A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles

Chapter 1128: Chapter 919: The Envelope in Suisui’s Hand

The shadow guard waited on the beam for quite a while and noticed that Lu Zezhong and Liu Yuheng hadn’t spoken for a long time.

Furthermore, their stomachs were already growling, and after Eunuch Ling came in and asked them to go to the side hall to eat, he leaped down from the beam to report to the Emperor.

"So you’re saying there really is a problem between the two of them!"

The shadow guard didn’t make a judgment, but Ji Youzhi nodded.

"According to the current situation, there indeed seems to be a problem, but we have no evidence."

Princess Lianchun said, "Was anything suspicious found in the Liu Mansion?"

Ji Youzhi shook his head, "There was nothing in the Liu Mansion, but at the Minister’s Mansion, quite a bit of gold was found."

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Ji Youzhi shook his head again, "It’s hard to say, since Lady Lu’s family is the wealthiest in Jiangnan. If it’s said that these are gifts from her family, no one could claim it counts as bribery!"

Ji Youzhi was speaking the truth, as at the time, Lady Lu, confined in the Minister’s Mansion, had said just that.

"My family is the wealthiest in Jiangnan. Isn’t it quite normal for there to be such things at the Minister’s Mansion?

My dowry includes twelve shops in the Capital City, four of which are pawnshops and jade shops. I have a large amount of gold, platinum, and banknotes; isn’t this just normal financial circulation?

You cannot accuse my husband of accepting bribes just because I am successful in business!"

Lady Lu’s eloquence was impressive, leaving Ji Youzhi’s people speechless with just a few words.

So at the moment, when Ji Youzhi spoke, the Emperor, Empress Dowager Xiao, and Princess Lianchun all thought they needed to find another approach to this matter!

"Your Majesty, do you think it might be possible that this matter isn’t just about Minister Lu?"

Upon proposing this thought, the Emperor couldn’t help but look up at him, "You mean to say..."

Ji Youzhi nodded, "To destroy Prince Qing’s Mansion in secret and make it look like an accidental fire, Minister Lu’s influence alone wouldn’t be enough.

You must know, there are quite a few people in Prince Qing’s Mansion, including a guard team of fifty-eight, maidservants, servants, the prince, and his two secondary concubines, three concubines, and the princess.

Also, the young prince’s companion for studying, and so on."

As soon as Ji Youzhi said these words, the Emperor, Empress Dowager, and Princess Lianchun all felt a chill down their spines.

"This adds up to not just a few people; Prince Qing’s Mansion comprises not only people either!

There are other living things too!"

The Emperor himself felt uneasy.

"But there aren’t specific numbers and records in the preserved archives of Shuntian Prefecture; there were only rough estimates. I asked the head of Dali Temple at that time, and he said under such circumstances, Dali Temple should have been handling this case.

But due to the disappearance of the Princess at that time along with Old General Ji, the late Emperor ordered all focus on tracking the Princess’s whereabouts.

In addition, at the time, Liu Yuheng of Shuntian Prefecture volunteered to take on this case, so afterward, it was Liu Yuheng investigating it!"

Ji Youzhi could understand why this matter ended unresolved over ten years ago.

Annihilating a royal family would be a hot potato, and rumors had long circulated that it was done by the late Emperor, so neither the Ministry of Justice nor Dali Temple Head, nor any other department related to case investigations, dared to handle this hot potato.

They were afraid the truth would point directly to the late Emperor, so when Liu Yuheng stepped up to take on the case, it went so smoothly!

"With such a significant gap in the records, Liu Yuheng is definitely suspect."

The Emperor concluded.

"Therefore, in the afternoon, we will focus our breakthrough on Liu Yuheng!"

Princess Lianchun, however, didn’t think much of it and insisted, "With Suisui around, Lu Zezhong is also a breakthrough point. We need to find a way to guide him to think about the sources of evidence."

Ji Youzhi directly gave Princess Lianchun a thumbs up.

"The Princess is right; evidence is the best of everything. Otherwise, relying solely on Suisui’s insights, we’d have no persuasive power and might even expose Suisui’s ability."

"Very well, let this be decided, Youzhi, you also need to figure out a way to have Dugu Xiao drop everything and return quickly!"