Chapter 778 - 738: An Unearned Favor
Princess Ning no longer paid attention to Mrs. Li.
There were already people eager to curry favor with Princess Ning, echoing her sentiments, implying that if the rumors were true, then the people inside were shameless.
Some even shouted for Mrs. Xia to step aside so they could take a look and see what was happening inside.
They were more than happy to watch someone else’s drama.
As long as the drama wasn’t happening to them, the more entertaining it was, the better.
Prince Xin’s son stood on the outskirts of the crowd, curiously asking, "What’s going on? Who’s inside? Why has everyone gathered here?"
Prince Lu’s son responded indifferently, "No matter who it is, as long as it’s not you or me, we can just quietly observe from here!"
Prince Xin’s son beamed with delight, "Cousin is right, after all, this is Uncle Ning’s mansion, we should just quietly watch. If anything happens, Uncle Wang and Aunt Wang will handle it!"
He winked, asking curiously, "Where’s Jingchen? Wasn’t he here in the garden earlier? Why is it that we can’t even see a shadow of him now? Could he possibly be in that room?"
After saying this, he laughed heartily.
Prince Lu’s son shook his fan, saying, "Anyone not here could be inside."
Prince Xin’s son immediately looked around; he couldn’t recognize all the noble sons in the Capital City, but he could certainly spot the ones he knew were here.
After this look, he was surprised once again, "Why isn’t Yuxuan here either? Did they plan this together?" He suddenly snickered, and in a lowered voice said, "Do you think it could be the two of them inside?"
Prince Lu’s son chuckled, "You sure have quite the imagination!"
Prince Xin’s son raised his voice, "What’s the situation? Are you all planning to stand here until New Year? Is this door going to open? If not, I’ll open it myself."
Prince Lu’s son stepped back half a step, allowing Prince Xin’s son to step forward.
Prince Xin’s son didn’t care and continued to laugh, "I wonder what fun event has attracted everyone here. Now that everyone has arrived, there’s no new development, it truly makes someone anxious."
Princess Ning took a step forward, saying, "Mrs. Xia, after careful thought, since this is our Prince Ning Mansion, I should be the one to open this door!"
"Let me do it!" Mrs. Xia’s heart was heavy, and she increasingly felt that this was a calculated conspiracy. They had gathered so many people outside and were speaking so loudly without fear of the people inside hearing.
There were only two possibilities: one was that this room only had this door with no other exits, so the people inside couldn’t escape.
The second was that even if there was another door inside, the people couldn’t move.
Delaying further would be even more detrimental to Wenjin, but thinking about the upcoming scene made her dare not imagine it. She didn’t even dare push the door open, her hand in her sleeve was trembling.
She turned back, casting a glance of pleading at her two sons, Xia Xiaozhe and Xia Xinxin were still blocking the doorway.
Xia Xiaozhe whispered, "Mother, we’ll hold our position here, you should go in alone and take a look!"
If it indeed was Wenjin inside, as long as the scene wasn’t too disgraceful, or rather, even an indecent scene, as long as it wasn’t witnessed by so many eyes, while it would still damage her reputation, it would be slightly better than being exposed under everyone’s gaze.
Mrs. Xia took a deep breath, no longer hesitated, and pushed the door open.
𝕗𝚛𝚎𝚎𝐰𝗲𝗯𝗻𝚘𝚟𝚎𝗹.𝕔𝐨𝕞
The door surprisingly opened easily, despite so many people causing a commotion at the entrance, no one inside had come out.
Mrs. Xia’s heart sank further, had she lost herself?
That was a screen, once around it, a small divan became visible on the other side.
Since this was a changing room, naturally there was no bed, but the small divan was big enough, allowing noble women to take a short rest after changing.
Having come inside, Mrs. Xia hoped to truly cover up what happened. So she did not pause, stumbling and rushing towards the screen.
She went around.
The small divan was right in front.
Her vision darkened, almost causing her to lose her footing.
It was indeed true; a man and a woman lay embracing each other tightly on the divan.
They seemed oblivious to their surroundings, as if trying to merge into each other’s bodies, and even when Mrs. Xia rushed over, they remained unfazed.
Or it could be said that they hadn’t heard anything at all.
This, of course, wasn’t because they were overly focused.
A conspiracy, it really was a conspiracy!
There was no blanket on the divan; the two embraced so tightly that they were inseparable.
Mrs. Xia couldn’t see their faces clearly.
Was it Wenjin? The clothes didn’t match.
But if Wenjin encountered an incident while changing, then is this the outfit she changed into?