The constables searched the other courtyards inside and outside. At this time, a constable came to report with a blue face.
"Head captain, I found this in the corner of the backyard."
The constable handed the thing to the chief inspector of the Ministry of Justice.
It was a broken dragonfly hairpin, with fine workmanship and obviously it was not something from ordinary people.
"Your Highness, what is this...?"
Faced with the questioning of the chief of the Ministry of Justice, the eunuch sneered and said, "There are also some palace maids in the other yards. What's so strange about you picking up women's accessories in the yard?"
"Is that true?" The chief of the Ministry of Justice did not take this trick. "I wonder which maid and palace maid in the other courtyard can afford such a precious hairpin. Could it be that the crown prince rewarded it?"
"What? Your Highness can't afford the reward?"
"It's not that you can't afford the reward, but... it's not difficult to identify whether the things are from the abducted girl or the maid in the other courtyard of His Highness. As long as you let the girl's parents recognize it, you will know the difference."
Xiao Yujue's expression was calm, but his heart was overwhelming. He knew in his heart that he had walked into a trap set by others tonight.
While everyone was talking, the constables who searched the house gathered one after another.
"How is it?" asked anxiously.
Many detectives shook their heads.
“No searches were found.”
“Have you searched in every corner?”
"And... His Royal Highness's room is not searched."
The eunuch at the ear and eunuch jumped up and scolded, "What are you? You should search your prince's room too? Humph, if you want to search, you can go and ask the emperor for imperial edict. Otherwise, no one is allowed to enter."
The chief of the Ministry of Justice's head was deeply frown, and the scene was in a deadlock for a moment.
He thought about it and said, "Since you need to report to the emperor when searching the prince's room, then follow the rules. I will go back and ask Lord Shangshu for his order."
Xiao Yujue did not expect that at this point, the chief of the Ministry of Justice was still so persistent, which made him feel even more that this was a pre-arranged situation.
"It's already late at night, don't disturb my father. If you want to search, just search."
Xiao Yujue knew that searching his room was imperative. Since that was the case, he might as well be calm.
"Your Highness the Crown Prince is very wise and my subordinates admire him. If you find out that this matter has nothing to do with you, my subordinates will definitely imitate the ancients and come to the door to take the thorns and apologize for guilt."
After saying that, he took two of his subordinates into Xiao Yujue's room and searched in person.
Although this is a villa, Xiao Yujue's room is still very large, and the decoration and furnishings inside are majestic and magnificent.
The chief of the Ministry of Justice carefully checked everything in the house, as if there was nothing suspicious about it.
He walked to the bed, lifted the curtain and glanced around.
Xiao Yujue was calm and his heart was also tugged. This was the first time he felt guilty when he grew up.
The head of the chief of the Ministry of Justice found nothing unusual and was about to turn around and leave, suddenly he saw a piece of the bed sheet from the corner of his eyes.
If it were an ordinary family, he wouldn't care.
However, this is Xiao Yujue's residence. As the crown prince of a country, he is always one of the people serving in a million. How could he be so careless?
The head of the Ministry of Justice paused, reached out to pull the sheet that was being rolled into, and suddenly found that there seemed to be a gap in the middle.
He looked back at Xiao Yujue and found that Xiao Yujue's expression was a little nervous.
He narrowed his eyes and secretly condensed his true energy in his palm. Before everyone could come back to their senses, he slashed at the bed board.
With a loud bang, the bed board was lifted up, and there was indeed a mezzanine inside.
A scarred female corpse suddenly appeared.
The poor woman, who was as beautiful as a flower, still had big eyes after her death, was obviously very unwilling and painful.
Everyone present was shocked and shocked, and the room was silent for a moment.
Everyone's eyes were focused on Xiao Yujue.
"Your Highness, what are you going to explain this?"
Xiao Yujue took a deep breath and said calmly: "There is no explanation. I don't know that there is someone in my bed."
"Yeah?"
Such an answer is really unconvincing.
"You slept on the bed. If others don't know that your bed has a mezzanine, my subordinates believe it; but if you don't even know it yourself, it's impossible to say it."
It's really far-fetched.
"You hear it clearly, what I said is that I don't know that there is someone in the mezzanine under the bed."
The head of the Ministry of Justice walked to Xiao Yujue with a sneer and bowed. "Your Highness the Crown Prince is of great importance and is no longer a place that his subordinates can handle. I can only report this matter."
Xiao Yujue had nothing to say.
In the morning court, the body of the victim was found in Xiao Yujue's other courtyard. This incident made the emperor angry and shocked and uneasy.
I don’t know who leaked the news, but in just one hour, it was heard from the streets.
The families of the victims were excitedly blocked the Ministry of Justice and Jingzhao Government.
Although they are both merchant families and do not have a high status, they all have huge wealth and even the economic lifeline of the entire capital.
They united, hired a large number of people and refugees, let them wander around the streets and make trouble, denounce Xiao Yujue; and closed all their businesses.
For a time, rice shops and salt shops in Beijing no longer did business, and more than half of the pawn shops and restaurants were closed.
They spent a huge amount of money to buy out fresh vegetables and meat, and would rather break them than take them out.
The lives of the people in the capital were seriously disturbed, and the court was very troubled by this.
These people put pressure on the court in hopes that the emperor can punish Xiao Yujue severely as soon as possible.
At first, the emperor defended Xiao Yujue on the grounds that there was insufficient evidence, but as the matter got worse, he gradually felt unable to do so.
At this moment, Xiao Yujue's concubine reported to the court that in the underground secret room of the Prince's Mansion, there were clothes and jewelry from the previous victims.
Another evidence was added. The court officials who were originally neutral began to no longer trust Xiao Yujue and wrote letters to impeach him, demanding that the emperor enforce the law impartially and severely punish him.
"Your Majesty, I'll rub you for you."
Shen Jieyu looked at the emperor in a daze when facing the memorial, so she went forward and walked around behind him, stretched out her boneless hand, and massaged the emperor's temple.
"You are the king of a country, so you must take care of your health."
The emperor sighed heavily and gently held Shen Jieyu's hand. "Fortunately, I have the understanding Xie Yuhua around you, otherwise... Alas. I have watched the prince grow up since I was a child, although he
I don’t speak much, but I will never do such things that are worse than beasts.”