Rebirth as Princess Jin again

That night, Su Lian and Su Tao were sent back to the Su Mansion by the prince. As Su Ying expected, they were sent back intact, and even their clothes were not in a mess.

It was only on the next day that the news that the second and third young ladies of the Prime Minister's Mansion were kidnapped by bandits spread like wildfire, spreading throughout the streets and alleys of the capital.

When Su Ying went to Songhe Garden to pay her respects to the old lady, she heard the sobbing of Su Lian and Su Tao from afar.

"Grandma, you have to make the decision for your granddaughter. You have to find that servant who is gossiping. How will your granddaughter get married in the future if this matter spreads?"

Su Ying entered the room, walked around the screen and saw Su Tao lying on the old lady's lap, crying so hard that Su Lian stood beside the old lady, crying silently.

As soon as Su Ying entered the house, she felt several unfriendly glances. She calmly stepped forward and saluted the old lady.

Su Tao stood up and pointed at Xia Yu next to Su Ying and said, "It's all because of Xia Yu. She didn't know why she was so angry at that time. She stood in front of my second sister's carriage and pulled the second sister's mouth. I shouted to the eldest lady to run away. The bandits were clearly targeting Su Ying, but she kept calling the second sister the eldest lady, so those bandits made the mistake of taking us two away."

Seeing this, Xia Yu knelt down on the ground with a plop: "At that time, the slave was frightened by the bandits' battle. In a moment of panic, she mistakenly called the second lady as the eldest lady. Please spare my life, old lady!"

The old lady looked at Xia Yu with sharp eyes, and ordered to Nanny Zhu: "Take this maid who doesn't know the guardian, take her down to fight thirty big boards, and sell her."

Su Ying looked at Aunt Zhu coldly. Aunt Zhu was stunned by her look and didn't come back to her senses for a long time.

"Grandma, Xia Yu was so frightened yesterday that she mistakenly thought her second sister was mine. Besides, she didn't do anything to hurt Su Lian at that time. She kept protecting Su Lian and escaped, and was even kicked by the bandit. There are still bruises on my feet, and the guards who were present at the time can testify, and I ask my grandmother to take a closer look."

"Grandma, you must not listen to Su Ying's sophistry. She also prepared clothes for the maid to change into in advance. Su Ying must have invited these bandits." Su Tao refused.

Su Ying's cold eyes suddenly turned red, her eyes were filled with tears, and she choked and said: "How could the third sister slander me like this? The clothes in my carriage belong to Chunlan. She is about the same height as me. I'm also afraid of bandits, and Chunlan was so quick to help me change my clothes. Could it be that I wasn't kidnapped by bandits, and will my third sister hold a grudge against me?"

Su Lan, who was standing next to the third lady, suddenly knelt forward and said, "Grandma, don't blame the eldest sister. Lan'er was so scared when the bandits came. It was the eldest sister who protected Lan'er by her side. The eldest sister held Lan'er in her arms at the time. Her body was shaking when she was a child, and she herself was extremely frightened!"

Su Ying did not expect that Su Lan would stand up and speak for her, and looked at Su Lan gratefully. Su Lan looked at the old lady sincerely, and the look in the old lady's eyes was dark and unclear.

Su Lian, who had lowered her head and said nothing, said at this time: "Grandma, Xia Yu is the personal maid beside the eldest sister, and she is the person left behind by the first lady. When encountering this kind of situation, she will naturally protect the eldest sister. , it’s understandable that she mistook me for the eldest sister because she was afraid that the eldest sister would be harmed, and please grandma not to blame the eldest sister.”

White Lotus was indeed White Lotus. As soon as she said this, everyone's attention was drawn to Xia Yu again. As soon as these words came out, everyone thought that Xia Yu deliberately mistook Su Lian for Su Ying in order to protect Su Ying, and let those calamities... The bandits attacked Su Lian.

Su Ying snorted coldly in her heart, looked at Su Lian with red eyes and said, "What do you mean by this, sister? Could it be that in the chaotic situation at that time, could my sister know beforehand that those bandits were coming for me? So, sister, Only then can you insist that Xia Yu kept calling you the eldest lady just to protect me?"

Su Lian didn't expect Su Ying to ask such a question, her face turned pale, and she immediately retorted: "Sister, I misunderstood me. How can I predict the situation? I just couldn't bear my grandmother to blame Xia Yu, so I just defended Xia Yu."

The old lady frowned and looked at Aunt Zhu. After understanding, Aunt Zhu went to the outer hall and brought all the soldiers who were present that day into the courtyard to question them one by one.

After about half a cup of tea, she returned to the inner room. Aunt Zhu whispered a few words in the old lady's ear.

The old lady's face was uncertain, and she said after a long time: "The soldiers who were present that day also confirmed that Xia Yu did not do anything to harm Lian'er that day. Seeing that she was still loyal to protect the Lord, she will not be punished. , but who leaked the fact that Lian'er and Tao'er were kidnapped by bandits must be strictly investigated. This matter is related to the reputation of all the ladies in the prime minister's office and must not be tolerated."

The old lady's sharp eyes glanced at everyone in the hall. The temperature in the room was so cold that people's backs trembled. Everyone lowered their heads and did not dare to speak.

Under the intimidation of the old lady, all the servants in the mansion were panicked. The old lady held all the servants who had been out of the mansion after yesterday's incident accountable and sold, without asking who was behind the scenes.

"Miss is really good at predicting things. She knew that the old lady would strictly investigate all the servants who left the house after we returned yesterday, so she asked the slave to let the news out before returning to the house." Chunlan came back to report happily.

"But miss, Aunt Liu and the second miss are in their own hands this time. They actually want to ruin the reputation of the miss. It's really hateful." Xia Yu looked indignant.

Su Ying didn't even raise her head, flipping through the medical book in her hand, and replied calmly: "Don't leave the house these days if you have nothing to do. When the wind blows, I will take you to another hospital to stay for a while."

The two looked at each other and nodded.

Even though the old lady used severe methods to punish the servants in the mansion, the rumors in the capital did not subside, but intensified. Even Situ Yan was affected. Some even said that Situ Yan wanted to attract the attention of the eldest lady of the prime minister's mansion. He colluded with the bandits to kidnap the eldest lady, but unexpectedly, the bandits kidnapped the second and third girls without knowing who they were. The drama of the prince's heroic rescue of the beauty came to nothing.

Su Ying didn't expect that the rumors would turn out like this, but she was indeed happy to see the result.

Situ Yan was probably hurt by this rumor and his self-esteem was hurt. In anger, he asked for an order to kill the bandits, which could be regarded as eliminating a harm to the people of the capital.

Su Lian and Su Tao were confined in the house by the old lady due to the influence of the rumors. No one could stop the crowd and could only remain silent and wait for the rumors to dissipate on their own.