"Not at all." Bai Zheng waved her hand with a smile. "Speaking of which, I should really thank His Fourth Highness. If it weren't for his 'great help', I'm afraid I'd never be able to clear my name, no matter how hard I tried."
"Yes, His Fourth Highness." Princess Yunxi pursed her lips and smiled. After repeating these three words, she said, "He was a crucial witness in this matter."
Bai Zheng nodded. "It's a pity that His Fourth Highness has hysteria now. I'm afraid he's of no use. Otherwise, he would have been a capable helper for the princess."
Speaking of which, Feng Jingyang had been harmed twice by the Bai Di and Bai Sheng sisters, and now he was seriously ill and difficult to treat. If he still couldn't see where he should stand, he would be unworthy of being Feng Linche's son.
"It's really a pity," Bai Zheng couldn't help but sigh.
However, Princess Yunxi didn't respond. Instead, a bright smile spread across her face. "It's not really a pity. It's precisely because His Fourth Highness is out of the picture that there's someone willing to take a desperate gamble and stand with this princess."
"Who?" Bai Zheng sensed that Princess Yunxi was hinting at something and asked.
Princess Yunxi didn't answer. Instead of continuing along the row of maids, she paced back to Bai Zheng's side, smiling brightly.
"I wonder if Miss San still remembers that there was quite an accident on the day you were engaged to the Marquis.
On that day, Miss Zheng discovered the affair between Miss Su and His Fourth Highness. She was extremely angry. But in the end, because of her deep love for His Fourth Highness, she swallowed her anger and agreed to let His Fourth Highness take Miss Su as a concubine."
Bai Zheng nodded, a faint smile on her face.
"But that's just on the surface. In fact, according to some people's original plan, it should have been you, Miss San, who was supposed to be discovered having an affair with His Fourth Highness by Miss Zheng."
The smile on Bai Zheng's face remained unchanged.
"Miss San really knows everything," Princess Yunxi said meaningfully.
Bai Zheng turned her head and looked at the gauze curtain at the door that let in the light from outside. She squinted her eyes slightly and said in a slow tone, "Come to think of it, I really haven't seen my cousin for a long time."
As soon as she finished speaking, Princess Yunxi raised her hand and clapped twice.
The gentle breeze blew through the gauze curtain. Through the fluttering gaps, a lot of light came in. In a trance, a woman's figure walked in gracefully.
"Zheng'er, long time no see."
Bai Zheng raised her eyebrows. "This time, you've finally chosen a good partner." Her gaze paused on the woman's figure. "Cousin."
The woman looked up. It was unexpectedly Su Muxiao, who had lost all her reputation since the day of Bai Zheng's engagement.
For a clown like Su Muxiao, Bai Zheng wouldn't have taken her seriously. If it weren't for Bai Yinan sighing in her ear every day, she wouldn't have known about the follow - up events.
After that day, Su Zheng was extremely angry. That very night, he sent his second daughter to the Su family temple outside Yongding City. He was just waiting for Zheng Yan to marry the Fourth Prince Feng Jingyang, and then quietly send her to the Fourth Prince's Mansion.
After all, Su Zheng was different from Bai Qiying and Bai Yinan. There were many concubines in his Ministry of Personnel Shangshu's mansion, and he had a whole bunch of legitimate and illegitimate children.
Now, because of Su Muxiao's incident, the Su family had almost lost all their face.
Moreover, because the Su family had such an immoral daughter, the family's moral values had been seriously questioned.
Those who had flocked to the Su family to propose marriage before began to avoid the Su family's children like the plague.
The concubines in Su Zheng's room cried and made a fuss every day because of this. But Bai Zheng's aunt, the eldest Mrs. Su, still couldn't see the situation clearly. She whole - heartedly pleaded for her daughter and wanted to bring her back from the family temple.
Su Zheng was angry that his wife had failed to educate her daughter properly in the first place and refused to repent later. In a fit of anger, he simply took away her power to manage the mansion.
The eldest Mrs. Su was so devastated that she fainted on the spot.
She had been bed - ridden for more than a month and still hadn't fully recovered.
By now, Su Muxiao was calling out for help in the family temple to no avail.
Now, Zheng Yan was dead and Feng Jingyang was crazy.
And this Su Muxiao, who had "had an affair" with Feng Jingyang before marriage, would be trapped in the family temple for the rest of her life if she didn't find another way out.
Perhaps after experiencing this change, she had seen the coldness of the world. There was no longer the arrogance on Su Muxiao's face. She looked at Bai Zheng calmly and said.
"I still remember that on the day of the auction, Zheng'er had advised me to be careful of the villains around me and not to listen to slander.
It was my stupidity that I didn't take your words to heart. As a result, I was used by Bai Di and ended up in this situation.
During the more than a month in the family temple, I've thought about everything that happened in the past ten - odd years. I've figured out a lot.
In fact, you've always been a very well - behaved and obedient girl, and you've always respected me as your cousin. Why did I take Bai Di's words to heart and not take you seriously? Why did I bully you like that?
Sisters should be united by blood. How could we turn against each other?
Zheng'er, it's my fault."
Bai Zheng couldn't help but want to cheer for Su Muxiao's last words.
How could Bai Zheng not understand the meaning behind her words? So she smiled and said, "Cousin is right. Sisters should be united by blood. I've long since let go of the past. Cousin, there's no need to apologize to me."
"Really?" Su Muxiao was a bit excited.
Just as Bai Zheng was about to say "really", Princess Yunxi cut in first. "Miss Su, you see. I told you that Miss San is broad - minded. She's different from that second miss who's always up to her tricks."
"Bai Di..." Hearing Bai Di's name, a glint of hatred flashed in Su Muxiao's eyes. "Yes, she's always up to her tricks."
"Miss Su, since you've come here, you must have figured out that it was all Bai Di who caused you trouble that day. Anyway, this princess is also very annoyed with her. Now we have a common enemy. So, you see..." Princess Yunxi glanced at Su Muxiao and deliberately dragged out her words.
"Princess, if you have any questions, just ask directly," Su Muxiao said calmly as she tucked the hair behind her ear.
"Since I've escaped from the family temple, I've made up my mind to sever ties with the Su family. Now I'm all alone. I'm taking a desperate gamble just to avenge myself against Bai Di. Whatever the princess wants to know, I'll tell you everything I know."
Su Muxiao's attitude pleased Princess Yunxi very much. "I don't really have any questions. This princess has already investigated everything that needs to be investigated. I've called you here today for two things."
"What are they?"
Princess Yunxi looked back and exchanged a glance with Bai Zheng before saying, "First, in the Gaochang Marquis's mansion, when you framed Miss San for having an affair with His Fourth Highness, did Bai Di participate?"