Ch 313: Crying Injustice
Yunniang put aside her initial shock and bowed to His Majesty, “Commoner woman greets His Majesty.”
His Majesty did not bid her rise, but continued to question, “Speak, who are the fathers of your three children?”
His Majesty was indeed too curious, not noticing how abnormal his tone was.
His Majesty’s tone was laughably similar to questioning an unfaithful wife.
Qiao Shan gave His Majesty a strange look, clenching his teeth to prevent himself from losing composure.
Yunniang, hearing His Majesty’s certain tone, also wanted to curse.
Who exactly leaked the information?
No, impossible!
Others couldn’t figure it out, she didn’t believe anyone could, after all, even blood tests aren’t accurate.
“Your Majesty, please spare me, I truly only have one husband, Shen Fugui of Chang Le Village. I truly don’t know what Your Majesty is talking about!”
Yunniang glanced at Prince Bei Jing again, and continued, “As for switching Prince Bei Jing’s child, it was also a moment of devilish temptation for me, wanting my daughter to have a good life in the Prince’s Mansion, that’s why I had the wicked idea of switching the children.”
Prince Bei Jing, hearing Yunniang say this, angrily glared at her, “You vile woman, you dared to switch my child, you deserve to die!”
Prince Bei Jing’s voice was too icy, coupled with the murderous aura emanating from him, it was terrifying.
Yunniang was momentarily stunned, forgetting to act like an innocent woman.
“Your Highness, spare me, I truly was momentarily tempted by the devil!”
Prince Bei Jing chuckled, “Ridiculous, you’re still arguing even now. Isn’t Jiang Zhufei your child with Tang Zhizhong? What conspiracy are you two involved in?”
Yunniang’s pupils constricted; they actually knew who Zhufei’s father was.
His Majesty also did not miss Yunniang’s flustered expression, “Yunniang, we know far more than you think. You’d better come clean.”
Yunniang merely looked coldly at His Majesty and Prince Bei Jing, then let out a cold laugh, “Heh, if one wants to frame someone, there’s no shortage of excuses. You’re splashing dirty water on me; I have nothing to say.”
Yunniang was now stubbornly refusing to say another word.
His Majesty wasn’t expecting to get anything more out of Yunniang, because Qiao Shan had already found more evidence from those strange writings, and had also brought back some of Duke Tang’s hidden personnel.
Even without Yunniang’s confession, His Majesty believed he could pry open the mouths of others!
Among those people, there would always be some who couldn’t hold out.
Moreover, His Majesty never believed anyone could withstand the punishments of prison.
“Treat them well, I don’t want to wait too long!”
His Majesty slowly gave the order. The Ministry of Justice personnel quickly understood His Majesty’s meaning, “Please rest assured, Your Majesty! This minister guarantees they will all confess.”
His Majesty nodded lightly, “Good! Especially Yunniang, interrogate her properly.”
“Yes, Your Majesty!”
His Majesty bent down, picked up little Fubao again, and then left the prison.
Prince Bei Jing didn’t have the heart to question Yunniang either, after all, finding Shen Fei was the priority now.
So he quickly followed His Majesty and went out.
Yunniang saw that the relationship between Prince Bei Jing and His Majesty seemed to have improved quite a bit, and her heart sank.
Yunniang had previously worked as a kitchen maid in the Duke’s Mansion; she knew about the Imperial Family’s suppression and apprehension of Bei Jing Prince’s Mansion.
This situation was the outcome the Master wanted to achieve, but now, it seemed everything had changed.
Yunniang clasped her hands tightly, only praying in her heart that the Master’s plan would proceed as planned, and that no accidents would occur.
Aunt Deng, who was in the cell next to Yunniang’s, saw everyone leave, and then dragged her battered body towards Yunniang.
“Unexpectedly, you were discovered too?”
Aunt Deng spoke weakly.
Yunniang saw that Aunt Deng was covered in wounds and frowned, asking, “How were you exposed?”
Aunt Deng thought about her ultimate failure, which was because of Shen Fei. If she hadn’t had people from His Majesty’s side around her, how could she have been exposed?
I’m afraid that by now, the Master’s plan has already succeeded, successfully provoking Prince Bei Jing into rebellion.
Then, things just happened to be so unfortunate, and she was discovered like this.
“Hee hee hee, it was my carelessness! To think of it, it was also that girl Shen Fei who caused it.”
Aunt Deng admitted that, over the years, being by Jiang Zhufei’s side, life had been too peaceful.
After all, the population of Bei Jing Prince’s Mansion was simple, plus Prince Bei Jing was in Anbei Protectorate and not in the mansion.
There were no men in the Prince’s Mansion, even the Princess and Concubine couldn’t fight, and those concubines had even less of a presence.
Aunt Deng had been at ease in the mansion for these years, and it was precisely because of her carelessness that she was caught red-handed by Qiao Yu.
Actually, Qiao Yu was keeping an eye on Aunt Deng entirely because she hated Jiang Zhufei.
And Aunt Deng was not discovered by Prince Bei Jing’s guards because she had served Jiang Zhufei since childhood, and the guards did not have any suspicions about Aunt Deng’s actions.
Yunniang had been detained by Old Madam Tang for a long time and didn’t know about the outside news.
“How is the Master doing? Is everything alright?”
Aunt Deng weakly nodded, “It’s fine, although some things have deviated, it doesn’t affect the final outcome.”
Yunniang was satisfied, “That’s good, that’s good!”
At this time, footsteps were heard at the prison gate, and a dark-faced big man appeared in the prison.
Yunniang and Aunt Deng both remained silent.
The dark-faced man directly dragged Yunniang out and began to torture her.
After leaving the prison, Prince Bei Jing once again requested permission from His Majesty to go out and look for Shen Fei, “Your Majesty, my young daughter is currently missing, this minister is extremely worried. This minister wishes to go out and search, please grant this minister permission.”
His Majesty, hearing Prince Bei Jing repeatedly mentioning Shen Fei, completely forgot that Tang Zhi Ling was also missing.
He spoke, reminding him, “Tang Zhi Ling also needs to be found. However, what direction do you plan to search in, Your Majesty’s Loyal Minister?”
Prince Bei Jing hadn’t decided yet, he was somewhat hesitant.
Little Fubao then spoke, “Go north to look, perhaps you can search in the direction of Beiping County.”
His Majesty and Prince Bei Jing both looked over.
His Majesty curiously asked, “Little Fubao, do you suspect that the two of them were taken away by Duke Tang?”
Little Fubao nodded, “If Duke Tang is rebelling, then it was he who took them.”
His Majesty and Prince Bei Jing were not stupid, especially His Majesty. Thinking of his previous suspicions, his expression became even worse.
His Majesty unconsciously touched Little Fubao’s head, pausing for a moment on his little topknot.
Little Fubao twisted his neck, glared at His Majesty, and lightly scolded, “Don’t touch! Don’t touch my head!”
His Majesty: “……”
Prince Bei Jing: “……”
My goodness, my young grandson, he’s quite a temper!
His Majesty was a little embarrassed, and awkwardly put down his hand, “Alright alright, Imperial Uncle won’t touch the infant’s head anymore.”
Prince Bei Jing looked at this scene in shock, initially shocked, but after seeing Little Fubao’s little face, he understood His Majesty.
If this kid spoke to him like that, he wouldn’t dare to resist subconsciously either.
After all, he’s been afraid of that face for half his life, how could he dare to retort!
