Dong Gong Mei

But she was holding a knife in her hand, which was a little out of place with the prison uniform she was wearing.

Although Cui Andao was the presiding judge, he really couldn't guess the prince's intention. He had no idea how to proceed with the case, so he raised his hand and reminded: "Your Highness, Zhao Xiwei said that she did not kill anyone. You look……"

Li Xuanye turned around, walked slowly to the desk, sat down at the presiding seat, raised his palm, and said lightly: "Bi and ink."

"Yes."

The prince wanted to interrogate him in person. Cui Andao breathed a sigh of relief. He personally brought the Four Treasures of the Study and hurriedly presented them to the prince. He then diligently spread out the case file and said, "This is the conversation we just heard in court. Please review it!"

Li Xuanye said "hmm", glanced at the paper, then raised his eyes to look down the hall, his brows moving.

He felt that Zhao Xiwei was a little different.

But where it was different, he couldn't be sure.

He turned over a page of the case file, looked up at Zhao Xiwei again, and his eyes fell on her hand: "This is an official sword, hand it over."

Qin Shi's face was still swollen after being beaten. Seeing the prince speak, he went straight to grab it: "Bring it here!"

But before his hand touched the knife, Zhao Xiwei suddenly threw the knife horizontally.

"Be careful!" Cui Andao's expression changed drastically, he pounced and blocked the desk with his body.

"Pounce!" The hilt of the knife flew through the air. Qin Shi was unprepared and received a blow on his waist and abdomen, which was so painful that he almost fell to the ground.

The Censor's face darkened: "This is a court. Sinners who despise officials should be punished with a stick!"

"Reply to your lord." Zhao Xiwei was neither humble nor arrogant, "I neither killed anyone nor confessed, so I am not a sinner. But Lord Qin was rude first, and I was just reciprocating the courtesy by throwing swords at him."

"Bang!" There was a sound, and the room was shocked.

Li Xuanye closed the case file and threw it on the desk. He looked at Zhao Xiwei with a heavy gaze and asked, "Zhao Xiwei, what did you just say?"

Zhao Xiwei answered him with a bright voice: "I didn't kill anyone."

Qin Shi was beaten twice in a row, and the corners of his mouth twitched in pain, and he said: "Your Highness, this is how she retracted her confession! She denied everything she had ever done!"

Li Xuanye's face became even more gloomy.

I confessed completely, but I still insisted on seeing him.

What did he think? This case involves his mother and queen!

Even if she didn't kill Pei Cairen, it is true that she burned three thousand square meters. Such important evidence was destroyed at her word.

The matter involved his mother. He knew clearly that the Zhao family had something to do with it, but he still let her investigate. This was his trust and affection.

The knot is a husband and wife, and there is no doubt about love.

He wanted to be in love with her without doubt.

But what did she give him in return?

The undercurrent is surging, threatening and oppressive.

His tone was cold: "Zhao Xiwei, there are witnesses and material evidence, but you still don't plead guilty?"

He stared at her, filled with annoyance that was about to come.

Zhao Xiwei felt a little baffled, so he looked at him again and said in a softer tone: "Your Highness, I didn't kill anyone, how can I plead guilty? You said there was a witness, but who saw me killing? What did I use to kill? And again? How did I kill him? Even if I plead guilty, it would be difficult to convince the world. "

Li Xuanye smiled coldly and said nothing.

Gu Yuci spoke up at the right time: "According to the Tai Hospital's verification, Pei Cairen died of poisoning, and the amount of poison she received happened to be three thousand cubic meters."

"Three thousand square meters?" Zhao Xiwei was very puzzled, "What three thousand square meters?" Li Xuanye narrowed his eyes, and a cold feeling quietly emerged.

Gu Yuci pursed her lips, and there was a gleam of schadenfreude in her eyes: "Sister Wei, have you forgotten? The prescription you burned with your own hands is only three thousand prescriptions!"

His face straightened up and he said with a stern look, "Oh, by the way! Your father also used this prescription to frame Queen Gu! Zhao Xiwei, Queen Gu is His Highness's biological mother. If Your Highness helps you to retract your confession, how will Your Highness handle yourself in the future? How to face His Majesty? How to face the people of the world?"

This long series of questions came out of the blue, and Zhao Xi was stunned for a moment, but he quickly caught the flaw.

She exhaled and asked slowly: "So, you witnessed the process of my killing? You also witnessed me burning the evidence?"

"Of course!" Gu Yuci did not hesitate.

Zhao Xiwei's eyes flashed coldly, and his face suddenly became stern: "Then why didn't you stop it? You watched me kill people, watched me burn three thousand square meters, and you didn't do anything?! You knew that the queen was involved in this matter, you Are you still standing by and watching? Miss Gu, you are so cruel!"

She shouted and stepped closer to the desk: "Your Highness, if it were me who witnessed someone poisoning, I would stop him first, instead of waiting for the person to die and then come out to expose the truth!"

Gu Yuci was stunned. Zhao Xiwei had dug a hole and was waiting for him to jump in!

She hurriedly looked at the prince and saw that his face was extremely ugly. She was immediately frightened and said hurriedly: "Your Highness, she is making excuses! She is just saying this to make excuses for herself. No matter what, she burned the three thousand cubic meters with her own hands! If If she hadn't done this, why wouldn't His Highness be able to close the case?"

Li Xuanye said nothing, his eyes were dark, like an abyss, seeming to swallow everything.

Gu Yuci struck while the iron was hot: "Your Highness, you let her pursue the investigation out of trust; but she burned the evidence privately out of betrayal! She would rather betray you than protect the Zhao family... Ha..."

With a sarcastic smile, he said the most hurtful sentence, "It means that in her heart, no matter how much Your Highness does for her, it is just a stepping stone for her Zhao Mansion. Does Your Highness want to continue to be used by her? Zhao Ziyi's ambition is obvious. If you let her go today——"

"Zhao Xiwei." Li Xuanye suddenly spoke, interrupting Gu Yuci.

He stared closely at Zhao Xiwei and spoke in a low voice, but with a hint of urgency: "I just want to ask you one thing - why do you want to burn the evidence?"

Zhao Xi was slightly startled.

There was anger, murderous intent, and a bit of indescribable...expectation in his eyes.

Hope...

What is he expecting?

Zhao Xiwei didn't know how to answer for a while.

She couldn't remember at all, she had no memory of anything she had ever had with the prince!

In this case, she wants to win back the game...

Seeing her silence, Li Xuanye's eyes flashed, and his voice was calm and he said: "You said you didn't kill the person, so why did you burn the evidence?"

"I..." Zhao Xi frowned slightly and was about to speak.

Li Xuanye said: "Because by burning the evidence, Zhao Ziyi can be exempted from guilt. As long as Zhao Ziyi refuses to admit it, the court will not be able to convict him."

He smiled, a little self-deprecating and a little tired, "Zhao Xiwei... you destroyed not only a piece of evidence, but also my affection for you."

Zhao Xiwei raised his head in shock, his eyes blank.

When Li Xuanye touched her sight, she felt her heart falling like a glacier, filled with sharp anger and biting cold.

Extreme emotions surged, but he smiled, and his smile was gentle and affectionate. Across the desk, he said: "When you led the troops to rescue me, you did it to serve the country. But when I abandoned you, it was because of my feelings. "

After a slight pause, he took out the ink pen and said, "Even if the two are balanced, in the end I was the one who owed you the first, so there should be no resentment now..." He looked at her and spoke slowly, "Since you are retracting your confession, you are doing it to survive." , I can’t bear to send you to death..."

He dipped his hand in ink and said, "You were once my princess, and I don't want you to suffer the humiliation of prison." He paused, as if he had made some determination, "As long as you tell me the recipe for three thousand square meters, I will let you go." A way out, freeing you from all guilt, and freeing you from now on..."

Gu Yuci looked shocked: He actually wanted to let Zhao Xiwei go! ?

But soon, a sneer appeared in her face again: Zhao Xiwei, I really can’t tell you the prescription. (End of chapter)