The Useless Miracle Doctor Consort Is Spoiled Rotten by the Prince!-Chapter 1196 - 1192: Betrayed
Chapter 1196: Chapter 1192: Betrayed
Xiao Qingyu was left in the hall, unable to rise to his feet. He tried to discern something from Chu Yihan’s receding figure, but his eyes, which once clearly understood the ways of the world, could make out nothing.
Chu Yihan, he was too profound!
Su Yingxue was led out by the hand by Chu Yihan. Su Yingxue blinked and asked, “Aren’t you afraid someone will see and suspect my identity?”
Chu Yihan reached out, untying her veil’s straps with a light laugh, “Xiao Qingyu has already recognized you as the empress. Why keep up the pretense? Besides, we have all the witness testimony we need, and Xiao Hui’s fate is sealed.”
“But Xiao Qingyu’s guilt has yet to be determined!” Su Yingxue nodded towards the hall behind her, “The one kneeling inside has more cunning methods than Xiao Hui. Escaping from prison—I suspect he could pull that off!”
She hadn’t forgotten that back in Jiang Du City, Xiao Yu had managed to dig a tunnel down the mountain overnight to evacuate them.
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Xiao Qingyu was Xiao Yu’s own brother; his capabilities would certainly be no less.
“Xiao Qingyu is a smart man,” remarked Chu Yihan.
Chu Yihan led Su Yingxue toward another hall.
Su Yingxue felt that Chu Yihan was playing mysterious again, “What of it if he’s smart? We have encountered too many smart people!”
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The man holding her hand was the smartest of them all, a genius beyond compare.
Chu Yihan stopped and turned, pinching her nose, “A smart man knows when it’s time to cut off a limb to save himself.”
“Cut off a limb?!”
Su Yingxue’s eyes widened.
Following Chu Yihan, she went to the hall where Xiao Hui was being interrogated.
The Prefect of Yangzhou, Wang Jingzhi, was downright unceremonious towards Xiao Hui. Wang Yun stood in the plaintiff’s place. Kneeling in the hall were the Wuzuo and the physician woman, whose testimonies were sufficient to expose Xiao Hui. Despite this, Xiao Hui adamantly refused to confess.
He was tall and well-built, and even kneeling on the ground, he remained defiant, “Lord! I have not killed Wang Weiran. I absolutely will not confess!”
“Do you think by not confessing you can escape punishment?” Wang Jingzhi slammed the gavel, “Based on the testimonies of these two, I can convict you of premeditated murder of Wang Yun and tampering with the case of Wang Weiran’s death!”
“But Lord, there is no one here who can prove I caused the death of Wang Weiran. I, Xiao Hui, will definitely not admit to this crime!” Xiao Hui knelt there, the person being interrogated, yet he exuded an air of defiance, as if he wanted to dominate everyone present.
Wang Jingzhi was momentarily at a loss for words, “You…”
“Who says there’s no one who can testify against you?”
Xiao Qingyu emerged from behind the hall, flicked his robe, and knelt down, bowing his head, “This humble citizen, Xiao Qingyu, witnessed how Xiao Hui, in the tavern, quarreled with Wang Weiran. Xiao Hui wanted to forcibly take Wang Weiran’s daughter as a concubine. When Wang Weiran refused, he smashed his head with a wine jug, had his servants throw the body into the lake, and afterwards, he even had someone forge a scene to make it look like Wang Weiran drowned. He bribed the Wuzuo, appeased the Wang Family, and tried to cover up the murder.”
Xiao Qingyu looked up at Wang Jingzhi, “Everything this humble citizen has said is true. I have brought all the witnesses; they are all waiting outside the hall for the Lord to summon them.”
“Summon them!” Wang Jingzhi commanded, his expression stern.
When the witnesses were called to testify, everyone implicated Xiao Hui in the murder.
Xiao Hui trembled uncontrollably; when the full clarity of the case was laid bare before everyone, he lunged at Xiao Qingyu like a wolf, grabbing his neck and roaring, “Xiao Qingyu! I am your elder brother! How dare you… how dare you betray me!”
