The group marched in a long procession toward the room from which the sound came, and the exiles followed curiously, wanting to see what had happened.
Lu Jiaojiao pushed open the door and deliberately shouted loudly, "Everyone come and see! Look at our 'Goddess' Shen Qingtang, she's having an affair with someone!"
However, the scene in the room stunned everyone. The people entangled on the bed were not Shen Qingtang, but Magistrate Wang Huai'an and Lu's mother!
The two were clearly drugged and disoriented, their clothes scattered on the ground, creating an extremely disturbing scene.
"Ah!" Lu's mother was the first to react. Seeing the room full of people, she screamed and quickly covered herself with the blanket.
Wang Huai'an also woke up with a start. Seeing the scene before him, he felt both ashamed and angry, wishing he could disappear into a crack in the ground.
Everyone was stunned, and then burst into laughter and discussion.
"Isn't this Lu's mother? How did she end up with Magistrate Wang?"
"You can never judge a book by its cover! He seems so proper on the surface, but I never imagined he was so despicable behind the scenes."
"Lu Jiaojiao was just talking about Shen Qingtang, but now it seems that it's her own family members who are unclean!"
Lu Jiaojiao's face turned deathly pale instantly. She never expected that the people in the room were actually her mother and Wang Huai'an! Everything she had meticulously planned had turned into a huge joke!
"No...that's not how it is!" Lu Jiaojiao shouted frantically, "It's Shen Qingtang! She's the one who did it! She framed us!"
But now, nobody believes her. Everyone looks at her and her mother with disdain.
Pei Wuwang stood outside the crowd and saw this scene, a barely perceptible sneer curling at the corner of his mouth.
He knew that Shen Qingtang must have done it.
This woman always manages to surprise people at crucial moments.
Meanwhile, Shen Qingtang, hidden in a corner, watched the farce unfold before her.
She smiled with satisfaction. Not only had she resolved the crisis, but she had also made Lu Jiaojiao, Wang Huai'an, and the others reap what they sowed—a truly gratifying outcome.
However, her gaze quickly fell on Liang Wanwan.
She saw that although Liang Wanwan's face was full of "shock", there was no surprise in the depths of her eyes, but rather a hint of disappointment that was hard to detect.
Shen Qingtang's heart sank. It seemed that this Liang Wanwan was indeed not simple.
This farce is probably far from over. Lu's mother opened her eyes groggily, the effects of the medicine not yet completely worn off. In her hazy state, she only saw a familiar figure rushing over, calling out "Mother".
She looked closely and saw it was her son, Lu Jin. Her mind went blank, and the remaining effects of the medicine instantly vanished.
Lu Jin rushed to the bedside and saw the appalling scene on the bed and his mother's disheveled appearance.
I felt a rush of heat to my head, and my cheeks were burning hot.
He never imagined that his meticulously planned conspiracy would not only fail to destroy Shen Qingtang.
Instead, he thrust his mother into the limelight. The gazes of the exiled people and officials around him were like needles piercing his skin.
He felt so ashamed that he wanted to disappear into the ground.
“Mother…you…” Lu Jin was so angry that he trembled all over, but he couldn’t say a word.
The people in the exile group were already in an uproar, with discussions rising and falling.
"Isn't this Lu Jiaojiao's mother? She's so old, yet she's still so indecent!"
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