Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

Song Yafeng snorted through his nose, "You're the one who should answer this question. You used the lives of Hong Mai's entire family to force him to kill the emperor, so why wouldn't you use Wu Mao's family to force him to tell the truth? Your Majesty is really good at this. You've made hundreds of people from our Jinyiwei and Governor Cai's Dongchang run around in circles."

"What a joke! If I really did this, I would just kill Wu Mao. Why would I go through so much trouble? So, I'm leaving it for you to investigate?"

Song Yafeng sneered again: "My queen, although you are the queen, Daliang has made a law since the founding of the country by our ancestor emperor that servants cannot be beaten or killed without guilt. Although Wu Mao is just a eunuch in Kunning Palace who is responsible for adding firewood and burning firewood, he is still a life after all. You dare not take risks, so you will not kill people easily. The best way is to control his family."

Li Shuangwan was infuriated by such a confusing statement. Although the Jinyiwei was founded in Northern Jin, the current Jinyiwei commander Lu Dongqing was a serious person.

Compared with him, Song Yafeng is simply not worth mentioning.

Gu Xingyan had already told her the general situation in the carriage.

Just as she was about to step forward to argue, Gu Xingyan grabbed her hand and shook his head gently at her, indicating that he had already planned this matter and there was no need to worry.

Moreover, her current identity is a maid in Kunning Palace, so it is indeed inconvenient for her to show up.

Song Yafeng said this without even looking at Empress Shu's extremely angry face. He waved his hand and ordered, "Come here, go in and search for me!"

Gu Xingyan pulled Li Shuangwan back and let Song Yafeng and the others go in.

His purpose today was not to stop Song Yafeng, but to make him search out the things.

Li Shuangwan looked at Gu Xingyan and saw that he hadn't spoken a word since he arrived. It seemed that he was going to use the force to counter the force and prepare to finish today.

Indeed, it has been more than a month and Daliang can no longer withstand such consumption. It is indeed time to end this matter.

Since the incident, only five servants were left in Kunning Palace, and the imperial guards were all outside to protect the safety of Kunning Palace. At that time, Prime Minister Xie and a group of ministers had made it clear that no one could stop the Jinyiwei and Dongchang from handling the case before it was fully investigated.

Empress Shu was present at the time and also agreed with this decision.

Cai Junting, the governor of the Eastern Depot, was a eunuch. He was the one who first obtained the confession of the young eunuch named Wu Mao this morning, and then he called Song Yafeng.

He bowed to Empress Shu and said, "My Queen, I am sorry for the offence."

Empress Shu didn't say anything, but made way for Cai Junting and the people from the Eastern Depot to enter.

Li Shuangwan stood behind Gu Xingyan with her head slightly lowered.

Empress Shu had already noticed this pretty girl and winked at Aunt Ningru.

Aunt Ning Ru smiled, but didn't dare to laugh too much, for fear of being seen by the Jinyiwei. She lowered her voice and whispered in Empress Shu's ear: "Your Majesty, this girl should be the one that the Ninth Prince went out of the palace to pick up this morning. You can see how nervous the Ninth Prince is."

Aunt Ning Ru looked at Li Shuangwan carefully again and frowned: "She is still pretty, but her skin color is a little darker. But it doesn't matter, she will recover after some care."

Why does this girl look like a black coal ball? Where did she come from? Why is she tanning like this?

His Highness the Ninth Prince has a unique taste.

Empress Shu looked at Li Shuangwan again and nodded slightly. She was pretty, but only slightly better than the average girl.

Just as Aunt Ning Ru said, it is indeed dark enough.

Whatever, as long as he likes her, it's fine as long as she's a girl.

Li Shuangwan knew that there were always two pairs of eyes looking at her from time to time. Her face felt like it was on fire and she lowered her head even more.

Gu Xingyan also noticed the gazes of his mother and Aunt Ning Ru, and turned his body towards Li Shuangwan, blocking her behind him.

When Empress Shu and Aunt Ning Ru saw each other, they looked at each other, and their eyes showed an expression of "as expected".

Half an hour later, a Jinyiwei found an oil paper bag under the long-unused stove in the small kitchen. At the same time, someone from the Eastern Depot found a small box in a bamboo basket hanging from the beam.

The two presented the two items to Song Yafeng and Cai Junting.

When Song Yafeng took the oil paper bag, he also took the small box from the eunuch of the East Factory into his own hand.

Cai Junting just glanced at him indifferently, retracted his outstretched hand, and said nothing. After all, Song Yafeng was the presiding judge of this case.

The corners of Song Yafeng's mouth curled up slowly. He looked at all the evidence and wanted to see how the mother and son of the Shu family would deny it today.

But when he turned to look at Empress Shu, the smug look had subsided: "Empress, these two things were found in your small kitchen. They were hidden so well."

Empress Shu was startled: "This thing is not hidden by me. It is not from Kunning Palace. I have never seen it before."

Gu Xingcheng had been dealing with the matters at hand. When he heard that it was Su Chaoquan who came to report, he hurried over and saw Lu Yafeng holding up something in his hand high. His face changed.

Song Yafeng naturally noticed the prince's face change drastically, and glanced at Gu Xingyan, who had been silent since arriving. It was perfect that the mother and her two children were all together, so he wouldn't have to waste time and effort to catch them.

He waved his hand and ordered those around him: "Since the Queen Mother refuses to admit it, go and fetch the young eunuch named Wu Mao."

"Someone else, please invite Prime Minister Xie and the other officials who are discussing matters in the cabinet, so that you can see it with your own eyes."

"Yes."

After a while, the young eunuch named Wu Mao, who was in charge of adding firewood to the stove in Kunning Palace, was brought in and thrown to the ground.

He was covered in blood, his skin torn and his flesh exposed. He looked like he was dying, and his clothes were like rags, hanging on his body in pieces.

Gu Xingyan's expression suddenly turned cold, and he completely blocked Li Shuangwan's sight with his body.

Empress Shu shouted angrily, "The Imperial Guards and the Eastern Depot are really good at beating people like this. Are they trying to force them to confess?"

Song Yafeng chuckled and said, "Your Majesty, you are embarrassing us by saying this. We Jinyiwei have always handled cases in this way. Besides, he only confessed after being beaten like this. Isn't it a proof that your Majesty has his family in his control and he dare not easily tell the truth?"

"You..." Empress Shu's voice trembled with anger.

"Heh." Gu Xingyan sneered, "Since when can a signed statement under severe punishment be used as evidence? Lord Song, let alone a mere eunuch, even if you were the commander of the Imperial Guards, you would have admitted treason if you were beaten like this."

Song Yafeng's face darkened: "Your Highness, you must provide evidence when speaking! Treason is a serious crime punishable by the death of nine generations of the clan. I dare not bear such a heavy crime."

Gu Xingyan just raised his eyelids slightly.