As Shen Tangning finished speaking, Jiang Qingyue's heart tightened.
No, impossible!
She didn't do it herself, so even if they investigated, they wouldn't be able to trace it back to her. Thinking of this, she regained her composure.
Yan Mingyi understood the implication: "So, you already know who plotted against Miss Gu?"
“Of course.” The next moment, her gaze fell on Jiang Qingyue’s head, and she smiled meaningfully, “Miss Jiang, where is your personal maid?”
Jiang Qingyue's pupils dilated, and she immediately looked around, only to find that her maid, Peiyun, was missing!
This was not part of her plan at all. Without her instructions, why would Peiyun leave on her own?
Her heart was in turmoil, but she forced herself to remain calm, feigning ignorance and frowning. "That girl is always playful; she's probably run off somewhere." She paused, her eyes filled with disbelief. "Ningning, are you doubting me?"
Everyone immediately looked on with gossip-loving eyes.
Weren't these two best friends before?
What play are we performing today?
Shen Tangning twitched the corner of her mouth: "It's not a suspicion."
Soon, two guards brought Pei Yun up, and a woman behind them wearing a veil whispered, "Your Highness, Madam Chi's maid noticed that this person was acting suspiciously and meeting with the servants in the manor in private. She sensed something was wrong and informed me."
"After interrogating them, I learned that this servant had been bribed and had actually switched Miss Gu's ink."
Gu Qingxu's mind was in turmoil. The person who plotted against her was actually Jiang Qingyue?
The speaker was Hui Niang, and her feelings were quite complicated. She hadn't expected that Miss Shen would come to her and ask her to help make fake documents!
But since the other party had done her a favor, she couldn't refuse to help with such a small matter.
Yan Mingyi glanced at Hui Niang, then gave Shen Tangning a meaningful look. This girl is quite adept at ordering people around.
She snorted coldly: "How dare you to secretly exchange gifts in my palace!"
Pei Yun hurriedly shook her head, her face pale: "This servant did not! This servant has been wronged!"
It was clear that someone had approached her, saying that His Highness the Crown Prince was fond of her young lady and had something to convey.
Although she had doubts, the thought of gaining favor with the young lady later made her lose her head, and she foolishly went.
But instead of the Crown Prince's men, the Princess's men, seeing her suspicious behavior, detained her!
However, without any evidence, and with the messenger long gone, she wouldn't dare to casually mention the Crown Prince even if she had a hundred lives. She could only suffer in silence!
Jiang Qingyue's heart sank to the bottom. This fool didn't even realize he was being schemed against. He's more trouble than he's worth!
She immediately knelt down with red eyes, her expression defiant: "Your Highness, I have never instructed the maid to do this. Please investigate!"
Yan Mingyi didn't even look at her, casually glancing at the trembling servant: "You tell me, if there's even half a word of falsehood..."
Before she could finish speaking, the servant trembled and confessed, "Your Highness, spare me! It was Miss Jiang's maid who said she wanted to embarrass Miss Gu in front of everyone, and she gave me a sum of money. That's why I was bewitched..."
The crowd erupted in uproar upon hearing this!
Pei Yun was dumbfounded, and Jiang Qingyue's face turned deathly pale. She never expected that this servant would frame her!
"You can know a person's face but not their heart; I never imagined she could be so vicious!"
"It's not shameful to curry favor with the powerful, but to scheme against others is morally corrupt!"
The disdainful gazes of the crowd fell on Jiang Qingyue, and she felt her face burning. The image she had painstakingly cultivated over the years was completely destroyed in one fell swoop!
Yan Mingyi's tone was icy: "How dare she scheme under my nose! I absolutely cannot tolerate such a morally corrupt woman. I will have to ask your father for advice on how he raised his daughter!"
"No, Your Highness, I have been wronged..." Jiang Qingyue's face drained of color in an instant. She looked up in disbelief. With the princess's words, let alone marrying into the royal family, probably no one would dare to marry her from now on!
"Guards, throw this woman out of the manor!"
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