Chapter 848: Chapter 849: Suicide for Fear of Cri Chapter 848: Chapter 849: Suicide for Fear of Cri Wild Goose Jade was unwilling to answer and turned to leave.
“Miss—” ng Zhuqing wanted to follow.
But Wild Goose Jade turned her head, drew her sword with a fierce swiftness, and said to him with utmost indifference, “Don’t follow !”
ng Zhuqing could only stop in his tracks, watching as Wild Goose Jade sheathed her sword and departed, as her icy voice slowly faded into the night until he could no longer see even a trace of her silhouette. Then he sighed softly, turned around, and returned to Fifth Prince’s Mansion to continue protecting Gong Juechen.
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Upon learning about Su Chengjin being poisoned, the Emperor of Xiyun handed the investigation over to the Minister of Justice for a thorough inquiry. Fearing that heads would roll, the Minister of Justice imdiately arrested Lord Fang and all the junior officials from the Imperial Hospital responsible for dispensing dicine to the Fifth Prince.
Many people from the Fifth Prince’s Mansion were also arrested.
Almost everyone who had co into contact with the dicine for the Fifth Prince was seized by the Minister of Justice for interrogation.
The Minister of Justice had been interrogating them for six days, resorting to severe torture, yet still hadn’t uncovered the slightest clue.
Then, the Minister of Justice grew even more worried about his own head.
Just as the Minister of Justice comnced the seventh day of interrogation, within Fifth Prince’s Mansion, Gong Juechen had also started the final detoxification process for Su Chengjin. Once finished, there would no longer be any residual poison in Su Chengjin’s body.
And just after Gong Juechen had finished the detoxification, Su Chengyu arrived.
As soon as he ca, Su Chengyu inquired about Su Chengjin’s recovery from the poison.
Su Chengjin smiled and said, “Your Highness, Crown Prince, you are too kind to be concerned about . The palace doctor said that all the poison in my body has been cleared. It’s just that due to the long-term presence of poison in my body, I’ve suffered significant debilitation. It will take at least a year and a half of recuperation before I can truly be like a normal person again.”
“That’s very good!” Su Chengyu rejoiced sincerely from the bottom of his heart.
Seeing Su Chengyu’s reaction, Gong Juechen had mixed feelings. He had been staying in the Fifth Prince’s Mansion for almost seven days now and realized that this Fifth Prince indeed couldn’t asure up to Su Chengyu.
It was at that mont, the manager from the Fifth Prince’s Mansion rushed in.
Upon seeing that Su Chengyu, the Crown Prince, was also present, he first perford a grand salute, and then reported, “I beg to inform Your Highness, Crown Prince, and inform the Fifth Prince, the Ministry of Justice has sent news—Qi Yin has committed suicide in prison out of fear of her cris.”
Both Su Chengyu and Su Chengjin were taken aback.
Gong Juechen, with his head respectfully bowed, kept his expression hidden from the others, but the corners of his mouth were distinctly and wickedly curled up as if he had anticipated this outco all along.
The manager continued, “Before committing suicide out of fear of her cris, Qi Yin wrote a blood letter on the prison wall. She wrote that she couldn’t bear the torture and preferred death. She also confessed why she wanted to poison the Fifth Prince.”
Upon hearing this, Su Chengyu imdiately asked anxiously, “Why?”
The manager said, “Qi Yin stated that she and Qin Yin were sisters, but not just the two of them—there was also a younger brother. He was the one to carry on their family lineage, but the Fifth Prince, in his youth, while recklessly riding on the streets, trampled their four-year-old brother to death, severing their family line. Hating the Fifth Prince, they sought vengeance for their brother and together entered the palace to beco palace maids.”
“Then, they used all ans to get into the Fifth Prince’s palace, earned his trust, and beca his personal maids, before poisoning him. Their intention was not to kill the Fifth Prince; they only wanted to make his life a living hell.”
“They said that letting the Fifth Prince die would be letting him off too easily, and they would have no face to et their little brother in the underworld.”
“The Minister of Justice has also sent people to confirm with Qi Yin’s family, and indeed, Qi Yin and Qin Yin had a brother who was trampled to death by a horse when he was four years old.”
Gong Juechen didn’t believe a single word of what the manager said.
Su Chengyu did believe it, as this matter was ultimately to be reported to his father, the Emperor, by the Ministry of Justice. It seed improbable to be fabricated. However, he didn’t know what to say.
When he, as the Fifth Imperial Brother, was young, he truly was…
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