Nanxing and the waiter from the clinic brought out three chairs.
Fu Bai sat down gracefully, and Old Mrs. Chen sat down next to him as well. She showed no signs of nervousness and remained completely calm.
Mrs. Chen glanced at her mother-in-law, then at Fu Bai.
Seeing that the two of them were extremely calm, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
But she was still a little nervous. While everyone else was talking, she turned to the old lady and asked softly, "Mother, is everything alright at home?"
The old lady was resting with her eyes closed when she heard this, and shook her head: "Don't worry, with the prince and princess here, nothing will happen."
Then, the First Madam glanced at the calm and composed Fu Bai.
Fu Bai turned his head and smiled slightly at her.
The First Madam's heart was truly at peace because of Fu Bai's smile.
A quarter of an hour later, the bailiffs brought their master.
Compared to the arrogance of the constable, this official was much more humble. He came to Fu Bai, first bowed respectfully to Fu Bai, and then introduced himself.
"Your humble servant, Yuan Kunlin, Minister of Justice, greets Your Highness."
"You're too kind, Lord Yuan," Fu Bai smiled slightly, then glanced around with his fox-like eyes and asked, "Lord Yuan, could you tell me what exactly happened?"
Yuan Kunlin cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness, yesterday someone filed a complaint with the Emperor, accusing Chen Qiwen of the Chen family of deceiving his master and ancestors, and Chen Cangshu of deceiving the Emperor. The Emperor has ordered me to thoroughly investigate this matter. If I have offended Your Highness, please forgive me."
Fu Bai: "Lord Yuan, as you have seen, if you were to take me away today based solely on suspicion, the people of the capital would not agree."
Yuan Kunlin raised his hand to wipe the sweat from his forehead: "Yes, yes."
He never expected that the people of the capital would support the Prince Li's Mansion and Princess Li to such an extent.
Fu Bai continued, "Why not do as I said before and have the people who accused my Chen family come out and confront me face to face? If the evidence is conclusive, so what if I go to your Ministry of Justice prison?"
Yuan Kunlin hesitated.
Just then, a constable stepped forward and whispered in Yuan Kunlin's ear, "Sir, the people who went to the Chen family failed to take away Physician Chen."
Yuan Kunlin's gaze darkened, and he asked in a low voice, "Why?"
"The Chen residence is guarded by Black Armor Army soldiers, so our men dare not go in."
Those dozens of black-armored soldiers stood guard in front of the Chen residence like demons, their blades seemingly carrying a bloodthirsty aura. How could they dare to snatch anyone from the black-armored soldiers?
"Black Armor Army..."
Yuan Kunlin pondered these three words carefully, and some thoughts began to form in his mind.
When Yuan Kunlin looked at Fu Bai again, his attitude became much more respectful.
He said with a smile, "The princess is right. Wherever a case is tried doesn't matter. It's fairer when the people are present to witness it."
After saying that, he said loudly, "Someone, go and summon Doctor Chu from Huichuntang."
"Your Highness, do you think we should invite the old master over as well?"
Fu Bai shook his head: "Grandpa is too old, so we won't trouble him."
Yuan Kunlin obediently replied, "Okay."
Not long after, Chu Yimeng was brought to the entrance of Chen's Medical Clinic by the constables. When she saw Fu Bai sitting calmly in a chair, she frowned deeply.
She said with righteous indignation, "Lord Yuan, if I remember correctly, Chen Fubai is a suspect, isn't he? How can the suspect sit while the official in charge of the trial stands?"
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