Chapter 123: You will suffer the consequences if you do evil
"Aunt Liu, you said that I was the one who poisoned your second brother. Do you have any evidence? If not, then you are slandering me. Are you sure you want to slander an official of the imperial court?" Pei Jingchuan frowned when he heard this and said in a deep voice while standing at the door.
After hearing the voice, everyone in the room turned around to look at the young master and his companions. The anxiously busy Duke Ying finally came to his senses and scolded Liu Rumeng, "Shut up! How dare a lowly concubine like you slander the young master! If you continue to talk nonsense, I will have you locked up again!"
Just now, he was concentrating on discussing with the doctor how to save Pei Jingyuan and did not consider Liu Rumeng. Only now did he realize how outrageous Liu Rumeng's words were.
The Duke's wife snorted in dissatisfaction and said, "Duke, a lowly concubine dares to slander the young master and contradict the mistress. Is it enough for you to scold her like this?"
"Madam, I..." At this time, the Duke of England realized that his wife was angry. He was about to explain when he was suddenly interrupted by Pei Jingyuan on the bed.
"Father, my aunt cares about me too much, so she said something without thinking. Please forgive me." Pei Jingyuan explained with some difficulty.
The Duke of England originally wanted to punish Liu Rumeng, but when he saw Pei Jingyuan's tortured appearance, he couldn't help but soften his heart.
Xu Qingyan curiously poked her head inside and saw that Pei Jingyuan's face was covered with red lumps and pus. He was wearing a white coat, and all the exposed parts of his body were covered with pus, which looked extremely disgusting.
After seeing Pei Jingyuan's appearance, Liu Rumeng covered her face and sobbed, "The Second Young Master is so pitiful. He was doing well in the mansion, how could he be harmed like this. Who is the damn thief who dared to break into his room in the middle of the night and poison him? Did the thief really want him to die? How can a bastard like him harm others?" Liu Rumeng wanted to stop her from saying anything about Pei Jingchuan, so she would say something indirectly.
Hearing this, Xu Qingyan couldn't help but snorted in her heart: [Humph! You will suffer for what you have done. If he hadn't asked Danyan to poison the young master, would my husband have poisoned him? He, a bastard, has been waiting for my husband to die so that he can inherit the Duke's Mansion! If we hadn't discovered it yesterday, we would have been the ones crying now. Pei Jingyuan's poison was not fatal, it just made him suffer a little. My husband really showed mercy. If you were not still useful and I wanted to use you to catch the person behind it, do you think you would still be alive now? If you, a spy from the enemy country, were discovered, then the entire Duke's Mansion would be finished! ]
Suddenly, the British prince opposite him felt as if dynamite had exploded in his heart, and his eyes widened instantly. What spy? Was she saying that Liu Rumeng was a spy?
At this moment, Duke Ying was so shocked that he forgot about Pei Jingyuan's poisoning. The only word in his mind was "spy".
Pei Jingchuan and the Duke's wife looked at each other. Both of them pursed their lips and said nothing, but their eyes were slightly looking towards the Duke of England.
The last time Xu Qingyan complained about Liu Rumeng, the Duke of England was not there, so he didn't know about Liu Rumeng's identity as a spy. Now that the Duke of England knows it, I wonder how he will deal with it.
Pei Jingchuan held Xu Qingyan's hand and walked in from outside. The Duke of England was in a daze and didn't say a word.
Pei Jingchuan walked up to Pei Jingyuan, glanced at him calmly, then turned to the doctor next to him and said, "Second Master, what's going on? Can't you cure him?"
The doctor shook his head with a sad face and said, "Young Master, my ability is limited. I only know that this state is poisoning, but I can't cure this poison. However, it doesn't look like it will endanger his life. I just have to let you suffer a little."
"Brother, do you have any good medicine that can relieve my pain? I'm really in pain." At this time, Pei Jingyuan looked at Pei Jingchuan eagerly and said.
In fact, he knew in his heart that it was Pei Jingchuan who had sent people to poison him, but he could not directly accuse Pei Jingchuan like Liu Rumeng did.
When the group of thieves broke into his house yesterday, they first took away the antidote he had given to Dan Yan, and then poisoned himself. He already knew that the matter had been exposed, and Pei Jingchuan was taking revenge on him.
"Oh! I don't have any medicine." Pei Jingchuan shook his head lightly after hearing Pei Jingyuan's words.
"Brother..." Pei Jingyuan looked at him with a painful expression.
From yesterday to today, he was really tortured to death. Although the poison was not fatal, it made him feel as if his entire body was being bitten by thousands of insects and he was in pain all the time.
"Young Master, please, save the Second Young Master. This is all my fault. Please, just save him!"
Suddenly, Liu Rumeng knelt down in front of Pei Jingchuan and begged for mercy. Seeing her son being tortured like this, she gradually lost her composure and felt very distressed.
At this time, the Duke of England slowly reacted. Thinking of Xu Qingyan's thoughts, he glared at Li Meng'er.
"Someone, arrest the concubine for me, pack her up and send her to the nunnery outside the city tomorrow. Appoint people to guard her, and no one can let her out without my order!" As soon as the Duke of England said that she would be sent to the nunnery, everyone looked at him in surprise, especially Xu Qingyan. She didn't know that the Duke of England had heard her thoughts.
She couldn't help but wonder in her heart: [Duke, are you having a brain cramp? Why are you sending Liu Rumeng away? If you send her away, it will be hard to monitor her in the future! Now, if I keep her in the mansion, I can monitor her every move. When she contacts someone outside, I can catch them in one fell swoop and have both witnesses and evidence.]
When the Duke of England heard this, the corner of his mouth twitched. Couldn't he send such a big spy away?
Pei Jingchuan and Xu Qingyan agreed, so he stepped forward and advised, "Father, Auntie is just too concerned. Now that my second brother is not feeling well, this will only make him feel even more depressed. Let's forget about it this time. Just give Auntie Liu twenty lashes. I'm sure she'll learn her lesson in the future."
Liu Rumeng exhaled a breath of cold air and begged for mercy, "My Lord, I know I was wrong, please forgive me! If I am beaten with twenty boards, I am afraid I will not be able to bear it!"
After hearing what the Duke said, Pei Jingyuan also pleaded, "Father, please let my aunt go this time. She is really worried and confused."
But how could the Duke of England miss this opportunity? He did not kill such a big spy directly, but only out of consideration for Pei Jingyuan.
But thinking of what Xu Qingyan said, that there was someone behind this, he calmed down a bit, knowing that there might be a huge conspiracy behind this. For Daxia, he had to follow Liu Rumeng's clue to find out who was behind this, so now she really had to be kept under surveillance.
So, the Duke of England agreed with Pei Jingchuan's opinion, and sent a group of secret guards to monitor Liu Rumeng all the time. Suddenly, there were more people hiding in the dark in Liu Rumeng's small house than the servants serving in her yard. Sometimes, the Duke of England's people and Pei Jingchuan's secret guards would even have conflicts because of fighting for space.
Finally, it took Pei Jingyuan seven days of pain before the poison in his body was eliminated by itself, leaving some temporary scars on his face. When he went to work, he had to learn from the women and put on some makeup before he dared to go out.
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