Xu Cheng repeatedly pleaded with the current emperor to rescind his decree, but the emperor remained obstinate.
"His Majesty……."
"Dismiss the court."
As soon as he finished speaking, the dragon throne was empty.
Xu Cheng walked back in a daze, with Song Yiru following behind him in a very open and easy manner.
After leaving the palace, Song Yiru pulled Xu Cheng into a small alley.
“Lord Xu, I have a way to save everyone in the Qiao family.” Song Yiru stared intently at Xu Cheng.
"What method do you have? Please advise, Lord Song." Xu Cheng recognized the relatively unknown Song Yiru.
Song Yiru leaned over and whispered to Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng was shocked after hearing this. "You want to reopen the case of Prince Fu's rebellion?"
Back then, rumors circulated that Prince Fu was plotting a rebellion, resulting in countless deaths and injuries in the capital, their blood staining the moat red. Their revisiting of this old story angers the Emperor, and a repeat of yesterday's tragedy is highly likely.
Xu Cheng was torn. On one hand, the entire Qiao family was doomed if he didn't do something; on the other hand, there was a high probability that innocent civilians in the capital, or even others, would be implicated and die unjustly. Both were matters of life and death, and the usually decisive Xu Cheng hesitated, unable to make a decision.
“Lord Xu, Prince Fu has been wronged.” Song Yiru said this simple sentence.
"Wrongfully accused?" Xu Cheng asked, somewhat stunned.
Song Yiru nodded emphatically.
Since he was wronged, Xu Cheng has a responsibility to clear the name of Prince Fu.
"Okay, I promise you, I will talk to my senior brother about it."
"Thank you, Lord Xu."
Song Yiru bowed to Xu Cheng.
Xu Cheng waved his hands repeatedly, "No, no. But, Lord Song, what does our retrial of the Prince of Fu's rebellion have to do with the innocent release of the Qiao family?"
Song Yiru explained in detail that, in other words, Prince Fu was innocent, and the current emperor would grant Prince Fu's almost any condition or wish without hesitation in order to make amends.
"But what does this have to do with the safety of the Qiao family?"
"When Madam Qiao was imprisoned in the Embroidered Uniform Guard's jail, Prince Fu and Madam Qiao hit it off immediately, and Prince Fu took a great liking to Madam Qiao," Song Yiru said.
Xu Cheng's eyebrows furrowed slightly. Could things not be as he thought?
As an outsider, he could never know the truth of the matter.
The next day.
At the morning court session, Xu Cheng, along with his senior fellow apprentice and other ministers, requested the Emperor to reopen the case of the Prince of Fu's rebellion. The Emperor remained silent for a long time before finally granting the request.
"If you want a retrial, I will grant your request, but if you cannot find any clues, you will bring your heads to me."
After saying this, the current emperor turned and left.
The emperor's wrath could cause millions to die and blood to flow for miles. His Majesty was furious, and Xu Cheng and his men trembled with fear. But things had come to this point, and they had no choice but to go down this path to the bitter end.
The retrial of the "Prince Fu's Rebellion Case" is in full swing. Xu Cheng and his team are working day and night to find evidence. However, due to the passage of time, the physical evidence is incomplete and insufficient, and the witnesses are either dead or have left. It is not easy to find those people again.
The retrial immediately became difficult.
One night, Song Yiru secretly went into the Jingzhao Yin prison to meet Ji Xiaoxiao.
Where is the gold?
Without money, everything is just wishful thinking.
Ji Xiaoxiao said, "There is a small lake in my mansion. Send someone to dig it up. It will be enough for you to use for ten days or half a month."
Song Yiru hummed in agreement.
"By the way, I think you could investigate Zhou Xu, the former commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."
"Zhou Xu?"
"It was Zhou Xu who presented the so-called letter that Prince Fu and General Qi Yuan of Zhenwei were plotting a rebellion. Everything started with that letter. Now that you're reopening the case, you're stuck and have no clues. Why don't you start from the beginning? Maybe you can find some clues," Ji Xiaoxiao suggested.
Song Yiru lowered his eyes and thanked Ji Xiaoxiao.
After leaving the prison of the Prefect of the Capital, Song Yiru immediately gathered his men and secretly sneaked into the uninhabited Qiao Mansion. They dug up a large pile of gold nuggets in the small lake of the Qiao Mansion. The nuggets were irregular in shape, some large and some small.
"Master, these?"
"No need to say more, quickly tell people to move this gold away. Remember, be quick and quiet, and don't alert anyone."
"Yes, Master."
With the gold provided by Ji Xiaoxiao, Song Yiru's men searched high and low, finally uncovering the witnesses from that year. Even more coincidentally, they unearthed several useful clues from Zhou Xu, who had been retired for many years.
Three days later, the truth about the Prince Fu's rebellion was finally revealed.
Prince Fu did not rebel; it was all Zhou Xu's doing. His motive was that Prince Fu "stole" Zhou Xu's childhood sweetheart.
The current emperor held the memorial with a blank expression, his fingers gripping so tightly that the veins in his hands bulged out.
"I personally selected Princess Fu for Prince Fu," the Emperor murmured.
Previously, Prince Fu and Princess Fu did not know each other at all.
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