Chapter 3: The Purse Was Discovered

Chapter 3: The Purse Was Discovered

Seeing Ye Qiongying's normal behavior, and comparing it to Leng Qianqian's petty appearance, the Shangshu's wife had already made a judgment in her heart. Upon hearing this, she hurriedly said:

"Nothing, nothing, Madam, it's just that the servants in the mansion made a mistake and said that there was someone having an affair in this room.

That... that concubine kept calling me sister, misleading us into thinking that you, the Marquis' wife, were in there, so...

It is my fault for not being strict with my subordinates and causing such a joke. Please forgive me, Madam Hou."

Judging from her expression, it was obvious that she was going to thoroughly investigate the servant who delivered the message.

Ye Qiongying shook her head and did not hold on to it. Instead, she reminded:

"If you are upright, you are not afraid of your own shadow. I am upright and honest, how can some villains slander me at will?

Now that it has been clarified, the Minister’s wife does not need to blame herself.

However, since we are already here, we might as well check it carefully to avoid any mistakes.

And the servant who passed the wrong message must also be detained immediately. If someone really wants to smear the reputation of the Shangshu Mansion... I'm afraid they will kill him and destroy the evidence."

The wife of the Minister of Rites frowned immediately, and quickly called someone over to take down the man who had delivered the message and put him under guard.

The rest of the people checked the room inside and out.

There is no one.

Including what Leng Qianqian mentioned, under the bed, in the cabinet, and on the beam.

Not to mention living people, there wasn't even a mouse.

On the contrary...

"Madam, a purse was found in the corner of the curtain."

The servant presented the things.

Leng Qianqian's eyes lit up and she looked over there, then at Ye Qiongying.

At this time, Leng Qianqian was still unable to disguise herself as perfectly as she would ten years later, and her thoughts were clearly visible on her face.

Only Yin Xu, a moron who is immersed in true love, can't see it.

Ye Qiongying was not in a hurry at all.

When she went out, she found that her purse was missing.

But the purse she lost was of very ordinary style and was not embroidered by her - because she didn't know how to embroider at all.

Moreover, Ye Qiongying was carrying a spare purse with her, which was now hung around her waist. Even if the lost item was really found in the house, it would not be linked to her.

It's the place between the curtains...

She had put it there herself.

"Why... does this look exactly like the purse on Miss Leng's body?"

Someone brought it up.

Soon, others also discovered the similarities between the two purses.

Among the ladies here, only Ye Qiongying was a martial artist, and she was well-informed when it came to weapons and tactics.

But when it comes to needlework and embroidery, she knows nothing about it.

The other ladies might not be as professional as the embroiderer in embroidery, but they knew a lot about it and recognized it at once. It was obvious that the embroidery on the two purses was done by the same person.

"How is this possible!" Leng Qianqian widened her eyes.

However, they found that the purse held by the Shangshu's wife was embroidered with a white cat wearing a bow, which was the Hello Kitty well-known to modern people!

It is obviously painted in the same style as the Mickey Mouse purse hanging around her waist - a style different from that of these ancient people.

Unless there is another time traveler here, otherwise... it is obviously her own work.

Leng Qianqian had indeed embroidered such a purse, but she had long since lost it somewhere, so how could it appear here? !

"After all this time, it's just the thief crying 'Catch the thief'!" One lady suddenly realized, "I just don't know, are you here to have sex with someone and frame the lady of the Marquis Mansion, or are you here to set up the scene and accidentally left something behind?"

"I don't think this concubine would dare to cheat on the Marquis's family. She is probably just here to frame him."

"That's not necessarily true, these bastards..."

Leng Qianqian heard the small discussions of the crowd. She was trembling all over, but could not come up with any reasonable and well-founded arguments. She could only insist:

"No, it's not me. I've never been here! It's really not me!"

"Enough!" Ye Qiongying scolded Leng Qianqian, and then said to the Shangshu's wife, "Madam, I didn't expect that something like this would happen in my mansion... This woman is obsessed with the Marquis, so she can't do more shameful things, and won't dirty your yard. But, making such a joke is really... Please, for the sake of the Marquis's mansion, let's not talk about this matter anymore, and can the purse... be returned to its original owner?"

She certainly didn't repay evil with kindness by helping Leng Qianqian out of trouble.

After all, adultery is easy to detect, and continuing to insist will help Leng Qianqian clear her reputation.

It would be better to just accuse him of another crime.

In addition, with the timely reminder, the servant who had not been silenced was captured in the Shangshu Mansion, and the confession obtained was a great help.

In this way, no matter how the situation develops in the future, it is well known that Leng Qianqian, a concubine's daughter, committed the crime of committing an insubordination and attempting to frame the wife of the Marquis's mansion for having an affair.

Do you want to marry Yin Xu with a clean reputation?

Go dream!

And Yin Xu would never be willing to punish Leng Qianqian, so he would naturally get a reputation for being restless in the harem, unable to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and not knowing good from evil.

This is just the first step, and it is enough.

Leng Qianqian also knew that once this matter was settled, it would not be a good thing for her, so she said anxiously:

"No, I didn't leave it there at all. This matter has nothing to do with me! Ye Qiongying, don't even think about it..."

“Noisy!” The Shangshu’s wife looked at Leng Qianqian with disgust, “I troubled Madam Hou to help you to plead for me, but you don’t know what is good for you! That’s enough. From now on, you are not allowed to show up at any banquet held by my Shangshu Mansion! Even if the Loyal and Brave Marquis personally sends you here, it’s not allowed!”

After saying that, she threw the purse towards Leng Qianqian. The Shangshu's wife nodded at Ye Qiongying and gave her a sympathetic and friendly smile, which showed that they had reached a consensus on this matter.

The other ladies present showed the same reaction.

Leng Qianqian was in a difficult position and held the purse tightly, her fingers turning white from the force.

She didn't know how things turned out like this.

Shouldn't the person who got into trouble be Ye Qiongying?

Why did Ye Qiongying, who was supposed to be lying inside, walk out from the other side safely, and the adulterer who was randomly found in the mansion disappeared?

What exactly is going on? !

Leng Qianqian naturally didn't know what Ye Qiongying's real situation was.

After all this, Ye Qiongying realized that this was not a dream. She had really returned to that day and successfully reversed the direction of events.

The person who was originally being criticized by everyone became the instigator, Leng Qianqian, but she managed to escape and even gained sympathy from everyone.

As for whether the Loyal and Brave Marquisate would lose face because of this incident...

She doesn't care.

When the time is almost up, Ye Qiongying will leave the Marquis' Mansion. What does Yin Xu's affairs have to do with her?