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

Princess Wu shook her head. "Your Majesty, you don't know that this confidant was picked up by the King of Wu when he was still a beggar. Even if he was asked to die for the King of Wu, he would not hesitate at all. If it were someone else, it would indeed be possible, but for this person, it is absolutely impossible."

The emperor knew this without Princess Wu saying it.

But he and the King of Wu are brothers, so he cannot be convicted so easily.

So he continued to ask Mrs. Lin, "Is there any other evidence?"

Mrs. Lin nodded vigorously, "Yes."

She pointed to another letter and said, "This was found in my husband's study. The last letter was not written by King Wu, so this one must be. Over the years, King Wu has repeatedly valued things from my Lin family, whether it's calligraphy and paintings, jewelry, or even the profitable farm. But these are just external things and are harmless."

Madam Lin seemed tired of talking, panting, "But he should never put my husband and son in such a dangerous situation."

"The Chen family colluded with the enemy and committed treason. All the Chen family members were beheaded in public, but the King of Wu fell in love with Mrs. Chen, the world-famous Divine Doctor Lu, and asked the woman's husband to help him take her away and imprison her until now. This letter is the evidence."

Lin Shiqiang's face was pale, but now that things had come to this, he stood on his wife's side.

After all, if he could really overthrow the King of Wu, it would not be a bad thing for him.

The emperor looked at him and asked, "Is what your wife said true?"

Lin Shiqiang knelt on the ground, tears streaming down his face, "It's true."

For an old person, crying with tears and snot doesn't look good at all, but it makes him look more sincere.

Gu Qinghe had already raised her head. She listened to Lin Shiqiang recounting one by one the exploitations of the Lin Mansion by King Wu over the years, including the various details of how King Wu asked him to help trick the genius doctor Lu into the Lin Mansion, knocked him unconscious, and then sent him to King Wu's Mansion.

She knew that what Lin Shiqiang said was true, but he must have concealed some part, such as the part involving Yao Shiliang.

If Gu Qinghe's guess was correct, her mother was taken away while she was treating Aunt Liu.

Lin Shiqiang was a smart man. He knew that it would be of no benefit to his Lin family if Yao Shiliang was also implicated, so he took the responsibility of this matter on himself and King Wu.

The only reason he helped the King of Wu was because he was forced by him, so it was understandable. In the end, it was the King of Wu who aroused public anger, and no one would turn all the fire on him.

Gu Qinghe also knew this truth, and she was not in a hurry. After getting rid of King Wu, it would not be difficult for her to defeat them one by one.

Judging from the date, Aunt Liu should be giving birth soon, so she naturally has other gifts to give to Yao Shiliang.

The evidence of King Wu's crimes were laid out one by one, and the emperor remained silent for a long time.

After a long while, he asked the Princess of Wu, "Do you know that the King of Wu imprisoned someone else's wife?"

Princess Wu lowered her eyes and smiled bitterly, "Even if I knew, what can I do? The years between him and me seemed to be very good in the eyes of others, but love is like drinking water, only you know whether it is hot or cold."

"He has been thinking about the divine doctor Lu all these years. He built a forbidden area in the palace and never let anyone in. At first I couldn't tolerate it and rushed in despite the servants' obstruction. Your Majesty, do you know what is in that empty house?"

Princess Wu smiled very unhappily. After all, it was not a very pleasant thing for a woman to say that her husband did not love her and had another woman in his heart.

"That room is filled with portraits of Divine Doctor Lu," her voice suddenly became sharp, "and it was because I trespassed into the forbidden area that time and angered him. In order to warn me, a fire almost took my Pingyang away. Since then, I have not dared to ask about his affairs."

The emperor sighed. He knew about the fire in the Prince of Wu's palace, but it was a bit far-fetched to say that the fire was set by the Prince of Wu. So he said in a deep voice, "The fire must be a misunderstanding."

"It's not a misunderstanding!" Princess Wu was very angry. "I gave birth to two children with him, why did both of them have accidents one after another!"

"Yao'er was poisoned to death by him. When my Yao'er was born, even the midwife said that his cry was loud and he was a very generous person. How could he die of illness?"

"If I hadn't tried my best to protect Pingyang all these years, she would have been killed long ago! People say that the King of Wu is infatuated, and that's true. He is infatuated. Even though the woman he likes has already married and had children, he still wants to make room for that woman. He doesn't care about Yao'er and Pingyang. In his heart, only the child born to that woman and him is worthy of his care..."

Gu Qinghe could hardly hold back and clenched his nails into his flesh.

It would be difficult for anyone to suppress his or her emotions when hearing about his or her mother being imagined in such a way, or even being imprisoned in a morbid way.

Fortunately, King Wu is not here today. If he were here, Gu Qinghe would probably not be able to help but go up to him and sprinkle him with all kinds of medicinal powders that could make people suffer from excruciating pain and marinate him.

Prime Minister Li's eyes had already fallen on her. He frowned slightly, took a step forward and saluted the emperor, and slowly spoke, "Your Majesty, I think what Princess Wu said must be true. I remember that King Wu was ill in his early years and seemed to have been recuperating for some time with the King of Medicine. And that Doctor Lu seemed to be the apprentice of the King of Medicine back then."

The implication is that it was not surprising that King Wu fell in love with Doctor Lu at that time.

"But that's because Divine Doctor Lu is not married yet. If he really likes her, he can just ask me to grant the marriage. How could he watch Divine Doctor Lu marry someone else?"

Prime Minister Li shook his head. "The complexity of love is so great that even those who are in the middle of the situation cannot figure it out. I'm afraid only the King of Wu knows the reason."

Princess Wu hung her head and cried. Lord Qi was eager to protect his sister, so he knelt on the ground and pleaded for justice for his sister. "Your Majesty, the King of Wu asked to marry my sister with all his heart. My Qi family disdained to marry someone rich and powerful. My parents loved my sister like the apple of their eye and thought that she and the King of Wu were truly in love, so they agreed to the marriage."

He pointed at the extremely haggard Princess Wu who was crying non-stop, "Your Majesty, take a look. My sister was a famous beauty in the capital back then, and many noble families wanted to marry her. But over the years since she married him, I have watched my lively sister become silent and depressed, and now she has even tried to commit suicide several times."

"If Doctor Gu hadn't seen my sister's condition and realized that she was poisoned and would not live long, and if Doctor Gu hadn't helped and sent her back to the capital, I'm afraid I would never see my sister again in this life, and I wouldn't be able to face my parents in the afterlife."

Prime Minister Li's expression changed again and again. He wanted to ask Lord Qi to shut up several times. It was not a good thing. Just say it. Why involve Gu Qinghe in such matters?