Where these letters came from, the common people had all witnessed with their own eyes!

Prince Liang had probably even deceived his servant. This servant still thought these letters were love letters, believing Prince Liang would risk ruining Miss Bai’s reputation just to marry her into the prince’s mansion… showing deep affection for Miss Bai. The servant had just defended Prince Liang’s honor…

Who would have thought these letters were meant to frame the deceased Duke Zhenguo for treason? If First Miss’s maid had truly coveted the position of concubine in the prince’s mansion and placed these letters in the Duke’s study, the consequences would truly be unthinkable!

Not only would the Bai family heroes be stained with infamy, but even the Bai family widows would probably be unable to preserve themselves!

“No wonder Prince Liang instructed Chun Yan not to open the letters! These letters were meant to destroy my Bai family! Grandmother already planned to enter the palace today to see His Majesty and request to relinquish our noble title! Your granddaughter begs grandmother to enter the palace today and ask His Majesty to restore justice to the Bai family and protect the safety of the Bai family widows!” Bai Qingyan kowtowed heavily.

“A’Bao, get up first! Grandmother will protect you all!” Grand Princess choked with tears.

Tong Ji’s face had turned completely white. How could he have thought… His Highness clearly said those were love letters—how did they become letters of enemy correspondence?!

Those letters had been tucked in his chest the whole time, and he had personally handed them to Chun Yan!

“It wasn’t our Highness! Those letters… those letters are wrong! It must be you… You who framed our Highness!” Tong Ji struggled and shouted. “Our Highness clearly said they were love letters!”

“I’ve never seen such shameless blame-shifting! Could it be that we chased Prince Liang to’s mansion… and forced Prince Liang to deliver letters to our Duke’s mansion?! You came to our Duke’s mansion’s corner gate to secretly meet with our household maid—could it be that we could predict the future and prepare these letters that would ruin my Bai family’s reputation?!” In her anger, Bai Jinzhi regretted not having a whip at her waist to severely beat this lackey of Prince Liang.

She turned to look at Tong Ji and spoke coldly: “Even so! Why don’t we go together to the Court of Judicial Review to settle this case!”

After speaking, Bai Qingyan bowed to the common people who had not yet left: “I wonder which of you would be willing to serve as witnesses, testifying that my Bai family servants never changed these letters… and accompany me to the Court of Judicial Review to beat the drums and accuse Prince Liang?!”

She had never feared making things big. This matter was indeed her scheme, but these letters came from Prince Liang’s mansion. No matter how thoroughly investigated, they could only fall on Prince Liang’s head.

“I’m willing to testify to the Duke’s mansion’s innocence!” someone shouted.

A woman also said, “These letters were opened by the Fourth Miss in front of everyone! We all saw it! I’m willing to be a witness!”

“I watched this nanny lead people rushing out from the mansion to subdue this servant and this maid, bringing them directly here. The letters were always clutched in this maid’s hands—no one changed them! I’m willing to testify!”

“I’m also willing! Prince Liang, this heartless wretch—the Duke’s mansion sons died wrapped in horse leather for the Kingdom, yet he still wants to slander and frame them! I think… maybe it was this Prince Liang who colluded with enemy nations and caused the deaths of Duke Zhenguo and the others!”

“We have received protection from the Bai family for generations and are willing to testify for the Bai family, seeking clear justice from heaven, even if it means taking one hundred or one thousand beatings! We absolutely will not let the Bai family’s loyal martyrs be insulted, absolutely will not let the Bai family widows bear undeserved shame!”

Bai Qingyan saw that among the indignant common people, someone was quietly squeezing toward the edge of the crowd, her eyes narrowing slightly…

With such a big commotion, Prince Liang’s people would return to report.

In her previous life, Prince Liang had used these letters together with Liu Huanzhang to create trouble, thus cementing the infamy on the Bai family’s head.

This time, she used the list of southern border provisions to lure the snake out of its hole, causing Prince Liang to hastily have Chun Yan take the letters into the Bai family during today’s chaos and place them in the grandfather’s study.

Based on this, Bai Qingyan dared to conclude that Liu Huanzhang was not currently in the southern border, but in Prince Liang’s hands! In the capital!

Without Liu Huanzhang reporting grandfather’s treason, what reason could the emperor have to risk universal condemnation by having the Imperial Guards surround the Bai mansion and search the Bai family?! How could these letters come to light?!

She had Nanny Tong make a public scene as soon as Chun Yan was caught, precisely to let Prince Liang know about this matter.

Based on her understanding of Prince Liang and Du Zhiwei, and her calculations of countless schemes and arrangements Prince Liang and Du Zhiwei would make after learning of this matter in the short term, she was certain that Prince Liang and Du Zhiwei would first try to extricate Prince Liang from this matter unscathed.

But since the letters were delivered by Prince Liang’s personal servant, the only way to extricate Prince Liang would be for Prince Liang to claim these letters had nothing to do with him—that what Prince Liang wrote were just love letters, they were love letters when given to Tong Ji, he only wanted to force Miss Bai to marry down, claiming he didn’t know why the letters Tong Ji delivered would be like this.

Tong Ji, naturally, should also be kept in the dark and know nothing!

Otherwise, if Prince Liang’s servant colluded with Liu Huanzhang, Prince Liang would be even more unable to escape involvement.

Then the best scapegoat would naturally be Liu Huanzhang alone…

So, whether through threats or inducements, Prince Liang would have to come up with a plan. Whether going personally or sending someone, he would have to discuss with Liu Huanzhang!

Thus, if she had people watch Prince Liang’s mansion closely, she could find Liu Huanzhang and capture him before they had time to discuss countermeasures.

This move was somewhat risky for Bai Qingyan.

She had once told Bai Jinxiu that in this capital city full of conspiracies, schemes, and mutual deception, those who could calculate without omission and skillfully judge human nature… were the ultimate victors.

If one died in battle on a battlefield where swords and spears had no eyes, that was destined by fate, completely beyond human control!

But if one lost to conspiracies and schemes in this capital city, that would be stupidity—a worthless death.

Moreover, in this life, she had the advantage of understanding Prince Liang and Du Zhiwei first. If she still couldn’t outmaneuver Prince Liang, Du Zhiwei, and their ilk, that would truly waste heaven’s gift of letting her return! What face would she have to swear before grandfather’s spirit to protect the Bai family widows?!

Bai Qingyan turned her head to look at her sworn brother Xiao Ruohai, seeing that Xiao Ruohai in the crowd was also watching the man anxiously trying to leave.

Their eyes met, and Bai Qingyan nodded to Xiao Ruohai.

Xiao Ruohai led more than ten servants to quickly disperse and follow behind Prince Liang’s mansion servants, heading straight for Prince Liang’s mansion.

The common people were deeply moved, filled with righteous indignation, all expressing their willingness to testify for the Bai family to prove Duke Zhenguo and the Bai mansion’s innocence, making the area in front of the Duke’s mansion extremely lively.

Dong Shi was greatly touched in her heart, her throat choked, her eyes red-rimmed, her chest surging with emotions difficult to suppress. The Bai family sons willingly sacrificed their lives for the people, and the people were also willing to clear the Bai family’s name.

Where the people’s hearts pointed, it would be difficult to find a second such aristocratic family in the entire capital.

“A’Bao, give these letters to your grandmother. Grandmother will enter the palace immediately to seek justice for our Bai family before His Majesty!” Grand Princess gripped those letters tightly in her hands, filled with righteous anger, her knuckles gripping the tiger-head cane turning white. “Nanny Jiang, to the palace!”