Chapter 175 Back in prison

Qin Shu had promised Xiao Xixi that she would take her to see the plight of the spice dealer, so she couldn't break her promise.

Early the next morning, Xiao Xixi made a fuss about going to the prison.

Qin Shu didn't know whether to laugh or cry. This little guy had a good memory.

But Qin Shu also wanted to go to the prison to ask some questions, so she ordered someone to prepare a carriage and prepared to take Xixi to the prison.

Just when the two were about to go out, they unexpectedly ran into Qin Qiting at the door.

It was not strange to run into Qin Qiting at home, but what was strange was that today was supposed to be Qin Qiting's school day, so why was he lingering at the door?

"Qiting? Why are you here?"

Qin Qiting's expression suddenly became a little hesitant when he saw Qin Shu. After hearing Qin Shu's question, he hesitated to speak and finally remained silent.

Qin Shu was a little surprised, but seeing that Qin Qiting's face was not very good, she asked again tentatively.

"Are you sick? Come home and rest?"

Qin Qiting nodded silently this time, and whispered to Qin Shu not to worry.

"Mom and sister go, I will take some medicine and lie down for a while."

Qin Shu did not doubt him, and seeing that Qin Qiting was not in good condition, she comforted him.

"It's just that the results of the previous closed-door exam in the school were not ideal. It's nothing. You started learning later than others, and the teacher praised you as the most talented in the school. As long as you continue to study hard, you will definitely make progress."

Qin Shu did not notice Qin Qiting's distraction, but Xiao Xixi did.

Qin Qiting really looked a little unwell. Was it really like what Qin Shu said, because he didn't do well in the closed exam?

Xiao Xixi always felt that something was wrong, because Qin Qiting didn't seem like someone who cared so much about his grades in school.

She looked at Qin Qiting carefully and felt that he seemed to have been much quieter recently.

This state always felt like...

being bullied by others?

Xiao Xixi was a little confused, but the feeling was not very strong.

She thought about it, and brother Qiting was one of the backers in the original book. How could he be easily bullied by others?

Thinking of this, Qin Xixi didn't take it to heart.

Besides, they were in a hurry to go to the prison to see the spice merchant, and the carriage had been parked at the door for a while.

[Let's go to the prison! 】

Other children would be terrified to hear this, but little Xixi talked about it happily, as if the prison was some kind of amusement park.

Qin Shu's mouth twitched. Seeing that little Xixi wanted to go to the prison so much, and thinking that Qin Qiting was already so old after all, and he had always been sensible and knew his limits, nothing should happen to him, so she gave some instructions to the housekeeper, and carried little Xixi into the carriage to the prison.

Coincidentally, as soon as the Qin family's carriage arrived at the prison gate, Pei Xuanyi walked out with an expression on his face as if frozen.

Little Xixi exclaimed, babbling something.

[Look, mother, isn't that the little grandson of the emperor? ]

Qin Shu was also a little surprised. She thought the young grandson of the emperor was just threatening the Supreme Court Justice, but she didn't expect that he really wanted to follow the case throughout.

Pei Xuanyi raised his head with a sense of realization, and saw Qin Shu and Qin Xixi looking at each other.

He felt a little uncomfortable for a moment. He

had just finished interrogating the spice merchant, and how come he ran into Qin Shu and little Xixi.

Pei Xuanyi smiled awkwardly and motioned his men to withdraw first.

"Why are the head of the Qin family and little Xixi in the prison?"

Qin Shu asked meaningfully.

"Then why is His Royal Highness the young grandson here?"

Pei Xuanyi laughed dryly, and after losing the battle, he felt that he was really guilty for asking this question.

The three of them knew each other well, and Pei Xuanyi was just a little embarrassed, and he didn't mean to hide anything.

"My purpose and that of the head of the Qin family should be the same, to visit the spice merchant."

Qin Shu smiled and nodded, but Xiao Xixi couldn't help but sneeze loudly.

She touched her little nose and was very suspicious of the little emperor's words.

["Visit"? The word "little emperor" doesn't seem to be so appropriate.]

If it was really just a visit, then why would the little emperor have such a strong smell of blood?

And this smell of blood is not his own, but comes from someone else.

Qin Shu didn't know what Xiao Xixi was thinking, but she spoke directly.

"In that case, could His Royal Highness the Grandson be so kind as to let me go in and take a look at the spice merchant?"

Although Pei Xuanyi was well prepared, he was still a little hesitant when he heard Qin Shu say that.

"This..."

Qin Shu asked with some doubts.

"Are you worried about something?"

Pei Xuanyi shook his head hurriedly.

"In that case, then Master Qin, please come with me."

He looked at Qin Xixi hesitantly.

"It's just that little Xixi may not be suitable to see this kind of scene..."

Qin Shu thought that Pei Xuanyi was worried about the same thing as the second child, and immediately comforted him.

"It's okay, Xixi has been in prison once, she is not afraid."

Xixi also nodded firmly.

[I want to go in, I want to go in! ]

Pei Xuanyi saw that Xixi had said she wanted to go in, so he said no more and asked his men to lead the way for Qin Shu and the others.

If little Xixi was afraid, Pei Xuanyi would cover her eyes immediately.

When several people came to the spice merchant's cell, Qin Shu couldn't even recognize the spice merchant. She looked at Pei Xuanyi in disbelief.

Xiao Xixi was also a little surprised.

[I was wondering where the smell on the little emperor's body came from. It turned out to be the blood of the spice merchant. But the spice merchant is too miserable...]

Xiao Xixi thought about it again and shook her head violently.

[How can I feel that the spice merchant is miserable? He deserved it.]

The spice merchant was seen lying on the ground covered in blood, with marks of whipping all over his back. It seemed that one of his tendons was cut off, and he was struggling to breathe. It was frightening to see him.

Is this the result of Pei Xuanyi's interrogation?

Qin Shu looked at Pei Xuanyi in shock, wanting to say something but stopping herself.

Even if he is a member of the royal family, this little grandson is too cruel!

Pei Xuanyi saw what Qin Shu was thinking, and touched his nose guiltily, but still admitted it very straightforwardly.

"It was indeed me who interrogated him, and it was me who tortured him with instruments of torture until he became like this."

Although the account book was the key evidence, the records in it were a bit vague, and even ambiguous in some places.

I think this was also a way out that the spice merchant left for himself. If the account book was lost, he could still use the excuse that the account book was not an account book for selling spices.

Pei Xuanyi had no choice but to torture the spice merchant, making him wish he could neither live nor die, so that he could admit his evil deeds.

"But the punishments I used were all permitted by the law, because the spice merchant had never suffered any hardship, so he was in such a miserable state."