The Minister of the Ministry of Justice was about to enter the palace to report this matter to the emperor, but was stopped by Shen Baozhu.
Shen Baozhu still remembered the emperor's words: "Kind uncle, can you help me beat up the bad guys?"
"Uncle Emperor said that you have a high status and won't be punished for beating people."
Yan Mingli looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Justice in shock. So there was such a benefit to having a high official position. Could he ask his father to beat people then?
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice felt uncomfortable under his stare. He coughed twice and nodded in agreement: "Okay, then when the bad guys are caught, I'll beat them up."
Although Qiuqiu really wanted to watch the Minister of the Ministry of Justice beat up the bad guys, she still had to go home. So she could only ask Shen Baozhu to watch carefully and tell her about it the next time they met.
Afraid that Shen Baozhu might not watch carefully enough, Qiuqiu also told the Fourth Prince: "You also watch carefully and fill in the parts that Baozhu misses."
Yan Mingli sent Qiuqiu back to the Marquis Mansion, leaving Shen Baozhu and the Fourth Prince in the Ministry of Justice.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice didn't know how to take care of children. So he found a spacious corridor for the two children to play in, while he himself sat at a table nearby to handle official business.
Although it was getting late, there were still some people in the Ministry of Justice.
A员外郎 surnamed Zuo passed by with a pile of documents in his arms. When he saw the Fourth Prince, he couldn't help being startled: "Oh, isn't this a child from the Yin family? Who's your father? I've never seen you in the Yin family."
The Zuo family and the Yin family were old friends. The Second Master Zuo was an official in the Ministry of Justice, responsible for organizing documents.
Hearing what the Second Master Zuo said, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice just noticed that the Fourth Prince bore a slight resemblance to the Empress Yin.
The Fourth Prince was not good at communicating with outsiders, especially those Shen Baozhu didn't know. He lowered his head and hid behind Shen Baozhu.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice's eyes flickered. He remembered that the Fourth Prince had been speaking word by word just now.
Shen Baozhu pushed the Fourth Prince towards the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. She offered to help: "Uncle, the things in your hands are about to fall. Let me help you carry them."
The documents in the Second Master Zuo's arms were all sent from local areas and were quite confidential. He was afraid that Shen Baozhu might be naive and interfere with his work, so he quickly turned around and left. But because he was in such a hurry, the documents in his arms fell to the ground.
Shen Baozhu helped the Second Master Zuo pick them up: "Here you are, uncle."
Seeing that Shen Baozhu was polite and well - behaved, the Second Master Zuo's guard dropped a bit. He smiled and said: "Thank you, little girl. But this is the Ministry of Justice. Who brought you here? Is it your elder? Hurry up and ask him to take you out. If the Cold - faced Demon Lord sees you, he'll surely punish your elder!"
Shen Baozhu was a bit afraid that the Minister of the Ministry of Justice would be punished. She asked worriedly: "Who's the Cold - faced Demon Lord? Is he very scary?"
"Oops, I've said too much." The Second Master Zuo thought it was bad. He had actually let out the Minister's nickname. If it reached the Minister's ears, he would be in big trouble. "You heard wrong. It's not the Cold - faced Demon Lord. I meant that it's against the rules for your elder to bring you to the Ministry of Justice. If the Minister finds out, your elder will surely be punished. And the Minister's surname is Leng. I was just saying Minister Leng."
Lin Yu: [So the Minister of the Ministry of Justice's surname is Leng.]
Dragon King: [Laughing so hard. It's actually the Demon Lord who brought the cute kids here, and the Demon Lord heard it too.]
There were sundries on the table, blocking the Minister of the Ministry of Justice's face completely. This table was usually used to store sundries, so the Second Master Zuo didn't care and just walked past it. It wasn't until he heard Shen Baozhu ask: "Kind uncle, is your surname Leng?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice stood up and answered across the table: "Yes. You can call me Uncle Leng."
The Second Master Zuo instinctively straightened his body and swallowed hard: "M, Minister, I, I'll leave first."
Watching the Second Master Zuo's back, Shen Baozhu walked behind the table and took the Fourth Prince's hand.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice pretended to ask casually: "Baozhu, is the Fourth Prince afraid of strangers?"
Shen Baozhu didn't want to casually reveal the Fourth Prince's past, so she didn't say a word. But the Fourth Prince admitted it on his own initiative: "Yes, I, am afraid. Before, there, were eunuchs, who beat me."
"Concubine Li, pinched me. Can, you, help me, take revenge?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice was shocked, but with his years of self - restraint, he maintained his calm: "Of course I can. I'm the Minister of the Ministry of Justice. I'm here to uphold justice and help people take revenge."
"However, everything needs evidence. Qiuqiu and you were bullied and have scars as physical evidence, and Baozhu is a witness. Do you have any evidence?"
It was kind of Concubine Li's own retribution. If the Fourth Prince hadn't drunk that bowl of elixir water, after taking the antidote pill, he might not have remembered these things clearly.
But it was she who brought the elixir water to the Fourth Prince. After taking the antidote pill, the Fourth Prince remembered and stored these things in his mind.
The Fourth Prince managed to say a rather long sentence: "She, wanted, to kill me. But, her elder brother, didn't allow it. So, every day, she beat me. Her elder brother, helped the master, betray, his brothers. Everyone, took the money, and spent it."
"Having a handle, threatening, the master, to help. That, was, Concubine Li's, confidence. The Cui family, won't, perish. There's, no need, to keep me alive. She, should, kill me."
Dragon King: [Concubine Li wanted to kill the Fourth Prince, but her elder brother didn't let her.]
Lin Yu: [Concubine Li wanted to kill because she had the confidence. Her elder brother could threaten the master to help.]
Dragon King: [It's a bit confusing.]
Immortal Qingyun: [Concubine Li's elder brother stopped her from killing the Fourth Prince for some reason, but Concubine Li thought her elder brother didn't need to worry, because her elder brother had a handle to threaten the master to help, which was the Cui family's confidence.]
Dragon King: [I'm curious who this master is. He's quite miserable, being threatened by the Cui family.]
Shen Baozhu asked the Minister of the Ministry of Justice: "Uncle Leng, who's Concubine Li's elder brother's master?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice thought for a while and looked at Shen Baozhu with a strange expression: "Your grandfather."
"Ah?" Shen Baozhu looked at the Minister of the Ministry of Justice blankly.
Lin Yu: [Shen Qingshan?]
The Dragon King quickly changed his expression: [Serves him right. Evil will be rewarded with evil. It's just like dogs biting each other.]
Looking at the subtitles, Shen Baozhu was stunned. She shook the Fourth Prince's hand: "Do you have any evidence? It doesn't matter if you don't. We'll tell Third Brother and ask him to help."
The Fourth Prince thought he had evidence: "Find, the handle, as evidence."
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice patiently explained: "This can at most prove that Concubine Li's elder brother threatened the master. It can't prove that she bullied you."
The Fourth Prince was stunned, then lowered his head dejectedly. He had thought he could use it as evidence and lock Concubine Li and her elder brother in prison.
Shen Baozhu didn't want to see the Fourth Prince sad. She gently hugged him: "Don't be afraid. We'll ask Third Brother for help. Or, or, or I'll ask the Treasure - hunting Rat and the Little Phoenix to help you beat up the bad guys."
The Fourth Prince leaned against Shen Baozhu, silent, with an air of unhappiness all over him.
Dragon King: [So miserable. Can't find any evidence.]
Lin Yu: [Alas, the Fourth Prince is so pitiful. But it's really hard to find this evidence.]
Dragon King: [Does the Fourth Prince want to use evidence to make those people get their retribution, or is simple retribution enough?]
Immortal Qingyun: [What's your idea, Dragon King?]
Dragon King: [I have a fruit that can make people have nightmares.]