Xie Jingyan looked at Shen Wan and asked, "Whose is it?"

Shen Wan suppressed her anger and said, "It belongs to the eldest son of the Xuanwei General's Mansion, the maternal family of the Marquis of Anding!"

In her previous life, the eldest son of General Xuanwei's mansion, Cao, accompanied the heir of the Marquis of Anding to the Prince of Jin's mansion to see Xie Jingyin. At that time, he was wearing this jade pendant. Because the style of the jade pendant was somewhat special, even though she had only seen it once, Shen Wan had a deep impression of it.

After Young Master Zhao got married and Young Master Xu's marriage proposal failed, those people actually tried to force the Yun family to marry off their daughter by playing the hero and getting intimate with her!

Shen Wan was so angry that she felt like a Buddha had been born and two Buddhas had ascended to heaven; she could no longer tolerate it.

If we don't teach them a harsh lesson, there might be a next time!

Shen Wan looked at Xie Jingyan, who put a chicken leg into her bowl. "What do you want to do?"

Shen Wan whispered a few words in Xie Jingyan's ear, her warm breath tickling his ear and sending a tingling sensation all the way to his heart. Xie Jingyan's lips curled into a smile. Normally, this woman seemed harmless and incapable of doing anything ruthless, but when it came to someone she cared about, she was quite ruthless.

Xie Jingyan handed the small matter over to Chen Feng to handle.

I slept well all night.

The next day, when Shen Wan woke up, she sat on the bed and stretched. Yin Shuang brought in hot water from outside. Seeing that Shen Wan had gotten up, she quickly put down the copper basin and came over to help fold the gauze curtains.

Shen Wan got out of bed to wash her face. As she was wiping her face, Dong'er came in through the beaded curtain and said, "Your Highness, something terrible happened at General Xuanwei's mansion yesterday."

Shen Wan remained silent, while Yin Shuang asked, "What happened at General Xuanwei's residence?"

She knew that the incident at the Xuanwei General's Mansion was orchestrated by the Prince and Princess, but Yinshuang didn't know how the Princess had vented her anger on behalf of the Yun family, and she was quite curious about it.

Dong'er said, "General Xuanwei and the eldest son of General Xuanwei's mansion were beaten black and blue, gagged and hung upside down at the gate of General Xuanwei's mansion. It was only when someone passing by in the morning saw them and knocked on the door that the people of General Xuanwei's mansion found them."

Although the Xuanwei General was only a fourth-rank official, he was still greatly humiliated to be beaten and hung upside down at the gate of his own residence. He would never be able to establish any prestige in the army again.

Shen Wan was stunned. She had instructed Chen Feng to beat up the eldest son of the Xuanwei General's Mansion and hang him upside down at the door to teach the Xuanwei General's Mansion a lesson. Why was the Xuanwei General also hung up?

After Shen Wan finished washing up, Xie Jingyan returned from his morning exercise. Shen Wan asked him, and Xie Jingyan replied, "General Xuanwei is really unlucky..."

Last night, when Chen Feng led his men to the Xuanwei General's mansion to beat people up, the Xuanwei General and his son, Young Master Cao, happened to be playing chess in the garden pavilion. The father and son had a really good relationship, playing game after game. Chen Feng, who was waiting impatiently in the shadows, was getting restless. He needed to get a good night's sleep so he would have the energy to serve his master during the day. He didn't know how long he would have to wait, so he just made his move. It wasn't like he couldn't beat the Xuanwei General.

The princess ordered them to beat up Young Master Cao to teach General Cao a lesson; why beat around the bush? Just give him a direct lesson.

After finishing his business, he had to return to the manor to report back, but he returned too late, and Shen Wan and Xie Jingyan had already gone to bed, so he didn't inform them.

As Xie Jingyan spoke, he pulled out a stack of silver notes from somewhere and handed them to Shen Wan. Shen Wan took them, counted them, and found that there were 46,700 taels.

Those people were after the Yun family's money, so since Chen Feng had already made the trip, it would be a waste of his talents to only beat up Young Master Cao. Let Chen Feng take advantage of the situation and loot the Xuanwei General's Mansion. No matter how much money it is, he can use it for disaster relief in Meizhou, as a way to do good deeds for the Xuanwei General's Mansion.

Yesterday was a nightmare for General Xuanwei's mansion. First, their business was ruined, then they were beaten and hung upside down at the gate, losing all face. They thought that was bad enough, but then the money stored in the public treasury disappeared, resulting in a huge loss.

However, when the civil and military officials heard that General Xuanwei had been beaten in his own residence and hung upside down at his own gate overnight, they were all shocked. Such humiliation of a court official, especially a military general, was simply outrageous.

At the morning court session, all the officials stood up, determined to find the culprit and punish him severely.

When the Emperor learned of this, he was very angry and immediately ordered the Ministry of Justice to thoroughly investigate the case. After court, the Minister of Justice led his men directly to the Xuanwei General's residence to see if they could find any clues.

Unfortunately, after searching, they found not a single clue. It's ridiculous that Chen Feng and his few bodyguards would leave any traces when they went to do something that ended up backfiring on their own prince. They wouldn't be worthy of serving their prince.

Shen Wan wasn't guilty. She didn't believe that General Xuanwei would dare to confess to the Minister of Justice that his son had plotted against the Yun family at Huguo Temple during the day and tried to kill Young Master Chen. Without revealing anyone who had a grudge against General Xuanwei's family, no matter how skilled the Minister of Justice was at investigating the case, he wouldn't be able to follow the trail. Moreover, he could only trace the Chen family and the Yun family. These two families were capable of sneaking into General Xuanwei's mansion undetected, beating up General Xuanwei and his son, and hanging them at the gate all night without anyone noticing.

Chen Feng's work was well received by Shen Wan, who was generous with her rewards, giving each of the secret guards she brought to the task twenty taels of silver.

In a good mood, Shen Wan ate an extra half bowl of porridge and half a steamed bun for breakfast. She didn't feel it while eating, but felt a bit full afterward, so she took Yinshuang and Haitang to the garden for a walk.

After walking around the garden for quite a while, the feeling of fullness in my stomach finally subsided. Xie Jingyan's brocade robe was only half-finished, so I had to hurry, otherwise Xie Jingyin wouldn't be able to wear it on the day he married Fu Shu.

Shen Wan walked towards Moyuxuan. Just as she stepped out of the garden gate, Dong'er ran over, panting heavily. Yinshuang saw her and asked, "Is there something urgent you need to report to the Princess?"

It wasn't an urgent matter; what she needed to report was very important to the second branch of the Marquis's household, but not to the Princess.

Dong'er took a breath before saying, "News just came from the Marquis's residence that someone put an abortifacient in Hongkui's food. Hongkui has had severe morning sickness for the past few days and has vomited a lot. The baby wasn't aborted, but she's started bleeding. The doctor said the baby might not survive..."

Shen Wan was stunned. How could someone in the Marquis's mansion have drugged Hong Kui?

The eldest son's family only had his father and two concubines who didn't care about anything, so they would never do such a thing. The fourth son's family wouldn't either. The second wife was convinced that Hongkui was carrying Shenli's child, and she treated Hongkui well enough, so only the third son's family was left.

With no heir from the second wife's family, the old lady's heart would inevitably lean towards the third wife's family...

If there's anyone in the Marquis's mansion who can't tolerate that child, it's undoubtedly the Third Madam.

It's something that anyone could guess. Surely the Third Madam isn't that stupid?

The second wife couldn't bear the pain of losing her son and fell seriously ill. The child in Hongkui's belly helped her to cheer up. That child was the second wife's lifeline. If the third wife touched the child in Hongkui's belly, wouldn't she be afraid that the second wife would fight her to the death?