"Are you good at making excuses?"
"Your Highness, I don't want to be a scapegoat. I don't want the real murderer to go unpunished! My life is worthless, and death is not a pity. But as long as the real murderer is not caught, Your Highness and Princess will be harmed without anyone knowing!"
Feng Jinyu looked into her eyes and listened to her confident words. He felt a little inclined to believe that she might have been framed. Also, the water in the tank had not been tested after all.
"Princess, please test the water in the jar."
"Princess Xiao, please test it quickly. I want to know your unique method of testing for poison."
I had to verify this because I was forced to do so. Alas, I should have kept it that way earlier.
"Your Majesty, do you think the bad guys wouldn't poison the water tank?"
"Of course not. The villains poisoned everything. To ensure Yu'er was poisoned, they poisoned not only the food but also the water. This poison is colorless and odorless, and cannot be detected by a silver needle. If you have a good way to detect colorless and odorless poisons, more people will avoid consuming this poison."
"Your Majesty, the method for testing this colorless and non-toxic substance is very complicated. It was recorded in a damaged ancient medical book I found in a mass grave. This method is not only complicated, but it cannot be shown to outsiders. Otherwise, I will be killed. Forgive me for not publicly demonstrating the poison test."
Emperor Qianyuan narrowed his eyes, wanting to see if she was lying.
There is nothing in this world that he cannot see!
"Are you sure you can't show the poison test publicly?" Emperor Qianyuan tried to use the royal majesty to force her to obey.
Xiao Xier wanted to swear and scare his mother, causing her to have a miscarriage. She would not forgive him.
Xiao Lingyu was not affected at all and smiled calmly, "It's not difficult to test the poison in the water, Ziyu."
"What are your orders, Princess?"
"The antidote I developed will be prepared today. Would you drink a bowl of water from the jar in front of the Emperor, the Queen Mother, and the Prince?"
Emperor Qianyuan didn't expect Xiao Lingyu to do this and let someone test the poison!
How cruel!
"How can we allow people to test the poison?"
Xiao Lingyu said, "Your Majesty, if someone wants to test poison, they must be willing. If they are unwilling, wouldn't that be disregarding their life?"
"Ziyu, are you willing to test the poison on yourself?"
Zi Yu glanced at Emperor Qian Yuan, who said with a smile, "If you don't want to, no one dares to force you."
If she didn't want to, would she still have the nerve to ask the princess for the antidote?
Although she cannot offend the emperor, her life is at stake!
The prince's life was saved by the princess, which was equivalent to saving her princess, so that the princess would not become a widow at such a young age.
She had no choice but to offend the emperor.
"I am willing!"
Emperor Qianyuan's face immediately darkened. What a servant who doesn't know how to read people's expressions.
"Your Majesty, since Ziyu is willing, let's move to the small kitchen."
Arriving at the small kitchen, Li Yuanliang scooped half a bowl of water from the water tank and handed it to Ziyu, "Drink it."
Zi Yu picked up the water, walked to the kitchen door, and drank half a bowl of water in a few big gulps in front of Emperor Qianyuan, the Empress Dowager and others.
Everyone looked at her quietly, waiting for the poison to take effect.
Time passed little by little, and after a quarter of an hour, Zi Yu still didn't react.
"Why hasn't the poison taken effect yet?" The Empress Dowager wanted to see Zi Yu's urgent look as the poison took effect, but after waiting for a quarter of an hour she still didn't see anything, and she couldn't help but feel anxious.
"Mother, don't be impatient. If you wait any longer, Zi Yu will be poisoned."
Zi Yu suddenly felt extremely embarrassed. So many people were watching her, and in front of such precious people as the Emperor, the Empress Dowager, the Prince, the Princess and the Princess.
If the poison takes effect soon, she might not be able to control it!
My legs unconsciously moved towards the toilet, and I ran there immediately if an attack occurred!
Another quarter of an hour passed, and Zi Yu still didn't respond!
Xie Wanyi: "Sister Princess, is it true that cold water slows down the poison's effect, and boiling it will accelerate its effect?"
Xiao Lingyu really wanted to say that the water in the tank might not be poisonous, but he still needed to verify it, so he asked Li Yuanliang to boil a bucket of water and let Ziyu drink it.
Another quarter of an hour passed, and Zi Yu still did not respond.
Everyone then realized that there might not be any poison in the water tank.
"Zi Yu, how long did it take for the attack to occur after you tasted the fish porridge?"
Zi Yu thought for a moment, "After I tasted the saltiness, I turned off the fire, served the fish porridge, and brought it to her in less than half a cup of tea. It was probably after half a cup of tea that I had a stomachache."
"So it seems the water in the tank isn't poisonous! Sister Wanyi, are you sure the water in the tank wasn't moved that day?"
Xie Wanyi nodded: "Xu Mo sealed the kitchen that day, and no one can get in."
Emperor Qianyuan said: "Since the water is not poisonous, then the poison must have been in the pheasant and fish! Then Zhuyue is innocent."
Everyone returned to the front yard of the main house. Zhuyue saw Ziyu returning intact. Just as she was puzzled, she heard Xie Wanyi say, "Zhuyue, there is no poison in that water tank. You have been wrongly accused."
"I just said that I was wronged and would never harm the prince."
"Okay, send Zhuyue down to recuperate first." Emperor Qianyuan gave an order, and Xu Mo personally led people to carry Zhuyue down along with a long bench.
Seeing Zhuyue's buttocks were beaten to a bloody mess, Xiao Lingyu felt very uncomfortable. It was because she did not check the water that Zhuyue was beaten!
"This is the golden medicine I specially made. I'll have someone give it to Zhuyue. The wound will be healed within seven days," Xiao Lingyu handed the golden medicine to Xie Wanyi.
"Thank you, Princess Sister."
As it was almost lunchtime, the trial was not continued.
Emperor Qianyuan had a simple lunch and left Li Haiying to return to the palace.
"Your Highness, there's nothing poisonous in the water tank, but the pheasant and fish are poisonous, and they were all handled by Mother Zhang. It's hard for Mother Zhang to clear herself of suspicion."
Feng Jinyu lay on the bed and pinched his brows. "Don't jump to conclusions yet. Re-examine and pay close attention to their statements. Maybe there will be new discoveries."
Xie Wanyi covered Feng Jinyu with a blanket and said, "Your Highness, have a good sleep. When you wake up, I will tell you the result of the retrial."
Xie Wanyi returned to Quchen Pavilion and was surrounded by three maids.
"Princess, I've applied the golden medicine given to Zhuyue by Princess Xiao. It's very effective. Zhuyue's buttocks are all bruised, but she looks like she hasn't been spanked at all."
Xie Wanyi was surprised, "Princess Xiao is so amazing. Not only are her self-taught medical skills superb, but the medicines she developed are also so effective."
"If Princess Xiao had tested the water, Zhuyue wouldn't have to suffer this." Bai Zhi muttered softly.
"Shut up! This is none of Princess Xiao's business!" Xiao Lingyu was the prince's savior, and she would not allow her maid to say that to her.
"Our suspicions are not wrong. Didn't you also not notice any unusual behavior from Zhuyue and the others that day? It was Zhuyue who noticed Ziyu's actions, and her suspicions are reasonable! Go back and think carefully about what happened in the kitchen that day. Did you miss any details? Talk about it in detail in front of Princess Xiao this afternoon."
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