The Legitimate Daughter Returns: The Real Daughter is Reborn

Chapter 157 ends suddenly

Father Xu's lips trembled slightly and he looked at Lu Hong in disbelief.

 He thought that this person was here to torture him again, but he didn't expect that the other person would say such things.

"Who are you?"

Xu’s father’s voice was trembling and he asked questions cautiously.

Lu Hong did not answer. He only glanced at him coldly and said, "You are going to die after all, why do you need to know my name."

 “Who...asked you to come?”

 Xu's father had some thoughts in his mind. Wang Xiuyi was the minister of Dali Temple. There were probably not many officials in the whole capital who could make the ministers of Dali Temple treat each other with courtesy.

And there are even fewer people who can serve such people.

Lu Hong could see what Xu's father was thinking, and a dark color flashed across his eyes.

 “You don’t have to guess, it’s just a transaction.”

　　… “Okay, I plead guilty.”

Father Xu was silent for a long time, then slowly spoke.

 For the sake of his son, he must do this.

 “Sign and stamp.”

Lu Hong took the paper from the side, and the black words on it were extremely clear.

Xu's father had one of his hands untied and wrote his name on it tremblingly.

 Fingerprints were then printed.

When Lu Hong stepped out of the prison, the sky outside was already dark.

 “Master Lu.”

Wang Xiuyi looked at Lu Hong who walked out of the prison cleanly, with a flash of surprise in his eyes.

 He thought Lu Hong would torture Xu's father.

  But it seems not.

"Master Wang, Xu Ren has confessed his crime." Lu Hong handed over the confession written in black and white, "I am going to return His Majesty's orders, Master Wang, can you go with me?"

Wang Xiuyi frowned and felt that the speed was a bit fast.

“Master Lu, please go ahead and I’ll go in and take a look.”

  “Please do it.”

Lu Hong nodded, and the raised arc at the corner of his mouth quickly disappeared.

Seeing Lu Hong walking away, Wang Xiuyi turned around and walked towards the interrogation room.

 “My lord, something is wrong! Xu Ren committed suicide.”

The jailer ran over in a panic.

Wang Xiuyi frowned. As soon as he entered the interrogation room, he saw Xu Ren being put down by the jailer.

 The tongue was cut off at the root, and it was obvious that he had no intention of living.

　　"Clean up the people and have Xu Zhian put back in jail first."

"yes."

Even when the jailer saw the severed tongue, he couldn't help but feel a chill running down his spine.

 How much force must have been used to crush all of his tongue.

Wang Xiuyi walked out of the prison with a gloomy expression.

This was really fast, and he felt that something was wrong.

 But he didn't want to guess Lu Hong.

  First of all, Lu Hong was the censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate who had just been appointed by the Holy Emperor. It would be too bold to be bribed for the first thing he did after taking office.

Secondly, he had heard a lot about Lu Hong. In Suzhou, Lu Hong was a good official praised by everyone in Suzhou. Could it be that he would turn bad when he returned to the capital?

 Xu Ren's body was carried out.

Looking at the corpse, Wang Xiuyi took a deep breath, turned around and walked towards the imperial study.

The person is dead after all, and what happens now can only be decided by Lu Hong.

  Imperial study room.

 Emperor Jianwen was stunned when he heard that the matter had been found out.

“Master Lu, are you telling the truth?”

"Your Majesty, this is Xu Ren's confession. I have also sent people to search Xu's house. I believe that evidence will be found soon."

Lu Hong lowered his head and said a lie without any panic.

 Even if it was the last thing he ever wanted to do.

 At this moment, his parents seemed to appear in front of him.

They told Lu Hong that he should be a good official when he grows up.

 The corners of Lu Hong's eyes were slightly red, but no one saw it.

Emperor Jianwen looked at Lu Hong for a while, then said, "Lu Aiqing, do you think what Xu Ren said is credible?"

“The minister only certifies the evidence, but Your Majesty, there are many doubts about this matter.”

 “How to say?”

"If Eunuch Luo was really taking bribes privately, why did he come to the Xu family? As Eunuch Luo is Xu Zhian's godfather, how could others not think more about it if something like this happened?"

 Emperor Jianwen nodded thoughtfully, "Ai Qing, continue."

 “Master Wang, the Minister of Dali Temple, has arrived.”

 “The humble minister pays homage to His Majesty.”

 “Master Wang, please get up.”

 “Thank you, Your Majesty.”

Wang Xiuyi stood up, looked at Lu Hong, and then said to Emperor Jianwen: "Your Majesty, Xu Ren committed suicide."

 “Suicide?”

Emperor Jianwen frowned and asked, "Have you asked the imperial doctor to see it?"

“Your Majesty, Xu Ren bit off his tongue.”

Wang Xiuyi’s expression didn’t change much when he said this.

 He has seen this kind of thing so many times that he has long lost his emotions.

Needless to say, Emperor Jianwen was a one-time emperor, but when he was young, he went to the battlefield many times.

 I have never seen any kind of death.

 Just hearing what Wang Xiuyi said, a little doubt arose in my heart.

Is it a bit of a coincidence that he committed suicide after confessing his crime?

Lu Hong did not answer the question and allowed Emperor Jianwen's suspicious eyes to pass over him.

 His calmness actually made Emperor Jianwen less suspicious.

“There will be an early morning court meeting in half an hour. Can Lu Aiqing send the book before the early morning court meeting?”

 “Wei Chen tries his best.”

Emperor Jianwen nodded with some satisfaction, "In this case, you two adults should go back."

 Early morning.

 Lu Hong handed over the written note.

Not only that, there is also evidence collected from the Xu family.

They are all small officials who paid a lot of money to the Xu family for the sake of benefits.

As for the gambling house, it is actually a money laundering den.

 Eunuch Luo was kept in the dark about the whole thing and didn't know anything about it.

However, Emperor Jianwen still ordered Eunuch Luo to be punished. He had his legs broken and was sent out of the palace.

  In fact, it is also a warning to Concubine Min.

Emperor Jianwen didn't think the matter was really that simple, but he couldn't bear to investigate his son.

What's more, King Yu always behaved like a filial son in front of Emperor Jianwen. Emperor Jianwen would only be more suspicious of Concubine Min and the Min family, but was not very angry with King Yu.

  As for the Xu family, all their money was confiscated.

 Members of the Xu family, such as Xu Zhian and Xu’s mother, will be exiled.

 Hearing the fate of the Xu family from Liufeng's mouth, Su Leyun was not only not happy, but also became uneasy.

 This matter ended too suddenly.

“Liu Feng, you only handed over those two account books?”

Su Leyun was not very involved in this incident. The only thing he had handled were the two account books.

Of course she knew that the two account books alone would not be able to tell much, but at that time she thought that Xiao Shengyu also had a handle, so she asked Liu Feng to come back to deal with the matter.

Liufeng's eyes were somewhat troubled, "Miss Su, please don't worry, the prince has arranged all this."

Su Leyun stared at Liufeng for a while and then realized. In other words, the reason why Xiao Shengyu took action was because he didn't want her to make the matter bigger.

 She felt a little uncomfortable.

 How could Su Leyun feel relieved if King Yu was not frustrated?

“What’s the relationship between Yuelou and your master?”

Suddenly, such a sentence popped out from Su Leyun's mouth. Liufeng stiffened and looked at Su Leyun with a look of surprise.

 How did Miss Su know?

 (End of this chapter)