Qi Nanyue's expression was stern. If this incident really happened in the palace, it would have severely offended Prime Minister Liu!
He glanced at Zheng Ranran, then turned to look at the little maid of the Liu family who was kneeling on the ground and asked:
"Where did your young lady go after arriving at the palace? Tell me the truth!"
The girl bowed her head to the ground and said in a trembling voice:
"Your Highness, it was still early when my young lady arrived at the palace.
The young lady heard the maids in the palace say that she could stroll around the garden first, so she strolled around the palace garden.
Afterwards, I met the princess and several other young ladies, and together we went to Concubine Zheng's Linglong Garden."
Liu Yangfeng angrily shouted, "Think carefully!"
The girl was frightened by Liu Yangfeng and shivered. She kowtowed and said:
"My lord, everything I said is true!"
As soon as the little maidservant said this, everyone present became confused.
Liu Fangzhi only went to Linglong Garden, but did not find any physical evidence in Linglong Garden.
Could it be that Concubine Zheng hid the poison in advance so that the servants didn't find it?
Liu Yangfeng also thought of this at this time and said:
"Your Highness, please have your servants search Linglong Garden again to make sure we haven't missed anything!"
But at this moment, someone said:
"In the concubine's exquisite garden, there were several young ladies and ladies having tea and snacks. It was too easy for mistakes to happen!
Besides, have you ever seen a murderer committing a crime in his own house?
Isn’t this unreasonable?”
Si Jinxing looked in the direction of the voice and saw that the woman was very pleasing to the eye. The dimples on both sides of her cheeks made her look very playful.
Si Jinxing had met her twice, at the Mid-Autumn Palace Banquet and the New Year's Eve Palace Banquet. She was a wise and dignified woman.
However, this person's mother is not a good person.
That’s right, she is Princess Chang’an’s daughter, Princess Xuanning.
As luck would have it, just as Si Jinxing was looking at her, Princess Xuanning also glanced at her and nodded slightly.
Si Jinxing retracted her gaze and heard Qi Nanling beside her say:
"What cousin Xuan Ning said is true. It can be seen that Miss Liu took the poison before going to Linglong Garden."
Upon hearing this, Qi Nanyan glanced at Princess Xuanning and Qi Nanling, then turned to look at the little girl kneeling on the ground and asked again:
"Before going to Linglong Garden, your young lady has indeed never been to other courtyards?"
The maid's face turned pale, and she immediately confirmed:
"Yes, my lady just strolled around the garden and did not go to other courtyards."
Qi Nanling moved closer to Si Jinxing and asked in a low voice:
"Axing, you've always been smart. Tell me, how did Miss Liu get poisoned?"
Hearing this, Si Jinxing asked her to look at the little girl kneeling on the ground and said:
"Then I have to ask, did that little maid never leave Miss Liu's side?"
Si Jinxing's words were neither loud nor soft, but everyone in the hall heard them.
As she said this, her eyes remained on the little maid kneeling on the ground.
When the little maid heard this, her body suddenly tensed up and she subconsciously looked up to take a look at Liu Fangzhi who had already died.
But when Si Jinxing withdrew her gaze, she saw Qi Nanyue looking at her with a gloomy gaze.
Qi Nanyue also noticed the little maid's face, which was filled with fear that was hard to conceal.
He asked in a cold voice: "Why don't you tell me quickly!"
The maid kowtowed three times and said in tears:
"I just..."
When Liu Yangfeng saw her stuttering and unable to speak clearly, he became furious!
He kicked the little maid and cursed, "You slut, tell me now!"
The little maid was kicked to the ground. Regardless of the pain, she crawled to Liu Yangfeng on her knees and said:
"When I got to the garden, my clothes got wet by a maid from the palace who was watering the flowers, so I went to change my clothes.
At that time, the young lady...the young lady was alone in the garden, and I didn’t know...”
Upon hearing this, Liu Yangfeng trembled with anger and asked through gritted teeth, "How long have you been gone?"
When he thought about his precious granddaughter, who might have been poisoned during that period, he wanted to kick the little bitch with small feet to death!
The little maid bowed her head to the ground and whispered:
"It will take at most half a cup of tea. I was afraid that the young lady would wait too long, so I ran all the way back."
When Qi Nanyan heard this, his face darkened and he said to the housekeeper:
"Go, call all the maids in the palace over here!"
Then, he looked at the little maid and asked solemnly:
"After I took you to change your clothes and returned to your mistress, did she say anything?"
When the little girl heard this, she was so frightened that she trembled and hesitated, not daring to say a word.
Seeing her like this, Liu Yangfeng knew that his granddaughter must have said something slanderous about the palace, which frightened the girl so much.
But now he couldn't care less about that. He kicked the little girl again and said hatefully:
"Just tell me!"
The little girl was kicked twice and felt severe pain all over her body.
She held back her tears and said:
"Miss...Miss said, she said that the Princess of Prince Rui's Mansion lives...no more than this!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone in the hall looked at Si Jinyue.
Could it be that what Miss Liu meant was that she had come into contact with the princess when she was alone in the garden?
Seeing that everyone was looking at her, Si Jinyue knew without a doubt that the prince was waiting for her to explain in person!
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