After leaving the Peace Pavilion, Li Chengfeng returned to Zhao Feiyue's palace. When she saw him, she immediately dismissed her attendants and walked up to him. "Did you find anything?" she asked concernedly.
Li Chengfeng nodded, then shook his head. "Yes, the biggest suspect is Consort Ming but I don't have any concrete evidence."
"What's suspicious about Consort Ming?"
Li Chengfeng told Zhao Feiyue about his suspicions, then said, "I placed some insect puppets in the Shuiyue Palace and used them to observe Consort Ming. Guess what her reaction was?"
Zhao Feiyue said, "Could it be that she is secretly contacting others and running around?"
Li Chengfeng shook his head. "Quite the opposite. She was very quiet, praying for His Majesty alone in her room."
Zhao Feiyue asked, "Then what's suspicious?"
"There's nothing suspicious indeed, but … based on what I know, before we went, she had been throwing a tantrum, filled with fear and hatred. Why is it that after I went, she stopped throwing a tantrum?"
Zhao Feiyue said, "Perhaps … after being interrogated, his heart calmed down?"
Li Chengfeng chuckled. "Maybe, but why was she trembling when she was praying?
Was she afraid of something?
Or was she still in shock? "
Zhao Feiyue shook her head. "That's not evidence. The palace can't arrest people based on baseless accusations."
Li Chengfeng sighed and sat down. He smiled bitterly. "This has never been my strong suit. I can confirm that Consort Ming is the most suspicious but when I used an illusion spell to test her, her reaction surprised and puzzled me."
"What surprised me was that she wanted to kill herself immediately!
What's strange was … she was clearly in a state of emotional breakdown. Her emotions were very complicated too, there were a few emotions surging out at the same time. She was suppressing them but I could see them clearly! "
Zhao Feiyue asked, "What emotions?"
Li Chengfeng turned to look at Liu Sumei. She took out a jade bead and cast a spell. The jade bead lit up on its own and Consort Ming's image appeared inside. This was her reaction and expression after being affected by the illusion spell.
Ming Fei in the jade bead had a complicated expression on her face when she heard the news of the Emperor's death.
Zhao Feiyue also clearly saw that at that moment, Ming Fei's eyes widened and her pupils dilated rapidly. There was a look of ecstasy in her eyes. Her facial muscles pulled upwards and the corners of her mouth curled up. It was clearly a smile!
But she quickly realized this, so she quickly adjusted her expression, pulled her facial muscles down, and the corners of her mouth quickly drooped.
But at this moment, her muscles were squeezed together and twisted into a ball, which was why such a strange and twisted expression appeared!
The moment Zhao Feiyue saw this expression, she actually had goosebumps all over her body and sucked in a breath of cold air!
Because she had never thought that a person's face could actually show two completely different expressions in an instant, and they could actually twist like this!
Feiyue finally understood why Li Chengfeng was so sure there was something wrong with Concubine Ming. She turned to Li Chengfeng and said, "There is indeed something wrong. Capture Concubine Ming immediately and interrogate her again!"
Li Chengfeng immediately shook his head. "No!
If she really is the culprit, she's already mentally prepared this time. Even if we capture her and interrogate her again, we won't get any good results. "
Zhao Feiyue gritted her teeth. "Then are we just going to let this bitch get away with it?"
"No, we have to look at the root of everything. The first thing we need to understand is why she poisoned His Majesty!
And how she did it!
As long as we know these two things, this case will be solved! "
Zhao Feiyue asked, "But how do we start?"
Li Chengfeng smiled. "Then I'll have to visit someone first."
Zhao Feiyue thought for a moment and understood. She said awkwardly, "Divine Investigator Zheng Qiuyun?"
Li Chengfeng nodded. "That's right. Looks like we need him to do this."
Zhao Feiyue nodded. "Do you need me to invite him personally?"
Li Chengfeng smiled. "No need, I'll just go."
Zhao Feiyue looked at him gently and whispered, "I'll have to trouble you …"
Li Chengfeng asked, "Have you found out anything about Su Yuehan?"
Zhao Feiyue's expression darkened. She shook her head. "I went to see Fourth Brother. He … doesn't want to see me or talk to me.
I can't ask him directly for now but I'm trying to find out more information.
From what I know, after the second tragedy in Taiyang, Fourth Brother had contact with people from the Star City Gate and they left the Divine Capital soon after.
Chong Mijing's cultivation is extremely high, no weaker than mine. Her cultivation technique completely counters Su Yuehan's, so it's very likely that she was captured by Chong Mijing from the Star City Gate. "
The snow-white lady he saw in the pavilion flashed across Li Chengfeng's mind. "The Star City Gate … That's a little troublesome. They're the Spiritual Mountain Sect's mortal enemies."
Zhao Feiyue said, "It's fine. I'll handle this. Your priority is to solve this case as soon as possible.
Because from what I know, a terrifying war will break out in the imperial court tomorrow. I can't suppress it at all!
If this goes on, I'm afraid … the Divine Capital will go out of control!
Once the Divine Capital goes out of control, the Crown Prince will be impeached and deposed. That's inevitable!
Even the Emperor won't be able to protect him! "
That's right, the Crown Prince was the Regent Crown Prince.
Look at what happened when you were the Regent!
Li Chengfeng was shocked. With a solemn expression, he said, "I'll go look for Zheng Qiuyun now!"
Li Chengfeng did not waste any more time. He quickly bid farewell to Zhao Feiyue and rushed to Zheng Qiuyun's house.
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On the other side, Zheng Qiuyun returned home. He did not say a word. First, he bathed and changed his clothes, then he lit a lamp. After dismissing his servants and wife, he sat alone in a dark room and stared at Zhao Bairen's portrait in a daze.
Although Zhao Bairen was a fatuous ruler who would go down in history, to Zheng Qiuyun, he was a 'wise ruler'.
It was because of Zhao Bairen that he had the chance to reopen the Zheng family's injustice and turn the Zheng family around!
Only then could the Zheng family's glory continue!
Not only that, Zhao Bairen had also given him great trust, allowing him to inherit his father's once supreme honor: the world's number one Condor!
It could be said that he was indebted to Zhao Bairen!
As a fatuous ruler, Zhao Bairen had betrayed the people of the world, but he had not betrayed Zheng Qiuyun!
As the saying went, one must be loyal to the ruler.
Although Zheng Qiuyun was not a scholar, he had a loyal heart!
When he looked at Zhao Bairen's portrait, Zheng Qiuyun's eyes were filled with tears. He choked and kowtowed to the portrait, saying in a low voice, "Your Majesty, I'm useless and have caused you to suffer such a great calamity!
I'm useless and cannot gain the princess's trust. In this world, other than solving cases, I'm not good at anything.
As the saying goes, when the ruler worries, the minister toils. When the ruler is humiliated, the minister dies. I'm extremely ashamed. I can't share your burdens or solve your difficulties.
I … deserve to die! "
After saying that, he kowtowed again and again.
After a while, he stood up with a bruised forehead, took out a piece of white silk and stood shakily on a chair. He threw the white silk over the beam and slowly tied a knot with a blank expression. Then, he stuck his head in.
He tiptoed and was about to kick over the stool he was stepping on when he suddenly heard a familiar voice calling from outside. It was the voice of his son, Zheng Kedi. "Father!
There's an important guest!
Li Chengfeng, Lord Li is here to visit! "
When Zheng Qiuyun heard this, his eyes immediately widened and his heart was filled with ecstasy. In his excitement, his feet slipped … and he immediately kicked over the stool under his feet. His whole body was hanging on the beam. For a moment, his hands tightly gripped onto the white silk and his legs kicked wildly. In just a short while, his eyes bulged out and his tongue stuck out.
When Zheng Qiuyun heard his son's shouting outside, he could not help but curse in his heart, 'Idiot, why don't you come in!'
However, Zheng Qiuyun's family was extremely strict. No one dared to enter his room without his permission.