Chapter 1761 -

However, she found it difficult to speak.

Feng Luo listened to the Prince’s question and was displeased, "Prince, even if the old woman doesn’t know how her daughter died, the Minister of Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs forcibly taking a civilian woman, shouldn’t this matter be addressed?"

Prince He Shuo’s brows furrowed slightly, "Did I say not to address it?"

He glanced coldly at Feng Luo, indicating with his eyes that she was talking too much.

Feng Luo pursed her lips and muttered softly, "But that’s what you mean."

Prince He Shuo heard but ignored her. He looked at the old woman still kneeling on the ground and asked, "Do you have any other evidence to prove it?"

The old woman choked up as if something was stuck in her throat and couldn’t speak.

"You need not be afraid. If it is true that your daughter was harmed by the Minister of Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs, I will bring you justice. But the current evidence doesn’t prove the Minister’s involvement. If you don’t have any other evidence, it would be difficult for me to help you."

Upon hearing this, the old lady hurriedly kowtowed and shouted, "Prince, I’m speaking the truth! It was... it was the forensic doctor from the government office who told me that my daughter’s body was covered in scars, saying that my daughter’s end was caused by... suffocation... Prince! I’m telling the truth, please stand up for me!"

Prince He Shuo frowned more deeply, "The forensic doctor from the government office?"

"Yes, yes..." The old woman looked up at Feng Luo, "That forensic doctor is from my village and has some acquaintance with my family, he secretly told me."

"Summon the forensic doctor from the government office."

Prince He Shuo glanced at the crowd and immediately locked eyes on the Governor of Fengshuo State, who was trying to flee, "Mr. Fu, where are you going?"

Mr. Fu, being called out, immediately weakened his knees and turned around to fall to the ground, "Spare my life, Prince, spare my life."

Seeing this, Prince He Shuo understood everything, "What have you done to need my pardon for your life?"

Mr. Fu glanced sideways at the Minister of Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs, who was timid by nature. At first, the Minister had bribed him with one thousand gold taels and told him that the matter had been settled. He only needed to wrap up the case as a cold case.

Now that it was brought before the Prince, a few words shattered it all.

"It was the Minister, he gave me one thousand gold taels and told me to help him falsify the autopsy report and fabricate evidence."

Mr. Fu appeared on the verge of death, deeply regretting his actions.

"Mr. Fu, you!!!" The Minister of Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs hadn’t expected Mr. Fu to crumble so easily, confessing to everything with just a few words.

"Prince, I was forced into it, sir... sir, I’m a lowly official, in front of the Minister I had no choice but to comply!"

"Shut up!" The Minister’s face flushed with anger, "Mr. Fu, don’t slander me!"

He made his final struggle.

"Minister, if I haven’t asked you to speak, don’t interrupt."

Prince He Shuo’s gaze was sharp as he coldly said to him, "In front of me, I doubt Mr. Fu would dare to falsely accuse you."

Mr. Fu, kneeling on the ground, said, "Prince, I’m telling the truth. I have evidence. The victim’s brother came to the government office to lodge a complaint two days ago and was detained by the Minister in the dungeon, and moreover... also..."

"Mr. Fu... you!!!"

The Minister of Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs was completely hopeless.

Prince He Shuo’s face looked unpleasant; this was a great humiliation, a disgrace to the court!

"Prince, the matter isn’t over yet."

Feng Luo suddenly spoke softly, just now she mentioned multiple deaths, and now only one case has been addressed, the kidnapping of women and officials’ soliciting hasn’t been settled yet.

Prince He Shuo pinched the bridge of his nose, "What else?"

What could be more frustrating and disgraceful to the court than this?

"The brothel owner from Yihong House is just below, Prince, why not summon her for a direct inquiry?"

The Minister’s face turned as white as paper, and he slumped to the ground, muttering endlessly, "It’s over, it’s over, it’s over, it’s over."

Prince He Shuo found the Minister increasingly irritating, he gestured lightly, and the soldiers behind him immediately stepped forward to drag the Minister to the side.

The brothel owner from Yihong House, hearing her summons, cried loudly as she approached the Prince. As she neared, the strong scent of makeup and perfume overwhelmed everyone’s senses.

"Prince, you must vindicate me," the brothel owner cried pitifully, and upon closer look, there were no actual tears on her face.

Prince He Shuo impatiently glared at her, "Enough! Whatever grievance you have, state it directly, and I will stand up for you."

Her wailing was truly irksome to his ears!

The brothel owner dabbed at the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, pretending to wipe away invisible tears, and said, "Prince, several girls from our Yihong House were summoned by the Minister and never returned. Whenever I went to ask for them, I was chased away. I know the court has regulations prohibiting officials from soliciting, but I’m a commoner and he is an official. Whatever they need from us, we must comply. It would be one thing if these deaths happened discreetly, but now they’re happening one after another, and my Yihong House is on the brink of closure."

Prince He Shuo’s face was terrifyingly stern, his lips tightly pressed together as he glared at the Minister, now sitting on the ground like a puddle of mud, his voice like a demon’s from Purgatory, "Minister, do you have anything else to say?"

The Minister seemed to be in a state of stupor, his vacant eyes staring ahead, mumbling incoherently.

"Go summon the steward from the Minister’s residence."

Prince He Shuo instructed.

When the steward was summoned, and realizing the jig was up, he confessed everything and led people to exhume the bodies of the women from the backyard of the residence.

The evidence was overwhelmingly conclusive and irrefutable.

In the end, the Minister of Ministry of Official Personnel Affairs was imprisoned in the Ministry of Justice, awaiting the court’s decision, while Feng Luo and Chu Ge were successfully selected as military doctors.

Eventually, Chu Ge made a request to take an apprentice, and the apprentice was none other than the Old Gang Leader.

Prince He Shuo was puzzled, "Huang Gang Leader knows medicine?"

He couldn’t understand what they were trying to do; Huang Gang Leader was over fifty or sixty years old, why would someone of such age follow a young person around as an apprentice?

With his knowledge of Huang Gang Leader, he felt something wasn’t simple about this.

But at the moment, he didn’t want to delve into any secrets he might not know, as the matter with the Minister was enough to trouble him.

As he was about to leave, he happened to pass by Feng Luo. He stopped, glanced at her, and said, "Miss Feng Luo, you gave me quite a gift today."

Feng Luo gave Prince He Shuo a grin, "No thanks needed."

Prince He Shuo was left speechless, glared at Feng Luo, and turned to leave the scene in anger...