The ghost spoke up: "It was the Fourth Prince who ordered us. He told us to drug the little princess, steal her from the First Prince’s residence, and bring her to the lakeside... He said once you arrived, we were to seize you and frame you by claiming you had stolen her and abandoned her there."
Shen Mingshu raised an eyebrow slightly. This was exactly as she had anticipated, but she knew she had to feign shock.
In an instant, the expression on her face shifted. She looked at Pei Yan with a look of terror, crying out, "Your Highness, why would you frame me like this? How have I ever offended you?"
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