The mistress has no feelings, why do you provoke her?

The steward replied to Song Wenjun: "When I arrived, Qingshan had already been flogged. The reason given by the government was that he had gathered a crowd to cause trouble in the street, and he was to be fined twenty strokes of the cane."

Song Wenjun looked distressed and quickly said, "Go and fetch a doctor to examine his injuries."

Qingshan is a man, and the injury is in that kind of place, so Qin Qing shouldn't treat him.

We have no choice but to call a doctor from outside.

The steward respectfully responded and sent a servant to fetch the doctor.

Qingshan was so moved he almost cried: "Your Highness, this servant is thick-skinned and tough, I'll be fine after taking a couple of lashes."

With such a good master, what does it matter if one is willing to risk one's life for Song Wenjun?

Song Wenjun said, "Although it was you who was hit, it was also my face that was hit. I will never let this matter go. I will not only seek justice for you, but also for myself and the prince."

Qingshan nodded emphatically: "This servant also feels that this matter is a bit strange. How could such a rumor be spread out of nowhere? There must be someone behind it."

"Why do you say that?" Song Wenjun asked him.

“At the time, I was on the next street when someone suddenly ran over to me and said that Zhou Mama from the Prince’s Mansion was fighting with someone, and that the other party seemed to be deliberately luring me there. Now that I think about it, what else could this be but setting up a trap for the Prince’s Mansion?”

"Moreover, the officers and soldiers arrived neither early nor late, but precisely after I had already hit someone."

After hearing the whole story, Song Wenjun became even more certain of her guess: "Qingshan, you guessed right. This whole turmoil is aimed at my Chu Prince's Mansion. It seems that someone doesn't want my Chu Prince's Mansion to have an easy time."

As the saying goes, "A tall tree catches the wind," and the Chu King's Mansion was becoming too prominent, so some people couldn't resist making a move.

Song Wenjun told Qingshan to go down and recuperate, and he left with profuse thanks.

An hour later, Xiao Tao returned.

Behind her were several guards, escorting a man in black who was bound hand and foot, and two terrified old women.

The old woman's hands and feet were tied and her mouth was gagged.

When these people saw Song Wenjun, they were all trembling with fear.

Especially the man in black, whose eyes showed a look of despair.

"Your Highness, I've brought them back." Xiao Tao kicked the old woman to the ground. "It's those two who spread rumors about the Prince and Princess. I'd rather cut them into a thousand pieces to vent Your Highness's anger."

Upon hearing Xiao Tao's words, the old woman was so frightened that she kept making muffled noises and kowtowing to Song Wenjun.

Song Wenjun raised her hand, gesturing to Xiao Tao: "Take the things out of their mouths. I have some questions to ask them."

Xiao Tao stepped forward and removed the rag from the fat woman's mouth.

As soon as she got a chance to speak, the fat woman hurriedly cried out, "Your Highness, spare me! Your Highness, spare me!"

"I ask you, who instructed you to do this?" Song Wenjun asked.

The fat woman's eyes darted around, as if she was considering whether or not to reveal who was behind it all.

Xiao Tao held a long knife to her neck, and the fat woman screamed in fright, "I'll talk, I'll talk! It was Liu Mama who told me to do this!"

"Who is Liu Mama?" Song Wenjun asked.

"She, she's the old woman from Prince Chun's residence." The fat old woman was terrified. Neither the Dowager Consort Chun nor Prince Chu's residence were people she could afford to offend.

It's all her fault for being blinded by greed and ruining herself.

Then, Song Wenjun asked the thin old woman again and received the same answer.

A cold glint flashed in Song Wenjun's eyes. Consort Chun really wouldn't give up until she got what she wanted.

"Take them both away and keep a close watch on them," Song Wenjun ordered.

Xiao Tao responded and then had the two old women taken away.

When the man in black arrived, Song Wenjun waved her hand, signaling Xiao Tao to untie him: "Are you from the Prince Chun's mansion?"

The man in black stiffened his neck and remained silent, as if he were still making a final struggle.

Song Wenjun stopped wasting words with him and gave the order: "Take him away."

The man in black panicked and hurriedly said, "You can't kill me. I have the Prince Chun's Mansion behind me."

Both women have confessed; if he continues to insist, he'll only face dire consequences.

In order to survive, the man in black also sold out Consort Chun.

Unfortunately, Song Wenjun had no patience to waste words with him and had him taken away directly.

Madam Xu looked at Song Wenjun helplessly: "Your Highness, this concerns the Chun Prince's Mansion. Even if we appeal to the Empress Dowager, I'm afraid it will be of no use."

As for the emperor, there's no way to count on him.

If even the Empress Dowager protects someone, would Emperor Wen care about the affairs of the Prince of Chu's and Prince of Chun's residences?

It's nothing more than picking it up high and putting it down lightly as a formality.

Song Wenjun had already guessed the outcome. She smiled and shook her head: "Since you know that no one will stand up for my Chu Prince's Mansion, then my Chu Prince's Mansion will stand up for itself."

She said to Xiao Tao, "Release that man in black, don't let him find out, and then follow him until he's almost back at the Prince Chun's mansion, then get rid of him."

"The princess wants to make an example of someone." Xiao Tao immediately guessed Song Wenjun's intention.

Neither the Empress Dowager nor Emperor Wen could control Consort Chun, so the Princess Consort was going to take matters into her own hands.

Song Wenjun's expression was cold as she smiled and said, "This princess consort will make her know the price for slandering my Chu Prince's Mansion."

"What about the two old women?" Xiao Tao asked again.

Since the man in black is not being spared, the two old women are of no use being kept.

Song Wenjun thought for a moment and said, "Those two old women will definitely flee the capital when they know that things have been exposed. Send their bodies to Liu Mama and bring the government officials to arrest them. They will definitely not be able to escape."

If Liu Mama is taken, Consort Chun will also be implicated.

In this way, Consort Chun will surely realize that the matter has been exposed and that Song Wenjun already knows that she is the mastermind behind it all.

It all depends on whether she knows how to restrain herself.

Xiao Tao, following Song Wenjun's instructions, specifically told the guards to drink too much that night.

Seeing that the guard was drunk, the man in black hooked the key from the guard's waist through the crack in the door, then opened the door and fled.

As soon as the man in black left, Xiao Tao and her men quietly crept up there.

As Song Wenjun had predicted, the man in black indeed headed towards Prince Chun's residence.

Just as he was about to enter the gates of Prince Chun's mansion, a cold arrow shot out from behind him, and the man in black fell to the ground without uttering a sound.

Several guards stepped forward, dragged the body of the man in black to the main gate of Prince Chun's mansion, and then quickly left.

On the other side, Liu's mother came out of Consort Chun's room.

A smug smile played on her lips.

The secret guards of Prince Chun's mansion never fail.

Those two old women will definitely be silenced, and Princess Chu will have to take the blame for this.

When Liu's mother returned to the backyard and was about to rest, she heard a knock on the door.

She asked, puzzled, "Who is it?"

There was no movement outside the door. Just as she was about to go back inside, the knocking started again.

Liu's mother cursed and went to open the door. As soon as she opened the door, two heavy objects were placed on top of her.

Reaching out, I found two corpses.

Liu's mother screamed in fright, not wanting to alert the patrol team.

With witnesses and physical evidence at hand, there was no point in Liu's mother trying to deny it. She was then taken to the yamen by the patrol officers.