Xiaohong, who was standing by, also held the broken jade pieces tightly, and even the scratches on her palms didn't even register.

"Keep going!"

"It's Snow Mountain Royal Jelly and Thousand-Year Ginseng Powder." Chen the Seer curled his lips. "These two things are not rare, but ginseng powder is too expensive and only officials and noble families can afford it. As for the royal jelly, since the queen bee of the Snow Mountain has its own characteristics, although it is rare, it is still used exclusively by the royal family. And these two combined together can dissolve the colorless and odorless poison, making it reveal its true form and dissolving all the powder made by mixing it."

"Although these two things are not rare, they are not rare either. And who would carry both of them at the same time?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned, as if he had thought of something, and turned to ask Xiaohong, "Xiaohong, I heard that this Snow Mountain Royal Jelly is used by the nobles of Yunguang Kingdom?"

"Yes!" Xiaohong's face was very ugly, but she still answered, "This Snow Mountain Royal Jelly, as far as I know, is only available to the royal family of Yunguang Kingdom. In recent years, due to the difficulty of traveling in the Snow Mountain, it has not been offered as tribute for four consecutive years. Not long ago, I heard that the Queen Mother missed it very much, but unfortunately, there is still no way to satisfy her craving for it."

"No." Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned, "Since these two are so rare, Doctor Chen, how did you get them?"

"I have taken a lot of thousand-year-old ginseng powder from Prince Zhan's Mansion. Fortunately, this Snow Mountain Royal Jelly happens to be in Prince Zhan's Mansion." Chen Xianzhi handed the Snow Mountain Royal Jelly and the thousand-year-old ginseng powder to Zong Zheng Xiaoting.

After receiving the things from Chen Xianzhi, Zong Zheng Xiaoting glanced at Xiaohong and heard her say, "The prince doesn't like sweets. He got a lot of this Snow Mountain Royal Jelly before, but because he never ate it, he kept it in the palace. Someone cleaned and checked it every day."

"This is exactly why I'm in such a hurry to find the princess." Chen the Seer said anxiously, "I'm worried that the murderer's accomplice is in Prince Zhan's mansion."

Hearing this, Zong Zheng Xiaoting only raised her eyebrows slightly, without the slightest fear on her face. She smiled and said, "Originally, the murderer is near this palace. What difference does it make whether he is in Prince Zhan's mansion or not?"

"No, princess, it's not that simple." Chen the Seer shook his head, "Because the Snow Mountain Royal Jelly is very rare, your subordinate, when you asked for the Royal Jelly, you still had to get the consent of the prince. This is enough to show that this thing is not something that anyone can touch. But when your subordinate sprinkled my ginseng powder, do you know what happened, princess?"

"What?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting asked.

"At this time, before the Snow Mountain Royal Jelly was used, the broken jade beads appeared in sight. Next to the broken jade, there was a hand with only four fingers." Chen Xianzhi frowned, "That is to say, all this may be far more complicated than what the princess knows and guesses. The fact that such a situation occurred can only prove that there was a third person present at the scene, and this third person must have been killed by the bone-eating poison. Because he had been in contact with the royal jelly before, the hand and the jade that had been in contact with it were able to recover a small part under its effect."

With a bang, Xiaohong suddenly fell to the ground and fainted. Zongzheng Xiaoting then looked at her palm, only to see that the fragments of the jade beads had scratched her palm beyond recognition.

"Show it to her quickly!" Zong Zheng Xiaoting instructed Chen Xianzhi.

Qingqing and Ningshuang helped her up, and Chen the Seer hurriedly checked her wound. He then bandaged it and said, "Don't worry, Princess. She just held the beads too hard and got cut, and now she's weak."

Gripping the beads too hard?

Zong Zheng Xiaoting frowned, thinking about Xiaohong's expression when she replied just now, and felt that it would not be that simple.

"Doctor Chen, the third person who was present and died without an intact body really puzzles me. According to Gong Yunfei's plan, she just wanted to kill me, but I was saved by Gongsun Zixing. She had no way to do it. How could she know in advance and make such arrangements? Could it be that someone accidentally hit and hurt Gong Yunluo, and she killed this person to frame him? Is it because Gongsun Zixing saved me?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting analyzed it, always feeling that something was wrong. Although this logic made sense, it somehow felt unsatisfactory.

"Yun Fei's martial arts skills are not high enough to break into the Jade Villa!" Chen Xianzhi shook his head and denied Zong Zheng Xiaoting's guess. He only heard him say, "I followed the princess's instructions to investigate the matter and made a special trip from the inn to the Jade Villa. However, I was discovered as soon as I approached the Jade Villa. Yun Fei's martial arts skills are not as good as mine. The person who went to the Jade Villa is definitely not her."

"In that case, who could it be?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting touched his chin, and Xiaohong beside him also woke up. After hearing the conversation between Chen Xianzhi and Zong Zheng Xiaoting, she spoke softly, "Princess... that person is my brother!"

Xiaohong's words were like a thunderclap, which stunned Zongzheng Xiaoting and Chen Xianzhi for a moment.

"Xiaohong, who are you talking about?" Zong Zheng Xiaoting looked at Xiaohong with confusion.

"I thought that the corpse must be my brother, and the man who broke into the manor at night and wanted to kill the princess was most likely my brother!" Xiaohong's face was still pale, but as she spoke, she couldn't help but tears falling.

Seeing her miserable appearance, Zong Zheng Xiaoting could only pat her hands to comfort her. However, he had to continue to ask, "Xiaohong, the more you say this, the more confused I become. Isn't it that you only have your elderly mother at home?"

"Yes!" Xiaohong nodded and said, "Originally, I was separated from my brother for many years due to a natural disaster, but we have been waiting for him at home. We always thought that if he was still alive, he would definitely come back, so we sold ourselves to the palace in order to rebuild the house there. However, we waited for many years, but he didn't come back, so gradually we thought he was dead."

When talking about the past, Xiaohong's eyes were filled with tears.

"But, a few days ago, my brother came back. He didn't tell us specifically what happened to him, but we knew that he fell in love with a woman, and because of her, my brother had to hide in the dark to protect her. Because when he came back, he already knew that we were doing well. But, he said, the woman he loved was living a miserable life. So he begged mother and me to forgive him, and we didn't blame him." Xiaohong sniffed and shook her head, "If I knew what Sister Qingqing said about Miss Liucheng, I would definitely stop him from leaving."