Ah Xu finally understood that there were too many shady methods involved, which contradicted the apparent truth.
"Miss Jiang was not killed by Minister Xie at all. She was already dead. They simply drugged Minister Xie and then left the two of them, disheveled, in the Miaoge Pavilion."
Even though he was in a bad mental state, Zhang Tian would never forget what happened that day.
He waited for Minister Xie in the private room, but when Minister Xie returned, he had already been drugged and was told to take the booklet and leave quickly.
Minister Xie spoke with difficulty and kept rubbing his throat. At that moment, he knew that the medicine in Minister Xie's mouth would ruin his voice.
His final instructions were to safeguard this booklet and ensure that any official whose name was on it was punished according to the law.
“I witnessed the entire process of Minister Xie’s murder. Wanwan, the black blood flowing from Miss Jiang’s ears must have been from poisoning. As long as we can prove that Miss Jiang died from poison, we can clear the Xie family’s name.”
Zhang Tian explained it simply: when the incident occurred, the Jiang family felt that Jiang Zhihui had disgraced the family and was therefore not allowed to be buried in the Jiang family ancestral graves.
No one has heard where they buried Jiang Zhihui's body.
"Uncle Zhang, we don't know where Miss Jiang is buried."
Zhang Tian grinned maliciously: "I haven't lived these past two years in vain for revenge. Not to mention where Jiang Zhihui is buried."
I even know where the bodies of the murdered girls were disposed of, as listed in this booklet.
Ah Xu repeatedly looked at the information in the booklet, his face growing darker and darker.
"Wanwan, do you know what official positions the people here hold?"
Ah Xu presented Xie Wanwan with a difficult problem: she genuinely knew nothing about court officials.
"I don't know!"
Ah Xu sighed. He had said he would help Xie Wanwan, and he would not back down no matter how difficult it was.
"What you just said can only serve as evidence, but it can't defeat these people, or even harm a single hair on their heads."
These people all hold high-ranking official positions. I want to ask you, where do you intend to seek justice? Xie Tingzhi was the former Minister of Personnel; who will retry this case?
Yes, it is no easy task to reopen a case involving the Minister of Personnel. However, only with His Majesty's decree can this matter be successful.
After some contemplation, Xie Wanwan realized her new predicament: even with evidence, the officials were protecting each other, and she couldn't do anything about them.
"Ah Xu, do you have a way to help me?"
Ah Xu smiled calmly and pointed out the ministers and officials on the booklet to Xie Wanwan and Zhang Tian one by one, explaining them to them.
"Look at the Ministry of Rites. It is currently under the temporary control of Jiang Kangcheng, who will soon be promoted to Minister of Rites."
This man has neither ability nor achievements, but he wholeheartedly supports the Crown Prince in court.
“In this way, the Crown Prince will surely push him to the position of Minister of Rites, which will also be of help to him, and his ascension to the throne will be just around the corner.”
Xie Wanwan: "Could it be that the Crown Prince stabbed the Xie family in the back?"
She looked at Zhang Tian, who neither denied nor admitted it, but said something unbelievable.
"The Mysterious Pavilion is run by the Crown Prince."
Zhang Tian sometimes had mental health issues, but he was mostly fine; people always thought he was just a madman.
He used his madman persona to hang around the vicinity of Miaoge Tower for many years without stopping, and that's how he discovered this secret.
He survived because those people knew he was crazy and didn't care about him.
“Wanwan, factional strife requires a lot of money. It’s understandable for the Crown Prince to run a business, but if people find out about Miaoge Tower, he won’t be able to continue as the Crown Prince.”
Ah Xu analyzed the court situation he knew for Xie Wanwan, and also mentioned that almost all the ministers in the booklet supported the Crown Prince.
Hearing this, Xie Wanwan smiled knowingly and suddenly felt that revenge was not difficult.
"Ah Xu, thank you, your idea is great!"
Zhang Tian couldn't understand. Ah Xu hadn't said anything, so how could Xie Wanwan know what his method was?
"What are you talking about? That's the Crown Prince. What methods can we use to deal with him, and how can we reopen the Xie family's wrongful conviction case?"
Xie Wanwan stood up, took the booklet from Ah Xu's hand, and said, "Uncle Zhang, I'll take this booklet with me first. I'll need your cooperation when the case is retried."
What are your plans?
Xie Wanwan laughed and said, "The enemy of my enemy is my friend. Ah Xu reminded me that I should use someone else to do my dirty work."
After bidding farewell to Zhang Tian, the two returned to the city. When Xie Wanwan arrived at the Du residence, Su Luo had not yet returned.
When asked, Yun Hui told her that Su Luo and Yi Huan had gone to buy piano strings and hadn't returned for lunch yet. They must have gone to do something else. Su Luo often did this, and they were used to it.
Xie Wanwan was afraid that if she went out to look for Su Luo, Su Luo would come back, so she simply waited for her outside her room.
Inside the Prince Yu's residence, Nangong Chiyu had only a dozen or so words left to write on the instructions for children's fever-reducing medicine. Su Luo waited for him to finish writing them so she could take them with her.
However, Su Luo genuinely complained that the chefs at the Prince Yu's mansion were really bad at cooking. Yi Huan only ate a little bit for lunch, and Su Luo herself wasn't full either.
"Your Highness, Yi Huan is hungry."
Nangong Chiyu's hands were covered in wood chips. Chi Yi had also left, so he said, "I have some pastries that Chi Yi bought this morning in my room. Go and get them for yourself."
He wasn't picky about food, but he noticed today that Su Luo and Yi Huan didn't like the food prepared by Prince Yu's chef, so he would replace the chef later.
"I'll go. After you finish carving those words, we should head back."
Su Luo stood up and walked away. For some reason, Nangong Chiyu had been asking about her family and Chen Huaixu all day.
When Su Luo returned with the pastries, she saw two servants peeking into the courtyard at Nangong Chiyu and Yi Huan.
While watching, he said firmly, "You need to be more careful in the future. Our prince dotes on Miss Yi Huan so much, we have to serve him well."
Another person said, "You said Miss Yi Huan looks so much like the prince, could she be the prince's illegitimate daughter?"
"No way, could it be that the Prince and the Deputy Minister of Agriculture..."
"It's not impossible, otherwise how could the children be so similar..."
This was the first time Su Luo had ever heard someone gossip about her in front of her.
Are you guys very free?
The two servants turned around and were startled when they saw Su Luo. They immediately shut their mouths and couldn't say a word.
"If you dare to speak ill of your master behind his back, I think you don't need to work in the Prince's mansion anymore."
Hearing the commotion, Nangong Chiyu put down his carving knife and came over.
His eyes and brows were resolute and unyielding, exuding an aura of authority. The servant was so frightened by his appearance that his heart pounded wildly.
"What happened?"
Su Luo's eyes were icy as she said, "Prince Yu can control thousands of troops, but he can't control the mouths of his own servants."
Su Luo wouldn't get angry for no reason; what exactly did those two say to make her react this way?
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