235 Tit for Tat

Nan Hua originally had a beautiful appearance. Coupled with her young age and petite appearance, she was someone who could easily invoke pity and heartache from others. Looking at her confused expression, many felt bad for having to involve her.

Even though many of them were already immune to cute face, it was on the basis that the other party was only using their face to their advantage. In this incident, they had seen the servant looked shocked when Princess Yue said that she was not close to First Miss Nan.

That way, they could guess that she was indeed confused.

It was easy for her to get the crowd's sympathy.

"Mother, why are you holding me back?" Nan Xin was struggling. She had originally wanted to fuel the fire by saying bad things about Nan Hua to Princess Yue. However, Concubine Qu, Qu Fei Jiao, held her back.

Qu Fei Jiao's eyes flashed as she looked at Nan Hua's direction coldly. "Don't get involved with the Imperial Family matters."

"But…"

"Do as I say."

In fact, Qu Fei Jiao wanted nothing more than stepping forward to say that Nan Hua was indeed a bad girl. But she had seen the noble's reaction when they heard the servant tried to pull Nan Hua into the matter.

They were sneering.

It was clear that this matter wouldn't benefit them in the slightest bit if they got involved. Even though Qu Fei Jiao was already impatient, she was being careful as Nan Shu Cheng had been punishing her a lot after the matter with Xiao Yun's parents back then.

She couldn't afford to make any mistake during this time.

Thus, she chose the approach of wait and see.

Nan Xin pursed her lips, feeling displeased that she couldn't use this chance to score some points with her new mother. She could only watch silently from the side as the 'drama' continued.

"Ouch…"

The servant was trying to stand up. She then recalled the small pouch that she was hiding under her sleeve. It slipped away from her grip when she fell down just now.

Before she could find it, a noble lady looked at the pouch not far from the servant. "What is this?"

"That's…"

The servant's eyes widened. She wanted to pick it up but their attention had all landed on the pouch.

Finished.

She was finished.

She failed miserably.

Nan Hua watched from the side and lowered her eyes. She looked at the noble lady who was holding her and called out, "Jie Jie, thank you for pulling me away."

"Ah." The woman was stunned then smiled. "Isn't it only natural for me to help out friends in need?"

Friends?

Nan Hua smiled politely.

The servant was flustered and tried to explain but another servant had already taken the packet and showed it to Empress Dowager Mei. Looking at the content of the pouch, Empress Dowager Mei sneered.

"Ai Jia thought that it's that servant who had bad eyes and insult the young miss. But as it turns out, you're colluding with another servant to frame her. This is the first time Ai Jia sees something so ridiculous." Empress Dowager Mei put the pouch back to the servant and sneered.

The servant on the ground quickly pleaded for mercy.

However, her words landed on deaf ears. The other noble ladies were all looking at her with disgust as they were afraid that they would be the next one to be targeted by her. Who would want to have their name tarnished?

In this era, their reputation was their everything.

If their reputation fell, they wouldn't be able to do anything and wouldn't end well in the slightest bit.

"How should we punish her, Your Highness?"

"Let the matter rest for now." Empress Dowager Mei sat leisurely and tapped the table. She glanced towards Princess Yue. "Isn't it more important for us to find out the truth first from the little liar?"

"Imperial Mother is wise," Princess Yue agreed immediately.

Empress Dowager nodded and waved her hand, indicating that Princess Yue could take care of the matter on her own.

Her action seemed as if she was backing Princess Yue while in truth, the two women didn't have a good relationship with each other. But since there was a case like this, they simply had no other choice but to cooperate.

How interesting.

Nan Hua moved from the lady who held her slightly and looked in the direction of the servant on the ground. Now, she wanted to know what plan Shangguan Mi had inside her sleeve.

If It was another half baked framing like this again, she certainly had overestimated Shangguan Mi's intelligence.

Princess Yue looked at Nan Hua and apologized, "First Miss Nan, my apologies for involving you in this matter."

"It's alright, Your Highness. It's more important for you to find out the truth as this one* didn't even have any knowledge about Your Highness's allergy until today," Nan Hua used this chance to clarify.

It was true.

The fact that Princess Yue had allergic to shrimp was only known to a select few. At least, before this incident.

"Now, tell me the truth. Who give the order to you?" Princess Yue asked the servant on the ground beside her once more. Since the servant was restrained, she couldn't do anything but to crouch down.

"Your Highness, I didn't…"

"You have two choices. Tell me the truth here or later." Princess Yue smiled as she held her arm tightly. The itchiness was a bit unbearable, but she still held on because it was important for her to finish the interrogation.

The servant trembled in fear. "Your Highness, it's First Miss Shangguan."

Shangguan Die, who was planning on watching the farce, was stunned when she heard her name being called out. She glared at the servant as she stood up. "Nonsense! How is it possible for me to do it?!"

Princess Yue looked at Shangguan Die coldly. "First Miss Shangguan, now that I think about it, hadn't you known about my allergic for a long time already?"