All the documents related to Zijuan's case were sent to the Emperor.
After reading them, the Emperor wasn't particularly surprised.
As soon as he learned the Fourth Prince might be the mastermind, the Emperor had suspected someone was deliberately framing him.
Now, seeing these documents, he thought, 'Just as I expected.'
Along with these files was a handwritten letter from the Junior Minister of the Ministry of Justice.
In the letter, the Junior Minister detailed how he had investigated these leads and casually mentioned at the end that the Fifth Prince was now aware of the matter.
This should have been an insignificant remark.
However, the Emperor's eyelid twitched violently, and a bad premonition instantly struck him.
'With Li Yan's personality,' the Emperor thought, 'if he finds out the Fourth Prince was framed, his first impulse will be to confront Prince Dongyang.
'A simple confrontation would be one thing.
