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Cui Xinlan's question was succinct and insightful, and everyone looked at the maid kneeling on the ground.

The gazes from all sides made Qiulan panic.

Her mind was still replaying Cui Xinlan's words.

That's clearly not what she said!

This painting was painted by the prince and has nothing to do with Cui Xinlan. She didn't steal it either!

But Cui Xinlan spoke with such conviction.

And these people seem to have believed it.

No, I can't believe it!

Frame a prince is a grave crime. If this crime were committed against Cui Xinlan, it could ruin today's marriage and even bring a blow to the Cui family.

But if it were to happen to her, she wouldn't be able to bear it.

Qiulan quickly regained her composure and hurriedly defended herself:

"No, I didn't steal the painting! Miss Cui, you can't just make up a story and make me the scapegoat because things have been exposed."

As she finished speaking, a smile clearly appeared on Cui Xinlan's lips, a smile so calm it sent chills down one's spine.

"Making up nonsense?" Cui Xinlan lowered her eyes.

Of all the things that the maid just said, which one is true?

She framed her with baseless accusations, so why can't she retaliate with baseless accusations of her own?

Moreover...

"Whether it's you making things up or I'm making things up, with so many people here today, everyone can judge for themselves!"

Cui Xinlan looked at Xie Yunli, "Your Highness, is it true that I requested you to paint a picture?"

Qiulan's heart tightened, and she looked up.

"That is indeed true." Xie Yunli's voice was calm and serious.

As soon as he finished speaking, Cui Xinlan's questioning came crashing down on him again, "I have the Prince as my witness, but what about you? You said you saw me at the flower-viewing banquet, but who saw you?"

"You said I commanded you to bring this painting here on your wedding day, but who heard that?"

"You say you didn't steal this painting, so where did it come from?"

The questions left Qiulan speechless.

The person just told her to use this excuse to frame Miss Cui.

She said that such a sudden injustice caught Ms. Cui off guard, and she must have been in a panic and unable to prove her accusations.

She said that the prince and the emperor's anger would not give her a chance to defend herself.

Ms. Cui was indeed very flustered at first.

But at this moment, her face was so calm that she seemed like a completely different person, and her eyes were like a deep pool, making people feel uneasy.

At this moment, she became the one in a panic.

The questions only made her mind more confused. The man told her to do as he said, but he didn't teach her how to deal with the situation.

Who can verify what she just said?

No!

but……

In her moment of confusion, Qiulan suddenly remembered something. Her eyes lit up. "This painting wasn't stolen by me, I found it! Yes, I found it, Your Highness, Your Highness can testify!"

"That night, I saw Your Highness about to burn this painting, and I saved it. Yes, that's right, Your Highness, you can be my witness!"

Qiulan looked at Xie Yunli with anticipation.

If it can be proven that what she said was true and the charge of "stealing paintings" that Ms. Cui accused her of is overturned, there may still be a chance to turn the situation around.

But she was being too simplistic.

She looked at Xie Yunli, her eyes filled with anticipation and undisguised admiration.

Just that look was enough to reveal the maid's thoughts and motives.

"Your name is Qiulan?" Xie Yunli had almost forgotten this name.

Qiulan nodded happily because he remembered her name, "Yes, this servant is indeed Qiulan."

"Qiu Lan".

Xie Yunli frowned, a hint of disgust in his eyes.

She sold herself to bury her father, which was truly pitiful. He gave her money so that she could bury her father properly, and did not take her indenture.

After that, she knelt outside the Prince's mansion every day. When he saw that she was a woman with nowhere to stand, he took pity on her and asked the steward to arrange a job for her in the mansion.

Little did he expect that the compassion he felt then would become the sharp blade that pierced him today!

The sharp blade only wounded him; he was unharmed.

But this sharp blade is meant to hurt Fourth Sister-in-law and his entire Prince's mansion!

How could he tolerate her?!

"When have I ever burned a painting?" Xie Yunli's gaze suddenly sharpened, and with one sentence, he extinguished all of Qiulan's expectations.

Qiu Lan's joy froze completely.

Realizing what was happening, she said urgently, "Your Highness, have you forgotten? That night, it was at the rockery in the backyard that you were going to burn this painting..."

She tried her best to describe the situation, hoping to make Xie Yunli remember it.

Xie Yunli interrupted her, "I have said that this is not true."

"But..." Qiu Lan felt increasingly panicked.

Suddenly, she noticed the remaining burn marks on the painting, as if she had found evidence. "Your Highness, look, these marks on the painting are from when you burned it that night..."

After Qiulan's repeated accusations, Princess Yu was finally enraged. "You wretch! Yunli said he didn't burn the painting. Your accusations are malicious. Who knows if the marks on the painting were made by you to frame Xinlan and my son, stealing the painting and then burning it?"

Qiu Lan was slightly taken aback. "This servant...this servant didn't..."

"No? Then do you admire my son?" Princess Yu changed the subject.

Upon hearing the unexpected question, Qiulan blushed slightly.

The answer is too obvious.

The admiration in Xie Yunli's eyes that she had just seen was obvious to everyone, and they were willing to give her some face.

But Qiulan is so ungrateful.

She insisted on proving that the painting was done by Yunli, and the Princess Consort of Yu would not show her any mercy.

"No wonder. You admire my son, so you stole the painting he made for Xinlan, and then fabricated a story to frame Xinglan. You want to ruin this marriage, don't you?"

Princess Yu's tone was sharp, and her gaze was even more frightening.

No, that look in your eyes was terrifying.

Xie Rouan's eyes also seemed to want to kill.

"You think you can become my sister-in-law just because you ruined my brother's wedding? Look at yourself! Your heart is so vicious. My brother is upright and honest, and he despises those with treacherous schemes! Even if you were a goddess descended from heaven, he wouldn't even look at you!"

Xie Rouan's words, though not physically harmful, were capable of striking at the heart.

She said that Xie Yunli detests malicious people with ulterior motives.

Qiu Lan subconsciously looked at Xie Yunli. He frowned, and she finally saw the disgust in his eyes, which finally broke her defenses.

"No, Your Highness, I didn't mean it..."

At this moment, Qiulan seemed to care about nothing else, and even forgot her original purpose.

She had only one thought in her mind: she couldn't let the prince dislike her!

She was eager to explain and let him know that she wasn't a malicious person.

But she realized that what she was doing today might have already incurred his disgust.

But under the woman's threat, she had no choice but to obey her.

That woman...

Suddenly remembering something, Qiulan hurriedly said, "Your Highness, it wasn't me, I'm not a malicious person, it was that person, it was her, she threatened me and forced me to do as she said."

"That woman is malicious!"

Upon hearing this, everyone present tensed up.

Xie Yunli pressed on urgently, "Who is that woman?"