After everyone shut up, Xue Zhentong looked at Xue Zhiyi, who was now holding his handkerchief with his head down.
She looked nervous and embarrassed, and no one knew what she was thinking.
He said, "The doctor said that Ziying had a miscarriage because the material of her clothes was tainted with the juice of the radish flower. And yet your maid took advantage of the dark night and strong wind to sneak around with a piece of gauze tainted with the juice of the radish flower. Could it be that you knew nothing about this?"
Hearing this, Xue Zhiyi shook his head in shock. "Father, Zhiyi really didn't know about this. Zhiyi was just packing Runing's belongings in Cangyue Pavilion. As soon as he returned to Jiangxuexuan, he was summoned here by father's people. He has no idea what happened in Jiangxuexuan!"
"You don't know?" Rong Ziying sneered, "If it weren't for your order, Sanniang, how could Su Yue, a mere maid, dare to poison me without authorization? Is she really going to die?"
Xue Zhiyi then realized what was happening and looked at Su Yue, only to see Su Yue kneeling there guiltily, not daring to speak.
"Su Yue, what's going on?" Xue Zhiyi asked her puzzled.
Su Yue just cried and shook her head: "Miss...I didn't do it, you have to save me!"
Xue Zhiyi raised his eyebrows and said to Xue Zhentong with great certainty, "Father, Su Yue has been with me since she was a child. I don't believe she would do such a heartless thing."
"The evidence is irrefutable!" Xue Zhentong was furious, pointing at the scattered cloth on the ground. "Look for yourself. Don't you recognize this silk and satin that you found on your maid?"
Xue Zhiyi was stunned, looking at the cloth, her eyes stagnant. She squatted down woodenly, picked it up and looked at it carefully. She stared at it for a while, and when she spoke again, her voice was much weaker: "This... is indeed something in my warehouse."
Xue Tingliu, who was watching from the side, finally felt a little more pleased.
But vaguely, I always felt that something was unusual, as if... this was too smooth.
Xue Zhiyi looked up at Xue Zhentong and said, "Father, this is my silk, but why should I let Su Yue take the risk of going out with it?"
Before Xue Zhentong could speak, Rong Ziying said, "The matter is done, the storm has died down, so naturally we have to get busy destroying the evidence."
Xue Zhiyi snorted when he heard this: "Auntie, let's not talk about what happened tonight. I only found out about it after being summoned by my father. Even if I asked Su Yue to go out wearing gauze, it has nothing to do with you, right? How can you conclude that I am destroying evidence?"
Rong Ziying said confidently, "This gauze is made of the same material as my tampered dress, and it also smells of the scent of radish flower juice. Sanniang, radish flower juice comes from the Western Regions and is not a common commodity in Dayong. The exact same material, combined with this rare and unusual radish flower juice, don't tell me this is all a coincidence."
But Xue Zhiyi looked into her eyes and said, "But this material is very popular recently. I just bought it casually outside. What's the matter? Just because your concubine has it, can't others have it?"
"What about the radish flower juice?" Rong Ziying asked her. "No matter how rare the radish flower juice is, Sanniang has an uncle who trades with the Western Regions. It shouldn't be difficult for her to get some, right?"
While speaking, he also looked at Fu Ling and Fu Rongxin.
The suspicion in Xue Zhentong's eyes became more and more intense. He had easily believed that this was done by Fu Ling. Now that the evidence was found in Xue Zhiyi's possession, he became even more suspicious. Could it be Fu Ling's idea, or the convenience she provided, that led to Xue Zhiyi killing his child?
Being stared at by such a scorching gaze, Fu Ling immediately became angry: "Husband, why are you looking at me like this? Don't you know that Zhiyi has already grown up? How can I control her? What does she want to do? What does it have to do with me?"
Fu Rongxin also reminded him at the right time: "Uncle, please don't let others instigate you to become suspicious of your aunt and even more suspicious of the Fu family. You will hurt the Fu family's feelings by doing this!"
Seeing Rong Ziying's eagerness to drag Fu Ling and Fu Rongxin into the water, Xue Zhiyi suddenly smiled.
Hearing the voice, several people looked at Xue Zhiyi at this moment.
But she smiled and said, "Speaking of which, Auntie is really amazing. She can know when my maid will go out and what she will take with her. It's like she can predict the future. It's as if everything was planned in advance."
Rong Ziying was startled. Seeing Xue Zhentong looking at her, she immediately covered her stomach with her hands, looking aggrieved, and fell on him. "Master, are you saying that Sanniang is framing her with the life of my own child?"
These few tears overwhelmed Xue Zhentong's rationality. He hugged Rong Ziying's shoulders as if no one was around and scolded Xue Zhiyi: "What nonsense are you talking about!"
In this situation, everyone looked at this couple and felt as if their eyes were covered with something dirty. For a moment, they rolled their eyes.
Xue Zhiyi said calmly, "Don't worry, father. I haven't finished yet."
She smiled slightly: "I just think that Auntie has a very keen nose. Just by sniffing it like this, she can confirm that the smell on the gauze is the juice of the radish flower. But no matter how I smell it, it feels like the scent of wintersweet that I often use in my room."
"What..." Rong Ziying was stunned.
She had consulted a doctor long ago and learned from him the properties of the juice of the radish flower and that its fragrance was similar to that of wintersweet.
But if the smell on the gauze was just the scent of wintersweet, then why did Xue Zhiyi deliberately put the thing in Xue Panrou's room?
Thinking of this, Rong Ziying felt that Xue Zhiyi was feigning composure and stubbornly resisting. She said sternly, "Sanniang, the evidence is irrefutable. Please stop talking nonsense like this."
"Whether it's nonsense or not, please ask a doctor to check it out and we'll know." Xue Zhiyi said, looking at Fu Ling: "Mother, please allow your daughter to ask a doctor to take a look. Otherwise, I'm afraid that my uncle, who is thousands of miles away, will not know that he has been inexplicably blamed for something."
Realizing this was a good opportunity to thwart Rong Ziying, Fu Ling didn't hesitate and said to Xing's mother, "Go and invite her."
Fu Rongxin watched, her brows furrowed tighter and tighter: This little bitch Xue Zhiyi is really good at manipulating people's hearts. At this time, she would seize the few common interests between her and Fu Ling, forcing Fu Ling to choose to help her.
Xue Tingliu, who was watching from the side, reacted first and lost his leisurely mood. His fingers under his sleeve almost crushed the ring.
This was a trap. It had been set since he decided to send Rong Ziying to Jiangxuexuan to catch someone.
But when did Xue Zhiyi become aware of his actions? Even if he allowed himself to be wronged and then took the initiative to clear the name on his own, it still didn't clearly prove that Rong Ziying had made a false accusation. Rong Ziying could easily say that she had made an error in her judgment and that it wasn't a big mistake.
So, what is Xue Zhiyi's purpose in going through so much trouble?
Looking at Xue Zhiyi, who was standing with her back straight, neck long and slender, and eyes lowered with an unclear expression, Xue Tingliu found that he really couldn't see through her.
Not long after, the doctor arrived. He carefully examined the gauze, dipped it in water and sniffed it carefully before bowing and saying, "Master, Madam, there is indeed something on this material."
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