But Suzaku didn't care about any of that. She felt that this person was too good at defending himself, and there was no point in saying more. It would be better to just lay his cards on the table.
"I advise you to stop pretending. We already know everything you've done. Putting put poison in the madam's medicine and cloth, and then framing someone else—you and your master are really clever! She almost became your scapegoat!"
Zhuque's words were incisive, and her expression remained cold and hard throughout, as if the air around her had frozen.
After hearing these words, Xing'er turned ashen-faced, never expecting that her carefully planned scheme would be exposed so quickly.
At this moment, Qiuyue also jumped out, pointing angrily at Xing'er and questioning, "So, it really was you! I really can't believe you would try to frame me. You call yourselves good sisters? Bah! You hypocritical and wicked woman!"
Faced with this questioning and scolding, even if Xing'er was usually an eloquent person, she was speechless at this moment.
Because she did indeed do it, and she personally pinned the blame on Qiuyue.
At this moment, Xing'er even felt a little ashamed.
Indeed, Qiuyue and I have always publicly addressed each other as best friends.
But now she has betrayed her best friend.
Even if it's done to serve one's master, such a treacherous act is ultimately unforgivable.
Xing'er is now filled with regret. If only she had changed the target of the framing to someone else, then she wouldn't be facing accusations from both sides now.
Because she was aware of the previous conflict between Li Chang'an and Qiu Yue, Xing'er naturally made Qiu Yue take the blame for her this time.
If we succeed, all will be well; even if we fail, there will be no real loss. Why not?
However, this feeling of shame only flashed through her mind for a moment. Then, as if she suddenly remembered something, her expression changed, and she angrily pointed at Qiuyue and retorted, "How dare you talk to me like that? What kind of good person are you? Don't think I don't know that you tricked me into coming here to harm me!"
Upon hearing this, Qiuyue was displeased. She immediately put her hands on her hips, pointed at Xing'er, and shouted, "What do you mean I wanted to harm you? It was clearly you who did those dirty things, otherwise we wouldn't be here now!"
The two girls immediately started arguing, and Li Chang'an couldn't help but frown in annoyance, feeling his ears ringing from their noise.
"Shut up, both of you! We're not here to listen to you two bickering!"
Zhuque couldn't help but reprimand the two of them with a livid expression, which stopped their conflict from escalating further.
"Hmph, it's obvious she did it anyway, so there's nothing more to say now. Do whatever you want with her!"
Qiu Yue knew very well that she was now out of danger, and these words were clearly gloating.
Xing'er immediately lost her temper. She glared angrily at Qiuyue and demanded, "Why do you say I did it all? Don't try to shift the blame! If we're being honest, you're the prime suspect! We all know you had a conflict with them just a couple of days ago. Who knows if you were using that as an opportunity to get revenge?"
Despite all the evidence pointing to her doing the deed, Xing'er still intends to deny it to the death.
Because she knew very well that as long as she kept denying it, she could buy herself some time. Otherwise, if she herself admitted to the crime, even the Emperor himself wouldn't be able to save her.
Li Chang'an's brows were furrowed from beginning to end. She had already guessed that Xing'er would deny what she had done, but she did not expect that the girl would be so eloquent. Even if she found a flaw, she could still make up her own story.
"Madam, I think we should stop wasting words with her and just kill this man!"
Suzaku felt that continuing like this would be a waste of time, and rather than doing useless work here, he might as well take action and get rid of the person himself.
Anyway, it's a done deal that Xing'er is the culprit behind this whole thing.
Moreover, Zhuque has always deeply abhorred such insidious and vicious people, and eliminating one of them is like removing a scourge from the world.
Having said that, she drew the sword from her waist and charged towards Xing'er.
Xing'er was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground. She really didn't expect things to happen so quickly.
Is it really true that I will die here before my aunt arrives?
"Ah! What are you doing? Stop! Stop right now!"
Suddenly, a panicked scream rang out, and everyone turned to look at the source of the sound. Zhuque also stopped in his tracks.
At the same time, a person rushed over and shoved Zhuque backward with great force.
Caught off guard by the sudden collision, Suzaku stumbled back several steps, dropping his sword to the ground.
With a loud clang, the sword seemed to strike the hearts of everyone present.
The person who came was Qin Xia Shi.
When Xing'er saw her savior arrive, she was so excited that she almost burst into tears.
She held on for so long, and finally, the person she was waiting for arrived!
"Auntie, please save me! Auntie! They're going to kill me!"
Xing'er cried and scrambled toward Qin Xia Shi.
Li Chang'an stared at the master and servant with her sharp, dagger-like gaze, her face extremely gloomy.
Qin Xiashi's arrival was perfectly timed!
At this moment, Zhuque picked up the sword from the ground again. She had just been hit hard by Qin Xiashi and was still angry. So she immediately pointed the sword at Xing'er and said coldly, "No one can save you today!"
Qin Xia felt a flash of cold light before her eyes, which made her squint. She then reached out to block Xing'er and shouted, "What right do you have to touch my people?"
"With all the good deeds she's done, even ten heads wouldn't be enough to chop her off!"
Zhuque retorted coldly and without any politeness.
Upon hearing this, Madam Qin was taken aback, and her expression changed instantly. She hadn't expected that Zhuque, a personal maid, would dare to speak to her like that.
He felt a surge of anger, and his hatred for Li Chang'an deepened even further.
He had been suppressed by this woman all along, but now even the maids around her dared to bully him!
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