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An Yingcheng went to court, and then went to the Guardian Office to tell them about encountering a bandit yesterday.

In the Great Zhou Dynasty, encountering bandits and robbers in the capital was a very big matter.

"Don't worry, Your Highness. The capital city is under the watch of the Emperor. Those bandits from the mountains are extremely daring and want to rob the Prince. I will definitely capture those thieves and bring them back to the capital city in peace."

"Thank you, Master Zhang."

An Yingcheng remained polite, but secretly urged, "For such arrogant and vicious bandits to exist in the capital, the common people must have suffered a lot. I hope that Master Zhang can catch them as soon as possible, so that I can be at ease, the common people can be at ease."

"Yes, yes, yes. This official will settle the matter of the bandits as soon as possible." The guard replied to An Yingcheng, then An Yingcheng left the guard mansion after speaking a few words of courtesy.

Just as he returned to his residence, before the chair under his butt could even warm up, the servant girl beside Aunt Li ran over in a hurry. Your Highness, quickly go look at the Aunt Li, Aunt has fainted. "

"What's going on?"

An Yingcheng frowned, his face showing displeasure.

He was already busy with chores these few days, and yesterday he met a bandit again. He was busy sending people to catch the bandit, and did not even have time to drink a cup of tea. Yet, Aunt Li fainted at this time?

The person who came over to deliver the news was merely a maid in the courtyard of the Aunt Li. She did not have the qualifications to be by his side, so how would he know what happened today?

Seeing An Yingcheng's ugly face, the servant was so scared that he did not dare breathe, and recounted what she had seen.

"Today, when Aunt has just returned to the courtyard, she fainted before she even entered the house. Your servant doesn't know what happened, but elder sister Peach Blossom sent her servant to call Master over. From her expression, Aunt's condition seems to be very serious."

The maidservant spoke quickly and hurriedly, leaving her alone in the dust.

She saw Aunt Li call Peach Blossom over with her own eyes. She only fainted after speaking a few words to Peach Blossom.

Anyway, Peach Blossom had sent her here, it had nothing to do with her whether An Yingcheng went or not.

An Yingcheng's face was sullen, his gaze gloomy.

He recalled that An Lingyi had spent a lot of effort teaching his daughter yesterday, protecting him in front of the Mountain Bandits, and agreed, "Bring this king there to have a look."

The servant immediately nodded and brought An Yingcheng over.

When he walked into the courtyard of Aunt Li, he saw that there was someone lying on the bed.

"What happened to Aunt Li?"

An Yingcheng smelled the medicine's scent and frowned.

Aunt Li had been in the palace for more than ten years. Although she had a beautiful and delicate face, her body had always been in good condition, with very little fever and chills throughout the year. Why would she suddenly faint at this time?

Hearing this, Peach Red's eyes turned red, but she bit her lips and lowered her head, looking as if she had suffered a grievance. "Aunt only fainted because she was hit by the hot air."

The heat stroke again.

An Yingcheng thought of the woman who had fainted on the mountain road and naturally did not believe Peach Blossom's words.

The woman had to walk on the mountain road under the sun to be hit by the heat. The Aunt Li was staying at his mansion, attended by a bunch of maids and wives. How could she have suffered from the heat?

"Tell me what happened!" His thick eyebrows raised, and his imposing gaze stared straight at Hongtao.

Hongtao seemed to be shocked by him as tears rolled down from her red eyes.

She kneeled to the ground and wiped away the tears on her face. "Aunt felt that the house was always in trouble these days, so she invited a Daoist to come visit and meet with the madame."

"Who knew that when that Taoist saw Eldest Miss, he would say that Eldest Miss was fated by the heavens to kill the stars. He even cursed the old lady that she would end up in a miserable state in her later years."

Peach red sobs, large tears unceasingly fall.

"The young miss and the old lady were naturally furious. It just so happened that the young miss had learnt some feng shui techniques from somewhere and after asking for a few words, she found out that the Taoist was just a bluff and trickster, the old lady suspected the aunt and thought that the Taoist had been bribed by the aunt, so she specifically invited her to come to the mansion to frame the young lady."

"My poor aunt was kind-hearted, but was implicated by this unreliable Daoist Priest. Not only was he slapped by the madame, he even knelt in front of the madame's courtyard for a few hours before being sent back. However, after being tormented like this, Aunt did not even manage to enter the room before she fainted. "

Seeing that she was crying so bitterly, An Yingcheng waved her to stand up, "Is it really so?"

The Daoist Priest had targeted An Lingge the moment he entered the palace, and was a scammer as well. If An Yingcheng was present, he would have suspected that the Aunt Li was behind this.

Peach Blossom cried even more sorrowfully. "Even the prince doesn't believe our concubine?" She felt that she had invited a swindler to enter the mansion, and felt guilty. She knelt in front of the old lady's courtyard for several hours, but did not expect that even the Prince would not trust her. "

Her crying made An Yingcheng very annoyed, but he was a noble Duke, it was naturally not good for him to fuss about it with a servant.

A trace of impatience appeared on his face. "This King does not mean that I don't believe her. It's just that this matter is too strange, so This King has to ask clearly."

Only then did Peach Blush wipe away the tears on her face with the back of her hand. "Aunt knows that Prince believes in her, so even though you've suffered so much, you must still be happy."

It was obvious that the Aunt Li's trick had been exposed, which was why she received the old mistress' punishment. But when it reached Peach Blossom's mouth, the Aunt Li suffered the injustice, and the Aunt Li suffered the injustice.

"Aunt has always been busy taking care of the Duke's Mansion's affairs, how could it have anything to do with a Daoist? Furthermore, today, this matter caused Aunt to be punished. Not to mention that even the authority of the sect has to be handed over to the Aunt Wei, so how would the servants see Aunt as? "

While she was complaining about the grievances of the Aunt Li, she also dragged the Aunt Wei into the water. She intentionally ordered for the Old Mistress to help the Aunt Wei take care of the Duke Palace, saying that the Old Mistress wanted the Aunt Li to hand over the authority of a butler to the Aunt Wei. Let An Yingcheng know that only the Aunt Wei would benefit from today's events.

People would always think that the person who obtained the benefits was the mastermind behind this conspiracy, and Peach Blossom saying that, was purposefully leading An Yingcheng to suspect Aunt Wei.

Although she did not say it openly, her words already made An Yingcheng suspicious.

After this incident, why did the Aunt Li lose face after taking such a beating, and even let the authority of a butler fall into the hands of the Aunt Wei?

Furthermore, according to Peach Blossom's explanation, the Daoist Priest quickly told him about the matter regarding Aunt Li, as if he was deliberately trying to frame him.