Two days later, Yao Xuanye was sentenced to death under Bo Xinren's initial sentence, and all his property was confiscated. In order to avoid bleeding too much, the Emperor specially exempted Liu Yuanchun from the crime of killing his entire family. Liu Yuanchun was lucky to survive.
However, she was not happy because of this. Old Madam Jia specially ordered people to bring Liu Yuanchun back to Grand View Garden and let her return to the Jia residence to stay, just like before she got married.
"You have to think about it, Chun 'er!" Old Madam Jia sat beside her and comforted her.
Liu Yuanchun forcefully held back his tears and didn't cry out.
She understood that in this era, the imperial power represented everything. It was difficult to be a clean official even if she cried her eyes out. However, she was unwilling to accept it.
"Is there really no hope for him? I don't believe that no one in this world can save him.”Liu Yuanchun's emotions became excited once again.
Old Madam Jia looked at her and fell into deep thought.
Suddenly, the servant girl Tian 'er hurried in from outside the hall.
"Reporting to Old Furen, Prince Ning of Tiancheng Manor will be returning to the capital tomorrow. Young Master plans to hold a banquet in the Phoenix Ceremony Hall to welcome Prince Ning and specially ordered Tian 'er to come and report to Old Furen.”
Hearing this, Old Madam Jia patted her forehead lightly, her expression turning from worry to joy. "The savior is here, Chun 'er. Prince Chengning might be able to save Lord Yao's life.”
"What do you mean?" Liu Yuanchun asked happily.
"Prince Chengning is the emperor's seventh brother and is the inspector of the Eight Prefectures. A year ago, he was ordered by the emperor to patrol the various places.”
"Can he really save Xuan Ye?" Liu Yuanchun was filled with hope.
"Anything, even if there is only a small chance of success, is worth a try, isn't it?”Old Madam Jia said kindly, her gentle eyes filled with wisdom and gentleness.
Liu Yuanchun nodded. "Thank you for your teachings, Grandma. Yuanchun will definitely try his best.”After a pause, she asked again,
"But I wonder what kind of person Prince Chengning is?”
Old Madam Jia smiled." Let me tell you slowly…"
For the entire afternoon, Liu Yuanchun had heard all about Prince Chengning's deeds.
The next day, Prince Chengning returned to the capital as scheduled to report the results of the inspection to the Emperor.
That night, Prince Chengning accepted the Jia family's invitation to attend the banquet.
During the banquet, the host and guest were happy, and Prince Chengning was in a very carefree mood.
After the banquet, when Prince Chengning was about to return to his residence, Liu Yuanchun suddenly appeared in the Phoenix Rites Hall.
"This humble woman is bold enough to request for your highness to overturn Yao Xuanye's verdict!”
"You are…"
"Replying to your highness, I am Yao Xuanye's wife.”
Prince Chengning stared at the peerless beauty in front of him and could not help but have a good impression of her. "This Prince has heard the Emperor mention Minister Yao's case before, but I wonder if there is any injustice?”
"Your Highness, my husband is definitely not a person who would betray the country, nor would he report his military equipment. As far as I know, the Guevara machine gun is the most advanced artillery in Portugal. Unless it is man-made, it will not explode. Even if it happened, it was an accidental incident. It was not a false report to buy second-class armaments and profit from it to collude with the enemy. I hope Your Highness will investigate!”
After pondering for a while, Prince Chengning said,"This case is very tricky.”
Liu Yuanchun nodded and respectfully handed over a piece of paper.
Prince Chengning took the complaint and quickly glanced at it. "How about this? After this prince returns to the residence to take a look, he will send someone to reply to the news.”
"Thank you, Your Highness!"
Prince Chengning immediately left the Jia residence.
Before they boarded the palanquin, Lu Xiu chased after them. "Your highness, please wait. Furen still has a letter for your highness to read.”She handed him the letter. "Furen specifically instructed wangye to read it immediately. This letter contains important evidence.”
"Oh?" Prince Chengning raised his eyebrows slightly and opened the letter.
With this look, Prince Chengning's eyes were filled with a strange color. He immediately put away the letter and said,"Go back and tell Madam Yao that this prince will open a new case in three days and give her a satisfactory result.”With that, he lifted the curtain and stepped into the sedan.
Lu Xiu watched as the prince left, but a question arose in her heart. What exactly was written in the madam's letter to have such a magical effect?
Though Madame had treated her like a sister, Greensleeve could not guess what she had written.
Three days later, Prince Chengning re-examined Yao Xuanye's case. In the hall, other than the Yao couple, Bo Xinren and Lu Wenguang were the judges. What was even more shocking was that before the trial began, even the Emperor had personally come to hear it.
This time, the entire city was discussing the case, and the hall was filled with people who wanted to find out what was going on.
"Yao Xuanye, do you know what crime you have committed?”Prince Chengning sat in front of the table, his eyes fixed on the prisoner in prison clothes.
Yao Xuanye didn't reply, but his pair of dark eyes stared straight at Liu Yuanchun.
The instant their gazes met, Liu Yuanchun's eyes flashed with a pleading look.
"I'm not guilty!" For her sake, he finally answered.
"Then what is this?" Prince Chengning ordered the bailiffs to spread the evidence in front of everyone. "This letter was written by you, wasn't it?”It was a letter to trade with the Tartars, expressing their willingness to secretly assist them in entering the pass and seizing the world.
"Don't you think I know if it was written by this lowly official?”Yao Xuanye looked around at the crowd with a mocking tone.
"You mean someone deliberately framed you?" The one who spoke was the assistant examiner, Grand Scholar Lu Wenguang.
Yao Xuanye's gaze turned cold as he looked at Lu Wenguang.
"Is someone framing you? Why does Lord Lu need to ask the obvious?”
"Impudent!" Lu Wenguang's face was livid as he slammed the table in the hall and shouted.
"Lord Lu, please calm down!" Prince Chengning said," Yao Xuanye, what evidence do you have to prove that you were framed?”
"The words on the letter were obviously deliberately imitated by someone. Did your highness notice that there was no signature on it, only a seal?”
Prince Chengning glanced at the letter again and nodded. "Indeed, there is only a seal." He paused and continued,"According to the Ministry of Justice's investigation, the seal on it is indeed yours. It was not forged."”
"Dare I ask your highness, which thief would leave their name after committing a crime?”
"This…"
"If this letter really came from me, then I will definitely not leave my name or seal it, because that would undoubtedly be a crime to the world and putting myself in danger.”From this point, it was not difficult to see that everything was arranged by someone with a motive to kill him.
"Lord Yao is right, but without any evidence, how can you prove your innocence?”This time, Bo Xinren spoke.
Without waiting for Yao Xuanye to speak, Liu Yuanchun knelt down in front of the court.
"Lord Bo, this woman has brought another witness to assist in this case.”
"Oh? This is not within the regulations." Bo Xinren said coldly.
"It's fine! Since you have a witness, this king will summon him here.”
As the main judge was King Chengning, Lu Wenguang and Bo Xinren could not stop him from passing on the witness.
"Successor certificate." Prince Chengning ordered.
A moment later, a slender woman walked into the hall.
Everyone saw that it was Ji Xiaoyun!
"How dare you, why don't you kneel when you see an official?" Lu Wenguang was shocked and hurriedly scolded sternly.
Ji Xiaoyun's eyes darted around and she immediately knelt down in the hall. "This commoner greets the emperor and all the lords!”Her expression was slightly frivolous.
"What evidence do you have to prove Lord Yao's innocence?”Prince Chengning asked slowly.
"Replying to your highness, I have two other letters for you to read.”
The bailiff immediately took it and presented it.
"This…This is almost the same handwriting as the evidence!”The only difference was that these two letters were not stamped.
"Where did you get this letter?" Prince Chengning asked.
"Replying to your highness, the letter is from the Minister's residence.”
When Lu Wenguang and Bo Xinren heard that, they heaved a sigh of relief.
Unexpectedly, Ji Xiaoyun smiled and continued,"The person who wrote this isn't Lord Yao, but Lord Bo in court today.”
The moment these words were said, it was like detonating gunpowder.
"Lord Bo, is this woman's words true?”
"Your Highness must not believe his words!" Bo Xinren expressed in a panic, beads of sweat starting to form on his forehead.
"If Your Highness doesn't believe me, you can go to the Qinghuai Academy to investigate. A few months ago, Bo Xinren was a student under Lord Lu. Later, he transferred to Qinghuai Academy and was promoted to the Minister's Office by Lord Yao.”
"Lord Bo, is this true?"
After a while, Bo Xinren nodded. "That is true."
At the same time, Ji Xiaoyun took out a jade seal from her sleeve. "Your Highness, the jade seal of the letter is here. Please take a look!”
"Bring it up."
After confirming that there was no mistake, Prince Chengning turned to look at Bo Xinren. "What do you have to say?"
" Uh…" Bo Xinren glanced at the expressionless Lu Wenguang.
"Reporting to your highness, I have something to report.”Ji Xiaoyun spoke again.
"Speak."
"In Lord Yao's case, the real culprit behind the scenes is Lord Lu Wen Guang. This commoner here has a fifty silver banknote that Lord Lu paid this commoner.”Ji Xiaoyun handed over another banknote.
King Chengning examined the banknote and saw that it was stamped with Lu Wenguang's official seal.
"What else do the two sirs have to say?”Prince Chengning frowned. He didn't expect things to develop like this.
These three people were all highly regarded by the current emperor, how should he settle the case?
The Emperor stood up at this moment.
"Your Highness must be fair in deciding the case.”With that, he waved his sleeves and returned to the palace.
Very clearly, the Emperor was already very disappointed in Lu Wenguang and Bo Xinren.
"Men, take off Lu Wenguang and Bo Xinren's black gauze hats and send them to prison for trial.”
" I'm innocent…Your Highness…I'm innocent…" Bo Xinren shouted uncontrollably. He never thought that he would actually fall into the hands of a woman.
Lu Wenguang couldn't withstand the stimulation at once, and he actually fainted after a burst of violent coughing.
Since ancient times, there has been a saying: the heart of a woman is the most poisonous!
The two of them only realized it today, but it was already too late.
Ji Xiaoyun looked at the two of them. One of them had lost focus while the other was carried out. She could not help but sneer. Who told these two to underestimate her? One humiliated her, and the other sent her away with a mere fifty taels of silver.
Today, she finally vented her anger.
"Yao Xuanye, listen up. This king convicts you of your crime and reinstates you.”
"Thank you, Your Highness!" The haze on Yao Xuanye's face disappeared, and a smile returned to his eyes.
The husband and wife looked at each other, speechless.
Liu Yuanchun stood at the entrance of the underground cellar and almost couldn't believe his eyes.
Was the mountain of gold, silver, and jewelry in front of him real?
It felt as if she had walked into a cave that Ali Baba had discovered, and the treasure light was so bright that she could barely open her eyes.
"Could it be…you, you are really a corrupt official?”Liu Yuanchun turned his head and met with the pair of deep eyes that seemed to be smiling yet not smiling.
Yao Xuanye chuckled and wrapped his arms around her petite body. "Do you remember Mr. and Mrs. Holigo?"
"I remember."
Yao Xuanye smiled cunningly. "That was the last time I robbed a merchant ship.”
What was that? "You, you are a pirate!"
"Not bad. Are you afraid?" Yao Xuanye smiled gently.
Liu Yuanchun quickly shook his head. "Why didn't you tell me before?"
"This is a secret, only Ensheng knows. He is the person I trust the most.”Pausing for a moment, Yao Xuanye tightened his arms and leaned closer to her face. "However, you are now one of the people I trust.”He pecked her cheek lightly.
"What does Ensheng have to do with you?" Liu Yuanchun asked curiously.
"He is my half-brother."
No wonder the two of them had similar expressions!
" Actually, there's something that I've buried in my heart for a long time. Why don't I tell you now…" Hence, Liu Yuanchun revealed his bizarre experiences to him one by one.
After a long time-
"Do you believe me?" she asked.
In a flash, Yao Xuanye planted a loving kiss on her forehead. "I believe you!"
"Really?" Liu Yuanchun was surprised by his complete acceptance.
"There are all kinds of strange things in the world. If you deny everything you don't understand, you will never make progress.”
Liu Yuanchun didn't expect him to have such a basic scientific spirit, and couldn't help but admire him more and more.
When the two of them left the cellar, Yao Fu had just finished brewing tea outside the corridor.
"Sir, the tea is ready." he shouted.
When the two of them arrived outside the corridor, Yao Fu could not help but ask,"Furen, there is a question that has been in my heart for a long time. I wonder if Furen can dispel my doubts?”
"Oh? Tell me, I will tell you everything I know."
"That day, when I met Prince Chengning at the Jia residence, what was written on the second piece of paper that Madam sent Lu Xiu? Why did His Highness agree to overturn the verdict for His Excellency?”
Liu Yuanchun looked at her husband affectionately, then lowered her head to take a sip of tea…When she raised her head again, a sly smile appeared on her face.
"Yao Fu, this matter is a secret. Since it's a secret, I can't tell you, understand?”
Yao Fu nodded." Understood." In fact, he did not understand at all.
"You can't even tell me?" Yao Xuanye smiled dotingly.
"I can't say!" Liu Yuanchun smiled like a fox.
On the other side of Jinling City, King Cheng Ning's mansion.
"Madam, has Madam Yao delivered the things that she promised?”Prince Chengning hurried back to the residence after the court session.
"Yes. There, there it is!" Princess Cheng Ning pointed at the table.
When Prince Chengning saw it, he was stunned on the spot.
If Your Highness can reverse the verdict and save my husband, ten carts of gold will be my gift of thanks!
That day, that was what was written on the complaint.
However, there were ten palm-sized golden carriages on his table!
It was also ten carts of gold, wasn't it?
After a moment of absent-mindedness, Prince Chengning thought of that peerless beauty and smiled.
What a good Liu Yuanchun! She was the first person who dared to make a move on someone else.
"Wangye, Wangye, what are you laughing at?”Princess Cheng Ning was surprised.
"I'm laughing at Yao Xuanye's good fortune for marrying a good wife!”
He did not expect that the old fox would fall into the hands of the little fox one day.
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