"Your Majesty." Vice Minister of the Ministry of Punishments, Meng Zhaoxiang, bowed and performed a formal salute. "The truth regarding the case of Marquis of Yangwu Xue Lian has been ascertained. Here is the evidence of his crimes."
Having spoken, he held a thick stack of official documents high above his head.
Wang Chengen was about to reach out and take them, but Emperor Chongzhen stopped him with a sharp look.
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