Chapter 87 (1/2)

Chapter 87 – Who is the real killer? (1)

“This suicide note and the confession letter are fake!” Ji Yunhuang interrupted Emperor Le Xuan. “The handwriting might look similar to Ning Xuemo’s but the differences cannot escape my eyes. This was obviously forged by someone! If Imperial Father does not believe me, then you can call for Official Lan and let him compare the two.”

Emperor Le Xuan was silent. It did not cross his mind that this suicide note and confession letter could have actually been forged by someone!

At this moment, he could not rebuke his son and could only send someone to call over Lan Yufeng from the Supreme Court.

Shortly afterwards, Lan Yufeng strode quickly into the study. He greeted everyone before they handed over the confession letter and suicide note for verification.

Ji Yunhuang was clearly prepared and handed in a shopping list written by Ning Xuemo to compare with the confession letter and suicide note.

Lan Yufeng examined the documents for a short while before he expressed in a certain tone that the confession letter and the suicide note were definitely fakes.

Emperor Le Xuan’s face became unsightly. He did not think  that the Ministry of Justice would dare to give him a fake confession letter! He immediately sent people to investigate.

After Lord Lu, the high official in charge of the Ministry of Justice, arrived, Emperor Le Xuan condemned him. Lord Lu said that he has been wronged and that the letter had been given to him by the people from the Ministry of Justice’s Prison…

The crime of deceiving the monarch was not a small one, so guards were sent to capture the four jailers who were in charge of the torture.

The four of them had already prepared early on. They said that this confession letter had been given by Tu Yidao who was in charge of the actual interrogation. They merely passed it over to the higher-ups…