Beauty and the Bodyguard

Chapter 11171: Chapter 11170: The Battle of the Three Kingdoms!

Ning Yuqi said with a sorrowful expression,” I don’t know why it’s like this either. The Duke was fine until he went to sleep last night, but he didn’t respond no matter how I called him this morning. I thought that the wine he brought back from the Chu royal residence was too strong. In the end, it became like this at noon.”

Everyone looked at each other.

The most important piece of information was the jug of wine he had brought back from the Chu royal residence.

Ning Yuqi’s words implied that the problem was with that pot of wine.

And the key to this was that this matter involved King Chu. Looking at everyone present, no one had the right to ask King Chu for confirmation!

” Sister-in-law, this concerns the reputation of the Chu royal residence. We can’t just randomly talk about this. Do you have any evidence to prove that big brother brought the wine from the Chu royal residence?” Zhangsun Hong said in a deep voice.

” Yes,” Zhang Sunjie of the third branch also nodded.” This is a serious matter. We can’t believe your one-sided story.”

Everyone had different expressions.

The meaning of these words was very clear. He was just short of pointing at Ning Yuqi’s nose and saying that she was talking nonsense.

Ning Yuqi’s expression changed. What do you mean by my side of the story? I’m a weak woman who has never interacted with the Chu royal residence. If it wasn’t true, how would I dare to implicate the Chu royal residence for no reason?”

Everyone discussed in private.

Putting everything else aside, at least Ning Yuqi did not dare to easily implicate the Chu royal residence. This sentence was still very credible.

After all, the King of Chu was not a kind man. If he were to cause trouble and implicate the Chu royal residence, the consequences could be imagined.

Ning Yuqi said seriously,” The day before yesterday, the Duke personally said that he went to Tianyuan Tower for a banquet. The person who sat with him was King Chu himself. I shouldn’t be the only one who heard about this, right?”

Immediately, an elder from the clan stood out and said,” This old man can testify to this. We happened to meet on the way back to the Duke’s residence. He mentioned this matter before.”

A few others echoed.

To Zhangsun Sheng, being able to drink with the King of Chu was an honor that was worth bragging about.

Especially since he had taken over the position of Duke Protector, the Second and Third household had been eyeing him covetously. Using this matter to brag was just a layer of deterrence.

Zhangsun Hong and Zhangsun Jie looked at each other, their faces slightly dark.

” Even so,” Zhangsun Hong said in a deep voice,” it doesn’t prove that Big Brother brought back wine from King Chu, much less that he became like this because he drank that jug of wine!”

Ning Yuqi gritted his teeth.” Originally, this was just a matter between the Duke and me. It’s not worth dirtying everyone’s eyes. But for the Duke, I can’t care so much.”

As she spoke, she took out a phone from her pocket with a red face.

Then, in front of everyone, Ning Yuqi opened a selfie video.

After only a few seconds, everyone’s expressions turned strange.

As Ning Yuqi had said, this was indeed a selfie between her and Zhangsun Sheng. Fortunately, there was no explicit scene.

But then, everyone saw the jug of wine in the video. At the same time, Zhangsun Sheng boasted proudly that it was a gift from Lord Chu.

After the video was played, everyone was silent.

Everyone looked at each other.

As such, it was clear that this matter was related to the Chu royal residence.

But the problem was, who would dare to pursue the matter with the Chu royal residence?

” Even if this jug of wine was really a gift from Lord Chu, it doesn’t mean anything.” Zhangsun Hong still refused to give up.” In my opinion, what’s really suspicious is what happened last night.”

Zhangsun Jie’s eyes lit up,” You’re right, brother. He made a big scene yesterday to welcome Lin Yi, but then he sent us all away, leaving only the three of you here. Now that I think about it, it’s really suspicious.”

“Third Brother, I don’t understand what you’re trying to say.” Ning Yuqi’s face darkened completely.

Zhangsun Hong hmphed coldly,” Sister-in-law, you don’t have to ask the obvious. What Third Brother means is that only you and Lin Yi were present at the scene of Big Brother’s accident. Even the servants at the banquet were sent away. If you say that there’s no conspiracy behind this, would anyone believe it?”

“There’s one more thing, I heard that you met Lin Yi a few times when you were in Divine Kingdom on land, right?” Zhangsun Jie added.

“So what?” Ning Yuqi was expressionless.

Zhangsun Jie said faintly,” If, and I’m just saying if, sister-in-law, you have a special relationship with this Lin Yi. You used last night’s drink to drug my brother, and then he became like this. It makes sense.”

For a moment, everyone looked at Ning Yuqi as if they were looking at a scandal.

Because of the previous exile incident, Ning Yuqi, the newly married wife of the High Duke, was not a proper person in their eyes.

The version that Zhangsun Jie provided might be groundless, but it was not impossible.

Ning Yuqi’s face was cold as he looked at Zhangsun Jie with daggers in his eyes.” You want to say that I slept with Lin Yi? We’re an adulterous couple, right?”

“..”

Zhangsun Jie stopped talking.

Of course, that was what he meant, but he didn’t expect Ning Yuqi to be so direct. He directly said the words ” adulterous couple ” in front of everyone!

If he agreed now, no matter what happened later, it would have a negative impact on his image.

After all, without any concrete evidence, as his brother-in-law, it was really unpleasant to say that he was slandering his sister-in-law.

At this moment, Zhangsun Hong said,” It’s hard to say, but that’s what I meant. Lin Yi is staying in our Public House now. If Sister-in-law has a clear conscience, you can ask him to come and confront you. Then, you can prove your innocence.”

The few clan higher-ups at the side clearly had a tacit understanding beforehand and immediately voiced out in agreement.

This time, it was Ning Yuqi’s turn to be surprised.

She had long expected that the second and third families would be restless.

Even when Zhangsun Sheng was in charge, his two half-brothers had always been restless and had been secretly making small moves.

Now that Zhangsun Sheng was in a vegetative state, the two of them could not just sit by and watch a woman like her take over the huge Duke Protector’s estate.

It was not strange at all for him to make trouble today.

But they wanted to confront Lin Yi? What were they planning?

Did they think that Lin Yi would be bribed by them and sell her out in public?

Ning Yuqi only felt that it was extremely absurd.

Soon, Lin Yi was called over from the guest room.