She and this Dongxue girl met for the first time today, and they had no grudges. Why did she keep targeting her, and every time she spoke, she acted like she was going to kill her.
strangeness.
"Miss Tao just performed an autopsy on your brother and found that your brother's death had nothing to do with the bottle of poison..." Xiao Shuo just discussed the matter. Unexpectedly, Dong Xue didn't believe it and even felt that he and Tao Yaoyao were the same.
"Master Xiao, this slave is stupid and reckless, but you can't treat everyone here as a fool. If Miss Tao is not the murderer, then why are her things next to my brother."
For the time being, Xiao Shuo really couldn't give her an explanation for this matter, but...
"Master Xiao, I only want the truth. I believe everyone present also wants the truth." Dong Xue knelt in front of Xiao Shuo and prayed, "Please Master Xiao, please help my brother find the real culprit and let him die in peace."
Dongxue didn't mention Tao Yaoyao at all, but her eyes never left Tao Yaoyao when she spoke.
Tao Yaoyao saw it, but said nothing.
Because she knew that before the truth came out, no matter how much she said, it would be in vain. In this case, why waste her breath.
At this time, Chu Wulang came in with several people, including Grandma Dong.
Xiao Shuo interrogated several other people, while Tao Yaoyao looked at Aunt Dong.
After noticing her gaze, Aunt Dong's eyes quickly flashed with disgust, and then she bowed respectfully to her, "I heard that Miss Tao is looking for the old slave. I wonder why Miss Tao is looking for the old slave?"
Aunt Dong looks to be in her early forties, has a simple and honest face, speaks politely, and follows the rules well. Such a person does not look like someone who is calculating.
However, when she first entered Beauty Residence, she thought Dongxue looked good. What was the result?
"We were at the pond just now. Was Aunt Dong satisfied with what she saw?"
No one thought that Tao Yaoyao came to see Aunt Dong just to bring up old matters. Now that she was a suspect, shouldn't she resolve the matter here first and then deal with her personal grudges?
This young lady from the Tao family is really getting more and more unruly.
"Second sister, look at the eldest sister. She is pretending to be a ghost. If your majesty and Wang Meiren are really angry because of this matter, our Tao family will not be implicated."
It was Tao Yun'er who was fawning over Tao Yaoyao in various ways in the morning, and now it's her who wants to make things clear with her.
Tao Qianqian was sitting next to her. Hearing this, he turned to look at her, but said nothing.
Tao Yanyan wished that Tao Yaoyao would get into trouble, so that the dowry left by the late wife and the relationship between the Chu family would belong to her alone.
But she couldn't tell them her thoughts, lest they talk nonsense or reveal some flaws.
So he pretended to say, "Don't she just like to play tricks? Let her do it. As for whether she will bring trouble to the Tao family if she gets into trouble? You guys are looking down on dad too much."
"By the pond, what is Miss Tao talking about? The old slave doesn't understand." Aunt Dong pretended to be stupid.
Tao Yaoyao looked at Chu Wulang with a smile.
After Chu Wulang understood, he called the guards, who immediately threw the things they found from Aunt Dong in the main hall.
"The pond where the beauty lives has many precious fishes, so the empress specially hired a fishkeeper to take care of them. It is said that the fishkeeper eunuch raised fish in the countryside when he was a child.
People in their hometown like to prepare their own fish food, and so does this eunuch, so the water in the Meirenju pond has a different taste from other ponds in the palace. "
Tao Yaoyao picked up the wet shoes on the ground and brought them close to her breathing area, "Yes, that's the smell."
Aunt Dong really didn't know that there were so many ways to raise a fish. If what Tao Yaoyao said was true, then the rhetoric she had thought of before would be useless...
No, it was Tao Yaoyao's first time to go to the pond over there. How could she know what she didn't know?
Aunt Dong was sure that Tao Yaoyao was trying to blow her up, so she retorted confidently. Who knew that as soon as she finished speaking, the Royal Forest Army brought the fish eunuch.
He took the wet shoes and just smelled them, and immediately determined that Aunt Dong's shoes had gotten wet over the pond.
At this time, Grandma Dong was completely dumbfounded.
"You are the one who pushed me into the pond just now." Tao Yaoyao didn't actually see clearly what the person who pushed her looked like. She accidentally saw her later when she was wandering in the yard.
She happened to see that her shoes were wet, so she asked someone for her identity. She originally thought that she would go to her to settle accounts after all the things here were done. Unexpectedly, she smelled the same smell on the porcelain bottle just now. , so she asked Fifth Brother to come to her.
"This slave has no reason to do this." Even now, Aunt Dong still refused to admit it, and even questioned Tao Yaoyao in turn.
Tao Yaoyao was amused by her righteousness, "Princess Anping. Everyone here knows that Princess Anping was assigned to a fiefdom and has something to do with me. As her personal aunt, how could you not know about this?"
I also heard that when the servants from Meirenju went to your yard to look for help, they didn’t think of asking you to come over at first. It was you who took the initiative to ask for help.
You probably did this to get close to me and avenge your princess. "
"These are all Miss Tao's words. I don't recognize them." Aunt Dong looked at the emperor, "Your Majesty, I really didn't harm Miss Tao, and I don't know why Miss Tao said that.
Princess Anping was sent to a fiefdom because of His Majesty's wishes, and I dare not complain. "
Your Majesty glared at Aunt Dong and said nothing.
Tao Yaoyao spoke, "You really won't cry until you see the coffin. It doesn't matter. There is more than one piece of evidence."
Tao Yaoyao picked up the porcelain bottle on the table and handed it to the eunuch. After taking it, the eunuch smelled it, nodded again and said, "The smell outside the porcelain bottle is the same as the smell on this shoe."
"Don't talk nonsense. You are just a fish farmer. People who don't know better would think you are a half-immortal." Aunt Dong did not dare to refute Tao Yaoyao, so she vented her anger on the eunuch.
Seeing this, the emperor was displeased and said, "You are the one who should shut up, Aunt Dong. I had already thought that you were an old man in the palace, so I did not pursue the charge of bewitching the princess.
Originally, I meant to keep you in the palace so that you could change your ways, but it seems that I was wrong. Someone is here..."
"Your Majesty, I was wrong." Seeing that His Majesty had seen through her mind, Aunt Dong reluctantly knelt down to admit her mistake. Seeing the Royal Forest Army coming to arrest her, Aunt Dong was frightened, and Tao Yaoyao stepped forward. .
"Your Majesty, you promised me that I will investigate this case before convicting them."
His Majesty naturally did not forget it, but this Tao Yaoyao was so courageous. He actually reminded her how to do things in public, which was simply overestimating his ability.
"The dog bit Lu Dongbin, don't forget, if it weren't for me, this old guy wouldn't be willing to tell the truth now."
"Yes, I thank your Majesty for your help. However, Aunt Dong is related to Dong Zhi's death, so please wait until you take her."
His Majesty narrowed his eyes, "You mean she killed Dong Zhi?" Before Tao Yaoyao could speak, Wang Meiren asked the question first, "But you just said that Dong Zhi was killed in an extremely cruel way.
Aunt Dong...a first-class woman, and she is so old..."
"My dear, the murder has nothing to do with men and women. Besides, a man of average stature like Aunt Dong is no match for her."
"But Dong Zhi has some fists and kicks on her body." The commander of the Royal Forest Army felt that Tao Yaoyao was ill and sought medical treatment. Aunt Dong may have been the one who pushed her into the pond just now, but she was definitely not the one who killed Dong Zhi.
Xiao Shuo also felt that Tao Yaoyao's guess was a bit bold. After all, those guarding the winter solstice were his confidants, and all of them were masters.
Even if Aunt Dong had some strength, it would still be difficult to kill someone invisible.
"What if there's powder on this handkerchief?"
Tao Yaoyao picked up the handkerchief again, and then faced everyone, "Mother Dong can completely stun Dong Zhi, and then it will be too late to strike again. In this way, she can be silent."
The imperial doctor took the veil and smelled it carefully, but found nothing.
Seeing this, Tao Yaoyao took out a porcelain bottle, opened it and poured some potion on it. When he gave the veil to the imperial doctor, the imperial doctor smelled the drug on the veil.
"With such a heavy dose, even ten cows could be knocked unconscious." No wonder Dong Zhi suffered so much before his death but didn't make any sound.
"Everyone has seen that there was nothing on this veil originally. It was only after Miss Tao poured the potion that it smelled. This servant doesn't know medical skills, so Miss Tao can't frame it for this."
Aunt Dong wanted to blame Tao Yaoyao for the Menghan medicine.
Tao Yaoyao didn't know whether to call her stupid or too anxious. In front of everyone, she opened the porcelain bottle and drank it in one gulp.
"Miss Tao."
Seeing this, Xiao Shuo subconsciously grabbed the porcelain bottle in her hand, but Tao Yaoyao dodged it.
"Don't worry, this is just a small bottle of plum blossom brew."
What? That's not a potion, but wine?
But how could a few drops of wine bring back the things that had disappeared on the veil? Amazing.
His Majesty also felt it was magical, so he asked her, "Tell me, what is going on."
"Actually, it's very simple. After the alcohol evaporates, the smell of the medicinal residue in the veil evaporates. The wine everyone drank today can also make the medicinal smell on this veil emerge.
But if I did this, how could our Aunt Dong show her fox tail? "
Tao Yaoyao said and looked at Aunt Dong again.
Aunt Dong recalled carefully, but she couldn't remember what she said wrong just now.
"Mother Dong, don't remember it. It's not your words that betray you, but your reaction. But there is one thing I have to admit, that is, your reaction power is really amazing.
I just threw the bait out and you bit the hook. "
"Impossible, slave obviously..."
Tao Yaoyao interrupted her, "After seeing the imperial doctor's reaction just now, everyone was either curious or surprised. Only your face is full of panic and worry. If you are not guilty, then what is?"
Dong Xue, who had been kneeling on the ground, frowned and said, "Miss Tao said that Aunt Dong was the murderer of my brother, but she didn't know my brother at all. Why did she kill him in such a cruel way?"
"You just said that Aunt Dong has a grudge against you and she harmed you before. She wants to take revenge on you. Why did she harm my brother?"
At this time, Chang Geng came back.
