Zheng Ranran heard this, raised her eyelids slightly, and said in a cold tone:
"The palace is your domain, so you can make all the arrangements. I will obey you."
Upon hearing this, Qi Nanyan spoke coldly and said:
"Come here, quickly take people to Linglong Garden and search it thoroughly!"
The housekeeper responded from outside: "Yes!"
No one noticed that Si Jinyue, who was kneeling on the ground, had a gleam of light flashing in her lowered eyes.
Qi Nanyan helped Si Jinyue up and said:
"You are feeling heavy now, so don't kneel all the time. Sit down and rest for a while."
After he finished speaking, he looked around and said in a deep voice:
"Is there any young lady or madam who can tell me what happened in Linglong Garden?"
As Qi Nanyan finished speaking, a young woman in a goose yellow dress stepped forward, knelt down and saluted, then said:
"Your Highness, today my servant, Miss Liu, and I entered the palace together.
Later, the princess took her to Concubine Zheng's Linglong Courtyard.
Concubine Zheng asked someone to bring tea and snacks, saying that it was still early to leave the banquet and asked us to fill our stomachs first.
At that time, Miss Liu and the princess were sitting next to each other...
Then we came to the flower hall. After the families who didn't send birthday gifts sent them, we had a banquet.
The banquet had just begun, and we hadn’t even taken two bites when we heard Miss Liu wailing and rolling to the ground…”
After hearing this, Si Jinxing's eyes turned slightly cold.
If she hadn't been able to stop the cake when the banquet started, she would probably be involved now!
As she thought so, her eyes couldn't help but look in the direction of Si Jinyue.
This person really needs to be guarded against!
Si Jinxing frowned slightly and looked at Qingchan who had returned to her side.
Seeing this, Qing Chan leaned close to her ear and whispered:
"Please rest assured, Princess. The cake has been taken away from the servants of the palace intact."
Si Jinxing nodded, and then heard Liu Yangfeng's wailing again:
"My Zhi'er, you actually became someone else's scapegoat! How unfairly you died!"
Liu Yangfeng had been an official for decades, so he naturally heard the problem immediately.
He thought carefully and realized that his family had no connection with the Zheng family recently. There was no reason for Zheng Xinghuai's daughter to kill his granddaughter!
As someone just said:
Concubine Zheng, the one you want to kill is the pregnant concubine, Si Jinyue!
Damn it!
Si Jinyue deserved to die long ago! Then Zheng Ranran deserved to die even more!
The two of them fought each other, but the one who got hurt was their own granddaughter!
Liu Yangfeng looked up at Qi Nanyan and asked in a bad tone:
"May I ask, Your Majesty, if you find poison in the concubine's courtyard, what will you do with it?"
Qi Nanyue pondered for a moment, and finally stopped looking at the calm and composed woman.
He said in a deep voice:
"If, indeed, something is discovered and the evidence is irrefutable, I will handle it impartially and will show no leniency!"
Soon, Doctor Du and the housekeeper came into the hall together.
Everyone fell silent and looked at the two men.
Si Jinyue also stood up, walked to Qi Nanyan's side, and asked:
"How is it? Where's the stuff?"
As soon as she said this, Qi Nanyan glanced at her and asked:
"Princess, you seem quite certain that you can find something in Linglong Garden?"
Upon hearing this, Si Jinyue's face quickly showed a trace of worry and said:
"No, Your Majesty, I just saw that the housekeeper and Doctor Du had been gone for so long, maybe they found something?"
Qi Nanyan ignored Si Jinyue and looked at Doctor Du and asked:
"Linglong Garden, is there anything unusual?"
Doctor Du bowed and said:
"I didn't find anything suspicious in Concubine Zheng's Linglong Garden, let alone any poisonous substances!"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the audience was stunned.
Liu Yangfeng looked at the palace steward and asked:
"Is what Imperial Doctor Du said true? Did you really not find any poisonous drugs?
"Have you carefully checked? Have you checked every house in the yard?"
The butler knelt on the ground and replied:
"That's right, I brought ten servants with me and searched the concubine's Linglong Garden twice.
It is indeed as Doctor Du said, nothing related to medicine was found."
Upon hearing this, Si Jinxing looked at Zheng Ranran, who was calm and composed, but saw that she was also looking at him.
The two smiled at each other, and then heard Liu Yangfeng scolding:
"Impossible! You must have missed something! Go search again!"
At this moment, Qi Nanyue saw that Si Jinyue, who was standing beside him, had a very ugly expression on her face.
He couldn't help asking:
"Princess, what's wrong with you? Why do you look so unhappy?"
Upon hearing this, Si Jinyue hurriedly shook her head and said:
"No, I just... maybe I stood for too long today and my stomach feels a little uncomfortable."
Seeing that she was indeed holding her stomach with both hands, Qi Nanyan said to Doctor Du:
"Please ask the imperial physician to take a look at the princess."
Si Jinyue refused:
"Your Highness, I'm fine. I'll just rest for a while. Let's deal with the matter at hand first."
She paused slightly, glanced at Zheng Ranran, and said:
“Your Highness, we have also checked Sister Zheng’s yard, but we haven’t found anything.
It can be seen that Miss Liu was not poisoned in the palace!
Otherwise, please ask the Prime Minister to return to the palace and ask Miss Liu how she ate this morning.
When Liu Yangfeng heard this, he immediately became angry and said:
"Princess, what do you mean by this?
Are you accusing my Liu Mansion of framing your Rui Wang Mansion?
"Good, good, very good! In that case, I will write a petition and file it before the Emperor!"
Qi Nanyan knew that Prime Minister Liu loved his granddaughter Liu Fangzhi the most. Now that she was dead and could not be brought back to life, Prime Minister Liu must be extremely sad!
However, if this matter is really reported to his father, even if he is innocent, he will probably be known as a man who keeps silent about his family affairs!
Just as Liu Yangfeng picked up Liu Fangzhi, he suddenly heard someone in the crowd ask:
"I wonder if Doctor Du can find out when Miss Liu was poisoned?"
Liu Yangfeng was slightly stunned, then looked at Doctor Du and asked:
"Can Doctor Du tell?"
If Doctor Du could tell the time of poisoning, he could infer whether his granddaughter was poisoned in the Wang Mansion or in the Liu Mansion!
Doctor Du glanced at the young woman who asked the question and sighed repeatedly. This Princess Anping really knew how to give him difficult problems!
If he said that Miss Liu was poisoned in the palace, wouldn't that cause trouble for the prince?
But if he doesn't tell the truth, the county lady will surely stand up and refute him, wouldn't that make him lose face?
What's more, he has always wanted to ask the county lady some questions...
Doctor Du pondered for a moment, and finally said:
"I believe Miss Liu was poisoned approximately an hour ago."
When these words were spoken, everyone was shocked. In one hour, he was poisoned in the palace!
Liu Yangfeng glared at Qi Nanyan and said, "Your Majesty, do you have anything else to say?"
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