Bai Zhi’er’s eyes blinked, sparkling with light.
"Secret!" She puffed out her cheeks, making a playful face at her father.
The little one clutched a land deed in her small hand.
Being held by Bai Xilie, she lowered her lashes, looking at Zheng Jin and his daughter kneeling on the ground.
With a somewhat condescending air.
"Number twenty-three, Ruyi Lane, is the residence you used to bribe Yu Zhun to make him work for you!"
"Your name, Zheng Jin, is right on it!"
Zheng Moxin raised her head, angrily retorting, "You are falsely accusing us! My father’s private residence is at number twenty-two Ruyi Lane. You fabricated a location to frame us!"
Her tone was extremely rude.
Causing Bai Xilie to frown sharply.
He should have acted decisively just now, instructed someone to drag this Zheng Moxin out and execute her.
She dared to spout nonsense in front of Bai Zhi’er.
Bai Zhi’er puffed out her pink cheeks, fluttering her long eyelashes.
She glanced sideways at the land deed.
"Oh, you are right, it is indeed number twenty-two. I just misread it!"
"However, your pointing it out is essential, otherwise, your father would have tried to weasel out!"
After Bai Zhi’er spoke, her bright black eyes curved into a smile.
Zheng Jin wanted to cover Zheng Moxin’s mouth but was too late.
He closed his eyes, lowered his head slightly, and clenched his back teeth.
Zheng Moxin turned pale as she realized, "You set a trap for me on purpose!?"
Bai Zhi’er looked innocently at her, "You said it yourself."
Zheng Jin continued his last attempts to argue.
"Emperor, this must be false. The Yu Family was completely burned in a fire. If this really was the land deed I gave to Yu Zhun, how could it be in the Princess’s hands? It should have been burned to ashes in the Yu Residence!"
Suddenly, outside the door, came the cold voice of Feng Fuce—
"Yu Zhun’s family all survived the fire, so of course these pieces of evidence could evade the flames as well."
Bai Zhi’er turned her head to look.
Feng Fuce, clad in a silver-white large cloak, his indifferent brows and eyes carrying a hint of the chill wind.
He strode steadily inside, followed by a woman.
Bai Xilie raised an eyebrow, "Who is this?"
Feng Fuce replied calmly, "Yu Zhun’s mother, a member of the Jiang Family."
Zheng Jin widened his eyes in disbelief.
Yu Zhun’s family should have perished in the blaze!
How could she be safe and sound!
The woman knelt tremblingly, "Emperor, as my son Yu Zhun said many times, Vice Minister Zheng, bought him with land deeds and silver to carry out assassination tasks!"
"I tried to dissuade him, but being old and sick, with our family plagued by strange diseases and our savings depleted, my son lost hope temporarily and agreed to Vice Minister Zheng’s demands!"
"Not only is the land deed in the Princess’s hands real, but I also kept some of the silver that Vice Minister Zheng gave to him!"
She raised a box with both hands, and Eunuch Quan Xi immediately stepped forward to open it.
Inside was a neat stack of silver notes.
The elderly woman lifted her eyes, staring with utmost hatred at Zheng Jin.
"Vice Minister Zheng, unworthy as an official, tried to cover up the crime by planning to kill us and burn our family to the ground. His heart is malicious and treacherous, we beseech the Emperor for severe punishment!"
She knelt, tears streaming as she kowtowed heavily.
Zheng Jin saw that he could not escape death!
He suddenly stood up, attempting to take advantage of the chaos to seize Bai Zhi’er from Bai Xilie’s arms as a threat!
However, his hand had just reached out!
Feng Fuce had already flown with his Qinggong, swiftly blocking in front of Bai Xilie.
The young lad, with a cold face, swiftly drew his sword, slashing Zheng Jin’s wrist clean off with a "whoosh".
Zheng Jin let out a ghastly scream!
Zheng Moxin watched as blood splattered, screaming and crying, "Father!"
Yu Zhun’s mother fainted on the spot seeing this scene.