Qin Peng was stunned when he heard this.

The Jiang family killed his first wife?

No, impossible!

Qin Peng recalled that she was poisoned by Qin Shuhuai himself. She remembered it clearly, and Bai Zhi also saw it with her own eyes. If her memory could deceive herself, what about Bai Zhi? Would Bai Zhi also deceive her?

Then why did Qin Shuhuai say that?

Qin Peng calmed down and thought about Qin Shuhuai's intention.

Who is Qin Shuhuai?

In her memory, she never understood him. He was too reserved, liked to express his feelings in a subtle way, and showed his love in a very subtle way. He rarely expressed his feelings, so much so that Zhao Peng even doubted at some points whether he really liked her.

Like it or not, it didn't matter to her at that time. The relationship between her and Qin Shuhuai was more like family than love. After too long of entanglement and support, she had no choice but to marry him in order to save his life. And he has been with her for so many years, standing by her side unconditionally. Whether she likes it or not, this is enough.

But after her death, Qin Shuhuai acted too obviously, as if he had become a different person, and kept declaring his deep love for her to the world.

This is not right, this is not Qin Shuhuai's character.

Qin Peng clasped his hands in his sleeves, circling his thumbs, thinking about Qin Shuhuai's actions.

It would be easier to explain everything if we first confirmed that Qin Shuhuai was indeed her murderer, rather than speculating that Qin Shuhuai was not the murderer.

After all, the Jiang family was Qin Shuhuai's father-in-law, and the evidence of Jiang's treason was provided by Qin Shuhuai, and Jiang Yi actually died before the Jiang family was executed. Even if he could explain his initiative to expose his father-in-law for the sake of justice, it still didn't make sense why he killed Jiang Yi before the Jiang family was executed.

If he stated bluntly that it was all for power, that he wanted to kill Jiang Yi to make way for Dong Wanyi, that would be too despicable. It would be better for him to find an excuse to cover up his evil behavior.

If Qin Peng still had some admiration for Qin Shuhuai because of his youth, at this moment, he just felt that this man was really despicable.

She doesn't mind villains, but she herself thinks she is a villain. She admires Hua Qing Zong, but is willing to launch a literary inquisition to intimidate the Grand Tutor to resign. Because that's how politics works. If you don't lose your integrity, it's either you or me. If you make a wrong move, you will be doomed. No one who can climb to this position dares to say that he is clean.

However, if you are bad, you should be bad openly. Qin Peng felt that people who used feelings as a fig leaf made her feel a little disgusted.

Her eyes were a little cold, but she couldn't say too much, at least she couldn't say that Qin Peng was killed by Qin Shuhuai himself. She lowered her eyes and asked the doubts she had back then: "When Jiang Yi died, you already had evidence of the Jiang family stationing troops, right?"

"Um."

"Why not wait until the Jiang family is sentenced before severing ties with Jiang Yi?"

Qin Peng was a little confused. In fact, the Jiang family's conspiracy to rebel was a fact that was established. Not long after Jiang Yi's death, the Jiang family ran into trouble. What made Qin Shuhuai so eager to kill Jiang Yi? Was it really to show goodwill to the Dong family?

"Do you know Jiang Yi?" Qin Shuhuai looked up at her. Qin Peng thought for a moment and said, "Have you heard the details?"

"Jiang Yi is smart. She was the one who planned the marriage with me. During the three years since I was married, Jiang Yi had arranged dozens of assassins around me and poisoned and stabbed me dozens of times. When the Jiang family was about to rebel, Jiang Yi hid in my house and kept communicating with the outside world. At such a critical moment, how could I allow such a person to stay in my house? So when I later learned that she tried to assassinate me again, I just took action."

Qin Peng: “…”

She admitted that she was a little impulsive when she came back to life. She only wanted to kill Qin Shuhuai, and she used almost all the means she had in her life. She planted secret agents, established her own intelligence department and assassination organization, and spent three years thinking about how to kill Qin Shuhuai every day.

In fact, she almost succeeded. At that time, Qin Shuhuai was looking for a three or four-year-old child for some unknown reason. One of his men disguised himself as a child and went to Qin Shuhuai's house and stabbed Qin Shuhuai.

Because of Qin Shuhuai's blow, she lost all the elite killers she had trained. But Qin Shuhuai was lucky and survived after being nursed back to health.

After escaping death several times, Qin Shuhuai became increasingly difficult to kill. She really didn't know when Qin Shuhuai was about to attack the Jiang family. Qin Shuhuai thought too much of her. In fact, she didn't have much contact with the Jiang family. After all, she was afraid that the Jiang family would find out that she was not their biological daughter. She devoted herself to murdering Qin Shuhuai for three years, so the last person she communicated with was not the Jiang family, but her own people outside.

But it is true that he was plotting to kill him in the end.

Qin Peng felt that she was now indifferent to life and death, and she didn't intend to kill Qin Shuhuai. The main reason was that when she was Jiang Yi for those years, she was too exhausted to kill him wholeheartedly.

"After I took action, the Jiang family was enraged and rebelled. I was ordered to quell the rebellion, and that's how my afterlife happened."

Qin Shuhuai described the events of that year in a calm manner, and in just a few words he passed over the tragic scene of that year.

Although Jiang's rebellion did not last long, it implicated tens of thousands of civilians. Fortunately, Qin Shuhuai was well prepared and acted swiftly, which quelled the war and kept the rebellion to a minimum.

Afterwards, Qin Shuhuai escorted the Jiang family to Xuanjing. Emperor Wenxuan was always a tolerant monarch who emphasized clear rewards and punishments. Therefore, although the Jiang family was executed for treason, Emperor Wenxuan allowed them to be buried in the suburbs near Xuanjing because of their many years of defending the country.

At that time, the government sent people to carry the bodies of the Jiang family members to the mountains outside the city for burial. After some time, someone discovered that the Jiang family cemetery was paved with red soil that was only found in the Jiang family's hometown, and there was a tombstone.

"Your Majesty and I both know that the Jiang family has a lot of power in the north. Although they are dead, there are still people who are loyal to them. I have been waiting."

Qin Shuhuai looked up at her, his eyes full of coldness: "I've waited until today."

Looking at Qin Shuhuai's gaze, Qin Peng couldn't help but smile.

She finally understood why Qin Shuhuai talked to her so much. It turned out that Qin Shuhuai thought that she was an old member of the Jiang family and disguised herself as Qin Peng to seek revenge on him.

Qin Peng raised his hand and took a sip of tea, then slowly said, "Since the Regent Prince thinks I'm not the Fourth Princess, why doesn't he just expose me?"

Qin Shuhuai frowned, and Qin Peng leaned over and got closer to Qin Shuhuai.

She and he were only a few feet away from each other. The two of them were so close that Qin Peng's warmth could be felt by Qin Shuhuai. Qin Peng looked at him quietly with sarcasm in his eyes: "Are you afraid, or are you reluctant?"

Qin Shuhuai said nothing, and Qin Peng laughed out loud: "Wei Yan is not a pushover, how could he not know whether I am Qin Peng or not? How could my mother, my brother, and the people around me not know whether I am Qin Peng or not?"

"Prince, you think I am not Qin Peng, but can you provide any evidence?"

He couldn't produce it.

This is Qin Shuhuai's weak spot.

He clearly knew that the person in front of him should not be Qin Peng. Wei Yan, who was so smart, must have had doubts. Wei Yan knew Qin Peng better than he did. Since Wei Yan had verified it, there would definitely be no mistakes. How on earth could this person disguise himself as Qin Peng so flawlessly and so ostentatiously?

It is obviously not Qin Peng, but she does not try to hide it. Is it because she is so confident that she is indeed Qin Peng, or is it just an empty city plan that makes her intentions more obvious?

Qin Shuhuai was unsure, so Qin Peng stood up and returned to his seat, leaning on the armrest, and said with a smile: "In fact, Your Highness shouldn't produce any evidence, because I am Qin Peng, indeed Qin Peng. As for my relationship with the Jiang family, I don't need to tell Your Highness, and Your Highness doesn't need to know. Anyway, whether there is the Jiang family or not, the relationship between Your Highness and I won't change."

"We have common interests, so we are friends." Qin Peng said politely, and then slowly said, "When necessary, you and I can be enemies."

Qin Shuhuai didn't say anything. After a long while, he nodded and said, "You are right."

As he spoke, he called for someone to come in. Jiang Chun heard Qin Shuhuai's voice and walked in first. After changing a new hand warmer for Qin Shuhuai, he put a cloak on him. Qin Shuhuai nodded towards Qin Peng: "Princess, I hope you will remember what you said."

"Of course," Qin Peng nodded. "I will give you the list of candidates the next day. Zhang Ying will not let go of this position. You should compete with Zhang Ying first."

If Zhang Ying and Qin Shuhuai were to fight to the death, it would be easier for her people to take office. After all, Zhang Ying disliked Qin Shuhuai more than she did.

Qin Shuhuai agreed and let Jiang Chun push him out.

It was raining heavily when Qin Shuhuai went out. He raised his eyes, looked at the rain curtain pouring down, and recalled the scene of the day when he sent Zhao Peng up the mountain.

It was raining heavily that day as well. He and Zhao Yu carried the coffin and walked up the mountain step by step.

He actually wanted to take Zhao Peng back to Qi.

She was his wife, and no matter what, she should not return to her mother's mausoleum. However, he could not take her away.

He still remembered what he said while he was kneeling in front of Jiang Yi's father and eating oranges - the person is already dead, so don't bring him here to annoy others. It's better to bring him here, burn him in a fire, cleanly, and avoid making people upset.

At that time he was kneeling on the ground, shaking all over.

He knew it was this man who did it, he knew it clearly, but he couldn't do anything.

A powerless hostage returns to his country. Faced with generals who have power over the government and want him to be their puppet, what can he do?

He can't even decide his own life or death, so what else can he decide?

So he had no choice but to send Zhao Peng back.

The night before she was sent to the mountain, he held her body and cried heart-wrenchingly.

She is his only relative and his only love.

He has no father, no mother, no family, no friends.

Before he was twenty, Qin Shuhuai only had Zhao Peng, but she died.

He knew who the murderer was, but he could do nothing. He didn't even have the qualifications to fight to the death.

That morning, Zhao Yu came to pick up Zhao Peng. Seeing him holding her, Zhao Yu stood outside the curtain and spoke calmly.

"Do you have the right to cry?"

"Qin Shuhuai, if you weren't so cowardly and incompetent, if you weren't so powerless, would my sister have come to this point?"

"My sister was originally a princess. She should have stayed in Beiyan, waiting for me to become the emperor, sharing the kingdom of Beiyan with me and enjoying supreme glory. But you stole her away. You took her away."

"Since you are taking her away, you should protect her well. But what about you?"

Zhao Yu laughed out loud, full of sarcasm: "You can't even protect her body."

"Qin Shuhuai," the wind blew up the white gauze curtain, revealing Zhao Yu's cold and calm face. He put his hands in his sleeves and spoke coldly, word by word: "Let her go!"