“Zhao Ergou, you’re talking nonsense!” Qian Ruyi hurriedly said.
"I didn't, sir, I'm telling the truth," Zhao Ergou said.
Soon, the constables retrieved the silver, and Qian Ruyi's face turned ashen.
"Qian Ruyi, why did you do this?" Lord Gu asked.
"I... I was scared! Zhao Dahua is dead. Rongniang said she had a conflict with Li Niangzi, so I just went along with it. I didn't mean to harm anyone!" Qian Ruyi argued.
"Qian Ruyi, even now, you still won't tell the truth?!" Lord Gu roared.
Qian Ruyi was about to say something when she saw Lord Gu wave his hand, and the maidservant who served Qian Ruyi was brought in.
"My lord, it was all the madam's doing. She ordered me to buy the medicine and bring it over secretly. She's been plotting to harm the second madam for a long time."
Because the Second Madam was favored and arrogant in the mansion, constantly suppressing the First Madam, the First Madam became jealous and resentful, which is why she acted so cruelly. "My lord, spare my life! I only bought some medicine; I didn't do anything else. The Second Madam herself put it in the dessert; she tricked the Second Madam into eating it. It has nothing to do with me!"
"You actually betrayed me!" Qian Ruyi angrily stepped forward and hit the little maid.
"Madam, I'm so sorry! The master found the waiter who sold me the medicine, and he identified me. I don't want to die!" the maid said.
The matter is now clear: Li Rouniang was released without charge, Qian Ruyi was sentenced to death, Zhao Ergou was beaten and imprisoned, Zhao Xiurong was beaten, and Wu Yong escaped unscathed. He was the victim, and he did not directly implicate Li Rouniang.
However, the results were yet to come!
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