The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo's voice was not loud, but extremely sharp, and she moved towards Gu Changsu with a cold and solemn aura.

Gu Changsu's scalp tingled when he was asked this question, and his eyes instantly became cold and fierce.

This woman brought up the autopsy at this time, clearly trying to make things difficult for him!

In that case, there is no need for him to cherish this last bit of friendship!

Gu Changsu sneered, looked down at the kneeling Hua Yuanzhao, and said indifferently: "I think the prisoner has been studying hallucinogenic drugs too much and has been affected."

He looked at Hua Yuanzhao, with just the right amount of pity on his face. He maintained his superior attitude and sighed, "Hua Yuanzhao, do you hate me so much?"

Song Zuo laughed and said, "Hua Yuanzhao really loves the Third Prince so deeply! Even when he was under the influence of hallucinogenic drugs and dreaming, he was thinking about helping the Third Prince!"

The people around were originally confused, but after hearing what was said, they suddenly understood and pointed at Hua Yuanzhao and talked about it.

"How can I say I like Your Highness? Aren't you deliberately harming people here?"

"Could it be that love turns into hate?"

"You killed people yourself, and you want to drag the Third Prince into this!"

…

Gu Changsu banged the gavel, and waited until the people around him shut up before he slowly spoke and delivered the final blow.

"You said I asked you to help with the autopsy, but do you have any evidence?"

Gu Changsu narrowed his eyes and stared at Hua Yuanzhao, looking at her as if he was looking at a grasshopper in autumn.

As for the evidence, of course there is.

He once gave his personal jade pendant to Hua Yuanzhao, so that Hua Yuanzhao could find him directly with the jade pendant without having to hand in a visiting card in advance.

That was the only evidence in Hua Yuanzhao's hand!

As long as she dared to take it out, he could use the excuse that "the jade pendant was lost at Princess Changle's birthday banquet" to imply that she had stolen the jade pendant and kept it for herself!

By then, he can take advantage of the situation and prove the fact that "Hua Yuanzhao loves him deeply"!

Facing Gu Changsu's slightly expectant gaze, Hua Yuanzhao slowly took out his purse and shook out ingots of silver from it.

"The Third Prince is a very honest man. Every time he asks me to do an autopsy, he gives me fifty taels of silver." Hua Yuanzhao said slowly, "Every time the Third Prince gives me a banknote, I will ask my maid to go to the bank to exchange it for cash the next day."

She looked at Gu Changsu and said sarcastically, "If you don't believe me, you can go to the bank and ask if the time of death matches the time I went to exchange for silver!"

Hua Yuanzhao said frankly that he was not afraid at all that Gu Changsu would interfere again, nor was he afraid that anyone would ask questions.

"Your Highness, if love turns to hate, I can use a marriage contract to tie you and me to death."

She sneered and said, "Why should I ask the Queen for grace to cancel the engagement?"

This guy is so shameless! How many times does she have to tell him before he understands that she has no interest in him?

Gu Changsu was embarrassed, and he slammed the gavel and shouted angrily: "Stop talking nonsense here!"

"You were caught while preparing hallucinogenic drugs on the outskirts of the city. The evidence is solid. How can you be allowed to talk nonsense here and confuse the public?" Gu Changsu asked.

Hua Yuanzhao calmly asked back: "Does your Highness have any evidence?"

Gu Changsu was almost laughing out of anger. The criminal was already caught red-handed, what other evidence did she want?

"Don't the medicinal materials confiscated from you when you were caught making medicine on the outskirts of the city count as evidence?" Gu Changsu just thought she was ridiculous, still stubborn even when facing death.

Hua Yuanzhao said calmly: "I am testing the medicine in the suburbs because I was asked by the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo to do so!"

"Princess Lin'an went insane after being poisoned. The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo loved her daughter dearly, so she asked me to make an antidote..." Hua Yuanzhao took a deep breath and continued, "I already had an idea about the antidote, but unfortunately I was interrupted by the Third Prince that day, so I didn't make it."

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo was originally sitting calmly, but her eyes suddenly lit up after hearing these words.

Has the antidote been prepared?

There was a momentary commotion in the crowd, and the servants of the poisoned ladies quietly withdrew from the crowd.

If there is an antidote, their young lady can be saved! They must go back and tell the master that they must not let the young lady of the Hua family die now!

Jin Yan, mixed in the crowd, quietly slipped into the teahouse opposite the yamen and went straight to the private room on the second floor.

Gu Ci listened to his report, tapped the table with his folding fan, turned his head to Fu Ling who was wiping tears beside him and asked: "Has your young lady prepared the antidote?"

So fast?

Fuling nodded and shook her head while sobbing, her eyes as red as a rabbit's.

She doesn't know either! But if the lady says to match it, then match it!

…

"Stop talking nonsense here!" Gu Changsu's face turned dark. Does this woman think that everyone else is a fool?

What do you mean the antidote wasn't prepared because of him?

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo coughed dryly and said calmly, "Why should the Third Prince be so anxious? The entire Imperial Hospital is helpless with this hallucinogenic drug, let alone Miss Hua?"

Gu Changsu's expression looked better. He knew that this woman was talking nonsense!

"Since Miss Hua claims that she can make an antidote, why not let Miss Hua try it?" The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo said slowly.

"It won't be too late to wait until the poisoned person recovers and then try the case. We may be able to find new witnesses." After the wife of the Duke of Zhenguo finished speaking, she asked Gu Changsu, "What do you think?"

Gu Changsu stared at the stern-faced wife of the Duke of Zhenguo, holding his breath and almost unable to breathe.

"There's no reason to stop the trial halfway through."

As soon as he finished speaking, a palace servant came with a token.

"The Emperor's oral order—"

Gu Ci sat by the window of the teahouse, leaning forward to listen to the noise below, and murmured in surprise: "Brother Emperor wants to bring this matter to the palace for trial?"

He hesitated for a moment, then stood up and said to Fuling, "Little girl, stay here honestly. I will pick you up when I return from the palace."

Fuling's eyes were filled with tears, and she was busy trying to make promises for him: "My Lord, my young lady is a great doctor. Please save her, and she will definitely help you!"

Gu Ci looked at her in surprise and nodded casually.

Although this girl is a little crybaby, she still has a pretty useful brain!

…

Hua Yuanzhao knelt on the ground, listening to the palace servants' message, his heart filled with confusion.

She had already made plans to argue with Gu Changsu.

Once the families whose daughters were poisoned know that she has the antidote, they will definitely try to get it from her, and then she will be able to use the situation to clear her name.

But why did the emperor suddenly stop the trial and summon them to the palace?