Chapter 541 - 358: Two Suspects_2
Sun Zhen did not even look at him but asked Ran Yan, "Has everything been asked of Lady Duan Liang?"
Ran Yan nodded slightly and pointed out her suspicion faintly, "Peony is clever and quick-witted, and her narration made me feel as if I were there, so I naturally had no questions."
There wasn’t a single fool present, and after Ran Yan said this, they couldn’t help but grow suspicious. How could someone as clever as Peony be so helpless as to let Dou Si Niang die in her arms?
Shouldn’t she have done something that matched her cleverness at the very least?
Thinking this way, Peony’s earlier actions also became very suspicious. She was accused by an important lady and didn’t seek her mercy but turned instead to ask Sun Zhen and Yuan Shao Yin for help.
Yuan Shao Yin furrowed his brows, he liked various types of women, except for the uninteresting ones like Ran Yan, and particularly hated those who used tricks in front of him, moreover, Peony’s behavior clearly was taking advantage of his soft heart for women.
"Take her back to the Ministry of Justice first, interrogate her later," ordered Sun Zhen, who had no mercy or sentimentality, whether they were devastatingly beautiful or plain, in his eyes they were all the same.
Having been ignored for a long time, Liu Qingsong finally couldn’t help but slam the table and stood up abruptly, "Hey! Sun Zi, did you even hear me speak! I want to examine the body! I don’t believe your Ministry of Justice has a forensic doctor better than me!"
Zi, used after one’s surname, is a term of respect usually reserved for sages like Confucius or Mencius, but it sounded completely different coming from Liu Qingsong.
Sun Zhen, too, did not get angry but bowed to Ran Yan and said, "Then I’ll head back to the government office first. I hope Lady Duan Liang will cooperate these days and refrain from going out easily, including these two ladies and Doctor Liu."