“Please, Your Highness Yu Wang, I made a mistake before. Please forgive me…”
I glanced down at her. Priests guarding the temple were not allowed to marry, and the High Priest especially needed to observe strict rules until death. However, she had broken the rules. This time her actions were exposed, not directly by me, but mostly related to An Jin.
“Rest assured, I actually came here to confirm something with the High Priest,” I deliberately pursed my lips, looking down at her with a slightly tilted angle and narrowed eyes, a posture I learned from An Jin that could make one look more imposing. “As long as the High Priest answers honestly, I might find a way to protect your lover and settle your family.”
She hesitated before asking, “What is it?”
“When I had my first trial, you tampered with the golden cup. Whose idea was it?”
She was stunned, thinking for a moment before saying, “Prince Ning.”
“Are you sure?”
She lowered her head. “Prince Ning personally discussed it with me, absolutely true.”
An Jin indeed hadn’t lied to me.
For some reason, I felt a huge weight lift, like putting down a massive stone. Yet with this stone’s removal, some disappointment emerged. I didn’t expect Yun Qiao to actually do this.
She was unkind to me first – should I be unjust to her in return? Before I could think more, the day after meeting the High Priest, another bombshell news arrived.
The High Priest suddenly provided a new testimony, admitting she had conspired with Prince Ning Jiang Yun Qiao and the Grand Councilor to try to sabotage the heir’s two trials, though they had coincidentally failed. This was another major case involving the current Prince Ning and the Grand Councilor. The Emperor ordered the Censorate, Court of Judicial Review, and Ministry of Justice to jointly investigate thoroughly, and if proven true, to severely punish those involved.
I was stunned. I had secretly met this High Priest just to confirm whether Yun Qiao had done that thing, but who would have thought she would reveal everything the day after our meeting?
