Seoul Division.

"This was found in the jewelry box of the princess of Joseon?" Li Yuntian glanced at the humanoid puppet that Yun Na had placed on the table in front of him, and asked with a slight frown.

"Back to the prince, it was found in the jewelry box of the princess of Joseon." Yun Na bowed and replied in a coquettish voice, "All of you adults can testify. ”

"Lord Wang, this thing was indeed collected from the lady of the middle hall." Li Ji and the others stood behind Yun Na, and when they heard this, they hurriedly said, this is what everyone has seen with their own eyes, so there is nothing to hide.

"Ladies and gentlemen, what do you think should be done about this matter?" Li Yuntian picked up the humanoid puppet and looked at it, and looked at Li Ji, Huang Xi and the others quietly.

"Back to the prince, this puppet has the name and birthday of the prince, its purpose is self-evident, and it should be strictly investigated!" Li Ji was the former leader of the parliamentary government, although the establishment of the three divisions and one court made him lose the throne of the prime minister, but he was still the head of the hundred officials in the Korean officialdom, so he was the answer.

"What do you mean?" Hearing this, Li Yuntian looked at Huang Xi, Liu Shangmin and the others.

"The lower officials and others also think that they should be severely punished to set an example!" Now Huang Xi, Liu Shangmin and others naturally dare not defend the princess of Joseon, after all, today's incident can be said to be a stolen goods, so they all agreed with Li Ji.

"In that case, then it is up to you to find out about it." Li Yuntian bowed slightly when he heard this, and explained lightly.

"Yes." Li Ji, Huang Xi and the others bowed to Li Yuntian and took over this tricky matter, everyone's faces were extremely serious, maybe this matter would set off a big earthquake in Gyeongbokgung Palace and implicate Li Xuan.

The palace maids, chamberlains and guards in the middle palace were taken into the forbidden mansion and strictly guarded them, because the forbidden mansion was notorious, so many people were scared and sobbed as soon as they stepped into the courtyard gate of the forbidden mansion.

The person in charge of presiding over the case was the deputy envoy of the DPRK Prosecutor's Embassy Department and the judge of the Righteous and Forbidden Government Kim Cheng, and none of the officials of the three divisions and the first court of the DPRK who discussed the trial of the case could catch up with him.

Jin Cheng's trial style is naturally different from Li Yuntian's, so he naturally doesn't have the energy and mood to look for any evidence, his method is very simple, first interrogate the close palace maids and chamberlains around the Korean princess, and want to learn about the humanoid puppets from those people.

When those palace maids and chamberlains opened their mouths to express their ignorance, Jin Cheng asked people to use heavy punishment, beating those people to cry and cry for their mothers, and they were covered in bruises.

The trial lasted until the evening, and many of the subordinates of the palace passed out because they could not bear the torture, and they were woken up with cold water and continued to be tortured.

At the same time, the main hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace.

Li Xuan paced back and forth in the room with his hands behind his back, and since he saw the humanoid puppet, he knew that something was going to be bad, because the puppet was hidden in the princess's jewelry box, so the princess would not be able to get out of it this time.

To be honest, with Li Xuan's understanding of the princess, she will definitely not be able to do anything vicious, so she must have been framed this time.

Li Xuan now suspects that this matter has something to do with Li Yuntian, because looking at the Korean kingdom, the princess has no enemies except Li Yuntian, but he has no evidence, and even if he has evidence, he can't say it.

"Your Royal Highness, the person who went to the Righteous Forbidden Mansion to inquire about the news just now came to report, and no one has confessed to the puppet yet, and a palace maid died of anger when she was tortured." A short time later, a chamberlain hurried in to the door.

"Hmph, they're trying to bend into a trick!" When Li Xuan heard this, the corners of his mouth suddenly showed a sneer, why can't the so-called Miki ask for it, so far no one has been able to survive the torture of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion, either being beaten to death or confessing, telling some insincere lies to save his life.

"Your Highness, Lord, if you follow the current interrogation method of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion, those people in the Middle Palace will not last long and will talk about it in order to save their lives." The chamberlain couldn't help but look at Li Xuan worriedly, he knew the style of those people in the Forbidden Mansion, and he did everything to get a confession, where had the people in the palace experienced such a scene.

"Go, bring the leader." Li Xuan's brows furrowed, and after a deep groan, he said expressionlessly, at this moment, the only person he can rely on is Li Ji, Li Ji is the head of the hundred officials of the Korean State, if Li Ji has no choice, then he can only sit back and watch the princess suffer in the Forbidden Mansion.

"Your Highness, it's getting late now...... the waiter said with some hesitation, glancing at the night outside the window.

"This king will see the prime minister tonight, and he will be invited no matter how late it is." Li Xuan waved his hand and interrupted the chamberlain's words, he was now worried about the safety of the princess, and he couldn't delay for a moment.

"Yes." When the chamberlain heard this, he stopped dissuading him and bowed down.

It wasn't until midnight that the interrogation of the Forbidden Mansion came to an end, and the attendants of the Middle Palace, who had been beaten and bruised all over their bodies, were imprisoned and prepared to continue the interrogation tomorrow.

Under the torture of the Righteous Forbidden Palace, some of the palace maids and chamberlains could not bear it, and admitted that they had heard about the secret use of witchcraft by the Joseon princess, which made them exempt from punishment.

However, to Jin Cheng's disappointment, the female officials of the middle palaces such as the Ti Ti Shang Palace and the personal palace maids of the Korean princess did not admit to the witchcraft, let alone know where the evil humanoid puppet came from.

"Your Excellency, Your Highness the Lord has an invite." When Li Ji left the Righteous Forbidden Mansion, he and Jin Zongrui talked in a low voice as they walked, and when they were at the door, an attendant who had been waiting in front of the door stopped his way and bowed down and said.

Li Ji was stunned when he heard this, he didn't expect Li Xuan to see him at such a late hour, but thinking about it, it was also the princess who was lucky now, how could Li Xuan be able to sleep.

So, after saying goodbye to Jin Zongrui, Li Ji hurriedly followed the chamberlain to Gyeongbokgung Palace to meet Li Xuan.

"Prime Minister, what is going on, why did the good Prince Zhong search the Middle Palace, and found such filthy and evil things from it?" In the main hall of Gyeongbokgung Palace, Li Xuan asked urgently after seeing Li Ji, because the palace matter in this search was strictly confidential, so Li Xuan did not know what happened until now.

"Your Royal Highness, the guards of the middle palace went to the Metropolitan Procuratorate to complain, saying that they inadvertently learned that the lady of the middle hall cursed the loyal prince with witchcraft, and the imperial history did not dare to slack off to report to the loyal prince after learning about it, so the loyal prince ordered us to participate in the investigation."

Li Ji didn't hide it when he heard this, and told Li Xuan what happened in 1510, anyway, now that the search of the Middle Palace has been completed, this matter is no longer a secret, and it will be made public sooner or later.

"Who is so vicious that he dares to frame the lady of the middle temple!" Li Xuan was furious when he heard this, and after a long time, it turned out that the princess was killed by the people around him, he didn't believe that the princess would do such a thing, there must be some conspiracy in it.

"Your Highness, the Lord, now that there is human and material evidence, it is difficult for the mother of the middle temple to get away with the crime this time." Li Ji hesitated when he heard this, and said to Li Xuan in a deep voice, judging from the current situation, unless there is a miracle, the princess will not be able to escape if everyone gets the money.

"Leader, the princess is gentle and virtuous, how could she do such a vicious thing, someone must be trying to kill him behind his back in order to achieve his ulterior motives."

Li Xuan naturally knew that the princess had caused a lot of trouble this time, and the appearance of that humanoid puppet was enough to kill her, so after a deep groan, he said solemnly to Li Ji, "Prime Minister, you are the head of the hundred officials in North Korea, do you want to watch the middle temple Niangniang be humiliated?" ”

"Your Royal Highness, the trial of the Righteous Forbidden Mansion is now very unfavorable to the Lady of the Middle Temple, if there is no evidence to prove that the Lady of the Middle Temple has nothing to do with this matter, the minister will not be able to do anything." Li Ji groaned for a moment when he heard this, and said to Li Xuan with a wry smile, what can he do about this matter involving Li Yuntian?

"Prime minister, as long as our North Korean officials can work together to protect the middle temple mother, then the loyal prince will definitely carefully investigate this case, and he will definitely be able to return the middle temple lady to innocence!"

Li Xuan naturally knows the severity of this matter, although Li Ji is the head of the hundred officials of the Korean State, but in front of Li Yuntian, he is just a minister of a vassal country, and he does not have much influence, especially this matter also involves Li Yuntian, it is too difficult to make Li Ji come out, so he solemnly looked at Li Ji and said, I want to save the princess in another way.

"Your Highness, I am afraid that this matter will be difficult to do, and if you anger the loyal prince, the consequences will be unimaginable." Li Ji couldn't help but smile bitterly when he heard this, he could understand Li Xuan's mood, but Li Xuan's doing this was tantamount to drinking water to quench his thirst, and after being silent for a while, he bowed down and answered, euphemistically rejecting Li Xuan's proposal.

Li Ji knew very well that even if he mobilized the officials of Seoul to jointly protect the king and princess of Joseon, it is estimated that there will be few responders, who will have enough to eat and support to be involved in this kind of big crime that is enough to be beheaded.

"Leader, what do you say you should do?" Li Xuan also realized that his move was inappropriate, so he looked at Li Ji anxiously, no matter how Li Ji said that his life experience was richer than him, he should be able to think of a suitable way to deal with the current crisis encountered by the Korean princess.

"Your Royal Highness, the key to this matter lies in Lord Zhong, His Royal Highness should visit Lord Zhong." Li Ji thought about it, and said to Li Xuan with a serious expression, how to judge this case in the end needs Li Yuntian to decide.

In other words, Li Yuntian controls the life and death of the king and princess of Joseon, and determines the fate of Li Xuan, Li Xuan will easily be implicated in this kind of thing, don't look at him as the king of Joseon, then Li Yuntian will be deposed as long as he says a word.

Moreover, Li Ji also wanted to remind Li Xuan that after the accident of the princess of Joseon, she should go to see Li Yuntian and ask Li Yuntian for her guilt.

I don't know if Li Xuan forgot to visit Li Yuntian because he was in a mess, or if he had something to do with Li Yuntian in his heart, after the princess of Joseon was taken away, he didn't go to Li Yuntian to ask for guilt as soon as possible, Li Ji had to open his mouth to wake him up, Li Yuntian's attitude is the key to this case.

"This king will go to see Prince Zhong tomorrow!" A gloomy look flashed on Li Xuan's face, and he said expressionlessly, to be honest, he was unwilling to face Li Yuntian, but this time there was no way to avoid it, so he had to go to the Wutang Hancheng Division.

Li Ji shook his head helplessly when he saw this, it seems that Li Xuan is still too tender, if he were replaced by Li Jue or Li Ji, he would have cried and shouted to Li Yuntian to ask for guilt, and maybe he would abandon the princess to protect himself and avoid affecting his own interests.