Wu Yi struggled on the rack. Yu Qizhe looked at him calmly, "Lord Shen has been called into the palace by the Emperor."
Wu Yi was stunned and looked up at Yu Qizhe, waiting for his next words.
Yu Qizhe lowered his voice and said, "The emperor is suspicious of Lord Shen."
Wu Yi understood the implication of his words. Shen Tian might be in danger. He pursed his dry lips and asked, "What did Lord Shen say?"
Everyone knows how ruthless the means used by Emperor Mingzheng to ascend the throne. Harboring the eldest princess's orphan was a thorn in Emperor Mingzheng's side.
Yu Qizhe: "The elder asked you to take all the responsibility, and he will protect your family."
Wu Yi narrowed his eyes, stared at Yu Qizhe sharply, and sneered, "The elder wouldn't say that."
Yu Qizhe raised the corner of his lips and said, "The Imperial Concubine has fallen out of favor, and the Lord is suspected by the Emperor. Now that we are attacked from both sides, we must clean up this matter as soon as possible. The person was found in your Wu family. Lord Wu is a smart man and should know that this is the best outcome."
Wu Yi closed his eyes and said nothing more.
When Lord Shen handed the person over to him, he said that he was worried about leaving the person out there, and that sooner or later he would personally deliver the person to the emperor, but the timing of handing the person over was very important and it had to be done wisely.
He thought...that the arrest of people by the Shenshu Camp was arranged by the elder.
However, if it was really arranged, why didn't the elder tell him the news in advance?
Wu Yi has been reluctant to speak these past few days, but he is just hoping for a better future after reaching the end of his rope.
Seeing that Wu Yi still refused to speak, Yu Qizhe's eyes flashed with impatience. At this moment, a yamen runner came in and reported: "Sir, someone is coming from the palace. The emperor summons you to the palace."
Yu Qizhe responded calmly, changed his bloodstained robe, put on his official robes, and was about to leave the Dali Temple when the jailer came over and said, "Sir, Wu Yi said he wants to confess and wants to see you."
Yu Qizhe frowned, entered the prison again, and came to the dark punishment hall, "Master Wu, have you figured it out so quickly?"
Seeing him coming, Wu Yi asked, "If I confess everything, will you ensure that my whole family is safe?"
"Even if Lord Wu doesn't believe me, he should believe Lord Shen." Yu Qizhe said.
Wu Yi gritted his teeth and said, "I was the one who hid the person. My family didn't know about it. My wife even thought she was my mistress. You write the confession and I'll sign it."
Yu Qizhe smiled faintly, "No hurry, when did you hide the person? How did you find her? How do you know that she is the traitor left behind by Princess Huaiyang's mansion? Are you harboring a traitor to rebel or to threaten His Majesty? If Lord Wu doesn't explain these things one by one, I'm afraid it will be difficult for me to report to His Majesty."
Wu Yi took a deep breath, looked at Yu Qizhe, smiled bitterly and said, "I don't know anything, how can you let me explain? The elder handed the person to me. Since you are his man, don't make things difficult for me. Let the elder rest assured, I, Wu Yi, will take full responsibility for this matter."
"Then how did you know her identity?" Yu Qizhe asked immediately.
Wu Yi said: "She has a jade button on her body. I have seen it before. The emperor's eldest grandson Zhu Yu also has an identical jade button on his body. Many of the former emperor's old ministers should have seen that jade button."
Yu Qizhe narrowed his eyes. He remembered that Yu Jiao had lost a jade button in Qingzhou. If that jade button belonged to Yu Jiao...
"Just a jade button?"
Wu Yi shook his head. "She has a small red mole on her back. This was told to me by an old nanny who once served the little princess and returned to her hometown to retire. I had someone check it out, and it turned out that Su He has a small red mole on her back in the exact same position as the old nanny said."
It does make sense. Shen Tian must have given the jade button to Su He on purpose and forged Su He's identity as the eldest princess' orphan. He wanted to use it to do something. But before Shen Tian could use Su He, the matter was exposed.
Yu Qizhe hesitated for a while. Shen Tian knew that Su He was a fake. In order to prove his innocence in front of Emperor Ming Zheng, he might tell Emperor Ming Zheng that Su He was a fake. However, the jade button was lost among the people, and Emperor Ming Zheng would definitely suspect that the eldest princess's orphan was still alive. In this way, Yu Jiao would be in danger.
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