Chapter 87 Game between smart people
When these words were spoken, everyone in the room was shocked.
Pei Changfeng pursed his lips. He knew that if he made a wrong move at this moment, he would lose everything.
Su Wanwan's face was pale and she could hardly sit still. Fortunately, Chen Mian supported her and she did not lose her composure too much. However, Chen Mian's face did not look too good either.
Emperor Chongming looked at the Fourth Princess, then slowly turned his gaze to Pei Changfeng, "Pei Changfeng, what do you want to say?"
Emperor Chongming certainly knew what the Fourth Princess was going to say. He was the emperor, and there was nothing in the world that he didn't know. Similarly, Emperor Chongming believed that those people deserved to die, and even that their deaths were too easy.
Facing everyone's gaze, Pei Changfeng showed a rare sense of powerlessness on his face. He said loudly: "I will never admit this!"
"You will never admit this," Emperor Chongming looked at the Fourth Princess, "Where is the evidence? Hand it over to me and let me see it."
The Fourth Princess took out a stack of confessions from her sleeve, "These are the confessions of Pei Changfeng's cousin Pei Yaozu, as well as the details of Pei Changfeng's cousin Zhou Chanyue's account of how Pei Changfeng murdered her mother and brother. Your Majesty, please take a look!"
The stack of confessions was about half the thickness of a palm. Every page was filled with accusations against Pei Changfeng, and there were bright red handprints at the bottom of every page.
Pei Changfeng looked at Su Wanwan. Su Wanwan was obviously extremely frightened and stared at him blankly.
Pei Changfeng smiled at her. Su Wanwan wanted to stand up and say something, but Chen Mian quickly held her down.
Su Wanwan's mouth was covered, she sobbed, Chen Mian said: "Don't worry! Things are not settled yet, let's see how the emperor judges!"
Su Wanwan tightly grasped Chen Mian's sleeve, powerless to attack her like a tidal wave.
Eunuch Li brought the testimony forward to Emperor Chongming, who read it page by page, then raised his eyes with an extremely unsightly expression.
The Fourth Princess knelt down and cried, "I beg Your Majesty to help Cheng'er. Pei Changfeng is such a cruel person. He harmed my Cheng'er like that, but he can't be brought to justice. It's really unfair!"
Emperor Chongming didn't say anything. Everyone present looked at each other in bewilderment. Some of them had even thought about how to tell their families about this exciting event when they got back.
Just when they were thinking seriously, Emperor Chongming walked down and everyone held their breath.
Emperor Chongming walked up to the Fourth Princess and threw the stack of papers at her face. "Ridiculous!"
Suddenly, you could hear a pin drop in the hall and people knelt down one after another.
Su Wanwan also wiped away her tears and looked carefully.
"This is what you call evidence! If this kind of evidence is valid, then can anyone who wants to frame me be able to do so?"
The fourth princess collapsed to the ground, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty... I, I have a witness!"
Emperor Chongming looked solemn, "Where is the witness? Ask her to tell us how Pei Changfeng killed someone. I will listen here!"
The Fourth Princess asked someone to bring Zhou Chanyue up.
After a while, the maid of the Fourth Princess came forward in a panic, "Princess, Zhou, Zhou Chanyue is missing!"
The Fourth Princess looked horrified, and Mu Chen's face was also dark. It was obvious that everything was planned well, so what went wrong?
Emperor Chongming laughed, "Okay, you are playing tricks on me. If I am really a tyrant, and I listen to your one-sided words and do not investigate this matter further, wouldn't I be endangering the life of a good minister?"
The fourth princess was still murmuring: "Impossible, impossible..."
Her eyes began to search for Mu Chen, but Mu Chen had already disappeared into the crowd.
The Fourth Princess screamed, and was slapped hard by the Fourth Prince, "That's enough! Isn't it embarrassing enough?"
The Fourth Prince knelt down before Emperor Chongming and said, "Your Majesty, I failed to teach my wife well. I will confine this shrew to her house when I return!"
Emperor Chongming snorted coldly, "You have to deal with your family's troubles yourself!"
After saying this, Emperor Chongming turned away, and today's palace banquet came to an end.
Pei Changfeng was pulled on the arm by Fan Ling, and he sat down in a daze and numbness. After a moment, he reacted, and his heart was first filled with deep fear, and then confusion.
Logically speaking, the things that the Fourth Princess handed over to Emperor Chongming were all real, and Zhou Chanyue must have come along, but...
Pei Changfeng looked in the direction where Emperor Chongming left, thoughtfully.
Mu Chen was in the corner with a sinister look on his face. He had been planning this big game for such a long time just to ruin Pei Changfeng's reputation in public, but how could he be defeated so easily!
Everyone left the banquet hall, Su Wanwan's hands and feet were cold, until she got on the carriage back home. When Pei Changfeng got on, she couldn't help crying, "I thought she was quiet, but she ended up doing something big. Fortunately, His Majesty believed in you today, otherwise, it would be over!"
Pei Changfeng hugged her to comfort her, and after a while, he said: "In fact, the evidence should be true, but... His Majesty seems to be helping me."
"Help you?" Su Wanwan sniffed, "Could it be that His Majesty knew that what you did was justifiable, so he didn't pursue the matter."
"No, they wanted to frame me, so how could they tell me my suffering?" Pei Changfeng shook his head, "I don't know. Anyway, it was His Majesty who helped me today, otherwise I would have been doomed."
After experiencing such a big event today, Su Wanwan had no time to think about anything. She just hugged Pei Changfeng tightly, as if she was afraid of losing him.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night.
Old Madam Yang Hou sat alone for half the night, as if she had figured something out.
Lord Yang shook his head, "No way."
There is no other way. If they want to investigate what happened back then, they have to get to the bottom of it. If they make Emperor Chongming unhappy, not only Pei Changfeng, but their entire family will suffer.
Old Madam Yang Hou shed tears and said nothing.
When the moon was full, Mu Chen's warm exterior completely faded after he returned home. He smashed things like crazy until he collapsed to the ground without any strength left. Only then did he begin to sort out his thoughts.
Why did Emperor Chongming not believe the testimony? And why did Zhou Chanyue suddenly disappear?
Is it because there are too many people helping Pei Changfeng, or is it because... the person sitting in the highest position is helping him?
After sorting out his thoughts, Mu Chen stood up and smiled sarcastically. It was okay. He would always find a way. He could kill them one by one or two. He wouldn't need a third one.
The next day, the news about Pei Changfeng being wrongly accused was everywhere in the streets, but what was mentioned more was that Liao Cheng was too absurd. In comparison, Pei Changfeng became the most pitiful victim. Even the period when he had close contacts with Liao Cheng before was regarded as being forced.
However, Su Wanwan had no time to listen to all this. Until now, she still felt her heart beating wildly and had not recovered yet. She almost became a widow yesterday.
She hugged little Fu Guang and said, "You little brat, don't dislike your daddy anymore. You are almost becoming a fatherless child."
Little Fuguang was lying on the couch, and he uttered "ah" twice, as if in response.
Pei Changfeng heard this conversation as soon as he entered the room. He couldn't laugh because in just a short moment last night, he had already thought about how to arrange his funeral.
He walked forward, hugged Su Wanwan from behind, and without saying a word, buried his head in her neck.
Su Wanwan comforted him, "Don't think too much, it's all over."
"No, not even close."
Now that the Fourth Princess has been under house arrest, there is no guarantee that such a situation will occur again in the future. Pei Changfeng decided to tell Su Wanwan everything.
He talked about Mu Chen.
Su Wanwan couldn't believe it, "You mean your cousin...he framed you? Not only that, he also killed the first two men I was going to marry!"
Pei Changfeng nodded, "Yes, he didn't kill me. First, because I was no different from a dead person at that time, and second, because the Spring Examination was approaching and he was distracted."
Su Wanwan couldn't bear the blow of these things happening one after another. It took her a long time to recover. "Don't talk for now. Let me think about it. Let me think about it."
Pei Changfeng was not surprised by her reaction. It had nothing to do with the relationship between parents and children. No one could accept for a while that the cousin who was always gentle and amiable in front of them was actually the murderer behind the death of their husband.
Su Wanwan raised her head after a long time, "So what are you going to do?"
Pei Changfeng looked at her and said, "Anti-tooth for an anti-tooth."
"Okay!" Su Wanwan clenched her fists, then suddenly loosened them, and lay on the table and burst into tears.
"Why are you crying?"
Su Wanwan burst into tears, "If it weren't for me, those two people wouldn't have died, and you wouldn't have almost lost your life."
She felt guilty for the innocent people who died.
Pei Changfeng stroked her hair and said, "Since you feel guilty, we can ask someone to send a sum of money every year, just as a way for them to show some filial piety to their parents. You don't want this either, you are also a victim."
Su Wanwan buried herself in his arms and couldn't stop crying for a while.
Pei Changfeng waited until she had cried enough before wiping her tears. "Okay, stop crying. Your eyes are swollen."
Su Wanwan said nothing and put her arms around his waist.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival holiday, when Pei Changfeng entered the palace to attend court, there were many complicated gazes cast upon him, with the most common being pity.
Bai Jitong stood beside him, holding back what he wanted to say, until he returned to the Hanlin Academy, he could not help but say: "Turn danger into fortune, you will soar to the sky in the future!"
"What do you mean by that?"
"You see, the palace banquet was a very bad day, but you managed to resolve it. This means you will have good luck in the future."
Pei Changfeng shook his head and did not comment.
Bai Jitong, however, poured out beans like a bamboo basket, "You don't know, I was almost scared to death yesterday, luckily your majesty was very observant, so you were saved. The fourth princess played a complete trick and even prepared a pile of evidence. If your majesty hadn't read it carefully, I think you would be in trouble. But it's also a case of being too clever, making up something that doesn't make sense will only mess up your situation."
Bai Jitong didn't know much about Pei Changfeng's past, so naturally he didn't know that what was written on the paper was true.
Pei Changfeng didn't react after listening to him, but opened another book and continued revising.
"You really are such a jerk. You've been through so much and yet you didn't even say a word. How boring."
After Bai Jitong finished his chatter, he stopped talking and started his work for the day.
Before going off duty, Pei Changfeng was called to the Yangxin Palace.
Dinner was served in the Yangxin Palace. When he saw him coming, Emperor Chongming waved amiably, "Come here and have dinner with me."
Pei Changfeng hesitated, and Emperor Chongming asked, "Don't you have anything to say to me?"
Pei Changfeng sat down, "What does your majesty want to hear?"
"Listen to how these things happen in your world."
Pei Changfeng understood that Emperor Chongming did not disbelieve what happened yesterday, but chose to give him a chance.
Pei Changfeng told Emperor Chongming everything that happened in his world.
Emperor Chongming could not bear to close his eyes when he heard that he was pushed off a cliff, breaking his legs and damaging his head, and had been lying in bed for half a year, with bedsores all over his body and crawling with maggots.
After listening to the story, Emperor Chongming looked at Pei Changfeng for a long time.
Pei Changfeng lifted his robe and knelt down, "I am guilty. I shouldn't have taken revenge privately, I shouldn't have been cruel, I shouldn't have..."
A pair of hands lifted him up.
Emperor Chongming patted his arm and said, "You are right. People are greedy. They did bad things and they deserve retribution. You just sought justice from them. Where is your fault?"
Pei Changfeng's body was shaking.
Emperor Chongming said: "The food is cold, eat quickly."
It was already very late when Pei Changfeng left the palace. The eyes of Emperor Chongming appeared in his mind, those eyes that were somewhat similar to his own, but he quickly forgot them.
The capital city is so big that there are so many smart people. Pei Changfeng may not be the smartest, but he is smart enough.
When I got home, Su Wanwan had already fallen asleep, but little Fuguang was fussing for sleep and refused to sleep no matter how the nanny held him and coaxed him into sleep.
Pei Changfeng took little Fuguang in. Little Fuguang hit him twice with his chubby fists and bit him with his toothless mouth. Finally, when he had enough fun, he stayed in his father's arms and took a nap obediently.
After he fell asleep, Pei Changfeng put him in the cradle and went to wash up.
Everything was peaceful again.
After the Mid-Autumn Festival, the weather became cooler.
Su Wanwan is not idle every day. She has to take care of the shop business and take care of the children. Her life is pretty fulfilling.
After entering September, the palace began to prepare for the autumn hunt.
Pei Changfeng was going of course, and Su Wanwan also prepared two sets of cycling clothes, planning to go for a horse race.
Horse riding is a skill she has just learned. She learned it at Pei Changfeng's strong request. She was in pain all over, but after learning it, the feeling of riding a horse wildly in the suburbs was so refreshing. In comparison, the pain she felt while learning it was soon forgotten.
Seven days before the autumn hunt, the hunting grounds would be fenced off, and the guards would check and guard the grounds every day to prevent anyone with ill intentions from entering and assassinating them.
On the day of the autumn hunt, all civil and military officials had to arrive two hours in advance. Only after the guards had finished their final inspection and Emperor Chongming had entered would all officials be allowed in one by one.
Su Wanwan entered with Su Cha. It was because Su Cha had a higher official position, so Su Wanwan could enter earlier.
She took the child in for half an hour before she saw Pei Changfeng come in.
She wanted to go over, but Su Cha held her back, "Hey, you're already a mother, what's the use of running around?"
Su Wanwan didn't listen to him and ran out in small steps. After leaving the tent, she unexpectedly met another person.
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