Chapter 213: Turning Side in the Battlefield
The old lady's eyes evaded, but she quickly calmed down. "What is Lord Feng talking about? How come I don't understand? I've never heard of anything like black mud or white mud."
She lied with her eyes wide open, but Lord Feng was not in a hurry. "Well, whether you admit it or not, the poison was found in your shrine. You can't just say you've never heard of it before."
Investigating a case is not an argument. Lord Feng, the Chief Justice of the Dali Temple, stopped arguing with the old lady and instead invited Prince Cang and the Duke of Huguo to take their seats.
The two listened to Lord Feng describe the search of the general's mansion.
The Duke of Huguo was horrified. "Empress Yu died of poisoning. The imperial physician examined her and confirmed that this was the poison! No wonder the emperor asked Prince Cang and me to investigate this matter. This is related to the premature death of the imperial heir. This matter must be thoroughly investigated!"
Prince Cang had just returned to the imperial capital and was unaware of the poisoning of Concubine Yu and the death of the royal heir. He looked at the Duke of Protectorate and then at the Minister of Dali Temple with a confused look on his face.
The Dali Temple Minister stepped forward with a bow and explained to him in detail how Concubine Yu died.
Half a year ago, Concubine Yu was diagnosed with pregnancy. The emperor was very happy and rewarded Concubine Yu with many rare treasures. He also promised to promote Concubine Yu to a higher rank as long as she gave birth to a little prince.
Unexpectedly, one morning, the palace maids saw that Concubine Yu had not gotten up yet, so they went to check, only to find that Concubine Yu had died in her sleep at some point.
At that time, the coroner did not find any scars or signs of poisoning on Concubine Yu's body, so Concubine Yu's death became a mystery.
Two days later, the funeral of Concubine Yu was held. As luck would have it, on the way to the imperial mausoleum, several vicious dogs rushed out and startled the eunuchs who were carrying the coffin.
The coffin of Concubine Yu fell to the ground, and her body rolled out of the coffin.
Master Xuantong was also in the funeral procession at the time. He was supposed to chant sutras to pray for the soul of Jade Concubine. However, he noticed the black spots on the soles of Jade Concubine's feet.
Master Xuantong traveled around the world most of the time. He was knowledgeable and recognized this poison.
From then on, the fact that Concubine Yu and the royal heir in her belly were poisoned to death came to light.
His Majesty has been secretly investigating this matter and also investigating the source of the "black mud".
Therefore, when the "black mud" was found in the general's mansion, the Dali Temple Minister was so shocked that he immediately went to the palace to see the emperor.
Wen Wan didn't expect that the origin of this poison was so serious.
What was even more worthy of her reflection was that Agui saw this poison in the notes of Zhou Lingling's adoptive father.
Why did Zhou Lingling's adoptive father research this kind of poison?
Wen Wan subconsciously looked in the direction of Zhou Lingling. At that moment, he was staring blankly with his eyes wide open, and a few big words were written clearly on his forehead: "Confused".
Perhaps feeling Wenwan's gaze, Zhou Lingling looked in her direction.
When their eyes met, Zhou Lingling curled her lips instantly, as if asking for help with her eyes.
Zhou Lingling was extremely panicked. Although he was now the King of Cang, heaven and earth, as well as Wen Wan, knew that he was just a scholar who had read a few days of books. How could he have the ability to investigate a case?
Let alone investigating the case, he didn't even understand the details of the case.
If there weren't so many people here, he would have wanted to hug Wen Wan's thighs and shout, "Sister, save me!"
Wen Wan only took one look at him and saw through his thoughts. She nodded imperceptibly and then looked away.
"Your Highness," the Duke of Protector called out, bringing Zhou Lingling back to her senses.
"The brocade sachet was found in the old lady's shrine. This is absolutely true. Do you think we should arrest everyone in the general's mansion first?"
"?" Zhou Lingling's eyes widened. "Detain them all?"
The Duke of Protector nodded repeatedly. "If it were just ordinary stolen goods, it would be fine, but this poison involves poisoning the royal heir. Only by controlling everyone can we further uncover the truth."
It seemed to make sense at first, but Zhou Lingling was embarrassed and didn't say anything.
When everyone in the general's mansion heard the words "poisoning the royal heir", they were terrified and trembling like sieves.
Zhao's face turned pale and she began to wipe away her tears again.
The rosary in the old lady's hand spun faster and faster. With a crisp "bang", the beads in her hand could not withstand the rapid spinning, the rope broke, and the beads scattered all over the floor.
Small beads rolled around, and one of them rolled to Wenwan's feet.
She bent down to pick up the bead calmly, walked calmly to the old lady, and placed the small bead in the old lady's palm.
In front of everyone, she said in a clear voice, "Old Madam, don't worry. With His Royal Highness Prince Cang here, how can we allow these villains to tarnish the reputation of the General's Mansion?"
Holding the rosary in her hand, the old lady looked up at Wen Wan and saw that she looked calm, not at all panicked.
For some reason, the old lady's mind gradually calmed down when she heard her gentle voice.
The Duke of Huguo frowned, and when he saw Wen Wan dressed like a concubine, he said sternly, "Where did this ignorant slave come from? Who are you calling a villain?"
Wen Wan straightened her back and turned to face the dignitaries at the top.
"Anyone who dares to wrongly accuse our General's Mansion is a villain!"
"Unjust?" The Duke of Huguo sneered, "The poison was found in the General's Mansion, so the General's Mansion is inextricably linked to this! The old lady even visited Concubine Yu in the palace, so she had every opportunity to commit the crime."
Wen Wan frowned and retorted, "Even if this thing was found in the Buddhist shrine, there are so many people in the General's Mansion and there are so many eyes, we can't prove it belongs to the old lady. It's also possible that someone with ulterior motives put it there in advance to frame her. Without any witnesses, our old lady will not admit to this crime!"
"Witness?" The Duke of Huguo looked confident. He winked at the Supreme Court Justice and said, "Lord Feng, where is the witness?"
Lord Feng responded and ordered his subordinates to go to the backyard of the general's mansion.
A moment later, a woman in a green silk dress was brought before the crowd.
The old lady and Zhao were completely shocked when they saw Chunniang.
The person who came was Chunniang. She was kneeling on the ground with a look of fear.
She cried and trembled as she said, "Your Excellency, the old lady asked me to buy the poison from a distant relative in Linqiu City. I didn't know she was going to use it to murder the heir to the throne."
Chunniang cried and kowtowed, begging for mercy.
The old lady was very angry and pointed at Chunniang and scolded:
"You ungrateful bastard! How have we in the General's Mansion wronged you? How dare you confuse right and wrong and accuse us of such a serious crime? You are trying to kill everyone in our General's Mansion!"
Compared to the old lady, Zhao was even more furious.
In order to leave a descendant for the general, she chose Chunniang and Wenwan, who seemed the most gentle and well-behaved, to accompany her to the border town.
Unexpectedly, in the end, one of them was a traitor to the General's Mansion, and the other was a vixen who pretended to be a pig to eat the tiger.
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