Everyone present was shocked and confused.
Li Qingyi said in a calm tone: "The weather is cold, and the walnut cheese kept in the small kitchen has not gone bad all day and night. If the portion you took was prepared in advance, no one would notice it. Who would pay attention to the walnut cheese?" Whether it’s fresh or not, it’s going to break anyway, right?”
Yushu kept shaking his head: "This is just your guess. Why did Miss Li target me? Can Linglong's suspicion be ruled out?"
The emperor immediately said angrily: "You two little maids, you still haven't told the truth until now!" He pointed his hand back and forth at the two of them and said: "Is it you? Or you? Or maybe you two are colluding!"
Yushu immediately kowtowed and said, "I did not kill my master... Please tell me from your Majesty! I would like to ask Miss Li, you said that I hid the walnut cheese. I cannot defend myself. But if I kill someone, I will definitely be splashed with it." There are blood stains. In such a short period of time, there is no time to change clothes. Besides, there are no bloody clothes found nearby."
Li Qingyi looked directly at her and said: "When we examined the body, we found that the wound on Liang Guiren's abdomen was very strange. Judging from the traces of the broken skin, the dagger should have been inserted from bottom to top. Therefore, the murderer was neither On the side, not on the back, but after Liang Guiren fell, he squatted on her head and stabbed her with a dagger in his backhand. As long as the murderer rolled up his sleeves, he could avoid blood splattering on his sleeves. superior."
Cui Chun finally understood what she meant and said in surprise: "In this way, the murderer can cover Liang Guiren's mouth and nose to prevent her from being awakened by the sting and screaming to attract others, and can also avoid the trouble of changing clothes. !」
Because it involves palace secrets, the door of the hall is tightly closed. In the light cast through the door and window panes, dust flies around in a hurry, making the already tense atmosphere in the room even more impatient.
But Cui Chun's words made everyone suddenly enlightened.
The emperor was furious and threw the tea cup in his hand in front of the jade comb.
Mrs. Tan cried out and was about to pull and beat the jade comb. Fortunately, Liang Guiren's father, Yushi Zhongcheng Pan Jingfu, quickly caught her and stopped her in a low voice: "Your Majesty is here, please don't be rude!"...
Mrs. Tan gritted her teeth, trembling her lips and angrily scolded Yushu: "Our Pan family treats you well, but you actually repay kindness with hatred! Why are you so vicious! She is still pregnant with a dragon heir..."
Yushu stood blankly on the spot. After a moment, she came back to her senses, but she did not admit the crime and said to Li Qingyi: "Even so, it could be someone else. Why did Miss Li say it was me? I have no enmity with my master. ..."
"Do you really have no grievances with Mr. Liang? You suspect that Mr. Liang poisoned your sweetheart, don't you?"
The hall fell silent, and even Mrs. Tan, who had just cried loudly, calmed down unconsciously and stared at Li Qingyi closely, for fear that she would say something detrimental to the good nobleman.
There was a sarcastic smile on Yushu's face: "I have been with my master since I was a child. How can I have a sweetheart?"
Li Qingyi took out a piece of paper from his arms and put it in front of the jade comb. The paper was already yellowed, and the neat but not pretty handwriting on it said, "This medicine can cure Mr. Ling's illness."
Li Qingyi said: "I have asked someone to compare it, and it is exactly your handwriting on it. If you don't like Young Master Yu, why do you go through so much trouble and do everything possible to seek medical advice and cure Young Master Yu's illness?"
Yushu suddenly grabbed the piece of paper in his hand and trembled uncontrollably.
Mrs. Yu, who had been standing in the corner, changed her expression and was stunned for a long time, but finally did not speak.
Yushu smiled softly and said in a sarcastic voice: "Even if I wholeheartedly want to cure Mr. Yu's illness, what does it mean? Even if I like him, does it prove that I killed the noble man? Could it be that Miss Li did it to make meritorious service? Are you so eager to put the crime of murder on my head for nothing?"
Li Qingyi was not angry when faced with Yu Shu's questioning, but just nodded to the people in Dali Temple.
Immediately someone presented her with a pair of shoes in the style of a palace maid.
The blood-stained indigo soft-soled shoes were first put on Linglong's feet, but they were too big by the width of a little finger. Yushu's face was pale, and he couldn't say anything when he saw that the shoe fit perfectly on his foot.
Out.
"The shoes that fell next to Mr. Liang are not exquisite, but yours." Li Qingyi pointed to the shoes and said, "You must still remember that the eldest princess asked you what happened to your feet that day."
The blood on Yushu's face has faded, and he is like a small fish that has been abused by huge waves, drifting and embarrassed, losing everything to rely on.
Everyone's eyes were fixed on her, but Pan Jingfu and Tan's couple were afraid of causing any bad remarks, so they no longer dared to rebuke loudly like they just did.
Seeing that Yushu's face was ashen, the emperor could no longer defend himself, so he asked coldly: "Did you really kill Mr. Liang?"
Yushu remained motionless, as if dead, but after a moment he showed a smile of triumph: "It's me... so what if I killed her! She was vicious and deserved to die! I did nothing wrong..."
Everyone didn't expect her to be so risking their lives, and they all looked at each other in shock.
The emperor was also stunned by the cruelty in her words: "What do you mean by that? When has a noble lady been so cruel? She can't even bear to trample insects and ants to death!"
"Hmph...really? The emperor really doesn't understand the person next to him at all..."
Yushu chuckled, his tone cold.
She had no family, no worries, and was destined to die at this time, so she no longer had any respect for the superior.
Before the emperor could do anything, Concubine Mu's expression changed, as if what Yushu was talking about was not a noble person but her, "You are so bold and a lowly maid, how dare you disrespect the emperor!"
The emperor stretched out his hand to stop Concubine Mu, "It is better to let her explain in detail how she killed Liang Guiren."
Concubine Mu looked at Yushu sinisterly, as if she was holding some anger in her heart and wanted to vent it all on Yushu.
Yushu glanced at everyone, his eyes finally landed on where Li Qingyi was, and said: "I carefully planned for several months, but I didn't expect that you would expose everything in just three days..."
She laughed at herself: "I deliberately chose the day of the snow viewing party, because everyone's attention would be there, and my plan would go more smoothly... Ever since Lianggui became pregnant, I have spoken to her intentionally or unintentionally. With walnut cheese, the unborn child will become smarter and let her develop the habit of using walnut cheese. So the kitchen will prepare several portions of walnut cheese every day so that she can eat it immediately whenever she wants."
Concubine Mu said coldly: "Huh, you really have good intentions."
Yushu lowered his eyes and slowly narrated: "That day, Mr. Liang came back from the palace banquet and said he wanted to rest. I deliberately delayed it for a while, hoping to wait for everyone to go down to rest, and then remind Mr. Liang to use a bowl of walnuts. Che went to sleep again. I didn’t expect that she would bring it up on her own initiative. I thought to myself, God help me, so I turned around and walked out of the palace door, making some noise and luring Linglong out to check..."
Linglong's face turned pale, as if she still didn't believe that Yushu was the murderer. She asked, "That cat... did you use it to scare me on purpose?"
"Yes, the tabby cat had just given birth to a cub, and it was the time when it was looking for food. I fed it with dried fish for a while, and it was under the tree at the same time every day, so the cat came every day. . On the day when Mr. Liang’s accident happened, I added insect repellent and rat repellent to the dried fish and poisoned the kitten to death.”
"I thought that if you find the cat corpse, you will definitely call someone to deal with it. Plus your journey back and forth, I will have enough time to do it. And I only need a cup of tea to successfully complete the plan .”
Linglong shook her head: "If there was only the body of the kitten, I would definitely call someone to deal with it first, and then go back and give the owner a reply. But I was frightened by the tabby cat first. Maybe she was looking for her children, and I was afraid of her. He rushed towards me and then retreated, thinking to reply to his master first and then call someone to drive away the cat..."
Yushu sneered: "Even though you came back a little early, I still killed her very smoothly. You walked out of the door, and I ducked into the house. Liang Guiren was walking around the house because of anxiety, and I took advantage of her unpreparedness when she turned around. , knocking her unconscious. Originally, I planned to kill her with one knife, but looking at her bulging belly, hatred surged in my heart!"
"Why is it that innocent people are suffering because of her, but she is here to enjoy the glory? So I was so embarrassed that I squatted on top of her head and held my arms high.
With his sleeves, he covered her mouth and nose with one hand, and stabbed her abdomen crazily with the knife in the other hand. "
"You actually...you actually dare to treat Long Si like this!" Concubine Mu pointed at the jade comb, as if she really felt sorry for Mr. Liang and her child.
Jade Comb's face was full of sarcasm, as if a child conceived by a good nobleman, even if it was a dragon heir, was just a bad boy.
She said: "As soon as I put the blood-stained dagger in the pool of blood, I heard footsteps coming from outside. I knew it was Linglong who came back, so I wanted to retreat immediately. However, Liang Guiren's wound was too big and blood flowed all over the floor. , got on my shoes. This was beyond my expectation. In a stunned moment, the jade comb had walked in. In a panic, I took off my shoes, held them in my hands and hid behind the curtain."
"Who knew I was so lucky? When Linglong saw Liang Guiren's body, she was so frightened that her soul almost flew away. She never noticed me hiding in the dark. She rolled and crawled and ran out, wearing her shoes I don’t even know if I dropped it.”
A proud smile appeared on Yushu's lips, and she said: "I saw the opportunity and immediately took off my shoes and left them in the palace. Then I put on exquisite shoes and jumped out of the back window. I washed my arms in the spring water as if nothing had happened. He took the food box that had been hidden in the bushes and walked around to the front of the temple."
"I threw the food box to attract the crowd, and then rushed into the palace to see Liang Guiren's body, firstly for show, and secondly to see if there was anything wrong. Sure enough, everything was perfect. Except... …Those shoes…”
