After transmigrating into the body of a widow, I became the richest man in the capital.

Chapter 450 Xue Yuandao Confesses

You're saying the groom is Xue Yuandao?

Su Xiaoxiao nodded, "It was him. His master, Sai Pohou, told him to do it, saying it was to avenge his previous humiliation and to avenge his junior brothers."

The Tenth Prince nodded, "Alright, now that we've found the culprit, let's just bring him to justice!"

“No, the murderer is also a member of the martial arts world, and he is also under the control of his master. He can't tell the truth so easily. If he just keeps his mouth shut, there's nothing we can do about it. In the end, we'll be accused of bullying the weak and finding a scapegoat just to exonerate Qian Musheng. That would be hard to convince the public.”

After Su Xiaoxiao's analysis, the Tenth Prince also realized that his words had been a bit rash. Indeed, he was still being too hasty.

Everything needs to be done perfectly in order to catch the murderer, but do you have any other good ideas?

"I think we can do it like this..."

Su Xiaoxiao told the Tenth Prince about the plan she had in mind, and the Tenth Prince nodded repeatedly in approval.

"Let's do it your way. This matter really needs careful consideration. Every step must be taken with utmost care."

The Tenth Prince knew that Xue Yuandao was controlled by his master. If his master didn't give him the Resurrection Pill every month, he would die. So it was very difficult to get Xue Yuandao to talk now.

He had no choice but to kill. Imagine someone who relies on elixirs to survive; if he were to stop taking them now, it would be like taking his life.

After planning everything, they began to make their plans. They increased the number of people guarding the house, because who knew when those thieves would break in again and commit crimes.

This is quite worrying, but it's also important to bring the murderer to justice.

Furthermore, when Prince Gong and his wife returned to their residence together, the wife gave the Minister of Justice a good scolding before leaving.

"What exactly are you doing? An executioner is just killing someone, why are you dawdling like this, waiting for some auspicious day? Are you perhaps waiting for reinforcements from the Tenth Prince? Did you all conspire beforehand?"

Upon hearing this, the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review felt extremely wronged, thinking to himself, "Who have I offended? Why am I being made to take the blame?"

But he was still quite happy for Qian Musheng that she was rescued.

But he truly knew nothing about this matter, and now he could only put on an act in front of the old princess and Prince Gong. "I really didn't know. As for waiting for that time, every criminal is executed at that time. I didn't deliberately delay anything. Please don't wrong me, old princess!"

The Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing, but he also knew that Prince Gong and his wife could not do anything to him, since they had no evidence.

In the end, the old princess and Prince Gong had no choice but to return to the palace. It had been agreed that after Qian Musheng was executed at the execution ground today, they would bring his head back to offer as a sacrifice to the young lady.

They got nothing in the end and even watched as Qian Musheng was rescued by the Tenth Prince. The two of them were unwilling to accept this and returned to the mansion, sighing deeply. A servant came to ask if they should bury the young lady. Today was already the seventh day, which should be the seventh day after her death. The princess knew that the weather was starting to get hot, and the weather in the capital was always hotter than the surrounding areas. It was only a few days into May and it was already starting to feel humid. The body could not be left there any longer, even with large amounts of ice and preservatives every day.

After discussing it with Prince Gong, the old princess decided that the funeral would still be held as scheduled, and the princess's daughter would be buried.

However, the murderer, Qian Musheng, was not killed, and the old princess was still unwilling to accept it. She sighed all day long in the mansion. Prince Gong felt sorry for his mother when he saw her so sad.

Prince Gong secretly vowed to kill Qian Musheng to avenge his sister.

Xue Yuandao pretended to wail for a while at his wife's funeral. He said that when he saw his wife's pale, bloodless face today, he remembered how she looked when he went in and killed her on their wedding night. She had the same expression on her face.

Xue Yuandao has been having nightmares these past few days. He keeps dreaming of the young lady in a white dress, just like she did back then, appearing in front of him and saying she wants to kill him.

Xue Yuandao was awakened by the noise. Unable to sleep at night, he had no choice but to go to brothels to drink and drown his sorrows.

Such a life was indeed worse than death, but after he did this, his master promised to give him the antidote. Now he has taken the antidote and no longer needs to be controlled by his master. He has nothing to do with Saipo Monkey anymore.

Xue Yuandao felt a sense of rebirth, but he was also burdened by a guilty conscience for killing an innocent person. How could he not feel guilty?

Xue Yuandao drank until midnight. When he woke up, he reached for the woman beside him, only to find her fast asleep. So, he got up to get some water before going back to sleep. As he got up, he noticed that the woman beside him was wearing a red dress. In the dim light of the room, he realized that the dress was a bright red wedding gown.

A bright red wedding dress—this is a brothel, who would wear such clothes? At this moment, Xue Yuandao hurriedly shook his head, thinking that he must be drunk.

But why does this wedding dress look so much like the one his bride wore a few days ago? It must be my imagination. He mustered his courage and went over to the woman lying on the bed, whispering, "Xiao Cui, get up quickly, what kind of clothes are you wearing?"

The woman on the bed did not move. After calling out a few times, he felt something was wrong. Just as he was about to reach out and touch the woman, she suddenly moved.

She sat up abruptly, and he noticed a strange smile on her face. Although the dim light made it difficult to see her face clearly, he realized that this woman was not Xiao Cui. She was wearing a phoenix coronet and wedding robes, and Xue Yuandao was finding it hard to keep up. Seeing that the woman didn't move, he slowly approached her to examine her. "You, you're not Xiao Cui?"

The woman suddenly stood up from the bed and stood straight in front of him. By the light of the moonlight outside and the lamplight inside the room, he finally saw clearly that she was not Xiao Cui, but his deceased bride.

At this moment, a rusty sword was seen stuck in the young lady's chest. The rusty sword belonged to Qian Musheng, but it was Xue Yuandao who took it out of the unconscious Qian Musheng's dart pouch and then stabbed the young lady to death.

Everything was done flawlessly, and Xue Yuandao believed that he was drunk, which was why he was having such hallucinations.

At this moment, Xue Yuandao was terrified. He wondered if it was all a dream. But when he pinched his thigh, it hurt quite a bit.

Now he finally realized that none of this was a dream.