The farce inside Dongyue Tower continues.
Finally, the Imperial Guards arrived and separated the brother and sister who were fighting so fiercely.
Their clothes were torn, and they were pulled apart by the Imperial Guards, sitting opposite each other, panting heavily.
Although he didn't make another move, the gaze he gave the other person was unusually "burning," as if he was ready to rush over and rip the other person out of the guard's sight at any moment.
Shen Ruyin's cheeks were swollen, her hair was all messed up, and a lot of her hair had been pulled out.
Shen Guangzong wasn't much better off than her.
His face and neck were covered in bloody scratches, making him look quite pathetic.
Hearing the buzzing chatter around him like flies, he was filled with regret.
If he had known from the beginning that Shen Ruyin would pounce on him like a mad dog, he should have turned around and left immediately. Even if people gossiped about him afterwards, it would have been better than being pointed at and talked about to his face like this.
Limping out of Dongyue Tower, Shen Guangzong stared blankly at the dense crowd of people at the entrance.
"Is this the young master Shen who fought with his own sister? He looks respectable, so why does he do such a thing? A grown man hitting a woman, even I can't stand him!"
"Hey, make way, make way, let me see what it looks like."
"Oh dear, what's so interesting about a beast!"
"Aren't scholars supposed to be reasonable? How come you're resorting to violence? Hitting someone is one thing, but it's a woman, and to make matters worse, it's your own sister! And look at your pathetic state, you probably haven't even won yet."
...
There were those who criticized Shen Guangzong, and naturally there were those who criticized Shen Ruyin, but this did not make the former feel gratified.
He covered his face and ran away.
But the crowd was too dense, and after running around for a long time, he looked back and found that he was still at the entrance of Dongyue Tower.
In the end, it was the Thousand Eagle Guards who went out to handle a case, spurring their horses across the street and dispersing the crowd.
Shen Guangzong was thus able to escape.
Shen Qiyin watched from afar, seeing him like a rat that everyone wanted to kill, no longer the pretentious and arrogant person he was yesterday.
She looked away and said to Honeysuckle, "Let's go."
As they walked through the alley, they unexpectedly spotted the Thousand Eagle Guards on another street.
The person in the lead was Xiao Yan, who led Feng Liu and the others into Xunxiang Pavilion.
The most famous brothel in the capital.
Chen Xiyin paused in her steps.
A group of people visiting brothels in broad daylight...
That's obviously impossible.
She remembered that in her previous life, the most crucial witness in the Imperial Hospital case was ultimately captured in a brothel.
By then, she was already at the estate.
When Ren Dong went to the city to get medicine, she overheard people talking about it and told her about it as if it were a lively conversation.
The incident began when Consort Li in the palace faked a pregnancy to gain favor with the emperor.
After the incident, the emperor was furious and ordered a thorough investigation, which resulted in the imprisonment of several people from the Imperial Medical Academy.
The illusion of Consort Li's pregnancy was created by ingesting a poison called "Purple Scale Grass".
Although it is a poisonous herb, if the dosage is controlled precisely, it will not be fatal. Instead, it will cause women to stop menstruating, creating the illusion of pregnancy.
Some courtesans, unwilling to drink bowls of contraceptive soup, would seek out doctors skilled in poisons to use purple scale grass as a medicine in an attempt to prevent pregnancy.
Shen Qiyin knew so much because her junior brother was a master of poisons, and he was the first to come up with the idea of using "purple scale grass" as medicine.
This poisonous herb can be found on the back mountain of Jing'an Temple.
So when she saw the Thousand Eagle Guards rushing to Jing'an Temple that day, she vaguely guessed that they were probably going to find evidence.
Of course, in addition to the physical evidence of the purple scaly plant, there are also witness testimonies.
The young palace maid who served Consort Li had an older sister outside the palace, who was none other than Fuqu, a famous courtesan from Xunxiang Pavilion.
The purple scale grass used by Consort Li was obtained through lotus.
Now, Xiao Yan has led his men to surround Xunxiang Pavilion, and the truth about what happened in the palace is about to be revealed.
Shen Cang will be released from prison soon.
Thinking of this, Shen Qiyin's eyes dimmed, unable to hide her disappointment.
Who said Jing'an Temple is efficacious?
She prayed so sincerely that day, but the Bodhisattva did not grant her wish.
Looks like I'll have to do it myself...
That's good too. We're a family, after all. We should be together, even in death.
Inside the Fragrance-Seeking Pavilion.
Although it was daytime, there were quite a few patrons in the pavilion, and even the servants and maids knelt on the ground in a huge crowd.
The entire building was completely silent; you could hear a pin drop.
When Fuqu was brought up, her hair was disheveled and her shoulders were half-exposed, as if she was "receiving guests" when she was interrupted.
She knelt on the ground, trembling, and tried several times to open her mouth to say something but failed.
Then a clear, cool voice rang out above her: "Do you recognize the palace maid Chunlan?"
“...I recognize him/her.”
What is your relationship with her?
"Replying to your question, sir... she is my... younger sister..."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Yan raised his hand, and immediately someone stepped forward and grabbed Fuqu on either side, dragging her out.
Terrified, she begged repeatedly, "My lord, spare my life! Please, my lord, have mercy! Please, my lord, spare my life..."
She kept repeating the same few sentences, whether she was terrified or not, she didn't even ask what crime she had committed or why she had been arrested.
Seeing this, the others didn't dare to breathe loudly, fearing that Fuqu's mistake would implicate them.
Only one person, with his head bowed, had a smile in his eyes that he couldn't hide.
She is the most beautiful courtesan at Xunxiang Pavilion, Narcissus.
The two women had always been at odds, constantly fighting over clothes and jewelry, and when things got really heated, they would even get into a physical fight over who would be their patrons.
Now that her "enemy" is in trouble, how could she not be happy?
What Narcissus didn't expect was that while she was secretly enjoying herself, a shadow suddenly fell over her head.
As far as the eye could see, there was a pair of black satin boots, and above that, a section of dark robe.
She froze, not daring to look up again. Her heart was pounding, and she tried to recall what she had done wrong that had inadvertently offended this devil.
Before she could even process what was going on, the person in front of her spoke first: "Where did you get the purse at your waist?"
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