As Xie Yushu finished speaking, Xuan Yuanche had his personal guard, Shadow, turn over the two unconscious eunuchs. When Xuan Yuanche saw that one of them was indeed his personal eunuch, the one named Xiao Chengzi, he was furious. Fearing Xie Yushu would misunderstand him, he explained to her like a cat.
"Sister! Dear sister! You must believe me!"
It's really not me who harmed you, it must have been some scoundrel who tricked me!
"You wait, I'll find out who's behind this, and I'll skin them alive!"
After saying that, she started to act coquettishly and playfully towards the Emperor.
"Your Majesty, you must stand up for me!"
Everyone knows I depend on Xie Yushu for my life! How could I possibly send someone to harm her? Without her, I might die any day now. The person behind this might even want to harm me!
Since the matter involved the treasury of the Great Qi and Emperor Qingyuan's most favored younger brother, Emperor Qingyuan was also somewhat agitated. He patted Xuanyuan Che to comfort him.
"Don't worry, your brother will investigate and find out the truth for you!"
Consort Chu couldn't stand the Emperor's unconditional favoritism towards Xuan Yuanche, especially since Xuan Yuanche was clearly on the same page as Xie Yushu. She immediately launched a sarcastic remark.
"We shouldn't just listen to Xie Yushu's side of the story!"
After all, she's standing right here, perfectly fine. Maybe she sprinkled the powder herself to frame someone else!
Han Boyu always kept his younger brother's instructions in mind! Upon hearing this, he immediately retorted.
"Your Highness, you are mistaken!"
Why would Xie Yushu, a first-rank princess, go to such lengths to harm two eunuchs?
To put it bluntly, even a first-rank princess of the current dynasty could easily get into trouble with two eunuchs over a mere charge of "offending"!
On the contrary, Princess Jingde's contributions to the Great Qi are evident to all. I have heard that some medicines, medical techniques and other technologies are still in the verification stage. I suspect that someone is jealous of the Great Qi's success and intends to harm Princess Jingde and cut off the Great Qi's economic development!
If it's just family jealousy, that's a minor matter. But if they've colluded with outsiders, then their intentions are truly despicable!
Han Boyu's words really stung many people!
First of all, there's Emperor Qingyuan. Xie Yushu is truly a treasure to the Great Qi. She never knew when she would give him another surprise. He's currently having a headache about how to settle her down and get her to wholeheartedly serve the Great Qi!
Don't keep any new ideas or technologies to yourself; share them all with him, the more the better!
Secondly, the envoys from various countries, having witnessed the rapid development of the Great Qi, naturally sought to investigate the situation in secret. Upon learning that everything new they saw was related to a woman, their first thought was to arrange a marriage alliance!
Some have even gone so far as to plead with Emperor Qingyuan, offering to give up a city if Xie Yushu were to marry him!
The saying goes, "It's not the thief you should fear, but the one who has his eye on you." Now that Xie Yushu has been targeted, Emperor Qingyuan has been quite uneasy these past few days!
At this critical juncture, such a thing happened, and after Han Boyu said that, Emperor Qingyuan couldn't help but think about it!
Envoys from various countries had long harbored this idea, all pondering how to bring Xie Yushu to their own countries.
Anyway, women are not as good as men. As the saying goes, "a woman follows her husband wherever he goes." If she marries into her own country, of course she should serve her own country.
Of course, there were also those with ulterior motives who genuinely wanted to cripple Xie Yushu if they couldn't take her with them. They thought, "If I'm not good, then no one else should be good either. Let's just destroy each other together!"
I've just arrived and am unfamiliar with the place, so I haven't had the opportunity to put this idea into practice.
Now that Han Boyu had said it so openly, he immediately felt guilty!
Consort Chu was equally heartbroken. Why was Xie Yushu so coveted? She was just a nouveau riche with no real power, yet so many people stood up for her!
However, with Emperor Qingyuan here, Han Boyu had to endure whoever he hurt!
When Emperor Qingyuan thought that someone was trying to cut off his source of income and hinder the development of the Great Qi, he was furious and immediately issued an edict to investigate thoroughly and show no leniency!
He also directly ordered officials from the Dali Temple to assist in the interrogation.
Emperor Qingyuan personally gave the order, and his subordinates acted with incredible efficiency, arresting several people in no time!
Consort Chu was visibly panicked!
The two eunuchs had already woken up and been taken away for questioning. Xie Yushu had not killed anyone. The group of people who insisted on "upholding justice for Xie Yushu" were also sent back. The relevant personnel and those assisting in the investigation went to the Empress to await news.
Since they couldn't convict Consort Chu for the time being, Xie Yushu didn't sit idly by and immediately began to investigate the responsibilities of Tao Hong and Chu Mingzhu.
The two eunuchs who didn't die were the ones who went to inform the princess and slander her, and disrupted the royal banquet. Tao Hong was severely beaten with thirty strokes of the cane and thrown out of the palace.
Without investigating the situation, Chu Mingzhu instructed her maid to falsely accuse and implicate a first-rank princess of having an affair in the Imperial Garden and being of improper conduct. Considering her father's past merits, she was given a lighter punishment, her title of princess was revoked, and she was demoted to county princess.
Upon hearing Emperor Qingyuan's punishment of the two, Xie Yushu felt quite refreshed and calmly awaited the results of the investigation into the mastermind behind her crimes.
At first, Consort Chu was able to pretend to be indifferent and unconcerned, but as more and more people were arrested, she gradually became restless.
Especially after hearing from the people who came to report the progress of the case to Emperor Qingyuan and the Empress that the Dali Temple and the Shenxing Division had conducted joint interrogations, several people had already confessed, and several others who refused to admit it had begun to be tortured.
Consort Chu couldn't help but speak out.
"Your Majesty, isn't it inappropriate to use torture? Wouldn't that be tantamount to forcing a confession?"
The Empress turned her head away from Consort Chu and said...
"Plotting to murder a first-rank princess is a capital offense. If they confess after a few beatings, it's too lenient for them!"
If they aren't made to suffer a little and learn a lesson, everyone will be prone to insubordination and plotting against their masters. Where will the authority of palace laws be?
Upon hearing this, Emperor Qingyuan, unusually, did not favor Consort Chu, but instead said...
"The Empress is right. A country has its laws, and a palace has its rules. If someone makes a mistake, they must be punished. These people are not worthy of the Consort's sympathy!"
If you can't bear to hear this, then go back and rest!
Consort Chu could not leave with peace of mind. The person had already been arrested, and it would be of no use whether she went back or not. She could only pray that these people were tough enough and soft-hearted enough. They thought of the most important people in their lives and endured any torture!
However, as it turned out, Consort Chu was overthinking things. The people from the Dali Temple were not to be trifled with. In less than two hours, not only did the people confess, but even the relatives and loved ones who had been imprisoned and threatened by Consort Chu were brought to light!
When the officials from the Court of Judicial Review brought the results to Emperor Qingyuan and the Empress, Consort Chu could no longer remain seated. However, she couldn't simply accept the outcome, so she rose and knelt before Emperor Qingyuan, weeping.
"Your Majesty, I...I really don't know!"
I have no grudge against Xie Yushu, and besides, Xie Yushu saved the prince's life, so how could I harm her!
"Someone must be framing me! I beg Your Majesty to investigate!"
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