A female coroner arrived at the Jingzhao Prefecture.

Chapter 413 Ending (82)

The Empress Dowager suddenly felt a bit confused and flustered.

Song Shuyu grew up by her side, and she always thought she understood Song Shuyu's naivety and cowardice, but only now does she realize that she doesn't really understand Song Shuyu.

Song Shuxing had worn a mask since childhood, always appearing gentle and refined in public, but revealing a completely different face behind closed doors, making it impossible for her to see through his intentions. Now, after many years apart, Song Shuxing had grown into a towering figure, and she finally truly knew him—a great general who no longer pretended, his murderous intent written all over his face!
Thinking of this, the Empress Dowager grew increasingly uneasy. The brothers' intentions were crystal clear. But what about Song Yan? Were they acting behind Song Yan's back, or was it Song Yan...?

Upon considering this last possibility, the Empress Dowager seemed to have been possessed and lost her senses!
Seeing this, Song Shuyu waved his hand. The yamen runner was very clever and quick to understand. Without saying a word, he used force and directly forced the Empress Dowager to sit on the stool!

When the Empress Dowager came to her senses, her face turned pale and then flushed. She wanted to make a scene again, but Song Shuxing's gaze made her feel uneasy. So, after weighing the pros and cons, she finally chose to endure.

Song Shuyu gave Lu Xun a look, and Lu Xun nodded slightly. He then beckoned to his bodyguard, whispered a few words in his ear, and the bodyguard quickly left.

Song Shuyu began, “Let’s first examine the case of the hanging corpse at the temple gate. During the previous public trial, the criminal Liu Changqing refused to reveal the identity of his master. Now it is clear that Liu Changqing obeyed the Empress Dowager and secretly served her for over twenty years. To satisfy the Empress Dowager’s desires, he manipulated Li Mu and his daughter to concoct medicines using living people, resulting in the deaths of many people! When tracing the ancient medical texts used in the concoction, Liu Changqing confessed to two old cases involving two women: Yang Caiyu, Li Mu’s wife, and Bai Li, the wife of Mu Yan, the then Minister of the Court of Judicial Review!”

These words caused an uproar in the audience!

The time and cause of death of Yang Caiyu and Bai Li had already been determined during the public trial, but Liu Changqing did not confess to the details of the crime, only insisting that he was the mastermind, refusing to say anything else. Is bringing up these two cases now to provide irrefutable evidence to convict the Empress Dowager?
Mu Qingcheng lowered her eyes slightly, her body tensed involuntarily, as if all the strength she had accumulated over the years had suddenly surged to the gate, waiting to break through the formation!

Song Shuyu intentionally observed the Empress Dowager's reaction. As he expected, this old hag only cared about her father, Song Yan, in her entire life. As for others, their lives were not worth mentioning.

The Emperor pondered for a moment, "Minister Song, I remember Mu Yan. It's been more than ten years since he resigned from his post and left the capital, hasn't it? It seems... it seems that he was demoted to Jiangnan because of the 'Shuiyunjian' tragedy, and then Madam Mu suddenly passed away. Mu Yan then directly resigned and retired, leaving the capital behind, is that right?"

"Your Majesty has a good memory, it is indeed so." Song Shuyu replied with a cupped hand. "More than twelve years ago, Liu Pei was ordered by Liu Changqing to infiltrate Mu Yan's house to search for ancient medical texts, but failed. In the same year, Liu Changqing ordered Liu Pei to put poison into the medicinal soup that the imperial physician Liu Yu was brewing for Bai Li. Three years ago, Liu Changqing suddenly discovered the whereabouts of the ancient medical texts and ordered Liu Pei to find Li Mu's wife, Yang Caiyu, and force her to hand over the ancient medical texts. Yang Caiyu refused to hand them over, so Liu Changqing ordered Liu Pei to kill Yang Caiyu. The poison and the method used were exactly the same as those used in the assassination many years ago. After Yang Caiyu's death, Li Mu handed over the ancient medical texts voluntarily in order to protect his daughter, Li Yunyao. However, Liu Changqing found that there were torn pages and the prescriptions were incomplete. Since Li Mu was good at pharmacology, he forced Li Mu to refine medicine, specifically the Muscle Regeneration Pill and the Aphrodisiac Pill."