Hearing that this poison came from the imperial capital, everyone's eyes looked in the direction where Zhao Liuyin was.

This also made her inevitably panic, and she pretended to be calm: "Changfeng, whose room did this thing search from?" ”

Only then did everyone come to their senses and retract their gaze.

"Back to Miss Zhao, I found it in the dark compartment under the bed in the west room."

Hearing this, Hongyin pretended to be shocked and said, "Miss, isn't that Ping'er's room?" ”

One sentence made the maid Ping'er in the crowd panic, and hurriedly knelt down and crawled in front of several people, and defended herself: "Lord, miss, the slave doesn't know where this poison came from." And how dare the slave murder the young lady, please check it out! ”

Zhao Liuyin's eyes flashed a little vicious, but his tone was full of disbelief and pain, and he clutched his chest and said: "You are the maid I carry on weekdays, I want to believe that you didn't do it." But now the evidence is conclusive...... Lord Wang, it's up to you to decide. ”

After all, it was Ji Changye who advocated a thorough investigation of the matter, and was ordered by the Queen Mother to protect her thoroughly. Besides, Ping'er is her maid, and if she talks lightly, she will lead to preaching. Only when Ji Changye speaks can he really block the mouths of those people.

Song Qian stood silently on the side, taking in her hidden thoughts, and couldn't help but sympathize with the nameless little maid on the ground, so she spoke: "This matter still needs to be considered more, so as not to blame the good people." ”

Zhao Liuyin was frightened, and cautiously glanced at Song Qian, thinking that she had seen something.

Just when he wanted to open his mouth, An Shishuang, who had been reprimanded, forgot about the embarrassment just now, and said to Song Qian: "Why are you defending her so much?" Could it be that the two of you are in a group. That's what you instructed her to poison Liuyin? ”

This person really doesn't remember.

Song Qian knew that An Shishuang would come out to refute herself, and after a little helpless sigh, she directly ignored her, and looked at Ji Changye and said, "Lord Wang, let's investigate again." ”

She was afraid that Ji Changye would be confused for a while, forget about this stubble, and really blame good people, such as those who have a heart.

"Song Niangzi is right, this matter needs to be further confirmed. So first they shut them up, and the king himself went to the room to see it. ”

After Changfeng received the order, he locked Ping'er in the nearby firewood room, and then he took Ji Changye and Song Qian to the west side room together.

Looking at the backs of the two leaving, Zhao Liuyin couldn't help but feel angry, thinking that Song Qian's mouth was to blame.

If it weren't for her, this matter could easily be turned over. She just wanted to intervene sideways, obviously against herself.

"I don't know what kind of ecstasy Song Qian fed the prince, what she said about the prince listened to it, it's really a disaster." An Shishuang did not hide his insult to Song Qian at all, and said indignantly.

Zhao Liuyin couldn't wait to throw this noisy and eventful An Shishuang out of the door, but she was still useful to herself, and this idea could only be abandoned.

And she also greeted An Shishuang with a smile on her face: "Shishuang, you have to worry about this matter." Don't be angry for irrelevant people, let's go inside and rest, it's cold outside. ”

With that, both of them entered the house.

At the same time, Ji Changye and Song Qian had already followed Changfeng and his party to the west room in the backyard.

"Lord Wang, the poison was found here."

Changfeng led the two into the bedroom and pulled out the hidden drawer to show them.

Song Qian's eyes were attracted by the obvious dust marks on the ground, and he could see that these were shoe prints.

"Song Niangzi, what are you looking at?"

"Nothing."

Song Niangzi hid the suspicion in her heart, shook her head and said.

After Zhao Liuyin restrained An Shishuang, Hongyin was secretly instructed out of the house. Seeing that there was no one outside and that he had not been discovered, he walked quickly to the firewood room.

Ping'er curled up in a damp and cold corner, her eyes were already swollen from crying aggrievedly, and the tears on her face were very obvious.

"Ping'er." Hongyin looked around cautiously and walked outside the door and whispered.

Ping'er, who heard the movement, hurriedly got up and came to the door, and through the gap in the wooden door, he saw Hongyin's face clearly.

A trace of joy flashed on her face, thinking that Hongyin was here to save herself, and hurriedly said, "Sister Hongyin, you also think I was wronged, right?" Get me out of here, there's rats here. Please, let me out. As she spoke, Ping'er's tone couldn't help but choke.

She didn't know how the bag of poison had run into her room since she had never seen it. There must be a misunderstanding in this, and I was wronged.

Hongyin didn't have a good face, and his face was grim, and his voice said indifferently: "You be quiet, if you attract them, you can wait and see." I'll tell you this, there's no way you want to get away with it. Confess this sin quickly, and you may not suffer. ”

Ping'er's heart suddenly sank to the bottom of the lake, looked at Hongyin in disbelief, and asked in a trembling voice, "What do you mean?" What does it mean to make me confess my sins? Could it be that you did it to poison Miss! ”

Hearing that her voice was so sharp, Hongyin hurriedly looked around, and when she saw that no one was attracted, she snorted coldly: "There are some things you don't have to ask, I know you don't want to take the blame and feel wronged." But Mademoiselle told you that you had better think about your parents back home, and that brother who is not angry, if you don't confess your sin, they won't have a good life. Why, now think about it? ”

Now Ping'er completely understands that this incident was caused by Zhao Liuyin, and she also took the blame for her.

Zhao Liuyin is the daughter of Yong'an Hou, how can she not know about his secret methods? If she really doesn't obey, then her relatives will definitely not have a good life. At that time, she didn't have any place to reason.

After some thought, Ping'er nodded sluggishly and accepted this fact indifferently: "Yes, Ping'er knows." ”

Seeing that she was still good, Hongyin smiled with satisfaction, and pretended to be kind and said, "Don't worry, Miss won't forget what you did today." When the time comes, I will take your brother out of the casino and send you some fields to your family, which will be enough for your parents to eat and wear for the rest of their lives. You, now it's better to think about how to confess your sins in front of the prince next, and don't say anything. ”

With that, Hongyin left.

Because nothing was found here, when Song Qian was about to go out, Ji Changye stopped her: "Song Niangzi, do you also feel strange about this matter?" ”

It turned out that he used the excuse of searching again to avoid those who had a heart, so as not to listen to them.

At this time, except for Ji Changye and Song Qian, everyone else was cleared out, and the door was tightly closed by Changfeng, who was guarding outside.

Song Qian secretly rejoiced in his heart, and Ji Changye also suspected that there was something greasy in it.

"The folk girl really suspects that the matter is not so simple, this Ping'er is a maid who followed Miss Zhao. If you want to harm her, why don't you do it on the road, no one knows at that time that the chances of success are not greater? Why take such a risk to poison her. So it is very likely that Ping'er is just a scapegoat, and there are other people behind the scenes. ”

She didn't directly say that she suspected Zhao Liuyin, firstly, there was no evidence, and secondly, Zhao Liuyin came from the imperial capital like Ji Changye, and she was also burdened with the queen mother's decree, so she couldn't afford to offend easily.

Ji Changye listened to Song Qian's analysis and felt very reasonable, and also said his guess from the beginning to the present: "Behind this scene, he instructed such a big battle to frame you. You can think about it, have you ever offended anyone? ”

"The people's girls do business in peace, and they haven't been out of town on weekdays, who can they offend? This slander came so inexplicably, it can be seen that the person's killing intent towards the people's daughter was also a whim. At first, the folk girl was worried that something would happen, but she didn't expect to come so soon. ”

Song Qian looked at Ji Changye with an indifferent expression, the meaning of his words was already very clear, but he didn't know if Ji Changye could guess it.

After looking at each other for a moment, he seemed to understand something, bowed slightly, and stepped out, pushing open the closed door.

Immediately, they returned to the front yard, and Zhao Liuyin and An Shishuang, who heard the movement, hurriedly got up and walked out.

Under Ji Changye's orders, Changfeng went to the firewood room and brought Ping'er, who was dead and silent.

Zhao Liuyin looked at her with a little worry, for fear that she would suddenly return, and said those words of Hongyin.

"This king asks you, where does that poison come from?"

Ping'er did not change her words according to Zhao Liuyin's worries, but stopped the fault on herself: "Back to the prince, the poison was stolen from the wife's room when the slave maid was in the imperial capital. This morning, when no one was around, I went down to the food they had brought me. The slave didn't expect that she would be found out. ”

Looking at her broken jar, Song Qian frowned slightly. Obviously, he shouted that he was wronged before, why did he suddenly change his words, could it be that he was threatened?

Thinking like this, she looked at Zhao Liuyin and Hongyin not far away, and felt that this should be something they could do.

Seen by Song Qian's sudden eyes, Zhao Liuyin pretended to be calm and walked to Ji Changye's side, only to make Song Qian retract his gaze.

Ji Changye was also a little surprised by Ping'er's sudden change, but continued to ask: "Then why did you poison Miss Zhao, what is the festival between you?" ”

Ping'er's empty eyes looked at Zhao Liuyin, full of unwillingness, as if there was really hatred between them, and even his tone was full of hatred: "They all look down on my background in the Zhao Mansion!" He beat and scolded me at every turn, and often humiliated me! Once, it was obvious that someone else broke something and slandered me, but Zhao Liuyin didn't ask clearly, punished me for kneeling in the rain for a few hours, and kicked me out afterwards. From that time, I was determined to take revenge on her, and today I finally had a chance, but I didn't expect it. ”

Ping'er suddenly let out a mad laugh, then straightened up and pointed at Song Qian and continued: "I want to kill her here and blame her." I didn't expect to be seen through by you! Zhao Liuyin, you deserve it! ”

She was really unwilling to be a scapegoat like this, and resented Zhao Liuyin in her heart for being vicious and using her family to blackmail her.

But there is no way, her cheap life was sold to the Zhao family when she was born, and she can't be the master herself, so she can only accept her fate.

When the words fell, Ping'er suddenly went crazy and tore Zhao Liuyin's clothes, and the officials hurriedly pulled her away.

Zhao Liuyin was frightened, leaned straight towards Ji Changye, and pretended to say: "At that time, the evidence pointed to you, and I had to punish you according to the rules of the house." You can tell me about your grievances, why force yourself on this path! ”

"Where can we be reasonable, slaves and maidservants? It's not me who forced me down this path, it's you! If it weren't for you, I wouldn't be where I am now! Why didn't you eat that thing, otherwise you would have been taken away by Lord Yama a long time ago! I hate you! I wish you were dead! ”

Ping'er roared and cursed Zhao Liuyin, if it weren't for the officials pressing, I'm afraid she would have rushed up and grabbed Zhao Liuyin's neck.

"Then why did you put up with it until now to kill her? Besides, you were still crying out for injustice just now, why did you change your mind and confess your guilt after being locked up, and you were still so excited? If someone threatens you, say it. ”

Song Qian walked up to the crazy Ping'er and asked without the slightest fear.