Reborn, meet you again!

Chapter 173 Questioning

As soon as these words were spoken, Pei Qingyan, who was still immersed in the surprise that Jun Jiuchen was not an ugly monster, suddenly woke up.

Deceiving superiors and subordinates, lying about military intelligence, and harming colleagues...

The Regent said, could it be...

Is it father?

But how did he know this?

As if he thought of something, Pei Qingyan quickly turned his gaze to Song Wan beside Jun Jiuchen.

is her!

She actually told Jun Jiuchen her father's secret!

How could she...

Could it be that she really disregarded their former friendship and wanted to sacrifice him and the entire Marquis' Mansion?

Thinking of the thundering methods Jun Jiuchen displayed in the first two months after arriving in Beijing, Pei Qingyan almost lost his balance.

But he also knew that he couldn't fall down at this moment, so he walked forward quickly and apologized with a smile.

"Your Highness, today is a great day for the Marquis's Mansion. Please don't play such a joke with Jiahe."

"We've just got some good tea in the palace. Your Highness, why don't you go and have a taste?"

Pei Qingyan said this and looked at Jiang Wanqiao again.

"Wan Qiao, you should also come with the Regent."

"After all, we used to be... a family... If you have anything to say, let's talk slowly."

Just hearing Pei Qingyan's intimate address, Jun Jiuchen narrowed his eyes slightly and spoke with a bit of impatience.

"I'm asking the princess, why is Minister Pei so anxious?"

"Why...are you guilty?"

After hearing Jun Jiuchen say this, many of the onlookers came to their senses.

Originally, they were still wondering who this person was who deceived his superiors and subordinates, lied about military intelligence, and harmed his colleagues, and whether he was a close relative of Princess Jianing.

Is it the Ningyuan Marquis Mansion, the former Shen family, or... the Su family?

Looking at Pei Qingyan's appearance now, it seems that he is trying to cover up something and it makes it even more obvious.

but……

Each of these is a serious crime... Isn't the Ningyuan Marquis a close confidant of the Empress Dowager?

Since the Regent supported the young emperor to ascend the throne, why did he suddenly attack the Marquis' Mansion? This is really puzzling.

Shen Jiahe also secretly thought that something was wrong at this time.

The prince will be entering the capital soon. If something happens to the Marquis' Mansion at this time, won't all her plans be ruined?

Thinking of this, Shen Jiahe immediately said.

"Your Highness, please forgive me for laughing at you. What can a woman like me know?"

"It's just that my cousin, the Queen Mother, told me a few days ago that the prince is a benefactor to her and His Majesty, and His Majesty trusts the prince the most."

"If there truly is someone who deceives their superiors and subordinates like this, the prince will make the final decision... I believe the prince will not betray the trust of the Queen Mother and His Majesty, right?"

Shen Jiahe felt that as long as she moved Su Jinyue out, even if Jun Jiuchen liked Jiang Wanqiao and wanted to vent her anger, he would always put the overall situation first.

Unexpectedly, Jun Jiuchen just chuckled.

"Is the princess using the Queen Mother to pressure me?"

"Unfortunately... I don't buy it."

Jun Jiuchen stopped talking and suddenly raised his hand and made a slight gesture.

Not long after, bursts of screams slowly came from the front hall.

Then, thirty or forty black-armored guards appeared in the back garden, escorting Pei Ming, Madam Pei, and a dozen deputy generals who had followed Pei Ming in the past.

Pei Ming was also confused at this time. These black-armored guards arrested people as soon as they broke in without saying anything.

But at this moment, when he saw Jiang Wanqiao standing side by side with a strange man wearing the regent's clothes, a bad premonition gradually emerged in his heart.

Mrs. Pei did not recognize Jun Jiuchen, but she was shocked and angry because these black-armored guards had embarrassed her in front of all the guests.

"What are you doing? This is the Marquis' Mansion. Who gave you the guts to arrest me? Let me go!"

Pei Ming only kept his gaze on Jun Jiuchen's face and growled.

"Shut up!"

Then he said to Jun Jiuchen with forced composure.

"Why did the prince allow people to break into the Marquis' Mansion? Is there any misunderstanding?"

Jun Jiuchen was too lazy to waste any more words with him. He just glanced at Suifeng and sat down steadily on the stone table in the pavilion.

Suifeng immediately understood and walked out of the pavilion and stood not far in front of Pei Ming.

"Pei Ming, four years ago, you led troops to escort food and fodder through Danxia Mountain. You encountered less than two hundred bandits, but you were deceived by their bluffing. Frightened, you ordered your troops to abandon the food and fodder and flee."

"After losing the provisions, you feared the late emperor's reprimand, so you lied and claimed you had encountered three thousand elite soldiers. To cover up your lie, you even led your trusted men to drug the food of dozens of soldiers transporting provisions... To silence them, you then made the bodies look like they had been killed in an enemy raid, concealing the truth."

"Do you know your guilt?"

Pei Ming was shocked when he heard this.

Actually...

It's for this matter.

When Pei Ming's confidants who were escorted here heard Suifeng's words, their faces changed drastically. They immediately sobered up from their drinking and chatter and subconsciously shouted that they were innocent.

They couldn't understand why this matter was suddenly dug up after so many years, and why it was said word for word.

Suifeng didn't want to argue with them any further.

"Whether it's an injustice or not, gentlemen, please follow me to the Five Elements Department and you will find out for yourself!"

When they heard the words "Five Elements Department", the group of people who had just cried out for injustice became even more frightened.

What kind of place is the Five Elements Department? If you go there, you will be skinned alive even if you don't die.

But they also knew that what they had done in the past... even if they confessed, there would still be no way to survive.

On the contrary, Jun Jiuchen might not have any concrete evidence at the moment. If they don't say anything, at least they can still hope that the Queen Mother behind the Marquis will make the matter a small matter...

So they all shut up and stopped talking.

Seeing this, Suifeng didn't say anything and directly ordered people to drag everyone away.

Then he brought a few people to Pei Qingyan and Shen Jiahe.

"Princess Jianing, Minister Pei, I'm sorry!"

Seeing the four black-armored guards coming at him aggressively, Pei Qingyan hurriedly stepped forward, wanting to protect Shen Jiahe behind him.

Jiahe had suffered so much in Mobei, and was now pregnant. He could go with these black-armored guards, but he didn't want to see Jiahe follow him to suffer in prison.

Pei Qingyan thought about it and looked at Song Wan again.

Since Jun Jiuchen likes Jiang Wanqiao...

that……

If he put aside his dignity and begged her, would she remember their old relationship...

Give him a hand?