"Is the Marquis looking for me?" Song Zhiyu asked softly, ignoring Li Mama's struggles, he dragged her by the collar to the group and casually tossed her to the ground.

Seeing that Song Zhiyu was safe and sound, Shen Yanxi felt a sudden sense of relief.

It's good that you're alright.

Granny Li got up from the ground, her eyes darted around, and she suddenly hugged Shen Feng's leg, crying with snot and tears streaming down her face. "My lord, please save this old servant! The second young lady set fire to the ancestral hall and I saw it. She was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so she wanted to kill me to silence me."

Song Zhiyu raised an eyebrow. Was she trying to preemptively shift all the blame onto her?

"You rebellious daughter! How dare you burn down the ancestral hall! You've really gone against the heavens!" Shen Feng was furious and completely failed to notice the loopholes in Li Mama's words. He listened to one side and believed it, and in just a few words, he convicted Song Zhiyu.

Shen Yanxi frowned, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes. Granny Li was his mother's person; she wouldn't deliberately frame Song Zhiyu.

He just hadn't expected that Song Zhiyu would be so audacious as to do something as outrageous as burning down an ancestral hall.

Song Zhiyu chuckled, looking down at Granny Li with a disdainful gaze as if she were looking at an ant. "You said I burned down the ancestral hall and wanted to kill me to cover it up?"

"You were dissatisfied with the Marquis's punishment of you, so you wanted to burn down the ancestral hall to vent your anger. However, the old servant happened to witness it and then had the idea of ​​killing someone to silence them."

"Second Miss, just accept it. The Marquis is kind-hearted and won't do anything to you." Granny Li turned her head away, not daring to meet Song Zhiyu's eyes, displaying her masterful ability to turn the tables.

Shen Yanxi's sharply defined jawline was tense, and his gaze towards Song Zhiyu was extremely complicated. "Why did you do this?"

"I won't take the blame for something I didn't do. Are you sure you don't want to tell the truth?" Song Zhiyu's calm and even tone sent a chill down Li Mama's spine.

"What this old servant is saying is the truth. Even if the Second Miss threatens me, it won't work." Granny Li stubbornly refused to believe that Song Zhiyu could prove her innocence.

Hearing the last part, Shen Feng's face darkened as he angrily shouted, his chest heaving, clearly furious. "Enough! Granny Li has no grudge against you, so why would she deliberately slander you?"

You set fire to the ancestral hall and still show no remorse. Don't think that just because the Princess and the Crown Prince are protecting you, I won't dare to touch you.

Song Zhiyu scoffed, too lazy to argue with a fool.

To someone who hates you, everything you say is wrong.

It's better to take action than to talk to these idiots who are blinded by greed.

While Li Mama was in a daze, she grabbed her cheek and stuffed a black pill into her mouth.

The pill melted instantly in her mouth and was swallowed down in one gulp by Granny Li.

"What did you feed me?" Granny Li clutched her neck in terror, her eyes wide open. She had already swallowed the pill and couldn't spit it out.

Song Zhiyu blurted out, "Truth Pill. Those who take this pill will suffer excruciating pain if they do not tell the truth."

"Who are you trying to fool? How could such a thing exist in the world?" Granny Li didn't believe it, but when she heard it wasn't poison, she breathed a sigh of relief.

Shen Feng and his son also looked incredulous. If there really was such a good thing as the "Truth Pill," it would be snapped up by everyone.

"Why don't you give it a try?" Song Zhiyu waved his hand, his smile carrying a deeper meaning.

The "truth pill" was indeed something she made up, but as long as it worked, that was enough.

The pill she gave to Granny Li was nothing more than ordinary poison.

This poison is not potent initially, but it has a strong aftereffect. When a person is panicked or even has a rapid heartbeat, the toxin will quickly invade the heart and lungs of the person who has taken it, causing them excruciating pain.

The more tense the situation, the stronger the poison's potency will be.

When people lie, they always subconsciously feel guilty and nervous.

Fearing that her actions would be exposed, Granny Li tried every means to pin the blame on her, and this was the best opportunity to break through.

Whether the "truth pill" is real or fake is not important. What is important is that her eyes have already revealed her panicked state of mind, causing her to become confused and only able to be led by the nose step by step.

Granny Li twitched her lips, clearly not taking her words to heart, and emphasized the last sentence, "Since the Second Miss is not giving up, then this old servant does not mind helping the Second Miss."

"What exactly is your purpose in coming to the ancestral hall?" Song Zhiyu lowered her eyelids, slowly wiping her slender, jade-like fingers, and asked casually.

Granny Li rolled her eyes inwardly and said sarcastically, "This old servant was ordered by Madam to bring food to the Second Miss, but unfortunately the Second Miss doesn't appreciate it."

As she finished speaking, she suddenly felt a piercing pain in her chest, as if countless poisonous insects were gnawing at her heart.

"Aren't you going to tell the truth?" Song Zhiyu smiled sweetly, but her charming smile appeared extremely terrifying in Li Mama's eyes.

Granny Li wanted to stand firm, but the excruciating pain almost made her collapse. "I'll talk, I'll talk."

"This old servant came to bring the Second Miss her meal just to see her make a fool of herself. Who told her to slap me before?" Granny Li grabbed Song Zhiyu's skirt, her deeply lined face contorted with pain.

After telling the truth, Granny Li felt the pain in her chest ease considerably, and she couldn't help but have other thoughts, so she kept quiet about sending swill and burning down the ancestral hall.

Song Zhiyu glanced at her expressionlessly, "Anything else? Aren't you going to tell me whose idea it was to have that bowl of rice?"

"That's all. This old servant wouldn't dare to deceive the Marquis..." Granny Li stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence, her face even more ferocious and ugly than before, and she even rolled on the ground in pain.

The excruciating pain filled Granny Li with fear. Looking at Song Zhiyu's indifferent profile, she suddenly realized that Song Zhiyu was not joking.

"It was my idea, it's all my fault. Second Miss, please spare me! I didn't mean to give you swill to eat, I was just momentarily out of my mind." Granny Li dared not play any more tricks; this deep-seated pain was already teaching her a lesson.

"As for the burning of the ancestral hall, it was also this old servant's fault. This old servant accidentally knocked over a candle, which caused the fire. This old servant was afraid of being punished by the Marquis, so I had no choice but to lie." In the end, she did not forget to leave herself a way out.

Shen Feng's face grew darker as he listened, a feeling of humiliation at being mocked welling up inside him. Especially under Song Zhiyu's disdainful gaze, he felt even more resentful.

He was afraid that if he didn't vent his anger, he would suffocate. And Granny Li became the first outlet for his anger.