After her initial shock, Su Fei narrowed her eyes coldly: "This means that those who were assassins yesterday were not our assassins at all, or that someone deliberately put the black snake mark on those assassins to frame us today!"
Xuanyuan Yu had just considered this possibility as well, and frowned, saying, "I will investigate what exactly happened to those corpses yesterday."
Upon hearing this, Consort Su looked at Xuan Yuan Yu and said, "I can't get out now, so I can only rely on you to do these things. You must rescue your second uncle."
It's all that damned Bai Fuya's fault! If the Emperor hadn't favored Bai Fuya, she wouldn't have been confined to her quarters for a month! Now she can only watch helplessly as they are schemed against!
Xuanyuan Yu's eyes shimmered slightly as he spoke, "What if there's no room for maneuver?"
He wasn't at the scene when the incident happened today, but he heard that his father had already handed the matter over to the three judicial departments for joint investigation. From the time he was born until now, the number of times his father has joined forces with the three judicial departments can be counted on one hand, which shows how much his father values this matter!
Moreover, this time Xuanyuan Zhan even shielded his father from the sword. Given how much his father favors Bai Shi and Xuanyuan Zhan, how could he not seek justice for them?
If it can be proven that Su Renyi has nothing to do with this, that would be fine. But the worst-case scenario is that the person who set this up has done it flawlessly, and they can't find any evidence to prove Su Renyi's innocence. That would be a real problem!
Consort Su understood Xuan Yuan Yu's meaning perfectly well, and suddenly said sternly, "Your success and mine are all thanks to your two uncles. You should know how important your uncles are!"
Xuan Yuan Yu scoffed at Su Fei's words in his heart!
Was it because of her two uncles?
It's clearly all thanks to her uncle!
If it weren't for my maternal uncle establishing the Su family army, fighting for my father in the south and north, suppressing the vassal kings, and ensuring my father's ascension to the throne, my mother's current status would be entirely due to my father's gratitude for my maternal uncle's support of the emperor. What does it have to do with Su Renyi?
Su Renyi is a cowardly and incompetent man, just an obedient dog. He has no skills other than dragging his feet. If his uncle hadn't passed away, they wouldn't need to support Su Renyi at all!
Seeing Xuan Yuan Yu's expression, Su Fei knew what he was thinking and reiterated, "No matter what, you must rescue your second uncle!"
He simply did not understand that Su Renyi was not just Su Renyi, but the entire Su family, the support for his mother and son, and the Su family army behind the Su family.
Therefore, Su Renyi absolutely cannot be allowed to get into trouble!!
"I know." Xuan Yuan Yu got up and left impatiently.
Watching his hurried departure, Su Fei cried out anxiously, "You must save your second uncle!"
Xuanyuan Yu was so annoyed by Su Fei's calls that he went straight to Dali Temple after leaving Huayang Palace.
The three departments jointly supervised the assassination attempt at the Xishan Hunting Ground, so they were all temporarily gathered at the Dali Temple, and Su Renyi and Shao Kun were imprisoned in the Dali Temple's secret dungeon.
When Qiu Ye and the other two heard that Xuan Yuan Yu had arrived, they felt a headache coming on and hurriedly came out to greet him: "Your subject pays respects to the Third Prince."
Xuanyuan Yu entered the main hall and immediately asked, "How is the investigation going?"
Qiu Ye quickly bowed and replied, "It's still under review."
"I wish to see Su Renyi." Xuan Yuan Yu took the main seat in the main hall.
Qiu Ye and the other two exchanged a glance, then bowed again and said, "We are truly sorry, but His Majesty has ordered that no one is allowed to see Lord Su. We hope Your Highness will understand."
"What if I insist on seeing you?" Xuan Yuan Yu casually looked at his slightly long fingernails, but his voice was very forceful.
Qiu Ye's face darkened instantly upon hearing this.
Zhu Yu disliked the attitude of these powerful and influential people the most. In the years he had served as Minister of Justice, he had never been afraid of any of them. He immediately said firmly, "Then please bring His Majesty's imperial edict to see us. We dare not disobey the imperial edict!"
Xuanyuan Yu raised his eyes coldly to look at Zhu Yu. Seeing his tough and unyielding expression, he felt even more irritated.
However, since they were using his father's name to pressure him in every word, he didn't dare to cause trouble: "Then can I at least meet those assassins?"
Seeing that Xuan Yuan Yu had backed down, Zhu Yu and the others also yielded a bit: "You can't see the assassin leader Shao Kun either, but if Your Highness wishes to see the other assassins, we can make arrangements."
"Then bring them all out, dead and alive." Those assassins were Xuan Yuan Yu's main purpose in coming here.
He wanted to see what secrets these assassins were hiding.
"yes."
Zhu Yu agreed and glanced at the yamen runner beside him.
The constables immediately went to take the people away.
A moment later, the constables carried over several corpses.
Xuanyuan Yu glanced at the still relatively fresh corpses and said with dissatisfaction, "Only a few?"
Qiu Ye bowed: "These bodies were all brought back from the Xishan Hunting Ground. All the bodies brought back from the Xishan Hunting Ground are the same. There are also a few scattered in the Ministry of Justice and the Supervision Department."
The Emperor took this matter very seriously, so not only did the three of them gather at the Dali Temple to investigate, but the Ministry of Justice and the Inspectorate were also busy. All three departments were studying the case from top to bottom.
Since they were all the same, Xuan Yuan Yu didn't insist on having them all. He simply frowned and asked, "I heard that Xuan Yuan Zhan also brought a batch of assassin corpses into the palace yesterday?"
"Yes, there is." Qiu Ye was suspicious, not understanding what Xuan Yuan Yu was planning to do, but he didn't dare to disobey him.
Qiu Ye gestured to the constables.
The constables withdrew again, and soon returned carrying several more corpses.
Xuanyuan Yu noticed that the two batches of corpses were not in the same state of freshness, and he knew that the one sent later was indeed the one that had been sent to the palace yesterday.
Xuanyuan Yu stepped down from the main seat and circled the two groups of corpses.
The clothes on these corpses had all been stripped off, so Xuanyuan Yu could clearly see every detail of these corpses.
He quickly noticed the black snake tattoos on the backs of their hands and arms: "I heard these assassins are from the Black Snake Society?"
"Yes." Qiu Ye looked at Pang Hui.
Pang Hui then reported: "The Black Serpent Society is the largest assassin organization in the capital. They will accept any mission as long as the reward is in full. They assassinated the Grand Historian, the entire family of Imperial Censor Li (56 members), and also Captain Zhang..."
Xuanyuan Yu had no interest in listening to their ramblings and immediately raised his hand to interrupt: "How can you be so sure that these assassins are from the Black Serpent Society?"
The question stunned Qiu Ye and the others, who blurted out, "They have black snake tattoos on their hands, which is the exclusive mark of the Black Snake Society. Moreover, Shao Kun himself admitted that they are from the Black Snake Society!"
Since the leader has already admitted it, what controversy could there possibly be?
Xuanyuan Yu stared at the not-so-fresh assassin corpses and said, "Even if the assassins from the West Mountain Hunting Grounds are from the Black Serpent Society, how can you be so sure that the ones Xuanyuan Zhan sent to the palace yesterday were definitely Black Serpent Society assassins?"
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