After being married off by my younger sister, I became the most beloved person in the palace

"He went to jail?" Fu Zheng muttered. If the Minister of Justice was sent to jail, the prisoner must be difficult to deal with. He didn't want to delay Zhou Huai's work. "No hurry. I'll wait for him here."

As he said this, he lifted up his coat and sat down on the official chair.

The official was stunned, then hurriedly served tea to Fu Zheng and arranged for someone to wait in the prison, telling him to come over immediately if the Shangshu was done with his work.

Fu Zheng sat aside, his whole body exuding an aura that kept strangers away. The officials who were working were trembling with fear when they saw him, wondering what Minister Zhou had done to make Prince Pingyang look like he wanted to kill him.

About a quarter of an hour later, Zhou Huai came hurriedly.

"Your humble servant greets His Majesty." He walked up to Fu Zheng and bowed, "I'm sorry to have kept Your Majesty waiting for a long time. I wonder what Your Majesty wants to see you about?"

Fu Zheng did not exchange pleasantries with him and said bluntly, "The Xing'an Marquisate poisoned and murdered my eldest daughter. This is the testimony of the witnesses. Please arrest them, Lord Shangshu."

Zhou Huai almost fell to his knees when he saw the confession handed to him.

"Poison the princess?"

Your Majesty, please give me some time to buffer my anger as this is such a serious matter as murdering the princess.

Also, shouldn't this matter be handled by the Dali Temple? Why did you come to my Ministry of Justice?

Fu Zheng: Dali Temple Minister Guan Yi is the Third Prince's uncle. Isn't this an opportunity for the Third Prince to take revenge on them?

He must be crazy to go to Guan Yi to deal with this matter.

Fu Zheng glanced at Zhou Huai and said impatiently, "Do you want me to repeat it again?"

Zhou Huai was startled and shook his head like a rattle: "No, no."

"Then what are you still standing here for? Go arrest someone."

"Oh, I'll take my leave." Zhou Huai bowed and left.

I couldn't help but curse in my heart, Lord Ji must have lost his mind, he actually tried to murder the princess.

You are not satisfied with such a daughter-in-law of noble status. Your family wants to marry the current princess.

Ji Kang's eyelids had been twitching since morning, and he felt very uneasy. Until the servant came to report that the Minister of Justice had arrived, the ominous feeling became even stronger.

He suppressed his uneasiness and went to meet Zhou Huai.

"How come Minister Zhou has time to come here today?" Ji Kang asked with a smile.

Zhou Huai is forty years old this year, with thick eyebrows and big eyes, and looks quite honest. However, when he has a stern face, his whole aura becomes different. He is intimidating without even being angry, and is frightening.

"Why am I here? Lord Ji, don't you have any idea?"

Ji Kang's heart couldn't help but skip a beat, and the smile on his face disappeared, but he didn't show any panic at all, and looked at Zhou Huai expressionlessly.

"I don't understand what Lord Zhou means."

Zhou Huai: "Prince Pingyang went to the Ministry of Justice to report that you were poisoned and murdered the princess. Doctor Mao has confessed. Please ask the Marquis, the Marquis's wife and the Crown Prince to come with me."

Ji Kang's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he angrily said, "You are talking nonsense. When did we try to murder the princess?"

But I was very panicked.

Didn't Madam have someone send Mao Yongchang away from Beijing overnight? How did he end up in the hands of Prince Pingyang's Palace?

Is this guy stupid? He actually confessed...

Ji Kang was anxious and angry, but he didn't dare to show it.

Zhou Huai glanced at him calmly and said slowly, "Since there is a witness, why are you talking nonsense? If the Marquis didn't do it, why do you have to go to the Ministry of Justice to investigate it clearly?"

Ji Liang stood with his hands behind his back, staring coldly at Zhou Huai: "Why should we go to the Ministry of Justice for something we haven't done?"

"Prince Pingyang has come to sue, and there are witnesses. My Ministry of Justice has accepted the case, which is reasonable and logical. Even if Lord Ji goes to the emperor to impeach me, I am not afraid. But if Lord Ji does not cooperate, don't blame me for using force."

As he spoke, he raised his hand slightly.

The yamen runners behind him stepped forward one after another, ready to arrest someone by force.

Ji Kang was so angry that he choked, but he dared not say anything.

"Lord Ji, please cooperate. There's no need to make things too awkward. Otherwise, everyone in the city will know about it all the way to the Ministry of Justice." Zhou Huai said expressionlessly.

Ji Kang gritted his teeth: "Are you threatening me?"

"I dare not. I am just reminding you, my Lord."

Ji Kang almost fainted from anger, but he didn't dare to confront Zhou Huai. If he took the initiative to cooperate with the investigation of the Ministry of Justice, he could at least travel in a carriage and keep a low profile. But if he really let Zhou Huai forcibly arrest them, rumors would probably fly everywhere as soon as they left the gate of the Marquis' Mansion.

After a long silence, Ji Kang said with a sullen face, "I will go with you, but it is far-fetched to accuse my Ji family of murdering the princess based on the testimony of one person named Mao. It is true that Minister Zhou is impartial, but we are still in the investigation stage. You have no right to detain us without sufficient witnesses and evidence."

After hearing this, Zhou Huai frowned slightly.

Don't you cry until you see the coffin?

Yes, murdering the princess is a serious crime, it would not be easy for Ji Kang to admit it.

"It might not be appropriate for the Marquis to go alone. Mao Yongchang said in his confession that it was Madam Ji who instructed him to do so, so she has to go as well." Zhou Huai said.

The implication is that he doesn't have to take Ji Yuanwen with him.

As he said this, without waiting for Ji Kang to agree or refuse, he directly ordered the official behind him: "Go and invite Madam Ji."

"Yes, sir." The officer replied with a bow.

Saying "please" is just being polite because the other party is a marquis.

Zhou Huai took Ji Kang and Wei to the Ministry of Justice in a carriage.

He did not cause any commotion along the way, but as soon as he entered the Ministry of Justice, he received strange looks from all around.

Outsiders didn’t know what had happened, but everyone in the Ministry of Justice knew it clearly.

Prince Pingyang was still sitting in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice. The doctor surnamed Mao was kneeling on the ground with a bruised face and nose, having been beaten by Prince Pingyang!

Fu Zheng couldn't help it when he thought that the culprit who poisoned his daughter was right in front of him.

Now that he can’t beat up Ji Kang and his wife, can he beat up a doctor?

So Mao Yongchang ended up in tragedy.

Faced with the beating from Prince Pingyang, he didn't even dare to fart and could only scream in pain.

As soon as Mao Yongchang saw the couple of Marquis Xing'an coming in, he pointed at them and said, "My lord, it was the wife of Marquis Xing'an who ordered me to delay the princess's illness and then gave her a slow-acting poison, causing a rash on her face. She then claimed that it was contagious, so that she could legitimately keep the princess away from anyone and then secretly cause her to die. This is a vicious woman, my lord, arrest her!"

"Asshole." Upon hearing this, Wei was so angry that her eyes and mouth were crooked. She raised her hand and slapped him: "Who gave you the courage to slander me? I trusted you so much and handed the princess to you. Not only did you hide her illness, but now you are blaming me."

"Tell me, who ordered you to poison the princess and then put the blame on us."