But the person is dead, there's no way to verify the story, and Madam Liang pretended to faint, so naturally, the matter couldn't be investigated any further.
Shen Qingyu smiled faintly and stood up: "In that case, we'll take our leave now."
Lady Dingguo felt very guilty and gave Shen Qingyu many pieces of jewelry, silk, bird's nest, and lingzhi mushrooms, saying it was to calm Shen Qingyu's nerves. She also warmly invited Shen Qingyu to come and play alone again next time.
Shen Qingyu knew that this matter was not the fault of the Duchess of Dingguo, so she waved her hand and took her leave.
At first glance, it seems like the matter is over.
But in fact, it's not over yet.
The dissolute young master who had been thrown out by Qi Yunxiao was secretly taken by the Dragon Guards to an underground torture chamber in a secret mansion.
After a severe beating, the dissolute young man said everything he should and shouldn't have said.
The dissolute young master was Gao Yuanfeng, the eldest son of Gao Rongxing, the Minister of Rites.
Unfortunately, his first wife died young, and his second wife bore him several more children. This eldest son, who was deliberately spoiled by his second wife, became a dissolute.
He usually bullied respectable women and acted tyrannically in the capital, so Minister Gao always disliked him.
But this doesn't mean that Minister Gao could just stand by and watch him disappear or even die.
So Minister Gao went to the government office to file a complaint, saying that his son had gone missing and he suspected that he had been murdered.
After an investigation, the authorities discovered that the last person Gao Yuanfeng saw was a cousin of the wife of the Vice Minister of the Ministry of Personnel, Lady Liang.
As soon as the coward was taken to the authorities, he immediately confessed to the death of Madam Liang's personal maid.
They're all seasoned foxes; who wouldn't understand the intricacies of this situation?
Minister of Rites Gao Rongxing was furious. He knelt directly in the Golden Palace, tears streaming down his face, and demanded an explanation from Vice Minister of Personnel Hou Xucheng: "Although my son is useless, he is still the only bloodline left by my legal wife. I beg you, Lord Hou, to return my child to me, alive or dead!"
As soon as he finished speaking, Gao Rongxing slammed his head hard on the golden brick floor of the Golden Palace, drawing blood from his forehead!
The entire court was dumbfounded!
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