Attracting hate and jealousy

Minister Song noticed the Emperor's growing irritation. He didn't waste time and swiftly made his report, "Your Majesty, three months ago, the wedding ceremony of the tenth princess was interrupted after the corpse of a servant was found near the bridal chamber. The manservant was horribly mutilated and his identity was only known after the long process of checking which servant was missing. At the time, Your Majesty ordered the security office to investigate but no clue was discovered at the scene. In the end, the case was dropped. I now have reasons to suspect the servant died the same way as the people that were found last night."

The ministry of Rites had been in charge of the tenth princess' wedding so it wasn't strange for Minister Song to remember those events. However, why talk about this now? Was it to divert the attention from Ji Mo Zhen?

No. It couldn't that simple. After all, minister Song was Bai Chen's future father-in-law.