The entire puppet show was performed with great sincerity and the final freeze frame was so shocking that the entire audience was stunned into silence.
Su Lijin looked at the doll that was strangled to death, anger burning in her heart.
She wiped the tears from her face with her sleeve and said in a sorrowful voice, "This story is so sad. I never imagined that the world could be so sinister and that there would be such utterly heartless bullies! The evil deeds of evildoers are truly condemned by heaven and man!"
Her voice was particularly loud in the quiet scene. Many people were moved by her story and felt compassion for her sad words, and their expressions were filled with indignation.
"Yes, the woman in this story was indeed miserable. She was strangled to death!"
"Tsk tsk, this is so cruel!"
Seeing the effect, Su Lijin's face remained sad. She turned sideways and bowed slightly to Xiao Shengxing: "Your Majesty, I have a request of yours."
She spoke so seriously that Xiao Shengxing's expression also grew more serious. He said, "Your Majesty, there's no need to be so serious. Just say whatever you want to say."
Su Lijin nodded, glanced at everyone, and when her gaze passed over a certain place, with a cold look in her eyes, she said, "I hope this kind of bullying of men and women, and the casual rape and murder of people will be completely eradicated!"
"I do not wish my people to live a life worse than death. I do not wish to see good people die tragically while evil tyrants survive!"
Although Xiao Shengxing didn't know what Su Lijin's plan was, he agreed with what she said.
"The Queen is right. This kind of atmosphere really needs to be rectified."
Lu Bingqian, who had been silent since the puppet show ended, suddenly spoke up, "Empress, what exactly are you going to do?"
He felt slightly dissatisfied with Su Lijin in his heart: "Today is my great day. Your Majesty is performing this puppet show and making such remarks. Do you think it is a bit inappropriate?"
These words are exactly the doubts in everyone's mind.
They came back to their senses from the story and looked at Su Lijin with some confusion.
Before Su Lijin could answer, Lu Bingqian whispered, "Your Highness, are you unwilling to study medicine anymore?"
Hearing this, Su Lijin ignored it: "Doctor Lu, please be patient."
Lu Bingqian threatened her with his medical skills, but she calmed down and looked up with a smile on her face. She said, "Your Majesty, I don't know if you heard what Du Xi said just now. She said that this is Cai'er's life."
"If Cai'er is a real person, her tragic experience is true, and such things really exist in the world, what would the emperor do?"
His black eyes stared at hers, but Xiao Shengxing saw a sharp persistence in them.
It seemed as if there was something in Su Lijin's heart that she had to do at this moment.
His thin lips moved slightly, and his voice was firm: "If this is indeed the case, I will punish the bully directly according to the law!"
Su Lijin raised the corners of her lips and said to the stage, "Du Xi, come out!"
Everyone's eyes immediately turned to the stage.
On the stage, Du Xi came out from behind the curtain, her bright red wedding dress reminding people that today was her wedding day.
Du Xi had a determined look in her eyes and was holding a tray in her hand. When she came closer, everyone noticed that there was a handkerchief on the tray, and there seemed to be a conspicuous bloodstain on the handkerchief.
She plodded to her knees and said, "I, Du Xi, want to seek justice for my friend Cai'er who died tragically!"
"Cai'er's life was just like what was played out in the puppet show. She was kind and innocent, but in the end, she died tragically at the hands of a bully!"
"The bully who strangled her to death was the son of the Minister of Personnel!"
After she finished speaking, she pointed her finger firmly towards the seat of the Minister of Personnel in the crowd, and pointed directly at the Minister of Personnel's son!
"What? The one who raped a woman and strangled her to death was the son of the Minister of Personnel?!"
Everyone was so shocked that their jaws dropped, and they looked at the Minister of Personnel with disbelief.
Little did they know that attending a wedding would actually lead to the scandal of a high-ranking official!
The Minister of Personnel's face changed drastically, and he angrily shouted anxiously, "This is nonsense, Du Xi, please stop talking nonsense!"
The Shangshu's son's face suddenly turned pale, and he looked at his father in panic: "Dad, she framed me, she slandered me!"
Anxiously walking to the front, the Minister of Personnel suddenly knelt down and said righteously, "Your Majesty, I have fulfilled my duties faithfully. My son is also a pure and honest young man. He would never do such a thing as to take human life lightly. I beg Your Majesty to see clearly."
It was obvious from his words that he was defending his son.
Xiao Shengxing didn't say anything, and there was no emotion in his eyes.
Su Lijin had a sneer on her lips, but no surprise on her face.
With a son like that, this Minister of Personnel would not be a good person. She had known long ago that they would not confess directly.
When the Minister of Personnel saw that the emperor didn't say anything, he became anxious and quickly looked at Prime Minister Zhang Wenfeng for help.
However, Zhang Wenfeng lowered his head and did not look at him, completely ignoring his request for help.
For a moment, everyone was talking, looking at Du Xi, and then at the Minister of Personnel and his son.
"Sir Shangshu, you said your son is a pure and good young man?" Su Lijin said slowly.
The Minister of Personnel nodded quickly, pulled his son to his knees, and said, "Empress, your Majesty, your humble son has always been a man of integrity and a good man."
The Shangshu's son also hurriedly said: "My Lady, I would never do such a thing. It was Du Xi who slandered me!"
Hearing this, Su Lijin's sneer deepened and she clapped her hands.
Chen Yue appeared from nowhere, looked at the man on the ground, pointed at him and said, "I witnessed with my own eyes the Shangshu's son forcibly snatching Cai'er. I never expected that he would strangle Cai'er to death with his own hands. What a beast!"
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