Chapter 58 He actually protected her
Chu Yangyang faced the burning gazes in the room without moving her brows at all, as if she was a stone sculpture sitting on a lotus platform when a rainstorm was about to come, standing still and expressionless.
"Let me talk about Brother Lan Yu first." She looked directly at Lan Yu who was being pinned down by officers and soldiers.
"Lan Yu, do you still remember why I whipped you?"
As soon as these words came out, Lan Yu's eyes flickered and he murmured, "I... I don't know why the princess hit us. We are just lowly slaves living under someone else's roof. Why would the princess need a reason to hit us?"
"You're lying!" Miao Yun couldn't stand it any longer and shouted angrily, "If you hadn't been so audacious and done something out of the ordinary, why would the princess have whipped you?"
Lan Yu didn't dare to answer, but just lowered his head.
To others, this action looked like someone had suffered a great injustice.
Chu Shiying immediately scolded, "I didn't expect the dog beside the princess to bark so loudly. The master is talking, what right do you have to interrupt?"
Chu Shiying acted like the head of a family, shouting orders at people with a fierce and aggressive tone, "Come here, slap him in the face."
After saying that, the servant standing behind Chu Shiying made a move to walk towards Miaoyun.
“Pah.”
Suddenly, there was a crisp sound, and Chu Yangyang grabbed the coffee table on the desk beside him and smashed it to the ground.
The crisp and loud sound of breaking startled everyone present.
Then, a voice full of intimidation was heard, "Let's see who dares to touch her."
The servants behind Chu Shiying were so frightened that they hid behind him. Chu Shiying was humiliated by a junior in front of everyone, and immediately said, "Yangyang, don't be so presumptuous. I am your elder after all. I am teaching your maid a lesson on behalf of your father. How dare you be so rude?"
Chu Yangyang sneered, "When did Uncle become a woman and start meddling in the affairs of the maids in my Prime Minister's Mansion? Are you bullying me because there's no mistress in charge of my Mansion?"
"you……"
After being humiliated again, Chu Shiying was so angry that his hands trembled as he pointed at Chu Yangyang, and he was speechless for a while.
"I thought." Luo Xifeng stood beside Chu Yangyang, his broad shoulders unconsciously blocking her front, making people look at first glance as if he was protecting her.
Luo Xifeng continued, "Now is not the time to punish the servants. We should investigate the murder case thoroughly."
The tense shoulders and back formed an inky barrier in front of Chu Yangyang's eyes.
She stared at the straight line of his spine beneath his clothes, and a sour warmth suddenly rose in her throat. This wall of people seemed to cut through the malice in the room, like the broken light after the ice cracked.
At this time, Jiang Ning, as a senior figure in the court, stepped forward and said, "What Imperial Physician Luo said is quite true. Lord Chu, please be patient for now. It won't be too late to punish him after hearing the truth."
Since Jiang Ning had spoken, Chu Shiying could only retreat in disappointment without saying anything more.
"Princess, please help us solve this problem." Jiang Ning still said politely to Chu Yangyang.
Chu Yangyang glanced at the door lightly, and just in time saw Nanny Leng walking quickly towards her, nodding slightly at her.
She understood and bowed respectfully to Jiang Ning before slowly saying, "The reason I whipped the Lan Yu brothers before was because I discovered that they had stolen property from my courtyard eight times. Every time they succeeded, they would go to the Hongyun Pawn Shop in the West Market to sell the stolen goods."
Nanny Leng walked behind Chu Yangyang at the right time.
Chu Yangyang turned to Jiang Ning and said, "Master Jiang, this is the account book of Hongyun Pawn Shop. It contains a detailed list of all the stolen goods they have received. The other account book in the brocade box is a list of items received by my Prime Minister's Mansion. You can compare them."
Nanny Leng immediately came out from behind her and took out a brocade box. The list of lost items wrapped in layers of silk unfolded in the wind, and the ink-black handwriting was as clear as winter plum blossoms falling in the snow.
Lan Yu's originally straight back suddenly slumped.
"Last month, Hongyun Pawn Shop received a jadeite bracelet wrapped in silk, and the ruby necklace bestowed by the emperor on the Prime Minister's residence two years ago..." Jiang Ning glanced at the list and suddenly paused, "Even the Nine-Phoenix Golden Hairpin that the late emperor bestowed on the Prime Minister's wife is on this list?"
"That's right." Chu Yangyang glanced at Lan Yu's sullen face, a trace of sadness on her face. "That day, I caught them pawning my mother's belongings. That's why I was furious and used family rules."
Chu Xinyao twisted her handkerchief tightly and questioned, "If he's a thief, why didn't you report him to the police?"
"Because I still have some dignity." Chu Yangyang glanced at Chu Xinyao, who was looking at me with ill intentions. "My original purpose in redeeming these two concubines was simply to provoke my husband. I wanted to use this childish idea to attract his attention to me and hope that he would be tempted. It's not that I really like them. If this matter is made public, the people will not be talking about the two concubines, but the Prime Minister's daughter who keeps a male concubine. For the reputation of the Prime Minister's Mansion, I still know the limits."
She paused, then shot Chu Xinyao with a sharp gaze. "Unlike some people, who, upon getting the chance to trip me up, couldn't wait to make things worse. Moreover, at this late hour, she summoned Lord Jiang for personal interrogation. I wonder what her purpose is?"
Suddenly feeling poked in the spine, Chu Xinyao pursed her lips and dared not say a word.
She didn't expect that in the past few months, the violent princess who had been as stupid as a pig and obeyed her orders seemed like a different person.
As long as Chu Xinyao appears, Chu Yangyang can always easily catch all the tricks behind her.
During the tit-for-tat confrontation, Luo Xifeng stared at Chu Yangyang's trembling eyelashes.
Three months ago, when she whipped Lan Yu, she was clearly smiling like a demon seeking death.
But when he mentioned his deceased mother at this moment, that fleeting hint of vulnerability did not seem fake.
And her firm and confident eyes, as if everything was within her expectations.
When this thought came to his mind, Luo Xifeng frowned and looked at her beautiful back, lost in deep thought.
Chu Yangyang suddenly turned to him and said, "When I whipped the Lan Yu brothers, Doctor Luo happened to be passing by the side yard that day. He must have heard me questioning them. I wonder if Doctor Luo can be a witness on my behalf."
Luo Xifeng's knuckles turned white, and he pursed his lips without saying a word.
Memory is like a poisoned silver needle piercing the solar plexus.
That day, Chu Yangyang secretly drugged him again. When he woke up, he was lying on the bed in the side yard where Lan Yu and the others were staying...
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