"Luo'er, Father...I'm sorry."
After dealing with Jiang Qinshu, Su Zhen still felt indebted to Su Liluo, his weathered face filled with sorrow and guilt.
Seeing Su Zhen's weathered face and the genuine pain on his expression, Su Liluo felt a pang of sympathy.
"Father, it's not your fault. It's all in the past now. We can finally avenge Mother!"
Su Liluo comforted him.
"Yes, Dad will make it up to you in the future!"
Su Zhen choked up, then turned to look at Cui Niang and the others. "Come here, let me introduce you. Luo'er, this is Cui Niang. She saved me when Father had the accident, so... Father took her as a concubine at the border."
When Cui Niang was introduced, Su Zhen lowered his head, feeling somewhat sorry for Su Li Luo.
However, he also understood that Cui Niang was his benefactor, and without her, he would never have had the chance to come back and see Su Li Luo again.
The reason he took Cui Niang as a concubine was because Cui Niang was targeted by a local bully who kidnapped her and drugged her.
He rescued Cui Niang and, under duress, touched her; as a man, he felt responsible.
Cui Niang was a gentle and kind-hearted woman from a modest family. Having just witnessed the bloodshed in the Su family, she held her child and stood aside, not daring to say a word.
At this moment, Su Zhen introduced her to Su Liluo. She knew that the other party was the Crown Princess, so she was a little timid.
Cui Niang respectfully bowed to Su Li Luo, "Greetings, Your Highness. This humble woman is called...Cui Niang. Qiao Jie'er, Ping Ge'er, come here quickly and kowtow to Your Highness!"
Her voice trembled slightly as she called her son and daughter over.
Qiao Jie and Ping Ge'er, the two children, immediately obeyed and walked to Su Liluo's side, knelt down and kowtowed, calling out in a soft and sweet voice.
"Greetings, Crown Princess!"
Seeing their expressions, Su Liluo suddenly relaxed a lot. She could tell that this woman named Cui Niang was an ordinary peasant girl, unlike Jiang Qinshu who was so proud. Her eyes were pure and she didn't show any pride because her husband was a general.
Her two children, who are also her younger siblings, still look like children, but are quite well-behaved and obedient.
Especially the girl, whose gaze towards him was radiant, seemingly filled with a hint of admiration.
"Get up! You don't need to be so formal. Someone, bring me the gift I prepared for our meeting."
Su Lilu smiled and agreed, then had someone bring up the gifts she had prepared.
She investigated behind the scenes and found no evidence that Cui Niang and her group had done anything wrong, so she prepared a gift for them.
She knew her mother had passed away, and her father was only in his early forties; he couldn't possibly spend the rest of his life alone, so she subconsciously decided to accept them as well.
Of course, this is on the premise that they don't cause trouble.
After spending some time with Su Zhen and the others, and having lunch with them at the Su residence, Su Liluo and Xiao Ye finally left the Su residence.
"Luo'er, what are you going to do with Jiang Qinshu?"
Inside the carriage, Xiao Ye asked.
"Of course, I'll torture her first, then let her die slowly. Now that she's in my hands, she won't have an easy time."
A hint of ferocity flashed in Su Liluo's eyes.
In fact, if Jiang Qinshu were arrested by the government, she would at least get a quick death. But if she were in her hands, she would suffer even more than in prison.
“Hmm, I think you should interrogate her properly before she dies. Your mother-in-law was a highly skilled doctor back then, how could ordinary poison have harmed her? Jiang Qinshu doesn’t seem to be the kind of person who could do that.”
Xiao Ye offered his opinion and suggestions.
Upon hearing this, Su Liluo's eyes lit up.
yes!
How could that idiot Jiang Qinshu possibly have a potent poison that could harm my mother?
My mother was a renowned physician back then, so she could naturally detect common poisons. Yet, she still managed to poison Jiang Qinshu. It's impossible that there was no one behind this.
She was truly blinded by her own involvement, so focused on killing Jiang Qinshu that she was blinded by hatred and failed to consider the bigger picture.
"I'll interrogate her when I get back!"
"Okay, I'll go with you. I have a lot of tricks up my sleeve when it comes to interrogating people."
"good!"
Upon arriving at the Crown Prince's residence, the two immediately imprisoned Jiang Qinshu in the dungeon and began a large-scale interrogation.
At first, Jiang Qinshu refused to speak, insisting that she had bought the poison from an outside pharmacy and that she was simply jealous of Jiang Ruan, which was why she wanted to poison her.
But later, Xiao Ye used his unique torture device for interrogating spies from enemy countries on her, which made Jiang Qinshu unable to hold back any longer.
"I'll talk! I...I'll talk! Stop it now!"
She was in so much pain that she couldn't bear it anymore. Su Liluo and his gang were simply devils. She had never suffered such painful punishment in her life!
If she had known this would happen, she should have agreed to go to jail today!
At least by going to jail and admitting to the crime, one can avoid these punishments.
But by now it's too late to regret it.
"Hurry up and tell me. If you still don't listen, there are even more severe punishments than before. Let's see if you want to try them again."
Su Liluo stood in front of her, looking down at her.
Jiang Qinshu shuddered with fright and dared not lie, so she could only tell what she knew.
“Back then, the poison was given to me by a woman. She said she also hated Jiang Ruan, and that as long as I put the poison on her, she would definitely die, and ordinary doctors would not be able to detect it.”
"What kind of woman was she? How did she poison you?"
Su Liluo pressed for answers anxiously.
She always felt that there was a powerful enemy watching them from behind her mother.
Furthermore, they did not let them off the hook even after their mother's death.
"It was a woman in black wearing a straw hat. I couldn't see her face, but her voice was clear and melodious, with a bewitching quality. The poison she gave me wasn't for eating, but a kind of herb with a faint aroma."
She told me to sew the herbs into the winter quilt, and in the autumn, under the pretext of replenishing the household supplies, I gave the poisoned quilt to Jiang Ruan, who didn't notice.
"What happened to this woman afterward? How did you contact her? What is her relationship with Qin Shuang?"
"Qin Shuang, you...you found out?"
Jiang Qinshu looked up in surprise, not expecting that Su Liluo had already suspected Qin Shuang.
"Tell me quickly!"
Su Liluo ignored her question and instead pressed her for an answer in a serious tone.
"I contacted her by writing a letter."
Where should the letter be sent?
Su Liluo's heart tightened, as if she was about to see the fog clear.
She was determined to find the person behind it all, who was also one of the murderers who killed her mother!
The letter was sent outside the city.
Suddenly, Jiang Qinshu's head drooped down halfway through her sentence.
He's passed away!
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