The queen is spoiling the king and madly criticizing him for spoiling her

Censor Liang's hometown was far away, and if he wanted to go there to find out whether his original wife was literate, it would take nearly half a month to go back and forth. However, it would not take much time to investigate the origin of the jade pendant.

Before Wen Zhu could act, Censor Liang spoke hastily, "You are just a young boy, and you are trying to frame me with just a jade pendant."

[How shameless of you to deserve someone setting up a trap to frame you.]

However, this case happened many years ago, making it difficult for Liang Qiong to seek justice. He also lacked substantial evidence. After all, he was still young at the time. Apart from the things his mother left behind, he had no chance to collect more favorable evidence, and over time, it was covered up.

【Ah ah ah...】

Xie Ci'an's eardrums were almost broken by Gu Jianchu's shouting, but since she was so happy, there must be a turning point in the matter.

He was really worried that Gu Jianchu’s excitement would be bad for his wound.

Liang Qiong has been lurking in the capital for so many years, and he's actually found even more compelling evidence. Damn system, why are you always so quick to hindsight? Why couldn't you tell me in advance?

[System: Honey, although I know all the melons in this world, you can't eat the ones that are not related to me.]

This is really fatal for a bystander.

Fortunately, Censor Liang's current wife was quite arrogant and domineering in the mansion, often beating and scolding the servants. As a result, few people in the mansion sided with her. Because of her beauty, she mistakenly believed that a maid was trying to seduce Censor Liang, so she scratched the maid's face and sold her.

[No, she's just saying that this Censor Liang is a celestial being? Everyone who sees him falls in love with him. In my opinion, she's clearly blind, yet she's delusional enough to think everyone else is as blind as she is, to be attracted to a man like Censor Liang.]

Led by Gu Jianchu's words, Xie Ci'an even forgot to eat the next piece of melon, and instead turned to look at Censor Liang standing beside him.

She does look average.

This maid had served Madam Liang personally and knew all about what she had done. When Liang Qiong found her in the back hall of the restaurant, she told him everything without hesitation and was even willing to testify in court.

Just as Gu Jianchu was about to eat a piece of melon, Liang Qiong immediately said, "Even if Censor Liang doesn't recognize this jade pendant, it doesn't matter. Besides, I have found a witness."

At Xie Ci'an's signal, Wen Zhu went outside and brought the witness Liang Qiong mentioned into the room.

The girl was wearing a brown coarse linen dress with patches all over her body. She looked dirty and dusty. If you looked closely, you could see several scars on her face. She also smelled like slop.

"Where did you find this person from? He stinks to death." Censor Liang couldn't help but cover his nose.

Xie Ci'an, on the other hand, remained calm, without showing any expression of disgust on his face.

The girl straightened her hair and said, "Master, I am Xiaoju, Madam Liang's maid."

Censor Liang took advantage of the light and took a closer look. It was indeed the girl Xiaoju who had been with his wife before. "Didn't you go home to visit your family and never come back? Who have you turned to now that you are ungrateful and trying to frame me?"

Xiaoju sneered, "Going home to visit relatives? That's why Madam told Censor Liang. Madam was afraid of my appearance and thought I seduced the master, so she ordered my face to be disfigured and then sold me to a brothel. Fortunately, my face was disfigured and I escaped."

Xie Ci'an tapped his fingers lightly on the table, "It seems this girl is indeed from Censor Liang's residence."

Censor Liang was a little frightened by the sound of Xie Ci'an knocking on the table, and a bad premonition instantly lingered in his mind.

Xiaoju bowed deeply to Xie Ci'an and then replied, "Back then, I was Madam Liang's maid. One day, Madam Liang had her wet nurse call a group of strangers to her house. I was assigned to serve tea, and on my way out, I overheard Madam Liang instructing them to get rid of Censor Liang's late wife. Since I was serving Madam Liang at the time, I could only pretend I didn't hear anything."

"What else do you have to argue, Censor Liang?" Xie Ci'an looked at Censor Liang calmly.

Censor Liang was so frightened that he slid off the stool and knelt down. "Those were all done by my wife's men. I really don't know anything about them."

Xiaoju immediately retorted, "How could it be possible that Your Excellency didn't know anything? If Your Excellency didn't know, how could you have just had Young Master Liang's mother's legs broken? Even though Your Excellency paid for it and secretly sent someone to do it, Your Excellency's servant knew about it."

At that time, Xiaoju had a good relationship with the servant boy beside Lord Liang in the mansion. The servant boy would tell her everything, which made Mrs. Liang suspect that she wanted to seduce Censor Liang.

Although Censor Liang hated his original wife, he was reluctant to kill her and finally chose to break her legs so that she would never be able to come to the capital again.

Censor Liang opened his mouth several times but didn't know how to explain.

Seeing this, Liang Qiong kowtowed again in the direction of Xie Ci'an and said, "Your Majesty, I have another matter to report."

Xie Ci'an nodded and signaled the other party to speak.

"Last night, I encountered a group of assassins outside the restaurant who wanted to kill me. Fortunately, I had learned some martial arts, so I escaped. However, I was lucky enough to catch one of the assassins who wanted to kill me.

After I used coercion and bribery, he confessed that he was ordered by Liang Guiyi, the granddaughter of Censor Liang, to assassinate me and silence me."

Although he already knew about this matter, in order not to arouse suspicion, Xie Ci'an still had to pretend to be surprised, "Oh, there is such a thing. It seems that the Liang family is good at assassination and other acts. Letting Censor Liang serve in the Censorate is really a waste of his talent. You should be allowed to serve in the Imperial City Department instead, so that you can make use of your remaining talents."

[I'm almost laughing until my stomach hurts. How can the emperor be so talkative? If you can talk, you should say more.]

Compared to the Queen's desire to laugh, Censor Liang was really scared and broke out in a cold sweat. The room was obviously burning hot, but a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back. He no longer had the courage to resist to the death.

His granddaughter was usually quite clever, but it was impossible for her to know about such a big thing at home, let alone hire someone to kill someone.

Censor Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Majesty, I think this is a misunderstanding. Liang Guiyi has been kind-hearted since childhood and would never do such a thing. Your Majesty also knows that Liang Guiyi has been in the palace all her life. It is impossible for her to know such lowly people. How can you talk about sending assassins to kill them? Why would Empress Guiyi kill them?"