Qu Li remained calm.
She looked up at Xiao Xian, who was equally calm, a hint of doubt flashing in her eyes.
Logically speaking, Xiao Xian should have been angry and ashamed because he was cuckolded.
After all, she still remembered how Xiao Xian had grabbed her neck with cold anger in his eyes when she had just come through.
Remembering that just before the birthday banquet started, Xiao Xian told her about the rumor about her and the waiter from Qingfeng Pavilion, her gaze at Xiao Xian deepened a little.
Just then, Xiao Xian glanced over.
When their eyes met, she clearly saw the words "don't worry" in his eyes.
The wrinkles between Qu Li's brows deepened.
"Do you know what crime you will be punished for slandering my princess?" Xiao Xian opened his thin lips slightly, his eyes cold and sharp, and the pressure emanating from his body became even stronger.
The young servant shuddered violently, "I have done nothing wrong..."
Because of lack of confidence, the sound was almost inaudible at the end.
"Why do I feel like there's something else going on here? The waiter's eyes are filled with panic, as if he's slandering me!" someone said.
Qu Li had calmed down by now, his eyes fixed on the young waiter whose forehead was covered with sweat.
"Apart from this, is there anything else?"
Changle couldn't understand what Qu Li was going to do.
In this case, this young waiter should be dragged away and beaten to death with sticks.
Is it necessary and meaningful to continue asking this question?
The waiter glanced at Xiao Xian again and whispered, "There's a birthmark on your lower back!"
These words are like a drop of water falling into a frying pan.
As for the bellyband before, it can be said that someone deliberately stole it and wanted to put the blame on Qu Li.
So, how do we explain birthmarks, especially those in such a hidden place?
This time, Changle was completely enraged.
She raised her foot and kicked the boy on the shoulder.
Changle usually likes to wield swords and guns, and he is especially good at wielding a whip.
She had always wanted the whip of the eldest princess, but unfortunately, it was taken away by Qu Li.
The young man fell to the ground in a mess. He felt as if his shoulder was dislocated, and his cold and pale face was almost transparent due to the pain.
"Come here, drag this ignorant bastard away and beat him to death!"
Everyone was frightened by Changle's sudden rage, their mouths wide open, and everything around them seemed to be paused.
Several guards from the Grand Princess's Mansion were about to drag the young waiter away, and the young waiter looked at Xiao Xian eagerly.
Xiao Xian said coldly, "Cousin Changle, if you beat someone to death without knowing the reason, then this matter will be confirmed!"
Changle put his hands on his hips, his round face flushed with anger. "Seventh cousin, are we going to let such a lowly thing talk nonsense? And let Seventh cousin-in-law suffer the cold shoulder?"
Qu Li's heart felt as warm as if it were soaked in hot spring water.
She patted the back of Changle's hand soothingly, "Be patient!"
Changle glared at Xiao Xian again angrily.
Xiao Xian shook his head helplessly.
Qu Li sneered: "Are you sure there is really a birthmark on my lower back?"
The young waiter complained bitterly.
The man told him yesterday that Qu Li had a birthmark on his right shoulder, which was in the shape of a plum blossom.
It was Prince Chen who asked him to say that the birthmark was on his lower back.
"Slave is sure!"
His voice was hoarse, and the three simple words seemed to be ground out from between his teeth.
"Grand Princess, can you find some ladies of high moral character?"
The eldest princess nodded, her eyes swept quickly through the crowd, and she called out several women of excellent virtue.
Qu Li said to Chang Le, "Please keep an eye on this young man for me!"
Changle nodded heavily.
Soon, Qu Li came out again with a few women.
"Princess Chen doesn't have any birthmark on her lower back! You are talking nonsense, what is your intention?" The wife of the Minister of Revenue scolded coldly.
The young man rolled his eyes twice and tried to run away.
Because he was too anxious, the bellyband in his hand fell to the ground.
Everyone felt that the young man was clearly instigated by someone, and the bellyband he was wearing was probably fake.
Changle was angry and asked the maid to pick up the bellyband. She then flashed and brought the young man back.
The young boy shrank back like a chick.
"Changle County Lady, there are small words on this bellyband!"
Changle took the bellyband, took one look at it, and then laughed in anger: "Who ordered you to do that?"
The waiter kowtowed repeatedly: "Please spare my life, County Lady!"
"If you don't want your tongue pulled out, just say it!" Changle scolded in disgust.
"But if I tell you, I won't get any benefit!"
"If you don't tell me, I'll kill you now!" Changle's eyes widened and he was filled with anger.
"It's the Third Concubine of the Yongshun Marquisate!"
Wow——
Everyone showed a look of understanding.
"How could a concubine have such great abilities?"
"Wait! I seem to smell a conspiracy!"
"It must be Marquis Yongshun! He doesn't want to build the academy, so he spread rumors to force Princess Chen to give up building the academy!"
The more people talked, the more they felt they had figured out the truth.
"However, since it was the order of Marquis Yongshun, why can't you figure out where the birthmark is?"
Qu Li heard these discussions clearly, and she looked up at Xiao Xian thoughtfully.
Could it be that he already knew about this?
The eldest princess's face was gloomy: "How dare you slander the royal woman so casually? Come here!"
The guards stepped forward, and the Grand Princess shouted, "Go and bring the Third Concubine from the Yongshun Marquisate!"
When the guards from the Grand Princess's Mansion broke into the Third Aunt's room, she was so scared that she almost peed her pants.
She was practically dragged all the way to the Grand Princess's Mansion.
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