Chapter 394 Price
Yu Lingxiu raised the corners of her lips, pulling out a sneer full of sarcasm, and snorted softly from her nose: "Hmph, look at what you have done. You have done such a shameful thing, and you are still pretending to be confused? Don't you see that now in this mansion, from the housekeeper to the servants and maids, everyone knows that you, Lin Miaoyin, came to the mansion to look for your old lover. With such a shameless demeanor, you are not worthy of standing beside Prince Ning, it's simply a joke!"
Lin Miaoyin straightened her back, raised her chin slightly, and looked calm, without any panic. "If you want to accuse someone of a crime, you can always find a pretext. You just speak nonsense and slander me without any real evidence. I want to see how you will end up like this. Can you afford the price of making up rumors without any basis?"
Yu Lingxiu clasped her hands tightly in front of her chest, her eyes flashing with provocation, "Price? I'm really not afraid. I want to see what extraordinary skills you can use. Now these rumors have spread like wildfire to every corner of the mansion. If King Ning hears even a little bit, he will definitely despise you and spit on you. Then, you will cry!"
From the beginning, Lin Miaoyin had no intention of hiding the fact that she came to find Fanfan, but Fanfan was definitely a woman and had nothing to do with an old lover.
But now, such outrageous rumors have suddenly emerged in the mansion. Thinking about it carefully, the mastermind behind this is most likely Yu Lingxiu.
Lin Miaoyin's eyes were cold, shooting straight at Yu Lingxiu like cold stars, and her tone was indifferent and almost alienated: "I have already made it clear to you. If you are in love with Prince Ning, you can go find her openly by yourself. Why bother with me here?"
"Last time you tricked me into going to take care of Prince Ning, but I ended up being ridiculed by him and lost face in front of everyone. This time, I will never fall into your trap again, even if I die!" Yu Lingxiu recalled the embarrassment and humiliation of that day, hatred surged in her eyes, like two sharp blades, stabbing at Lin Miaoyin fiercely.
Lin Miaoyin didn’t know what to say about what happened last time. She couldn’t say that Beigong You suddenly became a manly person, but she didn’t need him, so this misunderstanding occurred?
She looked at Yu Lingxiu's hateful eyes and stopped explaining. She just said coldly: "If it is really you behind this, I advise you to stop as soon as possible, otherwise you will bear the consequences."
After saying that, she turned and left.
"Who do you think you are, threatening me here!" Yu Lingxiu's face twisted with anger, "I'm going to make life difficult for you!"
Lin Miaoyin paused, turned around, and swept her eyes across Yu Lingxiu's face like a knife, "Then give it a try."
After saying that, she left without looking back.
Yu Lingxiu stared at Lin Miaoyin's back as she walked away in a carefree manner. She gritted her teeth in anger and uttered viciously, "Cuizhu! Come here! Go and find someone to tell Chu Youan everything you just said without missing a word!"
Cuizhu timidly took small steps forward, her voice trembling a little: "Miss, this... I'm afraid it's not appropriate. What if... if something goes wrong..."
"What if? There aren't that many what ifs!"
Yu Lingxiu was immediately furious, her eyes bulged like bells, and she raised her hand and slapped him, "Are you my maid or Lin Miaoyin's maid? Just go when I tell you to, and stop talking nonsense here! I don't believe it. Even if Lin Miaoyin doesn't care about her reputation, can she watch her image in her daughter's heart plummet?"
Cuizhu was scolded so badly that she was trembling with fear. She didn't dare to breathe, let alone say another word. She could only respond meekly and leave in a hurry.
Sure enough, everything happened just as Yu Lingxiu had expected. The rumor seemed to have grown wings and quickly reached Chu Youan's ears at lightning speed.
However, this rumor has been passed around by many people and its content has changed beyond all recognition.
Some people exaggerated the story and spread it vividly, saying that the reason why Lin Miaoyin was so anxious to find a strange man was because she saw that Chu Youan looked less and less like Prince Ning, and she became suspicious and was sure that the child was the strange man's illegitimate daughter, so she had the evil idea of killing her to silence her.
This vicious rumor was like a poisonous snake spitting out its tongue, slithering wildly in Prince Ning's Mansion, spreading rapidly, and then breaking through the high walls of the mansion, floating outside the mansion, causing panic among the people.
When Chu Youan heard the news, he was sitting alone in the garden feeding the fish.
In an instant, the fish food in her hand fell to the ground with a "splash", and she felt as if she had been struck by lightning.
Chu Youan was filled with anger and quickly found Beigong You.
However, at this moment, Beigong You had just taken the medicine and was falling into a deep sleep, unaware of everything around him.
At the same time, Lin Miaoyin took advantage of his rest time and quietly went out without a trace.
Helplessly, Chu Youan could only turn her attention to the guard Feng Ming. Her eyes were filled with anxiety and confusion, and she asked, "Why didn't anyone in the mansion come forward to stop the rumors flying all over the place? Doesn't my father know that such malicious rumors are like sharp blades, stabbing my mother fiercely and causing her great harm?"
Feng Ming bowed slightly, with a helpless look on his face, and replied in a low voice: "The princess has already explained this matter, and specifically told you not to tell the prince for the time being."
"Why on earth is this happening?" Chu Youan was getting more and more confused, and the bewilderment in his eyes deepened. "Does mother really not care about her own reputation? Does she allow others to slander and fabricate behind her back? Or does mother know the person who spread the rumors? Is she going to handle it herself?"
Feng Ming sighed softly and explained, "In fact, the princess has other plans this time. She is currently looking for someone, a woman who is said to be a close friend of the princess. The princess said that these rumors are nothing but passing clouds to her and will not cause any substantial impact, so she did not let us make them public."
Chu Youan heard this and thought to himself: How could there be no impact? If rumors spread too much, my mother's reputation would plummet. By then, people with bad intentions would seize the opportunity and try to interfere between my parents and disturb the family.
Thinking of this, Chu Youan bit his lower lip and made up his mind: "Feng Ming, do you know any clues about the person who spread the rumors? Even if it's just a tiny clue, I will not let my mother be wronged for nothing."
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