The Eternal Beauty of the City of Wealth

Chapter 212 Pretending to be a Ghost to Solve the Case

Seeing this, Guo Shi already understood about 70% of what was going on. She pulled her daughter up and asked, "What's going on?"

Peng Xi tearfully said, "Mom, today I wanted to kill Zi Ri and Peng Ru with rat poison.

"Who knew that Daddy would break in and drink those two cups of poisoned wine? I must have killed Daddy! Wuuuuuu..."

Guo didn't seem very surprised, she just curled her lips in disdain.

"It's no big deal if you die. Look how scared you are!"

"Get up and tell me what happened in detail so that I can think of a solution for you."

The next afternoon, in the Fugui Palace, the Ministry of Public Security's Provincial Secretary Shi Qiwu was reporting the progress of the case to Zixuan.

"Your Majesty, investigation has revealed that Peng Qi's second daughter, Peng Xi, is a major suspect in the crime!"

"There were only two people who came into contact with the poisoned wine at the time: a waiter at the restaurant and Peng Xi."

"The waiter said the wine he delivered was unopened."

"Also, when delivering the wine, Peng Xi gave her a wine jug, but we didn't find it at the crime scene."

"The four people involved also said they saw the wine jug, but because they were anxious to save Peng Qi, they didn't pay attention to where the jug went."

"We asked Peng Xi about the origins of the wine jug, and she said she took it from the counter of a restaurant."

"But we checked the surveillance footage and didn't find Peng Xi going to the counter."

Zixuan nodded: "It seems that this Peng Xi is very likely the one who poisoned him."

"How about this, you guys keep a close eye on Peng Xi's movements first, I'll go meet her tonight!"

It was late at night, Peng Ruo was lying in bed thinking about what happened today, tossing and turning but unable to fall asleep.

Zi Ri had ignored her for most of the day. He neither looked for her nor called to say hello.

She knew that Zi Ri was really angry this time. Could it be that she had wronged him? Was it not Zi Ri who poisoned her father to death?

Peng Xi was already exhausted after a day of shock and was sleeping soundly at this moment.

Suddenly she felt someone pinching her neck, and she subconsciously opened her eyes.

Immediately, Peng Qi's ferocious face appeared in her sight.

Ah! She screamed in fear: "Daddy! You! Are you a human or a ghost?"

A sneer flashed across Peng Qi's pale face. "Xi'er! Today, you personally sent my father to the west! Tell me, am I a human or a ghost?"

Ahhhh… When Peng Xi saw that it was his father’s ghost, he immediately pooped in fear: “Daddy! I didn’t mean to do that!”

"Those two glasses of white wine were originally meant for Ziri and Peng Ruo."

"Who told you to drink it all without any hesitation after entering the room? You didn't even give your daughter a chance to stop you!"

"Why! You gave those two cups of poisoned wine to Ruo'er and Ziri! Tell me! Why did you harm your own sisters?"

"Dad! Have you forgotten that Zi Ri and the others knew that you assassinated Gongzi Xu?"

"Now that they're back, maybe one day he'll be unhappy and tell the king about this!"

"By then, not only will your life be in danger! My mother, my entire clan, and I will all be killed!"

"Xier did this to eliminate a dangerous hidden danger for you, Daddy..."

"Oh? Really? So Daddy has wronged you! Let me ask you, is your mother involved in this matter?"

"No, no! I originally planned to let my mother do it, but I couldn't find the right opportunity."

"Just that day, Ziyue came to me and said that he would treat Ziri and Pengruo to dinner today."

"I thought this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, so I went to the pharmacy and bought some strong rodenticide."

"I poured it into a wine flask with a rotating core and prepared to let them drink it, but I didn't expect you to show up halfway and become the scapegoat!"

Peng Qi sneered again and said, "You are telling the truth! You are not lying to me?"

"No, no, Daddy! Everything I say is true. If I tell even a single lie, I will be struck with lightning!"

"Good! Very good! Hahahaha..."

Suddenly, Peng Qi immediately stood up from the bed, laughed heartily, and tore off his fake face: "Peng Xi! Look who I am?"

Peng Xi looked up and immediately wet herself with fear, her mouth wide open in disbelief.

He pointed at the man and asked tremblingly: "You! You are the king!"

"It's me!" Zixuan waved his hand towards the outside: "Come in!"

Before he could finish his words, a group of people suddenly came in from outside.

When someone turned on the light, the room immediately became as bright as day.

Ziyue looked at Peng Xi with tears in her eyes: "Xi'er, no Peng Xi! I never thought you were such a vicious woman!"

"When Brother Ri said he doubted you, I didn't believe him and even had a huge fight with him!"

"What I witnessed today has truly turned my outlook on life upside down!"

"You! Very good! Peng Xi! From now on, I, Ziyue, will cut ties with you! Are we done with each other?"

After that, he covered his face and ran away crying.

Peng Xi was dumbfounded, completely dumbfounded. It was over! This time it was really over!

I was so busy being scared that I didn't realize that this was Zixuan's plan!

He actually explained the entire incident in detail without missing a single word!

Can someone tell me which pharmacy sells regret medicine? Ahhhh...

She grabbed her hair frantically, slapped her mouth hard, then her eyes rolled back and she fainted.

At this time, Guo and Peng Ruo heard the noise, put on their clothes and walked over.

Seeing so many people standing in Peng Xi's house, I didn't know what was going on.

The two men hurriedly pushed their way through the crowd and walked in. Guo saw Peng Xi lying motionless on the bed.

I quickly hugged her and yelled, "Xi'er! Xi'er! What's wrong with you?"

When Zixuan saw Guo approaching, he quickly ordered his guards, "Come here! Tie up Guo and Peng Xi! Take them to the jail!"

"Yes!" The guard agreed without further explanation and immediately tied the two men up tightly.

Seeing this, Guo yelled, "What are you doing? Why are you arresting us? What law have we broken?"

Zixuan ignored her and waved his hand. The guards dragged the two of them into the police car and drove away.

Peng Ruo watched all this in a daze. She bowed to Zixuan and asked, "Excuse me, Your Majesty, what crime did they commit?"

Zixuan calmly took out a recorder and said, "Peng Ruo, just listen to this and you'll know!"

After saying that, he turned on the recorder, and immediately, the conversation between Peng Qi and Peng Xi came out...

After hearing the last sentence in the recording, Peng Ruo immediately felt angry, hateful and regretful.

She hated her sister for using any means necessary to harm herself and Zi Ri, even resorting to such despicable means as poisoning.

It also caused his father to lose his life in vain, even though he knew that his father was guilty of a heinous crime and deserved death.

But when she thought of her father's love for her since she was a child, she couldn't help but hate her sister.

She was also angry at herself for the momentary brain short circuit, and she actually suspected that Zi Ri had killed her father.

She really wanted to slap herself hard in the face because Zi Ri had ignored her all day.