Chapter 120 The truth of the matter, this prince believes you!

He placed the handkerchief on the corner of his lips and wiped them rather roughly.

The warmth of the man's fingertips traveled through the thin handkerchief to the corner of her lips, and Shen Chu's face suddenly flushed.

Does this guy even know what he's doing?

She looked up and suddenly met Pei Yuan's captivating peach blossom eyes.

With upturned corners, her eyes were deep and dark, like obsidian, seemingly able to draw people in.

Their eyes met, and the air suddenly became quiet.

Bang.

The flaw, left on the table, rolled to the floor with a soft thud.

The two were instantly awakened.

"Your Highness, I can do it myself."

"alright."

The two said in unison.

Their eyes met again, and both of them looked away in a flustered manner.

Chen Chu felt her heart tremble and quickly lowered her eyes: "I'll go out and look for Cheng Xuan."

Who do you think is the mastermind behind this?

Once again, they spoke in unison.

Oh, this damn good chemistry.

Shen Chu pursed her lips and said, "I think the mastermind behind the fake medicine case is very likely related to the Earl of Changping."

Pei Yuan raised an eyebrow. "Where's the evidence?"

"Your Highness, wait here, I'll go find it right away." Shen Chu used this excuse to run off immediately.

Pei Yuan watched his retreating figure, glanced down at the ink-stained handkerchief in his hand, and unconsciously crumpled it into a ball.

He must have been up all night and his mind wasn't clear, otherwise why would he have wiped Chen Chu's mouth?

Chen Chu ran out in one breath and then took a long breath.

She gently patted her cheeks, reminding herself: Wake up, you are a man now, and you have many things to do. Don't let any messy thoughts come to mind.

She stood in the courtyard for a while until the heat on her face dissipated before going to find Li Chengxuan.

When Li Chengxuan saw her, he looked her over and then leaned closer and whispered, "The Sixth Prince really didn't do anything to you, did he?"

Shen Chu cleared her throat. "Of course not."

"So what about him...?"

Shen Chu quickly denied it, "I only thought of him as the sixth prince, and I had no other intentions. Don't overthink it."

Li Chengxuan patted his chest, looking relieved. "That's good. I was so scared. I almost thought we couldn't be brothers anymore and would have to be siblings instead."

Chen Chu...

"Stop joking, I have serious business to discuss with you." She glared at Li Chengxuan and said, "Go and borrow a few men from Guard Sun, and immediately arrest Zhang Da's wife, Wang, as well as the coroner from the Dali Temple."

I want to interrogate Wang myself.

Li Chengxuan readily agreed, "Don't worry, I had a great chat with the Flying Eagle Guard brothers just now, lending two people is definitely no problem."

Shen Chu asked curiously, "What did you talk about?"

"The Sixth Prince and..." Li Chengxuan suddenly stopped, his eyes darting around, "You wait here, I'll go arrest them right now."

After saying that, he ran off in a flash.

Soon, Zhang Wangshi and the coroner from the Dali Temple were arrested.

Suddenly being captured and brought to the Flying Eagle Guard, Zhang Wangshi was so frightened that her face turned ashen and she trembled with fear.

If this were anywhere else, she might have dared to throw a tantrum, but once inside the Flying Eagle Guard, she was so scared she felt like she needed to pee herself.

When she saw the large body next to her, Zhang Wangshi screamed and almost fainted.

Shen Chu said coldly, "Zhang Wangshi, I have now found out that your husband Zhang Da did not die from being trampled by a horse, but from poisoning caused by taking medicine from Huimin Pharmacy, which contained aconite, leading to his suffocation."

You didn't know that Huimin Pharmacy has been shut down by the Flying Eagle Guard, and the doctors and officials inside are now being held by them.

Now that things have come to this, aren't you going to tell the truth?

Zhang Wangshi was terrified. "My...my lord, I confess everything. The night before last, my husband Zhang Da was brought home by two young men who said their horses had trampled him."

The two young men said they had already seen a doctor and were fine, so they left some money and departed.

About half an hour after I gave Zhang Da the medicine, he started panting heavily, saying he felt suffocated.

I didn't pay attention at first, but by the time I realized something was wrong and tried to find a doctor, it was too late. Zhang Da passed away soon after.

At this point, Zhang Wangshi couldn't help but shed tears. "My husband died just like that. I thought he was trampled to death by a horse, so I went to the Dali Temple to file a complaint."

The Dali Temple accepted my petition and took Zhang Da's body away. But less than an hour later, a lot of people came to my house.

They gave me a lot of silver and told me that if the adults asked, I should insist that Zhang Da died from severe abdominal pain.

Shen Chu raised an eyebrow, "Who gave you the money?"

Zhang Wangshi shook her head, "I don't know them, I don't know who they are."

After thinking for a moment, Chen Chu quickly drew a picture on the paper and showed it to Zhang Wangshi, asking, "Do you recognize this person?"

Zhang Wangshi stared at the portrait for a moment, then nodded hurriedly, "Yes, he was there. He came at the time, but because he thought my yard was dirty, he didn't go in and just stood at the door for a while."

He's the one who had people give me the money; I even heard those people call him "Prince."

Having figured things out, Shen Chu ordered Zhang Wangshi to be taken away, and then she interrogated the coroner from the Dali Temple.

The coroner confessed to falsifying the autopsy results, saying, "...Wang Tidian of Huimin Pharmacy is a relative of mine. After I discovered that Zhang Da died of aconite poisoning, I notified Wang Tidian first."

As for what Wang did afterward, I have no idea.

Shen Chu didn't ask any more questions. Instead, she went to Pei Yuan and recounted the results of her interrogation.

"The coroner told Wang Tidian that Zhang Da had died from aconite poisoning, and Wang Tidian must have discussed countermeasures with the person behind the scenes."

The simplest and most direct solution was to make Zhou Jun a scapegoat. So, on the one hand, they had the coroner falsify the autopsy results, and on the other hand, they sent people to bribe Zhang Wangshi to shut her up.

The person who appeared at Zhang Wangshi's house to give money was Wang Yao, the heir of the Earl of Changping. After giving the money, Wang Yao went outside and encountered a little beggar. While teasing the little beggar, he happened to run into me, and we got into a fight.

She pushed over the testimonies of Zhang Wangshi and the coroner, saying, "The truth of the matter should be like this, which is why I suspect that the mastermind behind this is the Earl of Changping."

Your Highness might consider having someone investigate the Changping Marquis's estate to see if they own any pharmaceutical factories or similar businesses.

Pei Yuan lowered his eyes, his gaze sweeping over the testimony, then he couldn't help but look at Chen Chu.

Seeing that he was completely focused on business, I couldn't help but scoff: Is he the only one still thinking about wiping his face earlier?

"Young Master Shen is quite clever. He deduced that the mastermind behind the scenes might be the Earl of Changping simply by observing Wang Yao's appearance in Liuer Hutong."

"Since that's the case, what are you waiting for? Quickly write a memorial to report to Father Emperor, and the Flying Eagle Guard should prepare to arrest them immediately."

Shen Chu was stunned. "Arrest them? Your Highness trusts my analysis. Don't you need to send more people to investigate?"

Pei Yuan curled his lips into a smile. "What? Do you want me to suspect you?"

Who was it that was just boasting about their intelligence? And now, after only a short while, they're already doubting their own judgment?

“Of course I trust my own judgment,” Shen Chu blurted out. “I just didn’t expect… Your Highness to trust me so much.”

Pei Yuan tapped her with his jade-bone fan. "I told you long ago, since you are my person, I will naturally trust you."

His interest in Shen Chu began after he started dealing with the Third Prince.

The two shared a secret; he subconsciously categorized Shen Chu as part of his own camp, which is why he treated her the way he did today.

That's right, that's exactly it.

Shen Chu rubbed the spot where she had been hit, pouted, and didn't want to argue about this topic with him. "But we don't have any clear evidence after all."

Pei Yuan swiftly opened his jade-bone fan, his face full of arrogance. "The Flying Eagle Guards never need evidence to arrest people; the evidence is there once the interrogation is over."

My God, this is... insane.

But what if it feels so good?

"Don't use the knife of power to kill me," Chen Chu couldn't help but feel jealous again, and at the same time, a thought suddenly came to mind.

She suddenly smiled and said, "Your Highness~"