Because the prince came to pay his respects these few days, more and more people gathered here every morning. Some girls even started to come at a set time. Those who entered the room late would naturally stand outside, just in time for the prince to see them. It would be even better if she could say a few words to the prince.

Chu Jinmiao had carefully planned for a long time before leaving the house today. She even calculated her position when paying her respects repeatedly. She was waiting for the prince to come with joy. Today she dressed up carefully. Her clothes were loose and her face was sad. She had a kind of thin and lonely look of self-admiration and self-awareness. Her makeup was also pitiful. Chu Jinmiao was full of confidence. Didn't they say that the prince liked the mysterious style? The prince would definitely like her dress today.

After Chu Jinmiao arrived, she stood nervously for a while, and gradually realized that no one from the old princess and the princess of the county was going to stand up for Chu Jinyao. Chu Jinmiao was extremely proud in her heart. She looked at Chu Jinyao with mockery. Chu Jinyao could only rely on the old lady Chu, the old vicious woman. After leaving the Changxing Marquis Mansion, who would care about her?

The women in the room were all laughing and talking, and each one looked more gentle and kind than the other, but they were actually a little absent-minded. It was not until they heard "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has arrived" that they all cheered up.

Chu Jinmiao's eyes lit up, and she turned around and cocked her head, praying desperately for the Crown Prince to notice her.

After the prince entered the room, except for the initial glance at the whole place, he never looked around. Chu Jinmiao was a little disappointed, but she immediately comforted herself that since the prince never looked around, he must not be a womanizer. Sure enough, this was the kind of man a woman could entrust her life to. Thinking this way, Chu Jinmiao wanted to climb into the East Palace even more. She did not seek the position of the principal wife. As long as she followed the right person, when the prince ascended to the throne in the future, what difference would there be between a wife and a concubine? As long as she was favored, the difference in status would not affect her at all.

After the prince paid his respects to the old princess, he remained silent. The women in the room felt for no reason that the prince was in a bad mood. The old princess hesitated for a moment, then asked Qin Yi with a smile: "Your Highness, it rained yesterday. Did it bother you?"

The old princess thought the prince was in a bad mood because it rained yesterday. She is old and can't sleep well at night. She hates rain at night the most. Putting herself in other people's shoes, the old princess subconsciously guessed this about Qin Yi.

The prince is in a bad mood. This is a great opportunity to shine! The princess silently scanned the other young girls in the room with her sharp eyes. She first looked at Chu Jinyao and found that she was standing honestly, with her hands hanging down and her head slightly lowered. There was nothing wrong with her in terms of the rules. The princess snorted coldly and thought to herself, "You know what's good for you."

The princess looked at the remaining people, Lin Baoying, Lin Baohuan, Yang Qixia, and when she scanned Chu Jinmiao, the princess smiled coldly in her heart.

Oh, this person must have put a lot of effort into this today. Her face looks weak and natural without makeup, but in fact, she is full of scheming. The princess secretly made a note of Chu Jinmiao, and when she uses Chu Jinmiao to sharpen her claws for Baozhu, she will be completely dealt with. The princess is not at ease leaving such a scheming person around her precious daughter.

Chu Jinmiao tried her best to show off in front of the prince, but these tricks of hers were a joke in the eyes of the princess. The princess only needed to gently pull the county lady to her side to easily crush Chu Jinmiao's plan. She smiled and said, "The hospitality of the Han Mansion is not good enough. Please forgive me, Your Highness. If there is anything that is not considerate, or if this naughty boy of ours disturbs the prince, please tell me immediately. Don't worry about it."

The county lady blushed, dragged out her voice, and shouted for a long time, "Mom!"

Even the old princess would like such a pretty little girl to act coquettishly, not to mention the prince, a young man. The old princess smiled, like a smiling Buddha, and planned to come out to smooth things over when the situation was not right. At this moment, the old princess' mind flashed through the stupid things the county lord did yesterday. She was secretly shocked, and then she felt relieved. Nothing would happen. The prince was a forgetful person, so he should not have discovered such a thing. Besides, the county lord just wanted to follow him, but didn't succeed in the end.

This child is also very brave. She dared to secretly follow the prince! Fortunately, she lost him later. The county lord didn't find him, so she wandered for a while, and hurried back when she saw the rain. After the old princess got the news yesterday, she quickly reprimanded the county lord and told her not to do such a thing again. It is said that Chu Jinyao stopped the county lord at that time. The old princess was satisfied. This is what a sister-in-law should be like. It's just that she didn't stop him in the end, which was really weak.

Yesterday's incident was covered up tacitly by the old princess and the princess of the county. It's not nice to talk about this kind of thing, so just suppress it, it's good for everyone. As for Chu Jinyao, it will be enough to give some compensation in the future. The princess

of the county has an inexplicable defense against Chu Jinyao. Even the old princess thinks that this matter should not be made a big deal. If Chu Jinyao is really sensible, he should be obedient. Now the old princess sees the princess of the county talking to the prince and forcing the prince to introduce the county to her, she turned a blind eye and dozed off with squinted eyes.

Qin Yi looked at the old princess, then at the princess of the county and the head of the Lin family. They didn't look like they knew they were wrong and were going to punish fairly. Did they intend to let Chu Jinyao's injustice go?

How ridiculous.

Qin Yi was angry and his eyes gradually became stern. The Princess's words just now were just an excuse, but Qin Yi took over the conversation unexpectedly: "It's not that I'm being rude, but there are some things I don't understand, and I want to ask the Princess."

The Princess never expected such a reply. She paused for a few seconds before she replied in surprise: "Ah?" "

I came back late yesterday, and when I came back, I happened to see the fifth girl of the Chu family sitting in the pavilion, as if she was trapped by the rain. I shouldn't ask too much about the affairs of the female family, but the Prince's Mansion should not let a little girl suffer injustice. She didn't even have anyone around her at the time. What happened?"

After hearing this, the old princess opened her eyes immediately and no longer closed her eyes to rest. The old princess was hesitant. Why did the prince bring this up? It's not a big deal. The Princess frowned secretly and asked unwillingly, "How did your Highness know that it was the fifth daughter of the Chu family?" As she spoke, she looked at Chu Jinyao.

Chu Jinyao's heart skipped a beat. She had thought that the matter was over. She had never expected that the prince would stand up for her. And from what the Princess said, she was actually jealous that the prince remembered her?

Qin Yi suppressed his anger and said, "Does the Princess think that I have made a mistake? Or do you think that I can only remember the person that the Princess wants me to remember?"

The tone of these words was too strong. The Princess immediately stood up, bowed her head and repeatedly said that she dared not. Even the old Princess sat up straight, asked the maid to help her stand on the ground, and said tremblingly, "Don't worry, Your Highness. My eldest daughter-in-law speaks frankly and does not mean what she says. She is not contradicting Your Highness."

The prince's voice was a little heavier, and everyone in the room stood in the room with their heads down, not daring to breathe. Qin Yi saw that the old Princess knew the danger, and did not want to embarrass an old lady like this, so he said, "Okay, old Princess, please sit down."

The old Princess was as if she had been pardoned, trembling and thanked the grace, and then she was helped to sit down by everyone. The Princess of the County was so frightened that her face turned pale. She shut her mouth tightly and dared not speak again.

However, the Princess of the County wanted to follow the principle of saying less and making fewer mistakes, but Qin Yi did not intend to let her off. After they sat down, Qin Yi first called the Princess of the County: "Princess Huailing, what is your answer to what I just said?" The

Princess of the County was startled, and then hurried to think about what Qin Yi asked. After she thought about it, she hesitated for a while: "Yesterday, I was entertaining guests and I couldn't take care of everyone. Fifth Miss Chu, why did you end up in the pavilion?"

The Princess looked at Chu Jinyao, her eyes full of warning. Everyone else turned their heads as well, and Chu Jinyao suddenly became the focus of attention.

Facing so many warning, watching, or speculating gazes, Chu Jinyao did not panic, but hesitated.

She also wanted to seek justice, but, can the prince be trusted? She didn't want her to reveal the evidence, but the prince was too lazy to take care of it, that would be troublesome.

She hesitated for a few seconds and couldn't help but secretly looked up at Qin Yi. Qin Yi was sitting calmly in his seat, and seemed to feel her gaze and instantly looked in this direction. His eyes were clear and firm, with an irresistible trust.

Chu Jinyao, as if bewitched, suddenly boldly decided to borrow the prince's big ship to get some justice. But before that, Chu Jinyao had to explain one thing first.

Chu Jinyao bowed to the old princess and the princess of the county, and then said: "My ancestor, princess of the county, to be honest, I don't understand what's going on now. Yesterday I sent the head maid back to get something, and I stood there waiting for her. Unexpectedly, she didn't come back for a long time, and it happened to rain at this time, so I was trapped in the rain. I sat in the pavilion for a while, and then my maid came out to look for me, and I followed her back. I didn't know that the prince also passed by here yesterday."

Chu Jinyao said this to explain the whole story and to distance himself from the matter.

Chu Jinyao didn't want to admit that she followed the prince to take shelter from the rain yesterday. Did she think she didn't die quickly enough?

Qin Yi couldn't help but smile. They say that after crossing a river, one will destroy the bridge. This guy hasn't even crossed the river yet, but he's thinking of blocking him first. Qin Yi knew what Chu Jinyao was worried about, so he didn't bother with her and said, "I passed by the garden yesterday and saw her sitting there alone. It was raining heavily at the time and she didn't see me."

After Chu Jinyao finished speaking, she didn't dare to look at the prince again. Unexpectedly, the prince didn't expose her, but helped her speak. Chu Jinyao's heart slowly settled down, and she was moved. The prince is really a good person. The princess was

also relieved. It turned out that he was just passing by. She was scared to death. The Princess of the County found it funny to think like this. She was also crazy. She actually thought that the Crown Prince was standing up for Chu Jinyao. Well, how could it be possible? The Crown Prince was just passing by and asked out of curiosity.

In this case, the matter would be much easier to handle. The Princess of the County asked, "Is there such a thing?"

Chu Jinyao would have to live in the Prince's Mansion in the future. She didn't dare to offend the Princess of the County too much. She could only point the spearhead at Chu Jinmiao. At least one of the two culprits should be defeated. Chu Jinyao shook her head and said, "I don't know either. Please handle it impartially

and get to the bottom of it." The Princess of the County and the old princess looked at each other and changed their minds at the same time. Chu Jinyao was tactful and didn't tell the matter of the county lord, otherwise she would be in trouble. Since Chu Jinyao wanted to vent her anger on Chu Jinmiao, she could do it.

After making up her mind, the Princess's face quickly turned fierce: "There is such a thing, don't worry, I will investigate it thoroughly and make a decision for you."

Chu Jinmiao's expression changed immediately. She quickly turned her head to glare at Chu Jinyao and said, "Fifth Miss, are you remembering correctly? We are sisters from the same mansion. If you have any grievances, you can complain to me, your elder sister. Why bother the Princess of the County to intervene?"

Chu Jinyao thought it was ridiculous. Chu Jinmiao now remembered to imply that her family's shame should not be exposed? As soon as the stick hit her, her position became righteous. It was really ridiculous. Chu Jinyao's expression remained unchanged, and she pretended to be innocent like Chu Jinmiao: "Ah, why can't the Princess of the County be allowed to administer justice? The Princess of the County will not wrongly accuse anyone. Does Fourth Sister say that because she doesn't trust the Princess of the County?"

Chu Jinmiao bit her back teeth, glared at Chu Jinyao hatefully, and said almost word by word: "No. You think too much."

Chu Jinyao smiled and glanced at Chu Jinmiao, and immediately felt refreshed. The old princess and the Princess of the County thought that the matter was over, and even Chu Jinyao thought so.

Qin Yi saw with his own eyes that Chu Jinyao turned around and glared at the fake daughter, and then the rain suddenly stopped and the sky cleared up, revealing a smile. Qin Yi snorted in his heart, looking at your lack of ability, is this the end?

Qin Yi could only speak for himself: "How does the Princess intend to deal with this matter?"

The Princess was stunned for a moment: "How can it be like this? Find out the whereabouts of the maid and then punish her severely, isn't that enough?"

So, in this matter, there will be no trouble from their county lord who bites people? Qin Yi's expression did not change, but a hint of fierceness flashed in his eyes. He didn't care much about Chu Jinyao being trapped in the pavilion, because he was there at the time. What really made him angry was that Chu Jinyao was bitten.

Who gave her the courage to bite Chu Jinyao? But a small county lord with a different surname, Wang, really thinks he is lawless?

Having said that, Qin Yi was too lazy to save face for the Lin family. He originally wanted to mention the wound on Chu Jinyao's wrist, but then he thought that this was not a good idea and would damage Chu Jinyao's reputation, so he changed his mind and mentioned another matter.

"Princess, there is one more thing I want to ask you."

When she heard the prince call himself the princess, she wanted to kneel down. She trembled and said, "Your Highness, what else do you want?"

"Yesterday I was stopped by the rain and returned late, but I heard from the eunuchs that they seemed to see the county lord wandering outside my yard." Qin Yi's eyes slowly turned to the princess. His eyes were dark and calm, like a deep black lake. Just looking at each other made people feel like falling into a cold cellar. "Princess, what does your family mean by this?"

The blood in the princess' body froze at once, and when she understood what the prince meant, it rushed to her head again, and her face flushed red. The Princess understood that it was not unknown that the county lord secretly followed the prince yesterday. On the contrary, this incident made the prince unhappy.

Chu Jinyao was stunned for a moment when she heard Qin Yi's words. After she reacted, she immediately covered her hands tightly with her sleeves. It was terrible that the prince was so vengeful. She let the prince get wet in the rain for so long yesterday. The prince would not plan to settle accounts with her later, right?

Chu Jinyao lowered her head silently, silently reducing her presence. The Princess of the County was completely confused, and the old Princess was also restless, and hurriedly said: "Your Highness, please forgive me for being rude. There may be some misunderstanding. The little girl is shy, please give me some face, and we can talk about this matter in private. If it is really Baozhu who offended Your Highness, I will never show mercy."

Qin Yi didn't care much about what the old Princess said. He thought that he made the county lord embarrassed by mentioning this matter in public, so why didn't they think about their face when they bullied Chu Jinyao before? Qin Yi was too lazy to talk to this group of people. He stood up and said calmly: "The old Princess, please investigate it slowly. I have something else to do, so I won't accompany you."

The frightened people hurriedly stood up and sent the prince out. Qin Yi walked to the door and suddenly stopped, saying casually and coldly: "I advise the old princess to discipline her children and grandchildren. If you do it again, it won't be a casual remark."

Everyone in the room thought that the "next time" referred to stalking, but Qin Yi knew what he was warning about.

After saying that, Xiao Linzi held up the door curtain for the prince, and Qin Yi strode away without looking back.

After Qin Yi walked away, the old princess fell on the stool as if all her strength had been drained. The princess of the county also looked pale and kept wiping the cold sweat with her sleeves.

The county head had never been spoken to harshly in her life, but now she was called out by the prince in front of so many people. She was already ashamed to death, her face flushed red, and when the prince left, she burst into tears and ran out.

"Baozhu, Baozhu!" The princess called out several times from behind, but it was no use. She sighed with heartache, and tears welled up in her eyes.

It was her negligence. She thought that as long as the mouths of the people involved in the incident were shut up, the matter could be resolved safely. It was her failure to think carefully and let Baozhu suffer such humiliation in vain. If she had sent someone to apologize to the prince and speak well of him yesterday to calm him down, how could it have turned out to be the current situation?

The county lord ran out crying, the princess of the county also choked with tears, the old princess sighed, Chu Jinyao couldn't stay any longer, so she quickly said goodbye.

After walking a long way, Linglong saw that there was no one around, and she burst into laughter.

Chu Jinyao glared at Linglong unhappily: "How dare you laugh!"

Linglong suppressed her smile and said: "I am happy for the young lady. Yesterday you kindly advised her, but she actually bit you. She has really learned all the etiquette and rules over the years! Now she is being treated in public by the prince. Although it is not for the young lady's matter, it is also very gratifying!"

"Alright." Chu Jinyao glared at Linglong in reproach and said, "Forget what you said once. Don't mention it again in the future!"

"I understand." Linglong still felt very happy. She said loudly in her heart, the county lord deserves it! It's just right to let the spoiled and brainless princess and the old princess see that if they don't discipline their own daughters, there are plenty of people to discipline them for them.

Although Chu Jinyao restrained Linglong, she felt relieved in her heart. Someone should have come out to teach the county lord a lesson long ago. She was simply too arrogant. Now, she has hit a wall.

But people are under the eaves. Although Chu Jinyao is happy about what happened today, if she shows gloating, it will be easy to give her a handle. So Chu Jinyao controlled her expression all the way, as solemn as she could be.

But eyes can't lie. Her eyes are crystal clear, and the corners of her eyes are curved, as if dotted with stars.

Although Chu Jinyao doesn't understand why the prince wants to be angry with the county lord, she can't participate in the world of big shots, but she can still have fun with them. Because of what happened to the prince today, Chu Jinyao had a great impression of him, and she didn't even care that he said she looked like a monkey.

Chu Jinyao walked back to her yard with a smile on her face. However, when she passed the pavilion where she had taken shelter from the rain yesterday, she unexpectedly found a person standing there with his hands behind his back.

Chu Jinyao paused, and Linglong also hesitated and asked, "Miss?"

Why is the prince standing here?