"No! Don't come any closer! I have money here, I can give it to you, just let me go!"

"I wouldn't dare take your money."

"I'm asking you, who gave you the authority to spread rumors and frame Major General Yue?"

Seeing Liu remain silent, He Liming said, "If you don't tell me, I'll strip you naked right now and throw you out on the street!"

Liu remained silent.

"Let's do it!"

A guard from the Imperial City Guard came up and stripped off Liu's outermost garment. Liu was horrified and cried out pitifully, "I'll talk! I'll talk!"

"I don't know who the other person is. That day, on my way to Lee Kum Kee in the south of the city to buy rouge, I met a young man who gave me some money and told me to tell others that Yue Fei abandoned me!"

"What does that young man look like?"

"The young man covered his face, so I couldn't see him clearly, but I knew that he was dressed in expensive clothes, silk and satin from Ma Ji Cloth Shop in the west of the city."

How did you know that?

"I know a little about expensive clothes."

He Liming was speechless. This woman was of low status and had little money, but she had a heart that yearned for fame and fortune.

He Liming also knew that he wouldn't get any more information by asking.

Na Ma Ji Cloth Shop was famous in Tokyo. A single piece of clothing there would cost more than twenty strings of cash, and an ordinary person would have to save for two years without eating or drinking to afford one.

But there are many wealthy people in Tokyo, and many people go there to buy clothes, so it would be really difficult to investigate.

However, it at least proves one thing.

Indeed, someone was deliberately framing Yue Fei behind the scenes.

The next day, the headline of the Song Dynasty's official gazette was about Yue Fei and his ex-wife, Liu.

Upon closer inspection, people realized that Liu had already remarried, and she herself had personally confirmed it.

However, nothing in this world is absolute.

For example, even after the official gazette of the Song Dynasty clarified the matter, some people still firmly believed that Yue Fei had abandoned his lover after starting a relationship, while others believed that this was the truth.

Controversy has always existed, and even an emperor cannot stop it.

After all, some people never care about the truth.

Fortunately, the negative comments about Yue Fei are gradually subsiding, and at least they will not have a fatal impact on his future political career.

In the Song Dynasty, marital relationships were protected by law.

A husband cannot divorce his wife arbitrarily without reason; a minister's family affairs can easily affect his career.

A similar incident occurred during the reign of Emperor Zhenzong.

Two prime ministers were dismissed from their posts for vying to marry a widow.

Xiang Minzhong was dismissed and appointed as Vice Minister of Revenue, while Zhang Qixian was demoted to Minister of the Court of Imperial Sacrifices and assigned to Luoyang, the Western Capital.

From then on, Song Dynasty officials were very cautious in handling their family affairs.

Clearly, someone is taking advantage of the fact that Yue Fei is being investigated by the Supervisory Commission to add fuel to the fire.

A day later, He Liming submitted an investigation report to the emperor, which described the entire incident.

Zhao Huan fell into thought.

Who would want to deliver another blow to Yue Fei at this crucial moment?

Some people in the war zone?

There's no need. Yue Fei hasn't posed a threat yet, so why would they stab him in the back at this time?

Their attitude towards Yue Fei was at most one of jealousy; they were happy to see Yue Fei demoted.

Just as the members of the Song Dynasty's imperial family began to plan their own future.

Yue Fei's fate also changed in that year.

On that day, the Control Yuan announced the final results.

Yue Fei was dismissed from his post as commander of the Shenwu Army and stripped of his major general title for the crime of privately mobilizing troops. He was demoted to a minor officer in the border region of Hetao.

Along with Yue Fei, his former subordinates Yang Zaixing, Wang Gui, Zhang Xian, Xu Qing, and others were also demoted. They were all dismissed from their posts and exiled to the Northwest.