She mistakenly got into the bridal sedan chair and married a sickly but powerful minister, becoming

Madam Shen suspected that the Princess's abduction of the opera troupe members was definitely not because she had discovered their involvement in kidnapping. There was simply too little time; it wouldn't be possible to investigate that in a short period.

If the investigation had been completed earlier, the princess would have arrested the person long ago. Why wait until today to do so?

Her gaze fell upon the chaotic stage, and a thought suddenly occurred to her that it was probably related to the play being performed.

The person behind the scenes who arranged for the opera troupe to perform this play used a script that was taboo in the Earl's mansion, with the aim of hurting Lady Yongyi.

The eldest princess has never had any relationship with the Earl's family and would never arrest anyone to avenge the Earl's family.

It is highly likely that this play inadvertently exposed a royal secret?

Madam Shen slowly let out a breath, hoping that the Princess would punish the troupe leader.

Only when he died could she feel completely at peace.

Madam Shen couldn't help but look at Shen Qingtan. When she saw her charming face, she was slightly dazed. She couldn't help but think of the day when she sat on the little boy's neck, her soft little hands holding his neck, her rosy little face resting on his head, and she said in a childish voice, "Brother, my tummy wants to eat candy."

"Your teeth are ruined from eating too much candy, and your ancestors won't let you eat any more." The little boy coaxed, "Once your teeth don't hurt anymore, I'll buy you candy again."

"I don't want candy, it's my tummy that wants some," the little girl said softly, clinging to the young boy. "Brother, can I just lick it?"

The boy had no resistance at all and took out a lactose from the bag: "Just one bite."

"Mmm!" The little girl nodded her head, then "whoosh," popped the lactose into her mouth. Facing the bewildered boy, her eyes curved into crescent moons: "Brother, I'll just have one bite."

The boy was stunned. She had taken a bite, but she ate one whole egg at a time.

He probably realized he'd been tricked by the little girl, so he pulled her from his shoulder into his arms, pinched her cheek, and said helplessly, "Fine, but don't tell the old lady."

Time flies, and that little girl has grown into an extremely beautiful woman. Gone is the delicate and cute girl she was as a child; she has developed a vicious heart.

It was just a matter of marrying her off to Zhao Yi, but she forgot the kindness of the Marquis's family in raising her for more than ten years, and even regarded the Marquis's family as her enemy.

Madam Shen frowned. In Shen Qingtan's eyes, she was still her biological mother, yet she had never shown any mercy.

If Shen Qingtan knew that she was not the Marquis's biological daughter, how would she treat the Marquis's family?

Madam Shen decided to postpone the plan, at least until the troupe leader died, before making any further plans.

Shen Qingtan noticed that Madam Shen was watching her, but she ignored her and was thinking about something.

From the moment she received the invitation from the Earl's Mansion, she knew that Shen Mingzhu was working with the Earl's Mansion to deal with her, so she arranged for people to keep an eye on Shen Mingzhu and the people around her and report back to her in a timely manner.

Shen Mingzhu was the first to approach Chun Jiao, hoping to bribe her to take action against the birthday gift she had prepared.

Chun Jiao seemed to have found an opportunity to surrender to her, and immediately told her the truth.

She then arranged for Chun Jiao to pretend that she couldn't withstand Shen Mingzhu's coercion and enticement and had no choice but to betray her.

If this whole thing hadn't happened, Chun Jiao's blatant betrayal would have only fueled Shen Mingzhu's suspicions. Only when Shen Mingzhu had Chun Jiao's weakness in her grasp would she believe that Chun Jiao had truly betrayed her.

Later, the person Qin sent to keep an eye on her told her that Shen Mingzhu had bribed the opera troupe hired by the Yongyi Marquis's mansion, giving them a script and asking them to perform that play at the birthday banquet.

That play revealed that she was not the eldest daughter of the Marquis's family, but a wild girl who had taken Shen Mingzhu's place.

Coincidentally, Boss Qin also told her that this opera troupe had done many evil things and abducted many children.

After learning of this news, she decided to use this tactic again. She specially wrote a play about the taboos of the Yongyi Marquis's mansion and gave it to the opera troupe, bribing the troupe leader with twice as much money as Shen Mingzhu.

When the opera troupe performs this play at the Yongyi Earl's residence, it will surely anger the Yongyi Earl's wife.

Lady Yongyi has lost face in public, so how could she let the opera troupe and the person who ordered them off the hook?

She deliberately left some clues that were detrimental to Shen Mingzhu. Following the clues she left behind, Lady Yongyi would definitely trace it back to Shen Mingzhu.