HCB Chapter 393: Begging for mercy, Pei Zongzheng was beaten to death
Chapter 393: Begging for mercy, Pei Zongzheng was beaten to death
The head of Ziye Pavilion took out a pill, pinched his chin, and prepared to put the pill into his mouth: "Take this pill, and you will tell us everything without us asking. Think about it carefully, do you want to tell the truth or take the pill? Hmm?"
No, he couldn't eat this. If he ate it, everything would come out. Then his plan with You Ran, as well as his and his mother's plan, wouldn't work! After weighing the pros and cons, he had no choice but to beg for mercy loudly and simplify the matter: "I'll tell you, Princess, spare me. I had no choice but to do this. My mother couldn't pay back the money, so I came up with this to slander Miss Shen's reputation so that I don't have to pay back the money."
"How dare you! Just for a few pieces of silver, you dare to slander a girl's reputation in public! Someone, come here! Drag him out first! Give him fifty lashes with the cane! Wait for your punishment!" The eldest princess's majestic voice sounded.
Chen Shuhua had never expected that they would frame Nianran in public just for this little bit of money. How good she had been to them in the beginning, how much she regretted it now.
"Please spare me, Princess! I had no choice but to do it! I know I was wrong!" Pei Zongzheng didn't know what went wrong. He was sure that the woman had a red mole on her chest. Could it be that the person who was with him that day was not her?
"Spare my life? Have you ever thought that if Miss Shen is really framed by you, her entire second half of life will be ruined by you!" The eldest princess smashed the teacup in her hand hard on Pei Zongzhen.
"You dare to shout like that with such little courage. You almost wasted my good medicine." The leader of Zi Ye Pavilion let go of Pei Zong Zheng, stuffed the truth serum pill that he was originally going to give him into his own mouth and swallowed it directly.
"Master, what are you doing?" The eldest princess and everyone else looked at him as he swallowed the truth pill, all with a look of surprise on their faces.
"This is a tonic, non-toxic and good for the body. This Pavilion Master eats it for nourishment." It turned out to be fake.
"What! You lied to me!" Pei Zongzheng was extremely annoyed. How could he be fooled so easily?
"Who can I blame for my stupidity?!" The leader of Zi Ye Pavilion walked straight to his seat and sat down, his eyes fixed on Yao Qingnian.
"..." He wanted to say something else, but the princess had already ordered people to drag him out. Soon, wailing sounds of "ouch, ouch" were heard outside the palace.
Chen Shuhua told her that the leader of the Zi Ye Pavilion had spoken for her just now and even took out a truth-telling pill for Pei Zongzheng to take, which easily made him tell the truth.
The man exuded a chill, and it was said that he was a demon who killed people without blinking an eye, but she felt that this man had no ill will towards them.
"Today's incident has been investigated. Miss Shen has been wronged. Don't worry, I will definitely take care of it for you. This is slandering the innocence of a girl. According to the law, you will be punished with 100 strokes of the cane, and double it to 200! This is what Master Pei promised himself. Everyone present heard it clearly. I will never bend the law for personal gain!
Also, have someone inform Madam Pei that if you don’t deliver the silver to the Duke’s Mansion today, your money will be doubled starting tomorrow.”
After these 200 strokes of the cane, I don't know if he will survive. This Earl Pei's mansion is really evil. They have done such a thing. I'm afraid this only child can't be saved! If Earl Pei is still alive, he would be so angry that he would crawl out of his coffin.
After receiving the news, Madam Pei fainted on the ground. It took her a long time to wake up and said, "Zongzheng, my son!"
"Mom, what happened?"
"Qianhuan, something happened to your brother. Come with me to the Princess's Mansion." Mrs. Pei forced herself to get on the carriage and rushed to the Princess's Mansion. She was very nervous along the way. She only heard that her son had an accident, but she didn't know the specific reason.
When they arrived outside the Princess's Mansion, Pei Qianhuan could only wait outside the gate because she was ordered by the Princess not to set foot inside the Mansion.
Mrs. Pei, supported by her maid, came to the outside of the flower hall and saw her son, who was beaten to death, lying there covered in blood. Someone was still executing him. She covered her mouth, rushed forward and lay on Pei Zongzheng, shouting, "Stop!"
The guard who was carrying out the execution had no idea someone would rush over, and he had no time to retract the board, which hit Mrs. Pei directly.
Mrs. Pei groaned and protected Pei Zongzheng tightly. She couldn't believe that the person in front of her was her precious son. When he left in the morning, he told her happily that she should wait. As long as today passed, she would not have to pay back Chen Shuhua's money, and he would make Shen Nianran beg him to marry her. She didn't expect that in just half a day, it would turn out like this: "My son, what's wrong with you!"
Madam Pei was wailing outside the courtyard. When the people in the flower hall heard the sound, they came out surrounded the eldest princess.
"Princess, there are still eighty lashes left to be dealt." Seeing that Madam Pei was trying to stop her, the guards did not dare to act rashly, so they stopped.
Seeing everyone coming out, Madam Pei wiped her tears, looked at everyone with anger and asked, "Princess, I don't know what mistake my son made that you had to treat him so cruelly!"
"Your son defamed Miss Shen's innocence in public and boasted that if he wrongly accused Miss Shen, he would be willing to punish her twice as hard as the law, that is, 200 strokes of the cane. Everyone present can testify that this punishment is already considered light.
The truth has been uncovered, and Pei Zong Zheng has publicly admitted that he came up with this trick because he couldn't pay back the money. He wanted to use it to ruin Miss Shen's innocence so that he could marry her and not have to pay back the money.
He also promised that if the story was not true, you must return the money within today, otherwise, it will be 60,000 tomorrow and 120,000 the day after tomorrow!" A lady told her the whole story.
Mrs. Pei, who was originally angry, turned pale in an instant and collapsed to the ground. What? Two hundred strokes of the cane, and there are still eighty strokes left? Now her son is dying. If she beats him with the remaining strokes, he will definitely die. No, she only has this one son. If something happens to him, how can she live for the rest of her life?
She got up, knelt in front of the princess and kowtowed, begging: "Princess, all the mistakes are my fault. It was because I didn't teach Zongzheng well that he got into such trouble. For the sake of my late husband, please spare his life. I will discipline him strictly when I go back! If you must punish him, then punish me!"
"It's not me you should apologize to, but Miss Shen!" The eldest princess was moved, not because she felt sorry for Pei Zongzhen, but because Earl Pei had made contributions to the court. It was also because of this that her brother kept the Earl's Mansion. If Earl Pei's Mansion was cut off today, it would be a bad ending.
"Miss Shen, Shuhua, I beg you, please let Zong Zheng go this time. Don't worry about the money. I will return it to you even if I have to sell everything I have today. I kowtow to you and apologize!" Mrs. Pei kowtowed her head loudly.