No sooner had Lady Meng left than the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion received an imperial decree from the palace.
The decree, issued by the Empress Dowager, essentially reprimanded the Prince of Zhenbei's Mansion for poor household management and internal chaos.
The eunuch read the long decree with relish and finally pointed to two stern and rigid nannies behind him, "These two are experienced nannies from the palace, specifically bestowed by Her Majesty the Empress Dowager herself to assist you, Princess Consort."
By the time the Old Princess Consort received the news, the palace eunuch had long returned to report back.
After listening to her daughter-in-law recount what had happened, she had no doubt about the whole affair. It must be that the Liang Residence had learned of Zhang Mingshu's situation and deliberately came around to save face for their own daughter!
She asked the Princess Consort, "What do you plan to do about this?"