"No, it's not me. I haven't touched this tea cup. I only cooked this bowl."
"You said you only used the decoction, so why was it that the concubine was poisoned with more than just the decoction?"
Lin Wanru no longer believed in this sister at all.
"I swear..."
Lin Wanqing raised her finger and swore to the sky.
"I, Lin Wanqing, only used the decoction for my concubine. If my sister doesn't believe it, you can go to the pharmacy where I bought the medicine to check. I only bought the decoction. Sister will know as soon as she asks."
Lin Wanqing said this with great assurance, and her eyes didn't look like she was lying. In fact, even she herself didn't know why such a thing happened.
Things that I clearly didn't do are now happening inexplicably.
"The murderer must be someone else. Sister, do you really not believe me?"
"You have done such a thing, how can I still trust you? Now you are harming the prince's child. I will never protect you no matter what the prince wants to do with you."
Lin Wanqing's eyes slowly shifted to Xuanyuan Yi's face.
"Come here, take the second young lady down first and keep her under guard."
"It's all gone, let's go."
Lin Wanru dismissed everyone and thought about the cause and effect, but it didn't make sense.
"Since Wanqing has admitted to poisoning herself, but not admitted to poisoning two kinds of poisons, the way she swore just now doesn't look like she was lying. Is there a second murderer?"
"It's too late today, Princess, don't think about it now, think about it tomorrow!"
"No, there must be something fishy about this matter. If the plot we saw in the TV series goes by, the second murderer will definitely be silenced, leaving Wanqing to commit suicide in fear of the crime, to fight the charge of poisoning."
Lin Wanru was mumbling words and suddenly realized something.
"Qingfeng Mingyue and the dark guards must be optimistic about Wanqing, and someone will come to silence her tonight."
"How does the princess know?"
Xuanyuan Yi frowned and looked at Lin Wanru with some confusion.
"Even if I know, you won't understand even if I tell you. Just do what I say and let's catch the real murderer together."
"good..."
late at night.
Everyone is hiding very well in the dark, and if you are not a peerless expert, you will never find them.
Not long after, I saw a man in night clothes, using smoke to throw it directly in front of the two guards at the door.
The two men went up to check, but they were all hit by the smoke and passed out.
I saw the man looking around, gently pushing the door open and then closing it.
Only Lin Wanqing's voice was heard in the room.
"Who are you!"
"Help!! Help... life!!"
"Quick, now, the real murderer is him."
Lin Wanru, Xuanyuan Yi and the hidden safety flashed into the room in an instant.
Qingfeng knocked away the man who was holding Lin Wanqing's neck with one palm.
The man who fell to the ground got up holding his chest.
"Take it."
The guard directly detained the man in black and tore off his mask.
"How could it be you?"
Lin Wanru looked at the man in front of her in shock. She never expected that he would be the doctor next to Shangguan Yue'er.
The man in black knew that he had been exposed, so he stopped pretending.
"It's me."
"Aren't you... the doctor selected by the Duke's Palace to send the princess to take care of Shangguan Yue'er? How could it be you?"
"Hahaha..." the doctor laughed.
"Killing her is not enough to relieve my hatred for Shangguan Guogong. When her father was young, he ruined my life, causing my wife to be separated and my family to be destroyed. Now I finally have the opportunity to avenge myself. Killing her is My only purpose in coming to the palace."
The doctor looked like he had got what he wanted.
"You have a grudge against the Duke's government. Why do you want to harm the prince's child? Do you know that if you do this, you will not escape death?"
"I don't want to live anymore. I am hanging on for a breath just so that one day I can avenge my wife and children. Why should I fear life and death?"
"Then you want to blame Lin Wanqing?"
"I'm not putting the blame on you, but the second young lady is actually smart enough. I originally thought about how to kill Miss Shangguan so that no one would notice, but I didn't expect that the second young lady would have such a clever plan. Seeing that she wanted to harm the concubine, I’m just giving her a helping hand!”
"But you just said that you are not afraid of life and death, why don't you just kill Miss Shangguan without anyone noticing?"
"It's not a pity for me to die. It's just a ruined temple in the east of the city. I can't bear to die now for the orphans I rescued. If you hadn't discovered it, I would..."
"Then what kind of poison did you inflict on your concubine?"
"Arsenic, hahaha, no matter how superb the princess's medical skills are, the poison of arsenic cannot save her even if the immortal comes. If the princess hadn't been feeding the concubine with mung bean soup, she would have died on the spot."
Xuanyuan Yi listened beside him, his eyes darkened.
Although he didn't fall in love with Guan Yue'er, the doctor indirectly harmed his own child because of his grudge against the Duke's mansion.
"Someone, take him to the dungeon!"
Xuanyuan Yi roared angrily. Lin Wanru originally wanted to cross-examine him, but seeing Xuanyuan Yi's serious expression, she did not continue.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, there is no need to worry. The orphans in the east of the city are asked to be taken care of by Your Majesty and Princess. I will pay for the death of Your Majesty's child here."
The doctor broke away from the two men who were holding him, hit his head against a pillar, and died immediately.
"Sister, now that the truth is out, can you let me go? I really didn't want to kill my concubine."
Lin Wanqing touched her neck and quickly knelt in front of Lin Wanru and Xuanyuan Yi.
"Although you didn't want to kill the concubine, you did poison her. Whether I can spare you or not is up to me."
Seeing that Lin Wanru was not caring about her, Lin Wanqing hurriedly burst into tears and pulled Xuanyuan Yi's clothes.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's really not me. This old man has already admitted it. Please, Your Majesty, please forgive me this time. I won't dare to do it next time."
"Whether I can spare you or not, it doesn't matter what I say. When the concubine wakes up, you can go and apologize to the concubine!"
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, it's not good, my concubine is vomiting blood..."
Liu Hong came shouting from outside the hospital.
"Sorry, the doctor just said that the poison he used was arsenic. Even if he induced vomiting for the concubine today, I'm afraid a lot of it would have been absorbed."
By the time Lin Wanru and her group arrived at Shangguan Yue'er's bedroom, she had already vomited a lot of blood and was dying.
Liu Hong knelt down and kept begging Lin Wanru.
"Princess, please, please save my young lady. The young lady cannot die. If she dies, the Duke and Madam will be heartbroken. I beg you."
"If you can, Princess, please try your best to save Yue'er. The Duke has dedicated his life to serving the country without sparing any effort. Please take the Princess into account that the Duke is old and save Yue'er."
Xuanyuan Yi saluted Lin Wanru and begged.
Lin Wanru chuckled lightly on her face.
"You all should get out. I'll try my best, but I can't guarantee whether I can save him or not."
"good."
Xuanyuan Yi led everyone out of the room and waited in the courtyard.
"I even think it's a bit funny. I really don't know whether I should save you or not. You did a lot of harm to the original owner in your last life, but I want to save you in this life. No one has changed the plot."
