This handmaid is not tall, she can only be considered delicate, she stands behind Murong Lingyi, just like an ordinary handmaiden, so ordinary that no one has ever paid attention to her.

Even Xue Changfeng was surprised that Murong Lingyi had an extra servant girl by his side, and this handmaid's martial arts were very good.

Murong Lingyi glanced back at the servant girl behind him, his face changed, and then he turned his head to look at Yan Dui, and sneered: "Your Highness, you are not joking, my handmaid has always been peaceful, how can she poison her mother-in-law!" ”

Although Xue Changfeng disliked Murong Lingyi, he also felt that what she said was reasonable, just because she knew Chen Xuan, from this point, she could not be determined that she was a murderer.

"She's a maidservant, is it so unbearable?" Xue Changfeng looked at Yan Du with a speechless expression, and the corners of his mouth twitched: "Your Highness, if you can't judge it clearly, then don't try it." If the case can't be solved, it will be investigated by a capable person. ”

There was a lot of discussion in the court, and no one believed that this servant girl could be the murderer.

Yan Du ignored Xue Changfeng, but stared at the servant girl and shouted, "Don't come forward yet!" ”

The maidservant looked at Murong Lingyi timidly, and saw that the master nodded, so she stepped forward and knelt down in the lobby.

Yan Dui's eyes were sharp, "What's your name?" ”

"He...... He'er. ”

"How old?"

"Sixteen."

"Origin?"

"Wei ...... Weizhou. ”

"On the tenth day of the first month of last month, that is, on the afternoon of the murder of Mrs. Wuchang Hou, where were you?"

The maid paused for a moment and said, "The slave maid followed the county lord into the palace to greet the queen." ”

"Stay in the palace until dinner."

"What time exactly?"

The maidservant lowered her head and thought for a moment, "Two or three quarters." ”

Yan Du looked at Murong Lingyi, "Lord Zhaohua, please think about it carefully, when did you leave the palace?" ”

Murong Lingyi frowned, and was about to answer, when the eldest princess grabbed her wrist, "Listen to your seventh brother's words, think about it carefully." ”

"How could He'er ......?"

Murong Lingyi didn't finish her words, because she felt that the eldest princess was grabbing her wrist hard, and even made her feel pain.

"What your seventh brother asks you, you answer whatever you want, so that you can return your innocence." The eldest princess looked at the county lord of Zhaohua, and her eyes deepened.

Murong Lingyi nodded, then pondered for a while, and said with a sigh: "It seems that it is time to come, and I heard the grandmother beside the queen in a daze." ”

"Confused?"

"The queen left me for dinner, and I drank a few glasses of wine with her, and I felt a little dizzy, as if I was drunk, so I lay down in the palace for a while, so I stayed so late."

Yan Dui's eyes narrowed, and he turned his head to look at Xue Changfeng, "Xue Gongzi, we drank before, and you told me that the county lord drank a lot of wine, which is on par with you, right?" ”

Xue Changfeng nodded, "The county lord's alcohol consumption is very good, and we have drunk it." ”

"So it's just a few glasses of wine, how can the county lord get drunk?"

Murong Lingyi was stunned for a moment, "It's not that I'm drunk, it's just dizzy......"

Speaking of which, Murong Lingyi also sensed that something was wrong, how could she be dizzy when she was so good?

Yan Du looked at the maidservant again: "From the time the county lord entered the palace to the time she left the palace, you have been by her side, never leaving an inch?" ”

"Slave ......"

"You'd better tell the truth, because this king can also find the palace people of Feifeng Palace to verify what you said."

The maid leaned her head against her head, was silent for a moment and said, "No, the slave felt stuffy in the house, so she walked around the garden outside for a while." ”

"The palace is heavily guarded, you said you walked around casually?"

“……”

Yan Duan snorted coldly, and then said: "And at about six o'clock, Imperial Physician Zhou hurriedly left the palace with the medicine box on his back, Chen Xuan deliberately rushed out and knocked his medicine box back, taking the opportunity to replace the ginseng pill with poison. ”

"What's the connection?" Xue Changfeng asked puzzled.

Liu Yunxiang lowered his eyes, and he already understood what Yan Duan meant, Murong Lingyi was present at every point in time when Mrs. Wuchang Hou was killed and Chen Xuan committed suicide, so they reasonably suspected her, but in fact, there was also this servant girl.

"Lord Zhaohua, why did you suddenly think of taking Aunt Zhou to Ziyun Nunnery to offer incense?" Yan Du asked Murong Lingyi.

Murong Lingyi's face immediately changed, "I'm ......"

"You want to harm her, in fact, there are many means, why did you go to Ziyun Nunnery?"

This was said too bluntly, and Murong Lingyi couldn't hold her face for a while, but since she recognized it, she was not afraid to mention it. On the contrary, Xue Changfeng was unhappy, this was his family matter, even an ugly matter, and he naturally didn't want to mention it in front of so many people.

"Your Highness, what do you want to ask?"

Yan Du smiled and said, "When we were drinking, you told me that your wife was jealous and couldn't tolerate your aunt, so I guessed that your aunt's disappearance might have something to do with the county lord of Zhaohua. ”

Xue Changfeng gritted his teeth, "So you drink with me, what do you say about the old days, it turns out to be my words." ”

Yan Du coughed dryly, "By the way, ask." ”

"In vain, I still have a little true affection for you."

"The king of this return, please you."

"No need, Your Highness's wine, I don't dare to drink it anymore."

Yan Du smiled and continued: "So I checked the county lord of Zhaohua and found that she often went to Ziyun Nunnery, and it was estimated that she went to find Aunt Zhou, and later we learned that the palace maid who replaced Imperial Physician Zhou's ginseng pill with poison, that is, Chen Xuan, she was in Ziyun Nunnery, so, is it really a coincidence?" ”

As he spoke, Yan Du looked at Murong Lingyi.

When Murong Lingyi heard this, he was involved in himself again, so he had to quickly think about what happened at that time, and when he thought of something, he couldn't help but widen his eyes, "He'er...... He'er said that what was the use of getting rid of the child in Aunt Zhou's belly, if you want the backyard to be clean, you should kill Aunt Zhou, she gave me the idea to let me take Aunt Zhou to Ziyun Nunnery, and then kill her halfway. ”

"This king first began to suspect that it was the county lord, but all indications indicate that this servant girl is more suspicious." Yan Du said.

Xue Changfeng was still a little confused, "But why didn't she replace Imperial Doctor Zhou's ginseng pills by herself, but bribed Chen Xuan, it was very risky to do so." ”

Yan Duan thought about Mrs. Chen, and asked in a deep voice: "Chen Xuan has only been in the palace for two years, but she has built a new house for her family and helped her brother pay off his gambling debts, am I right?" ”

Mrs. Chen's body trembled, "Yes." ”

"And she only has a monthly income of two taels, and you have repeatedly forced her to take money, so you haven't thought about where her money comes from?"

Mrs. Chen lowered her head, "I don't ask." ”

"You know!"

"I ......"

"Above the court, don't tell the truth!"

Mrs. Chen hiccuped in fright, "She...... She stole from the palace and sold it. ”

Yan Du nodded, and then looked at He'er, "This king guesses that it should be that you happened to bump into Chen Xuan carrying the things in the palace that night, so he coerced and lured her to help you do this." Originally, you did plan to do it yourself, but if someone did it for you, you were much less exposed. ”

"If you don't tell me honestly, why did you murder Mrs. Hou?"