What she said made sense, and everyone present couldn't help but ponder. Even Lu Daizong was unconsciously shaken.

At this moment, a maid suddenly said: "I think I saw Miss Jiang sneaking out..."

A single stone stirred up a thousand waves. The guards forced the maid to kneel forward. The maid trembled, but her mouth was very clear: "Just when we were having dinner, I saw Miss Jiang sneak out and go in that direction!"

She stretched out her hand and pointed to the dense forest in the southeast.

Lu Daizong nodded hurriedly: "Yes, that's the direction!"

After he said this, Marquis Anle looked at the emperor. The emperor waved his hand, and several guards walked over there.

Jiang Zhiyu narrowed his eyes. The fish took the bait.

The maid's name is Lan Yan, and she is the confidant of the male protagonist, the current Sixth Prince, Xiao Yanli.

No one expected that the foolish Xiao Yanli was actually pretending and actually had great martial arts skills.

In the plot, the original owner discovered his conspiracy with Song Shiwei, was drugged by Lan Yan, and thrown into the servants' room. Before he could continue, Jiang Sulan happened to be visiting the garden with a group of noble ladies, and a kite landed in the servants' yard, saving the original owner in time.

But the original owner's reputation was also ruined, and coupled with Song Shiwei's deliberate spread of the news, the original owner became the laughing stock of the entire circle of noble ladies. She was so depressed that she jumped into the lotus pond and committed suicide.

Jiang Zhiyu chose to take action in the hunting ground because she knew that Xiao Yanli would never miss the opportunity to kill her.

Regardless of whether Jiang Zhiyu did it or not, he would definitely find a way to pin the blame on himself.

[After so much time, the evidence must have been fabricated by now.] Jiang Zhiyu thought.

She thought it was an understatement. Jiang Sulan and Jiang Zhaorong were almost fainting. If this were really discovered, with Anle Hou's temper, would his daughter/sister still have a chance of survival?!

"Miss Jiang, what are you doing in the jungle?"

Song Yaozu stared at her, and the scene of his previous conversation with his brother came flooding back to him, and his breathing became heavier.

If Jiang Zhiyu is really a monster, and they expose him, will he transform back into his original form and go on a killing spree?!

What he expected did not happen. Jiang Zhiyu just pointed at the cage in Jiang Sulan's hand and said, "I'm going to catch rabbits over there."

I don’t know if he was sleepy or what, but in such a serious environment, Jiang Zhiyu still yawned a few times.

Song Yaozu was immediately very angry. Why did he feel like a clown in front of her?

Without waiting for their further questions, Jiang Zhiyu immediately told them in detail how they left, how they met the rabbit and how they caught it.

Anyway, according to her, it was impossible for her to subdue Lu Daizong, cut off his fingers, and then catch two wild rabbits.

The atmosphere was deadlocked for a moment.

Jiang Zhiyu's gaze fell on Lan Yan: "Which palace are you from, and what's your name?"

"Your servant, your servant..."

"Speak boldly, what are you afraid of? I'm just a weak woman and I won't do anything to you."

Jiang Zhiyu chuckled, her voice gentle but full of threat: "Come to think of it, you look familiar to me, like..."

Before she could finish, Lan Yan spoke directly: "I am just a palace maid in the Imperial Household Department, my name is Lan Yan."

She asked inexplicably, and everyone just thought she was going to take revenge in the future and didn't take it to heart.

Song Daizong covered his hands with his hands, his gloomy eyes wandering over Jiang Zhiyu. He even moved closer, trying to hallucinate again.

"Go away! You filthy thing! Don't you know how ugly you are? You're so young, and you're already using your face to scare people?!"

If they hadn't known that the occasion was not right, Jiang Sulan and Jiang Zhaorong would have been amused by her. Both of them lowered their heads, looking even more guilty than Jiang Zhiyu who was standing in the middle.

About two cups of tea later, a guard knelt before the emperor, holding something that looked like a ribbon.

"Your Majesty, we found some torn clothing in the grass. It looks like it's indeed women's clothing."

The emperor glanced at it lightly and waved his hand: "Go and present it to the Marquis of Anle."

Marquis Anle picked it up, looked at the ribbon, then looked at Jiang Zhiyu, comparing them carefully.

"I don't think this can be used as evidence." Jiang Zhiyu suddenly spoke out, and even walked forward and stood in front of Anle Hou.

Marquis Anle was full of vigor and ambition in his early years and had fought in the battlefield. What he hated most in his life were people who cried and were useless. When he saw Jiang Zhiyu dared to come forward with the silk thread in his hand without any fear, a hint of admiration flashed in his eyes.

"What do you mean?"

"It's very simple. My dress isn't particularly expensive. Even those from outside the palace can make something exactly like mine."

Jiang Zhiyu knelt before the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, please understand. Someone is setting up a trap to harm me."

"Tell me about it."

"First, I am definitely not strong enough to subdue Master Lu. Secondly, the forest is so vast, how could I know where Master Lu is?"

Jiang Zhiyu continued, "The murderer only cut off one of the Second Young Master's fingers and applied medicine to it. This is enough to show that the murderer did not intend to kill the Second Young Master. If that were the case, how could I reveal my identity when I knew that the Second Young Master was alive?"

Everyone nodded frequently.

"Speaking of this thread, Marquis Anle must have noticed that my dress isn't torn at all. At most, it's a little dirty from catching rabbits, but this thread is spotless. So, if my dress isn't torn at all, where did this thread come from?"

Jiang Zhiyu looked up and said slowly, "Finally, I think the timing of this maid's appearance is also extremely coincidental."

Lan Yan, who was kneeling, trembled and said hurriedly, "Your Majesty, please understand. Everything I said is true."

"I didn't say anything else. I just said that you must be more than one palace servant who saw me leave, but you are the only one who dared to say it directly."

"So what? I am just telling you what I saw."

Jiang Zhiyu spread her hands, "There's really nothing wrong with it, but it's very suspicious that a little palace maid wouldn't think about protecting herself and wouldn't worry about whether she would be retaliated against.

Lan Yan was stunned. She looked up hastily and found that everyone was nodding thoughtfully, as if they agreed with Jiang Zhiyu's words.

After what Jiang Zhiyu had said before, her suspicion level had reached its lowest point in everyone's mind, and everyone's eyes fell on Lan Yan.

When they weren't paying attention, Marquis Anle walked silently behind them.

Marquis Anle raised his fist, and the wind from his fist whistled. He did not hold back, and his cold eyes revealed a ruthless killing intent.

This punch will at least seriously injure him if he doesn't die.