flstandardbreds Chapter 510: The Servant of the Left Minister's Mansion
Chapter 510: The Servant of the Left Minister's Mansion
Shuangjiang held a confession to her chest, and Yunhe delivered it to the Emperor and Empress. "Your Majesty, Empress, after investigation, we have found that there is indeed a hidden story behind Miss Li Miao's defilement. Following the Empress's instructions, I led my men in two groups to investigate the Hot Spring Villa and the Left Vice Minister's Mansion respectively. According to the servants at the Hot Spring Villa, the servants from the Left Vice Minister's Mansion came to inquire a few days ago whether Minister Lin had booked the hot springs. They also gave him some money and asked which room it was. Then they booked a room next to Minister Lin. Minister Lin didn't come that day, but a young lady did come from the Left Vice Minister's Mansion. Then, someone from Minister Lin's Mansion said that his carriage broke down."
"The clerk asked the servant if they should send a carriage to pick up Minister Lin. The servant said no, saying that Minister Lin felt unlucky and had returned home and would not come today. However, Minister Lin said that he couldn't let the villa lose money, so they paid for the entire day. Since the money had been paid, they couldn't give the room to anyone else that day. However, since Minister Lin didn't come, they didn't care and left the villa empty. They didn't notice anyone entering that day. After all, the villa is heavily guarded, and no one who is not a guest of the villa can enter."
"Lord Lin specifically asked how they knew that a girl had been defiled."
"According to their account, it was Miss Li's servant who saw a thief leaving his lady's room while running and shouting. He didn't catch him, so he asked the people in the villa to help stop him. However, they searched for a long time and still couldn't catch the so-called thief."
"After investigation, we found out that it was the shopkeeper of the villa who spread the news of Miss Li Miao's accident. This shopkeeper often uses his position to spread the romantic affairs of wealthy people and the secrets of many officials in exchange for money. After all, the people love to hear these things."
"Did the Left Minister have any credit for the news about Miss Li Miao being spread out?" Gu Jianchu asked lazily, his cold eyes sweeping across Shuangjiang.
Frost shook his head and said truthfully, "I didn't think about it that way, so I didn't investigate. Besides, this shopkeeper really likes to spread other people's secrets."
Gu Jianchu nodded and said nothing more.
Shuangjiang continued to report, "It was the Left Minister who personally led people to investigate. While the people in the Left Minister's residence were not paying attention, my subordinates secretly captured the servant who had escorted Miss Li Miao to the villa. It was also that servant who first discovered that Miss Li Miao had been defiled by the thieves. We brought him back to the Imperial City Division, but before he could be tortured, the servant was so frightened that he peed his pants and confessed directly."
"The servant confessed that it was the Left Minister who ordered them to send Miss Li Miao to the hot spring villa and drug the water she drank. His main purpose was to have her have sex with Minister Lin so he could climb up the social ladder through him. Unfortunately, Minister Lin didn't go that day. The servant was wandering around outside and overheard a conversation between Minister Lin and the villa staff. He knew he wasn't coming, and considering Miss Li Miao's beauty, he had evil thoughts."
"When no one was paying attention, he ran into Miss Li Miao's room and defiled her. Afterwards, he was afraid that the Left Minister would find out, so he put on his clothes and ran away. He also deliberately made another dark shadow flash by and defiled Miss Li Miao, attracting the people in the villa to help search for her."
"He took advantage of this and made up a lie with Minister Zuo, deceiving him. Minister Zuo truly believed that someone had defiled his niece. He knew all the dirty things Minister Zuo had done and that he was afraid his niece would tell the story and get into trouble. He didn't worry at all that Minister Zuo would find out about him. He took the opportunity to whisper a few words in Minister Zuo's ear. As expected, Minister Zuo began to worry that his niece would tell the story. So he took the servants who had signed the death contract and went to bring Miss Li Miao back. He directly prepared white silk and poison for Miss Li Miao, saying that Miss Li Miao's innocence had been defiled. If she didn't die, the sisters in the mansion would have difficulty getting married."
"Later, the young lady in the mansion secretly let Miss Li Miao out of the house, and then what happened next was what Miss Wen and the Queen said."
"In order to survive, the boy confessed an incident that happened several years ago."
Gu Jianchu was not surprised by this, after all, she had already tasted this melon.
She stroked the teacup in front of her with her fingers and asked casually, "What old story?"
Gu Jianchu's eyes turned and he saw that Xie Ci'an's aura had completely subsided, his fingers were clenched into fists, and veins were clearly visible on his forehead. It was obvious that Xie Ci'an was angry about the matter of the Left Minister.
If you don't think about working hard and only think about scheming, it would be strange if the emperor is not angry.
The most important thing is that someone was killed.
As a senior official, he does not care about the people and respect life. Instead, he thinks about harming people everywhere and climbs up by any means necessary. Anyone would be angry.
Gu Jianchu placed his warm fingers on the man's large palm and said in a gentle voice, "Your Majesty, please don't get angry about these things and hurt yourself. Since they have committed evil deeds, just deal with them directly."
"I'm not angry anymore." Seeing Gu Jianchu's concerned look, Xie Ci'an's eyes softened a lot, and he casually wrapped Gu Jianchu's pair of white fingers in his palm.
Then he glanced at Frost.
Shuangjiang immediately understood what he was saying and replied, "Minister Li has done this more than once. Five years ago, the Left Minister used his sister to blackmail the former Minister of the Central Secretariat, securing his current position as Left Minister."
"According to the servant, he was drinking with the old housekeeper when the housekeeper accidentally told him about the incident. At the time, Minister Li was just a minor official in the Ministry of Rites. He had tried hard for a long time but had never been promoted. Later, he set his sights on his sister. He used the same method, forced his sister to drink medicinal wine, and when the drug took effect, sent her to the room where the Minister of the Central Secretariat was. His sister was thus defiled by the Minister of the Central Secretariat. Afterwards, Minister Li's sister, unable to bear the humiliation, committed suicide."
"Minister Li used his sister's body to threaten the then-Minister of the Central Secretariat. The Minister of the Central Secretariat was afraid that the matter would become a big deal and reach the ears of the emperor, so he wanted to conceal it as soon as possible. He used his position to promote him to the position of Minister of the Left. I didn't dare to just believe the servant's one-sided words. After the servant confessed, I specially ordered people to investigate and found that it was indeed true. This is evidence of Minister Li's promotion. It was indeed the former Minister of the Central Secretariat who used his connections to plan it. I also asked the elderly people in the Left Minister's mansion. Some of them didn't know about Minister Li's plan, but they knew that the younger sister-in-law had died in the mansion and hanged herself. No one knew why she died, but I remember that Minister Li kept interfering, delaying the funeral for half a month. Fortunately, it was winter, so the body didn't stink."