The Thirteenth Princess was furious and gritted her teeth: "Okay, just search, I don't have a guilty conscience anyway!"
The atmosphere suddenly froze.
Many ladies had nothing to say. Even the Thirteenth Princess herself was willing to be searched. No matter how they disagreed, they couldn't make excuses.
After a moment of silence, a lady asked: "Now...how do we search? Who should we start with?"
There were a lot of female relatives present, so it was impossible to search them in public.
We can only go to the room one by one.
Who should start first?
Everyone looks at me and I look at you, no one wants to show off like this.
The Thirteenth Princess seemed to have been prepared for it. She pointed out her hand and said, "Let's start with her!"
Everyone followed the direction of her finger and looked at Xiao Lingyue.
Xiao Lingyue: "..."
She looked calm: "Why start with me? Have I done anything suspicious?"
She didn't say a word from the beginning to the end, and the Thirteenth Princess was able to cross the crowd and point to her head accurately.
If this was not intentional, who would believe it?
The thirteenth princess sneered: "Shen Wan, why are you pretending to be stupid with me?"
Xiao Lingyue: "I'm not pretending to be stupid."
"This princess has seen it with my own eyes. You left Shuixie quietly before and didn't come back until a long time ago. Who knows what you were doing when you went out!"
The Thirteenth Princess stared at her aggressively, "Today is my mother's birthday, my eighth sister and my cousin have had troubles in turn, and your whereabouts are unknown, isn't it worthy of suspicion?"
"It turns out that the Thirteenth Princess pays so much attention to me. She even knows exactly when I leave and when I come back."
Xiao Lingyue half-smiled, "However, it would be a bit slanderous for the princess to say that my whereabouts are unknown. I left the waterside pavilion because a maid soiled my clothes. The maid in charge of the banquet took me to the side hall to change my clothes. , someone also saw it at that time.”
She looked around the crowd and quickly found the lady who was watching next to her.
"Madam, you also heard what the palace maid said at that time. I didn't lie, did I?"
The lady nodded: "What Anping County Lord said is true."
Xiao Lingyue spread her hands and looked at the Thirteenth Princess: "So, the reason why I left the waterside pavilion was legitimate. My subsequent whereabouts were also vouched for by the maid in charge. If I remember correctly, the maid in charge of the banquet... ....Is he someone close to Concubine Shu?"
The thirteenth princess said angrily: "Why are you talking so much? I just asked you to search yourself, don't you dare?"
Xiao Lingyue: "It was the princess who first said that my whereabouts were unknown. In order not to cause misunderstanding and treat me as a prisoner, of course I have to explain clearly."
The Thirteenth Princess said harshly: "Now that you've finished speaking, can you go and search me?"
Xiao Lingyue narrowed her eyes slightly: "Then why start with me?"
This goes back to the original problem.
Princess Thirteen's face turned red with anger: "Are you trying to delay time on purpose?!"
"Of course not." Xiao Lingyue said innocently, "The princess initially said she wanted to search me because my whereabouts were unknown. Now that I have explained it clearly, there is no reason to search me first, right?"
"You also said that you didn't mean to delay the time. Everyone has to be searched, including you. What's the difference between the first and the second one?" the Thirteenth Princess said fiercely.
The difference is huge.
The key is, why should she be searched?
Xiao Lingyue brought a dagger and medicine with her. This was her usual habit. The weapons and medicine never left her body.
Although it is just some medicine to stop bleeding and give first aid, it is not taboo, but concealing weapons privately is not allowed in the palace, and it would be troublesome if someone discovered it.
Xiao Lingyue smiled: "How about asking the princess to be the first one and give us a demonstration?"