"Your Majesty, I smelled a laxative on this young lady, so I wanted to ask if she had eaten anything, but she got anxious..."
laxative?
Su Lijin captured the key information, and the first thing she thought of was the woman who was lying in bed with diarrhea and completely exhausted the day before the competition.
"Oh, really?"
She curled her lips in a cold smile, fixed her gaze on Ye Shuyin, and then asked.
"Ye Shuyin, I'm curious, why do you smell like laxatives? Or did you drug that woman with diarrhea?"
Ye Shuyin lowered her head guiltily, but still stubbornly refused to admit it and explained.
"No, Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with me. Perhaps I accidentally got it contaminated while changing clothes. You can't just convict me based on this!"
Now it's just a suspicion, and Su Lijin is just testing it out. But Ye Shuyin's guilty look makes people suspicious.
So now, Lu Bingqian needs to carefully identify whether the smell on Ye Shuyin's body is the same as the smell on the woman with diarrhea.
"The evidence will speak for itself. Miss Ye, please go down and change your clothes so I can check."
After Su Lijin finished speaking, she asked someone to take Ye Shuyin away, and asked Lu Bingqian to take the clothes and extract the medicine powder.
After comparison, Lu Bingqian confirmed that the two drugs were no different.
This also means that Ye Shuyin gave the woman a laxative.
The nature of the matter became murder, and logically speaking, Xiao Shengxing should have been in charge of it. However, it was obvious that Xiao Shengxing wanted to be a hands-off boss. He said that he would leave everything to Su Lijin and rested aside.
Su Lijin sat on a chair, looking at Ye Shuyin kneeling on the ground, and said coldly: "Now tell me, why did you do this?"
Ye Shuyin trembled slightly. Now that the evidence had been found, no matter how much she explained, it would be useless.
She took a deep breath and then looked at the woman with diarrhea with a vicious look.
It's like throwing a broken jar away.
Ye Shuyin suddenly spoke, very angrily saying: "Because, because she said bad things about His Royal Highness! I was so angry at the moment, I felt that such a person was not worthy of participating in the competition, so I..."
What follows does not need to be said in full for everyone to understand.
The woman heard this and shook her head aggrievedly: "No, why would I say anything bad about the prince?"
Su Lijin cast a slightly curious gaze on the woman in front of her.
She pursed her lips, looking forward to what the woman would say next. She chuckled and asked, "Really? Then tell me, why did Ye Shuyin do such a cruel thing to you?"
"I just don't believe that Ye Shuyin would dislike you since you have been together day and night for the past few days and there have been no conflicts."
After the woman glanced at Ye Shuyin, she actually set her eyes on Xiao Zhaolin who was standing beside her.
Just from this one look, Su Lijin understood that she must have known something.
Sure enough, the woman took a deep breath, as if she had made up her mind, and then spoke directly to Su Lijin.
That night, I accidentally ran into His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and Ye Shuyin having a secret meeting. They talked about some things about the competition, and when they were about to leave quietly, they were discovered by Ye Shuyin.
"Ye Shuyin warned me not to tell anyone, but I agreed at the time. I didn't expect Ye Shuyin would hit me later."
The woman wiped her tears and looked at Su Lijin: "I told others, but they didn't believe me. Your Majesty, please make the decision for me, Your Majesty!"
A hint of panic flashed in Ye Shuyin's eyes. She never thought that this woman would dare to tell the truth.
Su Lijin looked at Xiao Zhaolin thoughtfully, and said with a hint of sarcasm.
"So, the prince and Miss Ye know each other. I thought this was your first meeting. I just saw you apologizing to her on the court. Why are you pretending to be so unfamiliar?"
This sarcastic voice sounded so harsh to Xiao Zhaolin's ears.
Su Lijin didn't intend to say anything else, but at this moment everyone's gossipy eyes fell on Xiao Zhaolin.
Everyone seemed to be waiting for Xiao Zhaolin to explain.
The latter denied it without hesitation: "Your Majesty, please understand. This is indeed the first time Miss Ye and I have met today. We have never known each other before. I am afraid that this woman wants to frame Miss Ye and therefore implicate me."
Ye Shuyin kept her head down and didn't say anything, as if she was hesitating about something.
Finally, she seemed to have made up her mind and said to Su Lijin, "Your Majesty, this matter really has nothing to do with the Crown Prince. Your Majesty, please don't misunderstand His Highness."
"I don't know whether it has anything to do with the prince, but this matter must be related to you, Ye Shuyin, are you still not going to tell the truth?"
Su Lijin's tone suddenly turned cold, and Ye Shuyin was so scared that she couldn't help but shrink her neck, and then she fell silent in fear.
"Everyone has witnessed my hard work today. To say that I approached Miss Ye and used unfair means to win the competition is completely groundless."
Xiao Zhaolin also spoke again, invisibly helping Ye Shuyin explain.
I have to say that his explanation is indeed useful. Now it depends on what Ye Shuyin will say.
The latter was still thinking. She knew that if she continued to struggle like this, Xiao Zhaolin would definitely be implicated.
It’s better to admit it yourself.
Under Su Lijin's gaze, she looked up at her and said seriously, "Your Majesty, this matter has nothing to do with the Crown Prince, but it was indeed me who gave that woman the laxative."
"Really? Tell me why you did that."
Su Lijin's tone was very flat.
Ye Shuyin looked at Su Lijin's calm expression, gritted her teeth and said, "It's because I feel that if she goes on stage, she will definitely steal my limelight and make it impossible for me to attract the prince's attention."
"I do like the prince, so I resorted to this desperate measure. Queen, I know I was wrong. I beg you to atone for my sins."
She spoke with a choked voice, as if she had truly realized her mistake.
Su Lijin didn't say anything, but looked at the woman in front of her in silence.
It was obvious that looking at Ye Shuyin's expression, she would not tell the truth.
Just as everyone was waiting to see what decision Su Lijin would make.
Xiao Zhaolin, who was standing nearby, suddenly spoke up: "Empress, those who hurt others must be punished. If you forgive them, I'm afraid it will only lead to others questioning you. How about confinement and reflection?"
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