Xiao Yan looked furious, Liu Yinyin looked forward to watching the show, Xiangxue was so frightened by the scene in front of her that she cried, Liu Captou and others looked at Luo Yao, everyone was waiting for her to give a reasonable explanation.
Luo Yao calmed down and glanced at the package on the table first, then turned her attention to the man brought by Capt. Liu.
She calmly walked up to the man and looked at him condescendingly, "Did you personally collect this package?"
"yes."
The man didn't dare to raise his head and answered in a muffled voice.
"Do you remember the person who gave you something?"
"this……"
The man recalled carefully for a moment and shook his head at Luo Yao, "It was dark at the time, and the man was covered in black. Besides, my attention was all on these treasures, and I couldn't care less about their appearance."
"What else do you want to do?" Seeing Luo Yao suddenly asking these questions, Xiao Yan asked dissatisfiedly.
Luo Yao turned to look at him, "I did not sell the Queen Mother's reward secretly. I will find this thief and prove my innocence."
After saying that, her eyes deliberately stayed on Liu Yinyin for a short time.
Meeting her cold and sharp eyes, Liu Yinyin's heart trembled, but she still pretended to be calm without any trace.
"All the witnesses and physical evidence are in front of you, and you still want to excuse yourself. I really underestimate your perseverance." Xiao Yan retorted coldly.
There was no trust between her and Xiao Yan. It was normal for Xiao Yan not to believe her in the current situation. She was very patient and analyzed it with Xiao Yan.
"Evidence that can be easily seen by others is not real evidence. It may also be that someone deliberately wants us to see it."
"What do you mean?" Xiao Yan frowned.
"Everyone knows that selling off the Queen Mother's reward privately is a serious crime. Even if I am short of money again, I should understand that life is more important than money, and I will not do it knowingly."
Xiao Yan looked at her doubtfully, "But it's true that you want money."
She smiled and nodded and admitted, "Yes! I am indeed short of money and want it very much, but I am not a person who only wants money at the expense of my life."
Xiao Yan remained silent, frowning in thought.
"I know that the prince does not want to believe me. If I can't prove my innocence, I will let the prince handle it and I will never say another word no."
Xiao Yan raised his eyes, "Okay! I will give you the opportunity to prove your innocence."
After finishing his words, Xiao Yan rolled his sleeves and turned around to sit back on the main seat, with an unknown calculation hidden under those deep eyes.
He wanted to see what Luo Yao should do this time.
Luo Yao breathed a sigh of relief and finally loosened his clenched hands.
There was only one chance to prove her innocence. She couldn't make any mistakes and Xiao Yan would use her as a handle again.
She looked at the man again and asked, "You don't know what that person looks like. You should know whether that person is a boy or a girl, right?"
"It belongs to a woman."
"you sure?"
The man nodded hurriedly, "It was dark that night and the surroundings were quiet. I really heard her voice. Her voice sounded quite young."
With the man's words, Luo Yao had a general direction in her mind.
The person who could enter her yard and get these things she put in the closet must be someone from the house.
Since she was a member of the household and a rather young woman, the search scope was suddenly narrowed a lot.
She came to Xiao Yan again and said, "Please, Your Majesty, please find someone to find all the maids and wives in the house."
Xiao Yan frowned in displeasure, "Do you suspect that someone in the house framed you?"
"Um."
Although Xiao Yan was a little bored, he still raised his hand to signal Wuhen to do as he did.
Watching Wuhen walk out of the front hall, Liu Yinyin clenched her hands nervously.
Luo Yao noticed her abnormality and deliberately raised her voice to ask Xiao Yan, "If I succeed in uncovering the person who framed Princess Li, what will the prince do with her?"
"If you dare to cause trouble in Prince Li's Mansion, you will be beaten to death with sticks!"
Luo Yao clapped her hands and agreed, "I hope the prince will do what he says and stop favoring some people."
"I have always been fair and never favored anyone." Xiao Yan snorted coldly.
Luo Yao turned her face and said "cut" without bothering to refute him.
Liu Yinyin glanced at Mudan with an ugly face. Mudan glanced at everyone and planned to leave the front hall quietly while no one was paying attention to her.
Just as she was about to cross the threshold, she was spotted by the sharp-eyed Luo Yao.
"Where are Peony going?"
Peony stopped with her back to everyone, pretending to be calm and turned around, "As for the princess, I am a little worried, so I asked the young lady for permission to go to the latrine."
"No one can leave at this time, you'd better be patient for now!"
"yes."
Mudan responded helplessly and returned behind Liu Yinyin with her head lowered.
Glancing at Liu Yinyin's master and servant, Luo Yao reminded: "In order not to cause misunderstanding, it is best for everyone not to leave the front hall."
Liu Yinyin responded with a forced smile and echoed: "The princess is right, I didn't think well."
Not long after, Wuhen and the housekeeper found all the maids and wives in the house. They stood neatly in the courtyard, all of them extremely nervous.
Wuhen was a person close to Xiao Yan. He personally gathered all the maids and wives in the house together, and the maids were extremely frightened.
Luo Yao pulled the man on the ground up and said, "Come out with me."
The man tremblingly followed her into the courtyard and stood in front of all the maids and wives.
She raised her eyes and looked at these people, "Don't be nervous, I won't embarrass you. I brought you here today mainly because I want you to cooperate with me in doing something."
She pointed at the man next to her and added: "He will come to you later. Whoever he goes to, just talk to him."
Although the maids and wives were scared, they did not dare to refute, and they all said in unison: "Yes."
"Go!" Luo Yao motioned for the man to walk over.
The man did not dare to say a word, so he walked obediently to these maids and women and listened to them one by one.
Half an hour later, the man turned back to Luo Yao and shook his head at her.
"No?"
Man: "No."
"How is that possible? Did you listen carefully?" Luo Yao asked.
The man hurriedly replied, "These are not the people who listen carefully."
Luo Yao took a deep breath, frowned and fell into thought.
Xiao Yan and Liu Yinyin in the hall heard their conversation and came out one after another.
Liu Yinyin swept away the gloom in her heart, covered her mouth and smiled, "Everyone has been found and checked one by one. What should we do next?"
"Luo Yao, what else do you have to say?" Xiao Yan asked coldly.
Luo Yao frowned, always feeling that something was wrong.
If the man did not lie, this person should be from the house. Why was this person not found?
She raised her eyes and looked at Wuhen and the housekeeper, "Are you sure all the maids and wives in the house are here?"
"When I get back to the princess, everyone is here. Even the woman who is cooking in the kitchen has been found by me," the housekeeper said.
Luo Yao walked into the courtyard and looked at all the maids and women. She suddenly realized that one person was missing.
"Where's Aunt Xu?"
