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Pei Zhanzhou, who had stood up from the stool, sat back down.

After sitting down, he turned to Zhao's father and asked, "Master Zhao, Miss Jiang's actions just now can only be considered self-defense, right?"

Father Zhao, who had just recovered from Jiang Wansang's words, said: "..."

If you put it that way...it seems to be correct.

"Cough, cough, cough!"

Father Zhao quickly coughed twice and chose to ignore what had just happened.

"Ms. Meng, do you know what the punishment will be for committing a crime in court?"

Meng Lianshu also came back to his senses after being kicked. He knew that he had been impulsive and quickly knelt down again, enduring the pain.

"Master Zhao, please forgive me. I just couldn't bear to see Jiang Wansang slandering my master, so I acted impulsively."

She looked up with a look of sadness, a look of being misunderstood. "My wife and I have always considered the happiness of our children the most important thing in life. If the children have a husband they like, and he is someone worthy of their trust, my master and I will certainly fulfill their wishes."

"But for some reason, when Jiang Wansang spoke of our good intentions, they became... that kind of meaning!"

Tears were still streaming down Meng Lianshu's face. "This child wasn't like this before. I don't know who he learned this from."

Her words were almost referring to Pei Zhanzhou by name.

The ladies and young ladies who were called in as witnesses vaguely understood something and secretly decided to go back and warn their family members who were officials in the court.

Although the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Imperial Master's Mansion did not directly break up, they were obviously standing on opposite sides, so they had to be careful.

Pei Zhanzhou lowered his eyes and glanced at Meng Lianshu, then opened his thin lips slightly, "The Prime Minister's wife is right. Miss Jiang has learned bad things from others, and she learned them from this national teacher."

His sudden recognition shocked everyone; even Jiang Wansang turned around in surprise.

Pei Zhanzhou's expression was cold and expressionless. "But he didn't learn to be bad. He learned to be smart."

"After all, anyone with a brain can see that there are three young ladies in the Prime Minister's Mansion, and the ideal husbands they are going to marry happen to be three princes. I'm afraid no other family in the entire court can have such a 'coincidence'."

If Jiang Wansang's words just now exposed Jiang Gaoyuan's little thoughts, then Pei Zhanzhou's words directly lifted the last fig leaf.

Jiang Wansang secretly gave him a thumbs up, and when he saw him looking at her, she blinked, with admiration written all over her face.

I didn't expect that besides his cold and serious side, Master Pei would also speak in such a sarcastic tone.

Meng Lianshu suddenly looked up, her face full of nervousness and panic, with tears in her eyes, looking funny and ridiculous.

"No, no, that's not it! My master didn't mean that, that's not it!"

Jiang Wansang looked at her with a smile and asked loudly, "Madam Prime Minister, have you ever heard the saying that the more guilty a person is about something, the more they like to deny it?"

"This is the same reason why you keep saying that nothing happened between Jiang Zihan and Sun Shuo."

As soon as these words were spoken, there was a commotion in the crowd, and even the ladies gathered together and whispered about something.

Most of the people were concerned about the gossip about "what happened between Jiang Zihan and Sun Shuo", but a few who were keen on court politics, or those ladies whose family members were officials in the court, were concerned about the fact that the three daughters of the prime minister's mansion were to be betrothed to the three princes respectively.

"No, it's really not like that..."

Meng Lianshu was still frantically denying and explaining, but no one listened to her at all.

The purpose of Jiang Wansang making this scene today was, firstly, to let the Jiang family know what would happen if they made a fuss about her marriage, and secondly, to expose Jiang Gaoyuan's little plan.

He has always prided himself on being honest and upright, and has never accepted any invitation from any party or faction. He presents himself as a good official who is loyal to "the emperor and the people".

Now that her little tricks have been exposed, she wants to see how long he can keep up the act!

So, having achieved his goal, Jiang Wansang no longer paid attention to Meng Lianshu who was busy trying to find excuses to explain, and instead looked at Zhou Zhi who suddenly appeared beside him.

Originally, Zhou Zhi was not in the court. It seemed that he had gone to do something. He only suddenly appeared just now.

He whispered something in Pei Zhanzhou's ear, and then left the court quietly.

Because everyone's attention was on Meng Lianshu, few people noticed his appearance and departure.

Seeing Pei Zhanzhou's eyes drooping slightly, as if he was thinking about something, Jiang Wansang leaned forward and asked in a low voice, "What happened?"

Pei Zhanzhou did not hide it from her, "Su Huanyu secretly sent Jiang Gaoyuan out of the imperial city."

The two men acted very carefully. If his men hadn't been watching them, they probably wouldn't have discovered it so quickly.

Jiang Wansang frowned, not understanding why Jiang Gaoyuan wanted to leave the city at such a critical moment.

It's not like he's done anything serious that would warrant the confiscation of property and extermination of the clan, so he wouldn't just abscond, right?

Because Meng Lianshu was shouting at the top of her lungs, the court was in an uproar. As the official trying the case, Zhao's father had to maintain order in the court.

He slammed the gavel, "Ms. Meng, don't talk about anything unrelated to the case in court!"

No matter what Jiang Gaoyuan was thinking about the marriages of the three daughters of the prime minister's mansion, it had nothing to do with this case, and he didn't want to get involved in matters related to the court struggle.

Meng Lianshu's face turned pale. She didn't know how things turned out like this. She didn't even use all the words she had prepared at the beginning.

Looking at the various looks around him, Meng Lianshu knew that he had messed up.

If the problem cannot be solved, the master will definitely not let her go!

Meng Lianshu seemed to have made up his mind. He suddenly knelt down in front of Zhao's father and kowtowed.

"All of this is my fault. I was delusional. I've been sitting in the position of Prime Minister's wife for so many years that I've forgotten my roots. Even after learning that the matter was exposed, I tried to bribe Lord Zhao. My master is unaware of everything I've done."

She obviously intended to acknowledge Jiang Gaoyuan's attempt to bribe Zhao's father.

Meng Lianshu's voice trembled, but his tone was firm. "My master is a humble man with a clean conscience, but he has been tainted by this stain because of this sinful woman."

"I, the sinner, know that I have sinned deeply and feel ashamed of the Master's kindness over the years. I, the sinner... I, the sinner, wish to be divorced and spend the rest of my life with the ancient Buddha by the green lamp to atone for my sins!"

According to the laws of Southern Sudan, most women who asked to be divorced did not kill anyone, but committed crimes that made them infamous and despised by everyone.

Since ancient times, women who have reached this point will be recorded in history and despised by future generations, and the final outcome is invariably suicide.

The wife of the Prime Minister was actually willing to do this, and everyone's contempt and disgust for her suddenly decreased a lot.

Human nature is like this.

Seeing that the victim Jiang Wansang was unharmed, no matter how excessive Meng Lianshu's actions were, as long as she "sincerely repented and ended up miserably", people would subconsciously sympathize with her.

Jiang Wansang certainly noticed the looks of the people around her, and also understood why Jiang Gaoyuan suddenly left the imperial city.

The legal wife wants to leave the family, and if Jiang Gaoyuan, the head of the family, does not make a statement, it will definitely give people a chance to criticize her.

If he agreed, he would be known as cold and heartless.

If he disagrees, he will be accused of being partial and biased.

So he left the imperial city directly, and reappeared after the matter was concluded, saying "I just came back and I don't know anything yet" to clear himself of all charges.

The facts were indeed as Jiang Wansang expected, but she still lacked understanding of Jiang Gaoyuan's shamelessness.