Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 849: Chapter 850: Could It All Be a Misunderstanding?

Turning his head, he looked at Su Chengjin, who had suddenly fallen into a dazed state, and asked for confirmation, ”Imperial Brother, when you were young, did you really trample a four-year-old boy to death with your horse?”

Su Chengjin had indeed trampled a four-year-old boy to death with his horse when he was nine, but at that time, his imperial consort mother had quietly settled the matter. Now, hearing it spoken of felt like a lifetime ago.

After a long while, Su Chengjin finally regained his composure and said with a sorrowful smile, ”Retribution... so it is retribution... it’s all retribution... It turns out I am facing retribution...”

Upon hearing Su Chengjin’s words, Gong Juechen instantly understood the implication behind them, which left him momentarily stunned. He had never expected Qi Yin’s dying words to be true.

...Could it be that, from the beginning, he had misunderstood, and Su Chengjin’s poisoning had nothing to do with Su Haoyu?

Su Chengyu, unlike Gong Juechen, wasn’t stirred emotionally by Su Chengjin’s words. He merely paused for a moment, then calmly asked Gong Juechen to leave.

Once Gong Juechen had left, Su Chengyu sat there, silent for a long time.

Eventually, Su Chengyu spoke, but it was when he was planning to leave the Fifth Prince’s Mansion.

Just as Su Chengyu reached the doorway, he stopped in his tracks. Without turning around and with his back facing Su Chengjin, who was sitting at the table holding a cup of tea, he asked, ”Imperial Brother, was it you who pushed Fourth Imperial Brother into the lotus pond?”

As soon as Su Chengyu’s words fell, Su Chengjin’s face turned pale, his hand shook, and the teacup he was holding fell to the ground and shattered.

Hearing the sound of the teacup shattering, Su Chengyu did not turn back to look at Su Chengjin, nor did he wait for an answer. He continued forward, leaving the place.

He had never intended for Su Chengjin to answer.

And the teacup had already answered for him.

Afterward, he would visit this place even less.

Simply because he did not want his father, the emperor, to worry about him.

...

The poison in Su Chengjin’s body had been cleared, leaving only his recuperation. Gong Juechen had prescribed several medicinal recipes for his recovery before leaving the Fifth Prince’s Mansion with Meng Zhuqing.

Gong Juechen did not return to the General’s Mansion, but instead went together with Meng Zhuqing to where Xiao Changyi and An Jing were.

Upon arriving, Gong Juechen chattered away, recounting without missing a word what the manager of the Fifth Prince’s Mansion had said to An Jing and Xiao Changyi.

After listening to Gong Juechen finish, Xiao Changyi’s expression remained unchanged.

It was An Jing who sighed and said, ”I really didn’t expect that the Fifth Prince had trampled someone to death when he was young...” She paused, ”This is indeed retribution.”

Gong Juechen stayed for lunch at An Jing’s before leaving.

As soon as Gong Juechen left, Meng Zhuqing reported, ”My lord, madam, the first night I stayed at the Fifth Prince’s Mansion with Gong Juechen, I encountered Miss Yan Yao.”

An Jing and Xiao Changyi were both taken aback. Could it be that the matter of the Fifth Prince being poisoned was not so simple?

Meng Zhuqing continued, ”I don’t know what Miss Yan Yao was doing visiting the Fifth Prince’s Mansion at night, but I haven’t told anyone about this before.”

Knowing that Meng Zhuqing was fond of Yan Yao, An Jing sighed inwardly before asking, ”Then what do you think, is Yan Yao related to the Fifth Prince being poisoned?”

Meng Zhuqing was honest, ”I personally hope not.”

An Jing immediately smiled, not teasing Meng Zhuqing, but said seriously, ”Let’s keep the fact that Yan Yao visited the Fifth Prince’s Mansion at night between the three of us. The Ministry of Justice has already closed the case, stating that the two maids poisoned the Fifth Prince to avenge their brother. As for Yan Yao, without solid evidence, we cannot wrongly accuse her. However, if you encounter her again, be careful, after all, we do not know whether she is good or bad.”

”Yes.”