The whole family died tragically? The eldest daughter is the most powerful in the capital after her

Early the next morning, Gu Nanyuan received the emperor's order, requiring him to find out the truth as soon as possible and completely clear the Prime Minister and Prince Falcon of their crimes.

The senior officials inside and outside the palace were discussing the matter, and the court was in an even more tense mood.

The prime minister has always been known for his depth and scheming, but who would have thought that in the end he would fall so miserably in the vortex of power.

The wind in the court changed, and the prime minister's former allies began to distance themselves from him, fearing that they would be implicated.

The prime minister was escorted to the Ministry of Justice prison, his hands were chained, his hair was disheveled, and his face looked haggard.

He was dressed in black, his eyes were cloudy and his face was haggard, as if he had been tortured for several days.

Gu Nanyuan was wearing a dark blue robe, with a straight posture and a stern expression.

Seeing the prime minister being brought in, Gu Nanyuan did not rush to speak, but just stared at him quietly, with a faint cold light flashing in his eyes.

The prime minister lowered his head and smiled bitterly, seemingly no longer having the sharpness he once had.

"Gu Shizi..." The Prime Minister's voice was hoarse and filled with despair, "You are not really going to kill me, are you?"

Gu Nanyuan said in a deep voice: "You colluded with the Zhu family and committed so many illegal activities, and Prince Falcon was also involved behind the scenes. If I hadn't found these evidences, you would have concealed everything long ago, right?"

The Prime Minister lowered his head and was silent for a while. He seemed to have given up struggling, and finally spoke slowly: "I never thought that everything would turn out like this. I thought I was secretive and thorough enough, but now it seems that I was too confident."

"The Zhu family are just my tools. I have never really cared about their life or death." The prime minister's tone was cold. The Zhu family was just an insignificant plaything. "I thought you would stay on the surface and only see those appearances. Who knew that the prince was so smart and could find my weaknesses one by one."

Gu Nanyuan's eyes were stern as he listened to the Prime Minister's confession, but he did not show any sympathy.

He sneered: "Do you think you can get away easily?"

The prime minister lowered his head, in great pain, and confessed everything.

All the male members of the Zhu family had died in prison, leaving only the innocent women.

Naturally they were unwilling to accept this, especially the ladies from the first, third, and fourth branches of the Zhu family. Not only were the men in these branches poisoned to death, but the family's properties and wealth were also seized. Seeing that everything was about to be reduced to ashes, they were extremely angry.

After discussing, the ladies of the Zhu family decided to go to Zhu Kang to find out the truth.

The eldest lady stood in the house, her hands clenched into fists, her face pale, but her eyes were filled with anger: "Zhu Kang, what do you mean? You promised to protect the entire Zhu family, but now you are just keeping to yourself. You watched the men of our family die in prison, but you did nothing!"

Zhu Kang remained calm, his brows slightly furrowed. He had never really been driven by such anger before, and his eyes were filled with annoyance: "You don't have to be so excited. Things are not completely settled yet."

However, when the other ladies saw that Zhu Kang was still so calm, they became furious.

The Third Madam stood up, walked forward without any hesitation, and slapped Zhu Kang hard on the face: "It's easy for you to say that. The master is dead, and you still dare to sit so arrogantly! Who are you trying to protect? You are not protecting anyone at all! Even if you can save your own life, the Zhu family is already ruined!"

Zhu Kang's face was burning with pain from the beating. He stood up suddenly, a ruthless look flashing in his eyes: "You are nothing but this. You don't dare to go to the Prime Minister, so you take it out on me."

However, that’s not all.

The Third Lady grabbed Zhu Kang's sleeve angrily, tears welling up in her eyes: "If you don't save us, are we just waiting to die? If you don't give us an explanation, we are not afraid of exposing your collusion with Prince Falcon. Even you will lose hope!"

Zhu Kang's face suddenly changed. He subconsciously touched the dagger at his waist. Knowing that these aunts were not making empty threats, he began to feel fear in his heart.

The eldest lady followed up by saying, "You are here to help the prime minister and the prince! If you don't handle this matter well, not to mention our third and fourth rooms, even the second room will be in trouble!"

Before he could finish his words, the ladies had already started to act recklessly.

They started beating Madam Zhu and Zhu Kang.

This time they were no longer merciful and attacked ruthlessly, completely losing their usual elegance and restraint.

Aunt Ling was also badly injured. She was slapped in the face with such force that she couldn't stand steadily and finally fell to the ground. Blood flowed down her skirt, staining the ground red.

"If you don't give an explanation, the second house won't have peace!" The eldest lady looked stern and stared at him coldly, the anger in her eyes almost overflowing.

The development of the matter was more urgent than expected, and Gu Nanyuan would naturally not sit idly by and watch the Zhu family and the prime minister continue to disrupt the court.

He immediately gave orders to his men to arrest Zhu Kang.

"Come out!" Gu Nanyuan stood outside the Zhu family's door, without any warmth in his eyes.

When Zhu Kang was taken to the prison of the Ministry of Justice, he was still panicked. He quickly knelt down and begged: "Prince, please let me go. I am willing to confess everything. If you can show leniency, I will surrender!"

Gu Nanyuan's eyes were cold and he remained unmoved.

He said coldly: "Confession? It's too late to say these things now. You colluded with the Prime Minister, persecuted the men of the Zhu family, and used the Full Moon Building and the black market casino. Your crimes do not deserve any forgiveness!"

"But...but..." Zhu Kang looked at Gu Nanyuan, his panicked eyes gradually revealing fear, "I already know I was wrong, I am willing to tell you everything, if you forgive me, at least you can let me live... I am valuable, Prince, if you can keep me, I can do a lot for you!"

Gu Nanyuan ignored his words and turned to his men and said, "Take him away. We need to be more careful when interrogating him."

Next, Gu Nanyuan ordered Wang Shuo to personally interrogate Zhu Kang.

In the prison of the Ministry of Justice, Zhu Kang was hung up, his arms were in severe pain, and he could not bear it.

Wang Shuo approached slowly, holding a thin whip in his hand and with a cold look in his eyes.

"Zhu Kang, you have two choices. One is to explain everything clearly, and the other is to continue hiding it until you are brought to justice." Wang Shuo said coldly, his voice as chilling as a bone-chilling wind.

Zhu Kang's face began to distort and sweat dripped from his forehead. He knew that he was really desperate this time.

He forced himself to stay strong and spoke incoherently: "I will confess, I will confess... I know about the Zhu family's dirty tricks, the Prime Minister's dirty tricks, I... I am willing to tell everything!"

No matter he said it or not, Wang Shuo would kill him, but he couldn't let him die too easily, otherwise how could he avenge his sister.