He's dead? How could he die in good shape? Fortunately, it happened to be when the prince was about to summon this maid.

"What the hell is going on?" King Ning frowned, King Ning's Mansion hadn't made such a big deal for a long time.

"The little one doesn't know," the little guy knelt on the ground and said, "When the little one pushed the door and went in, he saw the maid hanging on the hemp rope, and her tongue and eyes were protruding, and it was estimated that she should have been out of breath for several hours." ”

At this time, Imperial Physician Zhao, who had been inspecting the medicine jar, also spoke: "That's right, the inner tank of this medicine jar has been soaked in the juice of the strychnine, if you use this medicine jar to decoct the medicine every day, the strychnine that has penetrated into the inner wall of the medicine jar will also be integrated into the medicine, plus the strychnine in the medicine itself, it is strange that the old lady has no accident." ”

"Who is so bold as to dare to harm the mother concubine." King Ning was angry, stood up, looked around, everyone lowered their heads unnaturally, only Qin Yunuan and Princess Ning opened their mouths one after another to persuade.

"Father, don't worry, now fortunately, the old lady is safe and sound, since the mastermind behind the scenes dares to do it, it will inevitably leave traces."

"Yes," Princess Ning stretched out her hand and patted King Ning's back gently, "People are doing it, and the sky is watching." After that, Princess Ning turned her head sideways and ordered, "Since the maid who took care of the decoction in the old lady's yard has died, then I will find all the maids and grandmothers in this lotus fragrance courtyard, I don't believe that I can't find any clues." ”

King Ning pondered for a moment, and also nodded.

After a while, the courtyard was full of people, and even the gatehouse, who was usually guarding at the gate of the courtyard, was pulled over, and they lowered their heads one by one, and they didn't dare to come out.

"Among you people, anyone who has entered the small kitchen, or who has been responsible for the purchase, distribution and storage of materials, stand up for me." King Ning gave an order, and there were about a dozen people out of the group, and the leader was an older grandmother, who looked a little familiar, and should be regarded as the housekeeper in the Hexiang Courtyard, surnamed Sun, who had been following the old lady for many years.

"Grandma Sun" Princess Ning saw the old lady at a glance, "You are in charge of the storage of the small warehouse of the Hexiang Courtyard, let me ask you, has the medicine jar that the old lady has been using ever been replaced?" ”

This grandmother was nervous when she was named alone, and then she asked the key point, and she knelt down and kowtowed: "The slave is guilty, it's the slave's fault, the slave and the maid dozed off in the warehouse a while ago and fell asleep, just smashed the old lady's medicine jar, the old lady is nostalgic, and the slave thinks that if it is discovered, she will be blamed, so ...... privately took an identical medicine jar and put it on top;

。 ”

"Bold slave, dare to privately top the bag?" The second lady upheld justice in a timely manner, "Do you know that the medicine jar you changed almost killed the old lady?" ”

Grandma Sun's body shook: "The slave and maid don't dare, the slave and maid just heard that there is a medicine jar in the small warehouse of the third young grandmother that is exactly the same as the old lady, so she asked the slave and maid a fellow villager who has a good time, that is, the housekeeper in the third young grandmother's treasury Li family mother-in-law borrowed it, and the rest of the slaves and maids don't know anything, the slave and maid really haven't done it." ”

Everyone's eyes were projected on Qin Yunuan again, and Qin Yunuan immediately bent down and explained: "Yunuan was negligent, I didn't know that the people under my hands had such a serious mistake, Man'er, you go and bring Mama Li and confront him face to face." ”

After a while, Mama Li was also brought in, she looked nervous, she almost fell when she walked, and she looked a little absent-minded.

"Get on your knees." The green bamboo beside Princess Ning drank at Mama Li, and Mama Li was even more scared, and when she saw Mama Sun who was still kneeling beside her, she immediately understood what was going on, and after listening to King Ning coldly asking, she was speechless for a while, and she was stunned for a while, but she suddenly shouted bitterly.

"Slave maid...... The slave and the maid were also forced, and the slave and the maid said, and the slave and the maid said everything. ”

"What are you crying and shouting about?" Qin Yunuan had an ominous premonition: "If you have something to say, just say it." ”

The second lady also smiled suddenly: "Yes, Mama Li, if someone forces you to do something you shouldn't do, even if you say it, the prince and the princess are here, as long as you tell the truth, no one can embarrass you." After the second lady finished speaking, she glanced at Qin Yunuan.

Mama Li kowtowed and said: "A while ago, grandma grandchildren asked the slave to borrow the medicine jar, the slave thought that although she was the manager of the treasury, she could not borrow things at will without the master's idea, so she went to ask the third young grandmother, I thought it was a trivial matter, but the third young grandmother asked the slave and the maid to take the medicine jar that was going to be lent out to her, and returned it to the slave and maid the next day, and agreed to lend it to the Hexiang Courtyard, by the way, in addition, the third young grandmother also asked a lot about the old lady's illness and medication, and the slave and maid felt strange at the time, Why didn't the third young grandmother go directly to the Hexiang Courtyard to visit, but asked the slave and maid privately. ”

"Hmph, full of nonsense," Qin Yunuan snorted coldly, "When did I look for you to see the medicine jar?" When did I ask about the old lady's illness, I came to the Lotus Fragrance Courtyard every day to ask for peace, how is the old lady, do I still need to ask you such a servant in charge? ”

Now the situation is obvious, looking at Mama Li's confession, it is obvious that someone has bought Mama Li and wants to frame her, Qin Yunuan took a deep breath, and bowed her head towards King Ning and Princess Ning: "Yunuan has never done what this slave maid said, and Mama Li is in charge of the outer courtyard and has never entered the inner courtyard, so my father and mother can ask all the maids in my inner courtyard." ”

After finishing speaking, Man'er and Tingxue immediately stepped forward and knelt down and said in unison: "The slave can testify for the third young grandmother." ”

Mama Li raised her head and said: "Mother Liao, Miss Man'er and Miss Tingxue in the inner courtyard of the third young grandmother are all the maiden family of the third young grandmother, and only those maids who are loyal to the third young grandmother in the inner courtyard can be on errands in it, and they will naturally speak for the third young grandmother, but the slave's words are true, if half of the sentence is slanderous against the third young grandmother, the sky will thunder." Mama Li has a resolute attitude, a sincere tone, and no matter how she listens, it looks like the truth.

For a while, the sneers in the hall rose one after another, and the second lady had always held a grudge against the Dongfu side for taking back the three shops in the east of the city that originally belonged to their second room, knowing that it was taken care of by Qin Yunuan, her heart was even more unhappy, and this time she was even more energetic;

Only Leng Suxin, who had always been cold and indifferent, glanced at Mama Li on the ground, and her tone was mocking: "I see that you were still very nervous just now?" Why do you have such confidence to speak now? You are obviously a maid in the yard of the third sister-in-law, but the charges against the third sister-in-law are unambiguous, and it is not easy for the slave to treat you as such. After Leng Suxin finished speaking, he sipped quietly. The tea is so tranquil that it is as if nothing has been said.

Qin Yunuan was afraid that he didn't expect that Leng Suxin, who had threatened him at a critical time, would say a fair word for himself, and Mama Li's body trembled: "That's a slave, I really can't pass the threshold of my conscience," Mama Li said while stretching out her hand to stroke her chest and said, "Since the slave and maid said it, they are not afraid of anything." ”

At that time, a cold voice suddenly sounded: "Then take out your conscience and take a look, Leng Wu!" ”

With Leng Changxi's cold voice, Leng Wu suddenly rushed in from outside the house, and almost held his breath tightly and grabbed Mama Li's wrist, just when he was about to exert his strength, he was suddenly stopped by Leng Changxi.

"That's enough, see what's inside her nails?" Leng Changxi pointed to Mama Li's black nails, the black scraps there looked like dirt left over from work, but if you look closely.

"Lord Wang, it's a strychnine." Imperial Physician Zhao picked out a little black powder, smelled it, and said with certainty, "And it's the part with the strongest medicinal properties." ”

Qin Yunuan stepped forward and pulled Mama Li's fingers away, and saw that Mama Li's ten nails were full of strychnine powder, and said with a smile: "Aren't you in charge of the warehouse?" How? Is there so much strychnine in the treasury? ”

At this time, someone from Qin Yunuan's courtyard also came, holding a tightly wrapped thing in his hand, and when he opened it, it was also a pile of clay fragments.

"Liao's mother accidentally broke the medicine jar when she decocted the medicine, and found some strange things in the medicine jar, Liao's mother was not at ease, so she asked the slave to send it over." The little maid's voice is loud, not a stage fright.

Qin Yunuan carefully opened the cloth bag, and sure enough, he found that the inner wall of the fragments of the medicine jar inside was stained with some inexplicable black powder. ”

Mama Li's heart was cold when she boarded.

Leng Changxi squinted and glanced at Mama Li: "You, is there anything else to say?" ”

"At the same time, you want to harm me and the old lady," Qin Yunuan's eyes were stern, "Mama Li, you are so bold." Qin Yunuan was not only glad in her heart, because her pregnancy was fake, so she hadn't really drunk the tonic for Anyang for a while, otherwise, she might be the same as today's old lady.

"No, it's not like this" Mama Li shook her head with dull eyes, "The medicine jar given to the old lady was an accident, I never thought that the mother-in-law of the Sun family would ask me to borrow the medicine jar, I really didn't think about it, the slave is wrong, the slave is really wrong." ”

Therefore, the purpose behind this behind-the-scenes mastermind is still to harm Qin Yunuan alone? Qin Yunuan's heart tightened, but when she thought about it, the old lady was in a high position in the palace, and ordinary people were eager to stammer, so what good would it do to kill the old lady and everyone in the palace?

"Take this down to me, I'm going to torture her." With a wave of King Ning's sleeves, the two stout little guys stepped forward and dragged Mama Li, who was still yelling in her mouth.

At this time, the eldest maid in the old lady's room came over and said that the old lady had woken up, saying that she wanted to see the third young grandmother.