On her wedding night, she went into exile with her pharmacy arsenal

Huo Changhe held Yan Ruyu's hand tightly and comforted her silently.

Yan Ruyu's anger did not dissipate. She looked at the man in black and ordered Song Ping: "Take him to the court."

"Yes!"

The court door was already crowded with people, pointing and talking, saying all kinds of things.

"This old man Wu is so pitiful. He is the only one left in the family."

"Who said it wasn't? I heard that it was to repay debts, ah..."

"He has always been honest and upright, and he doesn't have much money. This..."

"Hey, I heard that Wu Laosan was caught stealing military rations to exchange for gambling money, so he was asked to pay back the money. Shouldn't he pay back the money?"

"That's what you say, but the person is dead."

"Oh, that's easy for you to say. Can one death solve all the problems? Don't forget that the Dacheng Army is still outside the city. If there is a war, without rice and food, how can we defend the city?"

"That's true. Although it's pitiful, we can't ignore right and wrong."

"Who is he going to sue? Could it be that he knows who the murderer is?"

"It is said that they know and have evidence."

Governor Cao was almost annoyed to death. Now he gets a headache whenever he hears about the Wu family and is annoyed from the bottom of his heart.

But Old Master Wu has some reputation, so he needs to be treated with caution.

Governor Cao patiently slammed the gavel and said, "Silence!"

Everyone in the hall fell silent.

Governor Cao glanced at Old Master Wu below and cursed in his heart, but couldn't show it on his face.

"Who is in the hall?"

Old Master Wu had passed the imperial examination and became a scholar earlier, so he had some achievements and therefore did not have to kneel.

He bowed and said, "Your Excellency, I am Wu Zhouce, and I have a grievance to appeal. Please redress the grievance for my entire family!"

Governor Cao said patiently, "Mr. Wu, I sympathize with your family's situation. I have been investigating the case as soon as it happened. However, it takes time to investigate the case. Don't worry, I will give you an explanation after I have found out the truth."

Old Master Wu said, "Sir, I already know who the murderer is!"

Governor Cao frowned slightly: "Do you know? Who is it?"

Old Master Wu raised his voice, which resounded throughout the courtroom: "Sir, the one who harmed our entire Wu family is the Prince of Zhennan, Huo Changhe!"

Governor Cao wanted to hit him on the head with a gavel, and the people outside who were watching the trial were also in an uproar.

"Who? Who did he say?"

"Prince of Zhennan? No, did I hear correctly?"

"I thought I had misheard too. How is that possible?"

"Prince Zhennan is kind, loyal and brave. Why would he kill his entire family?"

"It's hard to say, right? I heard that Madam Wu once offended the mother of the Prince of Zhennan..."

"Nonsense, just because of an offense, you killed the whole family? Is this what the King of Zhennan did? Do you really believe it? You didn't get any medicine during the free clinic?"

"That's not what I meant..."

The people were in a mess, and Governor Cao banged the gavel several times, and the bailiffs struck the saber sticks, before the noise was calmed down.

Governor Cao asked, "Wu Zhouce, do you have any evidence for what you said?"

Old Master Wu placed the long package he was carrying in front of him and said, "This is the evidence. However, I would like to ask the accused to appear in court before I can open it. Otherwise, I am afraid he will deny it."

"I know that the Prince of Zhennan has done a lot of good things, which have won him great praise from the people of the city. However, merits are merits, and faults are faults."

"You can't say that because you did good things before, your bad deeds can offset your merits and demerits. There is no such thing in the world!"

"A prince who breaks the law is guilty of the same crime as a commoner!"

Every word Old Master Wu said was as powerful as a stone hitting a hole.

A sneer came from outside the crowd: "Old Master Wu's words are so powerful."

The crowd parted and Yan Ruyu and Huo Changhe walked in.

Yan Ruyu fixed her eyes on Old Master Wu and said contemptuously, "I hope you don't forget what you just said."

Old Master Wu glanced at her and said, "Who are you? How dare you speak so arrogantly in this hall?"

"What did I say that was arrogant? I was just reminding you that you are just a scholar. Not asking you to kneel is already a favor. But you blame me. Who is the one who is arrogant?"

Yan Ruyu didn't wait for him to reply and asked again: "You said you had evidence. Now we are here. What evidence? Show it to us."

Huo Changhe had been coaxing her all the way, but Yan Ruyu was still angry and now was the time to vent her anger, so Huo Changhe did not say anything and just let her talk.

It won't cause any trouble - even if it does, he will clean it up.

"You..." Old Master Wu was so angry that his face turned blue.

"What? We are of one mind, husband and wife. You are suing the prince, and I am here to sue him. This princess is quite curious and needs to see with my own eyes who you are."

"Your wife relied on your power to send an invitation to the palace, inviting me and my mother-in-law to your house for a flower-viewing banquet. But after we went there, we were humiliated in every way. She kept calling us exiles and saying that your Wu family is noble and respected by the people in the city. My mother-in-law didn't argue with her, but she was aggressive and determined to stand up for the Princess of Yongchang who had been executed. That's why we angrily refuted her."

"We are refutation, not because she humiliated us, but because she respected the emperor. The mother and son of Yongchang County were killed by the emperor himself, but your wife tried to stand up for them. She is really stubborn."

Old Master Wu's face turned pale: "You... you are talking nonsense! My wife has always been polite and understanding..."

"Being polite? If she is polite, would she abuse the eldest son's family? Is she treating them harshly because they are illegitimate children? Who owns the eldest son's shop? Why did they sell the things in the shop? Why did your Wu family give the family property to the Zhao brothers? Everything is just to fill the hole for your third son!"

"Your wife dotes on him, but he behaved recklessly, didn't do his job properly, and sold military rations for gambling money. When he was found out, the whole mansion raised money for him, and he left the first wife with nowhere to go. The first lady was also taken to Qingfeng Temple, and was killed by wild beasts on the way, leaving no trace!"

Many people did not know about the affairs of the Wu family's eldest lady. It was the woodcutter who reported the news, and the government was not alerted. If Song Ping had not found out and reported it to Yan Ruyu, she would not have known about it.

Therefore, the common people did not hear about it and only thought that the eldest lady was also killed in the family massacre.

I didn't expect that there was such a hidden story.

Old Master Wu didn't know either. He had never gone to the yard of the main house to look, so how could he have discovered that the body of the eldest lady was not there.

He came to complain, but he was not in the right to begin with, and now that Yan Ruyu was questioning him, he was speechless.

Looking down at the long package, he gritted his teeth and forced himself to change the subject, "What you are talking about is our Wu family's family affairs! It has nothing to do with you! I want to sue you because you killed my entire family."

"You just said that you killed my wife because she offended you."

He unwrapped the package and said, "Please look, sir. This is the evidence I brought!"

The wrapping cloth was shaken open, and with a "bang", a sharp weapon appeared in the lobby.

Governor Cao and everyone in and out of the hall looked over.