Su Yunmo returned to the manor. Luoluo, seeing her safe return, felt both joy and worry, and couldn't help but complain.
She said that today it was fortunate she went to pick her up, as she saw Su Yunmo being abducted halfway and quickly returned to report, thus avoiding disaster.
She then lectured Ghost Sha for not doing his job properly, even threatening to throw out the fox and rat family if Su Yunmo wasn't watched over next time.
Everyone in the courtyard was reprimanded by her, not even Ziyuan was spared, acting like a nagging housewife.
Yet, it was an internal affair of the General's manor, and somehow the news reached the Imperial Prince's manor.
Ye Jingyu sat behind his desk, listening to Qianxue's report, and frowned in confusion, "Why on earth did she pick a fight with Ye Yuanlin?"
Qianxue was somewhat helpless, "My Lord, the poison given to you by Consort Mei back then was delivered to the palace by Her Highness the Princess."
"Tsk!" Ye Jingyu's expression turned grim.
He had also heard about the past between General Su and Princess Pingyang.
No wonder the little girl got beaten again; it was most likely caused by her investigating the poisoning.
Qianxue, noticing her master's displeasure, lowered her head and dared not speak.
What could she say?
That her master didn't dislike the young lady for meddling, but rather disliked her worrying and toiling for others?
"She's never serious about anything, always causing trouble!" Ye Jingyu slammed his brush onto the desk.
Qianxue was startled and, after a moment of hesitation, cautiously said, "Actually, the young lady did this to resolve your inner turmoil, all for the Fifth Prince."
Ye Jingyu glanced at her but said nothing.
With just that glance, Qianxue immediately understood that he had taken her words to heart, and she continued, "My Lord, doesn't the young lady keep asking you about your loss of appetite?"
"She must know the cause of your loss of appetite and wants to investigate thoroughly to ease your mind. She's doing all this for you!"
Ye Jingyu still had a stern face, but his tone softened slightly, "Really?"
Qianxue nodded frantically.
Really!
As long as you believe it, it's definitely true. If you don't believe it, I'll make up another lie.
Ye Jingyu exhaled, closed his eyes, and leaned back in his chair.
A moment later, he said in a deep voice, "There's a wet nurse by Ye Yuanlin's side who was brought from the palace. Go and deal with her."
Qianxue was taken aback, somewhat surprised.
Her master had never interfered in such matters before.
Now he was going to intervene for the sake of the young lady?
Ye Jingyu: "Go, and bring that little girl to the prison tomorrow."
Let's quickly resolve this matter, so she doesn't worry about it every day.
Qianxue bowed and left.
The next morning, Qianxue drove to the General's manor to pick her up.
Su Yunmo was taken to the Ministry of Justice prison.
This morning, the Ministry of Justice received a report.
Someone was caught stealing at a jewelry store and resisted arrest, injuring someone.
And this intentional assailant was the head wet nurse by Princess Ye Yuanlin's side.
Before Su Yunmo could enter, she heard screams from the torture chamber.
Li Momo was forced to her knees by Ying Xiao, her hands bound by shackles, "This old servant did not injure anyone, nor did I steal anything! This is a slander!"
Ye Jingyu sat on a chair, his hands clasped on his knees, "I know. The people at the jade shop were arranged by me."
Su Yunmo, who had just stepped through the door, exclaimed, "???"
The wet nurse's eyes widened in shock, "It was you... Your Highness the Imperial Prince, why are you framing this old servant? This old servant has no enmity with you, aren't you afraid the Princess will hold you accountable?!"
Ye Jingyu frowned, showing some impatience, "You are truly wasting my time."
Ying Xiao pulled out a rag and stuffed it into Li Momo's mouth, then pressed her to the ground and pressed an acupoint on her waist.
"Ah!" Li Momo let out a scream, but the thing in her mouth quickly muffled it.
Ying Xiao pressed a few more times, and each time Li Momo was in great pain.
Su Yunmo saw that those acupoints were the weakest points on the human body.
Although this kind of pressing wouldn't kill someone, it was incredibly painful.
It was most suitable for interrogating the elderly and frail.
She slightly retracted the foot she had stepped forward with, feeling a bit conflicted.
Ye Jingyu's mood seemed to be quite bad today~
"You're already here, why are you still standing there?" Ye Jingyu called out.
Su Yunmo pouted and stepped inside. When she got closer, she put on a fawning smile, "Your Highness the Imperial Prince is busy, I was afraid of disturbing you."
Ye Jingyu sneered, "If you know I'm busy, you should meddle less and cause me less trouble."
Su Yunmo shrunk her neck guiltily.
The young man lowered one of his crossed legs and opened an arm.
Su Yunmo tilted her head, not understanding, then quickly reacted and, without hesitation, stepped forward and climbed onto his lap to sit.
Ye Jingyu retracted his arm and embraced her.
Over there, Ying Xiao had finished his interrogation and pulled the rag from the wet nurse's mouth.
Li Momo coughed violently, spitting out yellow fluid.
Ye Jingyu played with one of Su Yunmo's little fingers, "Four years ago, Ye Yuanlin bought the highly poisonous Sword of Throat-Cutting at a high price, then delivered it to the palace to the Empress. You are aware of all this."
Su Yunmo secretly admired him.
These were old matters, and it had taken so long to find any clues about Xue Hen, yet Ye Jingyu had found the witness so quickly. He was quite capable.
Li Momo, having finished coughing, looked up with shock and horror, "Sword of Throat-Cutting? For Her Majesty the Empress? Why would the Princess do such a thing?"
Her face was full of bewilderment, which didn't seem fake.
Su Yunmo frowned in confusion, "Did you catch the wrong person?"
Ye Jingyu's playing fingers went from one to two, "It doesn't matter."
Su Yunmo: "Huh?"
Ying Xiao forcefully pressed down on Li Momo's back. After hearing a scream, he coldly reminded, "Your Highness's words are best remembered by the wet nurse."
His tone was full of threat.
Su Yunmo's eyelids twitched, and she seemed to understand Ye Jingyu's earlier words.
This man was truly cunning.
The look of pain on Li Momo's face gradually turned into shock and terror, "You want me to give false testimony to slander the Princess? I can't do that!"
Ying Xiao frowned and acted again.
Li Momo immediately screamed, her body contorting in pain, "Your Highness, spare me, this old servant understands. At that time, this old servant was indeed present, it was Her Highness the Princess who gave it to Her Majesty the Empress."
Ye Jingyu stood up, holding Su Yunmo with one arm, and walked out, "Have her sign and stamp it, then hand it over to the Minister of Justice."
Following the rules and finding clues step by step would eventually yield results, but it was too slow, and he didn't have that patience.
Su Yunmo was carried onto the carriage and sat on the soft seat, making eye contact with Ye Jingyu.
She knew that he was doing this today to quickly resolve the matter.
She didn't disbelieve him, after all, he was the one involved.
Since he had also taken action against people from the Princess's manor, it meant that the information Ziyuan had investigated was correct, and her own guess was completely accurate.
But wasn't his way of handling things a bit...
Ye Jingyu glanced at her, "Don't worry, that wet nurse has done many bad things in the Princess's manor over the years, her hands are stained with human lives. Whether she gets beaten or sent to prison, she deserves it."
His actions were just unconventional, not unreasonable.
Su Yunmo finally breathed a sigh of relief, "That's good, that's good."
Although neither she nor Ye Jingyu were good people, it was still better not to cause chaos and ruin the country.
"Then what should we do next?"
Even if the Ministry of Justice accepted that confession, it would be useless. After all, the wet nurse hadn't actually participated in the matter. Upon closer examination, the witness testimony wouldn't hold up.
A dark glint flashed in Ye Jingyu's eyes, "Wait."