Chapter 232 It wasn't him who poisoned me, it was me.
With Han Feng present, Aunt Qiao slowly woke up after a few acupuncture treatments.
I found out I was poisoned, and it was from eating scallion oil chicken.
She stood there stunned for a long time, her pale face losing even more color, and her purplish lips trembled before she finally spoke.
"Ah Chu, no...it can't be the Marquis's, right?"
Shen Chu spoke the truth.
"He's the prime suspect, otherwise who would know so much about your food preferences?"
Aunt Qiao shook her head repeatedly, tears streaming down her bright eyes.
"No, it couldn't be him. I love him so much, and he loves me too. He's always been so good to me. Why would he poison me?"
Chen Chu took a deep breath and asked without any mercy:
"If you imagined him covered in poop, would you still love him?"
Aunt Qiao's tears welled up in her eyes, but she couldn't let them fall.
Shen Chu sighed, "He's nice to you because he's after the Qiao family's wealth, and because you're an orphan, making you easier to manipulate."
Aunt, can't you see reality?
Aunt Qiao bit her lip and remained silent.
Sun Yan's voice rang out from outside.
"Young Master Shen, I have obtained the results of my inquiry. Please come over."
"Understood, Commander Sun, please wait a moment."
Aunt Qiao grabbed Chen Chu's arm, "I want to go listen too."
Shen Chu frowned. "You need acupuncture to expel the poison now."
Aunt Qiao shook her head and asked Han Feng.
"Will I die if I don't get acupuncture now?"
Han Feng shook his head, "The Morning Sun Grass isn't highly poisonous; you won't die immediately."
Aunt Qiao got out of bed and put on her shoes, insisting on doing so.
"I want to go and ask the Marquis myself if he was the one who poisoned him."
Helpless, Shen Chu had no choice but to trouble Han Feng to look after Aunt Qiao for a while.
Upon exiting the door, Sun Yan said, "His Majesty suddenly summoned you urgently, so Your Highness has left ahead of time."
Shen Chu secretly breathed a sigh of relief.
It's better that Pei Yuan isn't here, so I don't have to be constantly on edge, wondering what kind of idea he might suddenly come up with to test me.
Two rows of Flying Eagle Guards stood in the main hall of the Marquis's residence.
Everyone had a grim expression, and the atmosphere in the hall was somewhat oppressive.
Old Madam Shen, Shen Yan, and Shen Qingshuang were all present.
The three of them were so grief-stricken that they dared not utter a sound.
Marquis Changning squatted alone in the corner behind the door, his neck hunched and his beard twitching.
He looked angry, upset, and aggrieved.
There was nothing they could do; everyone disliked his stench and wouldn't allow him to leave the main hall.
He could only huddle in the corner by the door.
Upon seeing Chen Chu enter, Marquis Changning jumped up, finally finding an outlet for his anger and grievances.
"You unfilial son, it's just poisoning, the imperial physician didn't say it couldn't be cured."
Do you really need to go through all this trouble for our whole family?
The Flying Eagle Guards have surrounded the entire Marquis's residence. What will people outside think of the Marquis's residence if they find out?
Shen Chu was so angry she laughed.
"It's just poisoning, it won't kill you. In that case, why don't you let Father get poisoned too and try it?"
"You unfilial son, you're cursing me!"
"I'm not cursing you, but life is unpredictable. Who knows? After all, my aunt and I have both been poisoned. Who knows if you, Father, will be the next one to be poisoned?"
Marquis Changning's expression changed slightly.
"What? Your aunt was poisoned too? How is she?"
Aunt Qiao, who had just stepped into the main hall, trembled upon hearing these words and stared blankly at Marquis Changning.
"My lord, do you still care about me?"
Marquis Changning suddenly turned around and stepped forward with a concerned expression.
"What nonsense are you talking about? Of course I care about you."
Before he could get close, Aunt Qiao's expression changed. She covered her mouth and nose, and the infatuation in her eyes vanished instantly.
"My lord, don't come any closer! I'm asking you, did you poison me?"
Marquis Changning frowned deeply, his face extremely grim.
"How could you doubt me? How could I bear to poison you?"
Aunt Qiao looked at Chen Chu with a hesitant expression.
Chen Chu helped her sit down, "Auntie, please sit down and listen."
Having said that, he didn't even glance at Marquis Changning, and went straight to Sun Yan.
"Let's begin."
Sun Yan gave the order.
"Bring the person in."
A Flying Eagle Guard carried in a maid with a long face, wearing a blue vest, and threw her to the ground.
Shen Chu recognized her; she was Xiu Chun, a maid in Aunt Qiao's courtyard.
Sun Yan said, "We have checked Aunt Qiao's daily diet, and it is the same as the other masters in the mansion. There is no problem."
The only thing was that she loved the scallion oil chicken from a roast chicken shop in Taiping Lane, so her subordinates judged that the poison was administered through the scallion oil chicken.
Lord Shen was poisoned after eating the scallion oil chicken given to him by Aunt Qiao. The scallion oil chicken was usually bought by a maid named Xiuchun.
"My subordinates have already interrogated her, and Xiuchun has confessed that she was the one who sprinkled the morning glory powder on the scallion oil chicken."
Sun Yan kicked Xiu Chun.
"Tell me honestly, who told you to harm Aunt Qiao and Lord Shen?"
Xiuchun had just gone through the Flying Eagle Guard's inspection, and now she was trembling like a leaf.
"It was... medicine given to me by Steward Wang. He said it was medicine that the Marquis specially prepared for Aunt Qiao to regulate her body."
"This servant truly did not know it was poison."
Butler Wang?
Shen Chu frowned.
Steward Wang was soon brought in by the Flying Eagle Guards.
With Sun Yan around, it didn't take long for Steward Wang to collapse to the ground and confess everything.
"It was the Marquis! It was the Marquis who ordered me to do this."
Marquis Changning's face turned ashen, and he kicked Steward Wang hard.
"You heartless bastard, how dare you frame me! Over the years, the Marquis's manor has never mistreated you or your family in any way."
When did I order you to poison Aunt Qiao?
Steward Wang shrank back and cried out, "Just last month, after the Marquis and Consort Qiao returned from their trip, the Marquis called me to his study."
He instructed the servant to tell Aunt Qiao what to do, and then gave me a packet of medicine, telling the servant to find an opportunity to put it into Aunt Qiao's favorite scallion oil chicken.
"Your Excellency didn't say what kind of medicine it was, and I didn't know it was poison."
Upon hearing this, Aunt Qiao couldn't help but stand up shakily, her face full of sorrow as she questioned Marquis Changning.
"My lord, is it really you? Why?"
For the past ten years or so, you have been my only focus. For you, I was willing to bring my vast fortune to the Marquis's mansion to become his concubine.
For you, I was even willing to send my baby, Achu, who was just a month old, to a Taoist temple for foster care. For more than ten years, I didn't dare to visit her, for fear of upsetting you.
For you, I used all my money to bribe officials and even supported the entire Marquis's mansion.
I've been devoted to you wholeheartedly, and I believe I've never wronged you in any way, yet you were determined to poison me. You... how cruel you are!
Aunt Qiao became more and more heartbroken and angry as she spoke, until she vomited blood and fainted.
"Imperial Physician Han."
Shen Chu reached out to support her and quickly called out.
Han Feng hurried in carrying his medicine box and gestured for Hongxiu to help Aunt Qiao to the soft couch next to him so he could begin administering acupuncture.
Shen Chu gave Marquis Changning a cold glance.
"You should know what crime it is to kill your wife and children, right?"
Marquis Changning looked aggrieved.
"It is clearly these two treacherous servants who conspired to frame me, yet you actually believed their one-sided story."
Even if I were the biggest scoundrel, I would never poison my own woman and children.
Shen Chu chuckled: "Your Excellency should wait until you go to the Flying Eagle Guard to complain about this."
Sun Yan stepped forward and said, "His Highness specifically instructed before he left that the murderer be taken away immediately upon discovery."
With a wave of his hand, two Flying Eagle Guards immediately stepped forward to seize Marquis Changning.
"Wait!" A sharp shout suddenly came from behind, "He wasn't the one who poisoned me, it was me!"
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