Yun Zhuo stared at her in astonishment, his heart pounding.
Is Ye Qingxue asking him about the situation at the time?
Ye Qingxue asked?
Ye Qingxue shouldn't have asked him about what happened that day. She was there at the time and knew the whole truth, so why would she need to ask him?
Ye Qingxue said, "I have never killed the Ninth Prince. After you were summoned away by the Emperor that day, I stayed in Shou Kang Palace to have dinner with the Empress Dowager."
Taking a deep breath, Ye Qingxue said firmly, "The person you saw killing the Ninth Prince that day was not me at all!"
That makes sense.
Yun Zhuo has suffered too many grievances. He has great ambitions for the future and has made many efforts for them.
He had just married her, and their relationship was as sweet as honey.
How could I possibly kill the Ninth Prince at a time like this, trading one life for another?
It's not worth it at all!
Ye Qingxue thought darkly that even if the Ninth Prince truly deserved to die, Yun Zhuo should have acted quietly or gathered evidence to kill him, rather than openly murdering him.
This is completely different from what he has always done and what he has always demanded.
Afterwards, he insisted that he killed the Ninth Prince and that Cui Shao and others saw him holding a sword...
Judging from the poison the Ninth Prince was given, it could only be that he did this on purpose to take the blame for his newlywed wife.
Yun Zhuo's lips trembled slightly. He reached through the gap in the fence and grasped Ye Qingxue's hand. He said, "But the person I saw that day was clearly you..."
Yes, on his way to the Zichen Palace to see his father, he saw Ye Qingxue murder the Ninth Prince, and she did so in a cruel way, directly disemboweling him.
He was not unshocked at the time.
Ye Qingxue looked terrified and said to him, "What should I do? I killed the Ninth Prince! I... I didn't mean to! He spoke horribly and tried to kill me repeatedly. He even caused Qiu Shen and me to almost die in the Cold Palace. In a fit of rage, I..."
Although Yun Zhuo was surprised by the cruelty of Ye Qingxue's methods in killing the Ninth Prince, he also knew that Ye Qingxue was a person who would seek revenge for any wrong done to her.
He also knew that the Ninth Prince had almost killed her and Qiu Shen in the Cold Palace, so he had no doubt at the time that the person in front of him was not Ye Qingxue.
Moreover, the clothes Ye Qingxue wore when she killed him were exactly the same as the clothes she wore when they separated.
Yun Zhuo keenly sensed someone approaching and, without thinking twice, snatched the longsword from her hand: "You go quickly, leave this to me, you'll be fine!"
He used his own clothes to wipe the blood off Ye Qingxue's hands and face, then pushed her away, far away.
When Cui Shao and his men arrived, he quickly plunged the longsword back into the Ninth Prince's abdomen and pulled it out, showing everyone that he was the one who killed the Ninth Prince.
It seemed like they had done a lot at the time, but in Yun Zhuo's perception, it all seemed to happen in the blink of an eye.
“Cui Shao immediately arrested me. My father, his ministers, and the imperial physicians arrived quickly. You know what happened after that,” Yun Zhuo said.
He squeezed Ye Qingxue's hand again: "Was that person two days ago really not you?"
Even now, Yun Zhuo still finds it unbelievable. How could he possibly mistake Ye Qingxue for someone else?
impossible!
That person's appearance, clothing, and even some of his mannerisms were exactly the same as Ye Qingxue's!
“It wasn’t me,” Ye Qingxue said. “Although I am vengeful, I don’t kill people without thinking.”
Silence reigned; only a long silence remained in the prison.
Yun Zhuo had considered this point, but the person he saw that day was Ye Qingxue, and when he got close, he could even smell the faint fragrance of Ye Qingxue on her.
He absolutely could not push Ye Qingxue out to die!
Ye Qingxue said, "I suspect that you have been poisoned in the same way as the Ninth Prince. That person used my identity to humiliate the Ninth Prince, creating hatred between us and the Ninth Prince, and making us kill each other."
"The Ninth Prince failed to kill me in the Cold Palace poisonous bee incident, so the other side used another trick. When we entered the palace to serve tea, they killed the Ninth Prince in front of you, and that's how things turned out!"
Another silence followed.
Yun Zhuo pursed her lips: "The people who did all this were Prince Xuan and his wife."
He didn't ask a question, but stated it definitively.
Ye Qingxue smiled coldly: "So, after you were imprisoned, they immediately took action, blocking Ye Cunsi's troops outside the capital city. Under the pretext of rebellion, they wanted to kill my brother and me and then destroy our entire Zhongyong Marquis's Mansion."
"In this way, the forces belonging to you, Prince Jing Yunzhuo, will be completely eradicated, and they will have no more worries."
A sharp killing intent flashed in Yun Zhuo's eyes.
I see.
So that's how it is.
There was another thing Yun Zhuo couldn't understand: "Xiang Si Zi was able to identify the poison that the Ninth Prince was poisoned with, 'Floating Dream,' in just two or three days. But why couldn't he identify what poison I was poisoned with in so long?"
Ye Qingxue was also completely baffled by this. If the poison in Yun Zhuo was the same as that in the Ninth Prince, there was no reason why Xiang Si Zi had not been able to detect it after so long.
However, according to Yun Zhuo's description, he was indeed deceived by the fake Ye Qingxue two days ago, otherwise he would not have taken the blame for her.
"They should be done with things at Jing'an Palace by now. I'll have Dongbai invite Xiangsizi over so he can give you a thorough examination and confirm whether the poison you've been afflicted with is indeed 'Floating Dream'."
Dongbai quickly accepted the order and left.
Ye Qingxue and Yun Zhuo had new questions. Yun Zhuo had been poisoned by Yun Chi, but Yun Chi was already dead. Now, it was Prince Xuan, Yun Xun, who was stirring up trouble behind the scenes.
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