Hearing this, Chun Mian was the first to be confused, "Guard Po Zhu has never offended anyone. You say you resent him? There must be a reason, right?"
The surrounding maids and servants all agreed, yes, there must be some reason to hate someone, you can't just hate it for no reason, right?
But Hongli lay on the ground and didn't speak for a long time, not even daring to raise her head.
Qing'er, who had just come out to identify Hongli, frowned again, almost pointing at her and saying, "You lied. You obviously admire Guard Pozhu, why did you suddenly turn to resent him?"
"Admire?"
"Really or not? Hongli admires Pozhu?"
"Po Zhu is someone close to the prince. What's wrong with admiration? But...how did Qing'er know?"
The discussion started again, and Lin Qingwan looked directly at Hongli, not missing any changes on her face.
As for Xuan Qianchen, his fists were tightened, and the coldness all over his body was very cold.
Qing'er looked around, her face gradually turning pink, "Before... I saw Hongli giving something to Pozhu in the backyard, but Pozhu confiscated it. After Pozhu left, Hongli became furious and threw the things directly in the back garden. In the grass, I... I was a little curious, so I picked it up and looked at it, and it turned out to be a purse embroidered with bamboo, which was very delicate."
"If you don't like it, why would you give a purse to a man? Does this make sense? Later, I saw Hongli entangled with Pozhu several times, but Pozhu refused every time. I even found Pozhu in Hongli's dressing box Discarded silk cloth.”
As for why Qing'er pays so much attention to Hongli and Pozhu, she naturally has her own Xiao Jiujiu in her heart. People like Pozhu are still very popular among the maids.
But at this time, it was not the reason why she was staring at the other two. After all, she was the key witness, and only she could prove what Hongli had done.
Hongli was too embarrassed to raise her head to see anyone. She clenched her fists and wished she could get up and eat Qing'er alive.
But she still gritted her teeth and said angrily: "Yes, I hate because of love. He rejected me many times, so I poisoned him!"
Lin Qingwan probably understood in her heart. She sneered, walked forward slowly, and squatted down when she stopped beside Hongli.
Looking at the bloody woman, she spoke slowly: "Hongli, I admire you very much. After being beaten like this, you still grit your teeth and don't reveal the information about the person behind you. It's just that you are so loyal to protect the Lord, but that person Is it worth your maintenance?"
As she said that, she raised her head and glanced at the people around her, "The person you want to protect doesn't even know how to come out and say a nice word for you at this time. As the saying goes, master and servant are of one mind, and you and her are of the same mind. She will What do you think? You were beaten like this, do you think she hoped that the boy would accidentally beat you to death, or did she want to come and plead for you? "
The last sentence was spoken very slowly, almost coming out word by word. Hongli looked at Lin Qingwan's clear eyes, her breathing stopped for a moment, and her whole body began to tremble uncontrollably.
"Maybe she promised to be kind to your family, but think about it, if you really took the blame and died for her today, would she really care so much? She doesn't even care about you, but will she care about other people?"
The last sentence was simply the final word. Hongli's body was shaking more and more violently, her lips were slightly open, and she looked a little unsteady.
Seeing that the effect was good, Lin Qingwan straightened up and looked at Xuan Qianchen, "Your Majesty is here today, and I am also here. If you tell us all the truth, I can promise to spare your life and then make peace with you." Send you and your family out of the capital safely. Hongli, don’t forget, regardless of my identity as the princess, I am still the eldest lady of the Prime Minister’s Palace. It is easy to protect or kill anyone..."
After saying this, Hongli was completely shaken. She raised her head and looked into Lin Qingwan's eyes. The whole world seemed to have stopped, "I...I..."
She spoke slowly, crawled forward a few steps, and grabbed Lin Qingwan's clothes hesitantly, "Can you really...send us out of the capital?"
How many people in the world want to sacrifice their lives for an unrelated person? Hongli is just a little maid and doesn't have such lofty ideals.
Lin Qingwan nodded seriously and said one word, "Yes."
As soon as these words came out, Hongli seemed to have made up her mind. She gritted her teeth, raised her head and said, "Your Majesty, Princess, actually... um——"
She just spoke, and when she reached the critical moment, her voice suddenly stopped.
Hongli's whole body froze, her pupils dilated, and her eyes looked forward.
"Red pear!" Lin Qingwan exhaled. Before she could reach out to touch her, her body fell to the side uncontrollably, making a "thud" sound.
Lin Qingwan hurriedly bent down to check and saw a thin, invisible silver needle on Hongli's neck. She frowned and pulled out the silver needle, only to find that the needle was coated with poison.
She pursed her lips and turned back with a very cold face, "This needle is poisonous. Someone deliberately took her life."
Xuan Qianchen obviously did not expect this. He looked around, veins popped up on his forehead, and said angrily: "Come here, seal the palace, and interrogate all suspicious people!"
Lin Qingwan put the silver needle on the handkerchief and began to observe the direction of the courtyard. Soon, she pointed toward the southwest and said, "First let someone investigate the southwest corner."
Without waiting for the man to ask, she continued to speak very calmly, "Everyone in the house has been carefully checked, so there is no chance of taking action. This can only prove that someone is secretly checking, and there are people on three sides of the yard here." It’s very high, and there’s only one big tree in the southwest, so… there’s probably someone hiding in the tree, and that height is just right for the silver needle to fly over.”
Such a careful and calm analysis is not something that ordinary people can express. Others looked at Lin Qingwan with shock and admiration. Some of the maids have even started discussing it.
"No one has ever told me that the princess is so smart. She can analyze things lucidly and has medical skills."
"Indeed, I always feel like the princess has changed."
"Yes, yes, the princess was not like this before."
"..."
Hearing these words, Xuan Qianchen couldn't help but look back at the woman and saw that she was carefully checking the poison on the silver needle, so he couldn't help but deliberately taunt her.
"I only know what the use of post-mortem analysis is. If someone could be found hiding in secret earlier, this maid would not be killed easily."
Hearing this, Lin Qingwan was furious and crossed her arms across her chest, "Then why did the prince not predict it in advance and still rely on me?"
