Su Ziqin, a female student at the Imperial Academy, was accused of being arrogant and bullying others. Using her status as a candidate for a Female Official, she had forcibly pressured her own son to break off his engagement and marry her cousin instead.
The Imperial Court was a power institution directly under the Empress. When the Empress saw the impeachment memo, her face immediately darkened, and she ordered the Supervision Department to thoroughly investigate the matter.
The students of the Imperial Academy involved in this matter were detained first before their cases could be handled after the truth was found out.
Su Ziqin was struck by disaster on the night of the first day of the new year, when she was taken away by the Supervision Department and temporarily detained.
Fortunately, Grand Commander Xu Ruyun of the Supervision Department knew her well.