Seeing that Xia Tian was not cooperating, Chen Lan had no choice but to compromise, otherwise she would not be able to play anymore and would not have any chance at all.
Xia Tian hummed in her heart, "You little brat, do you think I'm stupid? Can you just give away your personal belongings?"
If someone comes to her with this, even if she finally proves that she didn't give it to anyone without authorization, wouldn't that just be causing trouble for herself?
What's more, she had just heard their plan to frame her, but she still rushed to fall for it. Isn't that courting death?
This plan failed, so Shen Lan and several other friends began to think of another trick.
Sure enough, the game of throwing pots had not yet ended when someone threw something.
The one who lost something was Shen Yi, the legitimate daughter of the third house. The hairpin on her head was missing. It was a birthday gift from her mother. It was inlaid with gems and was very valuable!
Xia Tian rolled his eyes speechlessly. Is this another attempt to frame someone?
As expected of children who grew up in a large mansion, they are young but very smart.
Over there, Shen Lan saw Shen Yi was about to cry, and pretended to comfort Shen Yi, "We have been in the waterside pavilion the whole time, the things must not be lost, we will definitely find them."
As he spoke, he glanced at her intentionally or unintentionally, "If anyone sees this, take it out quickly. It will be bad if it is found later."
Although Xia Tian was sure that she didn't take it, she didn't dare to be careless. What if someone put it on her when she wasn't paying attention?
He touched himself calmly, and found nothing. He could rest assured for the time being.
Seeing that no one took it out, Shen Lan asked her maid to guard the entrance of the pavilion and not let anyone leave.
She also arranged for her personal maid to come and search her body.
No one else objected, this was obviously targeted!
"Isn't this inappropriate? There are other brothers here. Shouldn't the body search be conducted separately for men and women?" Xia Tian couldn't stand it anymore. He was treating people like fools!
"Also, since the things are lost, shouldn't we ask for clarification first?"
"What are you asking? I am the legitimate daughter of the Marquis of Wu'an. How could I frame others for a hairpin?" Shen Yi said unhappily.
"I didn't say you were framing others, I just wanted to ask you, are you sure you wore your hairpin today? Are you sure you lost it here?" Xia Tian asked with his eyes slightly narrowed.
"I'm sure." Shen Yi replied loudly, a little embarrassed and angry.
"Okay, since we need to search people, no one present can be exempted."
"Do we men need to be searched too?" Chen Ke asked.
"Of course, who knows if there are any people with ulterior motives who like to do things that are not decent enough!" Xia Tian looked at Chen Lan and Shen Yi with a forced smile.
The two of them avoided looking at each other and didn't dare to stare at Xia Tian anymore.
Chen Lan asked Chen Ke to take the other brothers to the waterside pavilion next door for a body search, and then called his personal nanny to come and search the girls.
"Wait, isn't it inappropriate to directly search your own people?"
"Why is it inappropriate? Would I be guilty of embezzlement?" Shen Lan said angrily.
"Everyone present is a suspect. To be fair, I suggest we go to Ruixuan Hall and ask someone to come over so they can serve as a witness."
Chen Lan glared at Xia Tian and asked someone to go to Ruixuan Hall to invite someone.
Xia Tian gestured to Ningxue to check her body, and Ningxue shook her head slightly.
She had checked for herself as soon as she heard that someone had lost something. She had been exposed to this since she was a child. How could she not know these little tricks used to frame people?
I originally wanted to remind my wife, but when I saw that she had already thought of it, I kept silent.
Xia Tian thought that even though it had not been discovered this time, he could not take it lightly.
He looked up and carefully scanned the faces of everyone present. When he saw Shen Yi's maid looking a little nervous, he knew what was going on.
Not long after, the invited guests arrived. They turned out to be Aunt Zhang and Miss Mujin, who served the old lady.
The two men greeted the girls present, listened to Shen Lan's brief account of what had happened, and then prepared to start the body search.
Nanny Zhang sat on the side and watched while Miss Mujin took action.
"Who will come first?" asked Aunt Zhang with a serious face.
Seeing that no one moved, Mu Jin prepared to start searching from the left.
"There is an order of seniority. Sister-in-law is the oldest here, so let her take the lead for us!" Shen Lan jumped out and said.
Xia Tian's eyes twinkled. "Miss Mu Jin, since it was Sister Lan and Sister Yi who suggested the body search, in order to convince everyone, I think we should start with them first. What do you think?"
"Would I steal my own things?" Shen Yi asked with a sullen face.
"Who can say for sure?" Xia Tian snorted.
"Okay, come on." Shen Lan stood up.
Mu Jin naturally wouldn't object. Just as she was about to step forward, Xia Tian spoke calmly, "Miss Mu Jin, for your own sake, it's best to let everyone check you first, lest if something is found later, you be falsely accused of having placed it on them while they were being searched."
Mu Jin was stunned. She had never thought that anyone would be so bold as to frame the people around the old lady.
But what the Crown Prince’s wife said makes sense. What if something happens, right?
Miss Hibiscus waited until everyone had checked her before continuing with the body search.
Naturally, nothing was found on Shen Lan and Shen Yi. After searching, they looked at Xia Tian with pride.
Xia Tian laughed and said, since you guys are so proud, then let you show off to the end.
"Miss Mujin, where are their maids?"
Mu Jin, who was about to turn around, stopped again.
Xia Tian continued, "Since Sister Yi doesn't have it, let's check her maid first, so that we can set an example for everyone."
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