Surprise!!! The Regent Princess is actually a hidden boss

The head of the Law Enforcement Hall stood up and looked at it. His majestic face showed a bit of solemnity. He bowed to the clan leader and said, "Patriarch, according to the clan rules, if anyone in the Situ clan contacts the royal family privately, or works for the royal family without the clan leader's order, he will be punished according to the clan law and whipped with a hundred sticks. He will also be imprisoned in the Five Demon Mountains for ten years."

After he finished speaking, he glanced at the Fifth Elder again, and then continued in a deep voice: "If there are people who hold positions in the clan, such as elders or hall masters, they will also need to be dismissed from their positions, and can only be ordinary disciples of the Situ clan for the rest of their lives."

After hearing this, the fifth elder stood up and said to the clan leader, "Clan leader, what do you mean? Do you have any evidence that I'm colluding with someone in the royal family?"

Chu Qianyu's eyes were so deep that it was hard to tell what she was thinking. She sneered and said, "Aren't you the one who knows best whether there is collusion or not? Besides, why do you think I don't have any evidence?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Nan Xu brought the group of people who had gone to the prison to investigate the news in the past two days.

The fifth elder's heart skipped a beat when he saw the person coming, but he remained calm as he looked at her and said, "Chief, why did you kidnap my people!" The louder he spoke, the louder his voice seemed to be trying to cover up his guilty conscience.

Chu Qianyu leaned slightly, resting her elbows on the chair and looking at him with her hands crossed, she looked at him nonchalantly and said, "Please give me an explanation, Fifth Elder, what are your people doing in the prison?"

"Why can't my people go to the prison? There is no rule in this cell that only the clan leader and your people can go in, right?"

"Of course not, but your people seem to have gone to the wrong place. The deepest part of the prison can only be entered with my approval. What are your people doing there? Or do you think my people are useless?"

The fifth elder looked at the group of people, his eyes gleaming with a gleam of light, and then he said: "These people are all new disciples, and they may not know some things yet. That's why they went to the wrong place. I hope the clan leader will forgive them. Spare them."

Chu Qianyu chuckled and said, "What a good way to get around them. Now I'm afraid you should beg for mercy. I recently captured a group of bandits, and the news I got is that the bandits are going to attack the future princess of the regent. It is said that the people behind this are arranged by the fifth elder. And the fifth elder is following the orders of the queen mother."

At this point, Chu Qianyu stood up and walked to the Fifth Elder. His voice gradually became colder as he asked, "Fifth Elder, am I right? Have you been in private contact with the Queen Mother?"

"Don't be in a hurry to deny it. I have called all the elders and hall masters here today, so I naturally have sufficient evidence. If you admit it and make amends, I may be able to forgive you. Otherwise, you should still remember the fate of the second elder."

After saying this, Chu Qianyu turned around and walked towards his seat, sat down, looked at the Fifth Elder, and waited for his reply.

The Fifth Elder was in a very troubled mood at the moment. He was not sure how much the clan leader knew. If he really knew everything, then he was probably lying to him. He might just be trying to trick him.

Thinking of this, he decided to take a gamble, so he raised his head, calmed himself down and said, "I don't know what the clan leader meant. And I didn't know that the bandits wanted to kill Miss Chu. And it's unwarranted speculation that they were secretly colluding with the Queen Mother."

Chu Qianyu raised his hands and clapped, "Well, you are worthy of being the elder of the Situ clan. You can remain calm in such a situation."

"Huai Ce, bring up everything you collected before!"

"Yes." Huai Ce walked to the side of the clan hall and pressed the button at the entrance. A wooden box came out. He then took it out and walked to Chu Qianyu and handed it to her.

Chu Qianyu opened it, took out a piece of paper and started reading it. Then she said slowly, "When the previous emperor was in power, in February of the 31st year of the Tianshuo period, the fifth elder began to contact the queen mother to help her deal with the third and sixth princes who were in the limelight at the time."

"From the 33rd to the 35th year of Tianshuo, you secretly helped the Queen Mother win over the court officials, which helped her ascend the throne as the current emperor. You were also involved in the death of the previous regent, and the poison that the regent is suffering from now was also done by your people."

"And this time he secretly contacted the bandits, and then openly traded with them in the identity of General Chu's eldest son. In fact, the Queen Mother did not want the Regent to be out of her control, so she wanted him to marry into General Chu's mansion. That's why she ordered someone to find someone to kill him."

"..."

Chu Qianyu took out the items one by one and read them out. After reading a part of them, he stopped and looked at the elder of the Law Enforcement Hall and said, "Take the items here and check them carefully to see how the Fifth Elder should convict you now!"

When the fifth elder heard this, his face turned pale and his whole body was shaking slightly. He always thought that he had done things very secretly, so why would the clan leader investigate these things so clearly.

When he came to his senses, he found that the clan leader had already stood in front of him, with a flash of scarlet in his eyes, as if he had murderous intent.

Then he seemed to think of something, and his heart started to panic, and he quickly stepped back.

Chu Qianyu quickly stepped forward and grabbed his neck, looking at him with a sinister look and saying word by word: "My parents went out before they died, but you revealed their whereabouts!"

"I...I didn't...mean it." The Fifth Elder was strangled to the point of being unable to breathe, and he managed to squeeze out a few words.

Chu Qianyu used even more force. The Fifth Elder's face turned red and he was about to resist with his fists clenched. Chu Qianyu didn't give him a chance at all. He turned around and pushed him away. Then he flew forward and stepped on his chest and said angrily, "So you are involved."

Chu Qianyu's aura surged, and a wind suddenly blew in the originally stuffy lobby, and the teacups on the table began to shake.

The four elders behind him felt a little scared for some reason. Why did the clan leader seem to act without any rules and act according to his mood?

The head of the Law Enforcement Hall was still sitting on a chair, looking at the things in the box one by one. The more he looked down, the tighter his brows frowned. With all this evidence, let alone being imprisoned in the Five Demon Mountains for ten years, even execution would not be excessive. Each of these is a serious crime that violates the clan rules! Death penalty!

The fifth elder was lying on the ground with no strength left in his body. He felt as if the palm strike just now had almost shattered his internal organs. He coughed up several mouthfuls of blood and said breathlessly, "Chief, I... I didn't expect that group of people wanted to kill the former chief. They said that as long as I could lead the chief and the others over there, it would be fine.

"Later, when I learned that the clan leader and his family had died, I was also very sad. I...didn't mean to do that. After all, he was my eldest brother and my relative. How could I let them go when I knew it was a dead end?"

"They came from strange places, they were not the Queen Mother's people. I was also bewitched at the time, thinking that my eldest brother might not be able to care about me since he was injured. I could also work for the Queen Mother and gain greater benefits for myself. Really... My eldest brother's death was not caused by me..."

After the Fifth Elder finished speaking, he coughed up a large mouthful of blood. Tears seemed to flow from the corners of his eyes, as if he had thought of something that made him regret.

Chu Qianyu's face darkened after hearing this. He snorted coldly, "Even if you didn't kill him directly, you were also involved! You are not unrelated to this matter!"