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"My daughter's room is not a place where an outsider like you can search as you please!"

Li Yi's voice was icy cold.

She had made up her mind to absolutely not let anyone into Chu Xunzhen's room.

Although she didn't know who helped Chu Xunzhen escape, she knew that she absolutely couldn't let the ladies present see those three wretched-looking beggars today.

"Did Lady Hou already know there was a man in the side room and deliberately cover for her daughter?"

Chen Lianxin watched this scene with amusement and spoke softly.

"Chen Lianxin, although you are His Highness's cousin, you have no official rank. How dare you speak to me like this?"

Li Yi's face was cold and his gaze was icy as he immediately questioned her.

"If you don't let my people in today, the news that there's a man outside the Marquis's residence in the backyard tomorrow, and that the Marquis's wife is protecting him, will spread throughout the capital. Don't blame me then."

Li Yi was so angry that his blood rushed to his head, and his finger trembled as he pointed at the woman in front of him, unable to speak for a long time.

Suddenly, Chu Xunzhen stepped forward, grabbed Chen Lianxin's collar, and said leisurely, "It's fine to let your people in to check, but what if there's no man in my room? Miss Chen keeps saying there's a man in my room. If there isn't, that's falsely accusing the county princess, and Miss Chen will be punished with fifty strokes of the cane. Do you dare?"

Upon hearing this, Li Yi looked at Chu Xunzhen as if she were a madman.

Before she could refuse, Chen Lianxin burst into wild laughter: "What's there to be afraid of?"

"Chunxi, bring me a pen and ink."

Holding a wolf-hair brush, Chu Xunzhen quickly wrote out a document.

The document was simple: Chen Lianxin suspected there was a man in the county magistrate's room and sent men to search it. If no man was found, the man would be punished with fifty strokes of the cane. Otherwise, the document would be sent to the government office.

"Wait!" Chen Lianxin said, her gaze coldly sweeping over Chu Xunzhen, "Miss Chu, do you dare let the matron I brought examine you?"

The ladies stared wide-eyed and began to speak.

"Isn't this going too far?"

"How can a woman's body be examined without any reason?"

"That's right! Even if she's the Ninth Prince's cousin, she shouldn't be so arrogant and domineering!"

......

Hearing what everyone was saying, Chen Lianxin's expression turned ugly for a moment, but she changed her words.

"Ladies and gentlemen, I misspoke earlier. It's not a physical examination. Lianxin is just an ordinary girl and cannot be compared to the noble ladies in the palace. Therefore, I hope Miss Chu will have the imperial physician I brought examine the red marks on her neck."

Upon hearing this, Li Yi's face turned angry.

Chen Lianxin is incredibly bold.

Chu Xunzhen chuckled softly.

Her neck, wasn't that bitten by a mosquito?

Chen Lianxin actually thought it was a mark left by a man's kiss; that's interesting.

Chu Xunzhen immediately agreed, stepped forward, and stared intently at Chen Lianxin: "Alright, but if the marks on her neck aren't the marks of sexual intercourse that Miss Chen believes, how will Miss Chen apologize to this county princess?"

"If there really wasn't a man, then the marks on your neck weren't inflicted by a man either. I, Chen Lianxin, will kneel on the ground and kowtow to you three times."

Chu Xunzhen raised an eyebrow, somewhat displeased.

She shook her head and refused: "Not enough."

Chen Lianxin was stunned.

Under her cousin's protection, she always got whatever she wanted.

This is the first time I've been humiliated by Chu Xunzhen.

"Then what do you want?" Chen Lianxin stared at Chu Xunzhen with an unfriendly gaze and spoke coldly.

Chu Xunzhen was already courting death for daring to humiliate her like this.

"I won't bully you. If it's proven that you framed me, I want you to kowtow to me ten times and sincerely apologize to me in front of all these ladies."

Li Yi's eyes widened, and she stepped forward to grab Chu Xunzhen's sleeve.

If there weren't so many people around, she would have wanted to ask her if she was stupid.

Chen Lianxin had some reservations at first, but seeing Li Yi's expression, she knew that everything was fine.

"Fine! But if there really is a man in the room, the county princess shall kneel down and slap herself, admitting to everyone that she is a shameless woman who sleeps with anyone."

Chu Xunzhen's gaze turned cold.

Chen Lianxin's hostility towards her had reached such a level?

"Alright. Someone, write this down in writing, so that someone won't use your influential connections as a shield later."

Chen Lianxin frowned and immediately said, "You're not trying to stall for time, are you? Men, go in and search me."

"If that's the case, Miss Chen, don't start crying and say that I, the county magistrate, have made things difficult for you. There are so many ladies here who can testify to that."

Chen Lianxin's men quickly entered Chu Xunzhen's room.

A moment later, the sound of ping-pong balls rang out from inside the room.

Chu Xunzhen smiled and said, "Miss Chen, are you going to search for people, or are you deliberately condoning your people to damage the imperial gift in my room? If the imperial gift is damaged, it will be a crime punishable by the extermination of nine generations of your family."

Upon hearing this, Chen Lianxin turned pale.

"Stop! You bunch of idiots! Why are you damaging the county magistrate's things while searching for someone?"

One of the maids was indignant and was about to speak when Chen Lianxin kicked her.

The group went forward to check, but there wasn't a soul in sight, let alone the three men.

"Miss, there are no men inside." The maid who had been searching returned to report, her voice trembling with apprehension.

"impossible!"

Chen Lianxin was furious, and her gaze suddenly darkened.

She pointed at Chu Xunzhen's neck, then turned to the imperial physician behind her and said coldly.

"Why don't you take a look at her neck? Even if those men ran away, there must be evidence of sexual activity on her body."

Upon hearing this, the imperial physician hurried forward.

Chu Xunzhen still wore a warm smile as he looked at the imperial physician.

Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be someone I knew.

Isn't this imperial physician in front of me the same old physician who came to the mansion to treat Nangong Yue before?

"Imperial Physician, you must examine me carefully."

Chu Xunzhen smiled, and the old doctor looked at her for a long time before walking silently to Chen Lianxin.

"Miss Chen, are you making fun of me? The wound on the county princess's neck is clearly from a mosquito bite."

As soon as the imperial physician finished speaking, Chen Lianxin's face turned deathly pale.

The group looked at each other and began to whisper among themselves.

"Oh, it was a mosquito bite."

"This Miss Chen spoke so convincingly, slandering the county princess's innocence."

"It must be that Miss Chen dislikes the County Princess, right? Have you heard? His Highness the Ninth Prince has proposed marriage to the County Princess."

......

Hearing the crowd's discussion, Li Yi breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, she looked at Chu Xunzhen with surprise and uncertainty.

How did she manage to do that?

Just now, Chu Xunzhen had asked her for help.

Why have those three men disappeared?

Chen Lianxin turned to leave, but Chu Xunzhen gave Hua Mama a look.

Granny Hua suddenly stepped forward and blocked her way.

"You dare stop me?"

Chen Lianxin cursed angrily and was about to push away Granny Hua, but in the next instant, six eunuchs walked in and surrounded her.

Chen Lianxin recognized him immediately as her cousin's man.

Her voice was angry, her fingers gripping the hem of her skirt tightly as she snapped, "Look closely, I'm my cousin's cousin! How dare you stop me?"

Her cousin is the Ninth Prince. Even if she breaks the contract, what can these people do to her?

The six eunuchs looked at each other, at a loss for what to do.

Behind him, Chu Xunzhen's eyes flashed coldly, and his voice, sharp as a blade, rang out: "Chen Lianxin, are you trying to renege on the bet we just made?"

Chen Lianxin suddenly turned around and laughed wildly, "Chu Xunzhen, who do you think you are? Even if you are a county princess, I have my cousin protecting me. You think you can make me kneel down and kowtow to apologize to you? Even if you win today, I haven't lost."

After saying that, she suddenly rushed towards Chu Xunzhen frantically, grabbed her collar, and ripped it off.

A chill is creeping in.

Before Chu Xunzhen could react, a black figure leaped in front of her, draped a black cloak over her, and covered her exposed breasts.

"Your Highness?"