Having transmigrated into a book, who would still want to be a secondary wife?

"My lord, you shouldn't be arresting me, you should be arresting General Qin's whole family! I have no knowledge of any stolen goods, all the silver was taken by Qin Shuangshuang!"

Liang Yan, the Minister of Justice, already suspected that the Qin family might not be entirely innocent in this matter.

After Lin Zhiyue returned with military merits, he made many friends in the court, which may have implicated him. General Qin, on the other hand, had been famous for many years and had a complex network of connections in the officialdom.

Seeing his son-in-law about to lose his official position, could he just sit idly by?

"General Qin, since you're here today, I won't bother to invite you. Let's get this straight!"

Qin Zheng's expression changed drastically. "What does this have to do with me? Lord Liang should investigate this thoroughly."

"General Qin, rest assured, we will investigate this matter thoroughly today. If it has nothing to do with you, we will not slander you. But if it does, none of you will escape!"

Liang Yan raised his hand, signaling everyone to go inside.

Meanwhile, a large number of people had gathered outside the government office. Upon hearing that the matter was related to General Qin's mansion and the Lin family mansion, they showed disbelief.

“Previously, Pingyang City suffered from drought, and the crops in the fields failed. The people were starving, and many had no choice but to sell their children.”

The imperial court allocated disaster relief funds, but a large portion was embezzled by the corrupt official Yuan Xingchao, resulting in the deaths of many civilians.

"The Emperor sent Prince Chu to thoroughly investigate the case, which led to Yuan Xingchao. However, only part of the missing silver was found, and much of the silver remained untraceable."

General Qin and Lord Lin have both been arrested today, and I'm afraid they're involved in this matter too!

"If that's true, then Lin Zhiyue is utterly shameless. He coveted the Song family's money before, and now he's embezzling disaster relief funds?"

The people were all gritting their teeth in anger. They had all heard about the terrible situation in Pingyang City, and recently many people had fled to the capital to escape the famine.

Ordinary people, as long as they can survive, who would be willing to leave their hometown, sell their land, or even sell their children?

Lin Zhiyue had previously made great contributions in battle, and everyone praised him as a great hero. But now, his actions are simply keeping everyone in the dark as if they were fools!

"The King of Chu has arrived!"

A gasp of surprise rang out from the crowd, and everyone turned to look. They saw the handsome and dashing Prince Chu step down from his carriage.

"I believe His Highness the Prince of Chu will be able to investigate this matter thoroughly and will not let any corrupt official get away with it!"

Chu Yungui followed Chu Junting, watching everyone praise their third brother and completely ignore his own existence, and couldn't help but feel helpless.

Is the difference really that big?

He is a prince, after all. How can you completely ignore such a grown man standing here?

"Third brother, tell me how exactly you found the stolen goods? We hadn't made any progress yesterday, had we?"

Chu Yungui looked curious. Last night, he had finally come up with a glimmer of hope and rushed back, only to run into his third brother and Miss Song leaving together. He didn't even have a chance to say anything.

When his third brother returned, he was so tired that he fell asleep.

As a result, I heard from my third brother this morning that not only was the silver found, but the accomplices were also found.

“There was progress last night,” Chu Junting said.

"Didn't you go out with Miss Song last night? How could you still find out about the progress?"

Chu Yungui was surprised and joked, "It's impossible that you brought Miss Song along, that would be too unromantic, bringing a girl to do such a thing..."

"Yes."

Chu Yungui was stunned. "???"

Chu Junting recalled Song Ruozhen's displayed skills, and a faint smile appeared on his lips.

That girl's skills... are truly remarkable.

As Chu Junting and Chu Yungui arrived, Lin Zhiyue and Qin Shuangshuang were also brought up.

However, the moment the two appeared, everyone smelled an indescribable stench and instinctively covered their noses.

"It stinks! Did I fall into a latrine?"

"Could these two disheveled fellows be Lord Lin and Madam Lin? What happened to them?"

Lin Ruolan had never seen her son like this before. She assumed he had suffered inhuman torture in the prison and immediately began to cry.

"Heavens above! My son is innocent! How could you use torture in a prison cell?"

When Gu Yunwei saw her daughter's pitiful appearance with swollen cheeks and disheveled hair, she felt even more heartache, her expression no less distressed than Lin Ruolan's.

"Sir, you shouldn't hit someone in the face. Shuangshuang is a young lady, why should you hit her in the face?"

Chu Junting sized up the two men before him, his handsome brows furrowing slightly as he looked at Liang Yan. "Lord Liang, have you resorted to torture?"

"This humble official did not give such an order," Liang Yan quickly replied, then turned to the jailer, "What exactly happened?"

"Sir, we did nothing, we just locked them up in the cell."

However, after they went inside, Qin Xiangheng was in the cell next to theirs, and somehow they started fighting among themselves.

The cell was a complete mess, it seemed like they also... also...

"What else?" Liang Yan pressed.

"He even soiled himself."

The jailer looked troubled and quickly knelt down.

"My lord, I have not mistreated them at all. They could have just asked if they needed to use the restroom. It's not like there's no one watching over them. But they just insisted on doing it on themselves, and I couldn't do anything about it."

Both jailers were helpless.

Where can they go to seek justice in this kind of situation?

Upon hearing this, everyone's expressions turned strange.

Did Lord Lin and Madam Lin... have an accident?

Even if he was caught and thrown into jail and panicked, would he really do something like this? He's not a three-year-old.

Lin Ruolan and Gu Yunwei were crying their hearts out when they heard this and froze on the spot, their tears welling up but not falling, making them look particularly comical.

Gu Yunwei subconsciously took a step back. Such a foul stench... could it really be?

"No, we didn't!"

Qin Shuangshuang and Lin Zhiyue quickly tried to explain, otherwise what kind of people would they be if word got out?

“Mother, don’t listen to their nonsense, your son didn’t poop on me at all.”

Lin Zhiyue blushed, feeling more embarrassed than ever before. "The reason it smells so bad is because Shuangshuang and Xiang Heng got into a fight and started throwing mud at each other. That's why..."

Qin Shuangshuang nodded repeatedly. Although she admitted that it was also embarrassing, it was still much better than having it on her.

"Right, that is it."

Gu Yunwei showed displeasure, "Your brother was injured yesterday. As his sister, it's one thing that you didn't help him or take care of him, but you even hit him. Do you have any conscience at all?"

Qin Zheng's face darkened. They were worried that Qin Xiangheng's injuries would worsen if he stayed in the prison, so they came here today specifically to take him back.

And what did these two do? They actually came to his cell and beat him up?