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"Oh my, this is such a shameful thing! How could Miss Gu be so reckless that she dared to get engaged to someone secretly and even took out this red bellyband in public? This is simply a disgrace to the Duke's Mansion!"

"The world is really going downhill. A woman like this dares to marry. Doesn't the Duke's Mansion know?"

"Alas, this bride is so unlucky. She was just about to get married when such a scandal threw her into a panic."

"Look at the look in that man's eyes, he is clearly full of evil. Miss Gu is really blind, how could she be deceived by him!"

"I didn't expect to see such a farce here today. It's really an eye-opener."

In the previous life, the same scene happened when my cousin got married. Gu Zhiping was extremely sad and angry, and cried out for justice with tears streaming down her face.

The storm was not settled until the old lady of the Duke's Mansion stepped forward and put all her efforts into clearing Gu Zhiping of the unjust accusation, like moving mountains and filling the sea.

In this life, the bride who married into the Duke's Mansion became Gu Zhiyi. There was no need for the old lady to go into battle personally, as she already had a plan to deal with it.

The wedding candles illuminated everyone's face, with different expressions, but there was no trace of panic on Gu Zhiyi's face.

"What makes you say that this bellyband is mine?" She asked calmly, staring at the man.

"Gu Zhiping, you don't have to act so innocent," the man said coldly, "This bellyband has the word 'Ping' embroidered by you, isn't that enough?"

Gu Zhiyi smiled lightly, but there was no trace of smile between her brows. "Ping? There are so many people with the same name in this world. It would be too arbitrary to conclude that it is mine just based on this point."

The man's face changed slightly. He didn't expect Gu Zhiyi to be so calm. He snorted coldly and said, "Since you are so quibbling, let the maid in the mansion check your body. If you are innocent, I will apologize to you."

Gu Zhiyi sneered, but her heart was burning with anger: "Are you trying to make me lose my dignity? Do you think that the maids in this mansion are all blind and deaf? Will they easily believe your lies?"

The man's eyes turned cold, and he said coldly: "If that's the case, then you can only reap what you sow."

"Okay, I'm willing to accept the physical examination." Gu Zhiyi narrowed her eyes.

The man was shocked. He didn't expect Gu Zhiyi to agree so readily. The old lady looked at Gu Zhiyi with a puzzled look on her face: "You...are you really willing?"

"Real gold is not afraid of fire!" Gu Zhiyi paused and said with a smile: "However, although fire can verify the authenticity of gold, it may also burn innocent people. Old Madam, I have other ways to prove my innocence, and I hope you can agree."

"Okay!" The old lady pondered for a moment and nodded in agreement.

Gu Zhiyi resolutely took off the red scarf, glared at the man, and said word by word: "Say it again, is this bellyband mine?"

The man had a resolute look on his face and an unquestionable tone. He raised his voice and said, "Of course! It's yours! I took it off with my own hands, how could it be fake! No matter how you explain, this is the fact!"

Upon hearing this, Gu Zhiyi curled her lips and revealed a sarcastic smile.

She turned around, bowed respectfully to the old lady, and said, "Old lady, the lie has been exposed."

Self-destruct?

How did you attack? Where did you break through?

Everyone present was completely confused and bewildered.

Seeing that everyone, including the old lady, was looking at her blankly, Gu Zhiyi simply introduced herself: "Actually, I'm not Gu Zhiping, but Gu Zhiyi, the eldest daughter of the Gu family!"

"what?"

"what happened!"

"She said she is not Gu Zhiping!"

"Did I hear that right?"

As soon as Gu Zhiyi finished speaking, everyone was in an uproar and looked at each other.

Gu Zhiyi cleared her throat and said loudly, "Everyone knows that today is the day when the two daughters of the Gu family are getting married at the same time. It should have been a double happiness, but who knew that my cousin Gu Zhiping and I got on each other's sedan chair by mistake and switched marriages."

"I originally planned to wait until the wedding ceremony was over before confessing to the old lady. However, things are unpredictable, and someone happened to take advantage of this to stir up trouble. I had to take extraordinary measures to prove my innocence!"

Gu Zhiyi's eyes were like lightning, sweeping over the man, her eyes gradually colder, and she said sharply: "You claimed that you had an affair with my cousin Gu Zhiping, but you know nothing about her appearance, and you only assert that the person was me! Isn't this a contradiction?"

Yes!

It’s indeed contradictory!

It was not until then that everyone suddenly realized!

"Miss Gu is right!"

"If this man really had an affair with the girl from the Gu family, when Miss Gu took off her veil, he should have recognized that the Miss Gu in front of him was not Gu Zhiping, but he still insisted that she was the one he had an affair with!"

"It's obvious that the man is lying and deliberately framing Miss Gu!"

"Alas, the world is really going downhill and people's hearts are no longer the same as they used to be!"

"That's right! If this kind of thing gets out, Miss Gu's reputation will be ruined!"

"This man doesn't look very smart. Maybe there is someone behind this!"

"I feel so too!"

Everyone was talking about it, and they all thought that Gu Zhiyi was wronged by the man, and public opinion immediately tended to her side.

The old lady was furious and slammed the table with her cane, causing the tea leaves in the porcelain vase to jump up.

"Where did this bastard come from? How dare he run wild in my Ningguo Mansion and slander my new wife? Today I will let you know that no one in Ningguo Mansion dares to be so presumptuous! Come, tie him up and send him to the authorities to serve as a warning to others!"

The man's face turned pale, with cold sweat on his forehead. He quickly knelt on the ground and explained: "Madam, I really didn't..."

"No? You're still trying to quibble! I saw it with my own eyes and heard it with my own ears. You're really tired of living!"

The old lady's eyes were wide open with anger, and she slammed the cane in her hand heavily on the stone steps, making a dull sound.

"Someone, drag this scoundrel away and take him to the Ministry of Justice for severe interrogation!" The old lady gave an order, and the servants on both sides immediately found hemp ropes, pressed the man to the ground, and quickly tied him up like a dumpling, and were about to drag him away roughly.

The man was so frightened that he almost lost his soul. He begged for mercy at the top of his voice: "Please spare my life, old lady! Someone asked me to do this. I was just taking money to help others get rid of disasters..."

"Wait a minute!" The old lady called the servant to stop her, got down from the main seat, walked up to the man, and said sternly, "Tell me, who ordered you to do this!"

"Yes... it's the second son of your Duke's Mansion! He gave me ten taels of silver and asked me to frame the bride for adultery and cause a scene in the wedding hall..."

Second son?

It was none other than the unruly second son of the Ningguo Mansion—Xie Yunce, who had a naughty and eccentric nature, often causing trouble, and was the most notorious little bully in the whole capital!

"Ah! It turns out that the Second Young Master was behind this!"

"Second Master Xie is the youngest son of the late Duke's wife. He must have planned this scandal to slander Miss Gu in order to prevent his stepmother from marrying into the Duke's mansion."

"Even so, this method is really despicable. If it fails to end, Miss Gu's reputation will be ruined and she will never be able to marry again."

The sharp words were like needles that pierced the old lady's self-esteem. She felt like she was struck by a bolt from the blue and was so angry that she almost fainted.

If this problem is not dealt with immediately, not only the Ningguo Mansion, but even Yun Ce will be criticized and used as an excuse!