Jiang Shuyue had been gone for ages without returning, and the banquet had grown dull.
Suddenly, a young eunuch rushed in, rolled twice across the marble floor, and cried out in panic, "B-bad news! The Marchioness of Zhennan... she's committing adultery!"
Several tables, chairs, and teacups shattered.
A terrifying killing intent erupted from Zhou Yunshen.
Zhou Luming shouted, "How dare you! Who gave you the nerve to slander my mother?"
"Th-this servant speaks the truth! It's right out back. Lots of people saw it!"
Jiang An slammed the table and cursed, "Shameless! Utterly shameless!"
"Father, isn't it too soon to draw conclusions?"
"Exactly. We all know what our little sister is like. She would never do such a thing."
Jiang Wujie and Jiang Chen stood up in support of their little sister.
But their hearts were bouncing up and down with unease.
The young eunuch made it sound utterly convincing, yet their little sister would never do such a thing.
She might be outrageous, but she wasn't stupid. In fact, she was quite a coward.
How could she possibly do something that could cost her head?
If she hadn't done it willingly, then someone had framed her.
Someone who could set a trap in the Imperial Palace, who dared to set a trap there... cold sweat seeped from both brothers' foreheads...
"How dare you! The evidence is conclusive, yet you still speak up for that beast?"
"Disgracing the Jiang Family is one thing, but she actually dared to ruin the Empress Dowager's birthday! Even being torn apart by five horses would be too lenient!"
"If I'd known this would happen, I should have revealed the truth sooner. Then the Jiang Family wouldn't have been dragged into this disaster."
Tears streamed down Jiang An's aged face, giving Madam Jiang a sense