Lu Ni cried out that she was wronged. Apart from Gu Xin, Gu Shouxin, Lu Zheng, and Bai Yi, everyone else present looked at her in surprise.
In their view, Lu Ni had absolutely no reason to harm Princess Nanlin, but the coroner Zheng found that the deadly item was indeed given by Lu Ni, so this was quite surprising.
As for Gu Xin's death, it's certain that Lu Ni wouldn't dare.
Lu Zheng knew that the Lin family did indeed have a lot of good things. Over the years, the Lin family's maternal father, the Prime Minister Lin, and the Lin family's elder sister, Consort Lin, had given the Lin family many good things.
When the Lin family was raided, they found more treasures than any concubine in the palace, including the empress, in their private treasury.
The Empress's family, Xue Qianyu's family, was quite wealthy, but only moderately wealthy. As you can imagine, the Empress didn't have many valuable possessions.
But the Lin family was different. Previously, the Left and Right Chancellors of the court were Lin's father and Huo Junhao's uncle, respectively. Huo Junhao's uncle was ten years younger than Chancellor Lin. Since the first emperor of the Great Zhou Dynasty, the Huo family had produced chancellors, but they lived very low-key lives.
Therefore, ministers often liked to send gifts to Prime Minister Lin. Because he had helped the Empress Dowager and the Emperor stabilize the country, his daughter was a Noble Consort in the palace and also managed the harem, and his grandson was no less capable than the Third Prince born to the Empress. So, he became arrogant and accepted gifts from anyone who came to him.
Whether it was an official from the Great Zhou Dynasty or a foreign envoy, he would accept any gifts offered to him.
As a result, when they confiscated the property, it took an entire afternoon to barely finish hauling all the gold, silver, jewelry, antiques, and paintings into the palace.
Therefore, Lu Zheng believed Lu Ni when she said that the Lin family had also eaten the tree roots from Xingnan Kingdom.
The people he had previously placed in the Duke of Zhenguo's mansion had also recorded this matter. During the time when the Lin family was raided, the Imperial Concubine was deposed, and the Seventh Prince was demoted to a commoner and imprisoned, Lin would have someone grind this tree root into powder every day and then swallow it with water.
Earlier this year, he heard from his people that the Lin family was eating this stuff again.
Lu Zheng had a reason for thinking it wasn't Lu Ni, but Gu Shouxin and Gu Xin simply didn't think it was Lu Ni. Mainly, the father and daughter both thought Lu Ni was stupid, and given Lu Ni's hatred for Gu Xin and Lu Zheng, how could she possibly let Princess Nanlin die? She would rather Princess Nanlin live well so that their plan could succeed and break up Gu Xin and Lu Zheng.
Moreover, even if Lu Ni wanted to poison someone, she would definitely poison Lu Zheng and Gu Xin.
Therefore, the father and daughter did not believe that Lu Ni had poisoned them.
So, the discovery of poison in the items Lu Ni brought makes things a bit interesting.
The murderer was certain that if Nanlin were to investigate, the Dali Temple would take over, and the Dali Temple would definitely send Gu Xin. Once Gu Xin investigated this matter, it would naturally implicate Lu Ni. The murderer believed that Gu Xin and Lu Ni were at odds, so he thought that Gu Xin would take this opportunity to get rid of Lu Ni.
The father and daughter exchanged a glance. It has to be said that even though Gu Xin had been in the West for so long and hadn't been by Gu Shouxin's side much since her return, the two still had a tacit understanding and could see what the other was thinking.
They truly are father and daughter, bound by blood!
Looking at the angry and flustered Lu Ni, Gu Xin said in a deep voice, "Didn't the Duke of Zhenguo say that all matters of your household are decided by the young master Lu? It just so happens that he is here."
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