Chapter 231 Prince Su's Scheme? Luo'er Asks About the Truth Behind Pan Li's Death!
Ku Lianqiao: "As expected of His Highness Prince Su, he even knows about the Maitreya Poison, which is rare in this world and not many people know about it."
"Although I don't know exactly how Pei Shierniang died, if this poison appears in Jinling City... it may indeed be related to me."
"I remember that I did give it to a good friend not long ago..."
Prince Su: "A friend of yours? Who is this person?"
Bitter Forsythia: "Princess Qinyu".
In an instant, Leng Dian and the others all turned their gazes toward Prince Su.
Prince Su, however, remained calm and showed no other reaction.
Seeing this, Leng Dian immediately stepped forward and continued his stern interrogation: "You, a woman from the martial world, are you really friends with Princess Qinyu, exchanging gifts with her? Do you think we're all fools?!"
"Moreover, on the night that Pei's twelfth daughter died, Princess Qinyu was attending a banquet in the palace."
"If you intend to frame Princess Qinyu for this matter, you have miscalculated!"
After saying that, Leng Dian stepped forward and lashed Ku Lianqiao's body with his whip: "You audacious wicked woman! How dare you slander the princess? Do you want your entire family to be executed?"
After feeling the pain, Ku Lianqiao hurriedly whispered, "Of course I wouldn't dare to talk nonsense! But I also didn't say that Princess Qinyu killed the person herself!"
"I've already betrayed Princess Qinyu for Qingyangzi's sake. I've told you everything I can. I really don't know anything else..."
After Li Qingluo was released from prison, Zhuiyu put her in a carriage.
Zhuiyu: "Miss, our Prince is too busy to see you today. He will come to see you later. If you have any questions, you can ask the Prince."
After Zhuiyu finished speaking with a smile, she saw Li Qingluo off.
Li Qingluo: "Please convey my regards to the Prince on my behalf, young Master Zhuiyu."
She knew that being brought into the Dali Temple prison today was already a sign of the Prince Su's extraordinary kindness.
She naturally wouldn't be so ungrateful as to keep asking any unnecessary questions.
Moreover, she was already very satisfied to know that Nan Jia's case had made great progress.
Moreover, Li Qingluo believed that Prince Su was a person who genuinely wanted to solve cases.
Que'er still seemed shaken. Only after they were completely away from the Dali Temple did she murmur, "That was terrifying. The rumors that even ghosts would shed a layer of skin after entering the Dali Temple are really true... That Qingyangzi even... even..."
Just thinking about that scene made Que'er tremble all over.
"Young lady, should we tell the old lady about this?"
After all, Qingyangzi was the abbot of Qingsong Temple, and the old lady had many dealings with him, so when Que'er saw Qingyangzi in that state, she felt quite sad.
When Prince Su was investigating cases, did he sometimes go to extreme lengths in his pursuit of the truth?
So Qingyangzi wasn't really the murderer of Pei Shierniang after all...
Li Qingluo: "Prince Su must have his own ideas about this. Que'er, don't say anything more!"
What Li Qingluo didn't say was that the bitter forsythia fell into the trap and failed to see the truth.
But she had just seen it clearly: after Qingyangzi had his arm cut off, although blood splattered everywhere, there wasn't a large amount of blood flowing out of the cut when he was dragged away...
Inside the Yamen of Dali Temple.
In an empty room, Qingyangzi stood unharmed by the window, his hands behind his back, looking at the tender buds sprouting from the branches outside.
When Duan Rongshi walked in, he saw that the bloodstains on his body had already been washed away, and he said coldly, "You seem to have a lot of free time."
Qingyangzi turned and cupped his hands in greeting: "Greetings, Your Highness. After putting on such a charade with Your Highness today, has she finally opened her mouth?"
Duan Rongshi: "You've already acted so pitifully. If she still insists on not saying anything, then you're really failing as a person."
"Don't worry, she didn't vomit completely. I will use you again to make her vomit completely before I stop."
Qingyangzi's face was cold and indifferent, and he even exuded a faint murderous aura: "Twelfth Sister, was she the one who killed her?"
Duan Rongshi only said, "The death of Pei's twelfth daughter may be inextricably linked to Princess Qinyu."
Upon hearing this, Qingyangzi's expression trembled slightly.
"Several months ago, the poisonous woman, Ku Lianqiao, appeared near Qingsong Temple. Your Highness knew at the time that this woman had close ties with Princess Qinyu."
"Therefore, by chance, Your Highness allowed your ministers to get close to this woman and even get engaged to her, which was also for Your Highness's future planning."
"Your Highness harbors suspicions about Qin Yu, which I originally thought was simply because she is a princess of the Chu Kingdom."
"Although you two are clearly siblings who grew up together since childhood, His Highness seems to have more ulterior motives towards her... But today it seems that Princess Qinyu may not be sincere towards His Highness either."
"Didn't she scheme against you in all of this?"
Otherwise, Ku Lianqiao would never have known that she and Prince Su were close friends in their youth and had maintained close contact over the years.
Therefore, while one may be approaching Forsythia suspensa with ulterior motives, Forsythia suspensa may also be approaching one with ulterior motives.
But the thought of Twelve Sister being implicated in this matter made Qingyangzi feel as if his heart was being torn apart.
He and Twelve Sisters had known each other since childhood.
After they got engaged, every time he secretly visited her, he would bring her her favorite little trinkets and snacks.
She always has the purest smile on her face.
As she grew older, the two of them saw each other less and less, but Qingyangzi missed her more and more.
He never looked down on her just because she was a concubine's daughter.
"Your Highness, what secrets does Princess Qinyu hold?"
Duan Rongshi: "It's better for you not to know for now. When the time is right, I will let you know."
Qingyangzi gave a bitter smile.
"Back then, my entire Chen family was plotted against by Minister Qu. In order to save me from disaster, my parents and elder brothers, having foreseen this, resolutely sent me to Qingsong Temple."
"Over the years, without Your Highness's protection, my father, brothers, mother, and sister-in-law would surely have all died on the road to exile..."
"Your Majesty, I am deeply grateful for your kindness and I am determined to redress the injustice done to my Chen family."
"Therefore, no matter what suffering a subject may endure, he will have no regrets."
"But Twelfth Sister... Twelfth Sister is innocent!!"
"If she was truly murdered by Princess Qinyu, even if she were a princess of two countries, your subject would still personally kill her!"
Tears of sorrow and bitterness streamed down Qingyangzi's face.
If it were the Prince Su of the past, he would never have been able to understand Qingyangzi's intense emotions.
But now, although he still feels that he is not clear-headed enough, he has no intention of mocking him.
Duan Rongshi: "This matter is not yet fully resolved. The Pei family, the old Duke Pei, and Pei San are all in the dark."
"This matter is of utmost importance. I will definitely find out the real culprit and give Pei Shier Niang the truth."
...
Li Qingluo sat up in bed in the middle of the night, startled.
"What kind of person is this Princess Qinyu?"
Li Qinglu originally thought that she admired Prince Su, which was why she warned her not to get close to Prince Su when she escorted her back to the General's Mansion.
But now it seems, how much of her sincerity was there?
During the palace banquet, why did she push Pan Li into the lake, even at the cost of her life, to silence her?
Was her action in the palace that night related to Nan Jia's death?
If the poison that Nan Jia suffered before her death was indeed from Princess Qinyu, then whose hand did she borrow at the Pei residence to truly kill Nan Jia?
The faces of the Pei family members flashed through Li Qingluo's mind.
"Sparrow, please deliver an invitation to Miss Pan's family tomorrow!"
She was going to investigate Pan Li.
Also, I must see Yang Qinwu!
Sparrow woke up rubbing her eyes, responded, and then went back to sleep.
However, the next day, before the invitation to the Pan family could even be sent out, Granny Deng entered with a stern face and said, "Miss! The Qu family is shameless! Yesterday, they actually carried betrothal gifts and a matchmaker to the General's Mansion!"
Sparrow: "What are they going to do?"
Granny Deng: "What else can we do? Just now, one of our people from the manor came and said that the Qu family is proposing marriage to our young lady on behalf of that Xun-ge'er!"
Sparrow jumped up in anger: "Then, then, have the masters and the others agreed to the marriage?"
Granny Deng: "She said she agreed... Miss, the old lady already knows about this and is quite angry right now."
Li Qinglu remained calm.
"Then I'll go see Grandma."
Li Qinglu came to see Madam Pei and saw that Madam Pei was drinking porridge.
Li Qinglu smiled and said, "Grandmother, I'm relieved to see that you're eating well."
Madam Pei: "Hmph! Do they think I'm all dead? They still want to arrange your marriage!"
"I may have grown old over the years, but that doesn't mean I'm incapable of wielding power!"
"I know exactly how I got poisoned!"
"The Qu family, they've got their hands on me like dirt. Do you think I don't know what they're thinking?"
“If I really die, your parents will indeed marry you off to the Qu family, but my Luo’er… how can Xun’er be worthy of you?”
"Besides, the wickedness of the Naqu family has now been exposed. Even if I die, I will not throw you into that fire pit to suffer!"
"Don't worry, Luo'er. With your grandmother here, even if the marriage is arranged, your grandmother will not let you marry."
Li Qingluo: "Yes, Grandmother. With you in charge, I'm really not afraid."
"Besides, Luo'er had already completely fallen out with the General's Mansion and my parents that night. Even if they have arranged the marriage, if Luo'er doesn't show up, are they going to marry off a paper doll?"
Li Qinglu smiled slightly, but in her heart she was thinking: if the Qu and Li families really could do such a thing, she wouldn't mind letting that Xun-ge die quietly.
After comforting Madam Pei, Li Qingluo went out again.
With this interruption, it was impossible to visit the Pan residence today.
Li Qingluo then made a low-key trip to the Zhenxiu Restaurant.
She had only hoped to try her luck, but to her surprise, she actually met Yang Qinwu!
He's a captain in the Imperial Guard, so why does he always seem to be idly running around his restaurant all day?
It wasn't until Li Qingluo saw Mei Shuang bustling around, and Yang Qinwu's gaze kept falling on Mei Shuang, that Li Qingluo finally realized what was happening.
Li Qingluo smiled and said, "I see. Que'er, go and invite Yang Qinwu here for me. I want to ask him what he's really up to!"
When Yang Qinwu pushed open the door and saw Li Qingli behind him, a hint of unease flashed across his face.
He seemed to know this day would come sooner or later, but Li Qingluo suppressed a laugh and asked, "Don't worry, if you can really get Mei Shuang to agree on her own, I will return her indenture."
Yang Qinwu looked up at Li Qingluo with a shocked expression.
"Can……"
But once a slave gains her freedom, will her master still trust and believe in her loyalty?
Li Qingluo: "I trust my judgment of people. For example, you, Lord Yang."
"Since I chose you to do that important task, does that mean we're allies?"
Yang Qinwu bowed and clasped his hands, saying, "I do indeed owe you a favor in this matter."
Li Qingluo: "In that case, Lord Yang, could you tell me exactly what happened on the night of the fifth day, at the palace banquet by the pond in front of Zhaohua Hall, when Miss Pan fell into the lake?"
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