A Cutie Spoiled by Her Seven Uncles

Chapter 1205 - 946: Closing the Net 7_2

I also knew the severity of it, so I stopped.However, the matter did not pass. A few years later, I encountered Ming Bowl again. She was taking the child to pray, and I saw the child she brought, Yun Sheng.

That child loves almond cake, and so do I.

I suspected something when I saw the child eating almond cake.

So I had someone make a batch of almond cakes, and I quietly added peanuts in it for the child to eat.

Soon, the child had an allergic reaction and broke out in a rash.

Ming Bowl was frightened and wanted to confront the person who made the pastries. At this point, I stopped her and forced her to tell me whose child it really was.

She confessed, and later, little by little, we started contacting each other again."

"Simply outrageous!"

The Emperor forcefully slapped the imperial table!

The entire person was beside himself with anger.

Princess Lianchun clenched her fists, what a pair of shameless lovers!

"Your Majesty, please calm down, let him finish speaking, we still need the truth!"

Ji Youzhi bowed to the Emperor and said.

The Emperor rubbed his forehead with his hand and then waved it, signaling Ji Youzhi to continue questioning.

Ji Youzhi nodded and continued to let Lu Zezhong speak.

"There must have been an incident when you met, am I right?

I guess you were discovered by Prince Qing, wasn’t it?"

Lu Zezhong nodded, "You’re right, there indeed was an incident."

"It was in the spring, thirteen years ago, wasn’t it?"

Ji Youzhi asked.

Lu Zezhong continued to nod, "The spring, thirteen years ago, I sneaked into the Prince Qing’s Mansion to meet with Ming Bowl. It was coincidental because Prince Qing had already gone to the palace. Unexpectedly, he returned before the scheduled time and caught me and Ming Bowl in the room."

Ji Youzhi: "..." This fellow is really bold, having an affair with another’s wife and not even bothering to change the place!

Ji Youze, who was writing the dossier, suddenly felt it too hot to handle!

Princess Lianchun took a deep breath, rubbed her temples, and asked, "Because Prince Qing discovered your affair with the Princess Consort, you killed them to silence them, killing everyone in the Prince Qing’s Mansion overnight?"

There was an undeniable excitement in Princess Lianchun’s voice.

If her eyes could kill, she would have killed Lu Zezhong dozens of times by now.

"I didn’t kill everyone in the Prince Qing’s Mansion!"

Lu Zezhong suddenly shouted hoarsely.

"Although I kept in contact with Ming Bowl, it was entirely because of our feelings for each other."

"Ha! You clearly treated her as a substitute for Noble Consort Rou and dared to claim it was due to feelings?"

Ji Youzhi sneered coldly.

"No, we did have feelings. At first, I genuinely took Ming Bowl as Xiaorou, but later, during the days we were apart, she was all I thought about. Otherwise, why would I maintain contact with her, ultimately leading to her death in the Underworld!"

At this point, Lu Zezhong spoke, and the Emperor couldn’t help but slam the table again, "You just said the fire at Prince Qing’s Mansion had nothing to do with you, now you’re finally admitting she died because of you!"

As the Emperor spoke, Lu Zezhong’s body trembled, "No! I truly did not start the fire at Prince Qing’s Mansion!"

"But you just said Ming Bowl perished in the Underworld because of you!"

"Ming Bowl indeed died because of me, but I truly didn’t start the fire!"

Having said that, Ji Youzhi took over.

"Let me guess the rest of the story!"

"You previously said that when you and Ming Bowl had a clandestine meeting, you were caught in the room by the prince who returned from the palace. I assume you managed to escape with incredible effort?

Later, did you encounter another person?"

Lu Zezhong looked at Ji Youzhi in great panic. Previously, this person didn’t seem particularly remarkable to him. But now, having listened to Ji Youzhi’s account of his story, which fit so perfectly, as if he had lived it himself.

So now, upon hearing Ji Youzhi continuing to narrate, he felt afraid.

Seeing Lu Zezhong nod, Ji Youzhi continued speaking.

"I guess the person you encountered, thin and bony, wore a black bamboo hat and was very skilled, like an Immortal, capable of killing stealthily."

"Right or wrong?"

Lu Zezhong suddenly lifted his head, looking at Ji Youzhi.

"You... How do you know?"

"To be honest, just now we have already caught him, the elder of the Li Clan, and we have already detained him.

We just need your testimony to proceed with the interrogation."

Having said that, Ji Youzhi could feel the puzzled eyes of Princess Lianchun, the Emperor, and Ji Youze upon him.

"Just give me some more information, so I can have something to interrogate that old wretch, to see how he managed to set you up?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zezhong looked at him, eyes full of confusion!

Ji Youzhi then cracked a grin and asked him softly, "Do you want to ask why I said you fell into someone else’s trap?"

Lu Zezhong nodded vigorously.

Ji Youzhi sighed heavily.

"You’ve served as Minister of the Ministry of Revenue your whole life, and you never considered that there might be a black hand pushing you all along?"

Upon hearing this, Lu Zezhong’s eyes widened, his heart thumping heavily!

"You... Are you serious?"

Lu Zezhong suddenly stood up, looking at Ji Youzhi.

"Whether or not it’s true depends on whether you’re willing to cooperate, whether you are ready to properly answer my questions!"

The Emperor, Princess Lianchun, and Ji Youze finally regarded Ji Youzhi highly.

Regardless of whether Lu Zezhong was indeed schemed against, he had articulated the matter piercingly.

Heart strategy in action!