Shocking! Five men are in love with the same woman!

Jiang was taken aback upon hearing this, then quickly walked to the bedside and saw the woman's true face.

The two were still entangled and unable to separate. In her anger, Madam Jiang yanked the maid off the bed and onto the ground.

Then, in a fit of rage, he punched and kicked her, yelling, "You bitch! How could it be you?"

By this time, the maid's body was covered with bruises from being beaten.

She was not as strong as Jiang Shi to begin with, and after the fierce battle just now, she was so weak that she had no strength left and could only let Jiang Shi beat and scold her.

Seeing that the maid was about to be beaten to death, Lingyan spoke up to stop her, saying, "Where did this ignorant woman come from, daring to commit violence in front of me?"

The voice was filled with endless coldness and authority, which immediately frightened Jiang into stopping.

The maid felt as if she had been granted a pardon and immediately did everything in her power to get away from her.

Lingyan then ordered, "What happened today must be explained clearly. Jiang, bring your son out dressed, and bring that woman out as well."

After the words were spoken, although Jiang was very unwilling, she dared not resist and could only do as she was told.

A little while later, the three of them came out of the room together.

The way the crowd standing outside looked at the three of them, especially the mother and son, made them feel extremely ashamed.

Not only had their plan failed, but it might also be exposed. The two were now completely bewildered and filled with fear.

Lingyan looked at the pale-faced maid kneeling on the ground, trembling, and said, "Speak, what exactly happened today? I'm only giving you one chance to tell the truth, or you'll have to experience the Shadow Division's prison."

Although Lu Yanqing did not attend the banquet today.

But just hearing the words "Shadow Division" was enough to frighten the maid.

Her body trembled even more violently, and she immediately replied urgently, "Please forgive me, Your Highness. I will confess the truth. I am a maid in Young Master Jiang's household. He said that if I could help him bring Miss Xie here and have a good time with her, he would take me as his concubine. I was just following orders. The ideas were all from Young Master and Madam."

Although the crowd had some suspicions upon hearing this, they still expressed disgust and shamelessness at the mother and son's behavior.

After listening to her confession, Lingyan looked at the maid who had been shouting in the hall and asked, "And what about you? What's going on?"

The maidservant, of course, did not want to go to the Shadow Division either, so she immediately confessed, "I am the same. I am poor. Young Master Jiang gave me a bag of silver and told me to lure you here from the main hall. He also said that he would take me as a concubine afterward. I was bewitched by him and begged for forgiveness from the Crown Princess!"

At this moment, the maid who had spilled the soup on Xie Zhiyi quickly confessed, "I am a maid from the Marquis's mansion. Young Master Jiang gave me money and said he would help me redeem myself. I was blinded by greed and listened to him. I did not mean to harm Miss Xie. Please forgive me, Your Highness!"

At this moment, Xie Zhiyi added after listening to their story: "When this maid spilled the soup on me, I knew they were trying to scheme against me, so I sent the princess away to turn the tables on them. I really want to know who is trying to scheme against me. If I don't find out who it is, there will be endless trouble in the future, so I thought I would solve it once and for all."

After listening to what the others had to say, the situation became very clear.

This mother and son were trying to scheme against Miss Xie, but Miss Xie had already figured it out, which dashed their hopes.

Therefore, it is likely that Miss Xie was behind the appearance of the maid in the side room and the locking of the doors and windows.

I have to say, this counterattack was fantastic!

We just want them to fight like dogs.

Ling Yan then looked at the mother and son, especially the young master Jiang, and said sarcastically, "What, you've gotten so used to relying on women that you have to do everything by relying on them? As a man, instead of thinking about building a career through your own abilities, you only think about climbing the social ladder by relying on women. You spineless phoenix man, and you even dare to use such methods to scheme against my friend, really..."

She stopped talking at that point.

The main reason is that, as the Crown Princess, she cannot use foul language in public and must maintain a good image.

So she added this last sentence in her mind.

What disgusting trash, a piece of garbage, a scoundrel, a scumbag.

At this point, the mother and son were completely heartbroken and filled with despair.

It's over, it's over.

Ling Yan was too lazy to look at them anymore, so she turned to Xie Zhiyi and said, "Today you are the victim, so you can deal with them as you see fit."

Xie Zhiyi replied with a smile, "Don't worry, I will deal with them properly."

Lingyan said no more after hearing this.

Everyone returned to the hall to continue the birthday celebration.

The five people involved have now been apprehended.

After the banquet ended at dusk, Xie Zhiyi had already decided how to deal with them.

First were the two maids and a commoner woman.

One of the maids was from the Marquis's mansion.

So Princess Ronghui had her flogged thirty times and sold her off.

That woman is of good social standing; she cannot be punished without authorization.

But Xie Zhiyi wouldn't let her off so easily.

She ordered people to spread the news of what had happened that day throughout the surrounding villages and towns.

Her reputation was thus completely ruined.

I suppose I'll be living the rest of my life under the scrutiny and judgment of others.

As for the remaining maid, her indenture is still in Jiang's hands.

Xie Zhiyi took the indenture from her and had the maid also beaten thirty times and sold her.

In the end, only the mother and son remained.

Since the scoundrel surnamed Jiang was now an official, she couldn't go too far.

However, he was dismissed from his post by Emperor Jingzhao in just one day.

Now that Xie Zhiyi no longer had any reservations, she acted freely.

So she immediately ordered him to be turned into a eunuch, and then took back their residence and looted all their property.

The mother and son were now penniless. Xie Zhiyi posted their portraits all over the capital and loudly proclaimed how ungrateful and heartless they were.

So they originally wanted to work to support themselves, but no one wanted them.

In the end, the mother and son were forced to live on the streets, begging for a living.

But everyone already remembered their faces and wouldn't give them any coins.

And so the mother and son eventually starved to death.

It can be considered that karma has finally caught up with them.

………………

At this moment, after Lingyan returned to the Crown Prince's residence, she found that Xiao Muyao had just finished his work and returned as well.

So she told Xiao Muyao about controlling public opinion.

She planned to pin this incident on the eleventh prince's alleged rebellion.

Given Xiao Muyao's leadership skills and the support of the people, the common people would surely believe it to be true.

Xiao Muyao immediately agreed to the matter after hearing it.

But first he needs to find out which places are suffering from drought before he can take action.

After investigation, it was discovered that three states in the north were suffering from drought.

So he ordered people to guide public opinion while simultaneously arranging for officials to provide disaster relief.

With this two-pronged approach, the disaster was quickly brought under control, and the people's anger was directed at the eleventh prince.

The fire was not directed at Emperor Jingzhao and Xiao Muyao.

The eldest prince, who had originally intended to use this incident to attack Xiao Muyao, was so angry that he almost vomited blood.

Old Six's movements were incredibly fast!

Who would have thought that he not only anticipated his thoughts but also resolved them perfectly?

After this incident, Lao Liu's popularity and prestige soared once again.

He was furious and extremely jealous, but there was nothing he could do.

He could only watch helplessly as things developed in the direction he least wanted to see.