The war god prince climbs the wall every night, and the princess is angry

Lin's expression was filled with astonishment.

Didn't she disappear?

"If I don't leave the mansion, where else can I leave?" Shen Qionghua looked confused.

Then, she smiled and raised her eyebrows and said, "Luckily I came, otherwise I would still be in the dark about my identity being impersonated!"

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a commotion among the crowd.

"What's going on? I'm confused. Who is the cousin of the Yongning Marquis' Mansion?"

"It must be this one. The previous one must be fake. Didn't you see that she was wearing a veil and was afraid to see anyone?"

"But wasn't that person found by His Royal Highness Prince An? Even if His Royal Highness Prince An made a mistake, how could the wife of the Marquis of Yongning not recognize her own niece?"

"Yes, he was shouting with such sincerity just now, with tears and snot all over his face! I'm afraid it's not that his eyesight is bad, it's that he's blind!"

The last sentence was particularly loud, like a slap on Lin's well-maintained face.

The corner of Lin's eye twitched, and her face felt a burning pain, but Shen Qionghua seemed not to feel it and continued to ask, "Aunt, what is going on?"

"And yesterday, didn't you say you would stay at Qingshan Temple for one night? Why did you return home without waiting for me?"

Before Lin could speak, someone in the crowd asked loudly:

"Miss Shen, weren't you kidnapped?"

Shen Qionghua frowned upon hearing this. "Big Brother, this concerns my reputation, so you can't say anything careless. Do I look like someone's been kidnapped?"

It really doesn't look like it.

"But this is what the people from Yongning Marquis' Mansion said!"

Lin's heart sank.

Shen Qionghua looked at Lin, puzzled and a little aggrieved, "Aunt, you said I was kidnapped?"

Everyone's eyes fell on Lin.

Lin tore at the handkerchief, her eyes rolled and tears fell.

She held Shen Qionghua's hand and choked up, "Yesterday you went to the garden and didn't come back. I sent people out to look for you, but found nothing. That is until a garden gatekeeper said he saw a girl being taken away."

"The girl he described bore a striking resemblance to you. I immediately ordered my men to return to the palace so that more men could be dispatched to search for you. His Highness Prince An also made considerable efforts."

"It's my fault too. His Highness Prince An had never met you before, and I thought you...felt that family disgrace shouldn't be aired publicly, so you wanted to rush into the mansion, and I almost mistook you for me."

At this time, Madam Kong stepped forward to support Lin. "Madam, how could my cousin blame you? You are just worried and confused. You didn't sleep all night looking for someone. You are in a trance. That's why you didn't recognize her. My cousin will understand."

Lin wiped her tears with her handkerchief. "That being said, Hua Jie'er's reputation was nearly ruined because of this. How can I feel at ease? It's even worse now, with heavy dew and a long journey. I don't know how much hardship she endured to get back to the Marquis' Mansion."

As she spoke, she looked at Shen Qionghua with a questioning look in her eyes, "Sister Hua, how did you get back?"

Shen Qionghua looked at the master and servant coldly, sneering in his heart.

But his face was full of relief. "I met an old lady on the road who was going to Beijing to look for relatives. I took her car to the capital. Otherwise, if I just walked, I would probably not be able to return in a day and a night."

"When I arrived at the Marquis's Mansion, it was already late at night. I didn't want to disturb others, so I entered the mansion through the back door and returned to the courtyard."

"I was afraid that my aunt would worry, so I came to pay my respects to you early this morning, but I didn't expect to encounter something like this."

After hearing this, Lin and Xie Qian'an looked at each other and both felt relieved.

"You silly child, why are you still saying hello? You should just get more rest! Let's go back home!"

Lin looked distressed and pulled Shen Qionghua to leave.

"and many more!"

Shen Qionghua held Lin's hand.

Under Lin's anxious gaze, she asked, "Aunt, was that woman found by His Royal Highness Prince An?"

"Yes...yes."

After receiving a positive answer, she walked towards Prince An, who had been invisible since her appearance, bowed, and said, "Qionghua has a question that I would like your Highness to answer."

"Excuse me, Miss Shen."

"Your Highness, where did you find this person pretending to be me? Your Highness and I have never met before. How can you confirm that she is me?"

"I found this woman on the mountain outside the city. Her clothes and appearance were the same as my aunt described, so I brought her back." Xie Qian'an said with a smile.

Shen Qionghua expected that Xie Qian'an would not admit it, so she ordered someone to bring the woman over. She reached out and pulled off the veil, exposing the woman's beautiful face to the air.

It was a face completely different from hers.

She raised the woman's face and asked, "Who are you? Who ordered you to impersonate me?"

"Who... who impersonated you? You recognized the wrong person and brought me here for no reason, and now you blame me!" The woman said sternly and restrainedly, her evasive eyes revealing a bit of guilt.

"Your clothes, even the jewelry on your head, are exactly the same as what I wore yesterday, and you still say you didn't mean to impersonate me!"

Lin stepped forward and stood in front of the woman.

"Hua Jie'er, forget it. It's a good thing that you can come back safely. Let's not cause any more trouble."

"Aunt, why am I the one causing this trouble? It's obvious this person is impersonating me on purpose. How can I feel at ease if I don't find out who's behind this?"

Shen Qionghua was filled with indignation and refused to give in.

She turned to the woman and said, "If you refuse to speak, I will send you to the government office. There will be torture instruments there that will make you speak."

When the woman heard that she was going to be sent to the yamen, her face finally changed and she looked at Xie Qian'an in panic.

"Look at what His Royal Highness Prince An is doing. Could it be that Prince An is ordering you to do so?" Shen Qionghua raised her eyebrows slightly, speaking casually.

But Lin's heart jumped to her throat, "Sister Hua, stop talking nonsense!"

"Aunt, I was just joking, don't be anxious." Shen Qionghua covered her mouth and chuckled.

Xie Qian'an, on the other hand, looked very natural, not at all nervous about being exposed.

Shen Qionghua straightened his sleeves and stared into the woman's eyes. "I heard there's a kind of punishment in the government office that can make a person unable to live or die."

"They'll nail you to a cross with nails, and give you only a mouthful of food and a sip of water for the first three days. When you're completely exhausted but still conscious, they'll use a sharp knife to cut off your flesh, taking a piece every half hour."

"If you pass out from the pain, when it's time to cut your flesh, we'll pour a bucket of salt water over you to wake you up and feel your flesh being cut away bit by bit."

"In the later stages, when your body can no longer sustain it, you will be fed ginseng soup until you bleed to death."

With every word Shen Qionghua spoke, the woman's face turned paler.

Seeing that Xie Qian'an was still indifferent, she spoke with trembling lips, "I...I said, it's——"

Suddenly, her eyes widened, she felt a sharp pain in her chest, and slowly lowered her head.

There, a long sword pierced her chest from behind.

The blood dyed the blade red!

Everyone was shocked.

Who dares to kill people in public!