Four days later, Wu Wang reported the results of his investigation to the Emperor.
"The testimonies from the brothel Madam and the out-of-town merchant are all here. Their accounts are almost identical to what the Second Prince said."
The Emperor read the pages of testimony from beginning to end, his brow furrowing slightly.
Based on the clues found so far, the Fourth Prince, Li Ying, was indeed the prime suspect.
But a sliver of doubt remained in the Emperor's mind.
He felt it was all too coincidental.
'Why did that out-of-town merchant just happen to run into the Second Prince?'
'Why did someone close to the Second Prince just happen to see Liang Yong say those things to someone else?'
'And that brothel Madam... she sees countless people come and go every day. How could she remember such a minor incident from so many years ago so clearly?'
The Emperor was accustomed to assuming the worst.
