Book One, Chapter 59
Translated by: Hypersheep325 Edited by: Michyrr Zhao Fu stretched out a hand and a wave of energy flowed out from his hand towards Su Yan. The energy continuously entered Su Yan's body through his mouth, nose, and ears, and Su Yan felt immense pain as he vigorously struggled.
Following this, Su Yan gradually lost consciousness, and Zhao Fu started to ask Su Yan about their plan, as well as whether they had poisoned him.
By now, Su Yan was under Zhao Fu's control, and he told Zhao Fu everything. Zhao Fu felt satisfied and left. As for Su Yan, Zhao Fu did not kill him for now and instead had him faint on the ground.
With Su Yan's information, Zhao Fu quickly found the evidence and reported it to Huo Baiwu.
After hearing that the evidence had been found, Huo Baiwu and the other women felt quite curious and came to the main hall and had people bring the evidence up.
The first was a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man who nervously reported, "Your Majesty, the Void Pain Poison belongs to my master. I saw my master trade with Su Yan, and my master was worried that something might happen to him and has long since fled the Fire Country. "
Huo Baiwu said with a cold expression, "Su Yan is the advisor by Li Baiqing's side?"
Huo Dongmei nodded.
Huo Baiwu asked, "How can you prove what you said?"
The young man said, "Your Majesty, you can investigate my identity. I can also confront Su Yan. Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me, so please don't kill me."
A Minister next to him handed over a document.
Huo Baiwu took it and looked at it. It contained detailed information about the young man and his master. His master had indeed fled in panic after the incident, and this person had indeed come into contact with Su Yan.
Huo Baiwu nodded and asked, "What other evidence do you have?"
Following this, a Minister took out an account book and said, "This is the account book of the Third Princess' residence. Su Yan took away a large amount of treasures just before this."
Now, Su Yan was the greatest suspect.
Huo Baiwu said, "What other evidence do you have?"
The Minister had people bring in a green-clothed elder, who said fearfully, "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. I only know that Huo Donglai has the Void Pain Poison and don't interact with him."
The Minister said, "This person's name is Huo Mu, and he is Huo Donglai's good friend.
Huo Baiwu asked, "Did you bring that Su Yan?"
Da Chen replied, "Yes, but for some reason, he's unconscious and can't be woken up."
Huo Qing 'er's face paled. With so much evidence in front of her, she could confirm that the poisoning of her mother and father was related to Li Baiqing. But why would Li Baiqing do such a thing? Did she, her mother, and her father not treat them well?
Huo Dongmei couldn't believe that she trusted Li Baiqing so much, but Li Baiqing wanted to poison her. How could Li Baiqing be such a person?
Huo Baiwu was also extremely angry in his heart. He had supported Li Baiqing so much and had even resisted all the pressure to make him the king of the Fire Country. He had even offended such a terrifying enemy like Qin. But not only was Li Baiqing not grateful, he had even done such a thing.
However, when Huo Baiwu thought about it again, he felt that this kind of unscrupulous method to achieve his goal was indeed very suitable for a king.
The Minister said, "Your Majesty! We also found two magic arrays in the secret chamber of the Third Princess' residence. There were still traces of these two poisons on them. The purpose of these two magic arrays was to fuse them. "
Huo Dongmei turned and said, "Your Majesty! The poison you were poisoned with is a type of fusion poison, and one of them is the Nihility Bitter Poison. We just need to compare this poison with the other two poisons and we'll be able to find information about them! "
Huo Baiwu said in a low voice, "Bring out the two poisons!"
A guard came up with two glass bottles. He then opened the two bottles, and two streams of aura came out.
Huo Baiwu's body trembled. As someone who had been poisoned before, he was very familiar with these two auras, and his expression became dark.
Huo Dongmei sighed; she was sure that one of them was the Nihility Bitter Poison.
If the evidence from before made Li Baiqing suspicious, this was enough to prove that it was Li Baiqing who had poisoned them.
Huo Bai felt quite surprised; she had never thought that it would be Li Baiqing.
Huo Mei looked quite distressed; she had never thought that she would have misjudged Li Baiqing. Before, she had tried to protect Li Baiqing, but now that Li Baiqing had wanted to kill her father and mother, Li Baiqing would not hesitate to kill her. She had been too stupid.
Huo Qing 'Er knew that Li Baiqing had a lot to do with this, but she still wanted to defend Li Baiqing and say, "Could it be that Su Yan made this decision on his own and that Baiqing didn't know about it?"
Huo Baiwu said coldly, "Do you think that's possible? It's just that he didn't know about it once, but it's already happened twice. Don't try to defend him; bring Li Baiqing here. "
Huo Qing 'Er's eyes were filled with tears and she did not say anything.
Li Baiqing walked in with shackles on his legs. Originally, he wanted to defend himself and say that he was wrongly accused, but when he saw the people standing in the main hall and the unconscious Su Yan on the ground, his heart suddenly fell to the bottom of the valley, and his expression became ugly.
Huo Baiwu coldly looked at Li Baiqing and said, "What else do you have to say?"
Li Baiqing shook his head.
Although Li Baiqing might be able to live if he knelt down and begged, Li Baiqing wanted to protect his last bit of dignity.
Huo Qing 'Er cried out, "Baiqing!"
Li Baiqing looked at the crying Huo Qing 'Er and said guiltily, "I'm sorry!"
Huo Qing 'Er was perhaps the person Li Baiqing had let down the most.
Huo Qing 'Er rushed forward and knelt down as she said, "Father, Mother, please spare Baiqing's life. This is your daughter's last time begging you."
Huo Dongmei looked at Huo Baiwu and said, "Your Majesty, how do you plan to deal with this?"
All the ministers said in unison, "Li Baiqing is so ungrateful and treacherous. He should be burned at the stake, otherwise, the people's anger will not be quelled!"
Now that they knew that Li Baiqing was the culprit behind the poisoning, he would definitely not be able to become the Fire Country's King. They took the opportunity to kill Li Baiqing and those who supported Li Baiqing didn't dare to say anything.
Everyone was waiting for Huo Baiwu's decision.
Huo Baiwu looked at everyone and said, "Bring everyone away!"
The ministers felt strange in their hearts. They did not expect that Huo Baiwu would not immediately give the order to kill Li Baiqing. However, even if they did not kill him now, they could not be sure in the future. They did not believe that Li Baiqing would be able to live.
The guards brought everyone away.
Huo Baiwu also stood up from his throne and waved his hand, "Court dismissed!"
The ministers understood that Huo Baiwu was not in a good mood, so they obediently retreated and did not dare to say anything.
Within the room, Zhao Fu said, "I've already proven that Li Baiqing was the one who poisoned Su Yan. My intuition was not wrong."
Huo Bai Niao smiled and said, "I'm sorry, husband. I never thought that Li Baiqing would be such a person."
Huo Mei said, "This time, we misunderstood you and did not believe you. I also apologise to you."
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