The courtyard was filled with soldiers; judging from their attire, they were from the Dali Temple.

Not only were there soldiers in the courtyard, but also on the rooftops and walls around the area, some holding swords and others bows and arrows.

Aim it at her!

Wuqingguo noticed that, standing opposite her, besides the soldiers with weapons, were the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, Ye Qingxue, and her four maids.

Xiao Bao and Bai Qi were also behind her.

Ye Qingxue's face was still pale, showing signs of incurable poisoning, but Wuqingguo keenly realized that the poison... was not the kind he had given her before.

Behind her, countless soldiers were fighting the fire, which was gradually being extinguished—the firefighting operation had begun before they even escaped.

Zhao Chengping, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, said: "Ruthless Fruit, you killed two girls in Liu Family Village on the outskirts of the city with cruel methods. Now that the evidence is conclusive, I am ordered to arrest you and bring you to justice. Surrender now!"

I see, I see!

The Heartless Fruit finally realized that it had been deceived.

They were tricked into the room by Xiangsizi, which bought time for the soldiers to arrive and provided an opportunity for Chun, Xia, and Aunt Liu to be rescued!

"Did you actually feed that bitch Ye Qingxue my poison?" Wuqingguo turned to look at Xiangsizi, her eyes bloodshot with rage!

Xiang Si Zi had already let go of her hand and was now about three steps away from her. He said, "I did feed her, but before she entered the courtyard, I gave her the antidote in advance. Senior Sister is skilled in using poison, so I had to be careful."

Ye Qingxue's vomiting of blood at that time was just an illusion.

The Heartless Fruit's voice grew even more shrill: "You pretended to love me deeply, pretended to persuade me to turn back, pretended to agree to leave with me... but you were just lying to me, weren't you?"

"The truth is, you colluded with others to stage a scene with me, the purpose of which was to get the soldiers to arrest me, right?"

Just as Xiang Si Zi was about to speak, she suddenly noticed that there were still burn scars on her wrists, which were exposed outside her sleeves and were even bleeding.

That was when Wuqingguo reached out to block the falling shelf while trying to save him; the wooden planks on that shelf were burning at the time, but she could have ignored him.

Besides this very obvious scar, she had many other injuries on her body sustained for him.

And it was just an injury.

"I am so deeply in love with you, I trust you so completely, all I want is to consummate our marriage, why are you treating me like this? Why have you betrayed me like this!" Wuqingguo questioned, her voice filled with anguish.

Xiangsizi closed her eyes, unable to bear speaking or looking at her.

Ye Qingxue sneered, "What, is your feeling the only feeling? Is your life the only life?"

"I'm talking to Acacia Seed, so shut up! You have no right to speak here!" Heartless Fruit roared angrily!

Ye Qingxue said, "You forcibly took the lives of two young girls. They could have had happy days and a bright future, but you cut them all off!"

"You not only killed them, but you also drugged their family members and committed the crime in bed, next to their mothers, scraping the flesh off their faces clean. You drove two mothers insane. What right do you have to demand that others treat you equally!"

"You even wanted to raze my Guanju Courtyard to the ground, and you wanted to take my life and the lives of everyone around me. You are so vile, how dare you expect Xiangsi Zi to like you? He's not mentally twisted, how could he like you!"

The ruthless fruit's eyes were filled with ferocity, as if bloodlust filled them. She stared fiercely at Ye Qingxue for a very long time.

But in the end, she didn't refute Ye Qingxue at all. Instead, she turned to Xiang Sizi again and asked, "Is that so? Is what she said true? Do you think so?"

Ye Qingxue said, "What else did you think? I knew you would come to my Guanju Courtyard sooner or later. Xiangsi Zi and I also guessed long ago that the two girls in the suburbs were killed by you!"

"When I went to the front yard to fight the Prince Ding, it was to buy time so that Qiu Shen could report to the authorities and Xiang Si Zi could take Bai Qi and Xiao Bao with the government officials to Liu Family Village to solve the case!"

"Xiangsi Zi still held onto a sliver of hope that you weren't the culprit, but the evidence is irrefutable. It really was you who killed them, it really was you who peeled off their skin and scraped the flesh off their faces!"

"Good, good, good, good!" The Heartless Fruit sneered repeatedly, looking only at the Acacia Seed: "You even went to help solve the case. You are really my good junior brother. Because you understand the poison I use, you can help them solve the case. You are so good to me!"

"Senior Sister!" Xiang Si Zi suddenly called out to her, her voice deep and heavy. Wu Qing Guo immediately fell silent, but Xiang Si Zi's face was full of pain.

But he still resolutely said, "A life for a life is a matter of course. Let Master and Junior Sister rest in peace in the afterlife, and let all those you killed die in peace!"

The Heartless Fruit was stunned, and after a long while, it said, "You're blaming me? So you've actually been blaming me all along. Back then, when you left without saying goodbye, you were actually punishing me! Right!"

Her expression turned frantic. "Do you think I wanted to kill my junior sister? Who told her to be so young and always chasing after you, and you always treating her so well?"

"I don't want to kill my master either. I just want to stay young forever. I'm just afraid that you will dislike me when I get old. Why does she always stop me from studying the art of face-changing?"

"She even blamed me for killing my junior sister and wanted me to pay with my life. What could I do? I had no choice but to kill her! If it weren't for loving you, if it weren't for the fact that you never even glanced at me, why would I do this!"

Xiangsizi stared at her, staring straight at her, his emotions like a taut string snapping with a "crack," and he roared:

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