Forensic Imperial Concubine novel Chapter 583

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 delay my journey by one day. When I reached my master's mansion, his whole family had been slaughtered and his mansion was completely burned to the ground!"

"What?" Everyone, including Felix, was shocked. He wiped the cold sweat off his forehead and turned to look at Walden. The latter 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 accusation, 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 clan 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 explanation 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.

"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 planned 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 slaughter. 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 unaccompanied. 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 play 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 a large 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 claims 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!'