My husband married a concubine? I turned around and married the cold prince.

Chapter 241 All the evidence points to Prince Yong

"Father, I wonder what you want me to do today?" Prince Yong couldn't stand the strange silence in the imperial study, so he finally took the initiative to ask what was on his mind.

The main reason was that he had a very bad premonition in his heart today, which made him feel very uneasy and he wanted to escape from here as soon as possible.

The emperor did not say anything, but just looked at his son with a little disappointment, and then gave Qi Ting a look.

Qi Ting bowed and spoke slowly.

"Your Majesty, Your Highness, three days ago, Your Majesty sent me to investigate the beating of Wu Tiancheng, the son of Prince Dingyuan. After a detailed investigation, I found that the person who did it was someone from your mansion."

"What? How is this possible?" Prince Yong was shocked when he heard Qi Ting's words.

"Your Highness, please don't be anxious. I have evidence." Qi Ting said, and then looked at the tray next to him. There were a few things on the tray.

A jade pendant, a small piece of burnt whip, and a small porcelain bottle.

Prince Yong frowned as he looked at those things. He didn't recognize the other two, but the jade pendant looked very familiar to him.

Immediately, a light bulb went off in his head, and he figured it out. He had lost the jade pendant a long time ago, and had been looking for it for a while.

It was a pity that nothing was found. Prince Yong felt sorry that such a good jade pendant was lost, so he punished several servants for it.

But, how did it get here?

Thinking of Qi Ting’s words, Prince Yong suddenly felt panicked.

Seeing that the emperor looked unhappy, he hurried forward to explain.

"Father, I can explain. I lost this jade pendant a long time ago, and I punished the servants in the mansion for it. Father, you can send someone to check.

As for the other two things, I really don’t know, I have never seen them before.”

Qi Ting glanced at the emperor and began to explain.

"Your Highness, this jade pendant was found in Wu Tiancheng's room. This thing is a section of a whip that was burned. The whip came from Jiafang Office. I went to Jiafang Office to check. Half a year ago, Your Highness sent someone there to order a whip.

After identification by the craftsmen there, it was confirmed that this whip was the one that His Highness had ordered last time. The craftsman said that in the past six months, only His Highness Prince Yong had ordered such a whip there, so there was no second one.

And this thing was found under the bed in Wu Tiancheng's room.

As for this small porcelain bottle, it contains a kind of drug that can make people unconscious and unable to struggle, but still conscious.

This medicine was also found in Wu Tiancheng's room, and coincidentally, three months ago, His Highness had sent someone to buy this medicine from outside.

I personally checked and found that the seller only sold one copy, to His Royal Highness Prince Yong."

"This, this..." Prince Yong was shocked and walked forward to the tray.

He squatted down and looked carefully at the two remaining things on it.

Looking at the two things, he frowned and held them carefully in his hands.

Then he discovered to his horror that this whip was exactly the same as his own.

He had indeed asked someone to order a special whip from Jiafang Office.

It was used to torture those tight-lipped people in the cells below. However, how could his whip be turned into this? And it appeared in Wu Tiancheng's room?

"Father, I did ask Jiafang Office to make a whip like this, but the whip is in Prince Yong's Mansion and is well kept. It does not belong to me.

As for the medicine in the porcelain bottle, it is easier to explain.

The medicine seller is a quack, how can we trust his words? He said he only sold it to his son, maybe he was lying?

Maybe he was bribed and said this on purpose."

Prince Yong explained calmly.

Except for the jade pendant, he could directly deny the other two things.

The emperor looked at Qi Ting, and Qi Ting nodded slightly.

"In that case, Your Highness, please have someone send the whip over here."

Prince Yong glared at Qi Ting, then turned around and asked someone to bring the whip.

After arranging the whip, Qi Ting glanced at the medicine again.

"Your Highness, let me ask you a question. When you bought the medicine, was the small porcelain bottle full or only half full?"

"It's full, a total of half an ounce." Prince Yong has always been cautious about these matters, so he naturally knows a lot about them.

"Your Majesty, that's right. The medicine seller said that the medicinal materials needed to make this kind of powder are very precious and rare. The man used almost 100 kilograms of medicinal materials, but only made half an ounce of powder.

I also investigated his words in detail and verified that he was indeed not lying."

Prince Yong glared at Qi Ting, furious, "This is impossible, this must be a false accusation!"

"Father, please understand me. How could I do such a thing?"

"Okay, let's wait until your people come back." The emperor's face was serious, and he looked majestic without being angry.

Prince Yong was afraid of the emperor's aura and was speechless.

The person who went to get the things came back soon, however, his hands were empty, with nothing in them.

"Where is my whip?" Prince Yong looked at the person in front of him.

The person who delivered the whip was the steward in his mansion, who was absolutely loyal to him.

The butler looked at Prince Yong in panic, "Your Highness, the whip is gone."

"What do you mean by 'missing'?" Upon hearing the housekeeper's words, Prince Yong was stunned, and then his whole body froze.

"I clearly saw that whip yesterday. How come it suddenly disappeared today?" Prince Yong's voice was chilling.

"Your Highness, I saw him yesterday, but when I went to look for him just now, he was really gone. I found nothing!" The butler was also very flustered.

Prince Yong immediately knelt on the ground and said, "Father, please be aware that my whip was stolen by a thief at some point. However, I swear that the whip was still in the mansion yesterday."

Prince Yong lowered his head, apologized, and thought frantically in his mind, who wanted to harm him?

That person's plan was so detailed.

He couldn't refute any of these three things!

"Now that the evidence is conclusive, you are still quibbling!" The emperor was furious.

He had a very good relationship with King Dingyuan. King Dingyuan had been staying in his fiefdom over the years, and he had helped him before.

Now, his own son actually beat his son like that and still refused to admit it.

"Father, I really have never done such a thing. I have no grudge against Wu Tiancheng, so why would I attack him? Moreover, I can prove that I was not in the capital the night Wu Tiancheng was beaten."

Prince Yong was panicked. He still wanted to cooperate with Prince Dingyuan and seek his help. This matter must not fall on his head.

Without orders, the princes were not allowed to leave the capital without permission. In order to clear himself of suspicion, Prince Yong did not care about anything else.