âThis suicide note and the confession letter are fake!â Ji Yunhuang interrupted Emperor Le Xuan. âThe handwriting might look similar to Ning Xuemoâs but the differences cannot escape my eyes. This was obviously forged by someone! If Imperial Father does not believe me, then you can call for Official Lan and let him compare the two.â
Emperor Le Xuan was silent. It did not cross his mind that this suicide note and confession letter could have actually been forged by someone!
At this moment, he could not rebuke his son and could only send someone to call over Lan Yufeng from the Supreme Court.
Shortly afterwards, Lan Yufeng strode quickly into the study. He greeted everyone before they handed over the confession letter and suicide note for verification.
Ji Yunhuang was clearly prepared and handed in a shopping list written by Ning Xuemo to compare with the confession letter and suicide note.
Lan Yufeng examined the documents for a short while before he expressed in a certain tone that the confession letter and the suicide note were definitely fakes.
Emperor Le Xuanâs face became unsightly. He did not think that the Ministry of Justice would dare to give him a fake confession letter! He immediately sent people to investigate.
After Lord Lu, the high official in charge of the Ministry of Justice, arrived, Emperor Le Xuan condemned him. Lord Lu said that he has been wronged and that the letter had been given to him by the people from the Ministry of Justiceâs PrisonâŠ
The crime of deceiving the monarch was not a small one, so guards were sent to capture the four jailers who were in charge of the torture.
The four of them had already prepared early on. They said that this confession letter had been given by Tu Yidao who was in charge of the actual interrogation. They merely passed it over to the higher-upsâŠ
As for Tu Yidao, he had already drowned to death. The four of them insisted that they had already burnt Ning Xuemoâs body on Tu Yidaoâs orders.
Since this confession was fake, then Ning Xuemo might not be the culprit behind Hu Diechangâs murder. Emperor Le Xuan could only heavily criticise Lord Lu before transferring the case to a high official of the Supreme Court..
Emperor Le Xuan had also been tired out at this point and wanted to dismiss everyone. However, Ji Yunhuang stepped forward and said, âImperial Father, thereâs no need for Official Lan to solve this case. Actually I have already investigated things secretly and can bring this whole case to light!â
Ji Yunhaoâs face slightly changed. Emperor Le Xuanâs heart stirred as he looked at Ji Yunhuang. âWhat do you want to do?â
Ji Yunhuang said, âI shall have to ask Imperial Father to head for Wu Palace. There are some witnesses and evidence regarding Miss Huâs death there. If you go there, then you will naturally understand everything.â
Emperor Le Xuan lightly furrowed his brows. He had already achieved his goal so he did not care about how Hu Diechang died. However, now that things had come to this point, he could only see it through to the end.
Ji Yunhao took the initiative to say. âImperial Father, since thereâs something off about this case and it definitely wonât be resolved in a short period of time. We should hand the case to Lord Lan and wait for him to report the results. How can we make Imperial Father investigate this case personally?â
Emperor Le Xuan agreed after hearing Ji Yunhaoâs dignified words. After all, he was an emperor and his time was precious. He was about to answer when Ji Yunhuang spoke.
Ji Yunhuang bowed. âImperial Father, this matter concerns Miss Ning as well as the Grand Marshalâs precious daughter. On account of the deceased Marquis Jingyuan and Grand Marshal Hu, please preside over this matter personally. This case is not complicated as I am sure father will know the truth soonâŠâ
Since Ji Yunhuang had already said this, added to Grand Marshal Huâs renewed pleading for him to preside over the case, feeling impatient to know who murdered his daughterâs, Emperor Le Xuan could only agree.
Ji Yunhaoâs eyes lightly flashed. Then, he set forth. âImperial Father, I still have some matters to attend, so if you will please excuse meâŠâ
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