Lin said in a hoarse voice, "The number on it is yours, I didn't wrong you."
“I have given you a chance to apologize and admit your mistakes every time, but you are stubborn and make excuses.”
Lin Qingwan started to feel pain all over her body, and she couldn't even smile. "I refuse to accept my fate and be punished to prove my innocence, not to make excuses."
Lin's nostrils flared slightly, her lips pressed tightly together, and the atmosphere grew increasingly tense and cold.
During the stalemate, Cang Ying's voice rang out from outside, "His Highness the Crown Prince has had the Minister of Works investigate. Someone took the wrong route on the way to deliver the spices."
"It's possible that the spices have been switched."
"The Crown Prince sent me to tell the Madam not to make things difficult for Miss Qingwan."
Upon hearing this, Madam Yang immediately stepped forward to persuade Madam Lin, "Madam, please calm down. I told you not to be anxious. Now look what's happened. What if we've wronged Qingwan? She'll be so upset."
Taking this opportunity, Madam Lin suppressed her helplessness, saying, "It's her first time at the Minister's residence, and yet someone deliberately switched her things."
The implication was that Lin Qingwan was at fault.
Lin Qingwan's eyes were devoid of warmth, the last light in them extinguished. She said indifferently, "Yes, I don't know whose path I've blocked, and I'm constantly getting caught up in trouble."
Lin was furious at the hidden meaning in her words, but she couldn't help but think of something.
*
Just as things calmed down, Jiang Yanwan approached Jiang Zhenlin again, ostensibly to inquire about news.
"Has the matter been investigated thoroughly? Qingwan couldn't have poisoned him."
"What poisoning?" Jiang Zhenlin asked in surprise.
The crown prince ordered his eunuchs to keep the news a secret; they were unaware that the spices were poisonous.
Jiang Yanwan hurriedly covered her mouth, looking remorseful for letting something slip. The more she acted this way, the more curious Jiang Zhenlin became. "Sister, what happened?"
Jiang Yanwan thought for a long time before telling him what had happened. Jiang Zhenlin thought he had misheard. "If she wants to die, she shouldn't drag us down with her!"
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