Chen Zishu bowed and said, "Your Highness is right. The daughter of the Xie family was indeed secretly rescued by Qi Mingrui. In recent years, she has lived in a place called Lijia Village in the suburbs of Beijing. Living there with her are the eldest son born to the prince of Qi and her, and the eldest grandson of the Qi family who drowned in his early years."

Wei Hanzhang's pupils gradually widened. Why didn't she understand something?

It took her a long while to figure out the meaning of the words.

The story about Qi Mingrui's wife hanging herself was fake. In fact, she was still alive, hiding in a village outside Beijing.

Their eldest son, the eldest grandson of the Qi family who died young and was lamented by many people, turned out to have faked his death. He was still alive, but had lost his noble status and lived in the countryside under an assumed name.

Wei Hanzhang had been back in Beijing for less than a year, but she had heard that the princess could not tolerate the legitimate son born to her husband's previous wife, and had plotted to have him murdered.

Even if no one talks about it openly, justice is in the hearts of the people, and countless people are secretly cursing this royal princess for her cruelty.

But in fact, Princess Changle was indeed wronged all these years? The child did not die and returned to her biological mother. It was clear without much thought that Qi Mingrui must have done it.

What on earth was he trying to do? In the hall, no one interrupted him. After a brief pause, Chen Zishu continued.

"After I found out where the daughter of Xie lived, I led the troops there to arrest her..." He sighed softly, "We were a step too late. When we arrived there, the daughter of Xie had already committed suicide by taking poison with the eldest grandson of the Qi family. They only left a letter written in blood, which explained everything she had done in the years she had lived."

He pulled out a folded piece of rice paper from his sleeves with both hands, and red bloodstains could be vaguely seen on it.

Ning Hai took it with both hands and placed it on Xiao Junzhan's desk.

Xiao Junzhan had no intention of flipping through the pages. He just glanced at them and asked, "What did she do?"

Chen Zishu bowed and replied, "The death of Princess Changle's youngest son was caused by Xie."

Not only Xiao Junzhan, but even Wei Hanzhang had expected this and were not surprised at all when they heard it.

Wei Hanzhang was curious about what role Qi Mingrui played in this.

Unexpectedly, what Chen Zishu said next was so surprising.

He said, "It is clearly written in the blood letter left by Xie that Princess Changle has one son and one daughter. Except for the eldest daughter's father, the father of the youngest son is definitely not Qi Mingrui, but a secret guard beside Qi Mingrui."

As Wei Hanzhang listened, his pupils gradually dilated, and even the melon in his hand no longer smelled delicious.

Isn't Princess Changle infatuated with Prince Qi? How could she...

Xiao Junzhan frowned slightly and finally started to look through the blood letter at hand.

As he read line by line, his expression became increasingly gloomy.

When he finally finished reading, he looked up and saw his little girl looking at him eagerly. He looked at her helplessly, handed the blood letter in his hand to her, and said, "Read it."

Wei Hanzhang took it without hesitation and read it carefully.

While she was flipping through the blood letter, Xiao Junzhan waited very patiently. The three court officials in the hall naturally quieted down, lowered their heads and said nothing.

Only Xiao Junzhan looked at her face, seeing her eyes filled with surprise at one moment and sighing at another.

As he watched, the expression on his face softened unconsciously.

No matter what those people were plotting behind his back, she was still sitting right in front of him.

This is God's mercy.

(End of this chapter)