Chapter 1848
The True and False Jinshi
Liu Tong was naturally relieved, after all, Liu Xinya had the aura of time travel and had luck that surpassed others.
Even if that person is reborn, Liu Xinya should still be able to find them.
The people from Dali Temple went to inquire with the innkeeper.
Sixteen years have passed, and the owner can hardly remember anymore, after all, the inn receives so many people every year.
Under repeated questioning from the officials, the boss and his assistant finally came up with a clue.
"Indeed, one candidate fell ill and was unable to participate in the imperial examination," the shopkeeper said. "After the results came out, that person even cried a lot."
Official: "What happened next?"
The shop assistant said, "The man left. He was still sick and weak, but he didn't have much money left. If he stayed any longer, he wouldn't even have enough for the return trip home, so he checked out and left the capital."
The results were reported to the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review and the officials of the Ministry of Justice.
The Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review asked, "Could a sickly scholar really kill another healthy person?"
He simply didn't believe Liu Xu was an imposter.
An official from the Ministry of Justice who was at odds with Liu Tong said, "Perhaps he was poisoned or drugged with sleeping potion or something like that."
The others just laughed and didn't take his words seriously.
Most officials, like the Chief Justice of the Court of Judicial Review, thought the matter was a joke and believed that Liu Zhi was framing Liu Xu.
Perhaps the two have some past conflict.
Or perhaps... someone bribed Liu Zhi.
Meanwhile, the man sent by the Minister of Justice to investigate Liu Zhi's subordinates returned.
The confidence this gave the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review felt that his predictions were correct.
An old gambler, an old gambler who can be bought off with money...
The officials traveled at breakneck speed and, in less than a month, brought back news from Liu Cai's hometown and Liu Xu's hometown.
People from Liu Cai's hometown confirmed that Liu Cai died of typhoid fever. His remains were sent back to his hometown by his classmates and buried. There is no possibility that he was still alive and impersonating someone else.
The news that came from Liu Xu's hometown was that Liu's parents fell into the river when the bridge collapsed while they were crossing the river, and drowned because they could not float.
This was purely accidental; there was no possibility of human intervention.
Liu Xu's wife suffered from poor health due to a difficult childbirth. After handling the funeral arrangements for Liu's parents, her health failed her and she passed away.
She left behind a child who was not yet three years old, and Liu Xu took him in at his post.
During this period, Liu Xu did not return to the village. His story to Liu Zhi, that Liu Xu returned to the village and was discovered by Liu's parents and wife to be an imposter, and thus they killed him, did not make sense.
The Minister of Justice and a group of officials from the Ministry of Justice determined that Liu Zhi was lying and falsely accusing Liu Xu.
But why did he frame Liu Xu?
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review focused his investigation on the people Liu Zhi had come into contact with.
Unfortunately, the person behind the scenes was very cautious, and there was no progress on the Dali Temple's side.
But Liu Xinya has it!
Her time-traveling aura has been working, making her wishes come true.
Liu Xinya discovered that Liu Zhi had been bribed by a man named Chunmu.
Chunmu was a servant in the household of Lord Yang, an assistant minister in the Ministry of Revenue.
Liu Xinya wondered: The Ministry of Revenue and the Ministry of Works are two separate departments. There is no conflict between Liu Xu and Lord Yang, so why would the servants of the Yang family bribe Liu Zhi to harm Liu Xu?
Liu Xinya's investigation went deeper and finally led her to Yang Zhenzhen.
Knowing that Yang Zhenzhen had once suffered a serious illness and had since kept an eye on the Fourth Prince's whereabouts, Liu Xinya had a guess.
If you can time travel yourself, then it wouldn't be surprising if there were another time traveler or reincarnated person, right?
This speculation intensified, especially after learning that Yang Zhenzhen had gone to the outskirts of the city and waited all night for someone she didn't know.
That day was the day the Fourth Prince's horse was drugged and went mad. If she hadn't pulled the Fourth Prince off the mad horse in time...
The Fourth Prince must have ridden a mad horse out of the city, and the direction he was heading was exactly where Yang Zhenzhen was.
The result is obvious! She dragged Liu Xu down with her.
Liu Xinya gave the investigation results to the Fourth Prince, without revealing her own speculation about Yang Zhenzhen's rebirth, only saying that she guessed Yang Zhenzhen wanted to become the Fourth Prince's wife.
The Fourth Prince said with disgust, "Such a vicious woman wants to enter the royal family? Dream on!"
He felt disgusted that such a woman was coveting him.
The fourth prince had the evidence delivered to the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review was initially puzzled as to why the Fourth Prince would get involved in the case, but after seeing Yang Zhenzhen's purpose, he understood.
The Minister of the Court of Judicial Review reported the results of his investigation to the Emperor.
The emperor was astonished by Yang Zhenzhen's audacity and wickedness, and ordered her arrest and execution in the autumn.
Lord Yang was dismissed from his post for failing to properly educate his daughter.
Lord Yang was so angry that he didn't visit his daughter until the day Yang Zhenzhen was executed.
After Yang Zhenzhen died, he refused to let anyone collect her body.
Madam Yang secretly bribed several outsiders to collect Yang Zhenzhen's body and bury her in a thin coffin.
After Yang Zhenzhen was arrested and imprisoned in Dali Temple, she kept shouting that it was impossible and that Liu Xu, this imposter, had framed her.
Even the jailer couldn't stand it anymore.
Why would a high-ranking official of the second rank frame the daughter of a fifth-rank official?
Nobody knows you.
Instead, you framed Lord Liu because you wanted to compete with his daughter for the position of the Fourth Prince's consort.
Don't you even know who you are?
How can you compare to Miss Liu?
Yang Zhenzhen couldn't take the blow and was on the verge of collapse.
What's wrong with this world?
Why is Liu Xu the real Liu Xu, and not an imposter?
why?
Even though God gave her a second chance at life, she is living a life worse than her previous one.
At least in her previous life, she truly became a prince's consort and enjoyed a life of high status for many years.
But in this life, she has never even seen the face of a prince...
Yang Zhenzhen has gone mad.
Even if he went mad, he couldn't escape the fate of being beheaded.
Liu Zhi also met a bad end; he falsely accused an official of the imperial court and was sentenced to exile for three thousand li.
Living is worse than dying.
When the Liu family heard the news, they all cursed him, saying he deserved it.
Liu Xu was the pride of the Liu family, and he was almost ruined by Liu Zhi.
The head of the Liu family opened an ancestral hall and removed Liu Zhi's name from the family genealogy.
Liu Dong breathed a long sigh of relief after resolving the crisis regarding her identity.
With this matter settled, no one will question Liu Dong's identity anymore.
No one will think Liu Dong is an imposter anymore... just kidding!
Liu Tong never expected that Liu Xu, a mere scholar, would be so good at causing trouble, and all of it was trouble caused by women!
Liu Xu appears to be a gentleman, but in private he's actually a playboy!
He hooked up with more than just his cousin.
At this moment, Liu Dong is unaware that another wave of trouble is about to hit him because of Liu Xu.
In his spare time, he helps Liu Xinya prepare her dowry.
The emperor bestowed a marriage upon the fourth prince and Liu Xinya.
For a princess to become a prince, a dowry is essential.
Liu Xi is a good child; she offered to give half of the Liu family's property to Liu Xinya as her dowry. (End of Chapter)