The princess was fed contraceptive soup on the day of the marriage exchange, and she went crazy

The Imperial Guards went ahead with their guards. After they had roughly searched the Sheng Mansion, Sheng Nanzhi took a carriage to the outside of the Sheng Mansion.

A lot of people have gathered outside the Sheng Mansion.

It seems that Shuanghan and Xueyi are really good at spreading rumors. As soon as Sheng Nanzhi got off the carriage, he heard the voices of people talking around him.

"This Concubine Liu is really unworthy of being a mother. I was there the last time she accused her daughter of seducing Wen Tingyun."

"She kept calling me a bitch. That's not the way she treats her own daughter. She's clearly treating her as an enemy."

"That's right, no wonder the Queen wants to break off the relationship with her."

"I heard that this time, it was because of Prince Yi's ascension to the throne that the Empress suddenly went from being a widowed princess to being the Empress. She wanted to cling to the Empress again and gain benefits from her, so she kept singing like this."

"I heard she first went to the Empress Dowager, crying and making a fuss, asking her to rekindle their mother-daughter relationship. After being rejected by the Empress Dowager, she returned home and no one knows what happened. She clearly looked like she had been beaten by a man, but she said it was the Empress Dowager who caused her miscarriage. How shameless!"

"But didn't Prime Minister Sheng go to Huaizhou? How did she get beaten by a man in the mansion and almost have a miscarriage?"

"Who knows? Maybe he has a mistress."

Sheng Nanzhi lowered her eyes, feeling a little unhappy.

Although she didn't want to be plotted against by Concubine Liu, she still felt a little uncomfortable when she heard such rumors about Concubine Liu.

But before that, it was Aunt Liu who spread rumors in front of her house that she had an affair with Wen Tingyun.

What the onlookers said at the time was probably much more unpleasant than this.

But Aunt Liu, as her biological mother, doesn't feel angry at all?

Sheng Nanzhi was just thinking about it when she saw Li Yueru, who had heard the news, hurried out to greet her: "Your Highness, I pay my respects to the Empress."

"Mrs. Sheng, please stand up."

Li Yueru stood up, her brow furrowed, and glanced around. "On the second day after the late emperor's death and the new emperor's ascension to the throne, the Empress sent the Imperial Guards to search our Prime Minister's residence. I really don't know why."

Sheng Nanzhi smiled and said, "Madam Sheng, don't you know? I thought my people have made it very clear."

"Ah, even the people of the city know about it, but Madam Sheng doesn't know?"

"Frost."

Shuanghan immediately took two steps forward and said, "Your Madam Liu sent someone to say that she had a miscarriage. It was because Your Majesty was unwilling to be her mother and daughter again that she got angry and lost her temper."

"The Empress Dowager was concerned that Prime Minister Sheng had not yet returned from his campaign against the bandits, and that Concubine Liu was pregnant with Prime Minister Sheng's child, so she sent the imperial physician to treat her."

"The imperial physician confirmed that Concubine Liu had indeed miscarried. However, the physician also discovered a man's palm print on Concubine Liu's face, as well as pinch marks on her neck and chin. When questioned, Concubine Liu claimed she had bumped herself."

"Madam Liu clearly lied. The imperial physician reported this to the Empress. The Empress suspected that someone had sneaked in, kidnapped Madam Liu, and injured her."

"Madam Liu deliberately sent someone to Prince Yi's mansion, insisting that it was because of the Empress that she had a miscarriage. In reality, she was asking for help."

"Although Concubine Liu and the Empress have severed their relationship, Concubine Liu is Prime Minister Sheng's concubine. Prime Minister Sheng is away on official business and has left his family in the Imperial City. The Empress naturally has an obligation to protect Prime Minister Sheng's family."

"Therefore, the Empress immediately reported the matter to His Majesty. His Majesty took it very seriously and immediately dispatched the Imperial Guards to investigate."

After Shuanghan finished speaking, Sheng Nanzhi nodded and said with a smile, "The late emperor has passed away, and now is a time of national mourning. We must not give evildoers any opportunity to take advantage of us."

Li Yueru quietly clenched her hands in her sleeves, took a deep breath, and then relaxed them. She gritted her teeth and said, "But the Imperial Guards searched the Sheng Mansion carefully just now and found no criminals."

Sheng Nanzhi nodded: "Yes."

"So the most crucial thing now is to find out where the injuries on Aunt Liu's face, chin, and neck came from."

"My people have also carefully questioned the gatekeepers of Prince Yi's Mansion and the Sheng Mansion. They all said that there was nothing unusual when Concubine Liu got on and off the carriage and entered the Sheng Mansion. There were no palm prints on her face."

"That palm print could only have been made in the Sheng Mansion."

"Since it's in the Sheng Mansion, then naturally I should ask Madam Liu about it and investigate the Sheng Mansion thoroughly."

"Just as Madam Sheng is here, please go with me."

Sheng Nanzhi took Li Yueru and went straight to Aunt Liu's yard.

Concubine Liu's yard had also been searched by the Imperial Guards. She had never expected Sheng Nanzhi to do such a thing. Although she was furious, she had no other choice.

In fact, because she had a miscarriage, the imperial physician and doctors had repeatedly warned her not to get out of bed.

Therefore, she could only watch helplessly as the Royal Guards went back and forth and almost turned her yard upside down, but she dared not say anything.

Aunt Liu was sulking silently when she heard footsteps.

When she looked up, she saw Sheng Nanzhi walking in.

Aunt Liu's eyes widened. This rebellious girl! How dare she come here!

Her face was grim, and she yelled directly at Sheng Nanzhi: "I've already told you that I had a miscarriage because I was mad at you. You insisted that I was beaten and made a big fuss about it. What on earth are you planning?"

Sheng Nanzhi raised her eyelids, but before she could speak, Li Yueru, who followed her in, changed her expression.

"Madam Liu! How dare you!"

"Do you know who you are talking to?"

Aunt Liu gritted her teeth and then remembered that Sheng Nanzhi's identity was different now.

Her expression changed several times, she just bit her lip and lowered her head: "It is my humble concubine who has overstepped the bounds."

"Please, Queen, spare me for the sake of my life, as I nearly lost my own child today."

Sheng Nanzhi's eyes fell on Aunt Liu's red and swollen face, and she looked at Li Yueru with a smile: "This is your Sheng family's family affair, and it should be handled by Madam Sheng."

"I am just here to watch the fun, and by the way, I hope Madam Sheng can clear my name."

"Mrs. Sheng, please."

Li Yueru gritted her teeth. Sheng Nanzhi was so direct that he carried her out.

She naturally knew very well where the slap mark on Aunt Liu's face came from.

Can……

The truth of the matter must never be made known openly.

Li Yueru took a deep breath and looked at Aunt Liu: "Aunt Liu, the Queen wants to ask you, where did the scar on your face come from?"