Clearly, Qiuyue's hand showed absolutely no signs of the symptoms that would appear after touching the Corruption Powder.
Zhuque found it hard to believe, so she reached out and carefully examined Qiuyue's two hands in front of her eyes. Only after confirming that everything was correct did she let go, and then shook her head at Li Chang'an.
This makes the whole matter even more confusing. If it wasn't Qiuyue, then who was the one who drugged her?
"Who sent you to apply the medicine to Madam? Before that, did you have any contact with anyone? Or did you pass these things through someone else?"
Zhuque maintained a stern expression as she meticulously questioned Qiuyue.
"I saw that you didn't have time to apply medicine to Madam, so I had this idea... to take revenge. After I tampered with these things, I went to Madam's room. In the meantime... oh right! I ran into Xing'er!"
Qiuyue blinked and carefully recalled the scene. Suddenly, her eyes lit up and she remembered that she had bumped into Xing'er on her way to Li Chang'an's room yesterday.
Seeing that things had taken a turn for the better, Li Chang'an's expression immediately hardened, and he said, "Continue."
"I remember she was in a panic and I didn't know what she was going to do, but judging from the direction she came from, she should have come from the small kitchen..."
Although she didn't know if this counted as a clue, Qiuyue still tried to tell the whole story in detail, hoping to atone for her sins through this.
After listening to her story, Li Chang'an frowned, and Zhuque beside him also looked thoughtful.
Where did you tamper with these things?
After thinking for a moment, Li Chang'an looked up and asked again.
"It's in the storeroom next to the small kitchen. Nobody goes there much, and it's close to the small kitchen..."
Now that Qiuyue had confessed everything, Li Chang'an's eyes flickered after hearing her story, and he had a guess in his mind.
Zhuque also deduced a possibility, and she couldn't help but turn to look at Li Chang'an, as if a glimmer of hope had appeared in her eyes, and said: "Switching the body."
After he finished speaking, Li Chang'an nodded slightly, indicating that the two of them had the same idea.
"Why don't we call Xing'er over now?"
Seeing that they were getting closer to the truth, Zhuque felt that the matter was urgent and asked Li Chang'an for his opinion.
But Xing'er was Qin Xia's personal maid, so it's possible that Qin Xia instructed her to do this.
If they rashly call the person back, it might arouse suspicion in the other party, who might then come up with some other way to deal with it, which would undoubtedly ruin everything.
Li Chang'an pondered for a moment, then said to Zhuque, "We definitely can't persuade them to come. The one who tied the knot must untie it..."
After saying that, she turned her gaze to Qiuyue.
Not long after, Qiuyue brought the person there.
Upon arriving at Li Chang'an's courtyard, Xing'er felt a vague sense of unease upon seeing the large entourage he was facing.
What are you doing?
Xing'er couldn't help but turn to Qiu Yue and ask in a low voice. At this moment, she was unaware that she had already stepped into the trap set by the other party.
Faced with her best friend's questioning, Qiuyue looked hesitant, then turned to look at Li Chang'an and Zhuque. Finally, she gritted her teeth, shook off Xing'er, and ran towards the two of them.
Upon seeing this, Xing'er was slightly taken aback, then her heart skipped a beat, and her expression changed.
"Qiuyue, what do you mean by this? What are you trying to do by bringing me here?"
Xing'er immediately glared at Qiuyue and questioned her.
This person had just told me that she had received a reward and that her best friend should share it with her, but now it didn't seem like a good thing at all.
"Explain it yourself, I can't explain it to you!"
Now that things had come to this, Qiuyue could no longer pretend. She said something to Xing'er out of the blue, and then stepped aside and said nothing more.
Seeing that things were not going well, Xing'er immediately turned around and tried to run away. She was well aware of what she had done and had a general idea that Li Chang'an probably already knew about what she had done.
If I don't run now, I might not be able to escape.
Upon seeing this, Zhuque immediately flew towards Xing'er.
Because of his light-footed skill, Zhuque flew behind Xing'er in the blink of an eye and grabbed her collar.
The other person was immediately terrified and screamed in panic.
"Hmph, you run pretty fast! Are you feeling guilty?"
Zhuque's face was full of mockery. She sneered and then roughly threw Xing'er in front of Li Chang'an.
Xing'er staggered two steps and almost fell. She barely managed to steady herself, but then Zhuque kicked her in the back of the knee, and she knelt down in front of Li Chang'an.
She immediately felt a sharp, piercing pain in her knees from the fall.
"What do you want? I'm from the aunt's courtyard!"
Seeing that she was already in a disadvantageous position where she was outnumbered, Xing'er had no choice but to bring up Qin Xiashi.
A chilling killing intent flashed in Li Chang'an's eyes. She gave Zhuque a wink, and then Zhuque threw the tray that Qiuyue had brought yesterday, along with its contents, in front of Xing'er's face.
Do you recognize these things?
Li Chang'an spoke in a cold voice with a sullen face.
Looking at the wad of discolored cloth, Xing'er frowned slightly. Then she looked at the medicine bottle that had rolled to the side and immediately understood.
She naturally recognized these things.
"This...of course I recognize this. It's just a medicine bottle and a thin cloth for bandaging wounds. I'm not the only one who recognizes this kind of thing..."
Xing'er stubbornly tried to argue, but unfortunately she couldn't control her face, which had turned pale and bluish.
"Hehe, very good."
Li Chang'an gave a cold laugh, then stepped forward and grabbed Xing'er's hands to examine them carefully.
At first glance, her hands seemed normal, but upon closer inspection, some peeling skin could be found between her fingers, though it wasn't serious.
Why are your hands peeling?
After removing Xing'er's hand, Li Chang'an looked up at her eyes again and asked.
Upon hearing this, Xing'er's expression froze for a moment, then she immediately explained, "We servants have to do so much work every day, isn't it normal for our hands to develop calluses or peeling skin?"
This explanation was quite reasonable, and Li Chang'an couldn't help but frown, finding himself speechless.
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