Chapter 524 Exonerated? You're too cruel!
After Li Qingluo finished speaking, the maids who were also being controlled by Que'er and her men immediately looked at each other in a panic.
Li Qinglu noticed that one of them had his hands behind his back and was busy with something. He seemed to be very busy.
She immediately strode over and grabbed the maid's wrist.
"It's you?"
Changning looked flustered, but instead bit her lip tightly and remained silent.
After Jin Hua quickly examined the maid's hands, she immediately found a tiny bit of poison powder under her fingernails.
Jin Hua: "It's her."
Li Qinglu felt that something was amiss.
She searched the maid's sleeves and back.
Soon enough, she actually found a paper packet containing medicinal powder.
"It really is her!"
"Changning, what else do you have to say?"
"How dare you poison the princess and try to drag us all down with you? What are your malicious intentions?"
"Changning, you are too cruel!"
"Changning, I never expected you to be this kind of person."
"Changning..."
"Changning..."
Despite being insulted by everyone, Changning could only look at one person in a panic: Zongzheng Xingyao.
She opened her mouth to explain, but seemed powerless, unsure of where to begin.
The maid suddenly fell heavily to the ground with a thud.
"It's all my fault, it's all my fault."
“I made a mistake a couple of days ago and was punished too severely by Your Highness. That’s why I was so narrow-minded and resentful and wanted to poison Your Highness’s pastries.”
"This servant only intended to make Her Highness suffer from a stomachache. This servant did not know that Her Highness would serve the pastries to Her Highness, nor did she know that this servant would accidentally add too much medicine powder—this servant deserves to die a thousand deaths, please forgive me, Your Highness!"
The maid cried out repeatedly.
Everyone was stunned.
Especially Princess Changning.
"Qingyi, I never expected it to be you!"
"Have I ever mistreated you in your daily life?"
"We grew up together since childhood, and I've treated you like a sister. I only punished you once, and you actually tried to harm me!"
"Because of you, the Seventh Princess has suffered today!"
"If I weren't in such a hurry, why would I really doubt this Flower Pavilion Restaurant?"
"It turns out all of this was because of you!"
"Qingyi, how am I supposed to face this princess after this!"
After Princess Changning finished speaking, she looked at the Seventh Princess with tears in her eyes.
"Xingyao, all the mistakes are my fault."
"It was my people who harmed you... which is the same as me harming you."
“Xingyao, I had already changed my temper a lot since my mother passed away. That day, it was just because she knocked over a teacup, which was left by my mother before she died—”
"So I punished her by making her kneel all night. But she ended up causing me all this trouble."
"If only my mother were still here, sob sob..."
As she spoke, tears streamed down her face.
Xingyao felt a pang of pity watching this.
"Changning, how can this be your fault?"
"Guards! Seize this slave at once!"
"How dare she attempt to poison the princess, causing me to suffer as a result! Imprison her immediately and give her thirty strokes of the cane!"
Princess's maid: "Yes, sir!"
The maid was immediately taken away by the princess's men.
She looked at Princess Changning with eyes full of terror and fear: "Princess, save me! Save me—Your Highness, save me—"
"Princess, spare me! Princess, spare me!"
Thirty sticks?
Not much was heard.
But it all depends on how the executioner intends to strike.
He could make sure that maid couldn't even withstand twenty strokes of the rod.
It could also make this maidservant still be full of energy after being beaten thirty times.
Li Qingluo looked at Princess Changning and gave a cold smile.
The others also stared at Changning with meaningful glances.
They all grew up in the inner quarters of the house, so who doesn't understand whether she is truly innocent?
Perhaps she had already planned her escape route.
This maid is truly loyal.
The Seventh Princess was not entirely unaware of this.
But Changning played the family card, which may have softened her heart.
If Li Qingluo were to be so tactless as to insist on stepping forward to present evidence and reasoning at this point, she might incur the princess's wrath.
Under imperial power, the question of who is guilty and who is innocent has always been decided by the one in power.
Changning stiffened her neck, only wiping away tears from time to time, and did not make eye contact with Li Qingluo and her group.
Although she didn't win this scheme, she didn't lose completely either.
Finally, the princess left the Flower Pavilion Restaurant with the help of her maid.
He also told the public that today's events were just a misunderstanding.
The guards and soldiers naturally withdrew.
After the bustling crowd in front of the Flower Pavilion Restaurant had dispersed, the princess boarded the carriage to return to the palace and then called Li Qingluo to her side.
"You saved me today. I am not an ungrateful person. Tell me, is there anything you need from me? If it is within my power, I will certainly grant it."
Li Qingluo: "Saving Your Highness also saved myself and the restaurant. The princess is the princess of the world, and everything I did was only right and proper. Please do not worry about it, Your Highness."
She didn't say anything.
This surprised the princess.
She had heard that her husband had just been arrested and imprisoned yesterday.
Although she couldn't possibly do this herself, the princess was just waiting for her to ask so she could politely decline, thus settling the score.
Unexpectedly, she didn't even utter a word.
They know what's good for them.
Perhaps she knew that she, as a princess, simply did not possess such abilities.
She really is a clever and shrewd person.
Zongzheng Xingyao: "Then consider it a debt I owe you, we'll talk about it another time."
After saying this, she raised her hand, and a maid announced, "Let's depart—"
The princess had come secretly.
When they returned to the palace, they made quite a show of it.
The Flower Pavilion Restaurant became even more famous after that.
Not only did the princess visit, but she also exchanged several words with the young female owner.
Which restaurant or shop in the vicinity isn't envious?
From now on, this Huaxie Restaurant is destined for long-term prosperity and won't be brought down anytime soon!
The princess's carriage followed behind the princess's carriage. Li Qingluo kept staring at Changning, who was also looking at her from behind the carriage curtain.
Li Qingluo suddenly smiled: "Your Highness, until we meet again."
Changning hurriedly pulled the carriage curtain down.
This Nangong Qing has fallen!
She's really talented!
However, if something really happens to the Seventh Princess today, I'm afraid I'll be completely finished.
Just thinking about it sent chills down Changning's spine, and a layer of cold sweat broke out on his back.
She quickly summoned her maid: "Go, tell the torturers that Qingyi is no longer of any use!"
Although the maid's face was pale, she still replied, "Yes..."
The noble ladies from all the families dispersed.
Fortunately, many ordinary women from common households also entered the hall.
Everyone's just here to join in the fun.
I also want to experience what unique charm this Flower Pavilion Restaurant has to offer.
As a result, business did not slow down for a while.
Li Qingluo turned and went into the restaurant, returning to her room where she was resting.
Que'er and the shopkeeper followed them in.
"Young lady, are you just going to let Princess Changning go like this?"
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