As soon as this was said, the people around looked at King Yue in disbelief, especially He Shi and Shao Yingxian, who looked like they had seen a ghost. Then he continued slowly: "If the frame-up didnt work, and the item given by the old lady of Jun Ning Hou was really lost, would it be that this kings dark guard saw everything when passing over the roof of Bo Fus house? Are they all fake?"

  Is your bodyguard just passing by or has he been lying in wait? He Lianan thought deeply and was terrified, only to see the pale, red, and then purple face of He Shi, who trembled with fear and said: "It must be, it must be that the bodyguard of the King of Yue made a mistake. How could we possibly treat Lius sister like this? The bangle given by the old lady of Jin Ning Hou to Xiu Er has always been on her wrist, dont you believe me if you look?"

  She nervously grasped Shaoyingxius hand, revealing a delicate jade bangle, but quickly hid it again, as if afraid that others would take another glance. Yet, in that one glance, Xue Huiyu still sensed something was off and asked suspiciously: "Strange, the jade bangle Grandmother gave me would emit a faint golden glow under sunlight...the one youre wearing..."

  Shaoyingxius face turned ugly as she heard the words, and in her panic, she lost all rational thinking. With a mix of sadness and resentment, she said: "I didnt frame He Lean! It was just that she was jealous of me getting the gift from Old Lady Xue, while she didnt get anything. So she hid the bangle that Old Lady Xue gave me. Mother, you scolded Mu Mu because she was serving He Lean at the Bo Mansion. We wanted to ask her where the bangle was, and thats why we scolded her. The dark guard of the Prince of Yue only saw the beginning but not the end, yet he spoke out to slander me like this - its really unjust!"

  He Lean had not spoken yet, but Xue Huis words were already filled with doubt: "That cant be right. I heard from my grandmother that she also sent gifts to He Liu, and both gifts were handed over to Old Lady He. Although I dont know what was given to He Liu, she indeed received a gift too."

  "!" Shaoyingxiu looked at Xuehuayu in disbelief, as if... on that day, Old Lady He had indeed not said that He Lean didnt have a gift, it was... after Old Lady He returned home, only then... did she hand it over to He Lean?!

  "This is impossible! How can this be!" Hes face turned completely white.

  He Lean calmly said: "Madam Xue indeed gave me a gift, but my grandmother thought that since it was given by Madam Xue, its naturally different. She was afraid I would lose it while cooking, so she helped put it away. This is just Madam Xue showing her sisterly affection from the past towards us younger ones, and its not something worth boasting about, so I didnt specifically tell anyone what she gave me."

  "I didnt expect thats why Aunt and Xiuer misunderstood me, thinking I was greedy for the gifts given by Old Lady Xue. She said calmly, "On the day I left the Bo residence, you searched my room and even searched my body, but I didnt take anything with me when I went to the Bo residence, just so that you wouldnt have any misunderstandings."

  Its clear to everyone in the backyard of the Zhang family that it was a misunderstanding, but now its obvious that He Shi and Shao Yingxiu were trying to steal a chicken but ended up losing rice instead. They were exposed, yet they still dont care about the reputation and dignity of both families, shamelessly continuing to slander. However, there are people who dont want to let them hurt He Lian at all, and lazily sneer:

  "Its so humiliating, but I suppose only Miss He Liu is willing to put up with it for the sake of her elderly mother."

  A few words, every word is saying that He Lean was wronged in the Bo Mansion and has not yet reported to Old Lady He, but her tolerance only brought more ruthless and wanton humiliation from others. If no one had exposed the frame-up today, its likely that He Lean, this concubine-born daughter, would have been further slandered and injured by the mother-daughter duo of He and Shao Yingxiu. Such vicious people are despised and ostracized by everyone.

  Shaoyingxiu looked at the sharp and piercing gazes around her, feeling extremely humiliated, tears welling up in her eyes. She glared at He Lean with hatred: "He Lean, you have a poisonous heart! You deliberately concealed the fact that Old Lady Xue sent you gifts, designing this whole scene today to make everyone laugh at me!"