"Master, there are too many people around. I can't find a chance to poison Old Lady Cao."
The outer residence of the Qin Mansion.
Qin Ji looked at the man in front of him and felt a severe headache.
"Is it possible that the poisoning was facilitated precisely because there were so many people?"
"To answer Young Master, it's mainly because there are too many people... The little ones, the little ones, can't even squeeze in..."
As the servant spoke, he subconsciously moved to the side to avoid the tea bowl thrown by Qin Ji.
"You still dare to hide?!"
Qin Ji was almost angry to death.
He stood up and kicked the boy, not even bothering to look at him, "Get lost!"
"Yes, yes."
"Wait."
The servant's heart tightened. He retracted his left foot that had just stepped out of the door and turned back nervously, "Young... Young Master..."
"You said that the couple surnamed Cao were taken back to the county government office by Fang Kun?"
"Yes, Princess Jingling also went with them."
Qin Ji put his hands behind his back, not knowing what he was thinking. He spoke after a while, "Well, take this token and go to Bai Ya Lou to find someone with good kung fu skills. Go to the county government office and make sure to..."
He made a gesture of wiping his neck, and the servant nodded quickly, "Don't worry, Master. I will definitely help you."
On the other hand, after the Cao couple were taken to the government office, they were directly thrown into jail for the crimes of provoking trouble and framing others.
"Let us out!" Old Lady Cao screamed, "My granddaughter is the current princess, how dare you do this to us!"
She really couldn't understand how she ended up in such a situation.
Seeing that the yamen runners ignored them completely, she retreated to Old Man Cao and said, "Old man, this is different from what the noble said. Could it be..."
"What nonsense are you imagining!" Old man Cao glared at his wife. "It's all your fault! Don't worry, if the noble man finds out, he will definitely come to save us."
Old man Cao didn't agree to take this job from the beginning. How many heads would he have to chop off if he tried to scam Princess Jingling?
If the people who came to find them had not repeatedly emphasized that Jiang Li was just the daughter of a merchant, with no power, no talent, and no looks, and that she had only gotten to the position of princess by sheer luck, and that her own father was a witness, Jiang Li would never be able to turn things around!
"You old fool, you're still blaming me, aren't you?! That was a poisonous snake. If it had really bitten me, I'd have died even if that nobleman had given me a lot of silver!"
Old Man Cao was so angry after being slapped that he kicked Old Lady Cao in the calf, "Shut up! Be careful someone hears!"
Guest room of the government office.
"princess."
Fang Kun had hot tea served to Jiang Li. After much deliberation, he said, "This is the princess's family affair, and I shouldn't ask too much. However, everything has happened today. If I don't get to the bottom of it, I'm worried about the damage to the princess's reputation..."
Jiang Li took a sip of tea, his expression calm and composed. He put down the tea bowl and said with a smile, "Master Fang is right. Not only you, but I myself would like to take this opportunity to get to the bottom of this matter."
Since it is a declaration of war sent by Qin Ji, then accept it.
She wanted to see who had the better move.
Seeing the woman's composure, Fang Kun felt even more favorable towards her. He bowed and said, "Don't worry, Princess. I've already sent someone with your stepmother to fetch your father. Once they're all here, we'll bring them to court for questioning. If those two are truly making up a false marriage, I will definitely not let them off lightly!"
"Lord Fang is fair and honest. I feel at ease handing this case over to you."
but--
Jiang Li lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then said, "I have a plan here. I wonder if you think it is feasible?"
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County government prison cell.
"Old man, how long do you think we have to wait? Why is there no news from that noble man?"
Old Mrs. Cao looked outside again and again, so anxious that she could not stand.
"Don't look at it, just wait patiently." Old Man Cao was too lazy to pay attention to her. Since he had boarded the pirate ship, he had to trust the man no matter what. "Come and sit here, the shaking is annoying me."
As soon as the two of them finished speaking, they heard a pair of yamen runners coming in.
"What bad luck! Because of those two old guys, we are so busy that we can't even eat now."
Old Lady Cao heard the two men sitting down at the entrance of the cell. She heard the sounds that they had just started eating. Thinking of this, she patted her stomach and swallowed her saliva, saying, "I'm hungry too. If I had known earlier, I wouldn't have made such a big fuss. If I had gone and talked to Jiang Li nicely, maybe he would have treated me to good food and drink."
Old man Cao rolled his eyes, found a place to lie down against the wall, and didn't want to bother with his wife anymore.
"What do you think those two old guys are thinking? Aren't they just courting death?"
When the two men's voices came, Old Mrs. Cao was startled and quickly put her ear close to them.
"What do you mean?"
"Look, if they can't claim to be related to the princess, then they're pretending to be royal relatives, which is a capital crime, right?"
"Of course, but what if they get caught?"
"Well, if they do, it's still a capital crime!" the man said, putting down his bowl and chopsticks. "If they really do, what does that mean? It means the princess is indeed the posthumous child of a prostitute! With such an identity, she dared to marry into the royal family. Isn't that obviously bringing disgrace to the royal family? This is a capital crime punishable by the extermination of all nine generations of her family!"
"What? So, those two old guys are guilty of the death penalty no matter what?"
"That's right. So, I really don't know what they are thinking..."
As soon as the two finished speaking, Old Man Cao woke up and sat up quickly. The two of them stared at each other, at a loss.
"Unless,"
The voice of the yamen runner came again. The two men did not dare to speak and listened carefully.
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