Startled by Prince Wei's rebuke, Wei Xu snapped back to reality, "I..."
Prince Wei was furious at Wei Xu's stammering manner. "Why don't you speak now!"
Even though Wei Xu didn't want to say it, the fate of the Wei Prince's Mansion was at stake. He clenched his fists and said with difficulty, "When I arrived at the Marquis's Mansion, Miss Mu said she wanted to see me. At that time, I handed the food box to the maid in the mansion."
"So, during the time you were with Miss Mu, the food box was out of your sight?" Feng Ji pressed.
Wei Xu lowered his head and said, "Yes."
He thought of what Mu Yazhi had said to him again, clenching his fists tighter and tighter, feeling more and more pain and discomfort in his heart.
Lu Wei naturally couldn't stand idly by. She quickly stepped forward, knelt on the ground, and hurriedly defended herself, saying, "Your Majesty, Ya'er would never do such a thing. She has studied music, chess, calligraphy, and painting since she was a child. How could she understand these things about pharmacology and transformation? Moreover, Ya'er is on good terms with Prince Wei. How could she possibly use Prince Wei to do such a thing?"
Lu Wei's sincere and earnest manner made Wei Xu and Mu Yazhi seem like they were truly in love.
It was indeed she who asked Ya'er to have the maid apply the mercury, but she had no idea what was going on with the letter from Prince Wei in the lunchbox. Now she could suspect that it was put there by someone from the Imperial Observatory, but upon closer inspection, how could the Imperial Observatory do something so uncertain, especially since now was not the right time at all.
"It is true that I have heard that the young master Wei is particularly fond of Miss Mu. But that is precisely why the young master Wei has no reason to slander Miss Mu. Miss Mu does not understand, but do you, Madam Lu, not understand either?"
Feng Ji's gentle tone carried a chilling undertone, causing Lu Wei's shoulders to tremble. She clenched her fingers, forcefully suppressing the unease in her heart.
“How could I, a mere woman, possibly understand such things as framing people? Prince Xiaoyao, please do not slander me. Moreover, why would I frame Shuang’er? What good would it do for the Marquis’s mansion or for me? If something happens to her, how would I explain it to the Marquis in the future? Wouldn’t this be like weaving my own cocoon?”
Lu Wei's ability to twist the truth and speak so eloquently in front of the emperor truly demonstrates his remarkable mental fortitude and skill.
"But I remember the previous times Princess Weiyang was in trouble, including the day when Doctor Li treated the Empress Dowager. I saw that Madam Lu really wanted something to happen to Princess Weiyang. Madam Lu seized Princess Weiyang's fief and refused to return it. Could she be holding a grudge?"
Every word he said struck Lu Wei's heart like a heavy hammer: "This is nothing but the delusion of the Carefree King."
There's no evidence to convict her of this, and as long as she denies it, what can they do to her?
Lu Wei kept reassuring herself to calm down; if she panicked, she would lose completely.
"Whether it's just wishful thinking or not, Princess Weiyang probably knows best in her heart."
These words were spoken.
Lu Wei's heart leaped into her throat, her eyes lowered and her pupils trembled, and cold sweat even broke out on her back.
Mu Chenshuang replied, "Your Majesty, Madam Lu has framed me many times before. I wanted to take back my fiefdom, but she made excuses and refused. So I had to beg Your Majesty to let her return it to me. There is another matter. When I returned to the capital, I was poisoned and lost my internal strength. After much investigation, I was able to confirm that it was Madam Lu who did it."
Mu Chenshuang spoke each word with great force, her accusations erupting as if they had been suppressed for a long time.
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