In addition to Fugui being sentenced to beheading for rape and murder, Fude and his accomplices were required to return all embezzled property and were sentenced to 20 years in a labor camp. His wife was convicted of harboring a criminal and was sentenced to five years in a labor camp.

The labor camp is where the Tiangan Kingdom detains prisoners. The prisoners there are forced to do a lot of dirty and heavy labor every day. Moreover, the conditions in the labor camp are harsh, and most of the prisoners do not live to see their sentences completed and released.

"Twenty years..." Fude muttered absentmindedly while sitting on the ground. Not to mention that he was already middle-aged, even if he was still a teenager, he would not be able to survive so many years in the labor camp.

Jiang Muyu was very satisfied with this result.

However, when she saw Fugui's testimony, she felt that the death penalty was too lenient for him.

Not only did this man rape several peasant girls, but during one rape he strangled the girl to death because she struggled and resisted. However, when the girl's brother came back and discovered his crime, he still refused to repent and killed the girl's brother and threw the body into a dry well in the yard.

This incident was accidentally witnessed by a young tenant farmer in Zaozhuang. He was frightened by the scene and was afraid that Fugui would find out and take revenge on him, so he packed up his bags and left Zaozhuang overnight.

Under Yun Xuan's instruction, Wen Xiu specifically investigated Fugui's case and questioned everyone in Zao Zhuang before obtaining a testimony.

Originally, it would have been too quick to condemn Fugui, but when he was about to leave Zaozhuang, he happened to meet the young tenant farmer who had heard the noise and rushed over to tell him everything he knew.

Wen Xiu sent people to search the dry well, and they saw two corpses. Because it was Fugui's first murder and he acted on the spur of the moment without any prior preparation, he left many traces, which he found soon and obtained another testimony and evidence.

This case has finally come to a conclusion.

Jiang Muyu didn't expect that the Dali Temple would be so efficient and the case was closed in just one afternoon.

Sun Chou personally escorted her out of the Dali Temple and said, "Princess, I will report this case to the Emperor tomorrow. The Emperor will make a decision and give you a complete explanation."

"Okay, thank you for your help, Master Sun."

"This is what I should do."

Jiang Muyu got on the carriage again and returned to the palace.

By this time it was already dark and Liang Jinghe had already returned to the school.

Jiang Muyu returned to Qingyu Courtyard exhausted. She rubbed her aching waist and asked Yunshan, "Where's Tangtang?"

Yunshan said, "After dinner, I went to the garden with Yunyan to digest the food. We should be back by now."

"Um."

Yun Xuan said, "Madam, dinner is already prepared in the kitchen. Should we serve it now?"

"Has the prince had his dinner yet?"

Yunshan shook her head and said, "I asked the housekeeper, and he said the prince has not returned home today."

"Oh...then let's eat first and don't wait for him."

"Yes." Yun Xuan then went downstairs to arrange dinner.

Jiang Muyu was really exhausted today. Her body was fragile to begin with, and it was fine when she had been busy, but now that she suddenly stopped, she felt pain all over her body.

She had no appetite, so she ate a few mouthfuls of food and asked Yunshan to prepare hot water for her to take a bath and go to bed.

She was lying on the beauty couch to rest when Tangtang was led in by Yunyan.

"My Tangtang is back." She immediately stood up and opened her arms towards Tangtang.

However, Tangtang stood there, pouting and looking unhappy, obviously not wanting to get close to her.

Jiang Muyu was stunned. After all the efforts during this period, Tangtang had become much closer to her. Children don't hold grudges by nature, and their emotions are written on their faces. In the past, when she saw her open her arms, Tangtang would happily run into her arms. What happened now?

Yun Yan said angrily, "You don't know, Madam, that Wei Niang just had a long conversation with the princess, which made her unhappy."

Wei Niang was Tangtang's wet nurse. When Jiang Muyu mentioned this person, he frowned and his tone became unhappy. "What did she say?"

Yunyan was about to speak, but Tangtang spoke first: "Mother wants to chase the wet nurse away? Why does mother want to chase the wet nurse away?"

Jiang Muyu could roughly guess what Wei Niang said, so he asked, "When did mother say she wanted to chase her away? But what did she say to Tangtang?"

Tangtang remembered that her nurse had said that she must not tell her mother about this, or her mother would punish her. So she kept her mouth shut and refused to say anything.

Seeing this, what else did Jiang Muyu not understand? Even if Tangtang didn't say it, she could guess roughly that it was just some words that alienated the relationship between them as mother and daughter.

The most important thing now is not to find out what the wet nurse said, but to calm my daughter's emotions first.

Jiang Muyu squatted down so that she could look at Tangtang at eye level. With a gentle smile on her face, she touched the baby's head and said softly, "Mother knows that Tangtang likes her nurse very much, so she won't send her away casually, unless she makes an unforgivable mistake in the future. Then Tangtang must not cover up for the person who made the mistake."

Tangtang said happily: "Is what mother said true?"

"Really, Mom and Tangtang have made a deal."

"Okay." She held out her pinky finger.

Jiang Muyu also stretched out her pinky finger and hooked it with hers, "Pull the hook and hang yourself, and don't change it for a hundred years."

Tangtang finally smiled happily.

Jiang Muyu tickled her nose lovingly and pretended to be sad, "You are angry with mother just because of this. You question mother without asking clearly. Mother is so sad."

Seeing this, Tangtang rushed forward and hugged her neck anxiously, "Mom, don't be sad, Tangtang knows I was wrong."

"Then candy, can you give your mother a bite?"

Tangtang held her face and kissed her hard, but it wasn't enough, so she kissed her lightly twice.

Jiang Muyu was amused and held her back on the beauty couch.

The mother and daughter played for a while until Tangtang felt a little sleepy, and then she let Yunshan carry her down.

She then called Yunyan in to ask, "What did the wet nurse say?"

Yunyan said, "She asked someone to send me away, and I only heard a little when I came back. It was all complaints. She said that she couldn't see the princess for a while, and it was because you were jealous of the princess's preference for her. You used to ignore the princess, and now that the princess has grown up, you want to make up for the mother-daughter relationship and throw her away after using her.

He also said that Your Majesty did not truly love the princess, but only wanted to use her to secure marriage when she grew up, in order to consolidate your own position.

Jiang Muyu's face turned cold when he heard this. This old witch is really good at instigating. Fortunately, Tangtang is still young now and doesn't understand what she said. When the child grows up a little, with such a gossiper around her every day, who knows what her values ​​will be distorted to!

No, she had to act quickly, and remove this malignancy as soon as possible while Tangtang was still young and her feelings for her wet nurse were not as deep as they would be in the later stages.

"Keep a close eye on this vicious woman for now. Once she shows signs of guilt, add more fuel to her fire until she can no longer save herself!"

"Yes." Yun Yan bowed and went back to make the arrangements.

Yunshan came in and told her that the hot water was ready, so she went to the clean room to take a bath. After washing, she was sitting on the couch and asked Yunxuan and Yunshan to help her comb her hair. When she heard that Liang Qingchen had just returned, she went straight to the academy.

In that case, she was too lazy to bother with him and turned off the lights and went to bed when her hair was almost dry.

The next morning, Jiang Muyu had just finished breakfast when he heard Yun Xuan report that Jiang Muxue had arrived.

"Let her in."

After a while, Jiang Muxue came in and bowed to her, "Xue'er has seen sister."

"Sister, there's no need to be so polite. Please sit down. I heard that you caught a cold the other day and had to see a doctor. Are you fully recovered now?"

Everyone here knew the reason why she caught a cold. She wanted to take advantage of the situation yesterday, but Jiang Muyu didn't fall for it and didn't even look at her. So she wisely didn't dare to pretend to be sick anymore.

"It's not a big deal, thank you for worrying about it."