Only after being reborn did I realize that I was the white moonlight of a powerful minister.

Two days passed, and everyone in the capital knew that Xie Bohuai and the Crown Prince were investigating Xie Lingxian and Princess Longyu.

All of Xie Lingxian's guards were arrested and interrogated by the town government officials; none of them escaped.

The Crown Prince personally oversaw the interrogation. When Xie Bohuai arrived at the imperial prison, the two men in front of the Crown Prince had already been beaten unconscious.

"Did Your Highness find out anything?" Xie Bohuai asked.

The prince, his face dark, said no. "They just said they didn't know. No one bribed them. They were just bewitched by the women in the temple."

The nuns in Qingyuan Temple were all women sent by the royal family or aristocratic families. Most of them were women their families wanted to abandon, so they were sent to the temple. Once they were sent to Qingyuan Temple, no one would care for them anymore, which led to the guards committing all sorts of evil deeds and using these women for their own pleasure.

When Xie Bohuai arrived with his men, there were several children in the backyard, all born to women from the temple.

"They truly deserved to die!" The Crown Prince gritted his teeth. Discovering such a thing not only disgraced the entire royal family, but they also had to find a way to cover it up.

“Since it’s bewitchment, there needs to be a sequence of events, and how the bewitchment was carried out. Make them explain it one by one, and we’ll be able to find some loopholes,” Xie Bohuai said from the side. “If Your Highness only uses brute force to interrogate them, they naturally won’t tell us.”

He waved to Qingshan, who brought out a branding iron. "This interrogation should be handled by the town government officials. Your Highness can just watch from the side and take a break."

Xie Bohuai stepped in to interrogate them, and these good-for-nothing guards quickly recounted the whole story.

Ultimately, the blame fell on Zhong Rongwei, the head of Qingyuan Temple. This man, while in charge of Qingyuan Temple, treated it as his own harem. Xie Lingxian only got the opportunity to meet Ye Wanning because she was involved with him.

Finding this makes sense, since only the top leader has this ability.

Xie Bohuai ordered the confiscation of Zhong Rongwei's property, and only went to see Zhong Rongwei after all the members of the Zhong family were imprisoned.

The Crown Prince was also with them.

"Your whole family is in the Heavenly Prison right now. If you don't talk, not only will they die, but the woman and child you've been keeping outside will also die." Xie Bohuai's voice was colder than the Heavenly Prison itself. "Zhong Rongwei, how dare you, a fifth-rank military officer, treat the women of Qingyuan Temple like playthings?"

"Xie Bohuai, what right do you have to ransack my house?" Zhong Rongwei got up and glared angrily at Xie Bohuai, but there was a fence between them, otherwise he would have rushed over and killed Xie Bohuai.

"Given what you've done, confiscation of your property and extermination of your entire clan are minor offenses; you should be executed and your ashes scattered. Who are you keeping quiet for?" Xie Bohuai looked at Zhong Rongwei. "But the people around you are all dying now, what are you still insisting on? Zhong Rongwei, are you underestimating the capabilities of the Zhenfu Division?"

"I!"

Zhong Rongwei glared at Xie Bohuai, clenching his fists, wishing he could rush over and kill him. "I'll take responsibility for my own actions. It was just my own lust that got the better of me, and it has nothing to do with my family. If you insist on forcing me to give an explanation, I'll haunt you even as a ghost."

“Zhong Rongwei, do you think I’m afraid of ghosts? Then I’ll wait for your entire family of over a hundred to come and take my life.” Xie Bohuai got up and walked out. “By the way, those two boys in the temple, are they your sons too? I’ve already locked them up. You know my reputation. You can gamble on whether I’ll soften my heart and let them go.”

After saying that, Xie Bohuai went to look at the Crown Prince and said, "Your Highness, we should go now."

"Lord Xie, if what Zhong Rongwei said is true, his family's crimes don't warrant this. Are you just trying to scare him?" the Crown Prince asked.

"Scare them?" Xie Bohuai raised an eyebrow. "Does Your Highness know why the late Emperor valued the Zhenfu Division? It's because the Zhenfu Division never caused the late Emperor any worries. Those in power should be decisive in killing; being soft-hearted will only leave hidden dangers. Of course, Your Highness and the Emperor are both benevolent. You can make an exception for them, and I will listen to Your Highness."

The crown prince was momentarily speechless.

By the time the Crown Prince realized what was happening, Xie Bohuai was already far away.

The attendant beside him whispered a reminder, and the Crown Prince finally came to his senses. "Do you think I underestimated Xie Bohuai?"

"Your Highness, Lord Xie was valued by the late Emperor, so he must have some ability. But I think he might be suspicious, so we need to make other preparations."

“Yes, my grandfather trusted Xie Bohuai the most, and there was some truth to it. I am still young after all.” The Crown Prince took a deep breath. “I believe Xie Bohuai is capable of wiping out Zhong Rongwei’s entire family. Give the order, and Zhong Rongwei cannot live.”

"Yes, little one understands."

Meanwhile, Xie Bohuai went to the place where Xie Lingxian was imprisoned. On the way, Qingshan asked, "Sir, are you really going to kill Zhong Rongwei's entire family?"

"It's not that I want to kill him, it's that Zhong Rongwei is going to die." Xie Bohuai said with a smile, without explaining further, since Qingshan wouldn't understand anyway.

Upon entering another prison, Xie Bohuai saw Xie Lingxian huddled in a corner.

Upon seeing Xie Bohuai, Xie Lingxian immediately knelt down and kowtowed, "Third Uncle, I beg you, please help me, I just want to live, I didn't mean to harm Ye Wanning. I was just making a deal with her. Princess Longyu was so good to her, she must want to know the cause of Princess Longyu's death. Please, Third Uncle, help me, I really don't want to die."

"Xie Lingxian, it seems you really don't know that you've been used. It's not that I want you dead, it's that you're too stupid," Xie Bohuai said.