Chapter 41 - 39. Frame-up
Having left Prince Jing Mansion, it was already evening.
Xibing stood inside the mansion gates, waving goodbye to him, while Chen Ji stood on Anxi Street with a heavy heart.
He walked in the afterglow, smelling the scent of cooking from every household along the street, which finally allowed him to breathe a sigh of relief.
Wu Yun poked his head out from the eaves and leaped into his arms. "Who beat up Bai Bore? It wasn’t me, I swear!"
Chen Ji smiled, patting its head. "Nobody beat it. It was just an excuse for Consort Yun to summon me to the mansion."
He muttered to himself, "Back then, Consort Yun said that the lead barium glass cup from Princess Consort Jing was a gift from her parental home, and I didn’t think much of it. But seeing the relationship between Princess Consort Jing and the Liu Family now, it’s possible that someone did it intentionally... Has she cursed the Liu Family recently?"
"Yes, she cursed her brother, Liu Mingxian, with pretty foul language."
"That’s right." Chen Ji reflected, "At the time, I was only focusing on the logic of reasoning but failed to think deeper into human nature. Indeed, human nature should not be judged by common sense. Old Master Liu wasn’t killed by me, the cup wasn’t given by me, Liu Shenyu wasn’t killed by me, so why target me instead of taking revenge on the Liu Family and the Spy Department... Ah, Liu Shenyu was also killed by the Liu Family to silence him, there’s a ruthless person in the Liu Family indeed!"
Chen Ji gasped, as he reviewed all the clues. He suddenly realized that the Liu Family’s actions were extremely brutal, showing no regard for kinship, "Old Master Liu in the coffin, could he also have been killed just then?!"
Wu Yun solemnly respected, "Ferocious!"
Is such brutality useful? Naturally, it is effective. If they weren’t so ruthless, Yun Yang and Jiao Tu wouldn’t have ended up in prison, and it would be the Liu Family facing accusations of deceiving the monarch.