Bai Zheng was startled by him. "What's wrong with you?"
Feng Linyuan ignored her question and turned into the mansion.
Bai Zheng quickly followed him.
After Feng Linyuan stepped into the main hall, to Bai Zheng's surprise, he didn't head for any of the rooms on either side. Instead, he stayed in front of the mahogany square table, his eyes fixed firmly on the two portraits on the wall.
"The portraits are problematic," Feng Linyuan murmured.
"What's the problem?"
"I saw the portrait of the late marquise's wife when I was looking for medicine in the ancestral shrine of the clan. It was exactly the same as this one, but on this portrait, there's an extra mole at the corner of the late marquise's wife's mouth."
Hearing this, Bai Zheng looked at the portrait and indeed found a medium-sized red mole at the corner of the late marquise's wife's mouth.
Bai Zheng had never been to the ancestral shrine of the clan, so she had never seen the portrait of the late marquise's wife. But she couldn't help but marvel at Feng Linyuan's amazing memory!
Feng Linyuan leaped forward in a flash and gently tapped his finger on the red mole on the portrait of the late marquise's wife.
Bai Zheng stared intently around, ready for any mechanism that might spring out.
Silence. Utter quiet.
There was no reaction in the room at all.
Bai Zheng looked around in disbelief. There was really no movement.
"Look over there!" Feng Linyuan pointed at the door.
Bai Zheng looked in the direction of his voice and couldn't help gasping.
In the lake in front of the mansion, a round box made of gilded metal had risen.
Feng Linyuan leaped into the air, skimming over the water surface with his toes, and reached the center of the lake.
Maybe because this box was hidden very secretly, there was no padlock on the outside. Feng Linyuan carefully opened the lid made of pure gold and saw a plant with slender leaves like human bones lying inside.
Wasn't it the Herba Speranskiae Tuberculata?
Feng Linyuan took out the Herba Speranskiae Tuberculata, then took out a herb that looked very similar to it from his bosom and put it back into the box before closing the lid again.
Bai Zheng watched from afar, and the corners of her mouth curled up involuntarily.
On the other side, Su Muxiao, who had been slapped several times by Zheng Yan, was in a very bad state. Her originally fair and soft face was now covered with red marks, and blood was constantly oozing from the corner of her mouth.
If it weren't for the fact that Su Muxiao was still useful and couldn't be beaten to death by Zheng Yan just like that, Feng Jingxuan wouldn't have wanted to step forward at this time and send someone to stop Zheng Yan, who was getting more and more violent.
"Miss Zheng, Sister Xiao is not that kind of person. Maybe it's just a misunderstanding. If you keep beating like this, it'll be bad if you cause a death," Feng Jingxuan advised.
After all, Su Muxiao was the daughter of a second-rank minister, and her uncle was Bai Yizhang.
In private, if Zheng Yan wanted to vent her anger, the Marquis of Gaochang and the Princess of Pingyang would just turn a blind eye. But now, in full view of everyone, if they really let Zheng Yan beat someone to death here, it would be hard to end up.
Thinking of this, the Marquis of Gaochang, who had recovered from his rage, stepped forward to stop Zheng Yan, who was still shouting and scolding, and said coldly, "Miss Su really impresses people. Not only did she make the Fourth Prince want to break off the engagement with my Marquis Mansion of Gaochang for her, but even the Third Prince is speaking up for her in such a muddle-headed way!"
"The Third Prince just said that the woman in the Fourth Prince's arms was a seductive woman. How come now that the woman is Miss Su, it becomes a misunderstanding? Next, are you going to say that it was the Fourth Prince who seduced Miss Su and Miss Su is completely innocent!" the Princess of Pingyang scolded sharply.
Feng Jingxuan frowned, and a cold light flashed in his eyes.
Bai Di, who was standing beside them, was so frightened that she completely fell silent. At this moment, she no longer had the mood to watch the fun. Her mind was just blank.
After being slapped a few times, Su Muxiao seemed to sober up a little. She subconsciously looked around and found that everyone was looking at her with disdain. There was also the anger on the faces of the Marquis of Gaochang and the Princess of Pingyang, and the look on Zheng Yan's face as if she wanted to eat her...
What had happened? She remembered that she was clearly in the side room, about to take off her outer clothes and waiting for Yun Zhu to bring her clothes. She didn't know why she fainted, and when she woke up...
"Clothes!" Su Muxiao seemed to remember something. She looked down and found that she was only wearing a white undergarment. Looking at the looks in the people's eyes around her, she instantly understood everything. She immediately went crazy and screamed, "No, it's impossible! Where's Yun Zhu? Quickly bring my clothes!"
Yun Zhu, who had been trembling in the crowd, then stepped forward with the clothes and put the outer garment on Su Muxiao.
"Now you know it's shameful. I thought Miss Su was really shameless," Feng Jingye sneered coldly.
"It's not like this! It's not me..." Su Muxiao was stunned for a moment, then suddenly realized, "It's Bai Zheng. It's all that bitch Bai Zheng!" Clearly, the one standing here being scolded should have been that lowly girl Bai Zheng. How did it inexplicably become herself?
Zhu Ling, who had finally squeezed in, understood what had happened after seeing the whole thing. Hearing Su Muxiao's words, her delicate eyebrows instantly stood on end.
"Miss Cousin did such a shameless thing herself, but still wants to drag our young lady into it! This servant was still wondering why you deliberately sent away the elder sister who led us here for no reason. It turns out that it was for a tryst with your lover!"
Although Bai Yinan felt sorry for his niece Su Muxiao and originally wanted to plead for her, now hearing that she didn't even say a word and just framed his precious daughter, he rarely got angry. He instantly flung his sleeve and turned his face away, not looking at her anymore.
Su Muxiao was at a loss for words. How could she explain? Could she say that she sent away the leading maid just to frame Bai Zheng?
"No, no, I didn't!" Su Muxiao kept shaking her head.
What should she do? That damned Bai Zheng didn't know where she had gone. Zheng Yan and the Marquis Mansion of Gaochang would definitely not let her go.
Su Muxiao looked around. She must calm down. She wasn't the only one who had made this plan at that time. There was still someone who could save her and prove her innocence!
Thinking of this, Su Muxiao struggled and pounced in front of Feng Jingyang. "Fourth Prince, quickly tell them that the person having an affair with you is not me, not me!"
Feng Jingyang, who had been silent since he saw Su Muxiao's face, lowered his head. How could he say this?
Just now, he had been holding Su Muxiao and vowed to everyone that he would marry no one but her. How could he change his words now? Could he say that he didn't even see the other person's face clearly in broad daylight?
Wouldn't that be a huge joke!
Anyway, for him, it didn't make much difference who he had an affair with. After all, there was the Second-rank Minister's Mansion behind Su Muxiao. It was no worse than Bai Zheng, the daughter of a third-rank assistant minister.
Feng Jingye made up his mind. His expression changed again and again, and finally a painful look emerged on his face, just like someone who had been abandoned and betrayed by their beloved.
Su Muxiao was terrified. Before Feng Jingyang could speak, she quickly turned around and pounced in front of Bai Di like a life-saving straw, crying and saying, "Di'er, quickly tell everyone that it's not me. I'm wronged!"