The legitimate daughter returns, and the princess goes crazy

"Yan'er, don't do that." Lin Shishi stopped her arm and signaled her not to meddle in other people's business.

Mu Yan patted her hands and gave her a reassuring look.

She was not a person who liked to meddle in other people's affairs, but she just couldn't stand Wang Peiru's smug look, which was disgusting.

Besides, she had a good impression of Fang Yuwei and didn't believe that she was such a vicious person.

She walked quickly forward through the crowd, and everyone automatically made way for her.

Mo Yanli frowned when he saw the person coming, and was very unhappy: "You again? You are so brave, you dare to say slow down in front of me."

Mu Yan didn't care about his attitude. She bowed to Mo Yanli and said, "I dare not. It's just that the Crown Princess is of noble status. It's too hasty to take her to the clan house before the matter is investigated. If it is found out in the future that the real murderer is not the Crown Princess, then she will still have to save face. The Crown Prince and the Crown Princess are husband and wife. Then where will your face be?"

"This..." The prince was choked by these words. He was so angry that he didn't think of this.

Wang Peiru looked dissatisfied: "Mu Yan, don't make trouble here. Fang Yuwei killed Concubine Xiao and there is evidence. She is undoubtedly the murderer."

Mu Yan looked at Wang Peiru jokingly, raised an eyebrow and said, "Who is this?"

Wang Peiru was confused by this sentence and frowned at her: "Have you lost your memory?"

Fortunately, Chenxiang was smart enough to understand what she meant and immediately replied, "Princess Pingting, you don't know, this is Wang Liangdi from our Prince's Mansion."

Mu Yan chuckled: "Oh, so she is a Liang Di, which means a concubine. No wonder she is so rude. She doesn't even recognize me, the princess, and doesn't know how to behave when she sees me."

Upon hearing this, the people around all lowered their heads and sneered, and some even laughed out loud.

Many people present had long been fed up with Wang Peiru's bullying attitude, but because of the prince, no one dared to say anything. Now that Mu Yan stood up and confronted her directly, the others were naturally happy.

"You..., what a shitty princess, are you worthy of me bowing to you? Don't be so arrogant." Wang Peiru's face turned red with anger, and dirty words came out of her mouth.

But she didn't notice a hint of dissatisfaction in the prince's eyes. Mo Yanli pursed his lips and said nothing, but just tugged at her sleeve. Unfortunately, Wang Peiru, the fool, didn't understand and continued to speak shamelessly.

"This is our Prince's Mansion. If you want to show off, go back to your Shangshu Mansion."

This sentence completely aroused the dissatisfaction of all the officials' wives. The princess was indeed not as noble as the prince and the princess, but she was just a little prince's concubine. How dare she be so presumptuous?

What kind of family could raise such an unruly daughter? Everyone looked at Mrs. Wang with contempt and disdain.

Mu Yan quickly scolded him: "How dare you! I am Princess Pingting, who was personally appointed by the current emperor. How dare you do this?"

"The Prince's Mansion has really strict rules. A concubine can be so arrogant. I have really seen something today. I will have a good talk with my Duke of the Kingdom when I get back."

The one who spoke was the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo. The Duke of Zhenguo had always been an important official in each generation, and now she was the head of the Duke's Mansion.

The Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion never joins a camp and is only loyal to the current emperor, so she is not afraid of offending the crown prince because of a concubine. She didn't say anything just now because she didn't want to get involved in some messy things. It was only because Wang Peiru's words were too unbearable to hear that she couldn't help but speak out.

Then even Mrs. Rong, the censor of Zuo Sijian, stood up and said, "This Yongkang Earl is really good at educating his children. I will ask my master to write a letter when I go back."

After hearing this, Mo Yanli immediately shouted at Wang Peiru: "How dare you! Pay your respects to Princess Pingting."

"Your Majesty..."

Even the wife of the Yongkang Earl, Mrs. Meng, pulled her back and frowned, saying, "Daughter, stop messing around."

"I greet Princess Pingting." Wang Peiru hesitated and looked reluctant.

Mu Yan glanced at her, not wanting to argue with her too much, and continued to say to the prince: "Killing requires a motive. The Crown Princess and Concubine Xiao have no grudges, so why would she be so cruel?"

"Concubine Xiao was pregnant. The Crown Princess must have killed her out of jealousy." Wang Peiru said weakly. She was not confident enough to speak because of what happened just now.

Mu Yan said coldly: "If it is out of a woman's jealousy, then Wang Liang Di you are also a suspect. You once lost a child, and when you knew that Concubine Xiao was pregnant, you felt very jealous. It is reasonable for you to kill her in a fit of anger."

"But the Crown Princess has witnesses and evidence, so you explain this."

"As for the witness, it was Concubine Xiao's personal maid Bilu. Before she helped Concubine Xiao get the cloak, she only saw that the Crown Princess had not left far, but she did not see Concubine Xiao being killed by the Crown Princess. As for the physical evidence..."

Mu Yan stepped forward, grabbed Wang Peiru's arm, and took off the gold bracelet on her wrist which was exactly the same as the one worn by Concubine Xiao.

Wang Peiru said dissatisfiedly: "What are you doing?"

Mu Yan ignored her and handed the gold bracelet to the coroner, "Take a look, what's the difference between this bracelet and Concubine Xiao's?"

The coroner took the gold bracelet and examined it carefully. He asked again and frowned, "The bracelets look exactly the same, but the beads on this bracelet don't smell like musk."

That is to say, although the two bracelets look the same, one has musk and the other does not.

If both bracelets were given by the Crown Princess, why did she put musk in one but not the other? This doesn't make sense.

Then the most likely possibility is that after the Crown Princess gave the bracelets to the two of them, Concubine Xiao's bracelet was tampered with.

Mu Yan analyzed the matter, and the onlookers agreed: "I think Princess Pingting's analysis is correct."

Fang Yuwei looked at her gratefully. She didn't expect that the person who would stand up to help her at this time was someone she had only met a few times.

Even her best friend didn't come out to defend her just now.

It is easy to add icing on the cake, but it is difficult to send charcoal in the snow.

Wang Peiru still insisted: "But Concubine Xiao did meet the Crown Princess before she died. You can't argue with that."

Mu Yan raised her eyelids slightly and said calmly, "Are all the people Concubine Xiao met before her death the murderer? If Bilu has a motive to kill, why do you always target the Crown Princess and her servant?"

"Will Bilu kill his own master?"

Mu Yan said confidently: "Why not? Before the matter is investigated clearly, anything is possible. Why do you always protect Concubine Xiao's maid?"

"I didn't." Wang Peiru shouted, with a hint of guilt in her eyes.

Mu Yan's lips curled up into a knowing smile, "I was just saying it casually, why are you feeling guilty?"

Then she ignored Wang Peiru and said to the prince:

"The best way now is to first confine the Crown Princess and the two maids, and then thoroughly investigate everyone in the Crown Prince's mansion. We can make a conclusion after the matter is fully investigated."