Xingxing supported Su Jin.
Su Jin took a few deep breaths, and her head felt less dizzy.
She was truly enraged.
It was hard enough to coincidentally secure Nanny Wei as a witness.
She had already planned how to use this witness.
And then—
The witness was poisoned to death!
A case from over a decade ago, how difficult it was to find a witness?!
Especially since this witness was an eyewitness.
She hadn’t even had the chance to tell the Emperor everything she had seen, yet she was poisoned to death.
Su Jin felt like she could go mad from anger.
Killing Nanny Wei was directly opposing her.
No matter who killed Nanny Wei, the murderer must pay the price!
After Bi Zhu reported, she stood there quietly.
She had seen the Heir’s wife standing up angrily herself.
Bi Zhu was sowhat frightened.
Nanny Wei’s death was sowhat regrettable, but why was the Heir’s wife so angry?
Su Jin looked at Bi Zhu and asked, "Where is Nanny Wei’s body now?"
Bi Zhu shook her head, "I don’t know, my lady."
"I will go and investigate imdiately."
She turned around to run outside.
Su Jin stopped her, "I’ll go myself."
Su Jin lifted her foot and walked out.
She lifted the heavy cotton curtain to go out, and a burst of cold air hit her face, reducing the warmth on Su Jin’s face instantly. She beca calr, though her head ached even more.
Xingxing brought out the fox fur cloak and helped Su Jin put it on.
Afraid that Su Jin might be too angry to stand steadily, she cautiously supported her.
Su Jin walked toward the front yard, instructing soone to inquire about where Nanny Wei’s body was.
Nanny Wei died suddenly in the street, her death unclear. The governnt office would help collect the corpse and investigate the matter.
Su Jin assud it was the Ministry of Justice, but Nanny Wei’s body was at the Ministry of Justice.
It’s better at the Ministry of Justice; the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice is an acquaintance.
However, Su Jin’s carriage stopped at the Ministry of Justice, causing unrest within.
The Ministry of Justice had interacted with Su Jin and the Dongxiang Marquis Mansion several tis, and the mories weren’t exactly pleasant.
Suddenly encountering such a prominent figure, they couldn’t help but feel anxious.
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice hurriedly greeted them, saying, "Why has the Princess Consort Zhenbei co to our Ministry of Justice?"
Su Jin didn’t conceal, "I’m here for Nanny Wei’s death."
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice sighed with relief.
Thankfully, it’s not a private matter.
Although Nanny Wei’s body was at the Ministry, her death had nothing to do with them.
Once the relief passed, the Minister of the Ministry of Justice was more puzzled.
Why would the Princess Consort Zhenbei personally oversee the case of a nanny’s death?
The Ministry couldn’t avoid suspecting a connection between Nanny Wei and Su Jin.
Su Jin knew that coming to the Ministry so abruptly would raise suspicions. She had already thought of an excuse on the way.
Su Jin offered an undeniable reason to investigate Nanny Wei’s cause of death.
"Nanny Wei ca to today for dicine. During our chat, I learned she is the real aunt of my personal maid," Su Jin stated.
"They had just reunited as aunt and niece, and then she was poisoned to death. How could I not inquire?"
Xingxing, "...???"
Was the girl referring to her personal maid as herself?
Xingxing quickly nodded, "Nanny Wei is indeed my aunt."
"Related by blood."
The Minister of the Ministry of Justice hadn’t expected Nanny Wei to have such connections.
For the aunt of the Princess Consort Zhenbei’s personal maid!
This maid was the only one brought alongside the Consort when she married, demonstrating her importance in the Consort’s heart.
They had just reunited, and she was poisoned to death. No wonder it alard the Princess Consort Zhenbei.
Whoever poisoned Nanny Wei wouldn’t have a good outco.
The Minister led Su Jin inside the Ministry.
Nanny Wei died from poisoning, no need for an autopsy; it was evident, and the ti of death was easily recognized since it was in the street. An inquiry would reveal it.
The forensic doctor confird Nanny Wei was poisoned but didn’t know what kind of poison it was.
There were many cases at the Ministry; although Nanny Wei was sent there, it hadn’t been investigated, only a simple death record was made.
Su Jin personally examined Nanny Wei to confirm the poisoning ti.
Except, regarding that ti, Su Jin didn’t know if Nanny Wei was at the Minister’s Mansion.
But the Minister of Ministry of Industry’s Mansion was the most suspect—
That was undeniable.
Su Jin sent soone to the Minister of Ministry of Industry’s Mansion to inquire.
To ask when Nanny Wei entered the mansion and when she left.
The Minister’s Mansion.
The Minister’s wife sat by her daughter’s bed, personally changing the dicine for the mansion’s daughter.
The injury had been a few days; the wound had scabbed, which was shocking.
However, Su Jin’s ointnt was truly effective, so there was no worry of scarring.
The Minister’s wife applied the ointnt well, saying, "In my opinion, it will heal perfectly in a month."
The maid beside them flattered, "Surely, it won’t take a month. Since the girl wasn’t severely injured and the ointnt was personally made by the Princess Consort Zhenbei, it will be better in half a month."
The mansion’s daughter touched her face; although a month would pass quickly, she was still anxious, wishing for imdiate recovery.
Outside, the housekeeper hurriedly entered, saying, "Madam...!"
The Minister’s wife looked at the housekeeper and asked, "Why are you in such a hurry, what’s wrong?"
"Nanny Wei is the real aunt of the Princess Consort Zhenbei’s personal maid," the housekeeper reported.
The Minister’s wife furrowed her brows and exclaid, "How can that be?!"
The housekeeper also couldn’t believe the claim.
If she were truly the personal maid’s real aunt.
Why didn’t she ntion it when the madam was about to punish her, only claiming to teach the Princess Consort Zhenbei manners?
Being the personal maid’s real aunt was a much more impressive identity than teaching the Princess Consort Zhenbei manners.
"The Princess Consort Zhenbei went to the Ministry in person to investigate Nanny Wei’s cause of death," the housekeeper reported.
If it weren’t for the need for ointnt and having to request it from the Princess Consort Zhenbei.
Nanny Wei wouldn’t have known the Princess Consort Zhenbei.
Only a few days had passed, even with an encounter, not much sentint could develop.
The Princess Consort Zhenbei still wanted to investigate her cause of death; the housekeeper wondered if Nanny Wei might truly be the personal maid’s real aunt.
Otherwise, why would the Princess Consort Zhenbei concern herself with a nanny’s death?
Just after the housekeeper reported outside, a little maid ran in, gasping, "Madam, the Ministry people are summoning you to the Ministry for questioning."
This ti, the housekeeper was completely flustered.
Poisoning Nanny Wei was to prevent her from climbing the high tree of the Princess Consort Zhenbei, fearing she would incite the Princess Consort Zhenbei to help her trouble the Minister’s Mansion.
The Princess Consort Zhenbei was the Emperor’s most cherished Princess Jin Ning.
As long as she spoke a few negative words about the Minister’s Mansion, eight out of ten chances would lead to the Minister losing the Emperor’s favor.
To prevent this, the Minister’s wife decided to eliminate her to avoid further problems.
Who knew, with the problem eliminated, trouble had also arrived.
"Madam...!"
The Minister’s wife’s heart trembled fiercely.
But compared to the housekeeper, she remained much more composed, "Let’s go and see before deciding what to do."
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