Chapter 575 Fighting is worse than arguing!
"When we arrived, the gates of the Prince's Mansion were clearly still open."
"It was clearly only closed temporarily after they saw us."
"Still saying you're not deliberately targeting us?"
"And another thing! You said we couldn't wait to be notified, but we clearly knocked on the door, introduced ourselves, and waited at the door for a full fifteen minutes."
"There are clearly people inside, but they just won't open the door for us!"
"Isn't this just deliberately blocking us from getting in?"
"besides!"
"You only say that we hit you, so why don't you say that you ordered more than a dozen servants to attack us first?"
"You even used foul language and spoke disrespectfully to my grandmother!"
"My grandmother only had someone slap you across the face; that's already giving the Qi Prince's Mansion a lot of face!"
Consort Liu glared at Su Rongrong with resentment, "You're talking nonsense! You..."
Madam Liu Er pulled Consort Liu up and stood facing Su Rongrong, asking with a half-smile, "Madam Enping keeps calling me grandmother, may I ask what status Madam Enping holds when she speaks here?"
Su Rongrong subconsciously replied, "Of course, it's the Qiao family!"
Upon hearing this, Madam Liu smiled and bowed to Consort Liu and the Crown Princess, saying slowly, "Madam Enping is the granddaughter of Old Madam Qiao and claims to be a member of the Qiao family. I'm afraid her words are somewhat biased and should not be taken seriously."
"We haven't seen the facts with our own eyes, so we can't refute the truth."
"However, it was indeed Consort Hui who witnessed Old Madam Qiao ordering Consort Liu to be slapped."
"We urge Consort Hui to judge who is right and who is wrong."
Su Rongrong was immediately so angry that her face turned red. She wanted to say something more, but Wei Jia stopped her with a look.
Su Rongrong had no choice but to sit down reluctantly.
Just as Consort Liu was overjoyed, Wei Jia gave Ah Qin, who was not far away, a wink.
Ah Qin then dragged Steward Liu to the front of the crowd.
Wei Jia stood up, curtsied to everyone, and then slowly said, "This person, I suppose Consort Liu should know him?"
Consort Liu's heart skipped a beat, but she still nodded with feigned composure and said, "I know him. He's the new gatekeeper of the Prince Qi's residence."
"She's new here, and her surname is Liu. She must have been brought into the manor as Consort Liu after the death of Princess Qi, right?" Wei Jia continued to ask.
Consort Liu didn't understand Wei Jia's intention in asking this, but she still subconsciously asked warily, "So what if it is?"
Wei Jia smiled and said, "Since that's the case, can I understand that this Steward Liu is actually Consort Liu's person?"
"Liu Concubine's people are also in charge of the gatekeeper's affairs."
"It wouldn't be difficult for you to deliberately cause trouble and stop us, would it?"
Consort Liu scoffed, "Just because he's my man, the gatekeeper, does that mean he deliberately closed the gate to prevent you from entering the mansion? Does that mean I gave him the order?"
Wei Jia smiled slightly, "Indeed, no."
Consort Liu raised her chin slightly, a smug look on her face.
The next moment, Wei Jia said, "But since Consort Liu has admitted that he is your person, then his actions are inextricably linked to you, aren't they?"
As he spoke, he winked at Aqin.
Ah Qin then bent down and took out a strangely shaped thin bamboo tube from Steward Liu's arms.
Everyone looked at the bamboo tube in Ah Qin's hand.
"What is this?" Consort Liu frowned slightly.
Ah Qin then stepped forward with both hands, holding the bamboo tube, to show it to everyone.
However, whenever someone tried to pick it up and examine it closely, Ah Qin would remind them to be careful.
Everyone then stopped.
After circling around, Ah Qin explained, "This is a type of hidden weapon commonly used by assassin organizations in Jiangnan."
"It contains several fine needles, as thin as a hair. It can kill without leaving a trace."
Wei Jia continued, "This person, carrying this item, took advantage of the chaos to approach my mother; he must have intended to kill her."
"Since Consort Liu just admitted that Steward Liu is your man, can I assume that his attempt to assassinate my mother was also your doing?"
Only then did everyone realize that Wei Jia's previous questions were all just a prelude to this moment.
Closing doors and blocking people are minor issues.
Secretly taking lives is the real crime!
From the moment Consort Liu admitted that Steward Liu was her man, the matter of Steward Liu's plot to harm Qiao Qinghe became inextricably linked to her.
"That's slander!" Consort Liu retorted hastily. "I don't even know what this thing is, and you're saying I instructed Steward Liu to harm Old Madam Qiao? Isn't that a bit far-fetched?"
"Besides, although this thing was taken from Steward Liu, how can we be sure it wasn't planted on him by you beforehand?"
"This girl just said that these are hidden weapons from Jiangnan. But none of us here are from that region."
"Speaking of which, it is your Qiao family that originated from Jiangnan."
Upon hearing this, Manager Liu quickly chimed in, "Yes, yes, I have no idea what this thing is!"
"This is what this girl slipped into my arms when she restrained me just now!"
"You even want to accuse me of taking advantage of the chaos to murder Old Madam Qiao!"
"Your Majesty, please understand! I have been wronged! The concubine has also been slandered by someone with malicious intent!"
"We, master and servant, have absolutely no intention of harming anyone!"
Madam Liu glared at Wei Jia and Qiao Qinghe, her expression indignant, and said, "Old Madam Qiao, I know you are saddened by the death of Princess Qi. But you shouldn't have come to the Qi Prince's residence to take your anger out on Consort Liu!"
"At your age, isn't it a bit much to resort to slander and framing against a junior?"
"What? Princess Min is dead, oh no, it's Princess Qiao. Princess Qiao is dead, so you can't stand to see Consort Liu doing well, and you have to pin a crime on her and force her to die so that she can be buried with Princess Qiao?"
Wei Jia frowned, not expecting the Liu family to react so quickly. From an outsider's perspective, she had to admit that the Liu family's words made a lot of sense.
The Liu family is really difficult to deal with.
No wonder he dared to openly murder his mother after killing Min Yuexi.
Su Rongrong gritted her teeth in anger. She had never seen anyone so adept at turning the tables!
Qiao Qinghe also knew that what happened at the gate of the Prince's Mansion was impossible to explain.
There were only their side of the group and Consort Liu and a few others present at the time; there were no third parties.
The only evidence presented to everyone now was the clear handprint on Consort Liu's face and the group of servants from the Prince's mansion who had been beaten and were in a sorry state.
No matter how you look at it, it's Consort Liu's side that's at a disadvantage.
Therefore, no matter how much they say, it's all empty talk and pointless.
Just as Wei Jia was about to argue with the Liu family again, Qiao Qinghe shook her head at her, just as she had done before when she stopped Su Rongrong.
"Mother……"
"grandmother……"
Wei Jia and Su Rongrong both looked unwilling, but they still subconsciously trusted Qiao Qinghe and obediently sat back down in their seats.
In contrast to the worried expressions on the Qiao family's faces, Old Mrs. Liu curled the corners of her lips, and Second Madam Liu also revealed a smug smile.
Consort Liu's eyebrows practically flew to the sky, and she even gave Qiao Qinghe a provocative look.
Qiao Qinghe's intervention was not an admission of defeat, nor was it an indication that she intended to back down and let Consort Liu go.
She simply came to terms with reality and didn't want to argue with them anymore.
She scoffed, about to unleash her killing move, when she saw Zhen Huan, who had been silent all along, suddenly step out from behind her.
Before anyone could react to what she was about to do, she had already taken the bamboo tube weapon from Ah Qin's hand, fiddled with it for a few moments, and then aimed it at Steward Liu.
"To be honest, it's not difficult, is it?"
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