The owner of the voice was Lu Yinxi.
Thanks to her cry of “Wait!”, the servants' movements paused for a moment. Taking this opportunity, Concubine Wang broke free from their restraints again and threw herself at Lu Wenhan's feet, crying and wailing piteously.
“My lord, every word I said is true. Please believe me!”
The disgust on Lord Lu's face could no longer be concealed. He lifted his foot to kick again, but the young girl, who had noticed her father's intention, stopped his movement in time.
“Father, wait!”
Thinking that his daughter was going to plead for Concubine Wang, Lu Wenhan frowned disapprovingly. “Xier, this venomous woman has been spouting nonsense and slandering you. Do you still want to plead for her?”
“Father, you've misunderstood.” Lu Yinxi gave her father a reassuring smile and then shifted her gaze to Concubine Wang on the ground, pressing down the corners of her mouth.
“I just want to tell Concubine that I'm truly Father and Mother's daughter.”
“Bah! An imposter monster!”
Staring at the young girl in front of her, Concubine Wang wished she could turn her gaze into sharp arrows and pierce her into a hedgehog.
It was all because of this monster. If it weren't for her, how could she have ended up in such a situation?
After calming down the angry Lord Lu again, Lu Yinxi squatted down. The drooping corners of her eyes exuded a seductive charm.
“Concubine has repeatedly said that I'm an imposter and even slandered me as a monster. May I ask if you have any evidence?”
“My lord, I have evidence.”
Even at this moment, Concubine Wang still wanted to maintain her poor self - esteem and refused to yield in front of the young girl. Even with someone in between, she insisted on reporting the situation to Lord Lu.
Lu Yinxi didn't mind this. She gracefully stood up and stepped aside. “Father, why don't you take a look at the evidence Concubine Wang mentioned?”
Lord Lu didn't know what his daughter was up to, but seeing her confident look, he instinctively chose to believe her, though his tone was still unpleasant.
“What evidence?”
This was exactly what Concubine Wang wanted to hear! She instantly became more energetic. “A witness. I have a witness!”
“Aunt Liu!”
Aunt Liu, who had been hiding in the corner, trying her best to reduce her presence, finally waited for this moment.
“My lord, this is Aunt Liu who has taken care of the Fourth Miss since childhood. She can testify that the girl in front of you is a monster. She knows sorcery. She's not the real Fourth Miss at all.”
Ignoring the venomous woman's crazy words, Lord Lu looked directly at Aunt Liu. The aura of a man who had been in the court for many years overwhelmed her.
“What do you know?”
Under Lord Lu's sharp gaze, Aunt Liu could clearly feel the anger in his voice. But there was no turning back now.
Shaking like a sieve, she stammered out what she had told Concubine Wang that day.
“My lord, did you hear that? One word could make someone mute. This is clearly sorcery. A person with sorcery must be a monster. She's not the real Fourth Miss!”
The end of Concubine Wang's voice was still lingering in the hall, and then there was a sudden silence. It seemed that even the sound of a needle dropping could be heard.
“Pfft, hahahaha...”
The sudden burst of laughter caught everyone's attention. Lu Yinxi managed to stop laughing and asked while suppressing her laughter, “Concubine Wang, is this the evidence you mentioned?”
She had thought that Concubine Wang might have heard or seen something, but unexpectedly...
It seemed that all her previous worries had been a waste of time.
Wiping away the tears from her eyes caused by laughter, the young girl straightened her expression and knelt down seriously in the hall.
“Father, regarding what Concubine Wang said, I have something to explain. Please allow me.”
“Why are you kneeling? Doesn't your knee hurt? I naturally believe you.”
Saying so, Lord Lu reached out to help his daughter up, but Lu Yinxi gently blocked his hand.
Only by kneeling could she show her sincerity.
There were quite a few people who had heard Concubine Wang's words. She must take this opportunity to firmly prove that she was the Fourth Miss of the Lu family, so as to prevent others from using this matter as an excuse in the future.
Seeing that his daughter insisted, Lu Wenhan had to compromise again. The young girl immediately launched a counter - attack.
“Concubine Wang, you just said that it was my words that made Miss Xiaohong mute. So, according to your logic, I can also make you unable to speak with a single word now, right?”
Her phoenix eyes narrowed, and there seemed to be a sharp blade hidden in her deep eyes, which was thrown towards Concubine Wang.
Suddenly, Concubine Wang felt a chill all over her body. It seemed that something had passed through her throat, and her mouth was out of control. “No, no, no, it's not.”
“Father, look. Concubine Wang can still speak. It shows that I really don't know any sorcery, and I'm certainly not a monster.”
The playful laughter even made the servants laugh. The atmosphere in the hall was finally no longer as depressing as before.
“As for Concubine Wang's claim that I'm a fake Fourth Miss.”
The gentle voice somehow took on a hint of coldness. The young girl glanced at Aunt Liu in the corner from the corner of her eye.
“Aunt Liu, if I tell all your past deeds, can I prove that I'm the real Fourth Miss?”
When Lu Yinxi walked out of the main hall, the sun was already setting in the west. The afterglow of the spring sun shone on her body, bringing a touch of coolness.
Behind her came Lord Lu's undisguised roar.
“Butler! Drug this venomous woman Concubine Wang and send her to the estate in Yangze. I don't want to see her again!”
“As for Aunt Liu, send her whole family to the Dali Temple! How dare she deceive her superiors and embezzle the master's money! Tell Lin Shaoqing that I want to hear the result in three days!”
Her phoenix eyes curved, and the afterglow gently kissed her long eyelashes like raven feathers, which instantly turned into fluttering phoenix feathers, making people dazed.
“Hongrui, I want to eat green rice porridge tonight!”
After all, she hadn't committed any heinous crimes, so Lord Lu didn't take Concubine Wang's life. He just sent her to Yangze. It was a remote and desolate place. Without accident, she should never be able to come back.
As for Aunt Liu, the crime of embezzling the master's money was enough to cost her life.
I avenge you, and you give me my identity.
“With this, I think we're even, right?”
Pressing on her left chest, Lu Yinxi murmured silently.
It was a full - moon night. The moonlight sneaked into the room and left light and shadow on the floor.
Hongrui, who had been on night duty for more than ten days, finally couldn't hold on tonight and handed over the post to Hongmei, who had no martial arts skills.
In the darkness, a pair of eyes suddenly opened. The light - brown eyes showed no sign of sleep.
Lu Yinxi skillfully lifted the thin quilt, revealing a set of night clothes.
After pretending to be well - behaved for so many days, she finally waited for this opportunity.
She put the pillow into the quilt to pretend that there was still someone in the bed. Then the young girl tiptoed to the outer room and slowly opened the door.
“Creak—”
In the quiet spring night, the sound of opening the door seemed particularly eerie. Hongmei seemed to have heard the sound and turned over impatiently. Lu Yinxi held her breath nervously, not daring to exhale.
After a while, the breathing sound from the bed gradually returned to normal. Only then did the young girl let out a sigh of relief and closed the door from the outside.
Nimbly climbing over the courtyard wall, Lu Yinxi quickly identified the direction and then dashed away.
Tonight, the Assistant Regent must die!