Upon hearing this, the servant's face paled instantly. Meeting Dingxiang's cold smile, he swallowed hard and quickly apologized, then let her in.
He didn't want to lose his life just because he knew too much!
After Dingxiang entered the mansion, she secretly heaved a sigh of relief. Her eyes quickly scanned the surroundings, then she gritted her teeth and fiercely scratched her own arm!
Then, deliberately avoiding others, she headed straight for Yunni's courtyard.
As Madam Jiang had repeatedly instructed, Yunni had stayed in the courtyard all day without going out. There was a faint expectation in her heart that the Eighth Princess's plan would succeed.
Throughout the day, she could hardly suppress the smile on her face.
Suddenly, a maid walked in from outside the door and whispered a few words in her ear. Yunni raised her eyebrows, curled her lips and said,
"What is she doing here?"
A useless pawn who had failed to do her job should be glad not to be punished by her master. How dare she come here on her own initiative? Wasn't she just asking for trouble!
"Could it be that staying with that person for too long makes one stupid?"
Yunni murmured to herself. As if thinking of something, she couldn't help but let out a sneer.
"Let her in. I'd like to hear what she has to say!"
Dingxiang entered the room. Seeing Yunni, she immediately knelt down and said tearfully,
"Second Miss, please save this servant! This servant really can't stay with the Eldest Miss any longer!"
Without waiting for Yunni to speak, Dingxiang listed all of Yunxi's "crimes" and belittled Yunxi to the core.
As she spoke, she rolled up her sleeve, deliberately showing several bloodstains on her arm. Coupled with her much thinner face than before, it was quite convincing!
"Second Miss, you are kind and smart. This servant would rather be a rough maid for you than go back to the Eldest Miss's side!"
Yunni already disliked Yunxi. Hearing Dingxiang's depreciation of her, she felt extremely comfortable.
"I am kind, but if you want to serve by my side, you have to show your worth!"
Hearing Yunni's words, Dingxiang showed hesitation on her face. Then her eyes sharpened as if she had made up her mind and said,
"This servant knows a secret of the Eldest Miss. I wonder if the Second Miss would like to hear it?"
"Secret? Tell me."
Yunni raised her eyebrows and immediately became interested.
So, Dingxiang stepped forward immediately, half covering her lips and whispering a few words in Yunni's ear. Yunni's face suddenly changed. She stared at Dingxiang almost ferociously and roared,
"What did you say?! His Highness the Crown Prince actually..."
Before Yunni could finish her words, Dingxiang quickly knelt down and made a gesture of silence with all her might:
"Second Miss, there are many people and many mouths. Please be careful with your words!"
Yunni's eyes were wide open like copper bells, blazing with anger. But thinking of the Crown Prince's reputation, she finally held back.
After dismissing the maids in the room, Yunni glared at Dingxiang and said,
"You said that His Highness the Crown Prince often goes to Yunxi's courtyard at night. Is it really true? If you dare to tell a single lie, I'll have your tongue cut out immediately!"
She had always admired the Crown Prince, but in the Crown Prince's eyes, there was only Yunxi!
She had thought that by joining hands with the Eighth Princess this time, she could completely ruin Yunxi and make the Crown Prince dislike her. Who would have thought that the two of them had already developed to such a stage?
Facing the threat, Dingxiang kowtowed with a panicked look on her face:
"Second Miss, this servant would never dare to lie! Just before this servant left the mansion, this servant saw His Highness the Crown Prince carrying the Eldest Miss into the courtyard from outside. I don't know what happened. I only saw the two of them being very affectionate. His Highness the Crown Prince also showed great concern for the Eldest Miss..."
As soon as Dingxiang finished speaking, Yunni couldn't hold back any longer. She stood up abruptly from the chair, glaring angrily and saying,
"What! You mean Yunxi was saved by the Crown Prince? And the two of them are in Yunxi's courtyard?!"
"Yes, this servant saw it with her own eyes."
Seeing Dingxiang nodding, Yunni immediately flew into a rage. She grabbed Dingxiang's wrist and walked outside.
"Come with me to Yunxi's courtyard! I'm going to expose that woman's true face in front of His Highness the Crown Prince!"
Yunni took action immediately. Ignoring the dissuasion of the maids in the courtyard, she headed towards Yunxi's courtyard menacingly!
Who would have thought that just as she entered the door and before she could confront Yunxi, the courtyard door behind her suddenly closed. A group of hooligans rushed towards her from the courtyard. Yunni was just about to shout when someone quickly covered her mouth and nose. She turned her eyes and saw that the person was actually Dingxiang!
Yunni immediately realized that she had been deceived, but her hands and feet had already been tied to a chair and she was locked in a closed storeroom.
At this time, Yunxi walked in gracefully from outside the door. Yunni immediately became excited and wanted to jump up, but she tilted forward and fell flat on her face. A piece of skin on her face was also scratched.
Yunxi just stared at her coldly with no intention of helping her up or untying the ropes.
"Yunni, you didn't expect this day to come, did you?"
"The person who was supposed to be at your mercy is standing right in front of you intact, while you have become the fish on the chopping block, waiting to be disposed of by me later!"
Looking at Yunni's angry eyes, Yunxi slowly squatted down in front of her and said with a cold smile,
"Do you think I should also treat you in the same way you treated me? First let those hooligans defile you, and then invite the Crown Prince to watch?"
Hearing this, Yunni's pupils shrank. She immediately glared at Yunxi fiercely, as if she was certain that Yunxi didn't dare!
Yunxi saw through her thoughts and sneered,
"You guys dared to join hands with the Eighth Princess to frame me. Do you think I don't dare to deal with you?"
No matter how powerful the Eighth Princess was, she wouldn't interfere in the inner courtyard of the Prime Minister's Mansion. Since she could drive Cui'er, who was by the old lady's side, there must be someone in the Prime Minister's Mansion colluding with the Eighth Princess from the inside.
And in the Prime Minister's Mansion, the person with the most opportunity to contact the Eighth Princess was Yunni!
Yunxi's black pupils were cold and glinting with a faint cold light. Yunni, who was being stared at by her, suddenly felt a chill in her heart:
She means it!
Yunni was no longer as calm as before. Fear gradually crept into her eyes.
At this moment, there was a sound of bamboo poles knocking outside the door. Yunxi tilted her head to listen. Seeing that the time was about right, she pulled out the cloth ball from Yunni's mouth.
Yunni was just about to shout when Yunxi said coolly,
"Shout! Shout your throat out if you can. See if anyone will come to save you! Maybe you can even attract a few more onlookers."
Yunni panicked. She glared at Yunxi and said,
"You wouldn't dare! If you really do that, Father and Grandmother won't let you off!"
Hearing this, Yunxi snorted coldly, slowly stood up, and looked completely fearless:
"Even if Father and Grandmother find out that I did it in the end, so what? The deed is done. The Prime Minister's Mansion won't send me, the County Princess of Yongning, to justice for an unfavored daughter who has lost her virginity!"
"Grandmother has always attached great importance to the family's reputation. Maybe she won't even stand up for you. Instead, she will try her best to suppress the matter. As for Father, needless to say, he will only scold me at most. He won't be willing to let me suffer in prison."
The more Yunni listened to Yunxi's words, the more frightened she became. Her face gradually turned pale because she knew:
Every word Yunxi said was the truth!