What he was worried about was that if he was not careful, Song Qingcheng would fly higher and higher and he would never be able to catch her again. He would only be able to look up to her all his life and never be able to reach her.

Even so, he did not want to clip her wings. After all, in his opinion, she was Song Qingcheng herself first, and then his, Pei Huaizhi's, wife.

Although he really wanted to return to Shangjing to solve the troubles he had caused.

Moreover, the matter he asked his master to investigate for him has already made some progress.

Recently, the prince has been obstructing the land survey in Jinling, both openly and covertly. Otherwise, the survey work would be carried out faster and he could also take time to return to the capital.

Now, no one knows when the prince had secretly communicated with the governor of Jiangnan. Pei Huaizhi feels more and more that the prince cannot be kept, not to mention that the prince has completely touched his reverse scale.

The prince led a dissolute life in Nanjing and kept many skinny horses in his palace. Perhaps because he had left the capital, he became more unscrupulous and when he got tired of playing with these skinny horses, he started to act extremely cruelly on them.

The next day, Prince Chan invited Pei Huaizhi to a banquet at the palace, and arranged for a skinny horse to accompany him. The skinny horse looked a bit like Song Qingcheng.

at the banquet.

"Minister Pei, do you think the beauty in my arms looks familiar?"

The officials at the same table looked over at the same time when they heard this. During the summer vacation in the yamen, Song Qingcheng had once delivered meals to Pei Huaizhi, so most of the officials had seen what Song Qingcheng looked like.

Besides, Song Qingcheng was very beautiful and her appearance is still fresh in people's memory.

Everyone discovered that the skinny horse in the prince's arms looked a bit like Pei Shilang's wife.

The prince is going too far.

Pei Huaizhi seemed not to have heard the provocation from Crown Prince Wei Chan.

Crown Prince Wei Chan was flirting with the skinny horse while asking Pei Huaizhi casually.

But the girl was very resistant. Crown Prince Wei Chan ignored the officials at the banquet, pinched the skinny horse's chin as if no one was around, and then leaned close to her ear and whispered something, and the skinny horse began to tremble all over.

This is a naked humiliation.

Pei Huaizhi looked coldly at the man who was seeking death, resisting the urge to step forward and break the man's neck.

When the banquet was over, Crown Prince Wei Chan felt very happy and pinched the plumpness of the skinny horse that resembled Song Qingcheng.

Only in this way did he feel that he had let out a sigh of relief.

He did not forget that Pei Huaizhi had pierced his palm with a dagger.

He still feels scared when he thinks about it now.

After everyone had left, Crown Prince Wei Chan gave a lewd and disgusting smile. He felt extremely happy. After giving the skinny horse that looked like Song Qingcheng a large amount of aphrodisiac, he ruthlessly tortured her for several hours. His methods were extremely cruel.

Sure enough, the skinny horse died before the second day.

A skinny horse died and so did it. Crown Prince Wei Chan did not take this life seriously at all. It was a pity that such a face that looked like yours was lost.

Crown Prince Wei Chan hadn't had enough fun yet, and he felt a little disappointed that he couldn't find such a portrait for a while.

He even felt a little regretful that he had been too harsh. It was such a pity that he had searched all over Jiangnan to find a prostitute whose face somewhat resembled Song Qingcheng's.

So he was so heartless that he vented his anger on the skinny horse's corpse, and only then reluctantly ordered his men to dispose of the girl's body.

Another day passed, and when Crown Prince Wei Chan woke up, he found that the skinny horse that had been dealt with was lying back beside him.

He was startled and was about to call for help when a group of soldiers swarmed over, shouting, "Catch the assassin!"

When everyone went in, they found a lifeless woman lying beside Prince Wei Chan. There was not a single piece of cloth on her body, and it was covered with criss-crossing whip marks, obvious teeth sounds, and scratches deep enough to see the bone. One could tell at a glance that she must have been subjected to inhuman torture before she was born.

Crown Prince Wei Chan did not expect this scene to happen. His fat body trembled slightly and he roared, "How dare you! Who are you? Who allowed you to come in?"

The palace soldier stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, we have received a secret report that an assassin has broken into the palace, and we are here to capture him."

However, the assassin was not caught, but he happened to see the scene in front of him.

When the soldiers were in a dilemma, an old woman suddenly broke into the yard.

The old woman was heard crying and shouting, "Someone told me that my daughter was abducted here. Please have mercy on me, Your Highness, and release her."

As she spoke, no one was able to stop the old woman, and she rushed into the house.

Seeing the girl lying on the bed with her eyes wide open, she shouted at the top of her lungs, "The prince of this dynasty is harming a good girl!"

The soldiers from Jinling Prefecture who came to arrest the assassin happened to become witnesses by accident.

But he is the Crown Prince after all, and no one dares to take real action against him. The palace soldiers are in a dilemma.

In a short time, the news that the prince had tortured and killed the girl spread like wildfire throughout Jinling.

In particular, it aroused criticism from students of various colleges in Jiangnan, who believed that such a cruel and unjust person was not qualified to be the crown prince.

The princes' crimes were treated the same as those of common people, and the situation became increasingly serious, until the news eventually reached the ears of the Wei Emperor in Shangjing.

The Emperor of Wei was furious and specially dispatched officials from the Ministry of Justice to investigate the matter. All the evidence was clear. In order to appease the public anger, the Emperor of Wei issued an edict to depose the crown prince and imprison Wei Chan in the palace.

Pei Huaizhi kept himself completely out of the matter, and no one knew that he was controlling everything behind the scenes.

As the crown prince lost power, he and the Jiangnan governor Mi were also completely exposed.

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In the capital, Song Qingcheng was very happy to learn that Crown Prince Wei Chan had been deposed. However, due to the absence of the East Palace, the situation in the court became more and more confusing.

King Yi Wei Du was in great power for a time, and felt that the position of Emperor Taizong was a sure thing.

After dealing with the obstacle facing the Crown Prince in Jinling, Pei Huaizhi finally had some free time and wanted to ride back to Shangjing as fast as possible.

However, he was tripped up by his colleagues in Jinling. The work of surveying the land was nearing completion, and the officials in Jinling specially prepared a banquet to celebrate.

Pei Huaizhi couldn't refuse, so he drank a few glasses as well. When he was a little tipsy, he talked about Pei Huaizhi's reputation of being henpecked.

The bold colleague and good buddy patted Pei Huaizhi's shoulder and said with a big tongue, "I say, Minister Pei, you can't do this. You can't spoil this woman too much, otherwise how can she know your goodness? You just need to hang out with your wife a few times, and she will know the goodness of Minister Pei!"

After saying that, he fell unconscious on the table.

Pei Huaizhi wanted to verify some more questions, but he couldn't wake up the drunk colleague.

Pei Huaizhi frowned slightly and had to digest his colleague's words alone. Is this really the case?

He considered the decision carefully.

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