After the mistress of the Marquis' Mansion was reborn, she divorced and married the prince!

If only the prince could come over now and see it...

As soon as Song Mingli finished his thought, he heard the loud laughter of his own prince, Chu Yanchen.

She looked up and saw Chu Yanchen, the Crown Prince, and King Cheng all walking towards her.

Song Mingli blinked at Xu Chunlan.

Xu Chunlan secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

She knew better than Song Mingli that if she was taken away by her elder sister, all her efforts today would be in vain.

"Why are you all standing here?" Chu Yanchen looked at Song Mingli and said.

"Your Highness, I like the song sung by the third young lady of the Xu family. I would like to ask her to write it for me so that I can practice it when I go back. But Princess Cheng..." Song Mingli glanced at Princess Cheng, seeming to be hesitant to speak.

Upon hearing this, the prince looked at Xu Chunlan.

The girl had a pink and white face, a pointed chin, and beautiful watery eyes. She looked around gracefully, yet a little timidly. She raised her eyes and looked at the prince.

When their eyes met, the woman's pale face immediately turned red to her ears, and her beautiful eyes revealed a hint of pleading.

The prince thought for a moment and said with a smile, "I also think the lyrics and music are exquisite. I haven't heard enough of them. Miss Xu San, can you play and sing it for me again?"

"It's an honor for your servant!" Xu Chunlan bowed quickly.

She walked towards the prince holding the pipa.

Princess Cheng's heart tightened... No! Absolutely not!

"Your Highness, my sister... has been betrothed to someone else!" Princess Cheng said anxiously.

Xu Chunlan froze in her tracks, and looked at Princess Cheng in shock and anger.

She is not betrothed to anyone at all!

The elder sister said this in front of the prince and everyone else! She was trying to end her life!

"She's already betrothed to someone?" A look of disappointment flashed across the prince's face. "Then..."

Xu Chunlan made up her mind and knelt down, "This is not as big sister said!"

"I beg Your Highness to allow me to report alone. If I have said even a single lie, I will die as an apology!"

Xu Chunlan's beautiful eyes turned red and her eye sockets were filled with tears. She fell to the ground and kowtowed, her tears unexpectedly falling on the bluestone ground.

The prince looked at the woman kneeling on the ground with a little surprise.

He did not agree immediately, but glanced at Princess Cheng and Xu Chunlan.

Obviously the time was not long, but for Xu Chunlan who was kneeling on the ground, every moment was so difficult.

The prince was slow to speak.

Xu Chunlan made up her mind, she suddenly stood up and rushed towards the stone pillar of the pavilion nearby.

"I am willing to die to show my will."

The prince's eyes narrowed, and King Cheng beside him also took a deep breath.

Before Song Mingli could ask Molan to go and rescue people.

The prince waved his hand, and two palace servants rushed forward and stopped the man.

"Okay." The prince said, and walked towards a secluded palace nearby.

This was to approve Xu Chunlan's request, allowing her to report the truth alone.

King Cheng's eyes seemed to be filled with poison as he gave Princess Cheng a cold look.

Princess Cheng's face was pale. She didn't know what she was thinking about, and suddenly looked up at Song Mingli.

Song Mingli acted as if he didn't feel her resentful gaze, and was talking to Chu Yanchen with his face turned sideways.

The couple walked away, talking and laughing.

“After you go back...explain it clearly to me!” King Cheng said in a low voice as he passed by Princess Cheng.

……

In the secluded palace, there were only the crown prince, his personal eunuch, and Xu Chunlan.

Xu Chunlan knelt on the ground, tears welling up in her beautiful eyes, "Your Highness, my elder sister hates me and wants to frame me at the banquet today."

"Thanks to the rescue of Princess Jing, I was able to escape by chance... If it weren't for the rescue of Princess Jing, I would never have lived in this world."

"My life or death is a minor matter. If I have tarnished the Crown Prince's garden party, I will feel guilty even if I die!"

Such a beautiful girl, with a pale face and a resolute expression.

Every sentence involves the word death.

The prince felt pity but also felt a little puzzled.

What could have happened that forced this beauty to give up wealth and glory and seek death?

"Jinzhong, go check what's going on."

The prince instructed the eunuch beside him, and then looked at Xu Chunlan, "If you slander Princess Cheng, I will not let you off easily."

Xu Chunlan kowtowed solemnly, "If I have said even a single lie, I am willing to die as an apology."

She raised her eyes to look at the prince, her gaze firm and calm.

There were still tears in her eyes, but her little face showed no fear.

The prince's heart was beating fast, and his nose seemed to be filled with the faint fragrance of osmanthus.

When Jin Zhong went to check, Gao Xian had just finished the work.

He felt very refreshed, but he saw that the person on the couch was not Xu Chunlan at all, but just the maid beside Xu Chunlan.

Gao Xian spat on the ground, "Damn it, you dare to fool me! Where is your young lady?"

Xia Ling was like a broken rag doll, staring blankly at the ceiling of the tent.

Her lower body was covered in blood, and dirty bloodstains were on her thighs and the mattress.

There was no color on her face.

"Snapped--"

"I'm asking you a question! Where's your young lady?"

Gao Xian slapped Xia Ling on the face.

Xia Ling's face quickly became swollen.

She turned her head slowly, "I don't know..."

She said slowly.

Gao Xian raised his hand again.

Xia Ling shrank her neck... She didn't understand. Princess Cheng had said that the Third Miss was inside and she only needed to keep watch outside.

Why was she enduring all this in bed?

Princess Cheng said that after the matter was done, she would be given one hundred taels of silver!

One hundred taels!

She will never make that much money in her lifetime.

Princess Cheng said that she would change her household registration, let her take the money, and let her go.

But why does it become like this?

Was it a punishment from heaven? A punishment for her betrayal? A punishment for her greed?

"Bang--"

Before Gao Xian's slap could land, the door was pushed open from outside.

Jin Zhong stood at the door, looking at Gao Xian with a cold face.

"Master Gao, this is the Crown Prince's garden party!" Jin Zhong said unhappily.

Gao Xian smiled and said awkwardly, "I was led here by someone, not me... Yes, it was her, she was the one who schemed against me!"

Gao Xian pointed at Xia Ling lying on the bed.

Jin Zhong stepped forward and looked at Xia Ling, who was badly beaten on the bed.

He couldn't help but frowned, "Wrap him in a blanket and take him away."

"Hey, Eunuch Jin..." Gao Xian wanted to say something.

Jin Zhong looked at him coldly.

Gao Xian shut up awkwardly.

Jin Zhong returned to the prince and whispered something in his ear.

Although Guiyuan is not small and there are many people here today, since His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is determined to investigate, he will definitely be able to find clues.

What's more, with someone secretly helping him, Jin Zhong's investigation went more smoothly.

Princess Cheng plotted against Xu Chunlan, and Xu Chunlan had already been sent to that room.

Incense was also lit in the side room to add to the fun.

Fortunately, it was the maidservant beside Princess Jing who was so skilled and courageous that she carried Xu Chunlan out of the house.

He also knocked out the maid who was watching at the door and threw her into the side room.

It was another maidservant who was proficient in medicine beside Princess Jing who helped Xu Chunlan to remove the effects of the medicine in her body, thus preventing the disaster from happening.

The prince glanced at Xu Chunlan and said, "You said that Princess Jing saved you, which is true. But what is your relationship with her? Why did she save you?"