Jiang hurriedly denied it, saying, "The imperial physician diagnosed me and said I was infertile, so where would I get a child?"
That's why the Marquis of Pingchang truly believed that she genuinely cared for his stepson and stepdaughter.
"The imperial physician you're referring to, is it from the Li family?"
Ye Zhen looked at him with a half-smile, "The Li family are Li Heng's people. It's so easy to get them to cooperate with you in putting on a show."
Whether Li Chengye is your son or not, everyone will know once he arrives in the capital.
The elder sister's people followed the secret guards and found Li Chengye, and have already sent Li Chengye's portrait to the capital.
He is very similar to Jiang.
Li Chengye was also on his way to Beijing.
Was Ye Zhen afraid that he would flee if he learned of Li Heng's defeat? If it were before, she would naturally have considered everything carefully.
But his father told him that with him around, there was no need to worry about these things, and Li Chengye would not escape his grasp.
Ye Zhen believed in her father's abilities, and with that support, she naturally wanted to act more freely.
"Previously, I happened to save Prince Helian Qing of the Dingyuan Prince's Mansion and learned that he had come to the capital to find his uncle."
According to the information provided by Helian Qing, I found out that his uncle was Li Shiling, a former imperial physician.
But Li Shiling's younger sister was the wife of the Qin family, the richest family in Jiangnan. She had never been to the border town, so how could she have married into the Dingyuan Prince's Mansion?
Having been entrusted with this task, I had no choice but to continue the investigation, and finally uncovered the identity of Helian Qing's mother.
Ye Zhen looked at everyone and said, "Everyone knows about the day Madam Shen divorced. Helian Qing's mother is Li Heng's biological daughter."
What people don't know is that when Xiao sold Helian Qing's mother to a fool as a child bride, it was Li Heng who personally gave his daughter to Li Shiling's mother, Luo.
"Let Luo take her daughter to the border, near the Prince of Dingyuan's residence. Helian Qing got separated from his servants along the way and fell into the hands of human traffickers. All of this was secretly orchestrated by Li Heng..."
At this point, Ye Zhen paused and looked at the approaching imperial carriage.
The emperor himself has come!
Everyone bowed, and Chen Banjun hurriedly helped the emperor down from the carriage. The emperor walked up the steps of the Prime Minister's residence.
He glanced at Li Heng and said to the crowd, "I received a letter from the Prince of Dingyuan today. I have Eunuch Chen read it to you all."
Upon hearing this, Chen Banjun hurriedly took the letter from the guard and read it aloud.
The letter roughly stated that Prince Dingyuan discovered that his steward was actually a pawn planted by Li Heng many years ago.
One after another, people in the Dingyuan Prince's Mansion have run into trouble, all because Li Heng's men colluded with the steward, leaving only an old man and a young man in the Dingyuan Prince's Mansion.
The letter also mentioned Helian Qing's matter. The steward admitted that he had encouraged Helian Qing to leave home to find his relatives, and that Li Heng would make Helian Qing suffer before recognizing him, in order to gain the trust of the next ruler of the Dingyuan Prince's Mansion.
The crowd erupted in uproar once again after hearing this!
"To scheme against one's own daughter and grandson like this is worse than an animal."
"By scheming to make his own daughter the daughter-in-law of the Prince of Dingyuan's mansion and then killing the rest of the people, he wanted the military power of the Prince of Dingyuan's mansion."
Considering Li Heng's actions, it's chilling to think about it carefully; his demand for military power shows he's eyeing our Great Yuan's territory.
"He named his illegitimate son Chengye, which shows that he cares most about his illegitimate son. No wonder the princess just said that the Jiang family is from Xiyue."
Li Heng himself is from Xiyue, while Madam Shen and Madam Xiao are from Dayuan. He looks down on our Dayuan bloodline, which is why he dotes on the child born to Madam Jiang.
"I suddenly remembered that more than 20 years ago, the wife of the Marquis of Pingchang said that she was worried about her stepson going out to study, so she accompanied him for more than a year before returning to the capital."
But her stepson died outside, I heard he drowned while trying to save someone. Do you think she went to the capital to give birth that year?
"If she really went there to give birth, then she must have killed her stepson. My God, what kind of wolves and tigers are these two? How many other despicable things have they done? We must interrogate them properly and not let them get away with it."
"..."
Amidst the murmurs and curses, Ye Zhen looked at the emperor.
The emperor met her gaze and nodded slightly.
The Prince of Dingyuan would not have sent the letter so promptly; it was written before the emperor left the palace.
His imitation of the handwriting wasn't quite right; he could have the Prince of Dingyuan make a copy and send it over for inclusion in the archives.
If such a letter were presented in the past, other evidence would have been required. Now, with the groundwork laid, no one will doubt it.
Ye Zhen knew the true relationship between Prince Dingyuan and the Emperor, and that the two had already discussed the matter with Li Heng, so Prince Dingyuan would not send such a letter again.
She guessed it was from the emperor, and Ye Zhen was somewhat surprised when the emperor nodded.
The emperor was actually cooperating with her.
Since that was the case, she couldn't possibly disappoint him, so she quickly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, I humbly request that Your Majesty re-examine Ye Yunheng."
"I suspect that Ye Yunheng plotted to murder my mother under the orders of Li Heng. I personally witnessed Ye Yunheng entering and leaving the Prime Minister's residence; he is Li Heng's adopted son."
The emperor nodded, "With Ye Yunheng."
Today, he will have to bring Li Heng's charges to a head.
He paused, then added, "Bring Minister Su, Mu Zili, Ye Wantang, and the head of the Qin family along with them."
Upon hearing this, Li Heng's vision blurred, and before he could faint, Huo Zhan's voice rang in his ears again, "Brother Xie, some time ago, I discovered a few suspicious people in Dongwu."
Huo had someone investigate and discovered that they were actually Li Xiangguo's younger brother and his two children. In fact, Xie, the son, should also know them.
It's said that he used to be a royal physician in your Imperial Hospital, and his name was...
He tapped his temple and asked Yin Jiuniang, "What was her name again?"
Yin Jiuniang glared at him.
The person was clearly captured by Xie Tingzhou's men; they were just using him to say it, and he still wanted to cause trouble.
Huo Zhan, startled by the glare, dared not keep her in suspense any longer. "Oh, her name is Li Shiling. I thought they were from Dayuan, so I kindly had them sent back to Dayuan. They're at the city gate right now. Would Brother Xie like to meet them?"
thump!
Li Heng was truly dizzy this time, and plunged headfirst into the icy sewage.
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