What?
murder?
Zhang's face turned pale when she heard this, and she looked at Shang Ruoyi in horror: "I don't know what you are talking about."
"The person who gave you the poison confessed, why don't you admit it?" Shang Ruoyi pointed at Qiao Yanxin who was kneeling beside her and said, "You are pretending to be incompatible, but are you doing it for us to see?"
Qiao Yanxin knelt down and walked in front of Shang Ruoyi: "Sister-in-law, what I gave her was Jade Butterfly Powder, not Heartbreak Grass!"
Zhang looked at Qiao Yanxin in disbelief. The first person to see her that day was Qiao Yanxin? How can this be?
Didn’t they say that the man belonged to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince? How could it be Qiao Yanxin?
This bitch actually colluded with the prince secretly! When she thought of the green hat on her son's head, she wished she could tear it off.
"What is Jade Butterfly Powder? What is Heartbreak Grass? I don't know!"
Seeing that she refused to admit it, Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Second aunt, it doesn't matter if you don't admit it. Since you said that you didn't poison me, I will give you a chance to prove your innocence."
Zhang's expression eased slightly: "What opportunity?"
"Gelsemium elegans is different from other toxins. It does not change color when it comes into contact with water, but it turns yellow when it comes into contact with rice washing water. And for people who have come into contact with this toxin, the color on their hands cannot be washed off within three days. After three days, it will fade away on its own."
Zhang was shocked when she heard this, as she had never heard of this method of testing for poison. She clenched her fists and felt very nervous.
Not long after, Aunt Li brought a bowl of rice washing water. Shang Ruoyi put her hand in it. When she took it out, her hand did not change color. She also put Qiao Yanxin's hand in, and it did not turn yellow either.
Until Zhang put her hand in it, in just an instant, the white rice water turned yellow.
Everyone was shocked when they saw this.
"Zhang! Are you crazy? Why did you poison us?" Before Lin left, she slapped her in the face: "No matter what, we are a family. How could you do such a wicked thing?"
Zhang fell to the ground, looking at her hands that had turned yellow, and suddenly burst into laughter. When everyone thought she was really crazy, she looked at Lin fiercely: "Family? What a joke! When did you treat me as a family member?"
She pushed aside the crowd and came to the old princess's bed: "This old woman has disliked me since the day I entered the palace. She is always kind to you, but to me, she doesn't say a word. Whenever she speaks to me, she is always harsh. Do I have to be treated unfairly because my background is not as good as yours?"
Qin looked at her crazy look, and after thinking for a while, she decided to tell the secret that had been in her heart for many years: "Mother doesn't like you, not because of you, but because of He Ningan."
At this time, He Ning'an, who heard that Zhang was arrested and taken to the He family, was about to come to question her, but he heard Qin's words.
Is it because of him?
He Jinghe, who came with him, walked past him into the room and shouted angrily, "What do you mean?"
Qin sighed, looked at the unconscious old princess on the couch, and whispered, "I promised mother that I would keep this to myself forever, but I won't let you slander her like this today. Even if mother wakes up and blames me, I won't let you make up stories about her like this."
Qin pointed at He Ning'an and said, "My second brother was not born by mother, but by the prostitute that father kept outside."
What?
These words were like a thunderclap exploding in everyone's ears.
How can this be?
He Ning'an was actually born to a prostitute?
"You're talking nonsense!" He Ning'an walked in quickly and said angrily, "You bitch, how dare you say such dirty words to me? I'll beat you to death!" After saying that, he raised his hand and was about to hit Qin.
He Jingheng's eyes turned fierce, and the dagger in his hand was about to fall out of his hand. He heard He Ning'an scream, and when he looked closely, he saw a very thick silver needle piercing his palm, and blood was pouring out.
"Where do you want to put your dirty hands?" Shang Ruoyi said in a deep voice: "Next time, the place where the silver needle will pierce is not the palm, but your throat, or the center of your eyebrows."
Knowing her skills, no one doubted the truth of her words.
He Jinghe helped He Ning'an up, panting and looking at Shang Ruoyi: "You have such a cruel heart. My father is your elder after all, how could you hurt him? And my mother, why did you let people beat her like this? We haven't divorced Qiao yet, and she is still my wife, why did you execute her privately?"
He Jinghe thought he had found Ruoyi's weakness: "I tell you, if you don't compensate us today, we will sue the government."
Everyone looked at his confident look and sneered.
The second young master of the He family is really a bit stupid.
"Everyone present saw with their own eyes how your mother and your wife got their injuries. If you don't believe me, you can ask them if it was caused by the fight between the two of them."
At this time, the workers standing outside the door nodded: "The boss is right. The two of them started fighting because of a disagreement."
He Jinghe choked, looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "But is it true?"
Zhang nodded, acknowledging what he said.
"As for your father, he insulted my mother-in-law and even wanted to hit her. Was it wrong for me to do that? This was legitimate defense, so you can't ask me for compensation."
He Ning'an was sweating from the pain, but he didn't care about the injury on his hand. He said fiercely: "Wait for me, don't think that you can put that infamy on me just because mother is unconscious. How can I not be born by mother? I am the prince of Dingguo Palace! The second son!"
At this moment, the old princess lying on the couch slowly exhaled.
"Mom, wake up."
Before Lin left, she found the old princess lying with clear eyes, and then slowly closed her eyes: "I originally wanted to keep this secret in my stomach forever and take it into the coffin, so as not to taint the reputation of our Dingwang Palace. I didn't expect that I would fall to this point in this life. I might as well let you know!"
Lin wanted to help her up, but she waved her hand and reached out to Qin. Seeing this, Qin knelt beside her and said, "Mother."
"I don't blame you, help me up!" The old princess smiled and said, "Even if you don't say it, I will tell you sooner or later."
The old lady looked at He Ning'an's face, as if she saw again the woman who had made her feel uncomfortable all her life. He was too similar to his biological mother.
"You were born of a prostitute, there is no doubt about that."
What?
How is this possible?
He Ning'an's steps were unsteady. If He Jinghe hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground.
"Your father raised you outside without telling me. Later, when she gave birth to a son, your father wanted to bring you and your son to the palace. But you should know that in Tianshun, the royal family will not allow the birth of a lowly child born to a prostitute. But I saw that you were still in your infancy and could not bear to kill you like this. It happened that I was about to give birth, so I told others that it was twins and kept you. As for your mother, I gave her a cup of poisoned wine and threw her out of the palace."
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