Pei Zhan took a bath and went straight to the Dali Temple.
Currently, Prince Rong, Xu Yin, and the others are all locked up in the Heavenly Prison, only separated by two corridors in between.
Prince Rong’s hair was disheveled, and in just a few days, he had grown emaciated. As soon as he heard noise from outside, he raised himself up. So when the lantern held by the governnt official shone on his face, a gleam was still reflected in his eyes under his ssy hair.
"It’s you..."
Prince Rong lowered his head, while Yang Zhan shrank back into the corner, glanced at his father, then looked at Pei Zhan. His teeth chattered, and he shrank further into the corner.
Pei Zhan handed the lantern to the governnt official and asked, "Calm down. Even if you’re to be executed, I don’t have to deliver the decree myself. I’m here to ask you a few questions."
Prince Rong lifted his head and hugged his knees. "What do you want to ask?"
Pei Zhan said, "Ning Pochi was my wife’s grandfather. Seven years ago, he had an accident at the pier and fell ill as a result, passing away not long after.
"Since you were ordered by the Crown Prince to investigate the case of the emperor’s eldest son for several months, was the old gentleman’s death related to you?"
"How could he be related to us?" Prince Rong looked at him. "To this day, I don’t know how the Ning Family is connected to the case of the emperor’s eldest son."
Pei Zhan squatted down, seriously looking into his eyes: "Among the evidence you collected, there is a route map from Huzhou to the capital city.
"Mr. Ning’s ancestral ho is in Huzhou, and it was during that ti period that he encountered a fight at the pier, resulting in him falling into the water.
"That map was found on a dead person in the alley. Didn’t the people you were investigating go to Huzhou?"
"Huzhou was certainly investigated, but how can it be proven that Ning Pochi’s death is related to us?"
Prince Rong’s voice grew slightly tense.
It was now all too clear how important that girl Fu Zhen was to Pei Zhan.
Even though he’s at the end of his rope, he doesn’t want to take on another murder case involving the Ning Family!
He grabbed Yang Zhan: "Do you have anything to say? Co clean!"
"Of course not!" Yang Zhan quickly said, "The Crown Prince repeatedly instructed to be cautious. I couldn’t even avoid the crowd in ti, so how could I let them get into a fight?
"Everywhere they went, there were people from the emperor and the empress. If they had been detected, my outco would either be questioned by the emperor, the empress, or the Crown Prince!
"I rely sent them out to find people, absolutely not to engage in conflict. This matter was definitely not done by us!"
Hearing this, Pei Zhan’s brow moved slightly: "You ntioned there were people from the emperor and the empress? Didn’t they send out just one group?"
"No!" Yang Zhan spoke quickly as if afraid he wouldn’t be believed, "The emperor’s n are the emperor’s, and the empress’s n are the empress’s. At first, I also thought they were together, but later the people below told that the emperor’s n seemingly didn’t know there were people from the empress!"
Upon hearing this, Pei Zhan was stunned, and so was Prince Rong.
"What nonsense are you spouting?" Prince Rong hit him, "Could the emperor and the empress really act separately?"
"I’m not making this up!" Yang Zhan dodged his father’s hand, protesting, "The people I sent out encountered these two groups at least twice. This is what they reported back to !"
Pei Zhan asked, "Where were these two tis?"
Yang Zhan thought for a mont: "Once in Cangzhou, and another ti in the northwest!"
"The northwest?!" Prince Rong blurted out, "How could the emperor’s eldest son possibly be in the northwest? How did you end up looking in the northwest?"
"According to the clues, the emperor’s eldest son indeed appeared in the northwest! However, the clues pointing to his presence in the northwest are from many years ago.
"Back then, I only sent them there to try their luck! I never expected people from the emperor and the empress to be there too!"
Pei Zhan furrowed his brow and looked at him, then stood up.
Yang Zhan’s heart leapt to his throat: "Don’t you believe ? I truly didn’t lie! I can swear to it!"
Pei Zhan neither confird nor denied, but simply asked again, "Are you saying that there were others involved in the fight at the Huzhou pier?"
"I don’t know about that! Anyway, it definitely has nothing to do with !" After a pause, he added, "It should have nothing to do with the people from the palace either. Because at the ti, they were acting quietly to avoid any leaks, so it’s unlikely they got into a fight."
Pei Zhan looked at him for a while and then turned to walk out of the Heavenly Prison.
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The scene of family recognition is always so familiar yet heart-wrenching. Fu Zhen was sobbing uncontrollably while being held by Mrs. Cao, and anwhile, Mrs. Feng also woke up.
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