Ying Luan's eyes widened in shock. What kind of perverse logic was this? It was clearly the horse that hit the person!
"You are slandering me..."
Before she could reply, someone else said, "Who in the capital doesn't know who Lady Mingyi is? If she could control a crazy horse, how could she possibly hurt anyone?"
Many people nodded in agreement. As they were talking, someone asked curiously, "You are a maid, right? She is dressed the same as you, so why is she your daughter?"
"The young lady is dressed as a maid... Could she be out to meet someone secretly?"
“That makes sense!”
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Seeing the onlookers start to spread rumors loudly, Shen Huaixu felt a headache. He looked at Ying Luan, whose face was ashen, and said, "Instead of arguing with the people here, why not find someone to take your daughter to the clinic? If she doesn't get treated, she'll die."
After her reminder, Yingluan reacted and looked down. The young lady had stopped moaning in pain at some point, her eyes were tightly closed, and her face looked a little pale.
"If you are so kind, why don't you save my young lady?!"
Seeing that she spoke so confidently, Shen Huaixu laughed, "I haven't even asked your lady why my horse went crazy, and you're questioning me first?"
The people looked at the half-dead man lying on the ground. From what the county lady said, was it this man who made the horse go crazy?
They didn't care whether Shen Huaixu had any evidence or not, they just thought that Princess Mingyi would not speak nonsense, so they subconsciously believed it.
They all said to the people around them: Tsk tsk tsk, what a vicious and cruel person!
Chen Huaixu suppressed his smile, picked up the whip from Bai Lan's hand, raised his hand and whipped Ying Luan, and the noisy voices immediately quieted down.
"Who do you think you are?"
Yingluan screamed and touched her face with trembling hands, and the scarlet blood dyed her eyes red.
He lowered his eyes to glance at the person lying on the ground, and then Shen Huaixu's gaze passed through the crowd and looked at the yamen runners who came over, "Don't worry, this matter will be resolved as you wish."
Bai Lan, who was standing aside, looked at the legendary figure - Princess Mingyi, and lowered her eyes to hide the complex expression in her eyes.
Ever since Shangguan Yi approached her and threatened her, she had deliberately contacted Jiang Xun, and several 'accidental' encounters had allowed her to discover some secrets about him.
Jiang Xun is attracted to his former sister, now Princess Mingyi.
In her opinion, Jiang Xun was a promising young man with a gentle personality and handsome appearance. He was an excellent person. She was very curious about the woman that such a man liked. However, she knew very clearly what she was doing and that she had thoughts that she shouldn't have. She wanted to back off, but she knew very well that Shangguan Yi would not let her go, let alone her sister.
In great pain, she still chose her sister, the sister she depended on for everything.
But she never expected that today she would actually meet the Lady Mingyi, whom she had been wandering around Jishidi Hall for a long time and wanted to see...
"Sister, are you okay just now?" Shen Huaixu asked Bai Lan as he approached her.
Bai Lan raised her head suddenly, her face pale, "No, it's okay."
She looked around and saw the officers dispersing the onlookers. The injured master and servant had also left. Several more officers and soldiers were behind the little girl in front of her.
"I didn't know you were coming, please forgive me." She knelt on the ground and said softly.
"No need to be so polite, get up." Chen Huaixu played with the whip in his hand. This was the birthday gift Chaohua gave her this year.
She leaned close to Bai Lan and whispered, "I do know where your sister Bai Tang is now. If you want to know, come to see me at the Xuanping Marquis' Mansion tonight."
After saying this, she turned and left, leaving Bai Lan standing there in a daze. After a long time, the corners of her eyes looked like they were stained with a thin layer of rouge.
The chill of winter could still be felt in the early spring night. Chen Huaixu took advantage of the night to ask his father about the outcome of the afternoon incident. After learning that Yingluan finally admitted that it was the master and servant who did it, he returned to his yard in a good mood.
Fu Yin had already left, and Shen Huaixu sat leisurely on the small couch, waiting for someone to come.
She was sure Bai Lan would come.
Not long after, Xiaoman knocked on the door and walked in after getting Shen Huaixu's permission, "Miss, Bai Lan is here."
"Let her come in."
Not long after, Shen Huaixu saw Bai Lan walking in wearing a black cloak. Seeing her kneel down and want to salute, she said, "No thanks."
Bai Lan had no choice but to give up.
"I wonder why the county lady summoned me here so late at night?"
Shen Huaixu rested his hand on his chin and asked with interest, "Don't you know?"
Bai Lan pursed her lips and said, "I want to know where my sister Bai Tang is."
"I can tell you, but you also have to tell me—is the person behind you Shangguan Yi?"
Bai Lan looked up suddenly, as if surprised and resisting.
After waiting for her answer for a long time, Shen Huaixu continued to ask: "Why? Don't you want to say it or don't you dare to say it?"
After lowering her head for a moment, Bai Lan spoke again, as if filled with hatred. She gritted her teeth and said, "It's him, Shangguan Yi."
Bai Lan's grandfather knew a lot about medicinal herbs and how to prepare them. The three of them, grandparents and grandchildren, could barely make a living by doing needlework and selling herbal remedies. One day, he went into the mountains as usual and never returned home.
Bai Lan and Bai Tang searched in the mountains for two days and found their grandfather dead beside a stream. When they found him, most of the body had been eaten by wild beasts. They recognized him by the remaining clothes on the body.
The two sisters suppressed their inner grief and collected the body of their grandfather. During the process, Bai Lan found an arrow near the body. She subconsciously felt that something was wrong, so she walked around again and finally found a broken jade pendant that fell into the crevice of the stone. After putting it together, it formed the Chinese character "翊".
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