"Sister Mu-xiao, get up quickly..." Bai Di instinctively reached out to help her up when she heard Zheng Yan's cold laugh.
"What, still planning to team up and deceive me? Su Mu-xiao, I really underestimated you. I thought you were just a follower behind Bai Di, but I didn't expect you to quietly climb into Feng Jingyang's bed! Bai Di, I've always regarded you as my own sister, sharing all good things with you. But look at you, helping your good cousin to share my husband!"
"No, I didn't..." Bai Di shook her head repeatedly.
"How dare you say you didn't? Bai Di, I used to praise you for being smart, but I never thought that one day you'd use your intelligence against me! To avoid arousing my suspicion, you even led me to shift the blame to the third young lady. Are you feeling smug? Were you happy when you saw me looking forward to the jasper orchid hairpin inlaid with purple beads? Were you proud when you saw me being played around by you?"
Bai Di's face turned deathly pale. She never expected that even in her rage, Zheng Yan could figure out all that had happened before. Now that it was Su Mu-xiao who was involved with Feng Jingyang, wasn't she an accomplice?
"Di'er, quickly tell them, tell Miss Zheng that I didn't, I really didn't!" Su Mu-xiao trembled all over, shaking violently. This matter was related to her reputation and her entire future. She couldn't just let herself be dragged into this.
Bai Di looked at Su Mu-xiao, who was in tears and looking at her with a desperate expression. A cold light flashed in her eyes.
Helping Su Mu-xiao just now was just her habit of maintaining her kind and well-bred image in front of others. It wasn't that she really felt sorry for Su Mu-xiao. Now that she was questioned by Zheng Yan like this, how could she dare to speak up for her?
Bai Di bent down, took Su Mu-xiao's hand that was clutching her skirt, and said softly, "Cousin, I really didn't expect you to do such a thing with cousin."
Su Mu-xiao felt as if a basin of cold water had been poured over her head, making her shiver from head to toe.
She never thought that Bai Di would be so heartless. A single sentence crushed all her hopes. Her reputation was gone, and now even her relative wouldn't help her. What else did she have left?
"Cousin, just apologize to Miss Zheng properly. Don't drag others into this at this time. The evidence is conclusive. It's useless to say more," Bai Di said meaningfully.
"Conclusive evidence?" Su Mu-xiao screamed hysterically.
It was clearly Bai Di! It was Bai Di who told her that Bai Zheng had feelings for Feng Jingyang and that Feng Jingyang also wanted to get rid of his engagement with Zheng Yan. That was why she had the idea of getting rid of Bai Zheng through Zheng Yan's hand.
If it weren't for Bai Di, she would still be staying at home, introspecting quietly. How could she have gotten involved in such a thing!
Su Mu-xiao stared at Bai Di in disbelief with wide eyes. Her eyes were filled with a blood-red color as if she wanted to devour someone.
"So it was you. It was you who colluded with the Fourth Prince to frame me. It was you who drugged me! Yes, it must be you who drugged me! You drugged me and fainted me. You were behind all this!"
Everyone present looked at Bai Di upon hearing this, but Bai Di's face showed surprise and innocence: "Cousin, I really don't know what you're talking about. Since you and Zheng'er went in, I've been staying with Miss Zheng. How could I drug you? And why would I want to frame you?"
Zheng Yan naturally knew that Bai Di had been by her side and couldn't have done anything. Moreover, she had seen with her own eyes that Su Mu-xiao was hiding in Feng Jingyang's arms. It clearly looked like a scene of being caught having an affair!
Her expression remained unchanged, but her eyes looked at Su Mu-xiao and Bai Di coldly. She wanted to see what tricks these two were playing!
Feng Jingxuan stood beside Bai Di. There was a strange look in his eyes as he looked at Su Mu-xiao, which made people feel creepy. He slightly parted his thin lips and said, "Sister Mu-xiao, why do you blame Miss Bai for your own misdeeds? Shut up!"
Su Mu-xiao hysterically said, "It wasn't me! It was clearly Bai Di. You all! You're all helping her. You're all helping her to harm me!"
"What's going on with so many people gathered here?" Just as Su Mu-xiao was about to rush up and scratch Bai Di's face in anger, a clear voice came from outside the room.
Bai Di and Su Mu-xiao both widened their eyes and looked at the door in disbelief.
A look of uncontrollable surprise immediately appeared on Zhu Ling's face. She broke through the crowd and rushed out. Only to see Bai Zheng limping over, leaning on Feng Linyuan's arm.
Zhu Ling excitedly ran forward and supported Bai Zheng, saying, "Miss, what's wrong with you? Where did you go? You scared this servant to death!"
"Silly girl, I was just about to ask you. I asked you to take the white feather cloak out to find cousin just now. Why didn't you come back for so long? I accidentally sprained my foot while going out to look for you. If it weren't for the Marquis of Dingyuan passing by, I don't know when I would have been found."
Bai Zheng's voice was gentle, with a hint of blame in her tone. As she spoke, she took Zhu Ling's hands that were supporting her and patted them twice gently.
Zhu Ling stared blankly at Bai Zheng. Seeing the faint smile on Bai Zheng's face, she suddenly woke up and quickly said, "This servant didn't see Miss Su in the private room just now. I went out to look for her and that's why I came back late. It's all this servant's fault. I didn't tell Miss in advance and made Miss get injured. It's all this servant's fault!"
The mistress and the maid sang in chorus, but it made the onlookers understand the whole thing.
"So it was Miss Su from the Su family who deliberately sent away the maid who led the way in order to have a tryst with the Fourth Prince. That's why when Miss Bai sent someone to deliver the white feather cloak, she couldn't find anyone in the private room."
"The maid beside Miss Bai couldn't find Miss Su for a long time. So Miss Bai went out to look for them herself. As a result, she accidentally sprained her foot. The maid thought Miss Bai was still in the guest room. That's why we all thought it was Miss Bai who was hiding in the guest room with the Fourth Prince before."
"Miss Su is really scheming. She deliberately came back to this guest room to have a tryst with the Fourth Prince. If it weren't for Miss Zheng insisting on opening the door, we might have all wrongly blamed Miss Bai."
"Yes, yes..."
Everyone was talking in low voices, and their eyes showed complete contempt for Su Mu-xiao.
"No, it's not like that!" Su Mu-xiao shook her head repeatedly. She widened her eyes, and her voice was trembling. There was extreme hatred in her words: "Bai Zheng, you bitch. You're talking nonsense! I've been in the private room all the time. It's you. You and your maid are colluding to frame me!"
Bai Zheng raised her eyebrows. Along the path that the crowd had made way for her, she slowly walked in with Zhu Ling's support.
Feng Linyuan followed Bai Zheng into the guest room. He naturally picked a chair, dusted off his hem, and sat down.