Reborn as the Savior of a Short-lived Father and Son

This sentence made the emperor sit up straight. Ming Fei had mentioned to him once before that there seemed to be some feelings between this woman and Shao Wei.

However, when he saw the red spots on the woman's face, he put those words behind his mind and did not take them to heart.

When Shao Wei returned from his great victory over Lirang, he asked Shao Wei what he wanted, promotion, money, and beautiful women. He could give Shao Wei whatever he wanted.

But the man didn't want anything. He only allocated a small general's mansion for himself and lived in it with his few servants.

He may not believe Ming Fei's words, but Shao Xingjian would not make unfounded lies. From this, it seems that there must be some connection between this woman and Shao Wei.

He looked at Prime Minister Li with a hint of coldness in his eyes, and then looked at Shao Xingjian, with the majesty of an emperor instantly revealed, "Shao Aiqing, please continue."

"Your Majesty, a few days ago, Doctor Gu was treating patients in the Beijing Medical Hall. Because of her kindness, she charged very low consultation fees, so even poor people could go to her for treatment. As a result, word of mouth spread, and people knew that Doctor Gu's medical skills were superb."

"A few days ago, I heard that Doctor Gu was thrown into jail because of his poor medical skills and the death of a pregnant woman and a newborn baby girl during childbirth. I do have some selfish motives. After all, Shao Wei entrusted the person to me, so I naturally have to get to the bottom of this matter."

He looked at Prime Minister Li, whose expression was curled up in anger as he wanted to argue with him, and curled his lips, "Prime Minister Li, do you have anything to say?"

Prime Minister Li snorted loudly and turned his head away.

He had no choice but to continue, "At first I had not thought of taking her to the Dali Temple. I just had a brief discussion with the government office, thinking that she should not be tortured. As a result, I heard that day that the Prime Minister's wife and daughter went to the prison where the prisoners were held."

"Speaking of which, I would like to ask the Prime Minister, why did the Madam and the daughter go to such a filthy place?"

Prime Minister Li really knew nothing about this. He was caught off guard and had no idea how to respond. However, he already had a bad feeling in his heart and his face looked extremely ugly.

Gu Qinghe looked at his expression with interest, wondering if the mother and daughter were really hiding their actions from him?

"After I brought the person to the Dali Temple, I have been investigating the truth of the matter. Doctor Gu mentioned earlier that the newborn girl had a black birthmark on her foot. I went to see it, but the family of the deceased tried to stop me from approaching her. I soaked a handkerchief and covered it with it, and in a few moments, the birthmark was wiped off."

"That day, I brought the deceased's husband to the Dali Temple. Prime Minister, how about we just let him come here to confront him face to face?"

At this point, there was nothing the emperor didn't understand.

Prime Minister Li had previously mentioned to him that he hoped he could arrange a marriage between his daughter and Shao Wei. The emperor used the excuse that Shao Wei was far away in Chizhou and that he had a stubborn temper and that a hasty imperial decree might provoke him to rebel, so he put the matter on hold.

I never thought that such a thing would happen not long after this.

Prime Minister Li is old, and the emperor knows about the relationship between him and his wife. He also knows very well how much of a blow the missing child was to the prime minister's wife.

Therefore, no matter what stupid things Prime Minister Li did over the years, no matter how arrogant and domineering Li Qiulian was in the capital, he protected her.

At that time, the daughter of Minister Wang was interested in Shao Wei, and she had her beautiful face scratched.

A young girl of her twenties committed suicide because her appearance was ruined. Minister Wang knelt in the imperial study and cried bitterly, hoping that he could give his daughter an explanation, but he still suppressed the matter.

Later, Minister Wang resigned from his post and left Beijing in anger, returning to his hometown with his family. Whenever the emperor saw Prime Minister Li, he would think of Minister Wang's cloudy eyes full of disappointment.

The emperor remained silent, and Prime Minister Li felt as if his heart had sunk into an icy cave.

As a veteran in officialdom, how could he not understand anything? Today's events were exposed, and this was probably the emperor's last indulgence to his Li family.

After so many years, all the friendship and guilt should have been exhausted, not to mention that this is an emperor above everyone else.

As if he had aged in an instant, Prime Minister Li said in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, my wife and daughter would never do such a thing."

The emperor looked at him quietly, his eyes filled with disappointment and helplessness, which eventually turned into calmness. "In that case, Lord Shao, please bring the person up directly."

Shao Xingjian gave a few instructions and the man was quickly brought in.

He knelt on the ground trembling with fear, not daring to raise his head.

Prime Minister Li spoke again, "This man is so scared, how do we know that he was not tortured into confessing by Lord Shao?"

He was defending his wife and daughter, but out of the corner of his eye he noticed a pair of eyes fixed on him. He looked up abruptly and met Gu Qinghe's calm eyes.

The two looked at each other, Gu Qinghe gave a light smile and slowly looked away.

It's true that one doesn't cry until he sees the coffin. Shao Xingjian had expected this to happen and sighed softly, "In this case, Prime Minister, why don't you check if there are any injuries on this person's body."

"Some of you who often interrogate prisoners have methods that leave no marks on people's bodies. What can scars alone tell us?"

Shao Xingjian pursed his lips and said, "Wang Cheng, tell His Majesty everything that happened that day in detail."

Wang Cheng was just an ordinary commoner, and none of his ancestors had ever been officials. Although he lived in the capital, it was his first time to see the emperor, let alone be in the throne room.

He was already so frightened that he naturally didn't dare to tell even a single lie.

He told the story word for word about how several people came to his courtyard that day, gave him a large sum of money, and asked him to frame Doctor Gu.

The Prime Minister disagreed after hearing this, "In that case, how did Lord Shao know that he was talking about my wife and daughter?"

Wang Cheng tremblingly took out a handkerchief from his arms and handed it to Shao Xingjian carefully, "This, this fell from one of the people that day."

A lifelike maple leaf was embroidered on one corner of the snow-white handkerchief, and the words "Qiu Lian" were written under the maple leaf.

The Prime Minister remained calm, "It's just a handkerchief. Maybe Qiu Lian accidentally lost it, and someone with ulterior motives picked it up and made a fuss about it."

Shao Xingjian remained noncommittal. He certainly didn't need to find ironclad evidence to prove that it was Li Qiulian who planned this.

After all, even if ironclad evidence was presented, the emperor might not necessarily take action.

What he wanted was for His Majesty to be completely fed up with Prime Minister Li.

So he stopped arguing with the prime minister and just tried to clear Gu Qinghe's grievances.

"Wang Cheng's wife is indeed dead, but this man killed her for money. He fell off a cliff and was infertile, so he wanted to leave his last bloodline. He hid his daughter and found a baby girl who died of dystocia in the village to conceal the truth."