Chapter 602 - 175 Private Prison
On the fifth day after Princess Yongning was demoted to a commoner, another major incident occurred in Yanjing City.
Early in the morning, Xue Huaiyuan, once imprisoned in the Tongxiang case, or rather, the former Minister of Works of Northern Yan, Xue Lingyun, known as Lord Xue, went to Changan Gate and sounded the Stone Lion’s Drum of Grievance.
The stone lion at Changan Gate, silent for many years, was roused for the second time in just half a year. And the protagonist of both cases seemed to be the same person.
This time was unlike the last. Given the significance of the previous Tongxiang case and the understanding that the unfortunate county magistrate was once a high-ranking official of Northern Yan, Emperor Hongxiao took it very seriously and personally welcomed him.
And soon, the injustices Xue Huaiyuan wanted to accuse emerged. Xue Huaiyuan accused the current princess—no, the now commoner Yongning—and Shen Yurong, who had once been the Assistant Head Writer, of having illicit connections a year prior, conspiring to murder and exterminate his lineage, framing Xue Fangfei for adultery, all for personal gain. That was the first accusation.
Xue Huaiyuan further accused the Mayor of Jingzhao Prefecture of colluding with Princess Yongning to harm his son, Xue Zhao, the brother of Xue Fangfei, having him murdered as if by robbers and destroying the evidence. That was the second accusation.