Chapter 521 The real culprit who poisoned the princess must be in the room!

She gently patted Changning's face, the murderous intent in her eyes making Changning tremble.

She...she doesn't actually want to kill me.

The thought that she had overheard her father saying that the Ningyuan Temple incident was all orchestrated by her filled Princess Changning with fear.

She thought that most of the events at Ningyuan Temple were coincidences.

But judging from her methods, would she really dare to commit murder and arson?

Li Qingluo: "Princess Changning, aren't you curious why, among so many restaurant owners in Nan'an, none of them dare to actually sneak in and cause trouble, even though I, a woman, am doing such a successful business?"

"Because of them, they never even had the chance to step into this Flower Pavilion Restaurant!"

"Normally, not even a male mosquito can fly into the restaurant. Can you guess why?"

"My guards are the true impregnable fortress of this restaurant!"

It's a waste of her talents to have her professional assassins as bodyguards.

Princess Changning still thinks this is her princess residence!

Li Qingluo instructed Que'er to watch over Changning to prevent her from squawking and causing annoyance.

Then, turning to the princess's maid, who was already paralyzed with fear, he asked helplessly, "Has anyone been sent to fetch a female physician?"

"Tell me what happened!"

Maid: "They've already gone."

"Well, I was eating something when I suddenly had a terrible stomachache... and then I collapsed on the ground like this..."

Li Qingluo looked at the noble ladies from various families.

"May I ask, is this truly the case?"

Where had these noble ladies ever seen such a spectacle?

They all nodded in unison instantly.

Li Qingluo had Que'er catch Changning and take her aside.

Then he laid the princess flat on the ground and reached out to check her pulse.

His breathing was already quite weak.

Moreover, his face was dark and his lips were purple.

This is clearly a sign of poisoning!

Unfortunately, I had never studied medicine in any general way, so I could only ask the shopkeeper to come over and say, "Go to the Sixth Prince's residence right away."

She took out her token and handed it to the shopkeeper.

After the shopkeeper turned and left in a hurry, Li Qingluo first poured out one of the emergency pills that Grandpa Luo had left for her.

Then he carefully fed it to the seventh princess.

When the other noble ladies saw that she dared to give the princess medicine on her own, they were so frightened that their faces turned pale.

“Madam Nangong, it’s not that we look down on you, but this is a princess. How can you give her medicine so carelessly?”

"That's right! If something really goes wrong from what we eat, we won't be able to escape blame today!"

"You...you mustn't get us into this mess too."

Li Qingluo's face darkened completely, and she turned to look at everyone.

"Don't you all understand?"

"Today, none of you can escape."

Everyone was completely baffled when they heard her say that.

"What...what does this have to do with us?"

"That's right, we are all innocent."

"Didn't this incident happen in your restaurant? Even if something really happened to the princess, it's your business if you're beheaded and your property confiscated. How dare you drag us into this?"

"I think you'd better let us leave right now!"

"Your Flower Pavilion Restaurant is far too unsafe. You can even risk your life eating here. Now you want to throw mud at us?"

Amidst the chaos and chatter, everyone lost their composure.

Except for one person.

One of the Cai family's daughters sat quietly in the same spot, silently observing and scrutinizing Li Qingluo.

Before Li Qingluo could even explain herself in the face of everyone's accusations, the Cai family girl spoke first: "She's right."

"If anything were to happen to the princess today, none of our families would escape blame."

"Perhaps we will all be arrested and imprisoned."

"If we leave now, we might be branded as fugitives. And then it won't just be us who are implicated, but the entire families behind us!"

"The crime of plotting to murder the princess will result in the extermination of nine generations of your family! If you want to leave, you should think carefully."

The hall fell silent for a moment, and all the girls stared at Cai Jiuniang in disbelief.

Some gradually became restless.

Some, on the contrary, calmed down.

Some looked bewildered and helpless, while others, more timid, had already started wiping away tears.

"What should we do then?"

"I wish I hadn't gone out today."

"This Flower Pavilion Restaurant is truly a place of trouble!"

"If my father knew about what happened today, he would kill me before even confiscating my property and exterminating my family!"

Seeing this, Cai Jiuniang shook her head and looked up at Li Qingluo: "Next, let Lady Nangong speak for herself."

Li Qinglu nodded to her in a friendly manner.

"what to do?"

"Naturally, until the truth is uncovered, no one should leave the restaurant. That way, once the real culprit is found, everyone will be exonerated, won't they?"

A noblewoman immediately exclaimed, "The princess's accident happened in your restaurant. You are the one most responsible. Are you trying to shirk responsibility by saying you'll find the real culprit?"

Li Qingluo: "The real culprit wasn't me to begin with, so why are you trying to shift the blame?"

"Alright!"

"Ladies, anyone with a brain wouldn't have a hard time finding the real culprit today."

"The people around here are the ones still in this restaurant."

"The murderer must still be in this room!"

As soon as she said this, a girl involuntarily gasped.

"In this room?"

"How is this possible?"

"It seems that Madam Nangong is going to investigate the case herself?"

Is she really that amazing?

"Heh, let's wait for the Dali Temple to come."

"Will things be clear then? But the maid who went out has already informed the imperial physician, and the officials will probably be here soon..."

"What should we do then?"

"Let's wait and see what she's going to do."

The noble ladies fell silent as they spoke, all staring at Li Qingluo, waiting for her to continue.

Li Qingluo stood up and paced around the hall twice: "If the food at my Flower Pavilion Restaurant is really poisonous, why is it that only the princess shows signs of poisoning?"

"Do you all eat something different from what the princess eats?"

“But I have just glanced at it, and the food on everyone’s table and the princess’s table is almost identical.”

This statement sparked another round of discussion among the crowd.

"Yes, what she said makes sense. If it was poisoned, we'd all be eating the same thing!"

"That's different. What if only the princess's portion was poisoned?"

Li Qinglu smiled and said, "You're right."

"It must be that only the princess's portion was poisoned separately."

As Li Qingluo spoke, she turned to look at the princess's table.

Cai Jiuniang: "Nangong Niangzi, you previously said that the princess's poisoning had nothing to do with your restaurant, but now you say that the princess's food was indeed poisoned."

"What...what exactly do you mean?"