The old princess was afraid that the princess and the Yun family would interfere after Yun Wenfang was found, so she rushed back to Yunyang City overnight with Xiao Wei and Wu Yiyu and took charge personally.
In fact, with the rumors spreading about Wu Yiyu, it was indeed difficult for her to stay in the hot spring villa. Those ladies originally thought that the eldest daughter of the Wu family was too arrogant and difficult to approach, but now they wanted to avoid her when they saw her.
The princess said nothing, as she was staying to host the banquet for the daughter of a wealthy family tomorrow. Aside from the two brothers, Yun Wenting and Yun Wenfang, no one else in the Yun family left either, seemingly unconcerned about whether Yun Wenfang would survive after being found by the princess.
After they all left, the hot spring villa finally became quiet.
The night was silent. The next day was the final day of the Qianjin Banquet, and all the competitions were generally concluded before noon. The old princess, Xiao Wei, and Wu Yiyu were all absent. Noticing this, the ladies exchanged glances, many whispering among themselves. The scene was even more lively than the previous two days, and few were truly focused on the competitions.
After all, in their boring life in the boudoir, there are not many opportunities to encounter such things.
What was surprising was that Jiang Yuanniang, the eighth daughter of the Jiang family who was originally at the center of the rumors, was actually present today.
Miss Jiang Ba wore a light pink floral short jacket and a pomegranate red skirt today. Although she looked ordinary, her skin was crystal clear and she looked very healthy.
Moreover, Jiang Yuanniang's face was calm. She spoke when she should speak and laughed when she should laugh. She didn't look frightened at all. Even Guo Yujiao, who had been to the scene yesterday, thought that perhaps Jiang Yuanniang had escaped with the help of her maid before they went there. After all, when they went in, they only saw Wu Yiyu, Wu Yiyu's maid and Jiang Yuanniang's maid, but did not see Wu Yiyu herself.
The people who were originally just watching the fun and didn't know the truth became even more unsure of the truth of the rumors after seeing Jiang Yuanniang like this.
However, most people still believed that Wu Yiyu was good at polishing mirrors, because more than one person saw her in disheveled clothes yesterday, and no one knew who exaggerated the story and spread it.
When Ren Yaoqi and Xiao Jinglin went to change clothes, they heard two ladies whispering beside the flower bed, talking about what happened yesterday.
Miss Liu said, "Of course it's true! Didn't you see that the Third Miss of the Yun family didn't come today? My cousin is a close friend of hers, and I heard that the Third Miss Yun happened to catch Miss Wu in her act yesterday. She beat her so hard she couldn't get out of bed. My cousin went to see her last night, and the maidservant accompanying Mrs. Yun came out and said that the Third Miss Yun was unwell and couldn't see guests. In fact, she had been sent back to Yunyang City."
Miss Gao shook her head. She looked unconvinced. "Why would Miss Wu have such a habit? It's really..."
Miss Liu whispered, "I'm telling you, don't spread this. I overheard two maids say yesterday that even though the border where the Wu family lives is peaceful now, there were always wars decades ago, and many men died on the battlefield. Only a few women were left..."
The two young ladies spoke very softly, and Ren Yaoqi couldn't actually hear them, so the above words were all seriously recounted by Princess Xiao, who had a keen ear.
Ren Yaoqi's mouth twitched when she heard this. She quickly reached out to stop Xiao Jinglin: "What a mess?" These ladies have been so gentle and quiet these past two days. How could they dare to say anything in private?
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