Previously, Shen Yu had told Xiao Yanchu and Su Ruojin that three servants of the Su family had accidentally discovered evidence of the Su family's treasonous crimes while working in different parts of the mansion.
One incident involved a groom in the manor who, while cleaning the stables, discovered letters exchanged between General Su and the Northern Li, containing defense maps.
One incident involved a maid in the mansion who accidentally triggered a mechanism while cleaning Su Yiting's room, discovering a ledger containing records of transactions with Bei Li.
Another story is that when the gardener in the manor was planting flowers, he found an oil paper bag under a green chrysanthemum in the flower bed.
Upon opening it, they discovered a letter between General Su and Bei Li regarding the purchase and transport of weapons and iron ore.
Everyone discovers it unintentionally while working.
But if only one person discovers it, that might be a coincidence. If three people discover it around the same time in different places, would that still be a coincidence?
Moreover, the Su family has so many places to hide these things. Putting aside Su Yiting's room, why would they hide the other letters under the manger and flower bed?
However, the investigators believed that the reason Su Ruojin had these suspicions was precisely because the hiding places were strange, which prevented them from being discovered. This was also the cunning of the Su family.
Hehe, no one will notice.
Didn't this just make it easy for everyone to find out?
However, sometimes the truth is not important; what matters most is how to use things to achieve one's goals.
"Shen Yu is already investigating where those three are being held. I believe we'll have news soon," Xiao Yanchu said.
"Yanchu, don't you think this is a bit strange? With Shen Yu's abilities, he's been searching for these three people for half a month without any news. Do you think they might not be in the capital anymore?" Su Ruojin asked suspiciously.
Although the capital city was the largest city in the entire Chu Dynasty, how big could it be? It couldn't possibly be a megacity with tens of millions of people like those in later generations.
Even with Shen Yu's connections, they still haven't been able to find them. Perhaps these people really aren't in the capital anymore.
But these three are all key figures; if they're not in the capital, where could they be?
“Let’s go to the Deng residence first.” Su Ruojin felt that Su Muyao, who had been raised by her parents since childhood, was not the kind of person who would do something so treacherous. She wanted to ask her herself.
At this moment, An Yi came to the two of them and handed them a letter, "Your Highness, Your Highness, a letter from Xiao Yue."
The letter was sent by Lu Junyuan, who specifically told them that Princess Yuening had died, and that her death was horribly tragic.
Under Mu Hua's daily "care" of tonics, Yu Ning was unable to live and unable to die.
In her agony, she plucked out all her hair, becoming so thin she was skin and bones, her skin dry and clinging to her bones. She had no strength left; it wouldn't be an exaggeration to say she lived like a ghost.
Later on, Yuening stopped crying out in pain and instead kept begging Muhua to kill her.
Ke Muhua was not "willing" to do so, and she always took good care of her with the best medicine.
The new emperor ordered a thorough investigation into Yuening's actions, exposing them to the public. Guards also rescued several men who had been forcibly imprisoned by her from her secluded lake.
Those people also revealed a list of people Princess Yuening had killed, but the list they gave was only a tiny fraction of the number of people who died at Yuening's hands.
With conclusive evidence, the new emperor stripped Princess Yuening of her status, demoted her to a commoner, and sentenced her to be torn apart by five horses.
On the day Yuening died, Muhua made a special trip to the graves of her parents, brother, sister-in-law, and nephew, and poured a cup of clear wine on the ground to comfort the spirit of the deceased.
Mu Hua then returned to the Night Alliance and devoted herself to helping Tao Zhengyu manage the Dark Alliance, becoming the deputy leader of the Howling Moon branch of the Dark Alliance. However, these are stories for another time.
After Empress Wu was imprisoned in the Cold Palace, none of the concubines she had framed let her off the hook.
The day after Empress Wu entered the Cold Palace, she was strangled to death with a rope by the late emperor's concubines who were there.
After the eunuch discovered it, he simply rolled it up in a straw mat and threw it into the mass grave.
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