Shen Qingyin took a few quick steps, quickly picked up Miaomiao, and stared at Caier with a gloomy face.

Cai Er was so frightened that her face turned pale. She fell to her knees with a plop, trembling all over:

"Second Miss, I just want to see Miss Miaomiao..."

"I think you have ulterior motives!" Shen Qingyin's eyes were sharp. "Tell me, what do you want to do?"

Cai Er shook her head repeatedly, "I didn't...I really didn't..."

Shen Qingyin snorted coldly, "No? I've never seen you get close to Miaomiao before, but today you insist on seeing Miaomiao under the guise of a deep master-servant relationship? What is this you gave Miaomiao to eat?"

"Reply, reply to the second young lady, these are just cakes made by the eldest lady for you and Miss Miaomiao. If the second young lady doesn't like them, I will take them back."

As Cai'er was talking, she hurriedly began to put the osmanthus cake that had just fallen to the ground into the food box.

"Oh, was it made by mother herself? Then mother is really thoughtful! But now Miaomiao has to ask Dr. Feng about everything she eats. She also has to ask Dr. Feng whether these things can be eaten or not."

Shen Qingyin turned around and ordered, "Go and ask Dr. Feng to come over."

"Second Miss, the pastries just fell to the ground and are already dirty. They can't be eaten. I'd better take them back..." Beads of sweat kept coming out of Cai'er's forehead.

"It's only that piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake that's dirty. It's not like the whole thing is inedible. Besides, if it's dirty, what's the point of taking it back? Put it down!"

Cai'er shuddered again and put the food box in her hand on the ground tremblingly.

At the same time, Feng Yunmo had already walked into the house.

He picked up the food box, took out the pastries inside one by one, and examined them carefully.

I soon discovered that the smell of the osmanthus cake was wrong.

"There is arsenic in osmanthus cake." Feng Yunmo's face darkened.

Shen Qingyin and Mu Beiyan's faces changed when they heard this.

Sure enough, the Shen family couldn't hold back and took action against Miaomiao!

But what was surprising was Cai'er's reaction.

She collapsed to the ground. "How is it possible? How could it be arsenic? Shouldn't it be a knockout drug?"

Then she tried her best to explain: "No, it's not me, Second Miss, it's not me! It's all the Madam, it was the Madam who asked me to do this..."

"Are you sure it was Du who poisoned you?" Mu Beiyan asked with a gloomy face.

"Yes, these foods were handed to me personally by the Madam. She gave me ten taels of silver and told me that there were some knockout drugs in them. They wouldn't kill people, but would only make Miss Five sleep..."

"She also promised that she would let the master marry her afterwards... I really didn't know that there was arsenic in it. If I had known it was arsenic, I would not have dared to come even if you killed me..." Cai'er cried sadly.

"Okay, in that case, let's go to the Shen family to confront them. If you can explain clearly, that's fine. If not, I will send you to Jingzhao Prefecture, and you will never be able to escape the charge of premeditated murder!"

As Mu Beiyan was speaking, he had Cai'er dragged away, and the group headed straight for the Shen family.

Shen family.

Shen Zhinian and Mrs. Du were waiting for news in the front hall.

Suddenly, Mu Beiyan and Shen Qingyin rushed in with Cai'er.

The two looked panicked at first, but soon calmed down.

"General!" Shen Zhinian stood up and bowed to Mu Beiyan.

Mrs. Du looked at Cai'er and asked in confusion, "Cai'er, what happened? Why are you crying like this?"

Cai Er knelt down and said, "Madam, please tell the general and the second young lady that those cakes were given to me by you. I just delivered them to Bixiyuan according to your order..."

Mrs. Du was surprised: "What cake? How come I don't know?"

Cai Er couldn't believe it: "Madam, these are the cakes you gave me personally! Have you forgotten?"

Mrs. Du's face was even more surprised: "Don't talk nonsense, when did I ever give you cakes?"

"It was after noon. Didn't you say that there were only some knockout drugs in it? Why did the doctor find out that it was arsenic?"

Mrs. Du took two steps back, her face darkening, "Nonsense! I've never given you anything like this!"

Cai'er's tears flowed down her cheeks: "Madam, you can't deny it! You clearly gave me the cakes in person and asked me to deliver them to Bixi Garden. You also gave me ten taels of silver and said that you wanted the master to take me as a concubine... I can't bear the blame for murder!"

Mrs. Du was furious. She pointed at Cai'er and cursed, "You slut, you slandered me for giving you cakes and asking you to kill someone. Then what time and place was it? Do you have any witnesses?"

After hearing this, Mu Beiyan and Shen Qingyin also turned to look at Cai'er.

"Yes, after noon, you called me to your room and said that you had made some cakes that the Second Miss and the Fifth Miss liked to eat, and asked me to send them to Bixi Garden. You also told me to wait until the Second Miss and the General left Bixi Garden before coming to your house, and that the cakes could only be given to the Fifth Miss..."

"I found it strange. You said you only put some knockout drugs to make Miss Five sleep. I asked why, and you said other servants didn't need to know... You only said that if the matter was done this time, you agreed to let the master take me as a concubine..."

"Who, who can prove what you said?" Mrs. Du put her hands on her hips.

Cai Er shook her head: "There was no one in the room at that time..."

Mrs. Du laughed in silence: "No one, then you can say whatever you want! I also told you that I didn't enter the kitchen today, let alone make cakes. Also, after noon, I was in the backyard garden and not in the house at all. You can't find anyone to prove it, but I have a lot of people to prove it!"

After saying this, Mrs. Du ordered, "Go and call the kitchen staff and everyone who was in the garden today."

Soon, two old women wearing greasy aprons, two maids doing rough work, as well as Mother Zhang and Yang Laoliu all came over.

"Tell me, have I been to the kitchen today and made pastries by myself?" Mrs. Du looked at the two old women wearing aprons.

The two old ladies shook their heads and said in unison, "I haven't seen the lady go to the kitchen today."

The two maids also said, "We have never seen the lady make cakes."

Mrs. Du snorted at Cai'er and asked Mother Zhang, "Mother Zhang, tell everyone what I was doing this afternoon?"

Mother Zhang stepped forward and saluted towards Mu Beiyan and Shen Qingyin: "General, Second Miss, the eldest lady and the old slaves have been in the garden at the back this afternoon, discussing the matters of cleaning up the garden in the spring! They only came out of the garden just now... Look, the clothes and shoes of the old slaves and others are still stained with mud from the garden!"

Yang Laoliu also followed Zhang Mama and stretched out his feet: "Yes, the lady has been in the garden since lunch."

After Mrs. Du and the other two finished speaking, they walked closer to Cai'er.

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