Seeing Jiang Huaizhu's expression change drastically, Jiang Xiancao turned to look at the two frightened maids and said softly, "Don't be afraid, tell us what happened just now."

The maids glanced at Jiang Huaizhu in panic.

Jiang Huaizhu bit her lower lip and said aggrievedly, "The prince asked you to speak, so just speak!"

The maids understood and knelt at Jiang Xiancao's feet, crying one by one:

"Our young lady learned that the Second Young Lady was weak after the bloodletting. Out of consideration for the sisterly love, she brought the servants to visit her with some tonics."

"The young lady saw that the second young lady was very weak, so she took the initiative to forgive her and persuaded her to take good care of her injuries. She also promised that as long as the second young lady admitted her mistakes and corrected them, she would help her plead with the prince and the five young masters afterwards."

"Everything was fine, but just as my girl was about to leave, the second young lady suddenly stopped her and said she had something important to tell her about the prince. The girl leaned over to listen."

"As a result, the insane thing just now happened..."

"The Second Miss has a very vicious heart. Seeing that the prince doesn't want her anymore, she wants to drag our daughter down with her."

"Your Majesty, you must make the decision for our girl!"

These two maids were worthy of being the ones who had served Jiang Huaizhu personally, and they acted with real emotion.

After hearing this, Jiang Xiancao smiled and asked Jiang Huaizhu:

"Jiang Xiancao pushed you into the water three days ago. You knew she was plotting your death, so why did you go to see her with only two maids when you were seriously ill, giving her another chance to harm you? Don't you think the eldest daughter of the Wen Ning Marquisate, renowned in the capital for her kindness and generosity, has even the most basic sense of caution?"

Jiang Huaizhu's eyes were panicked for a moment. "I thought my sister pushed me into the water that day just for a moment, and she must have repented afterwards..."

"Well, Zhu'er has always been kind and generous, so it's not surprising that she has such pure thoughts."

Jiang Xiancao walked up to her, lowered his hand as if to stroke her cheek, but the next moment he turned around and picked up the blood-stained dagger that fell on the ground, holding it in his hand and looking at it.

"What a beautiful thing! The dagger is inlaid with amber."

Jiang Xiancao sighed in admiration and suddenly asked, "When Miss Jiang Er was dragged out of bed to bleed, she had nothing on except a single piece of clothing. After she passed out, you threw her into this shabby house like rags, without even a blanket to warm her. Where on earth did you get this dagger?"

Jiang Huaizhu's expression froze. She had never expected that the Ninth Prince, who always obeyed her every word, would pursue these details. In her panic, she blurted out, "Perhaps my sister had already made plans when she was taken to be bled, and secretly took the dagger—"

"If Jiang Xiancao had the dagger then, why did she resist being bled out later, lying in the snow, letting herself be slaughtered, never once showing a weapon to resist?"

"Because she doesn't dare!" Jiang Huaizhu raised her head, excitedly speaking as if she had grasped a life-saving straw. "The prince is surrounded by strict guards. She knows that she is a weak woman and can't hurt anyone even if she has a weapon, so she doesn't dare to act. Besides, the person she really wants to kill is actually me, so she endured the pain of bleeding, just waiting for the opportunity to kill me after waking up!"

"Yeah?"

Jiang Xiancao raised his eyebrows slightly, turned his head and said to the outside, "Tinglan."

As she finished speaking, the black-clad guard who had previously drawn her blood with a knife walked into the room expressionlessly and knelt at her feet, "Please give your orders, Your Highness."

When Shen Tingsi, who was lying on the straw mat, saw his most loyal guard, he snorted loudly and struggled constantly, but Tinglan only had his master in his eyes.

Tinglan’s current master is Jiang Xiancao, who occupies his body.

Jiang Xiancao said calmly, "Take them outside. I'll ask you to ask them something later. If anyone doesn't answer, you'll torture them."

Ting Lan responded, grabbed a trembling maid with one hand, and dragged her out without mercy.

Seeing this, the Third Young Master Jiang Jinyi bowed to Jiang Xiancao and said, "They are servants of the Wen Ning Marquisate after all. My sister's injury is also a family matter of the Wen Ning Marquisate. It is better to let me interrogate them."

Jiang Xiancao tilted her head slightly, looking at him with contempt in her eyes, "This prince doesn't like to meddle in other people's affairs, but it was Miss Jiang who just begged me to make the decision for her. Now that I really want to intervene, you say it's the Marquis's family affair? It's too late!"

Jiang Xiancao ignored Jiang Jinyi's red face and said to Jiang Huaizhu in a cold voice:

"When Jiang Xiancao stabbed you just now, your two maids must have been standing next to you and saw the whole process clearly. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to describe the whole thing so vividly in front of me, right?"

Jiang Huaizhu was extremely uneasy, but he could only nod his head:

"yes."

"I'm asking you again, did you see Jiang Xiancao take out the dagger with your own eyes?"

"Of course!" Jiang Huaizhu became excited again. "It wasn't just me who saw it. Those two maids were also witnesses. So were the prince and my five brothers. Didn't you all see Jiang Xiancao hurt me? With so many people testifying for me, how could it be false?!"

"I only saw a dagger stuck in your chest and you fell backwards. I didn't see who attacked you. The five young masters were standing behind me at the time, so it's impossible for them to see more than I did. Am I right?"

Jiang Jinyan and others had nothing to say and could only nod.

"Well, now that you and the two maids are the only ones who saw Jiang Xiancao doing it, then you must have also seen where Jiang Xiancao took the dagger out of his body."

Jiang Xiancao stared into Jiang Huaizhu's eyes and asked word by word:

"Tell me, where is it?"

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