Chapter 123 The murderer is Prince Qi
Seeing that the refugees had switched sides so quickly, the anxious group exchanged glances.
“They have poison hidden in their teeth,” Jiang Wanning said, pointing at the group.
Mo Qing quickly covered one of their mouths, while Pei Yanchuan had already shoved a sword sheath into the other's mouth without anyone noticing.
The soldier closest to Pei Yanchuan looked down at his empty waist and realized that his sword sheath was gone.
The others who didn't arrive had already died from ingesting poison.
Mo Qing stepped forward, took the poison from the tip of one of the two surviving people's mouths, and handed it to Pei Yanchuan.
Jiang Wanning took it from Pei Yanchuan and examined it: "It's arsenic."
"Take the man away and interrogate him thoroughly."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Jiang Wanning addressed the crowd, saying, "As you all can see, these are the ringleaders of the trouble."
"If they had nothing to hide, why would they commit suicide?"
One of the people who had been poisoned earlier shouted, "I remember now, this person gave me half a steamed bun when the porridge was being served."
"He still had a beard at the time, so I didn't recognize him at first."
“He gave it to me too, but he accidentally threw it at my feet, and I picked it up and ate it.”
We were all refugees fleeing from war; not having enough to eat was common, and it was also common for people to scramble for food when they saw it, let alone if it fell on the ground.
Naturally, whoever picks it up owns it.
Upon hearing this, everyone realized that someone was trying to frame the Prince of Langya and his wife by taking their lives.
"Your Highness, Your Highness, we are so sorry. We were foolish and were taken advantage of." Someone knelt down.
Then one by one, everyone knelt down and said sorry.
He kowtowed to Jiang Wanning and Pei Yanchuan to apologize.
"The princess eats and drinks with you all day long. Whatever you eat, the princess eats too. It's almost as if she lives with you."
Peony complained, "Even so, you can still be deceived by a few words from others."
"Today it has been confirmed that the murderer is not the princess. If it hadn't been confirmed, would you have killed the princess?"
Peony felt a tightness in her chest; she felt sorry for her princess.
The refugees felt guilty and remorseful, and dared not look up.
Jiang Wanning knew that these refugees were ordinary people, few of whom had received any education, and they were in such a situation.
They would inevitably lose their judgment and be taken advantage of, so they didn't care about anything.
"Alright, everyone, get up."
After a moment of hesitation, some people stood up and began to arrange the smashed items.
Before long, everyone joined in.
Everything was quickly packed up, and the soldiers replaced the broken items with new ones.
Peony and crabapple were used to make another pot of porridge.
"Those who were poisoned were all sent to the free clinic next door to be cared for by Yu Hai, as Jiang Wan Ning instructed."
"Didn't you go to the palace? What brings you here?"
Jiang Wanning then remembered to ask Pei Yanchuan.
"I rushed over to see you as soon as the matter was settled."
Pei Yanchuan didn't tell Jiang Wanning that his right eyelid had been twitching all day and that he was feeling extremely anxious. Before Xiao Yu could finish speaking, he left.
The two returned to the Prince's Palace.
Mo Ran had finished interrogating the person he had captured during the day.
"Did you get any answers?"
"Your Highness, that man insisted he was Prince Qi," Mo Ran said. "However, I don't think so."
"It seems like he confessed too quickly."
These people are usually desperate criminals, or their entire families are being held hostage, and they generally won't confess until the very end.
Some would rather die than reveal who's behind their backs.
Otherwise, he wouldn't have been caught and died from poison.
"King Qi." Pei Yanchuan served Jiang Wanning dishes.
What does Ningning think about this?
"The Prince of Qi and the Grand Princess have always been inseparable; when the two of them join forces, few in the court dare to oppose them."
"Now that this person is insisting on the identity of the Prince of Qi, let's see how the Grand Princess behaves in court tomorrow."
Pei Yanchuan smiled and said, "She really is a little fox."
During the palace banquet, he and Xiao Yu staged a play to deliberately sow discord between the Grand Princess and Prince Qi.
Jiang Wan Ning even noticed it.
"These past few days in the court, the Grand Princess's people have been relentlessly attacking Prince Qi's people, and the two sides have been fighting each other quite fiercely."
"So, the attempt to sow discord was successful."
Pei Yanchuan nodded, "I'd say it's half a success."
“The Grand Princess has always hated betrayal the most and only believes what she sees. Since the two of them have a misunderstanding, then Prince Qi should not try to explain himself by entering the gates of the Grand Princess’s residence.”
"I'm afraid it will be even more difficult."
"Now that we've done this, I'm afraid the King of Qi will no longer bother to explain, and the misunderstanding between them will only grow bigger and bigger."
"In that case, it's actually a good thing," Jiang Wanning said with a smile.
"It seems that all these people today are the Grand Princess's people."
"As long as these people identify Prince Qi in the court tomorrow, Prince Qi will naturally know whether they are the Grand Princess's people or not."
"The person was arranged by the Grand Princess, and the poison was switched by Jiang Wanru."
The Grand Princess also knew that once the matter was exposed and it was found that she was involved, it would give the Emperor a handle to use against her.
They simply used a poison that could cause diarrhea.
Jiang Wanru secretly replaced all the poisons with lethal ones.
Only if someone dies will Pei Yanchuan and Jiang Wanning be completely unable to turn their lives around.
"How did Your Highness find out?"
Pei Yanchuan poured tea for Jiang Wanning, saying, "The maidservant beside Jiang Wanru is a spy from the Prince's mansion."
Jiang Wanning suddenly remembered that Jiang Wanru had indeed suddenly changed her maid.
“The guy who used to work for Jiang Wanru didn’t do a good job and was silenced.”
Pei Yanchuan seemed to have guessed what Jiang Wanning wanted to know.
Hmph, how vicious! That maidservant had been with Jiang Wanru since childhood.
As the two were talking, Wu Xinrui walked in.
"Miss Wu, is there something you need?" Jiang Wan Ning asked.
Pei Yanchuan's eyes were fixed on Jiang Wanning, not giving Wu Xinrui a single glance.
"Well, you were all busy during the day, so Miss Chen came to see the Princess."
"Miss Shen seemed very anxious, so I thought I should come and tell the Princess Consort. That's why I'm disturbing the Prince and Princess Consort's meal."
I didn't see Zhizhi today.
She would usually go to the free clinic to keep him company.
Jiang Wan Ning felt a little worried. "Your Highness, I'll go take a look."
"I will accompany you."
Jiang Wan Ning stopped him, saying, "It's better if I go myself. Your Highness should rest well."
Pei Yanchuan hadn't had a good rest for several days and was even more tired than me; his eyes were even a little bluish just now.
"Don't worry, the Prince's Mansion and the Shen Mansion are not far apart. I'll have Mo Ran escort me there."
"Besides, it's so late, it's not really appropriate for Your Highness to go."
Pei Yanchuan ultimately had no choice but to agree to Jiang Wanning's decision.
After Jiang Wanning left, Wu Xinrui lingered for a long time.
Pei Yanchuan didn't even glance at Wu Xinrui until he got up to leave.
It was as if Wu Xinrui was invisible.
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