It was a quarter past noon.
The Prince of Rui returned first. He grabbed the teapot on the table and gulped down the water until it was empty. Then, gasping for breath, he said, "Mingli, we spent the whole morning and finally found out the truth about what was stolen from the Gao family three months ago. Do you know how it happened?"
Yan Mingli was holding Chen Miaochun's hand, looking at it intently as if studying a precious treasure. He lowered his head and casually replied, "It was Zhao Qing who hired someone to do it."
The Princess of Jingning arrived a bit later. She was slightly surprised. "Is the Prince of Rui really that efficient? He's already told you about it?"
"Just looking at the actions of Zhao Qing and Lin Qingwan, it's highly likely that Gao Shan is Uncle Gao's daughter."
The Prince of Rui was still holding the teapot, his eyes full of shock. "I didn't tell him. I was just drinking water and didn't get a chance to say anything."
"Mingli, how do you know it was Zhao Qing who hired someone to do it?"
A smile curved Yan Mingli's lips. "You want to know? Beg me, and I'll tell you!"
"Mother, it was Zhao Qing who walked right into our trap and came to us on her own initiative," Chen Miaochun ignored Yan Mingli's words and directly told the truth. The banter between Yan Mingli and the Prince of Rui was their business, but this matter concerned General Mu's subordinates, so it couldn't be taken lightly. She had to tell her mother as soon as possible.
Chen Miaochun briefly recounted the story. "Yu Tang brought the person back for a lesson, and Baozhu used her immortal magic to make Zhao Qing tell the truth."
"Back then, General Gao was in a hurry to deliver something and said a hasty goodbye to Lin Qingqian. This was known to Lin Qingwan, who is now the Lady Gao of the Gao family."
"Lin Qingqian and Lin Qingwan are half - sisters. Lin Qingwan looked down on her elder sister and was afraid that her sister would marry better than her. After learning that General Gao was from General Mu's army, she asked someone to find out and learned that General Mu's army was suppressing bandits somewhere far away. So she assumed that General Gao was a deserter and spread the rumor everywhere."
"Later, when she learned that General Mu had personal guards who might be separated from the main force, Lin Qingwan realized that she had misunderstood General Gao's identity. Coincidentally, at this time, Lin Qingqian found out that she was pregnant. Lin Qingwan was afraid that her sister would marry General Gao and become the wife of a soldier, always outshining her. So she maliciously incited the clan elders and, under the pretext of bringing shame to the family, tried to drown Lin Qingqian in a pig cage."
"Lin Qingqian somehow got the news in advance. She hid in the mountains first and faked her death by a wild animal, making Lin Qingwan think that she was dead."
"A year later, General Gao came back to look for his wife. Lin Qingwan was afraid that her evil deeds would be exposed, so she begged her parents to cover for her. The clan was also afraid that General Gao would take revenge if he knew the truth, so they all said that Lin Qingqian had accidentally slipped and died with the baby when she was pregnant."
"Taking advantage of General Gao's guilt, Lin Qingwan moved into the Gao family mansion with Zhao Qing and enjoyed the wealth and prosperity."
"Until three months ago, Gao Shan came to the capital to look for her relatives. She was discovered by Zhao Qing. Only then did they know that Lin Qingqian was not only alive but also had a daughter who came to the capital to look for her relatives."
"By the way, the story that the soul of a wrongfully - dead person has too much resentment to be reincarnated and needs a sacrifice is a lie. Zhao Qing accidentally learned that General Gao wanted to donate his family property after his death, so she made up this lie to defraud money."
Zhao Qing also told the reason why Lin Qingwan became the Lady Gao. They had two daughters and a son. In order to inherit General Gao's fortune, Lin Qingwan wanted to register her three children under General Gao's name, but General Gao refused, afraid that his unborn child would be wronged.
Lin Qingwan then settled for the title of Lady Gao to plan for her children, but General Gao still refused. He didn't want his late wife to be wronged.
Although General Gao didn't agree, he rarely returned to the capital and was a man of few words. Relying on this, Lin Qingwan claimed to be the Lady Gao and bossed around in the Gao family mansion, gambling that no one would ask General Gao about it. And she happened to win the bet. Even the Princess of Jingning regarded it as a family matter of the Gao family and didn't suspect anything.
The Princess of Jingning was silent. She could hardly believe this.
Because of Lin Qingwan's ignorance, three people's lives were ruined. Lin Qingqian raised her daughter alone in the mountains, Gao Guangying lived a life worse than death, and Gao Shan almost died in the mountains.
Chen Miaochun noticed that the Princess of Jingning was in a bad mood and carefully asked, "Mother, are you okay?"
"It's okay. Is Haiyan still taking a nap? Tell him about this and let him deal with the Lin Qingwan family." The Princess of Jingning was afraid that she would not be able to control herself and cut Lin Qingwan into a thousand pieces with her own hands.
Yan Mingli and the Prince of Rui looked at each other simultaneously. There was only one thought in their minds: the Lin Qingwan family was doomed!
...
In the Ministry of Justice.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice was handling official business when the Left Deputy Director suddenly came over. "My lord, the little girl you brought to the ministry last time asked me to pass a message to you."
The Left Deputy Director cleared his throat and imitated Shen Baozhu's voice. "Kind - hearted uncle, are you busy?"
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice was disgusted by the Left Deputy Director's strange tone. He frowned. "Can you speak properly? Stop being so sarcastic... Is it the little girl I brought here last time? Is she alone outside?"
Hearing this, the Left Deputy Director's expression became strange. "No, there are quite a few people."
At first, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice didn't understand this. It wasn't until he went out that he saw the people beside Shen Baozhu: the Fourth Prince, Ping Hai, the Prince of Rui, Yan Mingli, Shen Haiyan, and Prime Minister Sima... There were a total of six people.
Shen Haiyan came to consult the Minister of the Ministry of Justice about some things.
The Fourth Prince had just measured his size and chosen his formal clothes and couldn't wait to leave the palace to find Shen Baozhu. Ping Hai and Prime Minister Sima came with him.
Shen Baozhu accompanied Shen Haiyan, while the Prince of Rui and Yan Mingli were afraid that Shen Haiyan would do something irreversible.
For example, at this moment, Yan Mingli was trying to persuade Shen Haiyan. "Haiyan, calm down. You can't kill the nine generations of Lin Qingwan and Zhao Qing's families alone."
The Prince of Rui nodded. "Yes, and there are so many people. It would be too time - consuming to execute them all by slow slicing. Just execute the three generations."
Yan Mingli turned and glared at the Prince of Rui. The Prince of Rui quickly changed his words. "Slow slicing is also time - consuming. It's better to just strangle them."
Shen Haiyan thought for a moment. "Strangling is too easy. How about death by dismemberment?"
Shen Baozhu quietly asked the Fourth Prince. "What's death by dismemberment? Does it mean the carriage breaks apart?"
The Fourth Prince shook his head. "I don't know either, but it must be a very severe punishment, more serious than strangling."
Shen Baozhu understood. "Then let's do death by dismemberment. Let the bad guys receive the most severe punishment."
The Dragon King: [It's so funny to see the little cutie and the Fourth Prince discussing it seriously.]
Lin Yu: [Shen Haiyan shouldn't have said this in front of the kids. It's not very appropriate.]
The Dragon King: [It's really not appropriate, but look at Shen Haiyan. His eyes are red with anger. He must not have thought about it so much. He just wants to kill those people.]
The Immortal Qingyun: [Shen Heqing is close to the Shen family, while Shen Haiyan has a better relationship with his maternal relatives. Gao Guangying is a close subordinate of General Mu and even asked Shen Haiyan to buy something. It can be seen that they have a good relationship.]
The Immortal Qingyun: [Now that he knows that all of Gao Guangying's sufferings are due to deception, he can't help it.]
The Dragon King: [Yes. Prime Minister Sima just learned about this and said that he was lucky to adopt Xu Yutang. He even wrote a letter to urge his daughter to come back. By coincidence, Gao Shan was brought back. Otherwise, Gao Guangying would never have seen his daughter before he died.]
The Dragon King: [So many years have passed. Who would have thought that it was all a deception from the very beginning.]
The Dragon King: [Thanks to the little cutie's kindness. She always helped Xu Yutang, and that's how all these things happened later.]