Chapter 374: Death by Poisoning
"What do you mean? There are witnesses and evidence, how can you be wrong?" The leading officer looked at Su Yue, obviously dissatisfied with what Su Yue said.
As for Su Yue's identity, he was just a small patrol officer and naturally didn't know it.
"I happen to know a little bit about medicine, so let me take a look. I have never seen anyone killed by a whip, but I have seen many people killed by poison."
After Su Yue said this, she looked meaningfully at the woman standing next to the dead man. When the woman heard Su Yue's words, her face changed, but quickly returned to normal.
"What the girl said makes sense. I usually whip my disobedient children with a cane, and it's no big deal." At this time, the woman next to her nodded in agreement. She had never seen anyone being beaten to death by the whip.
"What are you talking about? How can the rattan in your house compare with this whip? But I have never seen anyone killed by a whip." Another voice was heard, suppressing the woman's voice.
"I only whipped him less than ten times. Those who had whipped him more than him before didn't die. How could I have killed this man?" Su Ning's hands were controlled by two soldiers at this time, and he was shouting in dissatisfaction.
"That's right. I can prove it. I was beaten by her whip and I didn't die." Li Yan also shouted.
"The person is already dead. How could they be wrong in public? Take all the people away!" The leading soldier saw this situation, looked at the woman, and refused.
"Yes!" When the officer's subordinates heard their boss speak, they prepared to take the man away.
"Wait, why don't you take this dead man with you?" Su Yue asked when she saw that they were leaving and had no intention of taking the dead man on the ground with them.
"Everyone who was beaten to death saw this man, why would we take him away?"
The leading soldier was obviously impatient when he heard Su Yue's question, but he inadvertently exchanged a quick glance with the woman.
"You have been stopping me from examining the body, but what are you afraid of?" Su Yue naturally noticed the abnormal eye contact between the two people, so she spoke directly and impolitely.
"What do I have to be afraid of? Who are you and how dare you speak to me like that?" The soldier clearly sensed the questioning in Su Yue's tone and asked with dissatisfaction.
"After all this time, not only do you not even know me, you don't even know her?" Li Yan said in disbelief when he heard the question. He thought everyone knew Su Yue's identity.
The man who heard the conversation not far away also squinted his eyes, so who is she?
"Stop talking nonsense. Who is she?" After hearing what Li Yan said, the soldier turned around and asked Li Yan.
Among the people watching the excitement, some had obviously recognized Su Yue, but since the princess didn't say anything, they naturally wouldn't say anything either. They just looked at the soldiers with pity in their eyes.
"I am the son of the Shangshu, and she..." Li Yan was not going to play dumb at this time. Revealing Su Yue's identity would benefit both him and Su Ning.
"She is the Crown Prince's consort. Do you have anything else to ask?" Just as Li Yan was about to speak, a strong arm directly embraced Su Yue.
Xiao He also ran over at this time, panting. Fortunately, she called the prince over.
"Greetings to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." The soldiers did not know Su Yue, but they knew Shangguan Nanxing. When they saw Shangguan Nanxing appear, they were so scared that they fell to their knees.
The people nearby also knelt down one by one.
"Everyone, get up." Shangguan Nanxing took a look and asked everyone to get up.
"This prince didn't let you get up." The leading soldier was about to get up when he heard a cold voice, like cold water poured on his head.
"Nanxing, why are you here?" Su Yue felt the familiar embrace, turned around to meet a pair of gentle eyes, and asked.
"If I don't come, you will all be taken away."
Shangguan Nanxing spoke with a doting smile. He naturally smelled the faint peach scent of alcohol emanating from Su Yue. After not seeing her for a while, Yue'er didn't miss him at all. Instead, she was drinking and having fun very comfortably.
"Nonsense, how could I be taken away? I was just about to be checked, but I was kept blocked by this guy." Su Yue muttered, and after that he glanced at the officers and soldiers kneeling on the ground with great dissatisfaction.
When the soldier heard Su Yue's words, he was so frightened that he broke out in a cold sweat.
"No one is stopping you now, go check." Shangguan Nanxing followed Su Yue's gaze and glanced at the person kneeling on the ground, then said gently.
At this time, Su Yue walked directly to the man and squatted down.
And the man in the elegant room of Qixiang Tower, when he saw Su Yue walking out of the crowd, only then did he see Su Yue's figure clearly, and the more he looked at her, the more familiar she seemed.
With curiosity, he kept moving the wine glass in his hand and continued to watch with scrutiny.
"This man has been poisoned. It's a common rat poison." After checking, Su Yue stood up and spoke with certainty.
"You're talking nonsense. How could my husband be poisoned?" When the woman heard Su Yue's words, she was shocked at first, and then asked loudly.
"How he got poisoned, I don't know, but he did die of poisoning." Su Yue turned her head to look at the woman whose face changed drastically. At this time, she already had some ideas in her mind.
"Poisoned? Wasn't he beaten to death?" Shangguan Nanxing agreed after hearing Su Yue's words.
"No, the whip wounds are not fatal. We can drag this man back for an autopsy and we will know the answer." Su Yue looked at the dead man and said with certainty.
"No, we can't do it. I heard that autopsies require an abdominal dissection. My husband has been in such a miserable state. I don't want him to die with his body not intact."
When the woman heard Su Yue's words, she spoke out to stop him, not showing the fragile look she had shown when she was protected by Li Yan before.
"I think that instead of arresting him, you should go to this man's house and check the dishes and any leftover food."
Seeing the woman being so nonchalant, Su Yue guessed that she must have known that everything would be exposed if an autopsy was performed, so even though the prince was here, she still said that an autopsy could not be performed.
"What the Crown Princess said is my order. Take this woman with you to search. Since the person was not beaten to death, then release these two people. Take the body back for a careful examination. I want to know the result."
Shangguan Nanxing listened to Su Yue's words and followed the orders.
"Yes, Your Highness." After hearing what Shangguan Nanxing said, the officers and soldiers took the woman away.
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