Shao He remembered the words Pei Huaian had said, and the scene when he first saw him at the Mass Burial Mound. His hand that rested by his side slowly lifted and patted him on the back.
Five days later, Jhiang Ming laid out all the evidence and findings from his investigation.
Pei Jingyi was shocked and stood up, flinging open his robes to kneel and said, "Father Emperor, your son has been wronged, I know nothing of this!"
Only now did he realize that he had clearly been set up!
Yet Pei Huaian still stood there in silence, his expression unusually calm, as if all this had nothing to do with him.
But Pei Chengye stepped forward and knelt on the ground, pleading, "Father Emperor, have mercy, the Fifth Brother must have been muddled for a moment, I beg you to show leniency and deal with him lightly."
"Muddled?" The Emperor's brow slightly raised, his cold gaze piercing Pei Chengye who knelt on the ground.