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Consort Li's affair with Prince Cheng was indeed a scandal of the Imperial Family, and it was not to be publicized, yet in just one night, the news spread throughout Yanjing City.
Nobody knew who started the rumor, but suddenly, the whole city was abuzz. The soldiers sealed off the Ji family's residence and took away all its members; seeing this, the commoners realized that the rumors were most likely true.
It was said that Empress Dowager Liu had been imprisoned in the palace; after all, this was a major crime of treason committed by Prince Cheng, and his birth mother couldn't escape involvement. Then came the arrest of Prince Cheng, but whether he had advance warning or not, his manservants and maids were still there, including his concubines. However, Prince Cheng himself was nowhere to be found.
Or rather, he had already fled.
