The matter was brought to the Dali Temple, and even if Prime Minister Li wanted to stop it, it was impossible.
He could only watch helplessly as a young man who resembled Ye Zhengqing knelt down below the hall.
The young man said, "I, Liu Huai, am accusing Li Chenghai of insulting and murdering my brother Liu Jiang."
My brother Liu Jiang was a slave in the Prime Minister's mansion many years ago. He was defiled by the second son, Li Chenghai. My brother, a man of eight feet tall, was unwilling to be associated with him, so Li Chenghai forced him to drink a cup of poisoned wine.
Li Chenghai is a twisted man. After murdering my brother, he searched everywhere for men who resembled him, and none of those he targeted met a good end.
Upon hearing this, Prime Minister Li's heart sank.
There was indeed a guard named Liu Jiang by his son's side, but that man had been dead for many years, and a minor official like Ye Zhengqing would hardly have the opportunity to get close to him.
He only caught a fleeting glimpse of the manor and didn't connect Ye Zhengqing's appearance with the servants who had died in the manor.
Now, after hearing what the young man said, he thought about it for a moment and knew that what the young man said was true.
And this young man was clearly prepared.
The Li family has been compromised.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review asked, "Are you saying that Lord Li's close relationship with Ye Zhengqing is because Ye Zhengqing resembles your elder brother?"
The young man nodded and gave information about several men who had been harmed by Li Chenghai. "Everything I said is true. Your Excellency can verify it."
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review immediately sent people to investigate.
Xie Tingzhou then looked at Prime Minister Li, "Does the Prime Minister know about these things?"
"This old minister does not know."
That's true. He cares about Li Chenghai, but he wouldn't micromanage his life.
If he had known, he wouldn't be here today.
Upon hearing this, Xie Tingzhou nodded. "If this is indeed true, the Prime Minister should properly compensate the victims on behalf of Lord Li."
Compensating the victims would just make the whole world know that Li Heng's son abused men.
Prime Minister Li closed his eyes.
This time, he's the one who's lost.
That brat is a disgrace to his father.
Ye Zhen said quietly, "The Prime Minister just misunderstood that I plotted against Lord Li. I am truly wronged. To prevent others from having the same idea as the Prime Minister in the future, it would be better to call Lord Li's attendants and the rest of the servants in the Ye household to ask them."
They serve their master, so they must know something. Also, check the properties under Lord Li's name; since the two are having an affair, they must have a place for secret meetings.
If you really want to investigate, these things aren't hard to find.
It's possible that Ye Zhen had already found out, and his attempts to argue would only backfire and make things worse.
"Princess, leave some room for maneuver. Don't go too far."
Li Xiangguo made such a threat.
Ye Zhen smiled faintly, "As a woman, I have been wronged, and I must prove my innocence."
Li Xiangguo found her extremely annoying, the most detestable woman in the world.
No.
Any self-righteous woman in this world is detestable.
Ye Zhen was especially so, even more of a nuisance than Ye Jinghong.
"It is my fault for neglecting to discipline Chenghai and for not being aware of his actions. I have misunderstood you, Princess. I hope you will forgive me."
He admitted his mistake.
This also means acknowledging that Li Chenghai is indeed a homosexual.
Li Chenghai's death was in vain.
Li Chenghai's act of releasing Xiao Zuo was a violation of the law and should be severely punished. However, since Xiao Zuo was already dead, he could not be punished. Therefore, the father, Prime Minister Li, should bear the responsibility.
Prime Minister Li then looked at Xie Tingzhou and said, "This old minister has failed to properly educate his son and has committed a grave error. This old minister will go to His Majesty to apologize immediately."
Li Xiangguo, a man who had always been proud and dignified, had lost all face and dignity this time. He could no longer stand there and wait for the officials from the Dali Temple to return and verify the situation of the victims.
Meeting the emperor was a good excuse to leave.
He wasn't the one who committed the crime, and no one stopped him.
Ye Zhen knew that she had become a thorn in Li Xiangguo's side, and she expected that Li Xiangguo would soon retaliate against her.
Ye Zhen never expected that Prime Minister Li would act so quickly.
"Princess, Ye Zhengqing's mistress and two sons are all dead. They were slit in the throat with a sword."
Xing Ze rushed over to report.
Their men were watching the outer family, and Ye Zhen suspected that the men in black who appeared at the Ye family's residence might be one of the outer family's children.
Therefore, they kept an eye on their movements but did not follow them into the house. Who would have thought that the three of them would be killed inside the house?
Ye Zhen and Xie Tingzhou went to the crime scene in person.
After examining the wounds of the three men, Ye Zhen frowned. "The murderer is quite skilled in martial arts."
Xie Tingzhou added, "The wounds were clean and neat, because he had been killing people for many years."
Those who kill year after year are either assassins, death squads, or soldiers.
"Have the three of you offended anyone recently?"
Xing Ze was a thoughtful bodyguard who had already investigated. "Because of Wang's death, after the three people's identities were exposed, they became much more low-key than before and were quite well-behaved."
Ye Zhen thought for a moment, "Ye Zhengqing's official position is not high, and the probability of the three of them having contact with high-ranking people is even smaller."
Those who can afford to support assassins are not ordinary families, and those who command soldiers are even more so.
"I suspect it's that man in black."
Previously, it was suspected that the man in black was related to Ye Zhengqing. Since these three died so close to Ye Zhengqing, could it be that Ye Zhengqing's death caused the man in black to take his anger out on the three mistresses?
This reasoning is illogical, but that's just Ye Zhen's intuition.
She used to disbelieve in intuition, but after experiencing rebirth, she had to start to believe in it to some extent.
But who exactly is that man in black?
Suddenly, she remembered something, "Ye Wantang".
Li Xiangguo had helped Ye Wantang before, and she had never understood why he had helped her.
Now, it has been discovered that a man in black, who is connected to Ye Zhengqing, has entered the Prime Minister's residence.
Could it be that the man in black is also related to Ye Wantang?
Ye Zhen decided to give it a try.
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