Once again, it was the Ministry of Punishment.
Xu Qingxiao had returned.
He had come to tell Minister Zhang about Hua Xingyun.
Yet the moment he arrived at the Ministry of Punishment, Zhang Jing told Xu Qingxiao about another matter.
"Shouren, Her Majesty ordered the Ministry of Punishment to investigate the Prince of Yongping in secret. After meticulous inquiries by our agents, we found that the Prince of Yongping has not appeared at all in the past three years. Neither the people in the Prince's Manor nor his subordinates have seen him during that time."
"His whereabouts are unknown. No one knows where he went."
In the Minister of Justice's office, Zhang Jing told Xu Qingxiao about the Prince of Yongping.
The Female Emperor had ordered him to investigate in secret yesterday, but the results had arrived today, so he sought out Xu Qingxiao at the first opportunity to report the matter.
Inside the room.
After learning this, Xu Qingxiao was not particularly surprised.
Of the five people behind the scenes, the Prince of Yongping was now the only one left in the open.
Hua Xingyun had stayed in Great Wei because his consciousness had not been completely eroded. He still wanted to contribute to Great Wei. In other words, whatever clever calculations Hua Xingyun had been making,
he no longer wanted to involve himself in this.
That was why he had been willing to remain in Great Wei and wait for Xu Qingxiao to come.
It was only because Xu Qingxiao had been too cautious that he had not kept Hua Xingyun alive.
But the Prince of Yongping had been involved from beginning to end.
It was even possible that the Prince of Yongping had discovered this plan first. Though that was merely speculation, it could not be ruled