The women each acted more pitiable and frail than the last, until Prince Ning bellowed, "Speak the truth? If there is so much as a half-lie in what any of you say, I will not let you off lightly!"
Prince Ning's voice was icy cold, and his sharp gaze made those women so nervous that they couldn't hold themselves together. One of the bolder women, behaving arrogantly, declared, "Your Highness Prince Ning, we are telling the truth, the whole truth. It was Su Yunjin who, unprovoked, started hitting us first. We merely mentioned how Su Yunjin's low status meant she was unfit to come to the Wang Residence, and she, unable to accept it, lashed out at us." Originally, the woman wanted to insult Su Yunjin by calling her a little wench.
But, as the words reached her lips, she retracted them. How could she say such uncouth, demeaning things in front of Prince Ning?
