Chapter 304 The Truth of the Matter

Lord Shen just stood aside, waiting to replenish Lord Rong.

This was the most comfortable assignment Prime Minister Lin had ever performed.

He was appointed to the position in times of crisis after Prime Minister Cui fell from power.

Although this prime minister holds a high position of power, he used to be a corrupt official, a very corrupt official at that. What's more, he was a corrupt official who wanted to commit treason.

So the stall he left behind was really difficult to clean up.

Not to mention all the connections he had in the past, he would have to clean them up one by one.

The past six months have really worn out his old frame.

Yesterday, His Majesty specifically asked him to handle this case together with Lord Rong and Lord Shen in the court. He was really overwhelmed.

Lord Rong and Lord Shen are both upright people. When they work on a case together, there are bound to be quarrels.

I guess His Majesty asked me to help because he was afraid that the two of them would fight.

But this time, the Emperor of Great Chu and Prime Minister Lin were wrong. Lord Rong and Lord Shen got along very well, and because both of them were very serious in investigating the case, Prime Minister Lin didn't have to worry about anything.

"Now, the Second Prince has sent He Yunyao to the Dali Temple." Lord Rong shook his head. "It's a pity, but a child of around ten years old has become a little crazy."

Since Rong Wenmiao is of similar age to He Yunyao, Lord Rong feels deeply moved.

"Ahem..." Lord Shen deliberately coughed twice, signaling Lord Rong to get to the point.

But in his heart he was secretly criticizing: You still have the mood to sympathize with He Yunyao here. He Yunyao admitted it herself this morning. She said that He Yunyao's original plan was to kidnap your daughter.

But he had not yet had the time to communicate this matter with Lord Rong.

Lord Rong quickly came back to his senses: "This banquet was jointly hosted by He Yunyao and the Third Princess, and many young ladies from official families went there for the Third Princess's reputation."

"But when Lin Yin left, she got on my family's carriage."

Lord Rong was interrupted by Lord Shen when he got to this point: "This morning, He Yunyao told me something. He said that He Yunyao and the third princess were originally targeting Miss Rong."

When Lord Shen said this, Lord Rong looked at him in surprise.

They were targeting Wen Miao? So that made sense, why those bandits would have hijacked his carriage.

So Lin Yin was an innocent victim.

Thinking of this, Lord Rong turned his head and looked at the Emperor of Great Chu, but he could not say a word.

"But for some reason, Miss Lin insisted on exchanging carriages with Miss Rong." Although Lord Shen felt sorry for Lord Rong, he still explained calmly, "So it was hijacked by those bandits."

"This Miss He family is deliberately trying to kill Miss Rong family, so there is no way for her to contact these people."

"So after I found out that the gang had kidnapped the wrong person, I could only sit at home and worry. There was nothing I could do."

"What we waited for was Lin Yin's tortured body."

Lord Rong finally responded: "Why did Miss He and the Third Princess target Wen Miao?"

Lord Shen looked up at the Great Chu Emperor before continuing, "He Yunyao is in love with the Second Prince."

Lord Rong knew clearly that He Yunyao was attracted to the Second Prince, and most of the ladies in the harem were trying to match the Second Prince with Wen Miao, so...

Prime Minister Lin had naturally never heard of this, so he continued to ask, "What about the third princess?"

Several people were talking to each other, and no one noticed that the face of the Emperor of Chu was getting darker and darker.

So he finally understood why Xingyu forced Rong Wenmiao to kneel for no reason when she entered the palace that day.

It turned out that he was just seeking revenge against Rong Wenmiao because his previous plot had failed.

But Xingyu had never left the palace before and had little contact with people outside the palace, so why would she target Rong Wenmiao?

Thinking of this, the Emperor of Great Chu also looked up at the Minister of Dali Temple, waiting for his answer.

Lord Shen just shook his head: "He Yunyao didn't know about this, she just said that when she found the third princess, the third princess agreed without hesitation."

"Go on." The Great Chu Emperor had other plans in mind, so he motioned for them to continue.

Lord Rong swallowed his saliva and continued, "Later, it was indeed as He Yong said. Zhou also found a group of people from the underworld. When He Yong was sending He Yunyao away, they kidnapped her and sold her to the kiln."

"I have also checked the kiln, but it seems that it has been closed since Zhao Saiyuan's death. Now it is empty."

"And He Yunyao also admitted it," Lord Shen said, "It was indeed she who killed Zhao Saiyuan, and she kept mumbling that he had defiled her and that he deserved to die."

Lord Shen said this and exchanged a glance with Lord Rong: "Lord Rong and I speculate that perhaps Zhao Saiyuan has been to this secret kiln, and that He Yunyao..."

Lord Shen didn't finish what he said, but everyone present naturally understood.

In this way, the two things His Majesty entrusted us with have been settled.

The next important task for them was to investigate the case of He Yuyao suing He Yong. Since both cases were related to He Yong, they naturally had to investigate thoroughly and then punish him for multiple crimes.

The Emperor of Great Chu also kept Prime Minister Lin alone.

"According to Prime Minister Lin's opinion, how should we deal with the matter of the Third Prince pulling the court officials?"

When the Great Chu Emperor said this, Prime Minister Lin immediately knelt down and said, "I dare not."

After looking at him with disgust, the Great Chu Emperor also said with some dissatisfaction: "Don't dare, don't dare, I see that you are quite daring to deceive your superiors and deceive your subordinates."

Prime Minister Lin was about to say "I dare not" again, but he did not dare to speak again.

"I am guilty!"

"Hurry up and get up. Since I have promoted you to the position of Prime Minister, I trust you. Just tell me what you want to say."

Prime Minister Lin paused for a long time, and finally spoke: "In the past few days, Lord Rong and Lord Shen have been busy investigating the matter of He Yong. I have also privately investigated the Third Prince's instructions according to your majesty's instructions."

"I wonder if your majesty still remembers that Prime Minister Cui had a military advisor named Ning Xu. After his son escaped a disaster, he became a eunuch for the Third Prince."

"Because of the incident with the maid in the Third Prince's palace, Zhengzhong was also punished."

"But this is exactly what I did. I helped the Third Prince contact a lot of court officials."

Having said that, Prime Minister Lin couldn't help but look up at the Emperor of Great Chu.

Seeing that there was no change of expression on his face, he continued speaking.

"But later, after Zhengzhong's death, the Third Prince suddenly stepped up his efforts and found Guo Ping."

"Minister of Revenue Guo Ping?" The Emperor of Great Chu finally spoke.

Prime Minister Lin nodded and said, "That's right. Guo Ping was once a student of Prime Minister Cui. The Third Prince went to Guo's mansion once, and the next day, Guo Ping took refuge with the Third Prince."