"Since you want to be beaten to death so much, how can I not fulfill your desire to die?"
Qi Jue only raised his hand, and soon, Feiyun led someone into the palace.
After seeing the appearance of the visitor, Pei Duqin's expression suddenly changed, and Queen Pei's expression became even worse, because this person was none other than Jing Gong, who was supposed to be dead!
Although Pei Duqin did not see Jing Gong die with his own eyes at that time, Pei Duqin stabbed his heart with a sword at that time. Even if he did not die immediately, he would not survive for long.
How could he still be alive to walk into this hall and become a witness?
But no matter how unbelievable Queen Pei was, Jing Gong was not only still alive, but also came to Emperor Zhao alive and kicking.
"The common people pay homage to Your Majesty."
However, although Jing Gong was still alive, he was indeed seriously injured, so it was extremely difficult to even kowtow to Emperor Zhao.
Qi Jueyan gave a brief and concise introduction: "Father, this person is the person who sells poison. To be precise, this is not poison, but a kind of poisonous insect. Specifically, he can introduce it to Father."
In order to save his life, Jing Gong naturally revealed all the truth: "Your Majesty, the common people are unjust. Someone suddenly came to the common people and said that they wanted to spend a lot of money to buy the most poisonous poison in the sect that has no cure.
At that time, the grass-roots people had been expelled from the sect and had nowhere to go. In order to survive, they sold the only poison in their hands, which was the heart-eating Gu, to the other party. At that time, they only paid half of the silver, and the other half was
I have to wait until things are done before I give it to you.
Unexpectedly, when the grass-roots people arrived at the agreed place, they retorted that the grass-people's poison was useless and that the poisoned person was still alive, and then they wanted to kill the grass-roots people. The grass-roots people barely escaped death and managed to save the road.
What a shame!"
Emperor Zhao asked again: "Then do you know who bought the poison from you, but is it the person standing behind you?"
Jing Gong looked behind him, then shook his head, "This... Your Majesty, the common people have never seen the buyer."
Queen Pei's hanging heart relaxed slightly, and a sneer appeared on her lips.
Fortunately, she kept a secret in everything. Whether she was buying murder or poison, she always asked her subordinates to disguise themselves, so even if the witness was still alive, he could not identify him.
Unexpectedly, before Queen Pei was happy for two seconds, she heard Jing Gong say again: "However, the common people have another idea. The common people put a layer of fluorescent powder on the outside of the poison bottle.
Anyone who has touched the medicine bottle will have fluorescent powder on their hands. Normally it is invisible, but if you soak your hands in special water and darken the surrounding environment, your hands will glow faintly.
of fluorescence.”
Hearing this, Queen Pei couldn't laugh at all, because after her subordinates got the poison, Queen Pei checked it carefully, and naturally she had touched the bottle.
Qi Jue was very straightforward. As soon as he raised his hand, a guard immediately came forward and held down Queen Pei's hands.
"What are you doing? Let me go. I am the Queen. Who allowed you to touch me? Your Majesty, Your Majesty, they are framing me. You have to make the decision for me, Your Majesty!"
Emperor Zhao saw that Queen Pei resisted so fiercely, and he already knew in his heart that these two things must be closely related to Queen Pei.
But he didn't want the matter to escalate. After all, in this court, only the Pei family could compete with the Duke's government. Qi Jue and the prince were evenly matched, which was what he wanted to see most.
"Xiaojiu, the queen is your mother after all. I still have doubts about this matter, so I might as well discuss it later..."
Obviously, Emperor Zhao saw that the situation was developing to the point where he could no longer control it, so he wanted to postpone the discussion again in an attempt to get rid of the matter.
But Qi Jue did not give him this chance. He only said: "Father, if we cannot find out the real mastermind today and bring him to justice, then my son and I will be the ones who die."
Emperor Zhao was stunned, "Xiaojiu, what do you mean by this?"
Qi Jue neatly unbuttoned his clothes and opened his collar, revealing his fair and strong chest.
But at this moment, there was a very obvious red line like a blood vessel about a palm's distance from his left chest.
Qi Jue knelt down on one knee and said: "I beg my father to apologize. Previously, I deceived my father. In fact, the poison on my body has not been cured. Although Mr. Kong ordered people to arrest the people of the Seven Star Sect,
But after some interrogation, I found out,
The heart-eating Gu is the ultimate poison of the Seven Star Sect. Even the people of their own sect cannot detoxify it. Although I ordered them to temporarily put the Gu into a deep sleep, once it wakes up again, it will quickly devour my heart. At that time,
Even if the Great Luo Immortal comes, there will be no cure."
This development was completely unexpected by Emperor Zhao. After hearing this, Concubine Zhuang's legs and feet instantly became weak and she nearly fainted.
Fortunately, Aunt Ren reacted quickly enough and helped her in time, "My dear, be careful."
Concubine Zhuang pushed away Nanny Ren's hand, took a few strides to come to Queen Pei, and grabbed her by the skirt, her eyes bloodshot.
"Queen, you are such a vicious woman with a vicious heart. I know that you have always been unhappy with me. You feel that I have usurped His Majesty's favor. If you want to harm me, you can just take my life.
But you should never touch my son. If my son does anything bad, I will cut out your flesh, drink your blood, and let you die without a burial place!"
While shouting every word, Concubine Zhuang raised her hand to take off a hairpin from her temples, and the next moment it was placed on Queen Pei's neck.
"Hand over the antidote, or I'll make your blood splatter on the spot!"
Emperor Zhao stood up quickly and said, "My dear concubine, calm down. Why are you still standing there in a daze? Hurry and grab Concubine Zhuang!"
But there was no need for anyone to pull her. Concubine Zhuang had already let go of her hand on her own initiative. The hairpin fell to the ground with a snap. She turned around and hugged Qi Jue.
"My son, it's all because of your mother who failed to protect you. When you were eight years old, you were poisoned and tried to kill you. After raising you for so long, you finally grew up safely.
,
But there are always people with uneasy good intentions. We, mother and son, just want to live peacefully, but we can't stop the gangsters from murdering us. Mother is useless and can't protect you. Now this enemy is right in front of you, but mother can't avenge you.
Mom doesn’t want to live through this day. If you can’t cure the poison, don’t be afraid. Mom will go with you. Anyway, no one in this world loves us two. Even if they know who the murderer is, they won’t uphold justice for us.
, what’s the point of us two living in this world, why not die together!”
When Qi Jue was poisoned at the age of eight, Emperor Zhao felt guilty. In fact, at that time, if he had continued to investigate, he could have found the murderer.
But when Emperor Zhao knew that the poisoner might be involved with Empress Pei, in order to maintain the balance of the court, he ordered no further investigation.
And because Qi Jue's poison had been detoxified by Kong Ci at that time, Emperor Zhao turned a blind eye, ignored the matter, and found a scapegoat to settle the matter.