Tao Mingsheng and his companions immediately exclaimed with joy, "Thank you, Princess, for your great kindness!"
Conspiring against the Princess could implicate the Five Clans. Last time, Taoming Hai and Wan Banyan were foolish, almost causing their extermination. Fortunately, Su Xing did not pursue the matter. If it were really Mrs. Cao's doing this time, they were worried it would implicate them as well. But now Su Xing, the Princess, spoke, and as long as it was not their concern, they would not be implicated, naturally bringing them joy.
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The Minister of Justice personally interrogated, but facing various torture devices, Mrs. Cao stubbornly refused to admit her involvement.
Manjuan and Manhe couldn't endure it; just one use of the finger press torture was painful enough for them to immediately confess everything.
