Chapter 449 The Sword Goes Wrong
Xiao Jinxuan fiddled with Xie Zhuoning's hair and said slowly, "Do you still remember the name of a palace maid on the list given by Yi Ziyan?"
Maid of the Palace...
Xie Zhuoning thought for a moment and recalled, "Emerald?"
She was surprised when she saw the name of the palace maid and eunuch, but she had no impression of Cuiyu and did not take it seriously.
Now that I think about it, it is just as Yi Ziyan said, it doesn’t matter how many people there are, as long as they can play a role at the critical moment.
So, can the person who can play a role at the critical moment be an ordinary person?
She thought, "So what is the relationship between this Cuiyu and Aunt Suqiu?"
Xiao Jinxuan did not keep it a secret, "Cui Yu is Su Qiu's daughter."
"What?" Xie Zhuoning was really surprised, "Then Suqiu is not married?"
Who doesn't know that Aunt Suqiu has been with the Empress for decades and even combed her hair herself to stay by her side? When did this daughter appear?
Xiao Jinxuan said in a low voice, "Not getting married doesn't mean you can't get pregnant and have children."
No one knew how Su Qiu got pregnant. He sent people to investigate but they only found clues that she used silver to give Cui Yu to a farmer for adoption.
Later, the farmer became financially strapped, so he sent Cui Yu, whom he had raised, to the palace to be a maid.
Suqiu bumped into Cuiyu by chance and thought she looked familiar, so she asked someone about her background.
Although she did not reveal this relationship afterwards, she always took care of Cuiyu in some ways.
Later, their relationship was known by Qianjinlou. Yi Ziyan and his men had originally wanted to plant a spy next to Empress Sima, so of course they would not let go of such a good opportunity and tried to control Cuiyu.
Qianjinlou has a special secret medicine. If you don't take it for a period of time, you will feel as if you are being eaten by thousands of insects. After three days and three nights of pain, you will die from the pain.
They gave Cuiyu a secret drug, forcing Suqiu to work for them.
As for how Xiao Jinxuan convinced Suqiu, it was very simple. "I found Suqiu and told her that Yufusi had a special medicine that could completely remove the effects of the secret medicine in Cuiyu's body. In order to let Cuiyu escape from control, she agreed to replace the poisoned wine for me."
When on the boat, Empress Sima asked her to quickly dispose of the poisoned wine and cups. She also deliberately delayed time, and only when Ling Xiao arrived did she pretend to throw the wine pot into the water, just to give Ling Xiao and the others the opportunity to obtain evidence.
The evidence, plus her testimony, made the case an ironclad case, and the queen had no chance to defend herself!
Xie Zhuoning sighed, "This not only dealt a heavy blow to Empress Sima, but also made an example of someone else to scare the monkeys. It has calmed down many of the forces that have been stirring up trouble in the court. I'm afraid no one dares to stop you from trying the Han family case now."
Xiao Jinxuan not only wants to take back Yu Fu Company, but also wants to review Meng Xing's case with lightning speed and give the Korean family and the people a satisfactory answer!
"Well done!" she couldn't help but praise.
"Is there a reward?" Xiao Jinxuan lowered his head and looked at her dimly.
Xie Zhuoning didn't respond, but turned over and sat up, "Ah, it looks like the city gates are about to close, I have to go."
At this moment, the resentful aura on Xiao Jinxuan was almost transformed into substance.
Seeing this, Xie Zhuoning held his face and kissed him, "Okay, I'll come see you another day, or you can come to see me after you finish the case."
Xiao Jinxuan's expression looked much better now. He pressed the back of her head and kissed her hard before leaving the carriage.
"Man, it's so easy to coax."
Xie Zhuoning looked at his back, a smile streaming from the corners of his eyes.
…
In the farmyard.
A burst of collapsing “Ahhhhhhh” sounds pierced the sky.
Yi Ziyan was almost going crazy, "What's wrong with that stupid prince Xiao Bicheng? Why hasn't he held a funeral for the prince yet?"
The body has remained in the capital city, neither in the imperial mausoleum nor buried in the ground. He couldn't be buried alive with the emperor early, and could only spend every day here with Xie Zhuoning.
It would be fine if she just kept wasting time, but she could always find ways to torture him.
For example, this morning, he drank a bowl of rice porridge and felt that it tasted strange, so he asked her what she put in it.
Xie Zhuoning said, "Oh, there was some rat shit."
Veins popped up on his forehead. "Why put rat shit there? Don't you know that a rat shit can spoil the whole pot of porridge?"
No wonder it tastes so weird!
He quickly rushed out to get some water to rinse his mouth, but the strange smell was like a maggot attached to his bones and could not be washed away at all!
Xie Zhuoning was still confident, "I thought that the mice had never been close to me, and that they probably couldn't sense the same aura in me, but I didn't have the time to live with mice like you did, so I thought of taking a different approach..."
Yi Ziyan resisted the urge to scream crazily: Using rat shit to cook porridge, this is too damn biased!
"So, did it work?" His cheeks trembled and he almost squeezed the words out from between his teeth.
Xie Zhuoning shook his head. "I don't know. I saw that you seemed to feel very uncomfortable after eating it, so I didn't dare to eat it."
“…”
At this moment, Yi Ziyan's desire to kill reached its peak.
He regretted, regretted very much, regretted a lot, why he told Xiao Jinxuan and his wife about his past.
After thinking for a long time, he finally figured it out. Maybe he had done too many bad things in the first half of his life, so God sent Xie Zhuoning to avenge him!
He tried to persuade her earnestly for the umpteenth time, "Princess Xuan, just give up. I've said it before, it's basically impossible to master the art of controlling insects in a short period of time. You're torturing yourself and me at the same time. Why bother?"
Xie Zhuoning flipped through the key points he had written down and studied them carefully without raising his head. "Stop talking. It stinks."
Yi Ziyan collapsed again and immediately ran to the yard to rinse his mouth frantically.
At this moment, the gate of the courtyard was kicked open, and then a crisp sound was heard -
"Sister Zhuoning, here I come!"
Xie Zhuoning heard the noise and rushed out immediately, hugging the person who came, "Ayu, you're finally here!"
Song Yuqiu hadn't even put down his bag when he hugged Xie Zhuoning and rubbed him, "I came here at full speed. I'm tired from the journey. Please give me some sucking to replenish my blood..."
“…”
Xie Zhuoning looked at her tired face, but couldn't bear to push her away.
After hugging for a while, the two walked into the house hand in hand. When passing by Yi Ziyan, Song Yuqiu even exclaimed, "What is this guy doing?"
"I ate rat shit and rinsed my mouth."
"Oh, he's a mentally retarded person, so pitiful!"
"Well, forget about him. Tell me how you've been doing these days."
The two of them went off talking happily, leaving Yi Ziyan with tears on his face.
He really wanted to shout out loud, the lives of prisoners are also lives!