Chapter 394 Face to face
"This is impossible!" Zhuang Shihan stood up suddenly, and the pastry in her hand fell to the ground with a thud.
Xu Xiao stood up with a sullen face and said, "Let's go take a look."
He looked at Zhuang Shihan and said, "Princess, please accompany me."
Upon hearing this, Zhuang Shihan, who was originally very nervous, relaxed instantly and sat back in her chair.
Xu Xiao asked coldly, "Princess, are you unwilling?"
Zhuang Shihan nodded and said bluntly, "I don't want to."
Without waiting for Xu Xiao to say anything, she said directly, "I'm too lazy to go with you. Let them send whatever they find to us directly, and we can confront them face to face."
He was calm and composed.
One can't help but wonder whether this matter really has nothing to do with her.
Xu Xiao nodded, and the man hurriedly got to work.
Not long after, Cheng Duan came excitedly with his men, holding in his hands the medicine box that Zhuang Shihan usually used to practice medicine.
The medicine box is hers, and the things inside are naturally hers too.
Cheng Duan put the things on the table and asked in a cold voice, "How do you explain the things in here, Princess?"
"What do you want to explain?" Zhuang Shihan asked instead of answering.
She looked as if she had heard something funny, and said sarcastically, "This is the medicine box I use to treat illnesses and save lives. You're not thinking that the medicine box is poisonous, are you?"
"The medicine box is naturally non-toxic."
Cheng Duan opened the medicine box layer by layer, revealing the bottles and jars at the bottom, with the names of various medicines pasted on the bottles with red paper.
At first glance, there's nothing wrong.
Zhuang Shihan was a little impatient and asked directly, "Do you think there's something wrong with these medicines?"
She reached out and took out a bottle at random, and was about to open the lid for them to check.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Duan pressed lightly on the bottom of the medicine box with his hand, and with a "click", the inner wall of the layer containing the medicine bottles suddenly sank.
Zhuang Shihan was so stunned that she even forgot what to do with her hands for a moment.
She watched Cheng Duan hook his finger and pull out a paper bag from the small hole.
She blurted out, "What is this?"
Cheng Duan said with a cold face: "I should be the one asking the princess this question."
Of course, she couldn't ask others about the medicine she took out of her medicine box.
Zhuang Shihan quickly stepped forward and checked the spot where Cheng Duan had taken out the medicine. She murmured, "There's actually a secret compartment here..."
Cheng Duan sneered, "My princess, what you said is really interesting. This medicine box is something you carry with you. How could you not know if there are any secret compartments inside?"
Zhuang Shihan really didn’t know.
But as the words of explanation came to her lips, she suddenly stopped.
This medicine box was specially collected by Wen Qi and given to her. He said it was made by a famous craftsman and was indestructible by knives and impervious to water and fire.
Therefore, she has been with him for the past two years, and he has been through many ups and downs with her.
But she never knew that there was a secret compartment under the medicine box!
Wen Qi had never mentioned it to her.
But now, something that shouldn't be there appeared in this secret compartment.
Even if Cheng Duan hadn't opened the paper package, Zhuang Shihan knew that it most likely contained "evidence of guilt."
The man died first, and then poison was found in the secret compartment of her medicine box. Even if she had every mouth on her body, she couldn't explain it.
Not to mention, this medicine box was a gift from Wen Qi, and its origin cannot withstand a detailed investigation.
If Mo Jinchuan and others knew that she and Wen Qi were old friends and that they had a close relationship, it would not be as simple as poisoning a concubine.
Her face changed slightly and she almost lost her balance.
This Wen Qi, even if the two of them couldn't become lovers, he wouldn't harm her like this!
What exactly does he want to do?
"Does the princess have anything to say?"
Mo Jinchuan's cold voice brought Zhuang Shihan back to her senses.
She frowned and immediately denied it: "I don't know how this thing ended up in my medicine cabinet."
"The princess doesn't know?"
"have no idea."
Zhuang Shihan asked with a cold face, "Should I know?"
Cheng Duan sneered, and she continued, "I bought this medicine box from a passing merchant two years ago. Countless people have come into contact with it in the past two years. The military doctors in the border army and the people from Huichun Hall can all testify to this."
Because of the special material of the medicine box, she doesn't use it carefully on a daily basis, and occasionally when she is busy, she will ask people around her to take things out of the medicine box.
At this point, there are quite a few people who can prove it.
Mo Jinchuan's eyes were cold. "According to the princess, someone deliberately framed you?"
Meeting those dark eyes, Zhuang Shihan's heart skipped a beat. "Whether it's a frame-up or not depends on what kind of medicine is inside. Maybe I put it in there without knowing it."
Cheng Duan clearly didn't believe her story, so he took the paper bag and went to find Song Yanxi to check.
Zhuang Shihan stopped her and said, "Wait a minute!"
Cheng Duan frowned and turned to look at her with scrutiny in his eyes.
He knew that he spoke too directly and was afraid that Zhuang Shihan would seize on his words and make a big fuss about it, so he simply looked at Mo Jinchuan for help.
He couldn't learn this kind of behavior of saying something with hidden meaning, and being ambiguous yet just right.
Mo Jinchuan ordered in a deep voice: "Send someone to invite three veteran military doctors to come over and examine together."
Hearing this, Zhuang Shihan wanted to speak again, but he continued in a cold tone, "Princess Shihan, don't worry. Elder Liu and Elder Li are not stingy people. They will not take advantage of your misfortune.
With their testimony, you can rest assured."
After hearing this, Zhuang Shihan became even more worried.
What do you mean they are not stingy people? Is she?
It was obvious that they were disrespectful to the elderly. They found fault with everything when dealing with her, but when it came to Song Yanxi, they thought everything was fine.
If you don’t know, you would think she is their granddaughter!
Not missing the resentment in her eyes, Mo Jinchuan's face suddenly darkened, and his tone was tinged with sarcasm as he said, "The three military doctors are well-known good people in the army and even in the border town. Princess Shihan might as well reflect on herself.
Why are they so rude to the princess alone?"
Zhuang Shihan was already angry, and when she heard this, she immediately laughed out loud.
She said, "Why else could it be that? They themselves are not good doctors, and they can't stand seeing a woman like me being better than them, so they're jealous."
Mo Jinchuan pulled the corner of his lips, and said with a half-smile: "The princess is quite confident."
Although Mr. Liu and his colleagues did not come from a famous medical school, they had been practicing medicine for most of their lives and had treated all kinds of difficult injuries on the battlefield.
Over the years, they have saved countless lives.
How come when she said it, it became a sign of poor medical skills?
Cheng Duan could no longer endure it and rolled his eyes, saying, "Yes, yes, yes, who can be as capable as Princess Shihan? Those she has treated are either missing an arm or a leg."
"So what?" Zhuang Shihan straightened her back, a look of pride in her eyes as she said, "Although they are disabled, at least they are still alive. As long as people are alive, there is hope for the future."
Listening to her impassioned speech, Mo Jinchuan's eyes became even colder.
He moved his lips and asked, "What hope is Princess Shihan talking about?"
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