A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 412 Ending (81)

The Empress Dowager finally gave Liu Changqing a look and a sentence: "Useless thing."

Liu Changqing burst into tears, "It's my fault, I'm so sorry, Empress Dowager..."

An old man in his forties or fifties, like a joke, has tainted the eyes of the world.

However, he cried not for his pathetic life or his worthless love, but for his own uselessness in failing to discover that the Rejuvenating Pill was poisonous and foolishly harming the woman he loved most.

This scene is truly speechless.

Such a person is neither pitiful nor at all hateful!
With this interaction between the Empress Dowager and Liu Changqing, even if the Empress Dowager was unwilling to answer directly, it was enough to confirm the question raised by Song Shuyu.

Song Shuyu immediately straightened his expression, ordered someone to bring him his official robes and changed into them. He straightened his clothes and tidied his appearance on the spot, returning to his role as the Prefect of the Capital of the Great Zhou Dynasty!
Afterwards, he knelt before the emperor and said in a booming voice, "Your Majesty, your humble servant Song Shuyu requests your permission!"

The emperor slightly raised his chin, displaying his imperial majesty, and said, "Minister Song, please speak!"

Song Shuyu said, “The case of the corpse hidden in the wine jar, and related cases, have all been tried. The Empress Dowager’s crimes are all unforgivable under the law! But it doesn’t end there! Last year’s nationally sensational case of the hanging corpse at the temple gate, and this spring’s case of the old skeletons at Eagle’s Beak Mountain, each have several unanswered questions. Today, I would like to take this opportunity to ask the Empress Dowager to cooperate in trying the unsolved cases in the Capital Prefecture and to uncover the ultimate truth that has been buried! I beg Your Majesty’s permission!”

Upon hearing this, Mu Qingcheng's heart began to race!
The day of vindication for her mother and the hatred for her family has finally come!
The crowd below the stage stirred again. A major case that had already been closed still had unsolved secrets, and it sounded like it was related to the Empress Dowager. How could the people not be excited?
Seeing this, Qin Songyang, Lu Xun, and Ji Yue quickly stepped out of the presiding judge's platform and petitioned the emperor: "Your Majesty, we request that you allow Lord Song to preside over the trial, with the three judicial departments supervising the proceedings!"

The emperor nodded: "Granted!"

The Empress Dowager was furious. "Your Majesty, even if I have made some mistakes, I am still the Empress Dowager. It is not my place for a subject to commit insubordination and publicly try me! Has Your Majesty forgotten what the late Emperor said on his deathbed?"

The Emperor's eyes immediately darkened! The Empress Dowager turned to Song Shuyu and demanded, "Where is the antidote? If you dare to deceive me, I will not admit to any of the crimes pinned on me!"

Song Shuyu sat down on the presiding judge's table, his brows showing no fear or hesitation. "Today, Your Majesty the Empress Dowager has repeatedly pressured the Emperor with the late Emperor's edict, but does Your Majesty know the reasons why the late Emperor issued that edict?"

"I don't know, and I don't want to know!" the Empress Dowager retorted, resuming her arrogant demeanor.

Song Shuyu remained noncommittal, saying, "Then there is no antidote!"

"mix……"

"The people of the world are watching closely. As long as the evidence is conclusive, whether the Empress Dowager admits it or not, she will not escape the punishment she is guilty of!"

After Song Shuyu finished speaking, he glanced at the emperor and exchanged a look, then continued unhurriedly, "Regarding the late emperor's will, Your Majesty will make a decision after the case is concluded. Your Majesty need not be anxious."

"Snapped--"

"Guards, please invite Her Majesty the Empress Dowager to sit down and listen to the trial!"

Song Shuyu's gavel stopped the Empress Dowager from going mad. The bailiffs obeyed the order and immediately brought a stool and placed it in the hall!
The Empress Dowager naturally refused to sit down as a suspect. She turned around and left, intending to return to the phoenix chair next to the Emperor, but two water and fire sticks crossed and blocked her way!

"If Your Majesty does not wish to sit, then you may stand or kneel!"

The Empress Dowager froze!
She turned around at the sound and was surprised to find that Song Shuxing's appearance was becoming more and more like Song Yan when he was young, but she had a colder temperament and a more ruthless aura than Song Yan!