After reading my mind, Daddy, why don't you smile?

Shangguan Shu presented the official register, "Your Majesty, this is the evidence related to this case that I compiled overnight. It includes the testimony of witnesses, signatures, and evidence. Please review it, Your Majesty."

Wu Yonggui stepped forward and handed the booklet to Emperor Jianxi, who flipped through it.

Shangguan Shu said in a clear voice, "On the eighth day of the tenth month of the year of Ji Hai, the Empress gave birth to a son at three quarters of the evening hour. The midwives were Wang and others. The suspect Pei was also there. That night, the Empress chose Pei as the Third Prince's wet nurse. Everything was fine. However, the main culprit Wei Ju had a grudge against Your Majesty because of an old grudge. He had planned for a long time and had arranged eighteen pregnant women with the same due dates, intending to use someone else as a substitute!"

Upon hearing this, Emperor Jianxi's expression became even colder.

Wei Ju laughed sarcastically, "Ridiculous! What? Eighteen pregnant women? Shangguan Shu, you are making up stories!"

Anyway, he had already silenced all the pregnant women, so no one could find any evidence.

Shangguan Shu chuckled upon hearing this and asked, "Wei Ju, how did I know that you found such a precise number of 18 pregnant women? Do you really think you did it perfectly?"

Wei Ju's expression suddenly changed.

"Your Majesty is renowned for his virtue, his laws are strict, and the law's net is vast and long, and nothing can escape it..." Shangguan Shu said neither quickly nor slowly.

[My father is a good official. Even at this time, he still does not forget to flatter the emperor's grandfather. If he doesn't get promoted, who will...]

Emperor Jianxi who was being flattered: Ahem.

"Those eighteen women who had just given birth were beautiful local women you captured during your war against the Walan tribe. You secretly imprisoned them and sent people to rape them every day until they became pregnant. You originally captured more than fifty people, but most of them committed suicide because they could not bear the humiliation. Only eighteen people survived."

"After the incident, you wanted to kill them all, but one of the women luckily survived."

Zhao Cong was shocked. Is this his life experience?

Are his biological parents still alive?

He looked at Shangguan Shu, a trace of regret flashed across his eyes. His biological parents were murdered, and as a son, he had never thought of avenging them...

"The woman returned to the Walan tribe and found the new king of the Walan tribe who was supported by the Great Chu. It turned out that she was the maid of the Walan King's younger sister. On that day when the country was destroyed, Princess Walan wanted to disguise herself as an ordinary woman and escape with the maid, but she was kidnapped by Wei Ju's soldiers. According to the maid's recollection, Princess Walan did give birth to a baby boy, but he was taken away on the spot."

Emperor Jianxi frowned, glanced at a letter with the name of Walan in the booklet, and asked, "Walan is very far away from the capital. It takes at least eight days to get there. How did you get this letter overnight? Is there another hidden secret?"

"Your Majesty, please understand! After the maidservant told King Walan about this, King Walan was extremely angry and wanted to report to the court, but he was intercepted by the people in charge. At that time, Wei Ju was the uncle of the king who had great power in the court and the general of Wei whose ancestors were enshrined in the imperial temple. Who dared to offend him? It was just that a foreign princess was humiliated and lost her life in the territory of Da Chu. It was not intentional on Wei Ju's part. It is better to keep it secret for the time being. It will not only be good for the Wei family, but also for the current queen!"

Upon hearing this, Queen Xiaomin closed her eyes and looked a little ugly. She traveled through time and space and wanted to protect the women of the feudal era to the greatest extent possible, but she didn't expect that she secretly helped the tyrant to commit atrocities.

Seeing this, Zhao Ying secretly comforted him, "Mother, it's not your fault..."

Queen Hyomin sighed, "I didn't kill Bo Ren, but Bo Ren died because of me..."

Zhao Ying disagreed, "Mother, you are also a victim. The perpetrator has not yet admitted his guilt, so why should the victim take the blame?"

"Yes, yes, the shameless Wei Ju has not yet admitted his guilt. Why should the Royal Grandmother feel guilty?"

The little guy was sensible enough to know that one shouldn't make a loud noise in such situations, so he lowered his voice and spoke stealthily.

Shangguan Qiyou, who was standing by, echoed, "Grandmother, just listen to Yue'er. She's the smartest!"

"Yes, I am Zhuichongming!"

The depressed mood was relieved by the children's noise. Emperor Jianxi eavesdropped and continued to ask, "If everything was suppressed, then where did this letter come from?"

"The truth should have come out. Ichiro was ordered by his superior to burn the letter, but it was accidentally hidden in the case file and was dug out last night!"

Emperor Jianxi nodded slightly, indicating his agreement with this statement. He looked at the letter. As a direct disciple of Grand Tutor Wei, he was well-educated and could read the blue characters. He said in a deep voice, "What is said in the letter is exactly the same as what you, Shangguan Ai, said."

Shangguan Shu remained calm. Of course it was exactly the same. He had ordered someone to write it. He had previously sent secret guards to Walan to investigate the matter, and only then did he know about the discrepancy. As for the real letter, it really existed, but it had been burned more than 30 years ago.

Seeing this, Wei Ju gritted his teeth in hatred. He was so unlucky and God was going to kill him!

He pretended to be calm, "Even so, it doesn't prove that I changed the crown prince."

Shangguan Shu ignored him and continued, "Wei Ju prepared the child. After learning that the wet nurse was the greedy and brainless Pei, he easily bribed Pei. So on the day of the third prince's full moon, Wei Ju took advantage of the chaos to transfer the imperial guards away, leaving only the third prince and Pei in the side hall of Kunning Palace."

"Send Pei to the palace!"

Pei was pressed up by two guards. She was terrified and didn't know where to look. She said in a trembling voice, "Your servant... Your servant, your servant pays respects to the Emperor and the Empress!"

Shangguan Shu said, "Ms. Pei, please tell me the truth about what happened that night!"

Pei secretly glanced at the empress, and then said, "I was bewildered for a moment and listened to Uncle Wei. He...he told me that the son born to Empress Xiaomin was disabled. Empress Xiaomin was reluctant to give up her young son, but keeping the child would make the empress fall out of favor...I didn't believe it at first. The child was smart and well-behaved, and there was nothing wrong with him. But he is the uncle of the emperor after all, and he gave me such a large sum of money. I thought that someone who was so generous would not be a bad person. Uncle Wei is the empress's biological brother, and he must be doing it for her good..."

As Pei spoke, the breathing in the hall became noticeably heavier, and it was obvious that everyone was angry.

"My uncle also said that newborn babies all look similar. The little prince was born not long ago, and the emperor was busy with government affairs, and the queen was weak after giving birth. Neither of them had looked at the little prince carefully, so he would not be recognized. So I listened to my uncle and took the child to meet the uncle's wife who also brought a child into the palace, and replaced the child in her arms with the third prince."

Wei Fu suddenly raised his head and looked at Pei.

In this matter, his mother is also an accomplice?

Zhao Ying narrowed her eyes. Could it be that Shangguan Shu once thought that Wei Fu was her biological brother?

Queen Hyomin suddenly sneered.

Her elder sister-in-law, Mrs. Su, was very kind to her.

She knew that Wei Ju had no love for her, that he was cruel and vicious, violent and hypocritical, and definitely not a good man. That's why she took care of Su again and again. In the past, Su had compromised again and again, and she thought that she had no choice but to do so for the sake of her nephews. Now she understood that he was just a despicable person.

Just like the news she had seen before, a husband beat his wife in the street and passers-by were indignant, but the wife blamed the passers-by for being nosy and hurting her husband.

Wei Ju treated her like this, but she still wanted to help him!

Emperor Jianxi was furious, slammed the table and shouted, "How dare you, Wei Ju, we have all the evidence, what else do you have to say!"

Wei Ju glared at the emperor and empress above with his venomous eyes. Seeing that Emperor Jianxi was angry, he was not afraid. Instead, he raised his head and laughed.

"Ha ha ha ha……"

"Hahahahaha..."

"So what if I changed? Do you think you won by arresting me today? I tell you, I won!"

His eyes widened, his expression ferocious and crazy, "I was just seeking revenge, and I succeeded. I made your two children's lives worse than death. I made your lives worse than death!"

"Do you want to know how I tortured him? He was just a one-month-old baby. Wei Zhen, his eyes really look like yours. Zhao Rui, his nose looks even more like yours..."