As expected by everyone, she became the wife of the Marquis after being married off

In addition to this incident in the capital, Shen Lanyue also learned a piece of news from Meng Changce.

This matter was also the work of the empress dowager. The empress dowager, who had never taken any action, did two major things in a row, one of which was to personally arrange a marriage for Li Jing.

In addition to Zheng Shurong, the legitimate daughter of the Zheng family, there were several concubines who were still unmarried. The empress dowager personally looked at them and chose one of them.

I heard that the eldest princess was also in the Queen Mother's palace at the time, and the Queen Mother even asked the eldest princess whether her character and personality were appropriate.

"Mother, the daughters of the Zheng family are always good." The eldest princess said with a smile.

The Queen Mother glanced at her and smiled knowingly: "The daughters of the Zheng family are indeed good, like the Queen and Shurong, they are both excellent."

"Yes."

The eldest princess glanced at Miss Zheng San, who was kneeling on the ground and dared not look up, and smiled without saying anything.

The two looked at each other for a while, and then the empress dowager sent someone to invite the empress and Emperor Yingde. The eldest princess lowered her eyes, stood up and was about to leave.

The Queen Mother saw that she was about to leave and did not try to stop her, but nodded.

After the eldest princess left, when the emperor and the empress arrived at the empress dowager's palace, the empress dowager began to scold them.

Of course there were no outsiders inside. No matter how noble the emperor and empress were outside, they still had to behave themselves in front of the empress dowager.

However, the Queen Mother was obviously someone who understood both of them very well. She just spoke with a tone of blame, pointing out that it was really inappropriate that the other grown-up princes already had children, but the Fourth Prince still had no principal wife.

The emperor and empress listened to the instructions again and again and did not dare to raise any objection.

"Well, you want me, a man half buried in the ground, to worry about such a small matter. Emperor, having many offspring is beneficial to the country."

Emperor Ying De lowered his head for a rare moment: "Yes, son, I understand."

The Queen Mother narrowed her eyes, and was quite satisfied with Emperor De's reaction.

Then he looked around the empress, then turned back to Emperor Yingde and said, "I do like one, but I'm afraid you, the queen, won't be willing to give him up."

The queen looked up in confusion.

The Queen Mother chuckled and said, "That girl is the third daughter of the Zheng family. I think her appearance and age are very compatible with Jing'er."

Emperor Yingde raised the corner of his eyelids, and his expression changed slightly.

The queen frowned subtly, almost for a moment.

"It is naturally her blessing that the Queen Mother has taken a liking to her. I would like to thank the Queen Mother on her behalf."

"That's good. Emperor, please pick a suitable day to make the palace lively."

"Yes."

Emperor Yingde did not refute, but the smile in his eyes faded a little.

It was originally a very happy event. Only two days after the imperial edict was delivered from the palace, such a big thing happened in Li Wenxuan's mansion. However, such an important matter as the murder of the heir to the throne was naturally unknown to the people.

After all, this is a huge scandal and it cannot be made public regardless of whether it is true or not.

The Queen Mother, such a talented person, brought Shen Wanqing into the palace as soon as possible. It was also a coincidence how the Queen Mother found out. Sun Shu asked Nanny Wu to bring the suspected witness back to the palace.

The maid was too scared. It was her first time entering the palace, so she was naturally timid and trembling all over. When she passed the imperial garden, she bumped into the most favored noble in the palace.

The noble was so angry that he wanted to send people to beat the man to death, but Nanny Wu didn't dare to let the man get into any trouble, so she asked the noble to spare her.

Unexpectedly, the nobleman became even more unhappy when he heard this, and wanted to beat both of them to death.

In desperation, Nanny Wu had to say that she was from the palace of Concubine Xian.

Originally, one thought that the favored noble lady would be afraid of the virtuous concubine, but when the noble lady heard this, her face became even worse, and she immediately wanted to send the two of them to the Ministry of Punishment.

The two groups of people were making so much noise in the Imperial Garden that they alarmed the Empress Dowager who was strolling in the garden.

"Who is making such a fuss in the palace? Do you know the rules?"

The old nanny beside the Queen Mother shouted loudly.

The noble lady had also seen the empress dowager. She was so frightened that she dared not utter a word and knelt on the ground.

The empress dowager simply glanced at Nanny Wu and others who were kneeling on the ground with contempt, and saw the maid trembling on the side. She remembered the virtuous concubine she had just heard from Nanny Wu, and her face darkened.

"Take it back to my palace and ask for the virtuous concubine."

"Yes."

That's how the Queen Mother found out about what was happening in Li Wenxuan's mansion. The Queen Mother valued the heir the most, so her face immediately turned bad. When she heard that the Third Prince still wanted to protect the concubine, her expression darkened even more.

By the time Concubine Xian arrived at the Empress Dowager's palace, it was too late to help. The look the Empress Dowager gave her at that time was extremely profound.

What happened next was what Shen Lanyue knew.

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Now Shen Wanqing was locked up in the Buddhist temple in the palace by the Empress Dowager, and Li Wenxuan was scolded by Emperor Yingde and promised to give an explanation to the Sun family.

After Shen Ling learned about this, he rushed into the palace without stopping, obviously looking like he was ready to take responsibility and apologize.

After Li Wenxuan returned home, his face looked extremely bad and terribly gloomy.

He was quite dissatisfied with Sun Shuhao's action, and was even more annoyed by the Sun family's attitude of threatening him.

Li Wenxuan had a tantrum in the study, a scarlet chill welling up in his dark eyes. He had originally kept his pity for Shen Wanqing in his heart, but now he felt bad seeing the Sun family treating him like this.

One can't help but wonder if Sun Shuhao deliberately framed Shen Wanqing.

Thinking of this, the hostility in his eyes became even stronger.

At this time, there was a knock on the door.

"roll!"

The sound at the door stopped for a few seconds, and only a few subtle voices were heard: "Your Highness, it's my concubine. I have an important discovery."

Li Wenxuan was stunned for a moment, walked over and opened the door, and saw the pretty Li Niang.

He couldn't help but frowned: "What an important discovery."

Li Niang had a pair of intoxicating fox eyes, she lowered them timidly and wanted to escape, bit her lip and hesitated and said again and again: "I found that the princess's accident seems to have nothing to do with Concubine Shen."

Li Wenxuan's face suddenly changed, and the aura around him suddenly became gloomy and alert.

Words popped out one by one.

"What you said is true!"

"I dare not lie."

Li Wenxuan looked at the handkerchief she was twirling in her hand, stared at her for a while, and smiled.

He pulled Li Niang into the room. After about a few minutes, he quickly left the study, looking visibly relaxed.

Li Niang looked at his receding back, the corners of her mouth slowly rose, and she chuckled a few times.

Her smile was full of sarcasm and morbidity, but the light in her eyes was frighteningly bright.

She felt sick when she recalled how Li Wenxuan, after learning the evidence, excitedly hugged her and asked her what reward she wanted.