Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 798

Ghost Hand went to the Pei family to examine the body, and it was indeed Pei Zhili.

I never imagined he could be so ruthless.

Pei Heng stared at him. "Did the Emperor send you?"

Leng Yan was worried that he might do something, so she quickly stopped him, "Don't be impulsive. Nobody expected something like this to happen."

"The Emperor sent people to protect your father, so he could have escaped this calamity. He jumped off the cliff on his own."

Pei Heng's eyes were bloodshot as he suddenly grabbed his sleeve. "You're talking nonsense!"

"Leng Yan, are you telling the truth?" Pei Shang came over and pulled Pei Heng away.

Leng Yan said, "Shen Yue and I saw it with our own eyes."

"The Emperor has sent us to secretly escort Elder Pei out of the capital."

Pei Heng looked at Shen Yue.

Shen Yue nodded. "I was going to save them, but your father pushed me away. He said he didn't want me to save them."

"When the assassins attacked, Commander Leng and I had to fight back. Then the Dragon Shadow Guards came to help and allowed us to take your father away."

“But your father ran towards the edge of the cliff himself. When we caught up with him, he jumped right off.”

Pei Heng didn't believe it. "It was you who hunted down my father. It was the Emperor who sent you to assassinate him. If you hadn't forced him, my father wouldn't have jumped off the cliff."

Shen Yue looked at Leng Yan and frowned. "Second Young Master Pei, I know you are saddened by your father's passing, but you cannot slander the Emperor. The Emperor has never issued such an order."

"His Majesty ordered us to escort your father to safety."

"fart!"

Pei Heng broke free from Pei Shang's grasp like a madman and rushed towards Shen Yue, convinced that he was the one who killed his father.

Shen Yue was an imperial bodyguard.

This accuses Murong Yu of sending someone to assassinate his own uncle.

At the funeral hall, Pei Heng made a huge scene.

Shen Yue kept emphasizing that the Emperor had not sent anyone to assassinate Prime Minister Pei.

In the end, everyone concluded that the emperor had sent someone to assassinate his own uncle.

Pei Shang had Pei Heng dragged away, which brought the situation under control.

“Deputy Commander Shen, you don’t need to explain.” Pei Shang’s eyes were cold.

His explanation seemed to be without fault.

But every word he uttered told everyone that Pei Zhili's death was related to the Emperor.

Leng Yan hadn't expected Shen Yue to be so cunning and treacherous, yet she couldn't find any fault with him.

Shen Yue said apologetically, "Young Master Pei, it's all my fault for not protecting your father properly."

Please accept my condolences.

He lit an incense stick and then turned and left.

“The Emperor really didn’t send anyone to assassinate Prime Minister Pei,” Leng Yan whispered to him.

Pei Shang was very troubled. "Did the Emperor send you to explain?"

"His Majesty did not send us to explain. I only said those things to him because I didn't want Aheng to misunderstand His Majesty."

But no one expected Pei Heng to make such a scene, making a scene known to everyone.

Then there was Shen Yue, who stepped forward to explain.

Pei Shang said, "Don't pay any attention to Shen Yue from now on. That man is very scheming. You've hurt my cousin this time. His explanation just now was watertight, but it made people suspicious."

Why would the Emperor send them to protect my father for no reason?

When they were on the edge of the cliff, there were only Leng Yan and Shen Yue.

Who would believe Pei Zhili himself on Tianya? Even if it were true, after they said it like that, no one would believe it anymore.

Pei Shang was also upset, but he couldn't agree with his father's actions.

"You go back first!"

Leng Yan was extremely annoyed and hurriedly returned to the palace to tell the emperor about it.

"It's not your fault." Murong Yu wasn't angry. "If Shen Yue could still keep his composure at this moment, I would admire him."

“Now that he’s been exposed, that’s the perfect opportunity.”

"Then Prime Minister Pei..."

Murong Yu sneered, "Even if I don't explain, if what Shen Yue said is true, won't others still doubt me?"