Chapter 2669: Chapter 2669: Further Discussion and What to Do Next

"I understand, I will arrange this matter properly."

What else could he say? He could only try his best to appease, giving everything that needed to be given, so as not to let the people of the Daqing Kingdom be disappointed in their royal family.

"I won’t be looking at these things this afternoon, find someone to take me to the prison, I want to see Dowager Consort Yu and the Fifteenth Prince."

Although the fate of the mother and son pair was already sealed, he still wanted to see what kind of mother and son they were to have committed such heinous deeds, and for so many years at that.

"Have the corpses been retrieved from the dried-up well in the backyard of the Prince’s Mansion?" he asked.

"They have all been retrieved and placed in the Prince’s Mansion, awaiting further discussion on how to handle them," the secret guards replied.

Some of those corpses were victims from recent times, though their faces were no longer recognizable, they interrogated the people from the Prince’s Mansion and could match which individual wore what clothing.

However, with those that had been there longer, it was impossible to tell which was which, as they had all turned into bare bones.

He relayed this situation to Gong Jian, wanting to see what he thought about it.

Gong Jian tilted his head, raising a hand to stroke his forehead once more.

This Dowager Consort Yu and the Fifteenth Prince were simply deranged! And as for the local officials of Ying City, they deserved to die, letting the whole Ying City be turned upside down by Dowager Consort Yu and her son, and doing nothing as officials?

"Is there anything else?" he asked, lifting his head.

He might as well understand everything all at once and solve it in one go, rather than tackling them one by one, which would just end up exhausting him and wasting too much time.

"There is,"

The secret guard nodded, looking seriously at Gong Jian.

"According to the confession of the people from the Prince’s Mansion, besides those corpses retrieved from the well, many others who were forcibly taken into the Prince’s Mansion were fed to the dogs by Dowager Consort Yu and the Fifteenth Prince. More consideration is needed on how to explain that to the families of these people."

Gong Jian: "!!!"

Did Dowager Consort Yu and the Fifteenth Prince truly think they were the Emperor of Daqing Kingdom, and tyrants at that?

Even the High Priest Demon Heart of Wulong Mountain wasn’t as brutal as these two, and the legends about the High Priest of Wulong Mountain were merely hearsay, but this mother-son pair actually committed such acts!

"Huff!"

He exhaled heavily, and when he looked at the food on the table again, he suddenly lost his appetite.

So many lives lost due to the cruelty of Dowager Consort Yu and her son, it would be strange if he could still eat, but he had to, as he had many matters to attend to in the afternoon.

"You go ahead with your tasks, I’ll look for you after I finish eating," he said.

"Alright,"

The secret guard responded and left, leaving the room to Gong Jian.

"Alas!"

Gong Jian sighed heavily, feeling that this trip to the Northern Lands had truly opened his eyes.

He really wanted to see for himself what kind of devils Dowager Consort Yu and her son were to have turned the entire Ying City into such a mess.

...

In the prison, Gong Jian soon met Dowager Consort Yu and her son.

"You came from the capital, were you sent by the Retired Emperor to rescue Consort Wen and Ji’er?" Upon Gong Jian revealing his identity, Dowager Consort Yu, who had been lying on the straw pile like a dead person, finally reacted.

With hope in her eyes, she staggered up and lunged towards Gong Jian.

Gong Jian watched Dowager Consort Yu’s actions, and if not for the iron bars, she might have pounced on him, causing him to take an involuntary step back.

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