Although Shi Yan caught Li Heng red-handed, which pleased the emperor, Shi Yan was, after all, a citizen of another country, and all that had happened today was indeed to find Ye Zhen.
The emperor, not wanting anyone to accuse the people of other countries of wanton misconduct within the territory of Da Yuan at this critical juncture, agreed to let Ye Zhen leave the palace.
Ye Zhen immediately set off on his light motor to the Marquis of Pingchang's residence.
Unexpectedly, what I saw was a woman committing suicide.
The woman, having failed to commit suicide, looked on in despair, asking, "Why did you stop me? Does someone as lowly as me not even have the right to die?"
Ye Zhen stepped forward, "It's not you who deserves to die, but the evildoers."
She stroked the woman's belly and said, "Although you are the child's mother, you cannot take his life without his consent."
Ye Zhen also heard what the woman just said; the child was hers and her husband's.
Judging from her belly, she should be close to her due date.
The woman looked at her stomach, and her tears flowed even more fiercely.
Her husband had been the only son in three generations, and she wanted to continue his family line.
“But he has seen too much filth with me, and I am not capable of raising him. Rather than let him fall into the hands of evil people or be ridiculed by the world, I would rather take him to meet my husband and mother-in-law.”
Her health was failing, and she didn't even know if she could successfully give birth to the child.
Ye Zhen lowered her gaze, "If you trust me, I'll help you."
The woman looked up at her. "There's no such thing as a free lunch. What are you after?"
An elderly woman in the crowd wiped away her tears and advised, "Sister, she is Princess Zhaoning, the Crown Prince's fiancée, and the founder of the Charity Hall. You should believe her."
The princess has taken in many poor people. If she says she'll help you, she definitely means it. It's better to live a miserable life than to die; you have to think about the children.
Those around him echoed, "Yes, the child is innocent. You are not the ones who did the evil, and you shouldn't be the ones who died."
But the woman was disappointed with the court.
“You are the future daughter-in-law of the royal family, how do I know if you are just seeking fame and fortune?”
She and her husband grew up in the same village, and she learned a lot of characters from him, so she knew more than the average woman.
Having experienced those months of despair, she dreamed that the emperor would discover the crimes of those devils. But as she waited day after day, she hated those who had harmed her, and she also came to hate the emperor.
Having heard her husband praise the emperor so often, she developed expectations, but those expectations turned into despair, and hatred arose from them.
Ye Zhen, not being from a prestigious family, understood the feelings of those at the bottom of society better. "Since you have the courage to die, why not take a gamble? If I am just seeking fame and fortune, then it's not too late for you to seek death."
The woman became wary, and now it was difficult for her to listen to anything else she said.
"I……"
The woman remained silent for a moment, just as she was about to say something more, when suddenly she felt a pain in her abdomen, followed by a puddle of water flowing out from below her.
She must have hurt her baby because she had just kicked and punched those people.
Experienced women exclaimed, "She's about to give birth!"
Ye Zhen hurriedly instructed Wanxing and the others, "Please summon a midwife and a doctor."
Then they had the woman carried into the house.
The woman grabbed Ye Zhen's hand and shook her head. "No, I don't want to go into this filthy house. My child cannot be born in this filthy place. Please, take me away..."
At that moment in her womb, a mother's instinct made her disregard death and only think about giving birth to her child as quickly as possible.
It can't be here.
Ye Zhen nodded, picked up the woman, and was about to head towards the charity hall when Chen Banjun stopped him.
“Princess, my residence is just across the street. Why don’t we go to my residence?”
The charity hall is too far away.
He was worried that if Ye Zhen sent someone there and something went wrong, it would cause negative gossip.
Ye Zhen thought for a moment and nodded.
Chen Banjun arrived by carriage and immediately instructed Ye Zhen to place the woman in the carriage.
Before they had even left, another heart-wrenching cry erupted from the crowd.
It turned out that someone had found their missing son, but he had been tortured to the point that his legs were crippled.
After him, others cried out that Anzhai had harmed his sister. These were all victims that Ye Zhen had found in advance. Today, they were able to seek justice for their families.
With the discovery of these people, many families whose members were missing rushed in to check if any of their relatives were there.
But they were stopped by the Dali Temple.
Xie Tingzhou gave instructions that if the Dark House were ever exposed, the victims must be protected.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review kept the Crown Prince's words in mind and only allowed people with missing family members to register with the officials. If the information matched, he would inform them privately.
The people knew this was a form of protection, so they didn't cause any trouble. However, when they learned that the Dark Study was run by Li Heng, many people picked up rotten vegetable leaves and stones and threw them at the gate of the Prime Minister's Mansion.
Others simply grabbed the manure buckets and poured them onto the Prime Minister's residence. When Li Heng was being carried out, a bucket of manure was just thrown at him. The imperial guards carrying him didn't even think to dodge, and Li Heng fell to the ground, the manure pouring over his head...
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