C72

Chapter 72 Incomparable hatred

Jun Yaocheng was nearly thirty years old. He was a valiant and noble man, and his build was tall and sturdy. As soon as he walked in, the officials all stood up to pay respect to him. Even Jun Jiuchen stood up.

Seeing this, Gu Feiyan also endured the pain in her foot, standing up and paid respect.

Even though Jun Jiuchen had just stood up, he wasn't very polite. He only coldly said the words "eldest imperial brother", and had people bring over chairs for him to sit on. Jun Yaocheng was very polite as he signaled for Jun Jiuchen to sit first.

Gu Feiyan couldn't wait to sit down. She secretly sighed in her heart. His Highness Prince Jing was indeed the most respected. Even though the First Prince was the elder brother, it was obvious that he wanted to give the First Prince some face!

Gu Feiyan knew all the princes, including the First Prince.

As the eldest son of the Royal Family, Jun Yaocheng should have been the best candidate to be the Crown Prince. Unfortunately, he was not born of the first wife. He and Princess Huaining’s mufei, Imperial Consort Yun, Ji Yunzhi, was from a humble background.

Before the establishment of Tianyan Kingdom, Imperial Consort Yun was merely a personal servant. She was only taken in as a concubine after giving birth to Jun Yaocheng, and later gave birth to Princess Huaining.

Ten years ago, when the Jun Family unified the northern part of Profound Realm Continent and established imperial system, Ji Yunzhi was finally appointed as the Imperial Consort. Jun Yaocheng became Great Prince, and Princess Huaining was given the title of princess.

When Jun Xingkun was young, he was an elegant man. He had many concubines and had quite a few children. After becoming an emperor, he had countless beauties in his harem. However, his favorite was still Imperial Consort, while Jun Jiuchen and the crown prince were his most valued sons.

For no other reason than his bloodline.

Jun Xingkun's first wife, Meng Shi, was also the mother of Jun Jiuchen and the crown prince. She came from a noble family. She died ten years ago from the plague of the warlord, and was crowned as Empress posthumous. Jun Jiuchen wasn't present at her funeral, and it was at that time that the rumors spread that Jun Jiuchen had disappeared. Jun Jiuchen had return to Jinyang City three years ago and the matter was gradually forgotten.

Only after seeing Jun Yaocheng did Gu Feiyan recall these information. She had many doubts regarding Jun Jiuchen. However, she didn't have time to think about anything else while facing such a good show.

Jun Yaocheng should be the reinforcement brought by Princess Huaining. In order to gain Qi family’s support, Jun Yaocheng had always been in favor of the marriage of Princess Huaining and Qi Yu. However, the words he said at the entrance meant that he was abandoning the target to protect himself.

Sure enough, as soon as Jun Yaocheng sat down, he immediately berated Princess Huaining, "Huaining, Qi Fufang slandered you so much. Don't you know how to say something?"

Princess Huaining had been scared out of her wits by Qi Yu. She was now completely awake after being scolded by Jun Yaocheng. Such a heinous crime, not to mention her, even her royal brother and mufei couldn't afford it!

She didn't want to, but she had no choice but to avoid Qi Yu’s gaze and went to sit down beside Jun Yaocheng.

However, Jun Yaocheng was still not satisfied. He sternly said, "Speak!"

Princess Huaining almost burst into tears. After a while, she finally said, "Miss Qi is slandering me, I didn't order her to do so!"

Qi Yu was on his knees, powerless. He knew Jun Yaocheng too well. He knew that there was no hope.

Qi Fufang was so terrified that she went insane. She suddenly exclaimed, "Pharmacist Jian! Yes, there was also Pharmacist Jian! Prince Jing, Pharmacist Jian can testify! The Liudan Poke Root was given to Princess Huaining by Pharmacist Jian. Pharmacist Jian can testify for me!"

Only then did Qi Yu recalled that Princess Huaining had also mentioned Pharmacist Jian. He glared at Princess Huaining with hatred and shouted, "I plead for Your Highness Prince Jing to summon Pharmacist Jian and return our Qi family's innocence!"

Princess Huaining finally looked at Qi Yu. Her heart thumped, and she became indescribably nervous.

At this time, Jun Yaocheng shouted out, "Prince Jing, since she can take the words out of the witnesses’ mouth, it is not advisable to bring her up for trial in public, so as to avoid being subject for ridicule!"

Needless to say,t Jun Jiuchen was naturally going to pass on Pharmacist Jian.

Who knew that after the yamen guard returned, he did not bring back Pharmacist Jian. Instead, he brought back a piece of white paper. Not long ago, Pharmacist Jian hanged herself out of fear of her crimes. She wrote on a white piece of paper that she had accepted Qi Fufang's request and bought back Liudan Poke Root from the auction with a huge sum of money. She regretted it so much that she wanted to die to atone for her sins.

Princess Huaining didn't know why this was happening, but her taut nerve finally relaxed and she couldn't help but breathe out a big mouthful of foul air.

Meanwhile, Qi Yu did not even have the strength to look at Princess Huaining, let alone defend himself. Qi Fufang seemed to have gone dumb, as she kept muttering to herself, "Unjustly accused, unjustly accused …"

The whole audience fell into silence, and Qi Fufang's murmur seemed to be particularly sad.

Jun Jiuchen lowered his head and looked at the words on the white paper, as if he was thinking about something. His long eyelashes cast a shadow in front of his eyes. That quiet appearance made him seem even more lonely and cold, making others not dare to disturb him.

Jun Yaocheng was about to say something, but he swallowed his words back as he saw the look on Jun Jiuchen's face. He had a guilty conscience and was afraid that he would blurt out too many mistakes.

At this moment, Gu Feiyan was also deep in thought.

She had been wondering how the Liudan Poke Root came to be in the hands of Princess Huaining, but now she knew the existence of Pharmacist Jian. No doubt, Pharmacist Jian was also one of the old fox's people. However, she couldn't understand. Was the death of Pharmacist Jian was the doing of the old fox, or was Jun Yaocheng?

She had been thinking about the flaw in the old fox's plan. Now, it seemed that the death of Pharmacist Jian might very well be the opening to crack this scheme!

In the silence, Jun Jiuchen turned his head and whispered to the yamen guard, "Go, examine the corpse and don't allow anyone else to touch it."

The yamen guard hurried off. Everyone was curious about what he had said, but no one dared to ask.

"Men, imprison Qi Fufang and the rest in death row for the Emperor's conviction! Bring Qi Yu back to the Qi manor. Without my permission, no one is permitted to step even half a foot into the Qi residence!"

Jun Jiuchen's execution was much more severe than before.

There was nothing Qi Yu could say. He allowed the yamen guards to escort him and laughed at himself. As soon as Qi Fufang was held by the yamen guards, she started to struggle violently. She screamed as if she had gone mad, "I am not guilty! I'm not guilty! Help! Princess Huaining, save me! I'm not guilty, I haven't done anything. Princess Huaining, save me, save me …"

She shouted and tried to charge at Princess Huaining, but Princess Huaining was too scared to say anything. She tried to hide behind Jun Yaocheng. Two yamen guards came over to help, and only then did they suppress Qi Fufang and drag her away.

Seeing his crazy sister being dragged away, Qi Yu felt helpless. Suddenly, he stopped and turned his head back to look at Princess Huaining. The hatred in his eyes seemed to never fade.

Princess Huaining could no longer hold it in. She buried her head in Jun Yaocheng's arms and began to cry. Didn't she do all this because of Qi Yu? Why couldn't he think about her? She did not want things to turn out like this! It was because she couldn't help it that she couldn't speak the truth!

Gu Feiyan didn't know whether or not Prince Jing suspected that there was something fishy about Pharmacist Jian’s death. She secretly thought that she had to remind him of the existence of this old fox as soon as possible. Otherwise, if the situation dragged on, with the old fox's skills, there wouldn't be a turning point in this case.

The Qi family was hateful, but even so, Princess Huaining couldn't get away scot-free. More importantly, the old cunning fox couldn't succeed in his schemes!

As she thought of this, Gu Feiyan suddenly recalled the stinky ice cube. That guy should also be paying attention to this matter, right? Would he interfere again?

Gu Feiyan was so immersed in her own thoughts that she didn't notice Jun Jiuchen had got up and walked towards her …