After traveling through time, I was raised by a little brat

Hearing this, Liu Yixin on the bed seemed to come back to her senses. With a dark face, she glared at Zhu Jiahui and said, "Zhu Jiahui, you were involved too! I just had a few fights with you, and you're so cruel?"

"Xin'er, don't say anything. I'm here, I'll definitely protect you." The woman seemed to finally understand Liu Yixin's current situation. She also knew that her daughter was being plotted against. And herself? It was her mother-in-law who accidentally spilled wine on her skirt, and then she went to change clothes and didn't take care of Xin'er. No way, her mother-in-law wouldn't harm her granddaughter, she thought to herself, but she didn't even believe it herself. Too many coincidences can only be man-made.

"Please go down and change your clothes, Madam Liu." The Queen spoke, and the woman was taken away.

It wasn't until her figure disappeared that the Queen spoke again, "Tell me, what happened?"

At this time, a palace maid came in with a bowl of medicine. The Queen Mother gestured for her to feed it to Liu Yixin. After Liu Yixin drank it, the Queen Mother continued to ask, "I will only ask once, what happened?"

Liu Yixin took a deep breath, collected her thoughts, and then slowly spoke, "At the banquet today, Ma Yiqing came to me and said that Zhu Jiahui wanted to apologize to me and promised not to bother His Royal Highness the Crown Prince anymore. So I brought my concubine sister Liu Jingwan with me to the appointment. Since maids are not allowed to be brought into the palace, my concubine sister acted as a maid."

Having said that, Liu Yixin paused, a trace of pain appeared on her face, and then she continued: "We hadn't reached the agreed place yet, and suddenly I felt a breeze blowing beside me, and then I lost consciousness and didn't wake up until just now. Now my body still hurts a lot." I think Ma Yiqing must have drugged me.

After saying this, Liu Yixin's fury could no longer be contained. She blurted out the secrets of the Liu Mansion: "Ma Yiqing! You, a bitch, will die just as horribly as your mother, that bitch!" Liu Yixin's expression was agitated, her eyes filled with anger and hatred. If she could, she really wanted to rush over and tear Ma Yiqing, who was still pretending to be a good person, into pieces. But reason told her that now was not the time. She had to suppress her impulse and wait for the right moment to act.

"Empress, the story begins with Ma Yiqing's mother. Her mother, Liu Qingshu, is my aunt. Back then, she was the most favored in the Marquis of Jingyang's mansion. Despite the increasingly dilapidated mansion, she insisted on marrying the poor third place winner, and my grandfather agreed. But what about her? After she got married and gave birth to Ma Yiqing, she committed adultery and was divorced by the third place winner. This was her retribution. Her poor grandparents were so angry that they died. I heard that the third place winner burned himself to death not long afterward out of shame at the humiliation! So my father took pity on Ma Yiqing and brought her to our mansion to raise her like a young lady. However, she was jealous that I was the legitimate daughter, and she always tried to trip me up!"

Ma Yiqing sneered at Liu Zhiyao, his eyes filled with disdain and resentment. "Humph, this is ridiculous! Liu Yixin, do you think these lies you made up can cover up the truth?"

"Bah! My parents loved each other deeply, how could they possibly betray each other? It was clearly the Marquisate's decline at the time, and Liu Zhizhou, the Crown Prince, disregarded brotherly love and, after my mother gave birth to me, ordered my father to write a letter of divorce, saying he wanted to give her a better home. My father had no choice but to agree, thinking he could better care for her by returning to the Marquisate. But how do you think your father got his position as Minister of Rites? Wasn't it because he offered my mother to the eunuch in charge of the Imperial Household Department? Otherwise, wouldn't he have relied on the declining Marquisate?" Ma Yiqing retorted furiously, her voice filled with grief and grievance. She couldn't stand Liu Yixin's slander of her mother.

Her face darkened, and she gritted her teeth as she said, "Your father is so shameless that he'll do anything for wealth and fame!"

"Your father and your mother are a pair of dogs and bitches. Your mother is unfaithful to her husband and has an affair with other men. She even caused your father to commit suicide out of shame and anger. Such a woman is simply a slut!" Liu Yixin retorted.

Ma Yiqing was trembling with anger, her body trembling uncontrollably. Her face was horrified, as if blood could drip out. Her eyes were filled with rage and despair, as if the whole world had collapsed. She took a deep breath and tried to calm herself, but her voice still trembled unconsciously. "Empress, no matter what, it's my fault this time. I should never have had sex with a eunuch at the New Year's Eve banquet. I have insulted everyone. I beg for your punishment!" She knelt slowly, her movements stiff, as if all the strength had been drained from her body.

The Empress was equally stunned by this sudden turn of events, unable to react for a moment. It took a long moment for her to come to her senses, and she thought to herself: So it was him... No wonder the once-popular eunuch had been beheaded by the Emperor without clear reason; there was such a hidden agenda. The Empress naturally didn't want to get involved in such a sordid matter, but she was, after all, the most senior person present. If she didn't address the matter, she feared she would lose the public's trust.

At this point, she had roughly guessed what had happened - she thought that these three women had found an excuse to send the prince away, and then asked Liu Yixin to come out, knocked her unconscious, dragged her to the yard, and had an unmediated affair with the eunuch who had already fainted there.

As for why they chose eunuchs over guards, it wasn't out of any last resort of conscience, but rather a fear of implicating their families. After all, they had inextricable ties to the Marquis of Jingyang's mansion, especially Zhu Jiahui, whose grandmother came from there. This connection forced them to act with caution, lest they bring unnecessary trouble to their families.

At this moment, Liu Yixin took out a handkerchief from the clothes that had been taken off and put on again. The handkerchief was embroidered with two mandarin ducks and signed with the word "hui".

"My Lady, this was left by that bitch Zhu Jiahui. She's the one who committed adultery. I was framed." Liu Yixin was so calm and composed, never pleading. It turned out she had a hidden weapon. Tang Wenshu listened from a distance, feeling at once like Liu Yixin was the heroine of a thriller, then like Ma Yiqing, the heroine of a rebirth-and-revenge novel. Wonderful! Truly wonderful!

Everyone was shocked when they heard this. So that's it! Liu Yixin actually had such evidence! Suddenly, those who had been pointing fingers at Liu Yixin began to suspect Zhu Jiahui.

Tang Wenshu sighed inwardly: "What a great move to turn defeat into victory!" No wonder Liu Yixin, a lady from a wealthy family, agreed to the appointment so easily.

A flash of surprise flashed across the Queen's eyes, but she quickly regained her composure. She looked at Liu Yixin and Zhu Jiahui coldly, with a complex light flashing in her eyes.

"Come here, take Zhu Jiahui away. I will make a decision after I have ascertained the truth," the Queen said majestically. The guards stepped forward and took Zhu Jiahui away.

"What? I can't embroider anything like this," Zhu Jiahui said in panic. She knew in her heart that she had never embroidered anything like this before, but her name was clearly embroidered on it, which made her unable to deny it. Her face flushed with anger, and in her excitement, she blurted out: "Liu Jingwan, when you searched me just now, didn't you find this thing? Ah!"

When Liu Jingwan heard this, she was immediately panicked and hurriedly explained: "Ah, I didn't, don't talk nonsense." She was secretly annoyed, thinking that Zhu Jiahui was such a fool, how could she tell things at this time?

Liu Yixin breathed a sigh of relief, tears glistening in her eyes. She looked at the Queen with gratitude, thanking her for giving her a chance to clear her name. Now that they had drugged her, there was no way to refute it, with all the evidence.

Tang Wenshu watched this scene with a thousand emotions in his heart. In the palace, there was deception and intrigue, and everyone had their own goals and methods.

The Empress sent someone to take Zhu Jiahui, Ma Yiqing, and Liu Jingwan to the Dali Temple, where they would speak out everything. At this time, Madam Liu also came back after changing her clothes. "Xin'er, mother is here. It's okay, it's okay." Liu Yixin threw herself into the woman's arms and complained aggrievedly.

The large group of people returned to the banquet hall in a mighty procession, and at the rear were the Liu family mother and daughter. Their steps were light, and seemed to carry a hint of pride and satisfaction.

"Mother, you're absolutely right!" the Liu family's daughter whispered, a sly glint in her eyes. "Prepare a handkerchief like this and carry it with you at all times. It can not only save you from danger, but also help you trap others..." Mother Liu smiled and nodded, looking at her daughter with satisfaction.

Tang Wenshu hid quietly aside, her heart filled with shock. She realized how terrible these people's methods were.