Surprisingly, after hearing this, Yuan Cainv suddenly thought of something and said with a dull expression, "I know, Ma Cainv, why did you harm me?"
Lin Zhiya was surprised. Why was it related to Ma Cainü again?
Ma Cainü and Yuan Cainü's seats were indeed close to each other, and Ma Cainü did have the ability to put a needle into the cup, but why did she do that?
Lin Zhiya was puzzled, and then she heard Yuan Cainu say, "That day you gave Concubine Wan a hand guard, and many people mocked you for flattering me. I didn't speak up for you, so you hold a grudge against me, right?"
Yuan Cainu's eyes were blurred with tears, and she screamed, "We knew each other in the boudoir, so we were close friends. You hated me for not standing up for you, and you put a needle in my cup to kill me. Who else would want to harm me except you?"
Ma Cainv stepped back hesitantly, obviously frightened, and tried to defend herself: "You are talking nonsense. I was busy threading the needle and had no time to hurt you."
Yuan Cainu: "You were the one who said my shoes were dirty. I looked down and saw that you were deliberately trying to lure me away so that you could insert the needle."
The development of the situation here was completely beyond Lin Zhiya's expectations.
Lin Zhiya also found that there were no stains on Yuan Cainü's shoes, and Ma Cainü did not deny it. Obviously, she had reminded Yuan Cainü.
...
...
Ma Cainu started to cry: "That's not the case. It was too dark and I saw it wrongly. It wasn't me who put the needle there."
Lin Zhiya couldn't tell whether what Ma Cainv said was true or not. Thinking back to the last pond incident, she said to Hemei, "Please invite the emperor."
Then everyone was quiet except for the sound of breathing. It became even quieter as they waited for Zhao Chen to arrive.
Zhao Chen's cold gaze startled everyone. He said gloomily, "If I had come a step later, I wouldn't have been able to see Wanpin, right? You are so brave."
Lin Zhiya licked her lips: [It’s not to the point that… it’s not to the point that we won’t see each other. ]
Lin Zhiya almost thought she was going to die and quickly checked herself.
Lin Zhiya decided to act like a crybaby and choked up as she said, "Your Majesty, you must find out the truth for me and punish the perpetrators."
Zhao Chen patted Lin Zhiya's shoulder soothingly and said softly, "Don't worry, I know."
Zhao Chen's heart was beating like thunder. He was feeding the fish when he heard the news. He almost saw Lin Zhiya, who had been murdered, floating in the water. He was scared all the way.
Fortunately, Lin Zhiya had sharp eyes and stood in front of him properly.
Zhao Chen even had an absurd idea in his anger that he should become a tyrant so that people in the court and the harem would have to behave themselves.
Lin Zhiya said: "At that time, everyone was praying for wisdom under the moon. It was dark, and no one in the palace noticed that the needle was used for praying for wisdom."
There is absolutely no clue at all.
But Lin Zhiya suddenly thought, "Many concubines apply thick powder, which will be stained on their fingers. If they touch the needle and put it in the water, there should be powder attached, but there was no powder when I picked up the cup of water."
[Could it have been set by a palace maid or eunuch? ]
Ma Cainu agreed: "What Concubine Wan said is right. It may not be us who did it. We are innocent."
Zhao Chen also pointed his shield at the surrounding palace maids and eunuchs. When they met his gaze, they all lowered their heads. Zhao Chen said indifferently:
"If anyone sees any clues, I will reward you with a thousand taels of silver."
"If we don't find the murderer tonight, we will all take him in for questioning, dead or alive."
All the palace servants knelt down and begged for mercy in fear. Zhao Chen could occasionally hear some of their inner thoughts, but they were all expressions of fear.
Who is it?
Lin Zhiya leaned against a tree, her sleeves blown up by the wind, revealing part of her arm, her face was pale, but with her improved looks, even the young girls in their teens could not compare to her.
Because of the long wait, Yuan Cainu's heart began to panic again, "I have no intention of harming Concubine Wan."
Ma Cainv followed closely behind, even more anxious than Yuan Cainv, "I have no intention of harming anyone. I just made a hand guard for Concubine Wan, and I will not harm Yuan Cainv either."
Hand guard? Zhao Chen was greatly shocked. He had not received any hand-sewn items from the harem yet. How come Lin Zhiya received them before him?
Zhao Chen frowned, "Don't I have hands?"
Lin Zhiya: [Hey, just focus on finding the murderer and continue your glory from last time.]
Lin Zhiya said earnestly, "I'll sew one for the emperor, one of mandarin ducks playing in the water."
Zhao Chen's eyebrows jumped, and he said carefully: "My beloved concubine, please keep it for yourself. I don't want such a pattern."
Lin Zhiya looked very sad.
At this moment, a guilty voice floated into Zhao Chen's ears, and Zhao Chen almost immediately recognized it as the nanny standing next to Yuan Cainv.
[Damn it, I didn't expect Wanpin to serve this cup of tea. I'm really unlucky today. What should I do? How can I get the concubine to reward me? ]
[If I hadn't been forced by the situation, I wouldn't have come up with this idea, but if the family's gambling debts are not repaid, my grandson will be sent to the palace to be a eunuch by his damn father. ]
[I just want to get some money from Yuan Cainu, go quickly and don't check anymore. ]
Nanny Zou lowered her head, her thoughts in disarray. At this moment, she suddenly noticed a pair of gold-thread embroidered beaded boots in front of her. Her heart skipped a beat, and then she saw Lin Zhiya standing in front of her.
Lin Zhiya scolded: "You bold and unruly slave, the emperor said you were sneaky and wanted to drag you down and beat you to death, tell me what you did quickly."
Zhao Chen next to him had a complicated expression: "..."
Just now, Lin Zhiya came over and asked him why he kept looking at Nanny Zou. Zhao Chen suddenly had evil intentions and teased Lin Zhiya to trick Nanny Zou.
Instead, he was outmaneuvered by Lin Zhiya, which was really careless.
Nanny Zou almost fell to the ground. No matter how hard she tried, she could not have imagined that the Emperor would punish her for doing something sneaky.
Madam Zou kowtowed, her voice full of tears: "Your Majesty, Madam Wan, I have done nothing sneaky."
Lin Zhiya immediately signaled Zhao Chen to take over.
【Whatever you do, it depends on the good things you have done. 】
Zhao Chen stared at Madam Zou with a casual expression, his smile not reaching his eyes, "You have a grandson, right? You are in debt, right?"
Madam Zou was shocked. She stretched out her hands like claws and kowtowed to Zhao Chen. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I just want a reward. I have no intention of harming anyone."
Yuan Cainü finally reacted. She never expected that it would be the nanny next to her. She picked up something on the table and smashed it on Nanny Zou's head.
"You beast, I have never treated you harshly, yet you actually wanted to kill me!"
Zhao Chen saw that Lin Zhiya was confused, so he told Aunt Zou, "Keep talking."
Madam Zou's head was bruised and bleeding, but she dared not complain, "...My son is in debt, and I saw Ma Cainv talking to Yuan Cainv just now, so I had evil thoughts and threw the needle into Yuan Cainv's teacup."
"I just want to think that when Yuan Cainu is about to drink the tea, I will tell her that a needle fell into the tea. Yuan Cainu will definitely be grateful to me and reward me with some money..."
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