Chapter 49 - Who on Earth Was the Owner of the Dress?

Hearing an accident had happened in the back garden, the Princess of Nan’an couldn’t keep sitting there anymore. She immediately went to the garden with some servants. As soon as Wei Fengyao steadied herself, she fiercely glared at the maid, who was standing on her side trembling all over.

Under her mistress’s glare, the maid became so frightened that she didn’t even dare to raise her head. She had never expected that things would turn out so differently. Who would have thought that the person who fell into water in the end was not the Sixth Miss Wei, the intended victim of the plot, but the Second Miss Wei, the conspirator? And most importantly, what happened to the Second Miss Wei’s dress?

This… this was completely different from the original plan of her mistress!

“Third Lady, what’s wrong with the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang? It’s fine that her dress is the same as my favorite dress I’m wearing. But why did she add extra dye to her copy to make it look completely different? What was her intension?” The Fourth Princess, Wen Cailuan, pointed with a stern face at the dress that was still dripping with water and asked in a threatening manner.

“Well...” Lady Zhang felt she was being wronged. She was really ignorant of the whole situation, so she had to turn to Wei Fengyao for help. “Your Ladyship, you see...”

“Sixth Younger Sister, it was you. You’re the one who framed me up. This is your dress. You deliberately set me up because you wanted to hurt me. It must be so.” Wei Yan had recovered by now. She was sitting in bed and clutching a quilt with a blank face. At this moment, her gaze landed on Wei Yuewu beside her and she suddenly shouted madly.

“Sixth Younger Sister, what happened?” Wei Fengyao’s face sank as she turned to Wei Yuewu.

Wei Yuewu glanced at Wei Yan with calm but confused eyes. She shook her head and said, “Your Ladyship, I don’t know what Second Elder Sister meant by that.”

“You… It must be you. No one hates me so much except you. It must be you who set me up. Wei Yuewu, you... you…” Wei Yan was so incensed by what happened today that she almost lost her mind. She was about to curse Wei Yuewu without considering the presence of other people. However, Nanny Xu, who was beside her, sensed the impending impropriety and immediately pulled the sleeve of her mistress to stop Wei Yan from continuing her words.

“Second Elder Sister, what you said is very strange. If you never did anything that hurt me, why would you say that I hated you the most? For what do I hate you? I just arrived in the capital. What have you done that makes me hate you so much?” Wei Yuewu frowned and asked calmly.

“You...” Wei Yan was unable to answer. With so many people here, she could never ever confess that it was because she wanted to marry Mo Huating and had plotted to assassinate Wei Yuewu that Wei Yuewu hated her so much and wanted to hurt her. Now the only excuse she could think of was the dress. It originally belonged to Wei Yuewu. If it wasn’t for Wei Yuewu, she would in no way change her dress on the very day of the banquet.

Consequently, she could avoid making the Fourth Princess so angry with her. Wei Yan still felt dizzy. She couldn’t figure out what had happened. Nevertheless, she was very clear of one thing: Wei Yuewu was the reason why all this had occurred.

“It was you. This is your dress. You made me get it.” Wei Yan couldn’t say why. She could only stare fiercely at Wei Yuewu and insisted that she was set up by Wei Yuewu.

In such a case, as long as she insisted that Wei Yuewu was the plotter behind the scenes, Wei Yuewu wouldn’t be able to clear herself up.

“Sixth Younger Sister, why did you hurt Second Younger Sister? Even if the two of you are slightly at odds, it’s just because of some trivialities in the boudoir. Besides, you have just come to the capital. What bitter feuds are there between you and Second Younger Sister that made you do such a thing to her?” After hearing what Wei Yan said, Wei Fengyao immediately followed, looking at Wei Yuewu with a very sad expression.

Since things had turned out so differently from their plan, it would be best to blame Wei Yuewu for everything.

Therefore, the two sisters worked together to slander Wei Yuewu, feeling sure that Wei Yuewu could not prove her innocence.

Seeing that the two sisters echoed each other and took their own words as a matter of fact, Wei Yuewu sneered in her heart. However, she didn’t show her thoughts on her face. She said coldly, “Your Ladyship, why are you so sure that Second Elder Sister is telling the truth?”

“Second Younger Sister has always had a good reputation. It was impossible for her to make a false charge against others.” Wei Fengyao said in a serious and self-righteous manner.

‘”Second Elder Sister has always had a good reputation, so whatever she said is right! And I, who had just come to the capital, have already had the reputation of being plain-looking and untalented, so everything I said is wrong. Your Ladyship, is this what you meant?” Wei Yuewu said softly with a smile, but the bottom of her eyes was filled with chilling coldness.

Hearing Wei Yuewu’s sharp question, Wei Fengyao had a feeling that bad things were going to occur.

The face of the Princess of Nan’an darkened. She turned her gaze to Wei Fengyao and a trace of suspicion flashed through her eyes.

Wei Fengyao saw that her mother-in-law grew suspicious of her and realized she was in a precarious situation. Nevertheless, she was not Wei Yan. She calmed down and said with a somewhat embarrassed expression, “Second Younger Sister, Sixth Younger Sister, I’m not sure what exactly happened. It’s best for you two to discuss it after you go back to your mansion. You’re sisters after all, and there’s no dispute you can’t settle between each other. There’s no need to make such an awkward scene in the presence of other people.”

Those words sounded fair, as if she wanted to prevent the family’s scandal from being made public. However, with Wei Yan’s previous accusation against Wei Yuewu, if Wei Yuewu didn’t make the case clear in front of the other guests, she would not be able to clear herself of the accusation of framing up her sister.

“Your Ladyship, since Second Elder Sister insists that I framed her up, she should tell everyone what I did to frame her up.” Wei Yuewu faintly smiled and pointed at the dress on the side.

“That is your dress. It’s yours. It was you who was supposed to wear it, but you made me wear it.” Wei Yan turned her eyes to where Wei Yuewu’s finger was pointing and shouted those words immediately. She didn’t want Wei Fengyao to smooth things over either, because what she had said and done before had almost become evidence that she had framed up Wei Yuewu and provoked the Fourth Princess.

If she failed to make Wei Yuewu a scapegoat, she would have no face to see outsiders in the future.

“Second Elder Sister, you said this dress was mine?” Wei Yuewu did not panic, and her gaze also fell on the dress that had been thrown aside and was almost frozen. A trace of mockery silently flashed through her eyes.

“Yes, this dress was ordered by you. You had it made for you at a shop. I was just accidentally tricked by you into taking your dress!” Wei Yan couldn’t retreat at this moment but to tell the truth. She glared at Wei Yuewu hatefully and shouted those words.

“Second Elder Sister, are you sure the dress is mine?” Wei Yuewu asked again.

“Yes, of course. It’s definitely yours. It was specially made for you.” Wei Yan replied with full confidence again.

“Jin Ling, bring over the dress.” Wei Yuewu ignored Wei Yan and said to Jin Ling.

“Yes, Miss.” Jin Ling walked over angrily. She picked up the dress and shook it forcefully in the air. The originally slightly frozen dress was now spread over, and in front of everyone was shown a complete set of clothes.

“Such a large dress should be very loose on me if I wear it, right?” Wei Yuewu walked over to the dress and compared it with her figure. She pointed at the dress and said, “Will the sewing room of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang make such a ridiculous error as to mistake a dress for a completely different one?”

The guests moved their eyes with her fingers and instantly looked at Wei Yan with disdain.

The dress was obviously larger. Actually, it was too large for Wei Yuewu, who hadn’t grown up yet. If it was really custom-made for Wei Yuewu, it absolutely couldn’t fit Wei Yan.

As for the charge that Wei Yuewu had ordered the dress for herself and then contrived to send it to Wei Yan, it was of course all nonsense. It was evident that this Second Young Lady of the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang had realized she had embarrassed herself, so she wanted to shift all the responsibility to this delicate and frail-looking Sixth Miss Wei.

Considering the Second Miss Wei’s previous behavior of repeatedly slandering Wei Yuewu, her character seemed truly despicable.

‘”Well, well, what a ‘decent’ young lady from the mansion of Marquis Hua Yang. She was so daring as to frame up her sister who just entered the capital under the nose of all guests. I really wonder where she got her good reputation. Auntie, I’m surprised how indiscriminately you invited guests to your mansion this time.” The Fourth Princess sneered first.

She had already been simmering with rage. At this moment, she vented all her anger on the Princess of Nan’an and uttered those words coldly.

The Princess of Nan’an was embarrassed by those words. As an extremely sophisticated old lady, she had already sensed that her daughter-in-law also played a part in this matter. When she thought that her daughter-in-law dared to ruin her son’s banquet, her fury immediately surged in her heart. She hatefully glared at Wei Fengyao and was about to speak.

Wei Yuewu suddenly took a step forward and curtsied deeply to the Fourth Princess. Then, she softly said, “Please don’t be angry with my second elder sister, Fourth Princess. She was just too anxious after falling into water and lost her composure. I hope Your Highness will show mercy and forgive her this time!”

Did Wei Yuewu said these to help Wei Yan out of trouble?

Everyone was stunned at her words. They all turned their eyes to Wei Yuewu who was acting gracefully…

Wei Yuewu really showed her generosity in helping Wei Yan in such a situation.

The Fourth Princess’s gaze also fell on Wei Yuewu’s face. She looked at Wei Yuewu with scrutiny, sizing her up and down. The, she suddenly let out a cold laugh, “Alright, since you don’t care about it anymore, I’ll forget about it too! If Wei Yan really likes my dresses, I don’t mind telling her in advance what I will wear at the next banquet, so that she won’t take any imitation and cause such trouble again. And she won’t have to blame others and make a spectacle of herself.”

As soon as the Fourth Princess finished her words, she ignored everyone and left with those aristocratic young ladies.

The Princess of Nan’an also snorted coldly and stood up. She had a sickly color on her face and looked ill, but her eyes were surprisingly bright. She said to Wei Fengyao, “Go and see if the feast is ready. I have had enough of this thing today. Make sure everything is alright. Such accidents have never happened in the mansion of the Prince of Nan’an. Today, we have really become a laughingstock.”

After saying those words, she ignored Wei Fengyao and left with several ladies.

“Yes, I will go right now.” After being glared at by the Princess of Nan’an, Wei Fengyao was conscious that she had displeased her mother-in-law because of the trouble caused by Wei Yan. Not daring to say anything else, she hurriedly left with her servants.

When the rest guests in the room saw that the hostess had left, they all left the room one after another.

Lady Zhang wanted to stay, but when she felt her sleeve tugged by her daughter Wei Qiufu, she left as well. Seeing that they had both left, Wei Qiuju wouldn’t stay either. She followed them out obediently.

Within a short while, only Wei Yan and Wei Yuewu, as well as their maids, were left in the room.

“Wei Yuewu, you are so vicious. This dress was custom-made for you. It’s clear that you set me up. You bitch, you’re really…” At this time, there was no one around, and Wei Yan was anxious to vent her anger. When the others were present a moment ago, she didn’t dare to say such words for fear that others would know she had actually taken this dress from Wei Yuewu by force.

Wei Yuewu stepped forward smiling coldly at Wei Yan. Then, she stretched out her hand and slapped Wei Yan in the face. The slap stopped Wei Yan’s words immediately.