Jiang Qingyi was filled with resentment.

But thinking back to the cold gaze Jiang Xuanyan had cast on her just now, she suddenly didn't dare to act rashly.

The door was wide open, and Jiang Xuanyan walked in first. Seeing that no one was following him, he immediately turned around and glanced behind him.

This glance made everyone feel uneasy.

They had no choice but to follow. When they saw the white flesh in the room, the ladies screamed in fear and quickly covered their eyes.

Some of the timid ones had already collapsed and fainted in the arms of their maids.

The noblemen frowned in disgust, looking at the fat, sloppy man lying on the ground in a weird posture, as if they were looking at something disgusting and dirty, and turned their eyes away.

Jiang Xuanyan sneered,

"Didn't you say Zhuzhu is here?"

The maid who had brought people here was suddenly called. Her body trembled violently, her knees weakened, and she collapsed to the ground.

"I... your servant..."

"Heh... Come on, drag him away and beat him to death with clubs."

The maidservant was so frightened that she screamed madly and tried desperately to hug Jiang Xuanyan's thighs, "No, this servant was wrong, this servant is innocent, Your Majesty, please spare my life, this servant will never dare to do it again, this servant is innocent, wuwuwu..."

Unfortunately, before she could get close, she was kicked away by Jiang Yi and fell heavily to the ground. She covered her chest in pain and curled up on the ground like a shrimp, rolling around.

Even so, she still kept saying that she was innocent.

Jiang Xuanyan raised his hand, signaling Jiang Yi to stop, and then said,

"You keep saying you're wronged, so I'll give you one chance. Tell me, how are you wronged?"

Jiang Qingyi was stunned. When she saw the maid raise her head and look at her, she suddenly had a bad premonition.

He subconsciously stiffened his body and held his breath.

"Your Majesty, I am only a small servant. How could I dare to murder my master? It was...it was the princess who forced me to do this. If I didn't do as she said, I would be beaten to death."

"Your Majesty, please spare my life, Your Majesty. This slave really just wants to live. It was the princess who wanted to harm Miss Shen, not this slave. Please understand, Your Majesty."

The scene suddenly became quiet.

Jiang Qingyi shook her head frantically, and knelt in front of Jiang Xuanyan in a panic, denying everything.

"No, it's not like that."

“Ayan, you and I have been dependent on each other since childhood, and you know me best. How could I possibly harm Miss Shen?”

As he spoke, he turned his head and glared at the crying maid not far away with his venomous eyes, poking her with his fingers.

"Slut, how dare you buy your master's fame? Come, beat this traitor to death for me."

As soon as she finished speaking, no one paid any attention to her.

The maid suddenly came to Jiang Xuanyan on her knees and said excitedly,

"Your Majesty, I have evidence."

As she spoke, she quickly explained what Jiang Qingyi had instructed, where she had bought the medicine, how much money she had spent, and who had given her the money. She explained everything clearly.

Then, it was revealed that Jiang Qingyi had colluded with King Chen and framed Jiang Xuanyan years ago.

Every single one of them is well-reasoned and well-founded.

Everyone around was shocked when they heard this. Jiang Qingyi's chest was heaving violently with anger. She was so furious that she didn't care about anything else. She pulled out the hairpin in her hand and thrust it into the maid's neck.

For a moment, blood gushed out.

Jiang Qingyi seemed to still be unsatisfied, so she pulled out the hairpin and stabbed him several times.

The whole person was like a madman, stabbing and cursing,

"Slut, how dare you betray your master? Then die for me, die for me."

Jiang Qingyi looked like a madman, her bright and dignified face was covered with splattered blood, and her little face was twisted and hideous.

Everything happened almost in an instant.

When she came to her senses, the maid had already died, but her eyes were not closed. Instead, she stared straight at Jiang Xuanyan.

It seemed to be asking, wasn't it agreed that as long as she told the truth, she would be spared? Why did she die in the end?

But she will never know the answer to this question.

Jiang Qingyi looked at the blood on her hands, smelled the strong smell of blood in the air, and felt the sticky discomfort from her fingertips, then she realized what she had done.

He immediately shook his head desperately.

"That's not the case. I didn't do this. She... I didn't kill her. Get away. Stay away from me. Get away. Wuuwuwu..."

Jiang Xuanyan's eyes flashed with deep pity. He closed his eyes, turned his head and waved his hand reluctantly.

"Come here, send the princess back to the Princess's Mansion. Also, pass down the order that from today on, Princess Qingyi is confined to the Princess's Mansion and is not allowed to step out of it without permission."

"Also, if I hear anything about what happened here today, watch out for your heads."

After saying that, he glanced at everyone one by one, his eyes full of warning.

How could those young men and women have ever seen such a bloody scene? They were already terrified. Upon hearing this, they all sighed in their hearts, wondering how favored Princess Qingyi was. She had done such a vicious thing, and yet the emperor only confined her to her house.

They all knelt on the ground and said that they would never tell anyone even if they died.

Jiang Xuanyan then raised his foot and strode away.

The two best friends who were hiding outside the window on the other side breathed a sigh of relief when they saw everyone leave.

This was the first time Liu Zhiyi had killed someone, but fortunately, he had recovered after a while. Strangely, he didn't find it as difficult to accept as he had imagined.

Jiang Xuanyan, on the other hand, was a bit surprising.

Forget it, don’t think about that anymore, Liu Zhiyi said with a smile,

"I never thought he would kill that little maid in this way. That Jiang guy was so cruel that he exposed his childhood sweetheart's viciousness in public. No wonder people say that a man without viciousness cannot be a hero."

"Even though she was only able to get in the circle in the end, this way, she can't find any trouble with us, so it's a good thing."

Shen Ningzhu nodded.

"So what do we do now?"

Liu Zhiyi's eyes rolled and he said excitedly,

"This place is very close to our orchard. I think it's still early, so why don't we go to the orchard and pick some fresh fruit to take home? Then we can go to the nearby mountain and dig some bamboo shoots to pickle at home."

"I'll marinate it myself, and you can put more in when you eat the snail noodles later."

"By the way, the shepherd's purse in this season is also plump and tender, very fresh. Let's take the maid with us and dig up more to bring back. I will make some pickled shepherd's purse sauce for you."

Shen Ningzhu swallowed subconsciously, and saliva involuntarily flowed out from between her teeth.

Yun'er and Xia'er came from a poor family and were very familiar with all this. They immediately raised their hands to indicate that they would take care of this little thing.

They did it as soon as they said it. The group walked quickly and happily to the carriage. Shen Ningzhu first held the hand of the maid and stepped on the footstool to get into the carriage. But as soon as she lifted the curtain, the smile on her face froze instantly.

The whole person also froze in place.