?"
Shen Ruzhi was not lying. When Shen Zhao was young, he was busy and there was no one to take care of him at home, so he had to take Shen Ruzhi with him to work.
Occasionally, they would be left in the Marquis's residence to be looked after by Madam Zhou.
therefore,
Shen Ruzhi did indeed often eat and sleep in the prison. While her father interrogated prisoners, she would play nearby.
"You don't believe me! I still have her personal belongings!"
As Zhang Sheng spoke, he pulled a bellyband from his pocket. "Look!"
"There's a lemon character tattooed on it, I wouldn't lie to you."
Shen Ruzhi snatched the bodice and tried to tear it, but couldn't manage it after a long time.
Damn! This bellyband is of such high quality.
Everyone's attention immediately turned to Jiang Wanning.
Upon seeing this, Zhou felt another wave of worry. This was Ningning's undergarment; she remembered it.
She embroidered it herself.
Jiang Wan Ning remained calm and composed. "Are you sure this is my name embroidered on?"
"Can't you just take a look and you'll know?"
"Zhizhi, open it up and let everyone see what's embroidered on it."
Shen Ruzhi was flustered. When she snatched it, her eyes caught a glimpse of the character "柠" (Ning).
She often slept in the same bed as Jiang Wan Ning, so how could she not know that these were Ning Ning's things?
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