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"Your Highness, please go ahead and investigate. If Pan Fu had any dealings with others privately or violated any other family rules, I will never plead for him." Butler Pan kowtowed quickly, his words full of sincerity.

At this moment, Pan Fu, who had been kneeling in the back, saw the situation change and immediately kowtowed like crazy, shouting at the top of his voice, "Your servant has something important to report!"

Xiao Zhengxuan snorted coldly and said, "Come forward and talk."

Before he finished speaking, Pan Fu hurriedly stood up, bent his waist and trotted to Yun'er who was still kneeling on the ground, and knelt down together with her.

"In reply to the prince and princess, I, Pan Fu, did deliver items for Miss Yun'er and Miss Lan'er, but I had no idea what they were planning." Pan Fu said with a face full of grievance.

"Then why do you help them for no reason?" Xiao Zhengxuan continued to ask.

Pan Fu looked at Yun'er beside him guiltily and said, "Yun'er and I have already agreed that in a few years, when I have saved enough money, I will ask the prince to marry Yun'er to me. I think Miss Lan'er will be my future relative...so..." Pan Fu said with a face full of grievance.

"Don't talk nonsense! When did I agree to marry you?" Yun'er was so angry that her voice rose a few notches when she heard it. She turned her head and questioned him with her eyes wide open.

"How can you be so disloyal? You clearly promised it yourself! Not only that, you even gave me a silver hairpin as a token of love! And I also gave you a jade buckle that my mother gave me!

If it weren't for the agreement we made in the past, why would I take such a huge risk to tell you everything that happened to Lan'er in Bieyuan? Not to mention helping you deliver things over and over again." Pan Fu retorted excitedly, while his hands kept groping for something in his arms.

"Here? It's this silver hairpin! Your Majesty, Princess, please take a look~" As he spoke, Pan Fu carefully took out a shiny silver hairpin from his arms and held it high above his head.

This silver hairpin is brand new. I guess its owner has always regarded it as a treasure and is reluctant to wear it.

However, the more I looked at the silver hairpin, the more I felt something was wrong. So, I couldn't help but ask curiously, "Hmm?"

When Seventeen saw this, he immediately understood and took a step forward, took the hairpin from Pan Fu and handed it to me.

I gently held the silver hairpin, carefully examining the intricately carved plum blossom jadeite inlaid on it, and slowly recited: "Silver inlaid with jadeite plum blossom."

Then, I slowly turned my gaze to Yun'er who was standing beside me, and asked quietly, "Yun'er, this hairpin is so exquisite, where did you get it from?"

Although Yun'er was kneeling on the ground at this time, her body was straight, her face was calm and she answered without any disturbance: "In reply to your question, Princess, this hairpin was given to me by Yun'er's mother. A few days ago, it suddenly disappeared for some reason. I never thought that it was stolen by this Pan Fu!" Her voice was crisp and firm, without the slightest hesitation.

Hearing Yun'er's words, Pan Fu's face turned red with anger. He retorted angrily: "Who stole your hairpin? It was obviously given to me by you! Besides, with my identity, how could I enter Haitang Garden to steal things? I didn't expect you to be such a vicious person!" His tone was full of anger and unwillingness, and his eyes were wide open as if they were about to spit fire.

I gently stroked the hairpin in my hand, raised a teasing smile, looked straight at her, and said slowly: "Oh? Why don't I remember when I had a daughter like you?"

The confidence on Yun'er's face disappeared in an instant, and was replaced by panic.

"Tell me, where did you get this thing? I'll ask you again, for the last time." My tone was cold and stern, with a hint of irresistible majesty.

Yun'er's face turned pale, her lips trembled, and she stammered, "This... this is what my mother... my mother left for me! I hope you can understand, Princess?"

I turned my head slightly, looked at her coldly, and whispered, "Jinxiu, slap her in the face until she remembers the origin of this hairpin."

"Yes!" Jinxiu responded and walked down the stairs in two big steps. She stretched out her right hand and was about to wave it towards Yun'er's cheek.

At this moment, Yun'er suddenly straightened up, raised her chin, and shouted to Jinxiu in a provocative tone: "How dare you! Even though I am just a concubine, I am still your master after all. How dare you attack me!"

However, before I could speak up to support Jinxiu, I heard Jinxiu's calm and composed voice responding: "Okay, Jinxiu will wait here for Aunt Yun to return the slap in the face one day~" Before she finished speaking, a crisp and loud slap was heard.

I carefully moved towards Xiao Zhengxuan, then lowered my voice and said to him, "This girl is really good! Can you give her to me?"

Xiao Zhengxuan probably thought I had something else important to tell him, so he came closer to listen to what I said. However, when he heard what I said, he immediately rolled his eyes and then sat back in his original seat as if nothing had happened.

Tsk... If you don't want to give it to me, forget it. But it doesn't matter, sooner or later I will dig this person to my place.

At this moment, everyone else in the yard was so frightened by the scene before them that they dared not make a sound and were as quiet as a chicken.

I think this prince has just returned to the imperial city not long ago, and probably doesn't want to interfere too much in such trivial matters, so the servants under him are so lazy, otherwise how could they make such a mistake. It seems that the management is still not strict enough. If it is not rectified as soon as possible, it may cause greater trouble in the future.

"Wuuuu, stop hitting me, stop hitting me, Princess! I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything!" At this time, Yun'er's hair was disheveled, her cheeks were swollen, and there was blood at the corners of her mouth.

"Well~ go ahead~" I leaned back slightly in my chair and acted like a princess.

"This is given to me by Cui'er! This is given to me by Cui'er!" she shouted in panic.

"You're talking nonsense!" I was so angry that I sat up straight.

The people kneeling below lowered their heads even lower, and some even began to tremble...

"I've had enough. I don't want to waste my time here with you! I'm telling you, this hairpin is clearly a gift from me to Cui Er. She would never give it to anyone else!

I've been wondering why she hasn't worn it lately, and it turns out you stole it!" Before I finished speaking, I threw a cup full of tea at her.

"Princess, please don't get angry and hurt yourself. You've just gotten better." Xiao Zhengxuan hurriedly held my hand and comforted me.

At this moment, Pan Fu, who was kneeling beside, stared at Yun'er with an incredible look on his face and asked: "How could you do such a thing! Give me back the jade button my mother left for me! It was a token of love for my future wife. I was blind to give it to you! You are actually a thief who steals other people's property and commits fraud!" After saying this, Ah Fu slapped himself in the face.

"Who took your shabby jade button? I've never even seen it!" Facing Pan Fu's questioning, Yun'er was not afraid at all but glared at him fiercely.

Pan Fu was suddenly speechless and too angry to know how to respond.

"What exactly does your jade button look like? Describe all the details in detail. The guards who went to search Haitang Garden just now are all here. If such a thing really exists, they must have some impression of it. Don't worry, the thing will definitely not be lost." I said to Pan Fu soothingly.

"Princess, the jade buckle I have is not big, it is a white peace buckle. In fact, the jade itself is not worth much money, but the dragon whisker tassels tied below it were made by my mother one by one by hand, which is really rare." Pan Fu answered truthfully.

"So what color is the tassel?" I stared at him and continued to ask.

"Oh oh oh, it's the official green!" Pan Fu responded quickly.

At this moment, Xiao Zhengxuan turned to the guards who had just searched Haitang Garden and asked, "Have you ever seen such a jade button?"

For a moment, everyone present, including the guards, looked around, then shook their heads and replied, "Your Highness, we have searched very carefully just now, and found no trace of such items."

"Humph, you must be just talking nonsense!" Yun'er glared at Pan Fu with malice again.

"Your Majesty and Princess, I was just sorting out Lan'er's belongings with Butler He in the other courtyard. I was also wondering whether these things needed to be sent back to the palace as soon as possible." After saying this, Xiang'er gently untied the small bag wrapped around her body and handed it to the guard beside her.

"Pan Fu, come here and take a look. Is there the jade button your mother gave you in here?" I waved my hand to signal him to come closer.

At this time, I saw Yun'er kneeling on the ground with her neck bent forward, her eyes fixed on the items on the small table between Xiao Zhengxuan and me.

Pan Fu followed his instructions and walked over to the jewelry. He carefully searched through the jewelry. After a while, he shouted with joy, "I found it. This is it~" and then picked up the peace locket and handed it to me carefully.

I looked at the peace locket carefully, then gazed at the exquisite dragon whisker tassel, and couldn't help but admire its exquisite craftsmanship.

Gently stroking the soft tassel, I turned to ask Pan Fu: "Where is your mother now? Does she have a living?"

Pan Fu looked at me blankly, blinking his eyes.

Seeing this, Butler Pan, who was still kneeling on the ground, quickly scolded, "Why don't you kneel down and answer me!"

“Oh oh oh!” Pan Fu was shocked when he heard that, and hurriedly jumped down the stairs, then quickly knelt down and kowtowed, and said respectfully: “Reporting to the princess, my father passed away early, and only my mother lives in the imperial city.

On weekdays, she would occasionally make some tassels and sell them at the market. However, she didn't make many tassels like this one, because the production process was complicated and consumed a lot of materials. If the price was too high, no one would be willing to buy it.

Therefore, my mother made some simple designs to sell. Despite this, I could still give her some silver every month to make ends meet. Although life was a little hard, at least we had enough food and clothing.

Hearing this, I nodded slightly to show my understanding. Then, my eyes fell on Pan Fu, and I asked curiously: "I heard that women in Jiangnan are clever and skillful. Today I see that it is true." After I finished speaking, I saw Pan Fu and the housekeeper Pan beside him both raised their heads and looked at me with surprise.

Pan Fu was even more amazed and blurted out: "The princess is really smart!"

I smiled and waved my hand, explaining, "That's not the case, it's just a guess. Since your mother has such exquisite skills, it really shouldn't be buried. How about this, when you leave the house tomorrow, ask your mother to help me make a dragon beard tassel. The color should be emerald green, two strands, and the length should be slightly longer than yours by an inch. I will make tassels for the purse, and when I tell your mother, she will understand."

After that, I slowly stood up and walked down the steps, then gently handed the exquisite jade button in my hand to Pan Fu: "In the future, when you look at people, don't use your eyes, use your heart."

Pan Fu quickly stretched out his hands and carefully took the jade button, as if he was holding a rare treasure, and then carefully put it in his arms, while promising: "Thank you, Princess, I will definitely remember it in my heart!"

At this moment, Butler Pan excitedly kowtowed to me and thanked me loudly: "Thank you, Princess, for your great kindness!"

However, Xiao Zhengxuan on the side raised the corner of his mouth slightly, looked at Butler Pan with a smile, and said jokingly: "Hmph, old fox! Get up quickly. After all, you are old, and kneeling all the time is not good for your health." Hearing this, I couldn't help laughing.

Then, I stepped onto the stairs again and said to the servants kneeling on the ground below, "Has anyone among you lost anything? If so, you may come forward and check it out!"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a commotion below, and everyone whispered:

"Did you lose anything?"

"I don't have any. I work hard all day and the money I earn has to be used for my mother's medical treatment and medicine. How can I have spare money to buy jewelry?"

"me too."

I sat above, staring at Yun'er, who was shaking with anger, with a sharp gaze, and sneered in my heart.

Seeing Yun'er's arrogant look, she said, "Princess, why do you have to humiliate me like this? I don't know what will happen in the future!"

Hearing this, I couldn't hold it back any longer and burst into laughter: "Hahahahaha, you're still my concubine! What on earth is in your head......"

The bunch of little girls below couldn't hold back their contempt and started talking among themselves.

"Oh my! Look at her, she's daydreaming!"

"That's right, it's so stupid!"

"That's right! Shameless!"

"You want to fight the princess with your brain? You really overestimate your own abilities."

"I humiliate you?" My eyes widened with anger, staring at this ignorant woman in front of me.