usatvline Chapter 131 Asking Qiao Xi to Pay with His Life
Chapter 131 Asking Qiao Xi to Pay with His Life
Wang Yuan had just finished preparing the mourning hall for Old Madam Wang when he saw a servant crawling towards him.
"Master, this is bad, Master, someone came from the Dali Temple and said that the young master is dead."
Wang Yuan's face changed drastically, and he could no longer maintain his composure. "What are you talking about? How could the young master be gone out of nowhere?"
His first reaction was that the servant had conveyed the wrong message.
The second reaction was that his son was killed by Qiao Xi or the King of Jiangbei.
But then I heard the servant say, "The young master kept screaming after being imprisoned. The jailer discovered that there were rats in the cell. The young master was afraid of rats..."
It is normal to have rats in prison cells.
But Wang Junjie had been brought up in a pampered environment and had never experienced a rat crawling on his feet. He was so scared that he screamed loudly, causing the entire prison to shout along.
The jailer whipped him to warn him not to make any more noise. Perhaps the warning worked, as he was no longer heard shouting. However, when the jailer brought him dinner, he was already dead.
The servant cried, "The Dali Temple found a coroner and said that the young master was too frightened and had heart palpitations..."
Commonly known as scared to death.
Wang Yuan didn't believe it. His son was indeed afraid of dirty things like snakes, insects, and rats, but he wasn't so timid that he would be scared to death by these things.
He hurried to the Dali Temple and personally saw his son's body. He also asked a coroner he knew from the Ministry of Justice to confirm the cause. The coroner from the Ministry of Justice also concluded that his son died of heart palpitations.
He was unwilling to give up, so he checked the Dali Temple again. He found no signs of anyone sneaking in. He even checked the yamen runners who were delivering food and the prisoners in the prison next door, but found nothing unusual.
Wang Yuan couldn't blame the Dali Temple, so he transferred all his hatred to Qiao Xi.
He was convinced that this incident must have been the work of Qiao Xi and the others. Even if it wasn't Qiao Xi's doing, his son's death should still be blamed on Qiao Xi.
If Qiao Xi hadn't sent his son to jail, his son would be happily eating and drinking at home.
At the same time, he felt a little resentful towards the emperor. It was the emperor who insisted on Wang Junjie's involvement in this matter, saying that he was the only one who could confuse Qiao Xi.
Now, the emperor has placed the Zhou family next to Qiao Xi as he wished, but his son and mother lost their lives.
Early the next morning, he entered the palace with hatred for Qiao Xi and resentment towards the emperor.
"Your Majesty, I have only this one legitimate son; he is half my life, and my mother is the other half.
But now, because of the Princess of Jiangbei, they are both gone. Your Majesty, please make the decision for me."
The emperor was also surprised by Wang Junjie's death.
But he was unwilling to take the responsibility. "I heard that your son was suffering from heart palpitations, and it was not Qiao Xi's doing."
After learning of Wang Junjie's death, his first reaction was to suspect Qiao Xi and Su Heting.
But he received information that after Qiao Xi returned home from leaving the palace yesterday, she and Su Heting met with the Zhou family together, and even invited the Zhou family to have dinner together. Neither of them had left the Jiangbei Palace, so they had no time to commit the crime.
During the time when Wang Junjie had the accident, only a few purchasing women and Su Que and his servant left the Jiangbei Palace.
These people don't have much skills and can't sneak into the Dali Temple and kill people quietly.
Qiao Xi didn't kill the man, but he himself became ill, so Wang Junjie's death cannot be blamed on him.
How could Wang Yuan agree? He cried, "Your Majesty, please understand. My son has always been in good health and has never had any heart palpitations. It is impossible for him to be scared to death by a mere mouse.
Your Majesty, I suspect someone tampered with the system to create the illusion that he died of heart palpitations.
The only one who can do this and still wish for my son's death is the Princess of Jiangbei. I beg Your Majesty to give me justice for my years of loyalty."
The last sentence made the emperor's face darken. "What do you want?"
Wang Yuan said viciously. "Life for life."
"Nonsense, without any evidence, how can I ask her to pay with her life?"
The emperor said coldly, "Could it be that you still resent me in your heart and wish I would pay for your son's life?
Wang Yuan, don't forget, I am the emperor and you are my subjects. It is your duty to serve me."
The emperor actually felt a little guilty, because the two lives of the Wang family were indeed lost because of his planning.
But he was the Son of Heaven, and the lives of all his subjects should be at his disposal. Moreover, his original plan was not like this, and it was Qiao Xi who ruined the plan.
"It's also because Wang Junjie has done too many evil things in the past, and Qiao Xi has taken advantage of him."
He couldn't just execute Qiao Xi for no reason just because of that bully Wang Junjie. If he did that, he would be cursed to death by the whole world.
If things go wrong, it might even force Su Heting to rebel.
"I dare not. Being able to share your majesty's worries is a great honor for the royal family. I will remain loyal to your majesty as always."
Wang Yuan raised his head, "But my mother and son are the two people I care about most. If I can't avenge them, I can't find the meaning of living."
He is not afraid of death and doesn't care about anything. So he can do anything to get revenge.
For example, threatening the emperor.
"Your Majesty, truth will eventually come to light. If one day Qiao Xi learns of the Qiao family's affairs and deliberately keeps them secret, waiting for an opportunity to retaliate, Your Majesty will be unable to defend yourself.
"I understand your majesty's difficulties. I do not need your majesty to do anything. I only ask your majesty to allow me to eradicate the problem and kill Qiao Xi, thus eliminating future troubles."
The hands under the dragon robe clenched quietly.
The emperor's brows were gloomy, and Wang Yuan actually threatened him with the Qiao family affairs.
Cao Ying was like this before.
These people are rebelling against the heaven one by one.
Suddenly, he thought of something and asked, "Are you sure Wang Junjie doesn't have palpitations on a daily basis?"
Wang Yuan didn't know why he asked the question again.
But he said firmly, "Yes, my mother loves this grandson very much. Every three months when she checks Ping'an's pulse, she always brings Junjie with her.
My mother has had many doctors, but no one has ever mentioned that Junjie has heart palpitations."
The emperor also knew that the old lady of the Wang family was afraid of death and often asked for her pulse to be checked.
Wang Yuan was filial and once used his merits to earn the royal doctor to treat the old lady's health. The old lady Wang loved to brag, and this incident was told to the emperor as a joke by the concubines in the harem.
The emperor frowned and immediately ordered Eunuch Wu to call the imperial physician who went to Wang's house to take his pulse.
Before the imperial physician came, he learned from Eunuch Wu what the matter was and brought the medical records with him.
As Wang Yuan said, there is indeed nothing wrong with Wang Junjie's health.
The emperor's eyes were dark.
Wang Junjie was really murdered.
But it wasn't Qiao Xi who killed him, it was most likely Cao Ying!
Because he remembered that many years ago, Cao Ying had boasted to him that she had developed a poison that could cause people to die from heart palpitations after death.
And no signs of poisoning were found.
What outsiders don’t know is that there is a secret passage in the Dali Temple Prison, and Cao Ying once accompanied him through this passage.
Qiao Xi did not have this kind of poison, and she did not know about this secret passage, but she had offended Cao Ying.
Therefore, Cao Ying killed Wang Junjie in order to put the blame on Qiao Xi. His purpose was naturally to make Wang Yuan hate Qiao Xi and kill her.
After all, Cao Ying had used this tactic of using a knife to kill Qiao Xi on the body of Marquis Changning before.