Chapter 369 It's Not Him

Qin Peiheng felt a little uneasy at this moment.

Qin Peiheng was busy with the New Year's sacrifices and other matters in the Ministry of Rites just now. When he heard the summons, he was quite happy. He thought that it was because his father had noticed that he had been busy in the Ministry of Rites all day recently, so he wanted to reward him.

But now looking at this situation...

It seems not.

Should we hold him accountable?

But recently, he didn't remember making any mistakes.

Because Qin Peiyou was extremely popular, he and Qin Peiyuan's people were repeatedly impeached. In order to ensure the stability of their position at this time, he and Qin Peiyuan followed the advice of the King of Yue, and behaved themselves during this period of time, not taking much action, just waiting for the opportunity after the New Year.

Especially the eldest brother Qin Peiyuan, in order to make his father think of him, he even took two doses of medicine and pretended to be sick.

What went wrong?

Just as Qin Peiheng was racking his brains and trying hard to recall everything he had done in recent days, Qin Yishu threw something down.

The thing was a small, black piece of irregular shape. After rolling twice on the ground, it landed at Qin Peiheng's feet.

Qin Peiheng raised his head in astonishment, "Father..."

"Do you recognize this thing?" Qin Yishu asked.

Qin Peiheng picked up the thing, examined it carefully, and then shook his head, "I don't recognize this thing. I don't know where your father got it from, and why you are asking me..."

He didn't recognize this thing, but his intuition told him that it was definitely not a good thing.

Qin Peiheng simply put the thing on the ground again and kowtowed, "This thing is not mine, please let me know."

Seeing this, Qin Yishu's face became even angrier.

He hasn't even said what this thing is, but Qin Peiheng is so eager to distance himself from it. Isn't this just trying to cover up one's own fault?

"These things were obtained from the Eight Immortals Building." Qin Yishu suppressed his anger and said, "More than a month ago, these things were found in the small kitchen in You'er Palace, and were mixed into his food every day by the servants in the small kitchen."

"This thing is extremely toxic. It makes people feel relaxed and comfortable at first, but it will make people feel tired after a long time. They are very dependent on it. If they don't take it for a day, they will feel like they have lost their soul. If they don't use it for two days, they will feel anxious and want to commit suicide."

"You said you have never seen such things? Then tell me how these things got to the Eight Immortals Building and the small kitchen in You'er Palace!"

Qin Peiheng was stunned again.

Such a poisonous and powerful thing actually appeared in the Eight Immortals Tower? And Qin Peiyou said that he had to leave the palace temporarily and stay at the He family because of a collision with the fetus in the Shufei's belly. It turned out that he was poisoned? Is the emperor suspicious of him now? Qin Peiheng was shocked and hurriedly explained, "Father, you are very clear. What happened to my third brother was definitely not done by me. As for the things in the Eight Immortals Tower that you said, I didn't know about it."

"About……"

Qin Peiheng paused and said, "It's probably because the subordinates did something wrong. Neither I nor my uncle knew about it."

"As long as I carefully interrogate the staff in the Eight Immortals House, I will know the reason. Please allow me to go and investigate so that I can prove my innocence!"

"Prove your innocence?" Qin Yishu sneered, "I'm afraid you want to kill me to silence me, so I can die without any evidence!"

He received news in the palace that the imperial chef had discovered poppy in today's highly anticipated cooking competition in the capital, so he sent Zou Yunqi to arrest the person for interrogation and to find out the reason.

By the time Zou Yunqi brought the chef named Chen Guiming to the palace, Chen Guiming had already died.

After examination, it was found that Chen Guiming had been stabbed by a poisonous needle and died of poisoning.

Also dying at the same time were several waiters from the kitchen of the Eight Immortals House.

This opium is addictive. The Eight Immortals Tower is always crowded with people. Who knows if it’s not because of the opium?

Chen Guiming and several of his men died suddenly. It was apparently because Chen Guiming took a risk and used poppy in the cooking competition in order to win it. After Qin Peiheng found out that Chen Guiming had ruined the matter, he ordered people to kill them to silence them in an effort to clear himself of any involvement.

At this time, he kept saying that he wanted to prove his innocence...

Yes, all those who knew about the incident kept silent, so naturally there was no direct evidence to prove that the matter had anything to do with him, so he was able to prove his innocence.

As a prince, he indulged his in-laws in such unscrupulous acts for money, and dared to attack his own brother for power and profit. It was really abominable! Qin Yishu's eyes were almost spitting fire, staring at Qin Peiheng, as if he wanted to eat him alive.

Qin Peiheng had never seen Qin Yishu behave like this before, and he became more and more terrified and frightened. He said with a trembling voice, "Father, I am innocent..."

After saying that, he kowtowed several times.

Minghai hurriedly walked up to the palace at this time. Seeing Qin Peiheng here, his face became more gloomy, and he bowed and said, "Your Majesty."

"What is it?"

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"Your Majesty, a message just came from the prison." Ming Hai paused and said, "It is said that Doctor Jiao could not stand the torture and confessed."

"What did he say?" Qin Yishu frowned.

"Doctor Jiao, Doctor Jiao said..." Minghai hesitated, but seeing Qin Yishu's face getting uglier, he did not dare to hesitate any longer and said resolutely, "Doctor Jiao said that he was instructed by the Second Prince to put opium in the Third Prince's food."

Qin Peiheng was stunned for a moment, then shouted angrily, "He's talking nonsense!"

"I have never had any conflicts with my third brother, so why would I want to harm him? Since he said I ordered him to do it, why don't you tell me why I ordered him to do it, and when and where did I order him to do it?"

He wished Qin Peiyou would die.

He even thought about poisoning Qin Peiyou, the cruelest, strongest, most toxic poison! But this time, it really wasn't him who did it! No!

Qin Peiheng was afraid that Qin Yishu would misunderstand him, so he kept explaining, "Father, this is really not what I did. It's really not what I did! I have always been on good terms with my third brother, so how could I want to harm him!"

"Someone must have deliberately framed me and wanted to put me to death. I beg Your Majesty to investigate and clear my name. I beg Your Majesty to clear my name!"

clean?

He and You'er always get along well? This lie is really easy to come up with!

Qin Yishu's forehead was bulging with veins, and he slapped the table with his hand, then shouted, "Qin Peiheng disregarded brotherly ethics and was suspected of deliberately murdering his own brother. He will be put in the prison first and his fate will be decided later!"

Income prison?

Qin Peiheng kowtowed his head more and more, crying bitterly, "Father, I am innocent, I am innocent! I really did not murder my third brother, I really did not..."

But these rebuttals did not have any effect. Instead, they made Qin Yishu even more annoyed, so he just let Zou Yunqi cover his mouth and pull him away.

Then he ordered Minghai, "Strictly interrogate Qin Peiheng's palace and those close to him in the Ministry of Rites. Make sure this matter is thoroughly investigated for me!"

It’s the end of the month, votes, sob…

(End of this chapter)