Comments and criticisms came one after another, which made s.h.i.+ Baoning blush and feel embarra.s.sed and angry, but she could do nothing.

It was more horrible that influenced by their words, she couldn't help but doubt whether s.h.i.+ Qingxue was inside and even…

s.h.i.+ Baoning abruptly shook her head and cast off those absurd thoughts.

She grasped her handkerchief secretly and told herself, “No, it can't be true. They are just making a false charge against Qingxue.”

Luo Wenmei suddenly moved close to s.h.i.+ Baoning and whispered with a smile, “There is such a s.l.u.t in your family. If I were you, I would have stayed away from it and proved myself earlier. Otherwise, can you get any profit if the news spreads?”

While speaking, she pretended to unintentionally look around.

Not until then did s.h.i.+ Baoning realize that the ones next to her had gone far away from her, and many n.o.ble ladies peeped at her. When they met her eyes, they looked away, as if they would be affected after taking a look at her.

s.h.i.+ Baoning felt humiliated and gritted her teeth so that she wouldn't make a fool of herself in public.

She looked up and glanced at Luo Wenmei, saying indifferently, “Lady Wenmei, you said that too early. Now we haven't seen them, but you try to sling mud at Qingxue. Are you jealous of her?”

Luo Wenmei was seen through and blushed. She retorted hurriedly, “Of course I am not. Don't talk nonsense!”

“We can only reach a conclusion after finding the truth,” s.h.i.+ Baoning said firmly. Even though she was nervous, she tried her best to save Qingxue's face.

Qin Yanyan looked at s.h.i.+ Baoning and said meaningfully, “Indeed we need to find the truth with our own eyes.”

She led the ladies to a room door along the clothes and then winked at Liang'er. The latter walked forward and was about to knock at the door when the sounds came from inside all of a sudden.

The sounds were rapid and pa.s.sionate occasionally with rhythm. Many girls heard that at the door and their hearts beat fast. All of them lowered their heads with blush and didn't dare to look.

Liang'er seemed not to understand what the people were doing in the room and insisted on knocking at the door. “Sixth Lady, are you inside?”

“Hmm…”

The voice was made when the mouth was covered. It was sweet and seductive, like some forced behavior on s.e.x, painful but pleasant.

“My Lady, are you all right?” Liang'er called again but the woman in the room just cried in a low voice and didn't answer.

She turned to Qin Yanyan at a loss. “My Lady, it is…”

Qin Yanyan knew what was going on inside but pretended to be ignorant and said in panic, “I seem to hear Qingxue's m.u.f.fled voice. Is she in danger in the room? Let's open the door and have a look!”

Afterward, she couldn't wait to push the door open and enter the room.

“Stop!” s.h.i.+ Baoning rushed to stand in front of Qin Yanyan and didn't allow her to push the door.

Qin Yanyan frowned. “Infanta Baoning, what do you mean?”

“We are not sure if it is Qingxue in the room. It might be improper if we break in before the people inside agree.”

s.h.i.+ Baoning struggled for the last time, even if it might be useless.

As expected, Chen Xiujiao supported Qin Yanyan instantly. “s.h.i.+ Qingxue's clothes were thrown outside the door. Who else would be inside except her? What's more, if it's not her, we should check it. If some outsiders want to do harm to His Highness or Lady Qin in the mansion, you can't afford to take the responsibility!”

s.h.i.+ Baoning was threatened and couldn't say a word.

Another lady said, “Gee, it is so obvious, but Lady Baoning tries to cover up for s.h.i.+ Qingxue. Who will believe her?”

“Right. They are family. s.h.i.+ Qingxue can do something immoral, and n.o.body knows how dissolute Lady Baoning is despite her dignified appearance.”

“You know what? I hear from my brothers that some men love this kind of woman who looks demure but is debauched in secret.”

The n.o.ble ladies whispered to one another and started to attack on s.h.i.+ Baoning in speech, as if all the members of the s.h.i.+ Family were the same.

s.h.i.+ Baoning's face burned with shame and she trembled. She was powerless when Qin Yanyan pushed her away, left with no choice but to watch her push the door open. Everything in the room could be seen.

“Ah!”

“Ah!”

Screams appeared inside and outside the room at the same time. All the n.o.ble ladies considered their status and covered their eyes, walking out to hide. Their faces were surprised and doubtful, and all were stunned that there were more than one man.

It seemed that the woman in the room finally came to her senses and tried to hide herself under a man, groaning automatically at the same time.

Since Qin Yanyan had got what she wanted, she pretended to be kind and partly closed up the door before ordering Liang'er, “Lead two people in and tell them to get dressed before coming out to see us. How embarra.s.sing it is to be naked.”

It appeared that Qin Yanyan considered for the woman in the room, but two burly guards followed Liang'er in. Didn't she want the naked woman to be seen by more people when they “helped her get dressed”?

But at this time, n.o.body would care about this detail.

They caught them having s.e.x and witnessed with their own eyes. s.h.i.+ Baoning's lips trembled and Qin Yanyan still questioned, “Infanta Baoning, what do you want to say to defend Lady Qingxue?”

s.h.i.+ Baoning was unable to speak a word after a long time.

Luo Wenmei abruptly cut in and spat to the ground. “She can do something so dirty as a guest. She just makes all of us n.o.ble ladies lose face.”

“Right. If the news spreads, what would the outsiders think of us?”

Chen Xiujiao said to Qin Yanyan, “My Lady, Lady Qingxue did such a shameless thing in your mansion, and naturally you should deal with her.”

Qin Yanyan waved her hand with an affected air and pretended to be modest. “I am just the side concubine, and everything in the mansion would be handled by His Highness. Moreover, it is significant. I think we have to report to His Highness before making a decision, in case that somebody would say that I use the power for my own private revenge.”

“Pah! s.h.i.+ Qingxue had s.e.x before being proposed marriage and we caught them in bed. She made the s.h.i.+ Family lose all the dignity. Who would help her?”

The words became more and more obscene and almost made s.h.i.+ Qingxue not worth a penny.

When Qin Yanyan thought she was going to win and prepared to tell Liang'er to ask Mo Junhao to come and make it more dramatic, a clear female voice appeared from the outside.

“I am curious. What have I done to make so many girls curse me up hill and down dale and defame the s.h.i.+ Family?”

All people were astonished and looked in the direction the voice came from. And they made way for the comer involuntarily.

“Qingxue!” s.h.i.+ Baoning was almost desperate and hadn't expected s.h.i.+ Qingxue to show up in front of her, with no filth or shame as they said.

Qin Yanyan opened her eyes wide, as if she saw a ghost, and blurted out, “Why are you here?”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue first smiled at s.h.i.+ Baoning to comfort her and then calmly and forcefully glanced over the n.o.ble ladies who had added insult to injury. At last, she looked at Qin Yanyan and said casually, “My Lady, I got Lady Liu's invitation and came to celebrate your birthday. If I am not here, where should I be?”

Qin Yanyan hadn't come to herself and murmured, “No. No way. You are supposed to be…”

She paused all of a sudden and looked at the room, asking, “You are outside, so who is the woman in the room?”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue didn't care and shrugged, laughing. “You have invited all the guests. Haven't you found who is missing?”

Qin Yanyan was taken aback and had a bad feeling. She turned her eyes to everyone in the crowd nervously and felt more scared. Then she questioned automatically, “s.h.i.+ Qingxue, what did you do to my younger sister?”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue didn't change her expression or even reply.

A weak and sobbing voice with grievance appeared in the room. “Sister, why am I here?”

At the same time, Liang'er happened to open the door. The sixth lady from the Qin Family showed up in front of everyone. Her clothes were wrinkled, with dots in the corners. Even if they couldn't see, they could guess what the dots were. There were dense red marks on her neck, and even her clothes couldn't cover them, which showed what had happened to her earlier.

“Sixth Lady from the Qin Family!” Someone recognized the woman in the room.

Seeing that, Qin Yanyan almost went into a coma and then screamed automatically, “Luoluo, why do you look like this?”

Qin Luoluo shed tears after being shouted at and tried to hide behind Liang'er timidly. “I don't know. I don't know anything!”

“Close the door! Be quick!” Qin Yanyan's first reaction was to close the door and tried to keep off the curious eyes from outside.

s.h.i.+ Qingxue resisted the door in advance and asked coldly, “My Lady, didn't you say that you would find the truth? Why do you want to shut the door now?”

Qin Yanyan glared at s.h.i.+ Qingxue and asked with resentment, “What do you want?”

s.h.i.+ Qingxue looked at her fearlessly and said indifferently, “I don't want anything. But just now, you slandered me and my family before seeing the woman inside clearly and said you wanted to ask His Highness for justice. Now the leading role in the room has come out, so I ask you to thoroughly investigate the matter. Is it too much?”

Qin Yanyan almost exploded. What else should be investigated? Anybody could see that the victim was Qin Luoluo. If they asked Mo Junhao to come here, Qin Luoluo wouldn't have the face to live in the future. The Qin Family and even Qin Yanyan would be humiliated.

At this thought, Qin Yanyan acted shamelessly and pushed s.h.i.+ Qingxue away with strength before closing the door. She snorted. “Here is the fourth prince's mansion, and I am his wife. Who are you? Do you qualify to say anything? Get out!”

“How can you act like this? You told her to get out before investigating?”

“Isn't it clear? I think Lady Qin thought s.h.i.+ Qingxue was in the room, so she intentionally led us to catch her in bed. We have caught someone, who is from the Qin Family unexpectedly. It's so laughable.”

“I told you. Lady Qingxue is always upright and lively, and even the empress dowager praised her. How could she do such a dirty thing? She was actually wronged.”

All people whispered, firing belated shots. It was beginning to hum.

Qin Yanyan's face darkened, but she thought that she had the highest position and ordered forcefully, “All of you, shut up and leave the Purity Garden now! Liang'er, send them away.”

Huh! She kicked out all people and would clean up every trace. Then she would threaten the n.o.ble ladies present and was sure to smooth things out!