Chapter 198 – A Lost Purse, And The Fourth Prince Was Angry
Behind the Fourth Prince and the Heir-apparent of Prince Nan’an, there were also a few noble young masters, two of whom leered at the beautiful young ladies in front of them. People could tell at a glance that they were not men of moral integrity.
“Greetings, Your Highness!” Seeing the Fourth Prince coming up, Wei Fengyao didn’t dare to ask him why he intruded. She hurriedly came over and bowed.
The four sisters behind her also bowed together.
“Your Heiress-apparent, don’t stand on ceremony. Which one of you picked up my stuff and hid it?” Although the Fourth Prince Wen Yi was talking to Wei Fengyao, his gaze did not fall on Wei Fengyao. After saying those polite words, he looked at the four sisters behind Wei Fengyao with a cold expression.
After sweeping through the four sisters’ faces, he finally landed his gaze on Wei Yuejiao’s face, and a cold light shone out of his eyes.
Under his gaze, Wei Yuejiao was at a loss and became angry, but she knew that she could not argue with the Fourth Prince under such circumstances. Therefore, she just followed the crowd to lower her head and pretended that she did not notice that the Fourth Prince was staring at her.
“Your Highness, did you drop something important?” Wei Fengyao asked in confusion.
The Fourth Prince’s expression turned cold as he snorted coldly and said angrily, “Young ladies, please take off your purses at your waist and have them examined.”
How could he not be angry? It was something he had specifically asked for. Afraid that others would discover it and to avoid unnecessary suspicions, he even hid it in his purse. However, he did not expect that he would actually lose both that thing and his purse.
When he followed the Heir-apparent of Prince Nan’an into the courtyard, he circled around the garden. Suddenly, he heard two maids passing by outside the wall say that a young lady from the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang had picked up a purse and secretly hid it. He subconsciously looked at his waist and found that the purse hanging on his waist had disappeared.
Immediately, he became anxious and asked the Heir-apparent of Prince Nan’an to bring him over.
That item wasn’t just a safety talisman. It had a meaning that he didn’t want others to know. That was why he was so eager to take it back.
However, he didn’t know that this safety talisman had been swapped by Wei Fengyao the last time he came to Prince Nan’an Mansion. This time, she just played a trick to break the string of his purse so that the purse fell off as well.
Under the close gaze of the Fourth Prince and hearing his demand that seemed to suggest she had taken something important from him, Wei Yuejiao felt she was being insulted. The insult was even intensified by the heir-apparent and several other young men who looked like they were watching a good show. As a result, she blushed and protested, “Why should we show you our purses?”
“Third Miss Wei, I just want to see if you have my thing.” Seeing that Wei Yuejiao had indeed stood out, the Fourth Prince revealed a trace of mockery on his face. He clearly remembered how Wei Yuejiao tried to hook up with Yan Huaijing. After he revealed his identity, she left in shame.
In the eyes of the Fourth Prince, how could a woman who had done such a thing behave herself? Her conduct was extremely shameful, and it was normal for her to hide something she picked up.
“You…how could I have your thing?” Wei Yuejiao’s face was so red that it almost seemed to drip blood. She was an unmarried young lady. How could this annoying Fourth Prince say she hid something of a man?
“Who knows? Maybe Third Miss Wei likes doing such things.” The Fourth Prince mocked coldly. He was now anxious and he disliked Wei Yuejiao, so he gave up his usual self-restraint and spoke with extreme impoliteness.
“You…” After all, Wei Yuejiao was still a girl who didn’t experience much of the world. How could she be more eloquent than the Fourth Prince? Instantly, tears were about to fall down her cheeks.
Wei Qiufu lowered her head to conceal the smile in her eyes. Of course, she knew why the Fourth Prince treated Wei Yuejiao like this. It was really Wei Yuejiao’s fault who behaved improperly at that time. If news of this spread out, the Fourth Prince would be implicated with her. However, at that time, she was interested in Yan Huaijing, the Heir-apparent of the Duke of Yan State.
How would the Fourth Prince be willing to let others take advantage of him!
Wei Yuewu was standing behind the others and she saw it when Wei Qiufu lowered her head. A hint of understanding flashed through her eyes. Wei Qiufu was not the only one who saw the unpleasant encounter between the Fourth Prince and Wei Yuejiao that day.
“Your Highness, Third Younger Sister is still young and somewhat willful. I hope Your Highness will forgive her. Since Your Highness lost something, it is reasonable for you to investigate. This is my purse. Please take a look, Your Highness.” Wei Fengyao’s target today was not Wei Yuejiao. Of course, she couldn’t let Wei Yuejiao be embarrassed too much. She immediately stood out to smooth things over. She reached out to take off the purse at her waist and turned to Wei Qiufu behind her.
Wei Qiufu had remained quiet. When she saw Wei Fengyao looking over, she smiled and took off the purse at her waist and placed it beside Wei Fengyao’s purse.
She was followed by Wei Qiuju and Wei Yuewu, who took off their purses almost at the same time. However, when Wei Yuewu put down her purse, she specially placed it a little further away from Wei Qiuju’s purse so that it was closer to Wei Qiufu’s purse.
Seeing that Wei Yuewu had also taken off her purse, Wei Qiuju and Wei Fengyao exchanged glances, and both of them revealed an expression of delight. Wei Fengyao even nodded to a maid behind her.
The maid silently retreated. Coincidentally, she happened to be close to Jin Ling who was holding the puppy. The maid slightly shook her sleeves and a faint smell spread out.
This kind of smell was almost impossible to detect by humans, but dogs were different!
Jin Ling was holding the puppy in her arms. At this time, she was standing behind Wei Yuewu. Now that something had happened, she was even closer to Wei Yuewu and she was only half a step behind Wei Yuewu. Her attention was focused on the sudden accident, and the puppy in her arms was quite close to Wei Yuewu’s shoulder. At this time, it slowly woke up and moved its body slightly…
“Third Younger Sister…” Wei Fengyao turned her head and spoke to Wei Yuejiao, but her eyes slid past Wei Yuewu. The corner of her eyes carried a trace of viciousness and ruthlessness. Her younger sister Wei Yan was ruined by this slut. How could she not seek avenge?
“Third Younger Sister, take off your purse as well. Just let His Highness examine it!” Wei Fengyao pretended to persuade Wei Yuejiao.
Actually, since the rest of them had already taken off their purses, how could Wei Yuejiao not take off hers? Angry and embarrassed, she directly pulled off her purse and threw it on the table, feeling extremely annoyed.
Seeing that the five sisters had taken off their purses, the Fourth Prince nodded to a eunuch beside him, who hurriedly stepped forward and first opened Wei Fengyao’s purse. Nothing was found!
Then, he opened Wei Qiufu’s purse and also shook his head at the Fourth Prince.
The next purse was specially placed by Wei Yuewu. The eunuch also picked it up. However, in the next moment, the eunuch’s eyes widened as he stared at the safety talisman in front of him. He was the Fourth Prince’s most trusted servant. Of course, he and the Fourth Prince both guessed that it was Wei Yuejiao who did it, but he never expected that he would find his master’s safety talisman in Sixth Miss Wei’s purse. For a moment, he didn’t know how to deal with it.
Seeing the eunuch’s unusual behavior, Wei Qiuju became even more elated. She had seen Wei Yuewu put a safety talisman inside the purse with her own eyes.
The Fourth Prince strode over and grabbed Wei Yuewu’s purse from the eunuch. He looked at it and then turned to Wei Yuewu with a cold expression. “Sixth Miss Wei, is this your purse?”
After the Fourth Prince asked this, everyone looked at Wei Yuewu. They sighed in their heart that such a beautiful girl would actually hide the Fourth Prince’s personal stuff. She was such a beauty, but how would she choose to be a thief? No matter how good the Fourth Prince’s stuff was, she shouldn’t hide it without trying to find its owner!
Wei Yuewu raised her eyes and said calmly, “Your Highness, this purse belongs to me.”
“Where did the thing inside it come from?” The Fourth Prince asked sternly.
Wei Yuewu did not seem to recognize the anger of the Fourth Prince. She smiled and asked calmly, “Your Highness, are you asking about the safety talisman inside the purse?”
“Yes!” The Fourth Prince said coldly, his eyes filled with disappointment. Such a lady actually possessed such a personality. How did the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang educate its daughters?
“Your Highness, the answer is actually very simple. It was begged from the Plum Blossom Nunnery. Last time, I followed the two princesses to admire plum blossoms there, but unfortunately, I was injured. Later on, my maid went and begged a safety talisman for me. I have been carrying it with me these days. Could it be that this is exactly the same as yours?”
Wei Yuewu answered with a light smile.
Coincidentally, the Fourth Prince did obtain his safety talisman from Plum Blossom Nunnery. Otherwise, how could there be Master Fenghe’s name on it?
Hearing that she was so sure, the Fourth Prince also became suspicious. He stretched out his hand and took out the safety talisman. Then, he carefully examined the safety talisman.
Wei Qiuju looked at Wei Yuewu from the side as she explained the origin of her safety talisman. Seeing that the Fourth Prince was really going to buy her story and let her go, Wei Qiuju became extremely anxious for a moment.
“Sixth Younger Sister, this purse isn’t the one you wore this morning, is it? I’ve never seen you wearing such a purse before. How could it be the purse which you have always been wearing?” She uttered those words in a low voice as if she was only secretly talking to Wei Yuewu. However, the room was very quiet now. Everyone immediately heard her words.
So she meant that this purse Wei Yuewu was wearing wasn’t the one she wore when she entered Prince Nan’an Mansion. That was to say, she had changed the purse after she was in the mansion. Why would she change the purse for no reason? There must be a problem with it.
Although the Fourth Prince still lowered his head and looked at the safety talisman in his hand, his expression became even colder.
“Fourth Elder Sister, don’t talk nonsense. This is really the purse I’ve been wearing these days.” Wei Yuewu gently refuted.
“How is that possible? You don’t usually wear a purse!” Wei Qiuju asked in surprise as if she didn’t realize their whispers were audible to everyone in the room. “Third Elder Sister and Fourth Elder Sister, did you see Sixth Younger Sister wearing a purse?”
“I’ve never seen Sixth Younger Sister wearing a purse!” Wei Yuejiao was the one who wanted something bad to happen to Wei Yuewu the most, so of course, she responded without thinking at this time.
“I… didn’t pay much attention to that!” Wei Qiufu looked at the calm Wei Yuewu and then at the obviously anxious Wei Qiuju. She didn’t quite believe that Wei Yuewu would be so easily trapped. Therefore, her words were unbiased, but she intentionally hesitated for a moment. In the eyes of outsiders, she was trying to protect Wei Yuewu.
The Fourth Prince finally finished examining the purse. Holding the safety talisman in his hand, he looked coldly at Wei Qiuju and asked sternly, “Fifth Miss Wei, are you saying that Sixth Miss Wei has never worn a purse?”
“No… I’ve never seen it before!” Wei Qiuju had never been brave, especially when the Fourth Prince stared at her so intently. She subconsciously shrank her head. However, she had no choice but to reply.
“Third Miss Wei, you have never seen Sixth Miss Wei wearing a purse before, right?” The Fourth Prince turned around to Wei Yuejiao, his eyes filled with undisguised disgust.
Being so disgusted by the Fourth Prince, Wei Yuejiao blushed again. She stretched out her neck and said angrily, “No, I have never seen it before!”
The Fourth Prince remained silent with a grim face. He put down the safety talisman in his hand and reached out to pick up the purse that Wei Qiuju had put aside. He opened the purse and a safety talisman was exposed. A trace of anger flashed in his eyes.
Although it was impossible for him to ascend to the throne, he was after all a prince. He had never been fooled by a woman before.
“Fifth Miss Wei, what is this?” The Fourth Prince pointed at a safety talisman and berated her sternly, his gaze condensing onto Wei Qiuju’s face.
“I… This, this isn’t mine!” Wei Qiuju was so frightened that even her voice trembled. She was almost unable to stand firmly. How come there was a safety talisman in her purse?
Wei Fengyao was also dumbfounded. At this moment, she tightly gripped her handkerchief and looked at the two similar safety talismans in disbelief. She could not tell which safety talisman was the one she had given to Wei Qiuju.
“Fifth Miss Wei, are you going to say that this safety talisman also belongs to Sixth Miss Wei? Well, you and Sixth Miss Wei are truly good sisters. She even begged an extra safety talisman for you.” The Fourth Prince mocked coldly.
At this moment, he had every reason to believe that Wei Qiuju wasn’t telling the truth. Despite the chaotic situation, this Sixth Miss Wei stood there with a calm expression, and she didn’t panic at all even after a safety talisman was found in her purse. By comparison, this Fifth Miss Wei clearly had a guilty conscience judging by her words and expression.
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