After a brief shock, Marquis Xuanping’s already flushed face turned even redder, as if blood might drip from it, his eyes fierce with rage and fury.
Yang Mengchen raised an eyebrow disdainfully at the two sisters, her cool voice exuding a sharp authority, "Having the gall to throw your weight around in my maternal home, you are quite bold indeed!"
"Prince... what is the princess talking about... we... don’t understand..." Clenching her fists under the long sleeves, Lu Xiang tried her best to remain composed, yet the sharp aura and the intent to kill emanating from the seemingly calm and serene seated Yang Mengchen made her tremble with fright, her face flushing from red to pale as snow.
And Lu Mei slumped to the ground, her head almost buried in her chest, her whole body shaking like a sieve, filled with regret and despair.
"Did you really think my maternal family is a simple farmhouse with lax security, where you can misbehave at will?" Yang Mengchen’s graceful features flashed with a chilling aura, her deep, dark eyes unfathomable, "How does it feel to be bitten back by the very aphrodisiac you intended to use?"
Suddenly looking up at Yang Mengchen, panic and havoc sprawled across the faces of the two sisters: how could the princess possibly know that they carried an aphrodisiac?
Raising an eyebrow, Yang Mengchen’s lips curled into a smile that wasn’t quite a smile, "Do you wish to know why I am fully aware of your every move?"
The two sisters nodded subconsciously.
"I have long been aware of your ill intentions. From the moment I left the Capital, I have had people secretly monitor you," Yang Mengchen said coldly. "The reason I haven’t exposed you until now is for the sake of my sister-in-law. If you had behaved yourselves, I naturally wouldn’t have pursued matters, but unfortunately..."
"Princess Chen, spare our lives! We beg you to spare us, seeing that we did not succeed!" The sisters kept kowtowing and pleading, thinking they had been acting in secret, not realizing they were under surveillance all along.
Madam Jia, inwardly annoyed by her daughters’ incompetence, which not only ended in failure but also with their capture, thought that if they were captured without admitting to anything, since no one caught them in the act, they could find some excuse, and Princess Chen would be helpless. But to her dismay, the daughters had confessed so quickly, leaving her no time to remedy the situation. Nonetheless, they were her children, and she couldn’t ignore them, so she knelt down and begged for mercy.
"Princess Chen, Mei and Xiang are young and foolish and have erred in their ways. I implore your mercy to spare them this once."
I hadn’t come to you, yet you’ve delivered yourself right to my door, Yang Mengchen thought with a hint of a cold smile on her lips.
"Madam Jia, were you aware of their wicked intentions beforehand?"
Bowing her head slightly, not letting anyone see her panic, Madam Jia feigned shock and begged for forgiveness, "To report to the princess, if I had known in advance that Mei and Xiang would be so foolish, I definitely would have stopped them. Please, Princess, see the truth!"
Lu Mei and Lu Xiang looked on in shock, wanting to say something but saw their mother’s warning look and promptly shut their mouths tight, daring not to speak.
Observing the small movements of the mother and daughters, Yang Mengchen asked indifferently, "Do you truly not know?"
"Yes!"
"Then swear on the life of Lu Guodong (Madam Jia’s own child) that if you lie, Lu Guodong shall die without a place to be buried!"
Suddenly looking up directly at Yang Mengchen, Madam Jia’s face turned pale, "This matter has nothing to do with Dong’er. Why should the princess implicate him?"
"You dare not swear." Glancing briefly at the silent and hesitant Marquis Xuanping, Yang Mengchen said with a voice laced with bone-chilling coldness, "Because you not only knew of their intentions early on but also provided them with ’Drunk Spring Medicine,’ am I right?"
"This... woman..." Madam Jia started to loudly retort, but upon seeing Yang Mengchen’s eyes, deep and dark like ink, seemingly calm and gentle yet filled with so much insight and clarity, she felt utterly exposed, and for a moment, she felt a sense of dread.
Gently stroking her fair and soft hands, Yang Mengchen continued meaningfully, "Many know that I am skilled in medical arts and often boost the health of those around me. Ordinary drugs have no effect on me, and that ’Drunk Spring Medicine’ is a unique secret formula of Baozhi Hall, never disclosed. Baozhi Hall values its reputation highly, with every sale recorded in the books. Would you like me to have someone fetch those records from Baozhi Hall?"
Madam Jia collapsed onto the floor, her face pale and defeated. No one needed to ask, as everyone was well aware.
Marquis Xuanping filled with disbelief in his eyes. He had always deemed his wife humble and virtuous and could not come to terms with her despicable nature.
Lu Ningyan had long known of Madam Jia’s deceit and was therefore not surprised. However, seeing his father’s distress, he felt a twinge of sympathy.
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"Everyone knows that the princess is most defensive of her loved ones." Yang Mengchen’s obsidian eyes were like a frozen winter lake, her long lashes fluttering, stirring shards of ice, each bearing soul-chilling light. Her soft voice flowed gently from her lips, word by word sinking Mother and daughter of Madam Jia’s hearts to the bottomless pit, overwhelmed by despair and fear, "To dare plot against my kin, you must be prepared to bear all the consequences!"
The Mother and daughter of Madam Jia were terrified, wishing to plead for mercy, but alas, they could not utter a sound.
Yang Mengchen said coldly, "Rest assured, I shall not kill you. After all, today is Sixth Brother and sister-in-law’s day of great joy. First, take them away and keep them under strict guard. They will be dealt with after my sister-in-law returns home."
Hai Tang, Lv Luo, and Shan Cha then stepped forward and escorted the mother and daughters away.
"My lord, I only wanted Mei and Xiang to marry well, to bring strength to Hou Mansion, Ningyan, and Guodong in the future," Madam Jia struggled desperately, but Hai Tang firmly restrained her, leaving her no way to escape. She could only turn back and cry to Marquis Xuanping, "My dedication was sincere, my lord, you must believe me!"
Lu Mei and Lu Xiang meanwhile implored Long Xuanmo, "Prince, please, show mercy!" Their pitiful and helpless demeanor was indeed touching.
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