bookcurios Chapter 134 Conspiracy to murder the emperor’s heir
Chapter 134 Conspiracy to murder the emperor’s heir
If he married such a stubborn woman, wouldn't the harem be in turmoil? The third prince began to back out.
The men said, "This ninth girl is so fierce, who will dare to marry her in the future? Tsk tsk."
The women couldn't bear to see this and said, "So we women are going to be humiliated for no reason?"
People had mixed opinions on Feng Jia's behavior. Xie Qian didn't say anything, his face changing from gloomy to happy. However, Xie Zisheng was so irritated by him that he had no choice.
If he doesn't prove his innocence today, his future will be ruined. He firmly believes that this is just a trick of that vicious woman. The more so, the more it shows that she has something to hide. Thinking of this, Xie Zisheng's eyes are filled with confidence, "I promise you!"
“He actually agreed!” There was a sigh in the crowd.
"I hope Third Brother will keep his word!" Feng Jia smiled.
Xie Zisheng was furious and was about to send a few maids to search him, but his mother Meng suddenly grabbed his arm. Their eyes crossed and Xie Zisheng immediately understood something. Meng stepped forward and said with a smile: "In that case, let Nanny Zhen beside me search you!"
Nanny Zhen took a step forward and walked steadily to Feng Jia's side. However, the moment she got close to her, she still caught a hint of panic in her eyes.
Why are you panicking for no reason? Feng Jia's cold eyes swept over Nanny Zhen, and then silently fell on Madam Meng. Realizing something, she snorted coldly.
Nanny Zhen didn't notice and just said, "Ninth Miss, please turn around!"
Feng Jia raised her hands high and slowly turned around, but just as Nanny Zhen's hand was about to fall on Feng Jia, another hand suddenly grabbed her.
"What are you doing!" Nanny Zhen was startled, her palms were covered with cold sweat. She subconsciously wanted to throw the porcelain bottle back into her sleeve, but Song Huai didn't give her that chance.
With a slight backhand flick, Nanny Zhen cried out in pain, and the white porcelain bottle in her hand fell to the ground and rolled to the feet of the Third Prince.
"What is this?" The Third Prince bent down in confusion and was about to pick it up, but Nanny Zhen rushed over like crazy and fiercely covered the white porcelain bottle on the ground, her voice tense and panicked, "Nothing! Nothing!"
Feng Jia turned around slowly with a smile in her eyes, but Meng's face was as pale as paper, completely bloodless. She pinched her palms tightly, and cold sweat rolled down her forehead.
Everyone finally realized something.
"What is that! Why is this nun so nervous?"
"Can't you see? This lowly slave wanted to take the opportunity of searching her body to put the white porcelain bottle on Miss Nine!"
"Scare! Why is she doing this!?"
"Why else?" The man's eyes involuntarily drifted to Meng, "Frame-up!"
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Feng Jia winked at Song Huai, who understood and immediately kicked Zhen Mama on the knee: "What are you hiding, you lowly slave!"
Song Huai was a martial artist, and he did not hold back his strength when he kicked her. Nanny Zhen felt a piercing pain in her knee, as if it had been broken by the kick. Seeing that Song Huai was about to come over to grab the medicine, Nanny Zhen decided to go all out and directly opened the white porcelain bottle and poured all the liquid into her mouth.
It's like they want to destroy the body!
Several servants hurriedly pulled Nanny Zhen away, but it was too late. All the white powder went into her mouth.
"It's over now!" someone in the crowd shouted, "The evidence has been eaten by this slave!"
Now, there is no need to bring the dog for testing the drugs. Feng Jia folded his arms and sneered.
Sure enough, after a while, Nanny Zhen, who was originally holding her knee in pain and sweating, suddenly flushed, breathed heavily, and kept pulling at her clothes, looking like she was burning with desire.
"Is this a sign of being drugged?" everyone exclaimed.
Doctor Jiang immediately pushed through the crowd, picked up the white porcelain bottle that had fallen to the ground, smelled it, and poured the remaining powder at the mouth of the bottle into the palm of his hand. He dipped his index finger in a tiny bit and took a sip, and his face changed drastically.
"But what did you find?" asked the Third Prince.
Doctor Jiang knelt before the two princes and said loudly, "If I'm not mistaken, this medicine is called Xianhelai. It's colorless and tasteless, and has a very strong effect, but it takes a short time to take effect, so it's very hidden! It's a love potion that's hard to find in the Green Forest Ghost Market!"
"It turns out that the Third Young Master was right. Someone did drug her, but the person who drugged her was not the Ninth Young Lady, but this old lady!"
"Didn't you hear what Doctor Jiang said? This fairy crane is very expensive to buy. How can an old woman like her from the Prime Minister's Mansion get this medicine? I think this nanny is the one in charge!"
"Working for the master? But isn't her master the eldest lady..."
"Absolutely impossible! How could this Meng Shi harm her own son?"
Everyone around found it incredible, and suddenly a female voice asked, "What if this aphrodisiac is not prepared for the Third Young Master?"
Everyone's attention was immediately drawn to the woman, who was wearing a butterfly-patterned long skirt and was extremely beautiful. She was none other than Gong Xiyin, the legitimate daughter of Minister Gong.
"Miss Gong, what's the matter?"
Gong Xiyin pondered for a while, and then said what Feng had told her: "The Third Young Master might have been injured by mistake, and the person who really poisoned him wanted to kill someone else!"
other people?
Everyone was thinking silently, and suddenly their pupils dilated. The people sitting next to Xie San were not others, but the two princes!
Someone is trying to murder the two princes? !
"How dare you!" The Third Prince also thought it made sense and immediately questioned Prime Minister Xie, "Xie Qian, this happened in your house, are you going to give me an explanation?"
Once the charge of murdering Huang Si is brought forward, these cases can no longer be simply characterized as domestic infighting.
Xie Qian's eyelids twitched fiercely, and his eyes shot at Gong Xiyin like cold arrows: "Miss Gong, please be careful with your words!"
Gong Xiyin bowed and said, "Prime Minister, Your Highness, I am just speculating, it cannot be counted."
However, the Third Prince was suspicious and angrily smashed the cup in his hand to the ground: "Investigate! Call the Junior Official Shi of the Dali Temple over here and investigate him thoroughly!"
"Let's follow the record of the cranes buying and selling in the ghost market! I want to find out who the buyer is! Who is so bold as to murder the heir to the throne!"
The last string in Meng's heart was broken by this sentence. She bought the medicine. Although it changed hands several times, the people in the Dali Temple were not idle. They would soon find out about her! Her eyes were blurred and she was almost collapsed. She felt like she was in a struggle between heaven and man.
If she admitted now that the aphrodisiac was used to harm Xie Lanzhao, and was only used on her own son by accident, then according to Xie Qian's character, stripping her of her status as the legitimate mother of the Xie family would be the lightest punishment, and he would most likely send her back to the Meng family with a letter of divorce!
She has always been noble and proud, and would never allow herself to be divorced!
But if she refused to admit it and allowed the Dali Temple to investigate, then even if she continued to defend herself, she would still be convicted of murdering the royal heir because there was no evidence, a crime punishable by the execution of nine generations of her clan!
Meng was terrified to the extreme. Just as she was about to kneel down and tell everything, she suddenly saw the unconscious Xiaoshi move and slowly open her eyes.