Xiao Mo put Ping Ping and An An on his knees and were looking at the picture album drawn by Ye Jintang together. When he saw Jiang Heng come in and just stand aside without saying a word, he knew that he might have found out something.

"You two can watch it first. Father will come over and watch it with you guys in a bit."

"Okay, Father, please come here quickly."

Pingping reluctantly got off Xiao Mo's legs, while An An, who was standing beside him, stuck to him like a piece of gummy bear and acted coquettishly, not wanting to leave.

It took him a while to finally settle the two children.

Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang came out of the inner hall together. Jiang Heng immediately handed over the blue notebook and told them in detail the information he had obtained from interrogating Yu Hongxiu.

"Yu Yunzhao is quite smart. When she entered the palace, she knew not to use her real name. If anything goes wrong, she can just run away."

Ye Jintang couldn't help but sigh that if Yu Yunzhao wasn't the murderer who poisoned Queen Jiang, she would have wanted to keep her by her side.

"It's a pity that she is so smart but useless. Even if this incident hadn't been exposed, she wouldn't have lived long based on the contents of the notebook. I originally wanted to promote Li Sheng to the Ministry of Justice. If he really went to the Ministry of Justice, I guess the first thing he would do would be to kill Yun Zhao."

Li Sheng is the guy who has a tigress at home and several mistresses outside.

He came from a poor family and had a smooth career thanks to his wife's family. If his wife knew that he had a mistress, she would probably tear him apart.

Therefore, in order to keep his official position and maintain family harmony, Yu Yunzhao must die.

"Now that the truth has been uncovered, let's just deal with Yu Yunzhao."

Xiao Mo's voice was extremely calm, without a trace of joy or anger.

Ye Jintang and Jiang Heng on the side knew that Xiao Mo was furious at the moment, and it was mercy that he did not immediately cut Yu Yunzhao into pieces.

"Brother Xiao, have you thought of how to deal with Yu Yunzhao?"

"Give her the punishment of being boiled to death. As for the Liang family, all of Yu Yunzhao's close relatives will be executed immediately, and the rest will be exiled and their property confiscated."

"Yes."

Jiang Heng received the order, but did not leave immediately. Instead, he asked, "Does the emperor want to watch the execution?"

"Ah."

Jiang Heng immediately understood what Xiao Mo meant and hurried to prepare.

So on the first day when all officials attended the morning court, they saw a large steamer placed on the road to the court. After asking, they found out that a palace maid was going to be steamed alive there that day.

The officials were extremely surprised. Since Xiao Mo ascended the throne, he had been ruling the country as a benevolent monarch. Today, he suddenly did this. They all speculated what outrageous thing this palace maid had done to force Xiao Mo to this extent.

The officials in the hall were discussing the matter in low voices, and only stopped when Xiao Mo came over.

When they looked up, they saw Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang entering the hall together.

This was not the first or second time that Ye Jintang had attended the morning court with Xiao Mo. The court officials had already gotten used to it and did not feel anything strange about it.

The morning court session began, and as usual, everyone discussed matters together, and no one mentioned the matter of steaming the palace maids alive.

It was not until the morning court was about to end that Xiao Mo finally brought up the matter.

"The Queen Mother died suddenly that year. Everyone thought she died of a sudden illness, but I know that she was killed by two bitches. I have already dealt with them earlier. The one outside the hall today is the palace maid who personally delivered poison to the Queen Mother that year."

"And the reason why I steamed her alive today is that I want to warn all the maids and eunuchs in the palace to keep their eyes open. If anyone betrays me, I can find him even if he runs to the ends of the earth."

As Xiao Mo finished speaking, Jiang Heng took the imperial edict and began to read it.

The court officials could not say anything about the poisoning of the empress dowager, even if she was steamed alive, it would not be excessive to kill all nine generations of the Yu family.

"In addition to the matter of this palace maid today, I have another thing to announce. I had a younger sister who died just a few days after she was born. When I was investigating the case of the late Empress Dowager being poisoned, I also found out that my younger sister was not dead. She was taken out of the palace and miraculously survived."

"I am now hesitating whether to restore her princess status."

Xiao Mo sat on the dragon throne and looked down at the court officials.

His cold words didn't sound like he was asking for the opinions of the court officials at all. Instead, they were clearly telling them that anyone who dared to disagree would have to look at the steamer outside.

"As long as the emperor finds out the princess's identity, he will naturally let her return to her ancestral home."

A censor took the initiative to step forward.

Subsequently, several other officials also stood up and said that the princess's status should be restored and a princess's palace should be built.

"Since everyone agrees, then this matter is settled. The Ministry of Rites will draft the princess' title as soon as possible. As for the princess's mansion, I have already picked a house. You just need to rest and prepare it."

In the past two years, a lot of real estate has been confiscated in the capital. There is a large mansion with five courtyards on Changle Street, which is relatively close to the imperial palace. It is perfect for a princess's residence.

"Your Majesty, why does the Ministry of Rites need to draft a title? I think the word Changle is a good choice. Why not give her the title Princess Changle?"

"Changle?"

Xiao Mo pondered for a moment and said that he felt this title was very good.

"I have some shops on Changle Street, which I will give to Princess Changle. This way, she will be worthy of her title."

Ye Jintang nodded slightly. Others might not know, but she knew that Xiao Mo had more than 20 shops on Changle Street. Together with the princess's mansion, half of the street belonged to Princess Changle. She was worthy of the title.

When all the court officials heard what the emperor and empress said, they all secretly wiped a cold sweat. Fortunately, they did not stand up to deny it, otherwise, considering Xiao Mo's attitude of valuing the princess so much, they would probably be hated.

After Yu Hongxiu was thrown into prison last time, Ye Jintang made Xu Guixiang's life experience clear.

Xu Guixiang had guessed the identities of Ye Jintang and Xiao Mo a long time ago, but she just thought that they liked to hang out in the palace and help her, and didn't think about it in other directions.

Suddenly Ye Jintang dropped such a bombshell news, and to be honest, Xu Guixiang couldn't accept it at all for a while.

She had known since she was a child that her mother was the best person in the world to her. Unfortunately, all of this was overturned. The mother who was the best to her was actually the culprit who hurt her and her biological mother.

For a moment, Xu Guixiang's mind went blank and she couldn't accept this fact.

Deyue Tower was closed for several days because of this.

Until the imperial edict fell into Xu Guixiang's hands, she felt like she was dreaming.

"Your Highness, the Princess's Mansion is ready. Your Highness can move in at any time."

Jiang Heng came personally to read the imperial edict, and brought several palace maids and maids to assist Xu Guixiang in dealing with the matters around her.

From today on, she is a princess in all rights and will have more things to do. Ye Jintang specially selected a few experienced and smart people to help her.

"Thank you, Eunuch Jiang. It's hot, but you don't mind coming in for a cup of tea before you leave."

"Your Highness is too polite. Your Majesty, the Queen is still waiting for us to return and report, so I won't bother you any more."

Jiang Heng exchanged a few polite words with Xu Guixiang, and then told her to move to the princess's mansion as soon as possible before leaving.

Xu Guixiang, holding the imperial edict, was a little dazed. She still couldn't believe that this was true.

"Guixiang, when do you want to move to the princess's mansion? We need to pack up in advance."

"Uh, tomorrow."

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