Female supremacy: The journey of a pregnant princess to the top

Jiang Lingyue followed the prefect into the yamen to review the case files. After silently writing down some key information, she immediately returned home.

After returning home, she went straight into the study and began to write furiously. At the same time, she told Chuntao to call the housekeeper over.

Soon, Chuntao returned to the study, followed by a pretty woman in a dark blue dress. The woman looked about 30 years old, with a steady and reserved temperament, which formed a sharp contrast with the lively and cheerful Chuntao.

Jiang Lingyue just stopped writing, looked up at the butler whom she met for the first time in these few days, and opened her eye of identification.

Female, 150 years old, Xuan-grade top-grade water spirit root; Cultivation: late foundation building stage; Favorability towards the host: 50.

This favorability is as high as that of the personal maid Chun Tao. It seems that not only can she manage the affairs of the mansion in an orderly manner, but her loyalty is also a problem.

Jiang Lingyue handed the letter on the table to the housekeeper, "Qiuju, take a look at the contents of the paper first."

Qiuju nodded in response, took the letter and quickly glanced through it.

After she finished reading, Jiang Lingyue said, "After thinking it over, I feel relieved if I can only leave this matter to you. Can you handle it and come back before tomorrow morning?"

Qiu Ju thought for a moment and nodded, "Don't worry, Princess Nine. Qiu Ju will complete the task."

After Qiuju left, Jiang Lingyue couldn't help feeling uneasy. What the outcome would be would depend on tomorrow.

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The next morning, Chuntao told her that the prefect of Beijing had sent people to escort the suspect, witnesses, the victim's family members, etc. from the provincial capital to the capital overnight, and would be reviewing the case again soon.

Adhering to the principle of doing things from beginning to end, Jiang Lingyue took Chuntao to the yamen again.

When the prefect of the capital saw her coming, he immediately stepped forward and greeted her respectfully.

Jiang Lingyue nodded, took a seat in the audience, and the review of the case officially began.

The victim's family and the complainant Gu Yuan had already stood below. After the trial began, Gu Yuan stated some doubts about the case. The prefect checked the files one by one, and after confirming that they were true, he brought the criminal to trial.

Soon, two bailiffs escorted the prisoners to the stage. Jiang Lingyue saw from afar a young woman in prison uniform, with delicate and beautiful features. Even the dirty uniform could not hide her natural beauty.

The woman was tall and thin, and she walked unsteadily. Although she looked disheveled, there was a stubbornness in her eyes that refused to admit defeat. Jiang Lingyue wondered, could someone with such eyes really be tortured into confessing?

Turning on the Eye of Identification, she saw the other party's basic information.

Female, 45 years old, Xuan-level upper-grade gold spiritual root, late stage of Qi refining. Favorability towards the host: 0.

When we got closer, we could clearly see that the woman was covered in wounds, which showed the torture she had gone through in prison.

When the woman saw Gu Yuan, she excitedly called him brother.

Gu Yuan saw her look, his eyes showed obvious heartache and self-blame, "It's my brother's incompetence that made you suffer."

At this moment, the prefect who was sitting on the throne slammed the gavel and shouted, "Who is in the hall? What happened? Come here quickly."

The woman knelt down upon hearing the voice and said, "Your Excellency, I am Gu Xue. That afternoon, I went hunting in the mountains as usual. I saw scattered clothes in the distance and found a naked male corpse lying in the grass. I was frightened and immediately ran to the government office to report the case. But the next day after I returned home, the government officials suddenly came to arrest me and said that I had raped and killed the deceased."

"But the file clearly shows your signed confession."

"Your Excellency, the confession was imposed on me by the prefectural government using severe punishment while I was unconscious."

"You are such a bold criminal, you still dare to quibble!" The prefect slammed the gavel again.

When Jiang Lingyue heard this, she couldn't help but become interested. It seemed that the matter was not simple. He was so eager to be tortured into confessing. Could it be that the real murderer was related to the provincial government?

"Ahem, Lord Feng, don't get excited." Jiang Lingyue coughed lightly, "To solve a case, you must make bold assumptions and verify them carefully."

After hearing her advice, Gu Yuan and his sister both looked at her with gratitude.

Jiang Lingyue smiled after receiving the system prompt of favorability +5. These two people are indeed siblings. They are both easily moved.

"Your Highness the Ninth Prince is right. It is me who is narrow-minded." The prefect was ashamed.

Next, the witness was called forward for questioning.

The witnesses were two middle-aged women, one fat and one thin, both looking like they were not working properly.

They said that they had lost money gambling that day and went to the forest to catch rabbits, and witnessed what happened. Moreover, the time of the crime, the process of the crime, and the cause of death of the victim described by them were completely consistent with the files.

When Gu Yuan and Gu Xue heard the testimony, they angrily accused the witness of slander. When the victim's family heard what happened, they couldn't help but wail and curse.

The situation got out of control and the anxious prefect banged the gavel several times before the hall quieted down.

Jiang Lingyue analyzed that there are three possible scenarios for the witness to be so accurate. First, the witness really witnessed the crime scene; second, the witness and the person who wrote the case file colluded; third, the murderer is the witness himself.

Let's trick them first to see what the truth is. "According to the testimony, there were only three of you at the crime scene, right?"

"To your Highness the Ninth Prince, yes."

"Oh? Then no one can prove your innocence." Jiang Lingyue looked down at the witness, "Is it possible that you guys killed someone together and put the blame on someone else?"

Hearing this, the witness trembled with fear.

"Mr. Prefect, what do you think?" Jiang Lingyue turned and looked at the prefect.

"Well, what His Highness the Ninth Prince speculated is not impossible." The prefect nodded in affirmation.

"In this case, their testimonies cannot be fully trusted." Jiang Lingyue continued to add fuel to the fire, "Neither the criminal nor the witness has an alibi. If we really can't find out, we will have to detain them together."

When they heard that they were going to go to jail, the two witnesses were so scared that they knelt down and begged for mercy.

At this moment, the housekeeper Qiuju came in, exhausted, dragging in a woman with a pointed chin and monkey cheeks.

After recognizing the woman who was thrown in, the two witnesses instantly turned pale.

The victim's family also recognized the man and exclaimed, "It's you! You have harassed my concubine many times. Could it be you who is the murderer? Yes, it must be you! Lord Prefect, please help me!"

Qiu Ju walked up to Jiang Lingyue and handed her a piece of letter paper: "Your Highness, the matter has been completed successfully."

After checking, she understood what was going on, so she asked Qiuju to pass the letter to the prefect and said with a smile, "Your Excellency, I asked my subordinates to investigate overnight and found many interesting clues. You may want to take a look."

The prefect took the letter and read it carefully. After reading it, his face changed drastically and he slammed the table in anger.

"How dare you, you rude people, deceive me! After the incident, why did you receive so much money from Xue Gui? What is the truth? Why don't you confess it quickly?"

After hearing this, the two witnesses exchanged glances, realized that the outcome was settled, and fell to the ground, confessing everything.

It turns out that the two did witness the murder, but the murderer was Xue Gui, who was thrown to the ground by Qiu Ju. After the murderer fled the scene, the two witnesses saw Gu Xue accidentally discover the body before they could leave.

So, the two gamblers came up with a plan, blackmailed Xue Gui for a large sum of money, and helped Xue Gui to give false testimony to frame Gu Xue.

Xue Gui was the niece of the local prefect. She was a powerful bully and fell in love with the victim, who was already a married man. When the victim refused, she raped him and then killed him.

The bully Xue Gui still wanted to argue, but the evidence was overwhelming, so she had to admit her mistake on the spot and said that she had accidentally killed the man, that she sincerely repented, was willing to pay compensation, and begged the prefect for mercy.

The victim's family was also stubborn. They refused to accept any money or forgiveness and only asked for a life for the murder.

The facts of the case were clear, and Gu Xue was acquitted on the spot. The two witnesses were sentenced to thirty years in prison for blackmail and perjury, and Xue Gui was sentenced to beheaded in the autumn for raping and killing her husband.

As for whether the local prefect knew about this unjust case, let the governor of the capital investigate.

Given the answer before him, I believe the prefect would be more enthusiastic than her. After all, there is no such thing as too many excellent achievements.

When the dust settled and Jiang Lingyue was about to leave, the familiar electronic sound came to her mind again.

Gu Yuan and Gu Xue's favorability towards her reached an astonishing 45, which was almost catching up with her butler and personal maid.