"There's also No. 34 Huanan Street, the Xu family, the Wang family on Beixi Street, and the Wu family. These are all long-time residents of Beijing, but Hou Lihai has ruined their families and caused their deaths."
"As for the talk of buying and selling official positions, there are Li, the clerk of the Hanlin Academy; Chen, the registrar of the Court of State Ceremonies; Wang Zhengshui, the county magistrate of Liuzhou; and Hu, the chief treasury officer of the Salt Transport Office…!"
Lin Yuxin showed no mercy and directly presented Hou Lihai's incriminating evidence, including the motives, the people involved, the addresses, and even the official positions involved in the transactions.
As Lin Yuxin continued to speak, Prime Minister Hou lost his composure and his face turned deathly pale. He had only one thought in his mind: It's all over, it's all over!
He didn't even think about how Lin Yuxin knew so much detail!
After Lin Yuxin listed more than a dozen official titles, she added one last sentence:
"If Your Majesty does not believe me, you can send someone to investigate."
emperor:……?
You've made it so obvious and detailed, what else do you want me to investigate? Didn't you know you had a spy in his house? How do you know so much detail!
However, the Emperor still ordered people to investigate one by one.
Before the results were announced, Hou Lihai could not be dealt with, so the Emperor spoke first:
"By imperial decree, Hou Lihai is to be imprisoned for the abduction of a woman and for the sale of official positions. The matter still needs to be investigated. We will make a decision after the results are available."
Prime Minister Hou collapsed to the ground, looking completely lost and speechless. He appeared to have aged ten years, but no one sympathized with him.
Lin Yuxin finished dealing with one of them, and before the Emperor could speak, she stood up on her own, turned to look at the other ministers, and wherever she went, those officials who had just helped the Prime Minister all shrank back.
Lin Yuxin immediately realized that those people had just bullied her younger brother!
【Ha! Who's next? Who else bullied her brother just now? I'll make them all learn their lesson today!】
Lin Yuxin then looked at the minister who was hiding the most obviously and asked:
"Who is this gentleman? Why are you hiding? This princess doesn't eat people!"
"This is Lord Hu, the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel!"
Li Xiaochen, who had been watching the show from the sidelines, suddenly spoke up.
Lin Yuxin turned her head and gave him a cold look, ignoring him.
"cough!"
Feeling awkward, Li Xiaochen touched the tip of his nose and coughed lightly.
Lin Yuxin then looked at Lord Hu and said:
"Oh! So it's Lord Hu. I wonder if the child born to your eighteenth concubine looks like you? I heard she was your childhood sweetheart and works as the housekeeper in your mansion. When you go home and get intimate with one of your concubines every day, do you never check if there are any other smells on the bed?"
"You...you're talking nonsense! You...!"
Upon hearing Lin Yuxin's words, Lord Hu blushed and was so angry that he couldn't speak.
Whether Lin Yuxin's words were true or false, she said them in front of so many officials and the emperor today, so the matter is difficult to explain.
This also sowed the seeds of doubt in Lord Hu's heart, and there would be more trouble when he returned.
"What's wrong with me? If you don't believe me, go back and see for yourself. Maybe those two are enjoying their time together right now!"
Lin Yuxin looked at Lord Hu, who was panting heavily with anger, without feeling any sympathy for him.
[If she dares to bully her brother, she'll strip you naked! She's not Lin Yuxin, humph! She's at least read this book; I still remember the backgrounds and identities of many of the characters.]
[Does she not know what dirty secrets these officials have in their families? If you push her too far, she might expose everything, and no one will get away with it!!]
The emperor, sitting at the head of the table, swallowed hard. Could this girl even know about his affairs? Had he ever offended her before?
If all else fails, should we give her a reward? Or try to appease her?
Lord Hu, being over fifty years old, was so angered by Lin Yuxin that he fainted and collapsed.
The Emperor was quite disgusted by this. Wasn't he so arrogant just now? Now he's become so weak after Lin Yuxin's words? Useless.
The unconscious Lord Hu: ...?
Princess Pingning's words?! Those words alone are going to kill me!
However, the Emperor still ordered someone to take Lord Hu away and have the imperial physician examine him.
Oh! Another one solved, who's next?
Lin Yuxin began searching for her next target, but the surrounding ministers realized that Princess Pingning was there to support the Ninth Prince.
Didn't you see that the Prime Minister Hou and Lord Hu, who were jumping the most fiercely just now, were rendered powerless by Princess Pingning's few words?
At this moment, those ministers who had just helped Prime Minister Hou criticize the Ninth Prince's identity all lowered their heads and dared not look Princess Pingning in the eye, for fear that they would be next.
Zhao Shijie and Li Xiaochen stood aside watching the show. Their granddaughter (woman) was really something else; she managed to talk the enemy down with just a few words.
Seeing that Lin Yuxin still wanted to continue the fight, the Emperor thought it was getting late and he should give his ministers some face. So he quickly spoke up to stop her and pointed to Qiu Tinghao, who was watching with great interest.
"Ahem! Pingning, you just said you had a way to prove that this child is the Ninth Prince, what is it?"
Lin Yuxin only reluctantly turned her gaze away from the assembled ministers when she heard the Emperor calling her. She thought she could still have a few more to say! Oh well, she'd do it next time.
Lin Yuxin bowed to the Emperor before beginning to discuss the important matters:
"Your Majesty, I do have a solution. The most direct method is a blood test to determine kinship! However, this method has too many unexpected issues and is prone to problems. Don't you have any other methods to check? Your Majesty, was there anything unusual about the Ninth Prince when he was born?"
After all, blood tests have been a cheating method since ancient times. People with the same blood type may have their blood mixed together, so this method is not advisable.
It wouldn't be impossible to get a blood sample for testing, but she doesn't have the equipment in her space, so there's no point in saying anything.
The Emperor thought back for a moment and shook his head. At the time, he was too busy being anxious about the Empress, and Xiao Sui kept asking him about court affairs, so he didn't have time to observe the Ninth Prince's situation.
That's why others were able to take advantage of the situation. Looking back now, Xiao Sui had ulterior motives and was covering for Consort Xiao.
"I can't recall anything special about the Ninth Prince, except that Xiao Sui sent someone to look for me once! However, just now, Granny He mentioned that the Ninth Prince has a birthmark on his lower back, but Qiu Tinghao doesn't have one."
The Emperor said helplessly that he had indeed been too careless, which was why his son had suffered for so many years! At this moment, his identity could not even be confirmed.
"Birthmark? Tiger head?"
Lin Yuxin raised an eyebrow and asked.
"How...how did you know?"
Upon hearing this, the Emperor paused for a moment before realizing what was happening and asked in surprise.
The surrounding ministers also realized what was happening. Hadn't the Emperor mentioned that the Ninth Prince's birthmark on his lower back was a tiger's head? None of the ministers had pointed it out to her or informed her, so how did she know?
Could it be that she has seen her before?
"Is it right behind Cheng Tinghao?"
Lin Yuxin blinked and said in a serious tone.
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