After being a widow for half my life, I found out that my husband was not dead.

This was a good question, but no one, including the cook, answered it.

Liu Yunxiang asked the governor Li Zhong again: "Wu Zuo must have experienced it, what kind of poison was the concubine of Yuan Dynasty exposed to?"

Li Zhong was silent for a moment, "The crane's crown is red."

"This poison is very overbearing. After a person takes it, it only takes a moment for the poison to spread, right?"

Li Zhong stroked his beard, "Indeed, and Zuo Zuo also deduced that the amount of poison was very large, and the person who was poisoned would die almost instantly."

Liu Yunxiang lowered his eyes and stopped asking or saying anything.

The queen was stunned for a moment, "What do you mean?"

Li Zhong turned to think of the queen and said, "It means that the cook lied. He did not poison Concubine Yuan's food, or he did not have time to poison it at all."

The queen frowned and turned to look at Jiang Yunying.

Jiang Yunying's mind wandered, and she looked up at the cook, "Forget about that, who told you to poison the food?"

"I dare not say..." the cook lowered his head.

Jiang Yunying sighed, "The Queen is here, and the people from the government are also here. Those people don't dare to harm your family."

The cook seemed hesitant and slowly turned his head to look at Liu Yunxiang.

"Yes...it was the princess who ordered me!"

After saying this, the ladies all showed excitement.

"I'll just say it's her!"

"My heart is really dark!"

"One corpse, two lives, how cruel!"

Jiang Yunying continued: "Since the princess has the idea of ​​​​murdering Concubine Yuan, she will definitely try another plan if it fails. Concubine Yuan will not be able to hide away even if she wants to. Sooner or later, this will be the result."

The queen nodded: "Concubine Jiang is right, Yuan Qingyue was poisoned in the palace, and no one else can do this except you, Liu Yunxiang!"

"If you plot to kill the emperor's heir and report it to the emperor, it will definitely be a death penalty!" Mrs. Feng also interjected at this time.

Liu Yunxiang sneered, and the three people eagerly blamed her, wanting to press her down and make her confess quickly.

"Li Fuyin, what do you think?" Liu Yunxiang looked at Li Zhong.

Li Zhong pondered for a while and said: "Who poisoned Concubine Yuan? Let's let it go first. It's just the princess. Did you really instruct the cook to poison Concubine Yuan?"

"What if I instigated it?"

"As guilty as murder."

The queen's eyes sharpened, "Ms. Liu, it is indeed you!"

Liu Yunxiang spread his hands: "Do I admit it?"

"You've just……"

"I'm just making an analogy. The queen seems eager to get me to plead guilty and doesn't care who the real culprit is."

"Stop talking nonsense!"

Liu Yunxiang smiled and said, "Just now the cook said that he has a senior and a junior, and I threatened him with the lives of his family. Did you all hear this?"

Liu Yunxiang looked at the ladies from aristocratic families. Most of them were facing the queen, so they refused to accept this sentence.

Mrs. Zhenguo nodded at this time, "I heard it."

Feng, the third wife of Duke Yang's Mansion, also nodded, "I heard it too."

Li Chong also said: "I also heard it, but I don't know what the princess means by asking this?"

Liu Yunxiang called the housekeeper over and asked, "As long as he is recruited to work in the palace, housekeeper, you must have checked his details, right?"

The housekeeper nodded, "That's natural. If someone with bad intentions is recruited and harms the palace, it will be the old slave's fault."

"Then are there really some senior chefs and some junior chefs?"

The housekeeper sneered, "His parents have passed away. He owed a lot of gambling debts because of his frequent gambling, and he couldn't even afford a wife. He promised me that he would do well, and that's why I let him into the house."

Liu Yunxiang looked at Li Chong and said, "You can't lie about this matter. If you ask the official to go down below and investigate, it will become clear."

Li Zhong stepped forward and kicked the cook, "You still haven't told the truth!"

"It is true that I have no family...but the princess said that if I don't listen to her...she will kill me!"

Liu Yunxiang sneered coldly, "A person who tells lies, can his words still be used as evidence in court?"

Li took a deep breath and said, "Of course not."

At this time, the housekeeper called several servants from Jingshui Pavilion. After Yuan Qingyue had eaten, they divided the rest and ate it. No one was poisoned. It was already obvious that the cook did not poison, but was instructed to frame Liu Yunxiang.

Li Zhong thought for a moment and called all the servants of Jingshui Pavilion to the courtyard, including the maid next to Yuan Qingyue.

"Did Concubine Yuan eat anything else after dinner and before she became poisonous?"

The servants waiting outside didn't know, only the maid next to Yuan Qingyue knew. The maidservant knelt there shivering and hesitated for a while before shaking her head.

"No, no."

"Really not?"

"Not really."

At this time, the woman Liu Yunxiang had placed in Jingshui Pavilion spoke, "Yes, after Concubine Yuan returned to the house, she said it was disgusting, so she came out to get preserved fruit for Concubine Yuan."

Li Zhong asked the maid again: "Has the concubine of Yuan Dynasty eaten preserved fruit?"

"This……"

"You'd better tell the truth. It can be detected by disembowelment!"

The maid was startled and waved her hands hurriedly: "No, don't disembowel my girl! I said, I said, my girl... did eat preserved fruit, and then she couldn't stop vomiting blood, and she was gone after a while. "

At this point, the maid collapsed and cried.

She has served Yuan Qingyue for so long, and she actually has feelings for her.

"I asked you just now, why didn't you say anything?"

"Slave... I don't dare to say it."

"Where did this preserved fruit come from?"

The maid lay lying on the ground, her body trembling uncontrollably. Li Zhong pressed her again and again, and she could no longer hold on.

"I brought that preserved fruit to Concubine Yuan." Jiang Yunying stood up and said.

When she came out, everyone was shocked, including the queen.

Jiang Yunying clenched her fists under her sleeves and said, "Concubine Yuan has always had a bad appetite and wants to eat sour food. When I came to visit her yesterday, I brought her a pack of preserved fruits. The preserved fruits were from Dim Sum Restaurant on East Street. I did not take over the purchase, but delivered it directly to this maid."

She said this to clear herself from suspicion, but it was obviously not weighty enough to allow her to prove her innocence. Moreover, now that the fourth prince is in power, he has no male heir, and the seventh prince is also favored by the emperor. He already has a son, but if he has another son, the fourth prince will be at a disadvantage, so Jiang Yunying has the motive to harm Yuan Qingyue.

At this time, the official found another packet of medicinal powder from under Yuan Qingyue's pillow, which he said was for tire sliding.

When he asked the maid again, the maid dared to ask again, so she said that Jiang Yunying had asked the maid to give the powder to her.

This time, the fact that Jiang Yunying poisoned Yuan Qingyue was almost confirmed.

The queen remained calm and silent, and several ladies from aristocratic families did not dare to say anything.

After a moment of silence, Mrs. Zhen Guo stood up and said: "It seems that this case is very complicated and cannot be clarified in a short while. After all, it is a matter of the government, so we will not get involved. We just hope to find the truth as soon as possible." It's bad, so I can comfort the spirit of Yuan's concubine in heaven."

After saying that, Mrs. Zhenguo left first.

The third wife of Duke Yang Guo whispered something to his wife, and the two sisters also left.

When the others saw this, they were afraid of offending the queen and left quickly.

Liu Yunxiang smiled: "The Queen, you remember what she just said, she will never tolerate the real culprit. Tsk, tsk, murdering the emperor's heir is not only a capital crime, but also involves the family, right?"

She looked at Jiang Yunying with a sharp look in her eyes, "Concubine Jiang, is this really your idea alone, or is there someone instigating it behind you?"