"Beat him to death!" The nanny looked at the emperor and the queen and replied cautiously.

"This is outrageous! Bring Cui Lian and the troublemaker here together." The emperor said angrily.

Immediately afterwards, a group of people pulled up Cui Lian, whose clothes were in disarray, and Jiang Mu, whose face was covered in blood.

Cui Lian's mind was blank and she was in a daze. She only came to her senses when she saw Xie Anlan.

She knelt on the ground. The queen was more concerned about why Xie Anlan was here, so she asked first: "Did you bring Madam Song here just now?"

Cui Lian shrank back and nodded quickly, "Yes."

"Why haven't you brought the things back yet after so long?" the queen asked with a cold face.

"Reporting to the Queen, I wanted to get something for Madam Song, but I suddenly fainted on the way. When I woke up, I, I..." Cui Lian could not say anything else and started crying with a pale face.

The servants carried up the man who had been beaten to death. The man's eyes were wide open, and he looked as if he had died with his eyes open.

After just one glance, the Queen's expression changed immediately. This man was none other than the Duke's third brother, Ye Wuluo, who was idle on weekdays and was good at eating, drinking, whoring and gambling.

The Duke's wife took a look at the crowd and nearly fainted. She said that she would not allow the Duke to bring his trouble-making youngest brother to the palace banquet.

Now that such trouble has arisen, she stands aside with a pale face.

Liu Yueru glanced at the dead man on the ground and said in surprise, "Isn't this man the one who came to the yard with Cui Lian? I also heard Miss Cui Lian say that someone is already inside. The wife of the Zhennan Marquis is so beautiful, enjoy her! Then I heard the man say that he likes girls like Cui Lian who are well-behaved!"

"I was also scared after hearing these words. I waited until the two people's voices faded away, and then I ran away secretly. The princess just said that Cui Lian said that I was here when she returned to the princess's palace, but Cui Lian did not go back, but had an affair with someone. An Lan knew from the beginning that I would be led here. Could all this be..."

Liu Yueru did not say the following words explicitly, but everyone had already understood from her words that Xie Anlan deliberately wanted to ruin Liu Yueru's reputation, so he staged this drama.

Liu Yueru looked at so many people here, and then looked at Song Nanzhi and Xie Anlan. Both of them had disappointment in their eyes.

The emperor clenched his hands in anger, looked at Cui Lian on the ground and asked, "Is what Madam Song said true?"

Cui Lian felt a chill and looked towards Xie Anlan for help.

Xie Anlan cursed her in his heart as an idiot and threatened Cui Lian, "If you dare to talk nonsense, I will have someone tear your mouth off."

The emperor said angrily, "How dare you! You are becoming more and more arrogant."

Then, the emperor said to Cui Lian: "If you dare to tell a lie, it is a crime of deceiving the emperor. If you don't want to implicate your family, then tell the truth."

Cui Lian saw that Xie Anlan was in danger, so she gritted her teeth and told the truth: "Yes, when Princess Anlan and the others were in the pavilion, the princess used a magic incense to make Madam Song unconscious, and then ordered the servants to deliberately wet Madam Song's dress, and then brought her to this courtyard, and then told Master Ye in advance to let them do something, and ruin Madam Song's innocence here."

"Then I'll find someone to pretend that Madam Song can't be found, and lead them to this courtyard."

Everyone's face changed after hearing this.

Looking at the gloomy faces of the Queen and the Emperor.

Xie Anlan panicked. She stood up and rushed towards Cui Lian. She stepped forward and slapped her hard, cursing angrily: "How dare you, a slut, to make up stories about your master in front of everyone? Are you tired of living? Who ordered you to do this?"

Xie Anlan was unwilling to give in. He pointed at Liu Yueru angrily and continued, "Did she instruct you to do this? How much money did you receive from her? Do you want to ruin my reputation like this?"

Cui Lian crawled towards the emperor in fear, shaking her head desperately: "I dare not. Everything I said is true. Miss Xiu and the others know everything. If you don't believe me, please have them brought here for interrogation."

The emperor looked at Xie Anlan with disappointment, worried that the matter would get deeper and deeper, so he sent away all the unimportant people.

Only Liu Yueru, Song Nanzhi, and those related people were left here.

Emperor Hexu sighed lightly with an unstable breath, and saw that Xie Jingrui was still there, standing straight.

With a complicated look on his face, he said to Xie Jingrui, "You go down too."

Xie Jingrui stood there motionless, with no intention of leaving. His eyes vaguely swept over Liu Yueru.

Subsequently.

She explained to Emperor Hexu: "An Lan is my sister, so it's only natural for me to care about her."

Emperor Hexu had nothing to say and could only let him stand beside him.

All the servants and maids who served in Princess Anlan's room came over.

The originally quiet yard was suddenly filled with a large number of people kneeling.

At first, A Xiu and those who knew about the incident wanted to help cover up for Xie Anlan. However, just when Emperor He Xu lost his patience and was ready to sell them all out, they panicked and vaguely admitted that this incident was indeed a disaster caused by Xie Anlan alone.

Emperor Hexu looked at Liu Yueru with some anguish, and said to her earnestly: "It is because I did not teach you well, Princess, that I caused you such great harm, but now that things have come to this, it is meaningless to say those things. I can give you any reward you want."

Listening to Emperor Hexu's words, Liu Yueru's eyes turned redder and she kowtowed heavily to Emperor Hexu.

There was blood still flowing from her forehead, and Liu Yueru's eyes fell on Song Nanzhi.

After a moment, she replied, "Thank you, Your Majesty. However, I am already like this, and I have no intention of receiving more rewards. I just want Your Majesty to issue an imperial decree to completely sever my relationship with the Zhennan Marquisate, and I will no longer be a Song family member."

Emperor Hexu looked at Liu Yueru in shock. He could give her a lot, including imperial edicts, good farmland, and even other things. He could do it.

But Liu Yueru only asked for a divorce letter.

He stared at Liu Yueru for a moment before he spoke again to confirm, "Have you thought it through? Once this imperial decree is issued, you are not allowed to regret it."

Liu Yueru said to Emperor Hexu with a pair of cold eyes, "Your Highness has never cared about me. I married into the Marquisate just to repay the old Marquis's kindness. Now that the kindness has been repaid, the Song and Liu Houses no longer owe each other anything. Since Your Highness has someone he loves, it is meaningless for me to cling to this position."

She kowtowed to the emperor and continued, "Please give me a divorce letter so that we can go our separate ways from now on."

Emperor Hexu looked at Liu Yueru lying on the ground with a frown on his face and mixed feelings!

The people of the Liu family are loyal and righteous. When Liu Yueru first married into the Marquis's Mansion, the family had fallen on hard times and had nothing except the hereditary title.

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