"Therefore, out of affection, I hate her."

“But logically, I cannot break the law and treat her the way she used to treat me.”

“Unlike my sister…” she sneered and said quietly, “She is like a saint, with a refined and noble character.”

When she was still just "Er Ya" and had not yet revealed her identity as "Chen Qiyin", she would intentionally or unintentionally mention to outsiders that she was not favored at home.

How harshly the parents treated her, how difficult the grandmother made things for her.

She spoke frankly and openly about the resentment in her heart.

Therefore, there is even less need to hide it now.

When Shen Mengyin saw that after she finished speaking, Qian Chuan and the coroner looked at her with not rejection or disapproval, but instead with a hint of heartache, she was furious!

how so?

Shen Qiyin: "You just said that you didn't poison your grandmother. So, there are only a few people in this family now. It's either you, your father and wife, or me?"

"...I...that's not what I meant."

"So what do you mean?"

Shen Mengyin was rendered speechless by her interrogation.

She was practically shredding the handkerchief in her hand.

She had never hated the “weak” image she had cultivated as much as she did now; otherwise, she could have thrown a tantrum and accused the other party without restraint.

Instead of being bullied into silence because of concerns about reputation and other people's opinions, like this.

and--

The whole thing turned out very differently from what she had expected!

They're completely different!

However, there was one thing she wasn't wrong about: the source of the poison.

Since it's the only clue at the moment, we have to investigate it.

Qian Chuan and another companion went to search, while the remaining constable and coroner stayed behind to watch over Madam Shen's body.

Although the Shen family's house was much smaller than the mansions of dukes and marquises, it was still huge if used to hide a packet of poison.

It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.

The prerequisite is that they must be certain that there are indeed "needles" in this sea.

After all, based on their past experience in investigating cases, if someone really wanted to poison someone, they would most likely not leave any poison behind.

If there is one, it is reserved for framing others.

This realization dawned on Qian Chuan when he found a packet of poison in Shen Qiyin's room.

However, when they returned to Zhuijintang, they saw that Old Madam Shen, who had been dead for a while, had opened her eyes!