Seeing this, Kong Xiang lightly tapped the gavel and said, "Summon the witness, Emerald, for questioning."
After a while, when Emerald still hadn't come in, a yamen runner rushed in to report, "Prime Minister, Emerald is missing. The people at Cheng Garden said they haven't seen her since early this morning, and there's no one in her room either."
Upon hearing this, Hongyu was terrified. When she planned the kidnapping, she had already decided to have Emerald act as a witness. Besides, the other servants were all sent by Prime Minister Kong, and she did not trust them, nor did she dare to reveal her plan.
She had planned everything perfectly, but her only miscalculation was that the jade had disappeared!
It seems that Jade has been kidnapped. The only way to help Chen Yu escape punishment is to find Jade.
Thump! She collapsed to the ground and fainted.
*Smack!* Prime Minister Kong hurriedly slammed his gavel and said, “Miss Hongyu has fainted from grief over the loss of her beloved son. This case will be heard again on another day. Mu Chenyu has shown contempt for me. He shall be given twenty strokes of the cane as punishment.”
Upon seeing this, Master Gu hurriedly ordered his men to search for the jade and to go to Cheng Garden to find witnesses. As soon as he stepped out, he encountered Prince Yan.
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Snap snap snap...
Shen Yu was given twenty lashes and then dragged to the courtroom by two bailiffs.
Kong Xiang asked, "Mu Chenyu, numerous witnesses have testified that you threw Zhao Kang'er into the river. Will you confess?"
Shen Yu lay on the ground, shaking her head. Her white dress was stained with blood, and her pale lips trembled involuntarily. Though her voice was weak, her tone remained firm. "Heaven and earth bear witness, the sun and moon proclaim, I, Mu Shen Yu, absolutely did not plot against Zhao Kang'er!"
"Hmph! Still being stubborn even when death is imminent. Wait until Jade arrives, then let's see how you deny it!"
At this moment, Master Gu rushed in to report, "Prime Minister Kong, Prince Yan has come to identify the body. He says that it is definitely not Zhao Kang'er's body and wants the yamen to search for Zhao Kang'er's whereabouts and arrest the real culprit."
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