Allure of a Country Maiden
Chapter 1132 - 1129_1

Chapter 1132: Chapter 1129_1

"The lamp is lit with peanut oil? Using food in such a wasteful way is a crime too, Nanny!" Xiao’er glanced at the nanny on the sightseeing boat.

The strong aroma of peanut oil was undeniable!

The nanny on the sightseeing boat was at a loss for words! The Imperial Court forbade using edible oils like peanut oil for lighting lamps!

Those who used edible oils for such purposes, if caught, would have their taxes doubled!

If she denied that it was peanut oil, then it would mean attempted murder!

How should she explain it?

In order to avoid paying a large amount of extra taxes per year, the nanny had no choice but to say:

"How would I use peanut oil to light the lamp! I don’t know who spilled this oil."

"Do you have any other explanation?" Xiao’er turned to Fang Wanping.

"We truly fell into the water by accident. It’s late, and the sightseeing boat where the Princess is located is quite far from here. I’m sure the Princess must have seen wrongly!"

Xiao’er ignored Fang Wanping and said to Yang Liu, "Go check if there are any other places on this sightseeing boat that have been eaten by bugs!"

The guardrail was half eaten by bugs. Fang Wanping was not fat. Even if she bumped into it, it would not break because all shipbuilding wood is very sturdy and durable!

Therefore, seeing that she did not break the guardrail, she kicked it and broke it.

The reason why Xiao’er asked Yang Liu to find other places on the sightseeing boat that might have been eaten by bugs was to conduct an experiment to make them repent and reform honestly!

She thought that such a large sightseeing boat wouldn’t just have one place eaten by bugs!

Of course, even if there wasn’t, she could simply have them thrown into the jail with a single sentence.

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Yang Liu quickly found a guardrail on the first floor that had been eaten by bugs. "Princess, I found it. It’s downstairs. This guardrail has also been eaten by bugs halfway."

"Good," Xiao’er looked towards the nanny on the sightseeing boat: "Nanny, let’s go down and have a look."

The group started to move towards the lower deck of the sightseeing boat.

Fang Wanping was uneasy. Wrapped in her cloak, she followed them. She faintly guessed what Xiao’er wanted to do, and she could only hope that the place eaten by bugs was different from the one she had found earlier.

Soon, Yang Liu led everyone to the guardrail that had been eaten by bugs.

After one glance, Xiao’er felt that this guardrail should have been eaten by bugs more than the one upstairs, as there were more bug holes on the surface.

"Miss Fang, let’s run an experiment! Please can you reenact how you and this lady argued a while ago and see if the guardrail would break if you bumped into it!"

"I won’t do it! What if I fall into the water again!" Fang Wanping refused upon hearing this.

She could tell that the condition of the termite-damaged guardrail was nearly identical to the one above. If she bumped into the guardrail, and it didn’t break, wouldn’t that prove Shen Xiao’er’s assertion to be true!

"So you really won’t try it? I was giving you a chance to clear your name, but if you think you don’t need it, then let’s go directly to the Government Office!

The Lord Fu Yin of Shuntian Mansion knows that this princess never lies. You purposefully plotted to murder my brother just now, which is unforgivable! Yang Liu, take these two to the Government Office and hand them over to Lord Fu Yin! With Lord Fu Yin in charge of the interrogation, I refuse to believe they won’t confess!"

"Yes, Princess!" Yang Liu quickly replied, and then stepped forward to arrest the two.

"Wait, we will do it!" Zhang Yanqing saw that Xiao’er wasn’t joking, she was scared. In this society, power is the most important, and the royal family is supreme and inviolable. As Princess Rui, the officials in the Government Office naturally would dare not disbelieve her. If she wanted someone to be tortured severely, the people in the Government Office, in order to please her, would certainly go above and beyond to complete her orders. If they were tortured severely, could they still survive?

It’s just an experiment. If she slaps Fang Wanping hard, letting her hit the guardrail with all her might, the guardrail will definitely break!

They were just pretending earlier, she didn’t dare use too much force, so that’s why the guardrail didn’t break!

"Princess, I’m willing to try!"

After saying this, she winked at Fang Wanping. Don’t be silly, you can’t fight against power. In this society where the emperor’s power rules, Princess Rui could punish them with a single sentence. Now, as long as they do an experiment, they could clear themselves of suspicion. Why not?

Fang Wanping also figured out the key point. She knew that she could not fight against Xiao’er. She was scared of being in jail. She needed to do hard work during the day and sleep in a flea and rat-infested cell at night, eating vegetables and tofu. She absolutely did not want to go back to the cell!

So she nodded her head, "To prove my innocence, I am not lying, let’s try it then!"

"Then you two reenact the part where you two had a disagreement." Xiao’er leaned against the guardrail, looking as if she was awaiting an amusing spectacle.

Xiao’er knew that, in order to prove their innocence, that woman would definitely not hold back and use all her strength to slap Fang Wanping.

Of course, Fang Wanping would also use great force to hit that guardrail.

The two of them nodded.

Zhang Yanqing recalled their argument earlier and then said, "Bitch, you dare to steal my hairpin!"

Fang Wanping followed up, "You’re mistaken! I didn’t steal it, I found this hairpin on the ground!"

"Found it on the ground, who do you think you’re fooling!" The woman, furious at her words, raised her hand and struck it down at Fang Wanping with all her strength.

"Whack!" There was a loud noise, Xiao’er even felt pain on her face from hearing it!

Fang Wanping’s face was burning in pain and her ears were ringing. She was directly hit by Zhang Yanqing and spun around half a circle, then heavily hit the guardrail. She didn’t even have the chance to use her own strength to hit it.

Regrettably, the guardrail did not break!

Seeing this, Xiao’er regretfully said, "It seemed that the bug holes on this guardrail are even more than the one upstairs, but didn’t Miss Fang hit it without breaking it? Do you have anything else to say now?"

The woman didn’t expect that even though she had hit so hard, and Fang Wanping did not break the guardrail. After hearing this, she quickly said, "I didn’t hit hard enough just now, and the position where Fang Wanping hit the guardrail was also not right. How about we try another time?"

Xiao’er heard this and looked at Fang Wanping, "Miss Fang, is that really the case?"

Fang Wanping was already in severe pain, but she couldn’t say no. She could only nod, "Yes, the position where I hit the guardrail was not right."

Now she understood that Shen Xiao’er had deliberately planned this experiment to let her be slapped. And she had no choice but to put up with it!

"Is that so? Then I’ll give you another chance, you try again!"

On hearing this, Yang Liu lowered her head, unable to hold back her laughter: The princess was too bad. This was clearly a punishment for Fang Wanping’s staged fight, an attempt to blame it on the young master!

The Princess probably thought that since you like acting, then you all should get your fill!