The Princess ultimately remained silent.
Nurse Feng stopped persuading her as well.
In the following days, Zhang Xiaoying stayed within the villa.
News from the capital occasionally reached Yu Yang.
Jingsi Nunnery had been sealed off by the Ministry of Justice, and Mei Shangqing led a thorough investigation into the Si Family.
Everyone from the Si Family was put under house arrest, unable to take a step outside.
Meanwhile, Yu Yang had prepared evidence early on and was presenting it piecemeal.
As the truth came to light, the case of the Si Family's atrocities against innocent women was gradually exposed, their crimes shocking the public.
Emperor Mingjing was even more enraged, shortening the twenty-day deadline to ten days and ordering Mei Shangqing to resolve the case as soon as possible.
The affair was too extensive, and the Si Family, being overly arrogant, had hardly any defenses.
