The moment Shen Zizhuo set foot inside the Prime Minister's Estate, trouble followed.
No one knew where the news had first surfaced, but it was reported that Prime Minister Shen had forcibly exhumed the remains of the late Madam Jiang Xiao—the daughter of Grand Tutor Xiao and wife of the Marquis of Chang'an—to arrange a posthumous marriage for his son, Shen Wuyang, who had died in childhood. The news caused an immediate uproar.
Anle Palace received the word as well. Tingwu intentionally indulged the palace maids and eunuchs, allowing them to gossip about the matter in every corner where the eyes and ears of other palaces could overhear. A name long forgotten began to surface once again.
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