Chapter 116

Lin Jiaojiao followed Eunuch Gao along the straight path of the Imperial Palace, still not forgetting to pretend to be sick, coughing from time to time, which made Eunuch Gao very unhappy, "Lin Guniang, what is wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, it's nothing," Lin Jiaojiao coughed a few times, then waved her hand to pretend it was fine, "Perhaps I was frightened yesterday. I'll be fine after resting for a few days. The court session is more important."

Thinking of the court session, she was ultimately a bit uneasy: If she could really clear her name this time, that would be great!

But what if it wasn't?

What if that Prime Minister Su jumped out and wanted to report her?!

After all, the original owner's family was investigated because of Prime Minister Su's report!

Eunuch Gao seemed to see what Lin Jiaojiao was thinking. He curled his lips, considering that she might be named a concubine in the future, with infinite favor and glory, and not to be offended, and even thousands of people would fawn over her. He might as well do her a favor now, so he planned to tell her a thing or two.

So he said, "Lin Guniang, this court session is because General Lu caught the murderer who killed Qin Liuye in the middle of the night yesterday and sent him to the Ministry of Justice for trial."

"Oh?" Hearing Eunuch Gao's words, a glimmer of surprise appeared in Lin Jiaojiao's eyes, "General Lu is truly amazing, to be able to bring the murderer to justice like this!"

Eunuch Gao was a bit unhappy when he heard this, and he pointed out: "Lin Guniang, you are now an Imperial Physician in the palace. In the future, you will inevitably serve the Emperor, examine and treat him, and regulate his body. Your honor and favor are all closely related to the Emperor. Whose heart you belong to is not important, and you don't need to say it out loud."

Lin Jiaojiao heard Eunuch Gao's good intentions, but how could she be willing to stay by Qin Yuan's side!

Now that she had pretended to be sick, she would do something big another day, saying that she had been infected with a dirty disease from the blood splashed on her when Qin Liuye was murdered. Then the Emperor would surely not keep her by his side!

Even if he were willing, everyone in the palace would be eager to send her, this "plague god," away!

This matter especially needed to reach the Empress Dowager's ears. The Empress Dowager was Song Mu's close friend, and she was now the Song family's adopted daughter. She thought the Empress Dowager wouldn't make things too difficult for her and should send her out of the palace early!

It was even possible that she would let her "get lost" as far as possible!

Thinking of this, she covered her mouth with a handkerchief to hide the smile on her lips with a cough.

Seeing her covering her mouth and coughing, Eunuch Gao couldn't help but shake his head and sigh, advising her, "You must take good care of yourself after being frightened and falling ill. Don't pass the illness to the Emperor!"

"Eunuch Gao is right. This subject has already taken medicine today and will make sure to get better quickly so I can diagnose and share the Emperor's worries early." Lin Jiaojiao said while nodding in agreement, and at the same time asked, "Eunuch Gao, after that murderer was sent to the Ministry of Justice for trial, was there any follow-up?"

"After the Ministry of Justice's trial, they already submitted the confession to the Emperor during the morning court session today," Eunuch Gao said, having already led her to the palace path near Taihe Hall, "The reason the Emperor is summoning you to court now is because the criminal's confession mentioned the Lin family's injustice from back then."

Even though Lin Jiaojiao had anticipated that the killer who shot Qin Liuye with a bow and arrow and tried to kill her must have had something to do with the Lin family's injustice, she was still surprised: Did this criminal confess too quickly?

However, she quickly thought of what Ningfei Consort said in the morning: The Ministry of Justice had previously discovered that Pei Mansion's concubine Liu Yunyan was a Southern Frontier alien who had attempted to steal the military defense map and was executed by slow slicing after being caught, so the Minister of Justice at the time proposed that Rouyi be sentenced to slow slicing and executed in public at the vegetable market.

That Ministry of Justice was truly swift and ruthless!

Eunuch Gao had already led her to the front of Taihe Hall, "Lin Guniang, we have arrived at Taihe Hall."

She looked up and saw the civil and military officials standing at Taihe Hall! But among these officials, Lu Zhenting was the only one missing.

Standing at the head of the civil and military officials was Prime Minister Su Hongtu!

She saw him holding his official tablet, facing the Emperor, and only when Eunuch Gao announced, "Imperial Physician Lin has arrived—", did he turn his head slightly and glance at Lin Jiaojiao.

That look was mixed with many emotions. Lin Jiaojiao saw dissatisfaction, disdain, and helpless anger.

The other civil and military officials heard this and consciously stood to both sides, making a path.

Eunuch Gao led Lin Jiaojiao to the hall. She walked onto the hall, her feet stepping on the smooth, mirror-like black stone, and knelt down respectfully to pay homage to Qin Yuan, "This subject Lin Jiaojiao pays respects to the Emperor. Long live the Emperor, long live, long live!"

Seeing Lin Jiaojiao arrive, Qin Yuan couldn't help but lean forward slightly, a trace of joy appearing in his eyes. He raised his hand slightly and said, "Imperial Physician Lin, please rise."

Lin Jiaojiao responded and rose respectfully, "Thank you, Emperor."

"My beloved ministers, I am summoning Imperial Physician Lin to court today because of the Lin family's injustice from the previous dynasty." Qin Yuan said, picking up the confession document placed at his side.

The ministers' eyes shifted to the confession document. She saw bright red bloodstains on it, which made Lin Jiaojiao's scalp tingle: She didn't know how many tortures the Ministry of Justice had used overnight to make the criminal confess so quickly!

Qin Yuan handed the confession document to Eunuch Gao, signaling him to take it down for the ministers to read, and at the same time pointed to an official with a murderous look on his face, "Minister of Justice, Minister Wen, you tell us about the assassin's confession process."

Lin Jiaojiao looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the Minister of Justice was tall, with a red scar on his face that ran from his left forehead across the bridge of his nose to his right chin!

His eyes, like sharp blades, were full of ferocity that would make criminals lose their courage at the sight of them. Even if the judge of hell came, he would have to respect him by three points!

No wonder the Ministry of Justice was swift and ruthless. Even if Yama came to work with this Minister of Justice, he could probably clear all the cases in hell in less than half a year!

It was just that this person had a name that was completely inconsistent with his appearance: Wen Yushu.

Seeing him, Lin Jiaojiao didn't even dare to cough or pretend to be sick for a moment!

"Yes, Emperor," the Minister of Justice stood out, kowtowed, and then used a hoarse but sonorous voice to explain the case process one by one: "This subject received a criminal from General Lu at the hour of the rat last night. This person's name is Wuding, and he is a dead soldier raised by the former Dali Temple Minister Xu Xiao."

"Dead soldier?" As soon as this was said, except for Prime Minister Su who was reading the confession document, the ministers in the court couldn't help but look at each other!

"Xu Xiao actually raised dead soldiers!"

"After his master was poisoned, why didn't this dead soldier protect his master, but instead went to kill Qin Liuye?"

"What exactly is going on?"

Even Lin Jiaojiao was secretly surprised: The matter of ancients raising dead soldiers actually existed, and the person who raised the dead soldiers was actually that dog official Xu Xiao!

But why didn't he order the dead soldier to kill her at the beginning?!

When the Minister of Justice Wen Yushu continued to speak, the ministers finally calmed down.

"Wuding initially refused to confess, until my subordinates brought his pregnant wife to the Ministry of Justice, and then he confessed all the cases he had committed!"