Sheng Yuanhe has not been released yet, but Consort Wan has been released. If the Wan family is not suppressed, it is not entirely impossible for her to regain favor in the future.
Sheng Zixi was anxious because the investigation had dragged on for too long, and he didn't have much time left.
As for Sheng Jingyu's request to kill the guard a day later, Sheng Zixi didn't care.
The person is already in his hands; how long they live is up to him.
But what he didn't expect was that the man suddenly died in prison...
The time of his sudden death was the same as the time he went to the Prince Chen's residence to pick up someone.
He was given exactly one day, not an extra hour. Sheng Jingyu had already made his plans!
He had just asked when he learned that the Duke of Wan had supported Sheng Yuanhe in embezzling military funds and had even helped him kill many people to cover up the evidence.
Sheng Yuanhe was dismissed because of corruption. The Duke of Wanguo was also involved in that matter and helped him destroy the evidence.
Without the Duke of Wan's help, Sheng Yuanhe's crimes would have been more serious, and his punishment would have been more severe.
Just as things were starting to look amiss, the guard died. Enraged, Sheng Zixi rushed to Prince Chen's residence to confront Sheng Jingyu.
I didn't see Sheng Jingyu, but I did see Su Wenyuan burning paper money as a form of mourning.
Right in the front courtyard of Prince Chen's residence, in the very center, without any attempt to conceal it.
"What...what are you doing?" Sheng Zixi didn't dare to get close, suspecting that Su Wenyuan was mentally ill.
Su Wenyuan looked at him, then glanced at the gold ingot in her hand, and asked, "Blind?"
Sheng Zixi stammered, "You...you were burning paper money in the courtyard of the mansion?"
He had never seen it before, so he felt that this was wrong and unreasonable.
When asked why he couldn't do it, he didn't know; he just felt it shouldn't be done.
Su Wenyuan asked in confusion, "If I'm not outside, why would I burn it in the room? Wouldn't the house be gone?"
"Why can't you understand what I'm saying?" Sheng Zixi walked over, squatted down, tore off two pieces of yellow paper, and threw them into the fire, saying, "This is the Prince's mansion; these things cannot be seen openly."
Su Wenyuan suddenly realized, "Oh, I see. But I'm in charge of the Prince's residence. If I think it's okay, then it's okay."
She wanted to talk to Marquis Anle about what she had recently discovered.
Sheng Zixi casually tore off two more pieces of yellow paper and asked, "So, who are you commemorating?"
“My maternal grandfather, and my mother.”
Sheng Zixi's eyes widened, and he pulled out the paper he had just thrown in, but the fire burned so fast that it almost burned his hand.
If he had known it was Marquis Anle, why would he have joined in the fun? He really had no patience for this.
Su Wenyuan found it amusing and reminded him, "If you burn paper money for the dead and then take it back, aren't you afraid they'll come looking for you in the middle of the night?"
"Stop talking nonsense!" Sheng Zixi stood up guiltily. "Where is Prince Chen? I have something to discuss with him."
Su Wenyuan asked unhurriedly, "What is it?"
Sheng Zixi angrily asked, "What did you say? What happened to that guard? How did he die?"
Su Wenyuan asked innocently, "How would I know? The person died in your hands, ask you."
Sheng Zixi's mind went blank for a moment, a mixture of shock and disbelief. He realized another problem.
They hadn't given him the person before because they were afraid he would kill him to cover it up. Now that the person has actually died in his hands, in just one day, how is he going to explain this?
"You! You plotted against me?" Sheng Zixi was furious, her anger rising, and her face turned red.
Su Wenyuan said, "The prince only gave you one day and told you how to silence him. If you do as he says, you'll be fine. But you didn't listen and tried to keep him alive longer. Isn't that wrong?"
Sheng Zixi was rendered speechless, as if he were in the wrong.
Su Wenyuan said with a smile, "Since you're already dead, don't even think about coming here to cause trouble. The Prince is in the palace, trying to exonerate the Duke of Wan. If you arrive late, you won't get anything."
It wasn't exactly an exoneration, but rather a way to show the emperor how "considerate" he was.
This matter has caused quite a stir. Since we still can't find out the truth, let's release the person first to avoid further gossip and rumors.
It's not too late to take action after we find evidence and confirm that it was him.
This was what Su Wenyuan promised to Duke Wan.
But the Duke of Wanguo won't be released so easily. The one who will cause him trouble next is Sheng Zixi.
Sheng Zixi investigated for half a month but found nothing, and he had no way to explain it to the Emperor.
To make himself appear less useless, he would pin other charges on the Duke of Wan.
If they didn't go to the palace soon, it would be too late, and the Duke of Wanguo would be released.
Sheng Zixi left in a hurry. No sooner had he left than news came that the Emperor had dismissed the guards at the entrance of the Duke of Wan's mansion.
Taking advantage of this brief moment, Su Wenyuan sent someone to the Duke of Wanguo's residence to offer her congratulations.
This is to prove that he did not break his promise.
Immediately afterwards, Consort Wan in the palace also received news that Sheng Jingyu was no longer investigating the assassination attempt and that the guards outside the mansion had been withdrawn. Consort Wan was overjoyed.
But the matter was not over yet. Sheng Zixi entered the palace and reported to the emperor that the Duke of Wan had interfered with the appointment of officials in the Ministry of Personnel.
He also helped Sheng Yuanhe clean up evidence and murder witnesses, and he said that all of this was told to him by the guard.
The emperor was furious and ordered that the Duke of Wan be brought to the palace so that he could question him personally.
The Duke of Wanguo had just regained his freedom and hadn't even had time to be happy when he was summoned to the palace.
Faced with the evidence presented by Sheng Zixi, the Duke of Wanguo argued that he knew nothing.
Sheng Zixi said that these were all confessions from people around him, and the evidence was conclusive, so denying it was useless.
The Duke of Wan proposed a face-to-face confrontation with that man.
Now it was Sheng Zixi's turn to be silent. He glared fiercely at Sheng Jingyu.
“Father, that man died suddenly in prison today and cannot come out to confront us, but what he confessed to is all true. The Duke of Wan did more than just these things; he also helped Sheng Yuanhe kill someone to cover it up, which was also confessed by that man himself.”
Upon hearing that the person had died, the Duke of Wanguo breathed a sigh of relief.
She thought to herself that Su Wenyuan was indeed a woman of her word, but that the Eighth Prince was just too annoying.
"Your Majesty!" Duke Wan knelt down excitedly. "That guard has been slandering me from beginning to end. His words cannot be trusted. I don't know what the Eighth Prince is up to."
"Now that he's dead and there's no way to verify it, he can say whatever he wants, but I can't die unjustly because of these baseless rumors!"
The Emperor looked at Sheng Zixi with displeasure, blaming him for not protecting the person properly.
The Duke of Wanguo added, "I heard that when the assassination was entrusted to the Eighth Prince, he went to the Prince Chen's residence to ask for the guard, but the Prince and Princess Chen refused. The Princess Chen was afraid that if the person fell into the hands of the Eighth Prince, he would kill him."
"Now it seems that Princess Consort Chen's worries were not unfounded. The person was kept in Prince Chen's mansion for more than half a month without any accidents, but died suddenly after only one day in the hands of the Eighth Prince!"
Not only did Sheng Zixi not gain anything, but she was also falsely accused. Furious, she asked, "What reason do I have to silence her?"
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