Chapter 583 Something Big Was Happening (Part Two)
The emperor was pleased to hear that and said, "Hodge, it is served by Felix, my dear son. It must be
true."
But to everyone''s surprise, Hodge Su suddenly knelt on the ground and said, "Your Majesty, a grave
injustice has happened. Please uphold justice for me."
Everyone wondered why he was making a weird request to the emperor, after confirming that it was
indeed the Longevity Pill. Would it be that the pill was developed by Hodge Su, and was snatched by
Felix? They were all curious.
The emperor was confused. "Hodge, what''s the matter?"
"Your Majesty, the Longevity Pill was made by my master, Scott. He had sent me a letter about this and
said that he was going to finish the pill refining. He invited me to witness it. Since I was caught up with
something else, I had to dy my journey by one day. When I reached my master''s mansion, his whole
family had been ughtered and his mansion waspletely burned to the ground!"
"What?" Everyone, including Felix, was shocked. He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and turned
to look at Walden. Thetter never expected that there would be someone who knew that the Longevity
Pill was made by Scott. He was also shocked to learn that one of Scott''s disciples was an imperial
physician.
"Felix, what''s all this?"
"Father, I don''t know anything."
"Your Highness, you said you didn''t know?" Hodge Su trembled with anger. "You killed all the people of
my master''s mansion to get the Longevity Pill, including a five-year-old kid. You even burnt his mansion
and ruined their bodies. Despite doing all this, how could you not know?"
"Nonsense!" the empress snapped. "Hodge, when you make an usation, there must be evidence to
back it. When has my son ever done such terrible things? Show me the evidence!"
Hodge Su looked at the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I was also part of the research on Longevity
Pill. I know exactly what kinds of materials are used. I''m certain that this was developed by my master.
As soon as my master made the Longevity Pill, his n was exterminated, and now, the pill is in the
custody of His Highness. Isn''t that too coincidental?" He flew into a rage, turned to Felix and
demanded, "Your Highness, please give us a reasonable exnation for this. How did you get the
Longevity Pill?"
"What? Well…" Felix didn''t know what to say to defend himself. The pill was from Walden, since he had
entrusted him to get it for him. Although Walden mentioned about using some tricks, Felix didn''t expect
that he would murder people for the pill.
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"It''s my people who found the pill," Felix said. It was true, because Walden was one of his people.
Anyway, he was never going to admit the crime of killing people for the pills.
"Your Majesty, my master had even nned to give the pill to you, through me, after it was refined. But
before I could get the pill, all the people of my master''s mansion had been exterminated, and the pill
had disappeared. Now, the same pill is in the hands of His Highness, and he must have something to
do with the ughter. Your Majesty, please uphold justice for me." Hodge Su knew that the emperor
needed the Longevity Pill, but he couldn''t allow his master to die with regret.
"It''s so funny," Walden said with a smile. "Hodge, it cost Felix a huge sum of money to get the pill from
someone else. As for how that person got it, that was something impossible for Felix to know."
Hodge Su was speechless. Although Felix had the pill, it might be someone else who had killed Scott
to rob the pill. Maybe, there was someone else who had killed Scott and then sold the pill on purpose to
Felix, so as to frame him.
"Yes, I bought it at a very hefty price."
"Since the killer had killed so many people for snatching the medicine, how could he be willing to sell
such a wonderful pill to someone else?" Maxwell said slowly.
He was also present. Since his wife, Ivy was sick, he attended the banquet unapanied. In fact, Ivy
was badly ill that she couldn''t even get out of her bed, and he had to put an all-out effort to take care of
her. He also received a lot of praise for his efforts.
"Who knows?" Walden said slowly. "Maybe he was trying to y up to Felix."
"Wasn''t it better to offer the Longevity Pill directly to His Majesty?" Matthew finally broke his silence.
"Does the murderer think that Felix is in a higher position than His Majesty?"
There was pin drop silence as Matthew finished his words. Felix''s face was pale and Walden''s was no
better. The empress looked blue out of horror. Matthew''s words implied that Felix was disloyal to the
emperor.
"Matthew, please be careful with your words," the empress reminded.
"Father, I truly don''t know the origin of the Longevity Pill. All I know was about the rumors that it could
prolong one''s life, so I sent someone to buy the pill with arge sum of money. I''m not the one who
snatched it," Felix asserted. "If I knew that the Longevity Pill was developed by one of our own imperial
physician''s master, and he was going to give it to you, I wouldn''t have asked for the pill. Please judge
with discretion."
"Yes, Father, Felix must have been framed by someone." Walden was a little bit worried. Fortunately for
him, all the members of Scott''s mansion were exterminated. He did not leave any evidence either. As
long as they refused to admit it, no one could charge against them.
The emperor looked at Walden, but didn''t say anything. Hodge Su said anxiously, "Since His Highness
ims that he is innocent, does he dare to confront the witness face to face?"
Felix snorted, "Of course, I dare. I haven''t done any wrong. I''m not afraid of it at all."
However, Walden was shocked to hear it. ''What? Could it be that someone from Scott''s mansion that
has escaped? That''s impossible. All the people of his mansion were killed and even his mansion was
burned into ashes. There can''t be any living people left!''