Chapter 211
"Granny Luo, this is a misunderstanding. I was just too worried about my aunt," Zheng Qiaoshu quickly said with a smile.
"Worried? This old servant has already said that what I fed the old princess was a poison pill. But Miss Biao insists that I poisoned the old princess." Liu Ming felt a fire burning inside him, with nowhere to vent it.
He had been managing the household in the Prince An's mansion for many years, and no one had ever doubted his loyalty. Yet today, because of his act of saving his master, he was being accused of harming his master.
Xiuhong stood to the side, her eyes red, feeling somewhat aggrieved.
After all, she was one of the people who often served the old princess besides Granny Luo. Now that Miss Luo was criticizing her like this, how could she not feel heartbroken?
“Miss, the cause of the old princess’s poisoning today has not yet been determined, but this old servant believes that this person is definitely not Steward Liu.” Granny Luo frowned and looked at Zheng Qiaoshu beside her, saying.
He sighed inwardly. Now that the master of the mansion was gone, and the old princess had suffered such a mishap.
She also became somewhat lost and confused.
"Dr. Zhang, is the old princess really alright?" Looking at the old princess who hadn't woken up yet, Granny Luo asked again, still somewhat worried.
"The old princess is currently just asleep. It's all thanks to Steward Liu who gave her the antidote pill in time. If it had been delayed any longer, the old princess might have been in danger." Doctor Zhang is an old man in the mansion, and his antidote pills are not something everyone in the Prince An's mansion has.
Only Steward Liu and Granny Luo have them.
This was to prevent the masters from having any urgent needs.
Today, the medicine he made was said to be poisonous, which made Dr. Zhang somewhat unhappy.
"Now that the old princess is alright, may I head back now?" Li Tianyou felt a little uneasy upon seeing this. He couldn't make decisions about the Anwang Mansion's affairs; otherwise, others might accuse him of having ulterior motives.
“You can’t leave! The person who poisoned us hasn’t been found yet. Who knows if you were the one who poisoned us? Otherwise, Aunt, why were you poisoned when you came here, instead of earlier or later?” Zheng Qiaoshu stood up and looked at Li Tianyou with suspicion.
She's determined to muddy the waters today.
Otherwise, what if they really trace it back to me?
"Miss Zheng, do you have any evidence for your words? Although I am not very talented, I am now an official of the imperial court. Do you know what kind of responsibility one will bear for slandering an official of the imperial court? Besides, why would I poison the old princess?" Li Tianyou said with a dark face.
He thought to himself that if there were such a person in the Prince An's mansion in the future, he would never let his daughter marry into the family; he was too disgusting.
“You suspect me of poisoning her, but I suspect you might be the one who poisoned the old princess. Otherwise, why are you so nervous? Butler Liu just gave the old princess an antidote.” Li Tianyou looked at Zheng Qiaoshu and thought to himself that she had the opportunity to poison the old princess.
"Lord Li just came in with this old servant. Before this, Lord Li had no contact with the old princess. If you say it's Lord Li, it's more accurate to say it's this old servant, who would have a better chance." Liu Ming glanced at Zheng Qiaoshu and then said truthfully.
However, Liu Ming was also wondering to himself whether Li Tianyou's words just now might be a sign that Zheng Qiaoshu had poisoned the old princess.
Otherwise, why would she have stopped me from saving people?
"The old princess hasn't eaten much today, only the pastries that Miss Biao brought," Xiuhong whispered from the side.
“The pastries I sent weren’t just eaten by my aunt; I ate some too,” Zheng Qiaoshu quickly said.
"Are there any more of those pastries?" Doctor Zhang asked Granny Luo.
Granny Luo frowned as she looked at the empty plate on the table. The old princess had only eaten one piece of the pastry. At the time, Granny Luo had tasted one for the old princess, and she was fine.
Moreover, she did see Zheng Qiaoshu eat it.
But what about the pastries on the plate?
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