Chapter 131 Bi Chi Walks into the Trap

When Bi Chi finally managed to sneak out of Prince Ye's mansion, she unexpectedly discovered that rumors about Ji Yuntang and Nanny Xu were spreading everywhere.

These two, along with Liu Linlang, were the ones she hated most.

Now that she saw both of them in trouble, how could she leave without watching the drama unfold?

So, Bi Chi bought an old man's outfit, put on makeup, disguised herself, and mixed into the crowd.

She was ready to see the miserable end those two bitches, Ji Yuntang and Nanny Xu, would meet!

No matter which of them died, she would be delighted.

Unexpectedly, because of her own nosiness, she was exposed.

Ji Yuntang actually recognized her.

Even now, Bi Chi couldn't figure out how she had been discovered despite her clever disguise.

At that moment, Xu Muyan's slightly irritated voice rang out.

"Who are you? Raise your head!"

Bi Chi's face turned pale with fear, and she almost fell to her knees. She knew she could no longer stay silent, so she deliberately spoke in a falsetto and said, "I... a commoner passing by, I came to the city to buy grain and happened to see a crowd gathered here, so I came to watch the fun."

"This commoner does not know this princess, nor does she know why she is holding onto my hand. Please, Your Honor, have mercy and tell this princess to let me go!"

Ji Yuntang curled her lips into a cold smile. "Is that so?"

The next second, she reached out and pulled off a tuft of white hair.

"Villager, your beard really isn't very secure. I just gave it a gentle tug, and it came off."

Bi Chi was stunned.

Bi Chi was shocked!

She hadn't expected Ji Yuntang to be so unconventional, actually reaching out to pull off her fake beard.

Ji Huaiche's pupils contracted, and he felt a sense of being deceived after making a fool of himself. He bellowed, "How dare you! You insolent commoner, how dare you deceive Assistant Minister Xu! You've got some nerve!"

"Speak! Who sent you!?"

Hearing his shout, Bi Chi was so frightened she fell to her knees.

"Your Honor, please calm down. This servant did not mean to deceive you. Please spare my life!"

As she knelt, Ji Yuntang made an unexpected discovery.

The bracelets, hairpins, and silver that Bi Chi had hidden on her body fell out as she bent over.

A rough count showed at least five hundred taels of silver.

Ji Yuntang bent down to pick up a silver crescent hairpin and said angrily, "You dare say that this isn't stolen from Prince Ye's mansion?"

Earlier, when she was taking inventory, she had noticed that many things were missing from the mansion's storehouse.

But because these items and jewelry were too small to track, she had assumed it was Nanny Xu and Liu Linlang who had pawned them off.

She never expected that even a third-class maid like Bi Chi would dare to steal silver from the mansion. This showed how loose Nanny Xu's management of the mansion had been over the years.

Bi Chi was so scared tears welled up in her eyes. She could no longer keep up the act. She knew that continuing to be stubborn would only lead to certain death.

She had to tell the whole truth and drag Liu Linlang down with her to have any chance of saving her own life.

"Princess Ye, please spare me. I'll talk! I'll tell you everything!"

"I, Tao Zhi, Qiao Ye, and Fuju were originally maidservants attending Prince Ye. Nanny Xu thought the prince was paralyzed and near death, and didn't need so many people to attend to him, so she assigned us to Liu Linlang's courtyard to serve her closely."

"Nanny Xu also said that she and Liu Linlang were the true masters of Prince Ye's mansion, that Liu Linlang would one day marry a wealthy and prestigious young master, and that Prince Ye, a dying man, could not give us wealth and honor. Only by following them closely could we ensure our safety."

"Liu Linlang beat Fuju to death with a whip for accidentally breaking her favorite vase. The maids and servants who replaced her were brutally abused if they said anything that upset Liu Linlang."

"Chen Hu was right. Over the years, Liu Linlang had killed at least eight or ten people. Because her mother was the steward of the mansion, whenever Liu Linlang killed someone, Nanny Xu would send people to dispose of the body. Over time, we servants didn't dare to resist them at all."

Nanny Xu felt like her head was about to explode. She shouted with red eyes, "Bi Chi, you little slut, stop talking nonsense and slandering my Lin Lang!"

Bi Chi quickly said tearfully, "Your Honor, every word this servant speaks is true. I have served Liu Linlang for four years and know her character well. I am not lying."

"If Princess Ye had not come to the mansion and changed things, the mansion would still be controlled by Nanny Xu and Liu Linlang."

Seeing that the time was right, Ji Yuntang took out a stack of evidence from her dimensional storage.

"Lord Xu, this is a detailed account of Nanny Xu's embezzlement and sale of the mansion's property during her stewardship, including calligraphy and paintings, antiques from previous dynasties, and medicinal herbs sent monthly by the Empress for my husband, totaling 253,800 taels of silver."

"In addition, she borrowed 15,000 taels of silver from Jincheng Bank in my husband's name, and the promissory note is also here."

"..."

Ji Yuntang laid out the accounts clearly and then told everyone how Nanny Xu had abused Luo Junhe over the years—making him bathe in ice water daily and feeding him only tasteless rice porridge.

Hearing this, the crowd was filled with anger, wanting to rush up and kick Nanny Xu a few times to vent their anger on behalf of Luo Junhe.

"This old nanny is too much! How could she treat our Dongchen Kingdom's War God Prince this way? And here we thought Prince Ye was being well cared for at home after his injury, often going to the temple to pray for him. Who knew the prince was living such a miserable life?"

"Yes, how dare a servant do something like this? Abusing and mistreating a prince is a capital offense. Is she not afraid that the Emperor and Consort Li would wipe out her entire clan?"

Just as the woman finished speaking, an older woman tugged at her sleeve and made a gesture for her to be quiet.

"Shh, you don't know this. My second aunt's sister's brother-in-law is a eunuch in the palace. He once came out of the palace to visit relatives and told us that Consort Li has had a tough time in the palace in recent years, and isn't very favored. The Emperor visits her at most once every two months. And she's the kind who doesn't vie for favor, so while the other consorts are friendly to her on the surface, they actually look down on her in private."

"Back when Prince Ye was healthy, Consort Li was more prominent in the palace, and those consorts saw her as a thorn in their side. Now that Prince Ye is paralyzed and Consort Li's support has collapsed, knowing that Prince Ye can no longer compete for the throne and poses no threat, the other consorts began to sympathize with her. Her life is now a bit easier."

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