"If I give it to my mother, she will switch it, right?" Jing Yuchen looked at Miao Qinghua steadily, without any intention of being polite.
The atmosphere was tense for a moment, and then Wan Bang spoke up, "Queen, the nightgown was indeed found in the Crown Princess's room, and the room was surrounded by guards. There's no way anyone else could have framed it."
"Since there are still doubts, then arrest the two maids around the Crown Princess. Once the truth is found out and it has nothing to do with the two suspects, you can release them!"
Wanbang's face was gloomy and he seemed extremely difficult to talk to.
Miao Qinghua immediately chimed in, "General Wan is right. Since the Crown Princess can't prove the two maids' innocence, we should detain them for now. Once they're proven innocent, we can release them. This is the most appropriate and fair approach."
Ni Yueshan clenched his fists and was about to say something when Jing Yuchen placed his hand on the back of Ni Yueshan's hand.
Ni Yueshan looked at him, and Jing Yuchen nodded to her, signaling her to be patient.
Ni Yueshan had no choice but to swallow what he was about to say.
Qingfeng and Qingluan cooperated very well and left. Miao Qinghua also stood up: "Well, it's getting late. After all this trouble, I have to go back and get some sleep."
After Miao Qinghua left, Wan Bang looked at Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen proudly, then left.
After everyone had dispersed, Ni Yueshan finally spoke: "How do you plan to investigate?"
"The nightwear is with us. The Queen is confident in leaving it to you and me. This means she is confident. But the two maids are not her target. She wants to target you and me!"
Ni Yueshan's distinct black and white eyes narrowed slightly: "After all, she chose to be the Queen Mother who ruled the country from behind the curtain..."
Jing Yuchen grabbed Ni Yueshan's hand and felt her hand was cold. He was a little worried: "Keep warm and don't catch a cold. Also...Wanbang and the Queen have joined forces. Where is Wanyan?"
"If there's really no other way, I'll just have to threaten people with Wan Yan!"
Wan Yan was not allowed to return to the capital at the beginning, but now Wan Bang is a third-rank general in the court. He was favored by the emperor some time ago, and Miao Qinghua has also favored him recently. He is really capable.
"Although Wan Yan was left alive, judging by the current situation, Wan Bang is seeking revenge for Wan Yan! Furthermore, he worked for the Emperor and killed Qing Die. Knowing my vindictive nature, he decided to go all out and join forces with the Queen to deal with you and me, just to protect his own position!"
Ni Yueshan stood up, her bright face filled with anger. "It's me who implicated Qingfeng and Qingluan. When I heard Wanbang had come to the temple, I wanted to kill him. In the end, I failed to kill them, and instead caused them to be imprisoned!"
Jing Yuchen stood up and said, "It's getting late. Let's go back and rest for a while. We'll look for clues during the day..."
After daybreak, Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen both got up very early. In the bamboo forest, they found no signs of a fight. Wan Bang might have simply come to the forest to wait for Ni Yueshan, rather than to chase the assassin here.
When they first arrived at the temple, Qingfeng and Qingluan checked the room and found nothing suspicious, but they did find a nightgown, which was obviously put in after she and Qingfeng left.
There were so many guards guarding the door, so it was obviously their doing to frame her. This was a blatant false accusation, and she wanted to refute it, but her defense was weak and without any basis.
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The imprisoned Qingfeng Qingluan sat calmly in the cell. At this moment, the originally closed door was opened and a figure appeared at the door.
The man was dressed in armor and had a gloomy face. He narrowed his eyes when he saw the two of them.
Qingfeng and Qingluan looked at each other and knew that the arrival of all nations would definitely not be a good thing.
But the two did not react, and even continued to sit there without moving.
Although he was completely ignored, Wan Bang was not angry at all. He slowly approached the two of them, step by step, and then asked, "You two followed the Crown Princess. Do you know how Qingdie died?"
Qingfeng and Qingluan were both silent.
Seeing that the two were indifferent and showed no fear or tension at all, Wan Bang snorted, "You don't know what life and death are!"
He grabbed a long whip from behind his waist and looked at the two people in front of him with an excited smile on his face.
"Now you are pretending to be noble to me, but I will make you cry for your parents later!"
As he spoke, he whipped the ground with a whip, and a white whip mark immediately appeared on the ground, which was shocking to see.
Listening from outside, sure enough, even though the two people inside the house tried their best to endure it, they could still hear cries of pain.
He whipped his hands until they were numb and he stopped out of exhaustion. The two men fell to the ground, covered in whip marks and blood.
He looked at the two frail men and said, "As long as you admit that it was the Crown Princess who ordered you to assassinate the Queen, I will release you... If you don't think about yourself, at least think about the other party!"
He smiled somewhat complacently, then walked out: "Figure it out sooner, and be liberated sooner!"
After finishing the work, he listened to the guards report to him what Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen had done and how they handled the case.
He only curled his lips in disdain: "This is a trap set by the Queen and this general. Even if they are the Crown Prince and Crown Princess, it is useless!"
The person who went outside the temple to check the fabric of the nightgown has returned.
Reporting to Jing Yuchen and Ni Yueshan: "Crown Prince, Crown Princess, after investigation, we learned that this cloth is just ordinary cloth in the capital. It has no special origin and no special stitching. It is ordinary and there are many of them on the market. And this dress looks like old clothes..."
Then a Malinois was brought over: "The dog is also brought."
Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen exchanged a glance and said, "Then let the dog sniff the clothes carefully, and then search the temple for anyone!"
Jing Yuchen came alone yesterday and did not bring anyone with him, so naturally there was no one to seal off the mountain and guard it. Therefore, there was no way of knowing whether the person the nightgown really belonged to had escaped or not.
Even though Qingfeng was protecting her secretly, when she went to the bamboo forest, Qingfeng followed her. No one of her people saw who tampered with the house after Ni Yueshan left.
The Malinois sniffed the clothes for a long time before walking away and sniffing everywhere to find the owner of the nightgown.
Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen followed behind. The horse dog gradually came to a remote place, then barked twice and ran over excitedly.
Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen also quickened their pace, but were surprised when they got close.
Because there were two guards guarding the door, they still stood there majestically when they saw Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen coming.
Jing Yuchen opened his mouth and asked, "What is this place? Why are you guarding here?"
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