Sun Juzheng waved his hand, and two soldiers tied up Ji Yun.
"Although the friendship between you and Mei Lan is admirable, you did kill someone after all, and you were very cunning! I almost caused the officer to convict you of an unjust, false, and false case and send me to jail!"
"Master Li, although the criminal committed the crime in your territory, I am now in charge of criminal cases across the country. The murderer will eventually be transferred to the Criminal Department for processing. I am taking this prisoner away now, do you have any objections?"
Ji Yun was escorted away. His figure looked very thin, just like his fate.
The prince said angrily: "Master Sun, Ji Yun is so vicious this time. You must serve him well and not let him die happily!"
After he finished speaking, he walked outside, but stopped for a moment and said, "Ji Yun said that Dong Huairen manipulated the imperial examination and operated in secret, did everyone hear it?"
Everyone understood and hurriedly said: "Ji Yun is talking nonsense, how can we listen to a murderer?"
Smart people said: "Ji Yun is just talking nonsense! We will never believe it!"
The prince nodded and walked out. There was nothing else for him to do here.
At this time, he hooked his fingers again and asked Li Mobai to come out with him.
When there was no one outside the government office, the prince stopped and asked Li Mobai, "You stopped mid-sentence just now. Why did you stop?"
Li Mobai knew what the prince was referring to: when he talked about the reason why Dong Huairen confessed, he stopped and skipped the topic to talk about other things.
Li Mobai said at this time: "It's a secret related to His Highness the Crown Prince. Naturally, I don't dare to say anything!"
The prince looked at Li Mobai carefully, examined him like this, and then said with a slight smile: "You are very smart. If you say one more word, I'm afraid your head will have moved!"
Li Mobai said: "I understand!"
The prince stood here, recalling what happened that night.
In fact, in addition to what Ji Yun told, there are some other hidden secrets that even Ji Yun doesn't know about.
That night, it was the prince who asked Dong Huairen to keep Mei Lan. He dressed up as Dong Huairen's servant and followed Dong Huairen to Huailan Pavilion.
After that, he asked Dong Huairen to leave, leaving only him and Mei Lan in the room.
In other words, Dong Huairen hired Mei Lan to serve the prince!
The prince originally wanted to drink and laugh with Mei Lan, and then have a night of supper.
However, Mei Lan refused to drink with him, which made him feel very disappointed.
When he was about to act with Mei Lan, his men suddenly came to him and said that the emperor wanted to summon him. With no choice, he had to leave in a hurry.
He also accidentally told Mei Lan that Ji Yun failed to win Jieyuan.
The prince recalled this and pursed his lips, thinking that he was lucky enough to escape a catastrophe this time and almost drank the poisonous wine!
Therefore, he asked Sun Juzhang to torture Ji Yun in order to avenge him.
The prince thought to himself that Li Mobai in front of him must have guessed that he had also been to Huailan Pavilion that night.
But he was quite sensible and didn't say it in public!
The fight between the crown prince and the second prince is fierce now, so the matter of going to a brothel privately must be kept secret.
If his father finds out, it will definitely leave a bad impression.
That’s why the prince secretly asked Dong Huairen to plead guilty!
This saves the Ministry of Punishment from conducting a detailed investigation and finding out that he secretly went to a brothel.
After recalling these things, the prince asked strangely: "How did you guess it?"
Li Mobai replied: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince gave Mei Lan half a piece of jade pendant. It is exactly the same pair as what His Highness is wearing now, right?"
The prince looked down and hurriedly took off the jade pendant.
He glanced around and threw it to Li Mobai: "I'll give it to you!"
