The next morning, Luo Lan got up early. Leng Yu tidied her clothes and looked at her with a loving face.
"Lan'er, Lord Yu is an honest man. Although he is in court, you can speak your mind without fear. However, even if Leng Yun was the one who ordered this, that little Zhuzi will not identify him in court. If he doesn't, you must not expose him. You must find sufficient evidence to confront him. After all, he is the crown prince, and we in the Yu Palace should still be cautious of him."
Luo Lan raised her hand and playfully pressed the tip of his nose, pouting and humming coquettishly.
"Are you scared?"
"I'm not afraid."
Leng Yu shook his head without hesitation. "I'm not afraid of anything, but I don't want you to take risks when I can't stand by your side openly. He's the crown prince. As long as he's on the throne, we can't confront him head-on. I'm afraid you'll be wronged. Please listen to me, okay?"
Seeing his serious expression, Luo Lan pouted, put her hands on his neck, and nodded gently.
"Okay, I'll listen to you, my husband. I'll listen to everything you say."
Leng Yu raised his hand and caressed the tip of her nose lovingly, and said softly and lovingly:
"My husband hopes that you will be well and stay by my side as my little woman. I feel uneasy and sorry for you for going out and facing the storms outside alone."
"Don't say that."
She raised her hand and blocked his lips. "I can handle this little thing. Don't forget what I told you. I am a person with special abilities from thousands of years ago. In the era I lived in, technology and ruthlessness coexisted. These little tricks of the ancients can't do anything to me."
Hearing her say this, Leng Yu couldn't help but pull her into his arms, resting his chin on her hair, whispering softly,
"I believe you are someone with special abilities. How could I, Leng Yu, be so worthy as to embrace such a person with special abilities."
His words were half true and half false. Luo Lan knew that he must have thought he was joking.
But it’s okay this way. No matter what, it’s better not to take things too seriously.
In the court of Shuntian Prefecture.
Lord Yu sat in the main seat, looking at Xiao Zhuzi and Xiao Feng kneeling in the hall, then looked at Luo Lan and Leng Yun standing on either side, and suddenly covered his mouth and coughed lightly.
"The case I'm trying today is somewhat unusual. One of the two prisoners is Xiao Zhuzi, the Crown Prince's attendant, and the other is a servant in Prince Yu's mansion. Logically, this case should be tried by the Ministry of Justice, but the Ministry has recently seen a surge in cases. Therefore, I will spare them the trouble and take over this case. Please, have the Crown Prince and Princess Yu take a seat."
Hearing this, Leng Yun glanced at Luo Lan sideways. Luo Lan also pulled the corner of his mouth and looked at him with disdain, and then they sat down.
Seeing that everyone was seated, Lord Yu slammed the gavel heavily and asked sternly,
"Xiao Zhuzi, tell me why you wanted to poison Prince Yu's Dazhi?"
Xiao Zhuzi swallowed his saliva, secretly looked up at Leng Yun, and then whispered:
"I...I just can't stand him."
"You're talking nonsense."
Luo Lan pointed at her and said coldly:
"You've only met Dazhi a few times, and you say you don't like him? Then let me ask you, what do you dislike about him? Do you have any private dealings with him?"
Hearing him say this, Leng Yun frowned and stopped him:
"Princess Yu, this is in the courtroom, and Lord Yu is even sitting there. You are merely an observer. It is unreasonable for you to question Xiao Zhuzi like this."
Then, he clasped his fists towards the adults and said:
"I hope you, Lord, will understand this."
Yu Shiming slammed the gavel and said coldly:
"No one who is not involved, please don't talk."
Luo Lan frowned and glared at Leng Yun who was looking at her smugly.
Lord Yu looked at Xiao Zhuzi and asked again:
"You said you don't like Prince Yu's Dazhi. Why is that? Do you have any private dealings with him?"
Xiao Zhuzi swallowed nervously again, and after a moment of silence, he stretched his neck and replied simply:
"Yes, last time we met on the street, he bumped into me. I asked him to apologize but he refused, so I thought of giving him a lesson. Now he's not dead, so there's no need to make such a fuss, sir! Besides, this was Xiao Feng who did it, what does it have to do with me?"
Hearing him say this, Lord Yu slammed the gavel heavily, "Xiao Feng, tell me, what did he say to you, and how did he bribe you?"
Xiao Feng was sweating profusely at this time. Lord Yu saw this and slammed the gavel again.
"If you still don't tell the truth, do you still want me to punish you severely?"
Xiao Feng was really frightened by the sound of the gavel. He quickly lowered his head to the ground and replied in a trembling voice:
"Half a month ago, Brother Zhu came to me and asked me about the recent situation of Prince Yu's Mansion. Since I didn't know much, I just told him a few words and he gave me one or two taels of silver."
Having said this, he secretly glanced at Luo Lan from the corner of his eye and continued:
"A few days ago, he found me again and asked if I wanted to make a fortune. Last time, I made a couple of taels of silver just by saying a few words. Of course, I wanted to do something like that. So, he gave me a packet of medicated flour and said that Dazhi was already dying. He wanted me to give him a drug so that he would disappear from this world without anyone noticing. He said he would give me a hundred taels of silver afterward. I thought at the time, Dazhi would die sooner or later anyway, and I just wanted to help him escape from his suffering sooner, so I agreed."
Lord Yu banged the gavel again and said to Xiao Feng in a stern voice:
"How much silver did you receive from him?"
"Ten taels."
Xiao Feng muttered in a trembling voice, "He gave me ten taels of silver and then tried to kill me to silence me. Sir, he made me do all this. You have to make the decision for me."
"Shut up."
Lord Yu slammed the gavel and said loudly:
"Neither of you can escape responsibility. Fortunately, the people in Prince Yu's Mansion are not dead, otherwise, you would both have to pay with your lives."
After saying this, he said to Captain Wang:
"Xiao Zhuzi used the silver to instruct Xiao Feng to drug Da Zhi of Prince Yu's Mansion, causing him to nearly die. Now, the two of them are being taken to the Heavenly Prison to await their fate."
Hearing this, Xiao Zhuzi looked at Leng Yun in panic, "Prince, save me! Prince, save me! I am innocent! I am innocent!"
Leng Yun frowned and looked at Lord Yu, raised his hands and clasped his fists and said:
"Master Yu, since the man from Prince Yu's Mansion is still alive and Xiao Zhuzi's crime is not serious, can you spare him from being thrown into the Heavenly Prison? I will go back and deal with him properly."
Hearing this, Luo Lan knew that this little Zhuzi did not point out that it was the dog prince who asked him to do it. This dog prince would definitely protect little Zhuzi. She wanted to see whether this fair and honest Lord Yu would give face to this prince.
Lord Yu politely clasped his fists towards the prince and said:
"Your Highness, although Xiao Zhuzi is a member of your Prince's Mansion, his crime was not committed in your Mansion, so I cannot hand him over to your Mansion for handling. As for what kind of punishment he should receive, I will handle it at my discretion. I hope Your Highness will not interfere too much."
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