After the marriage, the abstinent prince turned me on

"Okay, I have made up my mind on this matter. You don't need to persuade me anymore." After the emperor finished speaking, he stood up and left Fenghua Palace, leaving Concubine Wen kneeling on the ground alone, her face pale and her heart pounding.

"No, absolutely not!" Concubine Wen tightly grasped the handkerchief in her hand, with a fierce look in her eyes. She would never allow her daughter to become a victim!

She stood up suddenly, walked quickly outside the palace, and ordered her trusted maid, "Quick, tell the Third Prince this news. Tell him that it's a serious matter and ask him to come to the palace as soon as possible!"

In Ciren Palace, the Queen Mother sat back on the phoenix chair with a gloomy expression. The Buddhist beads in her hand were spinning faster and faster, showing that she was extremely uneasy at the moment.

"This is outrageous! This is truly outrageous!" The Queen Mother slammed the Buddhist beads in her hand on the table with a loud noise, which frightened the palace maids and eunuchs beside her so much that they fell to their knees and trembled.

"This Xie Mishuang is really unreasonable. What kind of spell did she cast on Jing'er that made him defend this witch so fiercely?!" The Queen Mother said angrily, her tone full of disappointment.

"Empress Dowager, please calm down and take care of yourself." The nanny beside her hurried forward and gently helped the Empress Dowager to calm down.

The Queen Mother took a deep breath, trying to suppress the anger in her heart, and said in a cold voice: "Go, bring Xie Mishuang to Ciren Palace for me!!"

"Yes." The nanny accepted the order and quickly retreated.

Not long after, Xie Mishuang and Ouyang Jing appeared in Ciren Palace together.

The Queen Mother sat on the phoenix chair, looking sharply at Xie Mishuang standing in the hall, her eyes full of scrutiny and suspicion.

The Queen Mother said sternly, "I heard that you secretly met your lover at the Qujiang banquet. Is that true?!"

Seeing this, Ouyang Jing quickly stepped forward and explained, "Grandmother, that's not the case. My grandson has been with Shuang'er the entire time, and she hasn't been meeting anyone else in secret."

"How dare you!" the Queen Mother shouted, "I didn't ask you anything, so shut up!"

"I've already had people verify the statements of those who were present at the time. They all say you weren't there for a while." The Queen Mother's sharp gaze swept across Xie Mishuang like a knife, her tone cold, "In the end, it was Yong'an who discovered you talking to a man named Chi Qu. If that wasn't a secret meeting, what was it?!"

Xie Mishuang's heart trembled, but she forced herself to remain calm and replied neither servilely nor arrogantly, "Grandmother, that man named Chi Qu is my granddaughter-in-law's cousin. He made the list and also participated in the Qujiang Banquet. My granddaughter-in-law ran into him and chatted for a while. Jiang Yulian was also there at the time, so it can't be considered a private meeting."

"Oh?" The Queen Mother raised her thick eyebrows, her tone full of suspicion, "Could it be that you were chatting with Jiang Yulian and that Chi Qu during your absence?"

Xie Mishuang lowered his head, his tone low: "Not really..."

"Why don't you tell the truth?!" The Queen Mother's voice exploded in the hall like thunder, frightening the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs so much that they all fell to their knees, not daring to breathe.

Xie Mi glanced at Ouyang Jing beside him from the corner of his eyes, and when he saw him nod slightly, he immediately had an idea in his mind.

She bent her knees and fell to the ground, her voice choked with sobs: "I still ask the Imperial Grandmother to make the decision for my grandson's wife..."

"What's going on?" Seeing her like this, the Queen Mother softened her tone a little.

"It's...it's Shang Zhize, the eldest son of the Shang family. He knocked my granddaughter-in-law unconscious and took her away. He also wanted to...he wanted to bully my granddaughter-in-law..." When Xie Mishuang said this, her voice was as thin as a mosquito, and her delicate body trembled slightly, as if she had suffered a great injustice.

"What?!" Upon hearing this, the Queen Mother slammed the table and stood up, shouting angrily, "How dare he be so bold?!!"

"He also said...he also said..." Xie Mishuang raised her head and looked at the Queen Mother with tearful eyes, her tone filled with fear and helplessness, "He said that the Crown Prince is now completely dependent on us, the Shang Mansion. Even if he knew what happened to his grandson's wife, he wouldn't dare tell anyone, and the royal family wouldn't know..."

"Did he really say that?!" the Queen Mother exclaimed in surprise. "I'm asking you, did he do anything to you?!"

"It was my grandson who found Shuang'er in time and prevented her from being killed." Ouyang Jing explained quickly.

"Shang Zhize, how presumptuous!" The Queen Mother was furious. "How could the Shang family raise such a beast?!" She turned her head sharply to look at Ouyang Jing and asked sternly, "Jing'er, did you deal with him?!"

Ouyang Jing shook his head grimly. "Grandmother, the Shang family currently has a strong foundation in the imperial court. Shang Zhize cannot be touched."

"Jing'er, you did the right thing. Although it is abominable that the eldest son of the Shang family did such a thing, this matter involves the reputation of the royal family and cannot be made public. However, we cannot let the Shang family think that we royal family members are easy to bully." The queen mother sat down slowly, a gleam of light flashed in her deep eyes, and her tone was cold.

Ouyang Jing frowned slightly and said in a deep voice, "Grandmother, you are absolutely right. This is also what my grandson is worried about."

The Queen Mother pondered for a moment, a sneer curling her lips. "Isn't Shang Qiushui your concubine now? The Shang family is so audacious, so why not charge her with adultery and expel her from the Crown Prince's residence? That way, even Shang Yong won't have any recourse. If you want to disgrace our royal family, I'll make the Shang family lose face too. Humph!"

"The Empress Dowager is wise." Ouyang Jing bowed, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes.

Two days later, the news that Shang Qiu Shui had an affair with a guard spread like thunder throughout the capital.

In the Prince's Mansion, people were coming and going, but there was an eerie silence.

The Chief Justice of the Dali Temple walked out of a side room with a solemn expression, followed by two coroners carrying a corpse covered with a white cloth.

"Your humble servant pays respect to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The Grand Justice saluted Ouyang Jing, his tone grave. "After investigation, it has been confirmed that the deceased was indeed a guard in the Crown Prince's residence. The cause of death..." He paused, as if he was having difficulty speaking, "The cause of death... was due to an overdose of aphrodisiacs."

Ouyang Jing's face turned pale. He flung his sleeves and shouted angrily, "How audacious! Come, announce this matter to the world. Say that Shang Shi is a woman of poor moral character and has had an affair with a guard. Effective immediately, she will be deposed from her position as concubine, demoted to a commoner, and expelled from the Crown Prince's residence!"

"Yes!"

When the news came out, the whole capital was in an uproar.

The Shang family became the biggest laughing stock. Shang Yongqi was so angry that he almost vomited blood. His son was not found, and his daughter had such a big thing happen. Where would he put his face?

On the day he was deposed, Shang Qiu Shui suddenly seemed to have gone mad, telling everyone that the Crown Princess was plotting to murder the royal heir and that he wanted to sue her.

Inside the Dali Temple, the thunderous sound of the gavel was deafening. Lord Lei stared seriously at Shang Qiu Shui, who looked like a madman.

"Shang Qiushui is suing the Crown Princess for murdering the royal heir. Do you have any evidence?"