Father Pei's eyes turned red, "Why don't you forgive me? King Cheng has been an important minister that the emperor has valued very much in the past two years. He has arrested many corrupt officials for the emperor. The entire court knows that what King Cheng hates most is corrupt officials. Pei Chi is under his nose." If he commits a crime, isn't it just that he personally handed the knife to King Cheng and asked him to kill him!"
The last words made Pei Chi tremble all over. He suddenly couldn't cry. He knelt on the ground, clenching his fists tightly, but he didn't dare to say a word to ask his father for help.
No matter how much he goes too far, Pei Chi has his own bottom line, which is... he must not harm his family...
He knew very well that this was not a trivial matter, and he could no longer harm the Pei family...
"Brother is not a corrupt official. He is just a first-time offender. Why is King Cheng so unkind?" Pei Yu was also worried now. She knew her brother was a bastard, but he was a bastard and he had never harmed anyone since he was a child. , this time it was just a first-time offender who could not resist the temptation to accept bribes. How could it be so serious that he had to lose his life? Isn't that King Cheng going too far
Father Pei waved his hand with a splitting headache, threw away the stick in his hand, and sat down on the couch quite exhausted. He supported his forehead, shook his head and said: "Pei Yu, go check on your mother first. If she wakes up, Well, please calm her down and don’t let her think too much.”
Pei Yu looked at his brother who was kneeling on the ground in silence for a long time with a complicated expression, then at his father who was sitting on the couch, and finally nodded slightly and went out.
She also wanted to help and come up with suggestions, but matters in the officialdom were not something she, as a woman, could speak to...
There was nothing she could do.
Pei Yu came to her mother's room. Her mother was still sleeping on the bed. Pei Yu sat by the bed and silently thought about her father's words, feeling confused and scared.
She seemed unable to just watch Pei Chi get into trouble, but Pei Chi violated the laws of the North. As an official, he did such a dirty thing as accepting bribes...
Just as he was thinking about it, Pei Yu suddenly saw his mother opening her eyes and waking up, and wanting to get up. Pei Yu quickly reached out to help her mother, "How are you, mother? Are you feeling better?"
Mrs. Pei's eyes were still bloodshot. She looked at Pei Yu for a while and asked in a daze: "Yu'er, how is your brother..."
"It's... not bad, dad is teaching him a lesson." Pei Yu said.
Mrs. Pei's tears fell again. She shook her head and said, "This child knows how to cause trouble. In the past, his parents could clean up his mess, but this time... then how could King Cheng let him go..."
Pei Yu didn't know what to say, so she patted Mrs. Pei's hand and comforted her: "Mom, don't worry too much, there will always be a way..."
Mrs. Pei wiped away her tears and said: "What else can be done? King Cheng will not let him go... My mother doesn't believe it... King Cheng has reached this position and he has never taken any bribes..."
"Mother... it's better not to say anything without evidence." Although Pei Yu was also angry with King Cheng for being ruthless, her mother's angry words were really inappropriate.
However, what Pei Yu never expected was that the man who became king the next day came with an imperial edict, and the edict was several times more serious than Pei Yu thought.
The man who became the king not only wanted to take Pei Chi away, but also took his father back for investigation, and even sealed Pei's mansion!
(End of chapter)