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Pausing for a moment, Zhining continued, "And Xiu-Er was the First Madam's personal maidservant. In order to convince Lu Zhao and Grandma Lu, the Chief Patrol Officer ordered his subordinate to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion and ask the Second Madam."

After hearing Zhining's reply, the first wife couldn't help but ask, "Shuzhen, what do you think about this matter?"

The first wife smiled at the prime minister and stood up from her chair, slowly walking to him. "Master, since the chief steward is inviting chenqie to go to Shuntian to ask, then chenqie will naturally give the chief steward face."

The prime minister gave the first wife a deep look, then stood up from his chair. "Since that's the case, then this prime minister will accompany you to the Shuntian Estate. Someone, invite the Second Madam to the gate of the Prime Minister's Estate. " With that, he led the way out of the hall. The First Lady followed him out of the hall.

Shuntian Manor.

Southern Sea and Zhuang Shangcheng were sitting side by side in front of the table. They were dressed in official uniform and had serious expressions on their faces as they looked at all the people kneeling in front of them.

The prime minister and the two ladies sat on the right side of the lobby. On the left side of Shuntian's Main Hall sat Lord Qi. Behind him was Cheng Guan. He was standing respectfully behind him.

"Someone, bring the criminal Lu Zhao into the hall." Zhuang Shangcheng slapped the few soldiers who were standing under the hall after hearing the order.

Not long after, two soldiers brought Lu Zhao, who was dressed in white prisoner robes and had his hands and feet cuffed in chains, to the hall.

When Grandma Lu saw Lu Zhao, tears almost fell from the corners of her eyes. She used her sleeve to wipe away the tears at the corner of her eyes, and then flashed a reassuring smile at him.

"Sir, Lu Zhao has arrived." The soldiers threw Lu Zhao onto the ground with all their might.

Lu Zhao almost fell to the ground. He hurriedly straightened his back and knelt in front of the Minister and the Chief Patrol Officer.

"Lu Zhao, do you know your crime?" Lord Zhuang questioned Lu Zhao coldly.

"This commoner knows his fault." Lu Zhao lowered his head and respectfully replied to Mr. Zhuang.

Grandma Lu, who was kneeling beside Lu Zhao, couldn't help but look anxiously and worriedly at him. She didn't understand why Lu Zhao had admitted his mistake. She wanted to climb up beside Lu Zhao and ask him why he was so guilty, but Bing'er, who was kneeling beside her, grabbed her arm.

Grandma Lu turned around to look at Bing'er, her face full of anxiety. Bing'er shook her head, signaling Grandma Lu not to interfere.

Grandma Lu looked helplessly at Lu Zhao, then sighed deeply.

"What do you know about the crime?" When Lord Zhuang heard of Lu Zhao's guilt, a faint, imperceptible smile rose from the corner of his mouth.

"My Lord, this commoner should not have signed the confession letter!" Lu Zhao's powerful voice resounded in the entire hall.

Zhuang Shangcheng's expression immediately turned extremely unsightly, he slapped the wood in the hall hard, "How dare you, Lu Zhao, go back on your word, plead guilty and still want to turn the tables. How can you act recklessly in the main hall? Someone, come and beat him up! "

"Lord, perhaps Lu Zhao has something to hide, why not listen to what Lu Zhao has to say first." Nanhai who sat beside Zhuang Shangcheng slowly spoke to him.

Although Zhuang Shangcheng was extremely unhappy in his heart, he couldn't refute Nanhai, so he could only agree with Nanhai, "Lu Zhao, why did you go back on your word and want to turn the case around after admitting your wrongs?"

"My lord, before this commoner, this commoner's mother went everywhere to seek justice for this commoner. Not only were there no officials willing to seek justice for this commoner, this commoner even severely injured this commoner's mother. This commoner could not bear to have this commoner's mother continue working for this commoner. This commoner knows that I am wrong, and begs the lord to punish this commoner. " Lu Zhao knelt in front of the hall and kowtowed respectfully to the manor lord.

The manor lord snorted, "You say you are innocent, but do you have any proof?"

Lu Zhao looked at Bing'er, who was kneeling beside Grandma Lu, then pointed at her, replying to Zhuang Shangcheng respectfully, "Sir, Master Liu has found evidence that this commoner was not the one who killed Xiu-Er."

Zhuang Shangcheng looked at Bing-Er with cold eyes and slowly asked, "You said you found Xiu-Er's real killer. Who was it?"

Bing-Er lowered her head and hesitated. She looked up to Lord Zhuang and spoke word by word, "Master, she is the one who killed Xiu-Er!" Bing-Er pointed at the woman who was sitting on the side.

Everyone in the hall looked at the first wife. They saw the first lady sitting on a chair with a calm expression and looking back at Bing'er. There was a flash of ridicule in her eyes. She seemed to be telling the others that she didn't care about Bing-Er's accusation. It was like what Bing-Er said was ridiculous.

"Impudent!" The first lady is the first lady of the Prime Minister. How can you insult her so casually? Besides, many officials saw her in the hall when Xiu-Er was killed. How did she kill Xiu-Er? What reason could you possibly have to kill a mere maid? " Mr. Zhuang did not wait for the first wife to reply as he patted the wood hard, and was the first to open his mouth to question Bing'er.

"My lord, since I am going to testify that the lady is the one who killed Xiu-Er, then there must be evidence to prove that the lady, Song Shuzhen, is the one who killed Xiu-Er." Bing'er turned her head and answered Zhuang Shangcheng with a firm tone.

"Evidence?" "Lu Zhao is the real killer who killed Xiu-Er, where did you get the evidence from?" Mr. Zhuang looked at Bing'er with a taunting look, as if he was sure that Bing'er couldn't come up with any real evidence.

Bing'er did not answer him. Instead, she turned her head to look at Zhining, who was standing on the left side of the hall.

ZhiNing immediately understood. She walked forward a few steps to the center of the hall, clasped her hands, and respectfully lowered her head as she said, "Sir, your subordinate has a copy of the autopsy results for the deceased Xiu-Er." With that, she took out a piece of paper from her bosom and presented it to Lord Zhuang and Southern Sea.

Nanhai picked up the paper and glanced at it. He saw that his calm expression changed slightly before returning to normal. He passed the paper in his hand to the lord Zhuang, who was sitting beside him.

Lord Zhuang took the paper and gave it a look, then he revealed a faint smile of disdain. He threw the autopsy sheet to the side and patted the wood, saying angrily, "This is ridiculous. This is the result of this official's medical examination for Xiu-Er, yet you brought it here. It's simply a fabrication of evidence. Someone has pulled Chen Zhi and Liu Bing down and beat them up to fifty boards! "

"Master, why did you only look at the first half but not the second half?" Sihan who had been kneeling behind Bing'er could not help but speak to Lord Zhuang. Her tone was full of dissatisfaction, 'The hateful Lord Zhuang, actually compared me to her when I examined the corpse?'

He picked up the paper and looked at it. When he saw the last few lines of words, he couldn't help but look at the people kneeling down in the lobby. He asked coldly, "Who examined Xiu-Er's body?"