As soon as the words fell, a burst of laughter broke out.

Everyone burst into laughter at Song Qianning's words, and began to whisper, "Could this Miss Song be possessed by a demon? She actually wants animals to testify, and perhaps even wants them to speak human language?"

"How can an animal testify? I think Miss Song is just confused for a moment."

What's worse is that they looked at Song Qianning as if she was a fool, including the bailiffs in the court, who were all trying to hold back their laughter.

The prefect above was the first to react, and the corners of his mouth twitched.

He wanted to bang the gavel, but when he remembered that Qin Ye was still sitting next to him, he forced himself to hold back.

He covered his mouth with his hand, coughed lightly, and sternly reprimanded, "Miss Song, you can't talk nonsense in court. Animals are livestock, not humans. How can you use them as evidence?"

As if he didn't hear the whispers outside, he looked at the prefect with an innocent face: "Animals and humans are both living beings. Humans can testify, so why can't animals?"

"Aside from Miss Pan and I, the only people present yesterday were the animals. Neither of us can testify against them, so we can only ask them to help us prove which of us is telling the truth."

The prefect: “…”

The deliberate seriousness on his face froze. He took a deep breath and said in a more serious tone, "Miss Song, this is the court, not a place for fooling around."

Facing the prefect's light rebuke, Song Qianning's expression remained unchanged. She shrugged her shoulders and said innocently, "I'm not messing around. Those animals can indeed testify to that."

"Then dare you tell me how animals can testify?"

"Once those animals arrive, the prefect will know."

Seeing that Song Qianning kept talking about animals, the prefect's eyes twitched even more violently and his forehead twitched.

If Qin Ye hadn't been sitting next to him, he would have been unable to resist cursing at him.

Pan Ruoruo was a little nervous at first, but after hearing what Song Qianning said, that little bit of nervousness disappeared.

She put her hands on her hips and laughed wildly at Song Qianning. He looked at her as if she were a fool, with no concealment of the sarcasm on his face.

"Song Qianning, I think you're really out of your mind. Those beasts don't even have intelligence. They're just food for people. How could they testify?"

"You actually dream of having those animals fed to humans come to court to testify. That's really hilarious."

Song Qianning was not annoyed, but just looked at Pan Ruoruo with a smile: "Miss Pan, you are wrong."

"Animals and humans are both living beings. They have intelligence and can distinguish right from wrong. Why not ask them to testify?"

"Tsk." Pan Ruoruo sneered: "Then I want to know how you can make a group of livestock admit the truth of the matter."

"Miss Pan, don't worry." Song Qianning smiled very kindly, deliberately keeping the same suspense as before: "Wait until the animals come, and you'll know how they will admit to what you did."

Then, Song Qianning walked towards Qin Ye and said in a rare gentle voice, "Mr. Qin, could you please send someone to help me bring those animals to the farm?"

Qin Ye didn't expect that Song Qianning would take the initiative to seek help from him, and a hint of surprise flashed across his eyes.

He thought that according to Song Qianning's temperament, she would ask the yamen runners or bring the animals herself, and never thought that she would come to him.

And... asking animals to testify is indeed a bit unbelievable.

After coming back to his senses, Qin Ye didn't show his surprise on his face, and nodded lightly: "Okay."

Although he didn't understand Song Qianning's intention, Qin Ye still planned to do as he was told.

He looked at the guards behind him and winked at them: "Go to Miss Song's farm and bring those animals here."

Meeting Qin Ye's gaze, the guard responded respectfully and immediately went to complete the task he had instructed.

…

Nearly two incense sticks of time passed before the guards finally returned, bringing the animals from the farm with them.

Seeing those animals, Song Qianning's eyes flashed with satisfaction: "Could you please help me take care of these animals first."

Unexpectedly, those animals did not pee or defecate like ordinary animals. They stayed obediently in the hands of the guards and only barked a few times from time to time.

After the animals were brought in, the prefect nodded and said, "Now that the animals are here, how would Miss Song like to ask them to testify?"

Without directly answering the prefect, Song Qianning only said: "Please wait patiently for a moment."

Glancing at Pan Ruoruo and Pan's mother opposite her, Song Qianning cleared her throat and recounted in public what happened at the farm yesterday.

"Yesterday, when I went to the farm, I met Ms. Pan outside. When I asked her, I found out that she wanted to buy baby rabbits from the farm."

"Because I wasn't planning on selling the baby rabbits from the farm, I refused Ms. Pan's request and explained the reason clearly to her. I also kindly gave her the addresses of several nearby farms. I never expected that after being rejected, she not only didn't leave, but instead kept pestering me."

"Under Ms. Pan's pressure, I didn't agree to it. I tried to tell her several times that I didn't intend to sell the baby rabbits. But after I refused and tried to persuade her several times, she actually had the servants go to the farm and forcibly take the baby rabbits out, and even strangled the mother rabbit to death."

"When the servants passed by, they somehow fell to the ground. Miss Pan picked up stones and tried to hit the ducks inside. But the stones ended up falling on herself. She blamed everything on me and even allowed her mother to cause trouble for me..."

Song Qianning calmly recounted the events of yesterday and looked up at the prefect: "Please ask someone to find me two pieces of paper and write "guilty" and "not guilty" on them."

After a moment's hesitation, the prefect nodded and said, "I will divide it evenly."

Song Qianning took the two pieces of rice paper with "guilty" and "not guilty" written on them, thanked the prefect, and spread them on the ground in public.

Then he signaled Qin Ye's guards to put the animals down. Song Qianning looked at them seriously, as if talking to people: "If you think she is innocent, go to the innocent one. If you think she is guilty, go to the guilty one."

Everyone else also heard what Song Qianning said, and seeing how serious she was, they burst into laughter again.

"Miss Song, stop joking. Those animals can't understand human language. It's a waste of effort for you to talk to them."

"Yes, Miss Song, you'd better take a break. They can't understand what you're saying at all."

"Alas, I think Miss Song's plan is going to fail."

"Instead of relying on these animals, we should rely on ourselves."

"Miss Song actually came up with such a ridiculous idea. What could they possibly understand?"

Just as everyone was laughing, the animals on the ground moved and walked towards Youzui, but they stopped there without moving.

One of the rabbits was even jumping around on the rice paper with the word "guilty" written on it, as if responding to Song Qianning's words.