Forced to die for his loyalty, he was reborn in the arms of the cold and cruel regent!

Madam Wang sneered and said, "Do you think that you can let the matter go by inviting Master Li here? You invited the doctor yourself, but you teamed up with him to do such a vicious thing. Even if Master Li is on your side, he will never ignore it!"

Shen Mengyao straightened her spine: "If there is really something wrong with me, then I don't mind the government investigating."

Mrs. Wang was furious: "Look, she is still so arrogant."

Zhu pretended to be tolerant and sighed, saying, "Mengyao, I know you are young and hot-tempered, and you may have acted impulsively. If you admit your mistake now, we can still resolve it privately without making a scene."

Shen Mengyao's eyes were firm, and she did not give in at all: "Mother-in-law, I will never admit to anything I did not do. Since everyone thinks that this matter needs a fair treatment, please ask Junfeng to come over and we will confront each other face to face. I believe the truth will always come out to the world."

Mrs. Zhu and Nanny Wang exchanged glances, seeming surprised by Shen Mengyao's reaction.

Seeing this, Nanny Wang quickly said, "Since the young lady is so insistent, then please ask the young master to come over. After all, this is a family matter, and as the head of the family, the young master should know what happened."

Soon, Li Junfeng hurried over and saw the tense atmosphere in the room, and couldn't help but frowned. He first asked about Zhu's condition with concern, then turned to Shen Mengyao, with a puzzled tone: "Mengyao, what's going on?"

Shen Mengyao looked at him: "My mother-in-law said that you teamed up with the doctor to harm her."

Everyone was shocked when these words came out, even Li Junfeng was confused: "What...what? How could this happen?" He turned his head to look at everyone in the room, frowning: "What's going on?"

Zhu was extremely angry.

"What nonsense are you talking about?"

Shen Mengyao deliberately said, "Isn't that what you said? I hired a doctor and I was in cahoots with him. I didn't hire the doctor. I asked Junfeng to hire him from outside. I also took out 100 taels of silver from my dowry. I didn't expect that when something went wrong, it would be my fault."

The more she spoke, the more aggrieved she felt, and she began to wipe away her tears with her hands.

"If I had known I should have done it myself, there wouldn't have been such a big mistake!"

Zhu's expression was very ugly, and she looked at her own son.

"is that true?"

Shen Mengyao immediately took this opportunity to say, "How could it be false? It's all entered into the account. Just take the account book and take a look and you'll know."

Li Junfeng still didn't quite understand what was going on here, and nodded hesitantly.

When everyone heard about such a big mistake, their expressions became awkward. They looked at each other and then came out to smooth things over: "It seems like it was all a misunderstanding!"

Shen Mengyao's attitude hardened: "How can this be called a misunderstanding? Adding peach branches to grandma's medicine is definitely to harm grandma. This is a matter of life and death. We can't let this go until this matter is thoroughly investigated."

"There's no need to make a big deal out of it." Zhu wiped the sweat off her forehead awkwardly.

Shen Mengyao straightened her back and said loudly, "I believe Junfeng will never harm my mother-in-law. There may be someone secretly plotting in the courtyard. It happens that all the ladies are here today, so we must find out this bad apple."

Zhu broke out in a cold sweat.

Shen Mengyao directly ordered people to come in and search the yard and the rooms of the maids and old women, leaving no corner unsearched. Anything suspicious they found was taken out.

The ladies knew they had made a mistake and dared not say anything. They just watched the farce happen.

While searching the courtyard, the doctor was invited over. He knelt down on the ground with a loud voice: "I am just a traveling doctor. How can I know whether it is a cold or heat, internal heat or external heat? Spare me!"

Shen Mengyao interrogated him: "How do you explain the Taozhi incident?"

"Peach branch? No, I would never dare to harm anyone, and I am not responsible for prescribing medicine." The doctor shook his head like a rattle.

Shen Mengyao deliberately asked: "You said you are a traveling doctor? Then how much silver would you like to pay for a consultation?"

"Fifty…"

Before the doctor could finish the sentence, Li Junfeng suddenly jumped up and punched and kicked him in the face: "How dare you, a quack doctor, deceive me?"

The doctor didn't dare to fight back at all. He just fell to the ground and begged for mercy.

The ladies are all aware of the market conditions. Unless a very famous doctor is hired, he might charge fifty taels of silver. That also depends on the conscience of the host. Otherwise, hiring a doctor would only cost a few dozen coins.

He gave one hundred taels of silver to his own mother, but she only spent a few dozen coins. This drama is getting more and more interesting!

Shen Mengyao stepped forward to stop him: "My mother-in-law is still sick and can't bear to hear these things. Since he has been cheated of money, just kick him out. At worst, report him to the authorities and let them judge him accordingly. What's more important is who has the intention to harm others."

Li Junfeng then stopped and nodded.

Shen Mengyao didn't find anything, so she asked which maids and servants had handled the medicine.

Nanny Wang and a little maid who was boiling medicine stood up tremblingly and explained while crying.

"We didn't, ma'am. Maybe we got in accidentally. We were picking some peach branches in the yard and arranging flowers."

Shen Mengyao glanced at them lightly: "If something really goes wrong just because of carelessness, can you bear the responsibility?"

The two of them trembled and said nothing. As long as they didn't put the blame of murdering their master on the towers, everything would be fine.

"It seems that laziness is rampant in this courtyard. Such a mistake could happen." Shen Mengyao slapped the table, stood up, and said coldly: "All the maids in this courtyard will be sent to do rough work, and a few new ones will be selected to serve."

When Zhu heard that all the people she was used to working for were gone, she immediately said in dissatisfaction: "Why are you making such a fuss? If they make a mistake, just punish them. Why replace them?"

"I think they don't learn their lesson, mother-in-law. For your health's sake, you should replace them. Otherwise, if one dares to do it today, there will be another tomorrow. Sooner or later, the Li family will be in chaos. I know you are kind-hearted and can't make up your mind. If you want to replace everyone, then let your daughter-in-law be the bad guy."

Shen Mengyao finished talking to her, then glanced at Cuiwei: "What are you standing there for? Tell them to pack up and leave this yard."

Cuiwei just felt happy, bowed her head, and then went to make arrangements.

Naturally, other people had nothing to say. Mrs. Wang didn't dare to meet her eyes just now. Now that the matter was settled, she praised her.

"The young lady is really decisive and has a good way of managing the household."

Shen Mengyao smiled gently: "Thank you Madam Wang for your praise. Even a wealthy family has to serve snacks. Everyone must be tired. How about going to the front hall for some tea and snacks?"

Now that everyone had a way out, they all nodded, "That's fine."