Chapter 585 The Pawn Confessed His Crime (Part Two)


    Nodding his head, Walden said, "It''s my fault. I must have been out of my mind to make such a terrible


    mistake. Please forgive me, Father."


    Matthew looked at Walden and then at his "wife", who was sitting calmly by his side. "Walden, how


    ridiculous to speak in that way! Can a person momentarily lose his mind and ughter a whole family?"


    His "wife" turned her eyes to Matthew. "Since you are so ruthless, you must pay the price."


    With the expression on his face unchanged, Matthew toyed with the ss in his hand. Then his eyes


    fell upon the woman''s neck. "Why didn''t you wear the ne I gave you?" he asked.


    The woman''s heart skipped a beat at his question, but she managed to keep herposure. "Sorry, I


    was in such a hurry to go out. I forgot it," she answered.


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    By now, Matthew was sure that she was not Harper. He had never given a ne to Harper as a gift.


    As a matter of fact, he had once given Harper a pair of bracelets as a token of affection, which the


    woman by his side obviously had no idea about. Matthew suspected that this was the empress''s new


    trick—substituting someone else for his wife.


    "If it was Prince Walden who murdered Scott''s family and stole the pills, how did Crown Prince Felix get


    his hand on the pills? Did he order you to do that?" one of the officials demanded. Everybody knew that


    Walden was working for Felix. Walden murdered Scott''s family and snatched the pills. Then, the pills


    appeared in Felix''s hand. It was a very obvious deduction that Felix was the mastermind of the plot.


    "Father, I didn''t do that," Felix exined immediately. Although he had told Walden to search for the


    pills, he had never told him to kill anyone to aplish the mission.


    The emperor had already been suspicious about Felix. Walden hadmitted murder and robbery, but


    the pills had reached Felix''s hand. Furthermore, Walden and Felix were known to be getting along well


    with each other. In that light, it was unlikely that Felix was innocent.


    "If you are innocent of this, then tell me why the pills came to be in your possession?" the emperor


    interrogated him. The pills were supposed to be given to him as a tribute, but if Felix had hired


    someone else to obtain them by force, then this tribute would bepromised.


    "Well..." Felix failed to conjure up a quick excuse.


    "I sent the pills onward to Felix''s mansion," Walden said when he saw that Felix was in a dilemma.


    "After I had killed so many people and took the pills, I was afraid that my crime would be discovered, so


    I sent the pills to Felix''s mansion."


    Felix turned his eyes to Walden, but thetter avoided his nce. He understood that Walden could


    save him only by pinning the whole crime on himself, not on Felix. As long as Felix was still alive,


    Walden would have a hope of rising again.


    "Father, the pills were indeed sent to me by someone. I even paid a lot of money to the one who


    delivered them, but I didn''t know that man was Brother Walden''s man," Felix said, disassociating


    himself from the charge.


    With sweat in her palms, the empress dared not say anything to echo Felix and Walden. She knew


    clearly that she would only make things worse by opening her mouth. She could do nothing but await


    the oue. However, she was quite pleased that Walden took all the me on his own ord.


    "Are you sure you really didn''t know?" the emperor asked. Obviously, he didn''t believe a word of what


    the two brothers said.


    "Father, I really didn''t know what had happened. I thought it was a miracle that someone sent the


    Longevity Pills to me because my filial piety regarding your birthday gift moved God. I didn''t expect


    someone to frame me deliberately." The more he spoke, the more lies he made up. He was sure he


    would be okay as long as he could survive his father''s suspicions this time.


    "Do you have anything else to say, Walden?" the emperor asked. He had never liked Walden, and now


    that Walden had done such a thing, he disliked him even more. But even though he knew there was a


    chance of Felix''s having something to do with the whole matter, he couldn''t strip Felix of his title as the


    crown prince so easily.


    "Father, I have nothing else to say," Walden said. He knew that he was out of luck for the time being.


    But if Felix seeded to the throne and became the next emperor, he would have a chance of making


    aeback. Therefore, he was trying his best to protect and support Felix.


    "Your Majesty, my master was loyal and devoted to you. He was developing the Longevity Pill for many


    years in order to help you. But his fate was to die a miserable death. Your Majesty, please grant justice


    to my master," Hodge said, weeping heavily. As an orphan, he was brought up by Scott. He became an


    imperial physicianter, but still had the utmost reverence for Scott, and even viewed Scott as his


    father. Now that he knew who the murderer was, he would definitely seek justice for Scott.


    "Your Majesty, Walden is so vicious. He not only murdered Scott''s whole family and stole the pills, but


    alsomitted arson and framed Felix. Please don''t pardon him," Matthew said. On the strength of his


    words, Walden would be convicted of murder and robbery and would not escape punishment.


    When Walden heard what Matthew said, he couldn''t argue back. If he denied nting the pills on Felix,


    it would implicate Felix. He knew that he had to repay the support Felix had extended to him for so


    many years.


    "Walden, how could you be so silly?" Francis eximed in astonishment, as if he could not believe


    what he had heard. "It would have been okay if you had just taken the pills. Why did you kill people and


    start a fire?"