Mu Chenshuang retorted calmly, "Even if I have a grudge against Lord Cai, how can I prove that I was the one who obstructed Lord Cai from taking the medicine?"
Zhu Qinli's sharp eyes paused, staring at Mu Chenshuang. "Princess Weiyang, do you know what the consequences will be if you stand here and deny your crimes?" The oppressive threat seemed to make the surrounding air thin.
Mu Chenshuang slightly raised her head, staring at Zhu Qin with what could be described as an evenly matched gaze.
"Doesn't the Chief Judge need to provide evidence for his threat?"
Mu Chenshuang's aura shocked everyone around her. A woman who was only eighteen or nineteen years old had such a powerful presence. Although they admired her, the final outcome was still the same.
Zhu Qin lowered his eyelids and stared at the people below the hall, then raised his lips and said, "In that case, summon the imperial physician."
Immediately, a royal physician bowed and quickly entered, knelt on the ground, and kowtowed, saying, "Greetings, Chief Physician."
"Chen Ping, has Lord Cai been your sole physician all along?"
"Yes."
"Tell me all the details about Lord Cai's health condition."
Chen Ping took out a form from his pocket, and the deputy commander stepped forward and handed the form to Zhu Qin.
The imperial physician replied in detail: "These are Lord Cai's medication and medical records for the past two years. Lord Cai's heart palpitations can be controlled within half an hour with medication."
Zhu Qin flipped through the records and said, "Judging from this, Lord Cai's heart disease has not reached the point of being incurable."
"Indeed, if the medication is taken on time, Lord Cai will not be in any danger for at least five years."
"What circumstances can accelerate the onset of the disease?"
"If someone were to forcefully stimulate Lord Cai's heart, and he were not given medicine in time, his heart would suddenly stop within the time it takes to drink a cup of tea."
The imperial physician's words only made Mu Chenshuang a more suspicious person.
Zhu Qin's cold gaze fell on Mu Chen Shuang, but there was no panic or fear in her eyes from beginning to end. For the first time, he couldn't see through a person, especially a woman.
This made him more suspicious.
"Princess Weiyang, things have come to this point, why don't you confess the truth?" After saying the last sentence, she slammed the wooden staff she was holding onto the table with a terrifying force that sent chills down everyone's spine.
Mu Chenshuang remained standing tall and retorted, "If someone had switched Lord Cai's medicine early on and gradually stimulated his heart, it would have aggravated the onset of Lord Cai's illness."
The imperial physician remained silent for a long while before saying, "It is indeed possible."
Zhu Qin sneered and stared at Mu Chenshuang. "This department admires Princess Weiyang's courage and spirit. This department will give you one last chance. If you admit it, this department can treat you leniently in consideration of Princess Weiyang's past merits. If you continue to argue, then don't blame this department for its merciless instruments of torture."
The harsh, threatening tone was so intense that even someone who had done nothing wrong would find it unbearable.
"I will never admit to anything I did not do. Even if the chief judge puts me in torture, I simply did not do it."
Her resolute and powerful aura countered Zhu Qin's threats and intimidation, and her calm and determined gaze showed no sign of weakness.
She was so convincing that you wouldn't even realize she was a prisoner being interrogated.
Zhu Qin laughed, his laughter carrying an unfathomable eeriness and intimidation. "I truly admire Princess Weiyang's spirit. Very well, very well, in that case, I will make you submit wholeheartedly."
Zhu Qin gestured to the deputy commander, who bowed with his hands clasped and replied, "Yes."
Immediately afterwards, a man dressed in the official uniform of a subordinate of the Chengtianjian (Imperial Observatory) strode in, holding an autopsy report in his hand, which he handed over with both hands.
Zhu Qin took the report and opened it.
He then looked up at Mu Chenshuang, handed the report to the deputy director, who took the report, walked up to Mu Chenshuang, and handed it to her.
Mu Chenshuang took it with one hand, opened it and saw that the autopsy report stated that Cai Mingquan's chest cavity showed signs of shattering, indicating that she had been subjected to strong external force.
At the time, it was just her and Choi Ming-chuen, and everyone knew that she was skilled in martial arts. If it wasn't her, who else could have attacked Choi Ming-chuen?
The autopsy report directly charged Mu Chenshuang with murder, leaving her with no way to defend herself.
"Princess Weiyang, now that things have come to this, what further excuses do you have?!"
Mu Chenshuang met Zhu Qin's cold gaze and said, "I will say it again: I did not do it, and that is that."
"Good, you've got guts. I'll see how long you can keep up this stubbornness. Guards, bring the finger-crushing torture."
Immediately, two officials from the Imperial Observatory approached Mu Chenshuang with finger-crushing instruments, attempting to forcibly put them on her fingers.
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