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Chapter 210 A long list of crimes!

A smile appeared on the princess's face.

"Does the goddess really want me to produce the evidence?"

What was meant as a jest came across as the Princess bluffing to Mei Xingyue.

She became increasingly confident: "Of course! This matter concerns the innocence of my three children with the Crown Prince. If the Princess has no evidence, even if my three children cannot be included in the imperial genealogy, you should still be punished for slander simply because they are the Crown Prince's children!"

The Crown Prince nodded in agreement: "Elder sister, Xingyue is right. My bloodline cannot be defiled by others. If elder sister cannot produce evidence, then don't blame me for asking Father to uphold justice."

In the Crown Prince's heart, Mei Xingyue had always been a goddess-like figure.

Pure and noble, untouched by worldly dust.

If it weren't for wanting to give the child a legitimate status, she would never have shown up to meet him five years later.

It is evident that Mei Xingyue successfully cultivated a persona in front of the Crown Prince.

She spent five years cultivating an image of herself as someone who did not covet power, which had already deeply impressed the Crown Prince.

Upon hearing this, the eldest princess looked at Qiu Ming.

Qiu Ming, as the commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, stood in the middle of the group and was not conspicuous.

But as the princess's gaze fell upon him, he instantly became the focus of the crowd.

"My father once decreed that I have the right to recommend two commanders of the Embroidered Uniform Guard."

Upon hearing this, the officials were all somewhat surprised, clearly hearing about it for the first time.

Some people couldn't help but whisper among themselves.

The Embroidered Robe Envoys were the private army of the Great Zhou Emperor, and it was truly unbelievable that the Emperor would allow the Eldest Princess to have a say in them!

"General Qiu is the one I recommended. He has been in office for a short time and has already uncovered a major case. Would any of you be interested in hearing about it?"

Upon hearing the name "Commander of the Embroidered Robes," Mei Xingyue's face turned pale instantly, recalling the time when Zhou Wei had falsely accused her and imprisoned her in the Zhaoyu Prison.

It wouldn't be a big deal if they were just locked up, but this family of four escaped from prison!

Before escaping from prison, they injured a woman; it's unknown whether she's dead or alive.

Mei Xingyue's forehead began to sweat as she gripped the armrests of her wheelchair tightly, trying to remain calm.

Nothing will happen, nothing will definitely happen...

After their family escaped from prison, the Zhaoju Prison never issued an arrest warrant.

Even if Qiu Ming reveals this now, she can simply deny it!

Without an arrest warrant, how can you say that the family of four escaped from prison?

Mei Xingyue was making plans in her mind, watching Qiu Ming walk out of the queue with a nervous expression.

"Your Highness, after I was promoted to Commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard, I did indeed uncover a major case."

"An investigation revealed that the Mei family of four had been traveling all over the country for the past five years, committing countless murders. The victims all died in gruesome manners, and the cases were spread throughout the various prefectures of the Great Zhou Dynasty..."

As Qiu Ming spoke, an embroidered-robed official entered from outside the hall, carrying a scroll in his hands.

Qiu Ming pointed to the files and said, "These contain detailed records of the crimes committed by the Mei family of four in various places, the complaints from the victims' families, the investigation records of the local government, and witness testimonies and physical evidence."

"In addition, there are multiple coroner's autopsy records..."

At this moment, Mei Xingyue, who was already in a state of high tension, suddenly shouted, "Impossible! How could there be autopsy records? Those corpses..."

She suddenly realized what she was saying and immediately stopped talking.

The crown prince looked at her in shock: "Xingyue, what are you saying?"

Mei Xingyue was flustered, but she forced herself to say, "Your Highness, what I mean is... what I mean is, the Princess said before that we take pleasure in killing. If that's the case, shouldn't we dispose of the bodies properly? How could we leave corpses behind and have them discovered?"

The prince's mind was in turmoil. He felt that Mei Xingyue's words were full of loopholes, but he really didn't want to believe that his bedmate and child were a group of demons.

"I...I don't know either..."

Seeing this, the eldest princess said coldly, "Evil people will naturally find a way to dispose of the body after killing someone, but Goddess, don't forget the saying, 'The net of heaven is vast, and though its meshes are wide, nothing escapes it.'"

"General Qiu, you should tell the goddess how the bodies were discovered in each prefecture."

Qiu Ming cupped his hands, took the dossier from the Embroidered Robe Envoy, opened it, and began to read it aloud, word by word.

"In the autumn of the eighteenth year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, a charred corpse of a young child was discovered in Wangzhuang, Qingzhou Prefecture. The child's limbs were broken, and the head had been struck with a blunt object. The body had been burned and buried in the wasteland along with the charred charcoal. Later, when the villagers of Wangzhuang were organizing the clearing of the wasteland, they discovered the charred corpse..."

"In the summer of the 20th year of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the tide was rising in the Jiang River in Linzhou Prefecture. Fishermen discovered a burlap sack tumbling in the river. Upon pulling it ashore, they found the body of a child inside the sack..."

"Winter of the twenty-first year of the Great Zhou Dynasty..."

"In the spring of the 22nd year of the Great Twenty-Second Year..."

As Qiu Ming recounted each case recorded in the case files, Mei Xingyue's face turned deathly pale.

Only one sentence kept repeating in my mind: How could this be? How could so many bodies be found...

Zhou Wei kept a close eye on Mei Xingyue's reaction.

Seeing her distraught appearance, I became even more certain that this woman had traveled to a time earlier than the modern era!

Otherwise, after watching short videos for another two years, that classic quote will be stuck in her head:

"As anyone who frequently commits murder knows, killing is easy, but disposing of the body is difficult!"

Mei Xingyue thought that since her family of four had used covert methods, were mobile criminals, and the victims were ordinary people, the local authorities would not bother to solve the case.

However, Zhou Wei has a god-like perspective, and Jiang Yueli is also a reborn person.

Although the two did not reveal their identities to each other, things became much easier when they were looking for clues with the answers in hand.

Zhou Wei knew the original plot and the specific location and methods used by the Mei family of four to commit the murders.

The eldest princess, in the name of the Embroidered-Robe Envoy, secretly sent messages to various prefectures and counties, requesting the local government to investigate.

In a short period of time, the case files of the four members of the Mei family committed crimes piled up like a mountain!

After Qiu Ming finished reading through the cases in the case file, the officials in the Fengtian Hall looked at Mei Xingyue with eyes full of anger.

They never imagined that the so-called goddess would be such a vicious woman!

The three children she gave birth to were the worst of the worst!

By examining the coroner's autopsy records, one can discern the inhumane treatment these individuals suffered before their deaths.

"Beast! You beast!" Li An couldn't help but curse.

As Li An angrily cursed, the court was filled with shouts of condemnation, all expressing their disgust for the four members of the Mei family.

"A reincarnation of evil spirits! The whole family is a reincarnation of evil spirits!"

"A murderer deserves to be killed by everyone!"

"Such a wicked woman, does she even deserve to be called a goddess?"

Amidst the curses of the crowd, Mei Xingyue began to tremble all over, instinctively reaching out to grab the Crown Prince's hand.

But when he reached out, he grasped at nothing.

She looked at the Crown Prince in shock: "Your Highness, you..."

The crown prince's eyes were filled with heartache and incomprehension, but even more so with confusion.

The usually aloof and arrogant nobleman suddenly knelt down in front of Mei Xingyue's wheelchair.

He asked in an almost pleading voice, "Xingyue, tell me, is what's in this file true?"

Mei Xingyue's lips moved, but she couldn't open her mouth.

The light in the prince's eyes gradually dimmed, but he still pressed on relentlessly.

"Xingyue, tell me! As long as you tell me, I will believe you!"