Chapter 44 This is different from what we agreed
The Queen slammed the table and said angrily:
"Is this true? Do you know that slandering the royal family is a capital crime?"
"Empress, even if you gave us ten times the courage, we wouldn't dare lie to your face!"
"Yes, Queen, look, this is the unused box of medicine powder. If you check it, you'll know it's the one the young lady usually uses!"
The two men swore and vowed that what they said was true and presented physical evidence.
The Queen then looked at Yun Qingqing, with a somewhat unfriendly look on her face:
"Yun Qingqing, we have all the evidence, what else do you have to say?"
Yun Qingqing smiled. "If you only give me half a day, I can find eight or ten of these witnesses and physical evidence! The boxes of powder are scattered all over my room. Anyone could steal them while I'm away, not to mention these two servants who work in my courtyard! How can this be considered physical evidence?"
"You're clearly just quibbling!" Yun Bailian shrieked. "If you hadn't done anything evil, why would the servants in your own courtyard have pointed fingers at you?"
The Queen also snorted coldly:
"Yun Qingqing, the Crown Princess has already produced witnesses and physical evidence, but you're just talking nonsense and can't produce any evidence. How can I trust you?"
Yun Qingqing was not in a hurry:
"That's easy. Just follow my rules and ask these two a few questions, and the truth will come out."
"What rules?" The queen narrowed her eyes suspiciously.
"Don't worry, Queen. I only need a stick of incense to ensure the interrogation is fair and open. Everyone here can witness it with their own eyes. I will never hide anything." Yun Qingqing said, "I only have one condition. During my interrogation, no one is allowed to interrupt in any way. Otherwise, it is equivalent to admitting guilt!"
The Queen pondered for a moment, thinking that she couldn't come up with any tricks, so she nodded:
"Okay, I'll give you a chance, but I'm telling you this: if you can't get to the bottom of this, I'll punish you!"
The Queen secretly thought that Yun Qingqing had been in the limelight since her wedding day, and even the Regent had become more arrogant. It was simply abominable!
This time, if the charges are proven, even if the Regent can protect her, it will be a slap in his face. If he spreads the news secretly, Yun Qingqing will never be able to get rid of her bad reputation!
Yun Qingqing was too lazy to talk nonsense and pointed at one of them and said:
"To prevent them from colluding, take one away first and wait until I'm done interrogating him before interrogating the other! Qiao'er, follow him closely and don't let anyone reveal what's going on in this room!"
After saying that, he turned around and whispered a few instructions to Qiao'er, who immediately nodded and left.
Yun Bailian gritted her teeth and waited secretly. Since she had found someone to identify the suspect, she had naturally made all the necessary preparations. The confessions of the two had been clearly arranged long ago. What was the point of isolating them temporarily now?
Everyone was waiting to see how Yun Qingqing would interrogate them.
She asked someone to bring a chair over and sat down in front of the servant, staring at him with a gloomy face, but she didn't say a word.
The onlookers were all confused, and Yun Bailian wanted to ask her several times not to waste any more time, but because Yun Qingqing had already made a statement, she was afraid of being accused of guilt and held back, so she didn't say anything.
The room was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop. Time seemed to slow down all of a sudden, and everyone felt that the incense stick had been burning for a long time before it had only burned a quarter of its length.
The servant Wang Wu, who was kneeling on the ground, didn't know what this meant, but he felt unsure. This was different from what he had thought before. He had prepared so many excuses, but the eldest lady didn't ask a single question. What should he say?
He buried his head lower and lower, but he could still feel the sharp gaze above his head staring coldly at him, and sweat gradually seeped out of his back.
The unknown is the most frightening thing.
After an unknown amount of time, Wang Wu was almost soaked in sweat, and finally heard Yun Qingqing speak.
"Take him away and bring Zhao Liu here." Zhao Liu was the name of another servant.
Wang Wu shuddered and was about to speak when he realized what the other party said. He looked at Yun Qingqing with his mouth open in confusion and stood there in a daze.
Yun Qingqing sneered: "What? Why don't you get out now? Or have you decided to tell the truth?"
Wang Wu was startled and stood up quickly, wiping the sweat off his face and walked out.
When he got outside, he realized that Zhao Liu had been taken to another room. He was also taken to that room, and saw Qiao Er hurriedly walking out, saying as he walked:
"I need to go out for a while now, please don't do anything tricky!"
After saying that, she ran out.
Zhao Liu waited until she disappeared, then immediately stepped forward and asked Wang Wu:
"How was it? What did that woman ask you?"
Wang Wu's face turned pale and he wiped the sweat off his face.
"She didn't ask anything."
"Huh?" Zhao Liu was stunned for a moment, frowning, "Half an incense stick of time, and you didn't ask anything? What are you talking about! Even if you only asked some unimportant questions, you should have informed me so that I would know how to respond later."
Wang Wu raised his voice a little:
"But she really didn't ask anything! Why would I lie to you about this?"
Only then did Zhao Liu notice Wang Wu's face and the sweat on his forehead, and his expression suddenly changed.
"What are you mumbling about? It's your turn now, hurry up!" the eunuch at the door urged.
Zhao Liu looked at Wang Wu suspiciously, but in the end he said nothing and left with the eunuch.
When he returned to the hall, he saw Yun Qingqing sitting there with a relaxed look on her face. His heart skipped a beat and he walked forward and knelt silently, waiting to ask questions.
Yun Qingqing glanced at him and said slowly:
"Do you know what Wang Wu just said?"
Zhao Liu's heart tightened, but he didn't say anything.
Yun Qingqing chuckled:
"In fact, I already have evidence of your betrayal and frame-up. You two should both die, but today I am willing to show mercy and let one of you go. However, which one I let go depends on your performance."
"When Wang Wu heard that only the person who explained the truth most clearly and in detail would be pardoned, he confessed everything."
When Zhao Liu heard these words, his mind was full of Wang Wu's strange behavior just now, and his back suddenly felt cold.
Did that bastard confess everything?
Yun Qingqing narrowed her eyes, suddenly slammed the table, and shouted:
"Wang Wu, you stole the iron box containing the poison powder from my house. What else do you have to say?"
"He's talking nonsense!" Zhao Liu was shocked and angry, sweat immediately falling. "How could that bastard make up such a thing to harm me! This is not what we agreed on..."
Yun Qingqing interrupted:
"And it was you who put the poison in Yun Bailian's food in the kitchen. Wang Wu was just spreading rumors outside!"
"This is unfair!" Zhao Liu shouted. "There was no poisoning at all! The poison powder was given to us by the Second Miss, who specifically asked us to put it in the box to identify you, the Eldest Miss!"
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