Seeing this, Zhixia was about to step forward and slap the slave twice, but was gently stopped by Chu Qingluan.
She cast a scrutinizing gaze at Cui'er and asked coldly, "You mean you suspect that I killed your young lady?"
Cui Er looked fearful and shook her head, "I dare not!"
I didn't dare, but I didn't deny it.
Chu Qingluan glanced past her and looked at Gu Tingyuan, "Prime Minister Gu, Madam Gu, do you think so too? Do you think that I am vicious and cruel and killed your daughter?"
Gu Tingyuan's face was uncertain. Before he could speak, Li had already knelt down tremblingly: "Your Highness, please understand. I would never dare to have such a rebellious thought."
Li was furious when she thought that Gu Yanran had known her true identity for a long time but had been hiding it from her and pretending to be nice and clever.
She also found out that the reason why Madam Ge made a mistake and was sold out a year ago was all due to Gu Yanran's doing. It was said that she died of an illness not long after being sold out. Li suspected that this was most likely done by Gu Yanran.
Even a tiger won't eat its own cubs, but in order to continue to be the daughter of the Gu family, Gu Yanran concealed her identity and was so inhumane that she poisoned her biological mother.
Such behavior is totally unscrupulous and worse than that of animals!
She died miserably, that was retribution!
Chu Qingluan gently raised her hand and motioned for Li to stand up: "Madam, there is no need to do this."
She suddenly turned to Cui'er and said in a sharp tone, "You just said that Miss Gu came to apologize to me?"
Cui Er dodged his gaze in panic and nodded, "Yes, yes..."
"Then I want to ask." Chu Qingluan raised her hand and took a brocade bag from the maid, "Why does she carry such a tiger and wolf medicine?"
The brocade bag was shaken open, and a few pills that had been soaked by rainwater and then dried and condensed fell to the ground.
The people around were suddenly in an uproar.
"This..." Cui'er's face turned pale and she was speechless for a moment.
She was not Gu Yanran's personal servant, and she didn't know her real purpose of attending the Qin ceremony. This time, the prince's men found her and asked her to act out a show.
How could she know that Gu Yanran went to the banquet with abortion pills in her arms?
It immediately dawned on me that Gu Yanran might be trying to take this opportunity to frame me.
But I'm afraid that before I can implement it, something bad will happen to me.
Cui'er's eyes kept flickering and cold sweat oozed out of her forehead.
"Your Highness, please spare me. I don't know either!"
Upon seeing this, Li quickly reacted. This girl, who was usually quiet, was now very bold. She even dared to come to the door of the princess's mansion and speak nonsense. She also deliberately said some ambiguous words that aroused speculation.
She was so angry that she was shaking all over. Without thinking, she took a step forward and slapped Cui'er hard in the face.
"Bitch! Who gave you the courage to talk nonsense here?"
The slap was so heavy that Cui'er fell to the ground with blood oozing from the corners of her mouth.
"Your Highness, please understand!" Li turned around and knelt heavily in front of Chu Qingluan. "This girl must have been instructed by someone to come here on purpose to sow discord! I will sell her off to the frontier and she will never be allowed to return to the capital!"
Despair flashed across Cui'er's face. She crawled to Li's feet in shock and anger, begging, "Madam, please spare my life. I just want to..."
"Shut up!" Li shouted and kicked her away, "Do you think I don't know? You are just a second-class maid in the yard, you are not qualified to serve me closely. What's more..."
Li paused, and then continued: "Gu Yanran died a worthy death. Even if she hadn't died, I would never allow her to step into my mansion again!"
Cui'er looked up in shock, her face full of disbelief.
"lady!"
After all, she is the daughter you have raised for eighteen years!
How can you be so heartless, just saying no and then giving up?
Cui'er said she couldn't understand it at all.
But Li had no intention of explaining in public. She raised her hand and waved, and several maids from the prime minister's mansion came forward, arrested Cui'er, gagged her, and quickly took her away.
At this time, Li looked at Chu Qingluan with an apologetic look on her face: "Your Highness, I am really sorry. It is because I failed to manage my subordinates well that this misunderstanding occurred."
After a pause, she added, "As for Gu Yanran's matter, that was her own choice. No one else can be blamed. Your Highness, please don't take that slave's words to heart."
Gu Tingyuan also came to his senses at this time and couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.
If it is true as Her Highness the Princess said, that Gu Yanran brought the tiger and wolf medicine to the banquet, then what on earth did she want to do?
She was the only pregnant woman at the banquet. Did she really intend to have a miscarriage at the banquet and put the blame on Princess Zhaoyang?
When he thought of this, Gu Tingyuan felt that his previous behavior was really too reckless.
If Li had arrived a step later and things had gotten out of control, wouldn't he have become a traitor who committed treason and slandered the royal princess?
"Your Highness!" Gu Tingyuan suddenly lifted his robe and knelt on the ground, with a look of deep regret; "I was confused and deceived before, and almost caused a disaster. I am ashamed!"
Chu Qingluan only needed to think about it to understand that Gu Tingyuan must have been instigated by someone, which was why he was so impatient.
The only person who might have instigated him and wanted to see him ruined was Crown Prince Chu Lang.
She narrowed her eyes slightly and glanced at Gu Tingyuan and Li, "I'm glad that Minister Gu can understand. Speaking of which, this matter is also my negligence. I should have sent someone to send your daughter back home earlier when I knew she was pregnant."
Chu Qingluan's generosity and retreat as a means of advancement instantly won her a wave of favor. It also made Gu Tingyuan feel even more ashamed and guilty.
Zhixia, who was standing by, suddenly sneered and said sarcastically, "You are pretending to be so good now. Didn't you want to seek justice for your adopted daughter just now?"
She deliberately emphasized the word "adopted daughter", causing Gu Tingyuan's face to turn red.
"Miss Zhixia is teaching me that I was indeed blind before..."
Seeing how humble he was, Zhixia felt less likely to be aggressive.
She curled her lips, returned to Chu Qingluan and whispered, "Now you know how to act like a grandson..."
Chu Qingluan coughed lightly and said at the right time: "Since Prime Minister Gu knows he is wrong, why not...use his merits to atone for his sins?"
Gu Tingyuan was stunned at first, then he immediately understood and bowed solemnly to Chu Qingluan: "I will go and find out why Yanran... No, why did that evil creature bring poison to the banquet!"
After saying that, he looked at Zhixia deeply again, then turned and left.
This time, the back figure seemed a little sad.
The onlookers sighed and lamented after seeing such a big melon.
"Oh my god, this reversal is too big, isn't it?"
"I told you, Her Royal Highness the Princess has always been kind and gracious, how could she do such a thing?"
A few scholars whispered to each other: "It seems that Prime Minister Gu has been used as a pawn this time."
"That's right, but who would be so bold as to plot against Princess Zhaoyang?"
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For a moment, the scene that happened in front of the princess's mansion spread throughout the capital, oh no, the whole Chu, at a terrifying speed.
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