The General is Pregnant: His Majesty Abstinence and Sexual Devotion Every Night

Chapter 164 Trial

"I just asked her, but she insisted that she fell into the water accidentally. However, she looked too panicked and guilty, which made me hard to believe."

“It’s not too late to ask now”

Could it be that Qi Yunjin wanted to come and ask in person? Yes.

The emperor's personal questioning was much simpler and more brutal than Gu Junqing's slightly gentler questioning just now. After a while, the girl on the ground changed her tone and told the truth.

Here, if a slave fell into the water, even if she was drowned, they would only be frightened for a short time and then forget about it after a few days. No one would care about such an insignificant slave at all.

Even if you fall into the water yourself or are pushed into the water by someone, it doesn't matter as long as no one sees it.

But today, the slave girl's fall into the water quickly became a new round of consideration in the eyes of everyone present.

The girl in front of him was pushed into the water, and she was a servant in the Shen Mansion. I guess Duke Shen must not be in a very good mood right now.

Gu Junqing turned his head to look at Duke Shen, but he was only looking at his profile. He couldn't see Duke Shen's expression, but the smile he had been maintaining just now was definitely gone.

Duke Shen ordered his men to take the girl away and sent people to find the person who pushed the girl into the water.

After all, the emperor is here, so he should at least give Qi Yunjin an explanation.

This was just a small episode. After it, the group would not return to the other side and continue watching. At least Qi Yunjin didn't want to continue watching.

So he proposed to see how the Shen family found out who pushed the maid into the water. The smile that Duke Shen had finally raised froze: "..."

The emperor really doesn't play by the rules...

This was what all the ministers were thinking in their hearts.

However, the emperor asked that he conduct the trial himself, and other ministers should play their own games and not follow him.

Duke Shen originally wanted to go along, or lead the way, but he was blocked by the emperor's lukewarm words. He had no choice but to send someone to take the emperor to the interrogation room to interrogate him himself.

However, Gu Junqing was still concerned about Yan Ji and asked the other three to go along as well, on the grounds that they were witnesses at the scene and should have gone along.

The emperor nodded and actually agreed.

Duke Shen felt that they were simply too reckless. Relying on the emperor's support, he believed that he could not do anything to them here, so he could be so arrogant in his own mansion.

Duke Shen sent Hua Wu to lead the emperor to the interrogation room of the Shen residence. Gu Junqing and others followed behind the emperor in silence.

As for the girl who had been kneeling on the ground, she was helped into the interrogation room.

In fact, there was no need for any interrogation at all. As soon as they arrived at the interrogation room, Qi Yunjin hadn't even opened his mouth to say anything before the girl in front of him knelt on the ground in fear and said that it was another person who pushed her. However, it was not a maid under the Shen family, but a guard from another mansion who pushed her.

Gu Junqing always felt unhappy after seeing the girl tell everything. Could it be that it was just because of the emperor's status, or because the emperor seemed more fierce than himself, so she revealed the matter without hesitation.

Gu Junqing never thought of himself as gentle.

So she stood behind Qi Yunjin to the right, and seeing the girl still chattering away, she began to doubt her life.

However, she mentioned that a guard from another mansion and a servant from another courtyard watched her fall into the water under a willow tree nearby but did not come to rescue her. Apart from that, there seemed to be no other particularly useful information.

Gu Junqing didn't say anything, but just looked at the girl's expression to see if she was lying. However, the emperor was here, so it was impossible for her to lie to him.

So the girl just knew that she was pushed into the water and that it was a guard from another mansion, but she didn't know anything else. It was really confusing.

Gu Junqing thought.

Gu Junqing was distracted, while Ji Rang stood aside and watched Qi Yunjin's interrogation. The emperor has always been frugal with words, and his strong aura subconsciously gave people a strong sense of oppression.

Presumably, the servant could not stand such intimidation, so she told him everything before the emperor even opened his mouth to interrogate her.

Since they were from other mansions, she had to start from how many people the girl had worked or communicated with an hour or two ago. She just said that one of them was a guard from another mansion, and there was actually a servant from her own mansion standing not far away watching.

But the distance was quite far and she was still struggling in the water, so she didn't see what the maid looked like clearly. She only saw her clothes and they were clothes that only the maids in the Shen residence could wear.

So now someone is still needed to investigate the situation at that time, but it will take some time. However, Qi Yunjin and the three people standing behind him will not stay here and wait for news.

Hua Wu asked the four of them to wait for some time, as they now needed to send someone to search thoroughly. After saying these words, Hua Wu retreated and left.

Now there were only Gu Junqing, Gu Jiyan, Ji Rang, Qi Yunjin who was sitting in the middle seat, and the servant Yue'er who was trembling beside them waiting for news.

Gu Junqing was actually very worried that Hua Wu would come back and fool them with false news, even if the emperor was here.

So she was planning to tell the emperor that she might have to go and look for them in person an hour or two ago to ask if there were any suspicious people nearby during the time when the moon fell into the water or was about to fall into the water.

However, Gu Jiyan, who was beside him, spoke first:

"Your Majesty, I am still worried about Hua Wu and other ministers of the Shen Mansion going to look for them, so I will bring people from the Anyuan Marquis Mansion to look for them together. I hope Your Majesty will grant me permission."

Qi Yunjin nodded, and also understood the meaning behind Gu Ji's words: "Yes"

With just one word, Gu Jiyan ran away from the small and dim interrogation room as if he had been granted amnesty.

Gu Junqing twitched the corner of his mouth and watched Gu Jiyan's back as he walked away quickly, not knowing what to say.

As soon as Gu Jiyan left, the atmosphere here became even more weird.

Yue Er, who tried to be invisible, didn't even dare to breathe out. She felt like she was being tortured every minute and every second. Ji Rang tried to ignore the atmosphere and whispered to Gu Junqing:

"Are the scruples reliable?"

Gu Junqing also replied in a low voice: "...maybe"

At this time, Qi Yunjin finally stood up, then turned his back and looked at the two of them expressionlessly, especially at Gu Junqing, and said,

"Since we have to wait for news, it will naturally take at least an hour. There is no need to stay here. Let's go out first."