Jiang Mingyun sighed, "She's a pitiful person, cheated out of both money and feelings yet still so devoted."
"Risking a beating to death to find his wife, tsk tsk, I never thought Qingwan was so ruthless."
"Shut up! It's not your place to act wildly here." Madam Lin shouted angrily, her sharp gaze slashing at Jiang Mingyun like a knife.
Lin Qingwan took a deep breath and looked at Butcher Lin, "You said we were engaged, so do you know my birth date and time?"
"Also, did I personally write the marriage certificate on the day we got engaged?"
Lin the Butcher's face stiffened. He had originally bought Lin Qingwan from the Cheng family, so there were no such procedures involved, not even a token of their love.
"I, I..."
Lin Qingwan chuckled, "Can't answer that already?"
"Then I'll ask someone you know."
“Newly arrived servants all do odd jobs in the outer courtyard first, and only after they are familiar with the rules can they enter the main courtyard. Why are you allowed to carry the incense? My incense just happened to fall on your tray, and when you got lost and came back, the incense was poisoned.”
No one had told Lin the butcher these things. He broke out in a sweat and subconsciously glanced in Jiang Yanwan's direction.
Lin Qingwan's voice turned cold, and her gaze sharpened. "The nanny said that each incense box has a number. How did you know my number and prepare to switch things in advance?"
"Lastly, who told you I made crabapple fragrance?"
When she asked this question, her gaze fell back on Madam Lin and Jiang Yanwan. Jiang Yanwan's heartstrings tightened, and Madam Lin also noticed that the hand holding her tightened slightly.
Lin the Butcher looked embarrassed and lowered his eyes, not daring to meet Lin Qingwan's gaze again. "We're short-staffed today, manager, let me come over."
Lin Qingwan scoffed and bowed to the Minister's wife. "Madam, none of the young ladies would tell others in advance what kind of incense they want to make. Since this person made preparations, it must not be an incense made on the spot."
“This was clearly premeditated. It’s a small matter that he slandered my innocence, but it could ruin the relationship between our two families.”
Madam Yang's expression hardened; she naturally understood the gravity of the situation.
She had only been watching with amusement, seeing that the Lin family had all assumed it was Lin Qingwan's fault, and this man had even claimed to be engaged to Lin Qingwan. She had been expecting Lin Qingwan to be so calm.
"this···"
Before she could speak, Prince Jing, Zhao Yan, spoke in a deep, resonant voice from the pavilion extending from the North Garden across the way: "If the Ministry of Personnel cannot find the answer, I will send people from the Court of Judicial Review to help."
Minister Gao's expression hardened. "Your Majesty, I will certainly investigate this thoroughly."
Zhao Yan pointed at Jiang Mingyun's nose again, "Investigate her thoroughly again."
Jiang Mingyun shivered. Her brother, Jiang Mingting, came out from behind Gao Wei and said, "Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with Mingyun. Please don't frighten her."
Zhao Yan replied, “How can it be unrelated? Didn’t she complain to me earlier that Qingwan was engaged to someone? She must have already seen this lowly commoner.”
Jiang Mingting was shocked. Prince Jing had actually said it so bluntly!
Jiang Mingyun also felt her face turn red with embarrassment. Being exposed did not make her restrain herself; instead, she simply stopped caring about anything else.
"Everything I said is true! It's just that the Prime Minister's residence is covering it up, and you just don't know it."
"Lin Qingwan is not a Bodhisattva at all..."
Madam Lin said viciously, "Qin Ma, gag her!"
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