When her father was mentioned, Qiao Mai's nose and eyes streamed down her face, her thoughts were in turmoil, and she said, "I didn't intend to do anything to her, let alone poison her. Someone made me do it."

Upon hearing this, Qiao Shu was more excited than anyone else and hurriedly asked, "Who is it? Who is it?"

"Yes..." Qiao Mai hesitated before she could finish speaking. If she didn't say it, Yang Cui would still be in danger. If she couldn't have her, why should Yang Cui? She was a divorced woman who had been abandoned in her second marriage!

"Say it already!" Qiao Shu urged. "Xiaomai, say it already!"

Qiao Shu still thought that his sister wasn't the mastermind. As long as she confessed everything, he would shamelessly beg the general to spare her life.

"Xiaomai, don't go on making the same mistake again." Qiao Shu remained silent in front of Qiao Mai, his face full of heartache.

Cen Xiao stood behind Qiao Shu, the dagger in his hand gradually approaching Qiao Shu...

He was silently threatening Qiao Mai, and Qiao Mai had no choice but to speak again: "It's Qiu Mingxuan."

Apart from Qiao Shu, who looked completely shocked, the others seemed unsurprised.

“I said, I’ll tell you everything, just don’t touch my brother.”

"Did Qiu Mingxuan personally contact you?" Cen Xiao asked coldly.

"No, it was an old woman who came to me. She also gave me the poison. I didn't know who she was at first. She came to see me twice."

The first time, she gave me poison and two gold hairpins—the same two you found in the Qinghua room. Two days later, she came back to me, asking me to change the poison, and then urged me to hurry up. Later, I secretly followed her and discovered that she had been in contact with Granny Tang.

This time, Cen Xiao didn't believe Qiao Mai was lying. It was precisely because of this that Cen Xiao felt extremely regretful. He should have killed Qiu Mingxuan with one blow back then, otherwise Yang Cui wouldn't have been poisoned!

"What is your relationship with Qinglan?" he asked in a deep voice.

"I really don't know who she is, but it's absolutely true that she asked me to drug the general."

"Where's the medicine?" Dao San asked.

"Under my cabinet."

Immediately, Dao Ba went to find it.

About fifteen minutes later, he returned, still holding the porcelain and two silver notes in his hand. Needless to say, these were definitely embezzled funds from the grain embezzlement.

However, the most important thing right now is not the silver notes, but this bottle of poison.

Dao Ba's expression was solemn as he said, "This is the highly poisonous arsenic."

Upon hearing that it was arsenic, everyone's expression changed drastically.

"General, the enemy is in the dark while we are in the light, you must be extra careful," Dao San hurriedly reminded him.

The other side has already sent people into the mansion to kill the general, but the crucial question is, who are these people? Are they sent by another country? Or are they related to the treason case they are investigating?

They had to be on high alert.

Cen Xiao paused for a moment, then said, "Starting tomorrow, arrange for more people to be in the household to ensure my wife's safety. Also, conduct a thorough, secret screening of all the staff, both new and old."

"yes!"

Cen Xiao turned his gaze to Qiao Mai on the ground: "Lock her up first, don't let her die. Also, find the person who contacted her."

"yes."

Cen Xiao then handed over the remaining tasks to Dao San Dao Ba.

When Cen Xiao returned to the bedroom, Yang Cui was still fast asleep. He moved very quietly so as not to wake her from her dream, and then took off his clothes and slipped into bed.

...

Dao San and his team were very efficient; by 1:15 AM the following afternoon, they had caught the old woman Qiao Mai had mentioned.

The old woman's background was also thoroughly investigated; it turned out she was Tang Qiao, the younger sister of Granny Tang.

After being subjected to severe torture, she confessed. Not only did she confess, but she also revealed other secrets, such as the death of Miss Song, who had been engaged to Cen Xiao, which was also the work of Granny Tang.

What are you planning to do?

After Tang Qiao was taken away, Yuan Qiu appeared. While they were interrogating Tang Qiao, Yuan Qiu was eavesdropping the whole time. Cen Xiao knew that he was eavesdropping, but he didn't stop him.

"Was it her who assassinated your godmother?" Yuan Qiu asked again. "You didn't find anything out, did you?"

Cen Xiao remained silent. Rumors were circulating that Qiu Mingxuan was behind it, and the clues his men had found pointed to the Duke's mansion. However, Cen Xiao felt that someone was manipulating things, and that someone had deliberately leaked those clues to him.

Furthermore, according to Tang Qiao and Qiao Mai's testimonies, if they chose to poison someone, why would they need to hire an assassin? Although the poisoning occurred after the assassination attempt, it was planned long beforehand. Under normal circumstances, if one plan didn't work, they would try another.

"That bitch harmed my godmother. If you can't bring yourself to do it, I'll do it myself!" Yuan Qiu said fiercely.

"Who can you beat?"

Yuan Qiu was furious; these words were clearly meant to look down on him.

Cen Xiao added, "There's nothing I can't do." He would repay them in kind.