On the other side, the interrogation of the people from Tingliyuan was in full swing.
The old lady who interrogated Lihua went out to find Nanny Qin to confirm whether she had sent a palace maid to look for Lihua, and then asked Lu Jieyu.
After going around, the old nanny realized that there was something fishy about the governor, so she asked someone to check on the palace maid, and learned that some new information had been uncovered.
So he came back and continued the interrogation.
This time, the old mama changed her strategy and decided to get straight to the point. She asked sternly: "Wu Meiren, you ordered Xiao Chan to poison Wu Meiren. Is this possible?"
Lihua seemed to have just found out, with a surprised look on her face: "Wu Meiren was poisoned by Xiaochan?"
"Yes, it's her." The old nanny responded. Realizing that she had been led astray, she quickly corrected herself: "Don't talk about him right and left. Now I'm talking about you, Xiaochan, who was instigated by you!"
Lihua panicked and waved her hands repeatedly: "Mommy, don't talk nonsense. When did I give her instructions?"
The old nanny was a little satisfied with Lihua's reaction. She finally saw a normal reaction to being interrogated.
She continued to increase the pressure: "Isn't it just to cover up the truth that you concealed your meeting with Xiaochan this afternoon? It's a pity that someone saw you two meeting each other!"
The old mama made a quick deduction, saying that Xiao Chan had a grudge because she was abused by Wu Fang'er, and was instigated by Lihua to poison the fruit wine this afternoon and poisoned Wu Fang'er to death.
After that, Xiaochan went to find Lihua, and when she returned to Jinghong Hall, she realized that she was going to die, so she committed suicide out of fear of committing the crime.
Before she died, she saw the body of her master who had been with her for many years, and she felt regretful and wrote a suicide note, writing all the truth in the suicide note.
The old grandma jumped on the case and said, "Wu Meiren, there is a suicide note, and someone has seen you meeting her, and you still haven't admitted the crime!"
Lihua shook her head and denied: "Mammy, it doesn't mean anything that I saw her this afternoon. It can't be said that I instigated her. The key point is where the poison in Wu Meiren came from. Has Mammy figured it out?"
The old lady's momentum weakened: "This..."
"Haven't you figured it out yet?" Lihua was surprised and said with a look of disapproval: "Then how to convict me? You have to work hard. Poisons are prohibited in the palace regulations. Who brought the poison in? After
Who did it, and how did they get to Xiaochan in the end? If you find out these, you will know who the real murderer is. As for the suicide note, maybe it was written by someone else..."
The old woman knew that what Lihua was talking about was the key point, but she was dissatisfied with being pointed out by Lihua.
She was very embarrassed and interrupted directly: "That's enough. If you have nothing wrong with you, why didn't you tell her what you had seen in the first place?"
Lihua disagreed even more: "Mommy didn't ask, I met a lot of people today, and I didn't know before that it was Xiao Chan who poisoned Wu Meiren, so why did he only say that he had met her for no reason?"
The old grandma choked and thought that it was indeed the case. Meeting a slave was indeed of no importance. It would be wrong to mention it specifically.
She couldn't keep it off her face and said forcefully: "If you didn't tell me in the past, that's all. If something happens in Jinghong Hall today, you should tell it as soon as possible."
"Mom is right, I'll pay attention next time." Lihua nodded in agreement with this point, with a good attitude, and took the initiative: "By the way, won't you ask me about the details of meeting her?"
Old grandma: "..."
Next time...do you still think something will happen in the palace?
She felt that her interrogation was very passive this time, and her usual interrogation techniques did not work. What the person in front of her said was perfectly consistent, and no loopholes could be found.
Regarding the questions that Lihua asked on her own initiative, the old woman couldn't be unsteady, so she had to let Lihua speak.
During the hearing, the old woman frowned: "She is crying and begging you to go to Jinghong Hall?"
Lihua nodded: "Well, she also said that if I didn't go, Wu Meiren would beat her to death. I said how could it be possible? In the palace, slaves are not allowed to be killed at will. Wu Meiren is a person who has learned the rules and will never do this. But
But Xiaochan didn't believe it and kept saying that if I didn't go, Meiren Wu would beat her to death."
The old grandma asked back: "Then why don't you go?"
Lihua looked strange: "As I said just now, how can I be a guest with my empty hands? Besides, I also feel strange. The maid who invited me to Jinghong Palace ran away, and then Xiao Chan begged me to go."
Speaking of this, Lihua thought of something: "By the way, Grandma Qin invited me to Jinghong Hall. Did Grandma plead guilty on my behalf?"
The old mama shook her head: "She has never invited you to Jinghong Palace. We have already sent people to find the palace maid you mentioned."
"Ah, that's it," Lihua fell into thought, and then said, "If you have any news, please let me know."
The old grandma agreed, but suddenly felt something was wrong, and she was led away again.
She slapped the table and said sternly: "Wu Meiren, please stop making excuses. Even with the suicide note, I can't clear away the fact that you ordered Xiao Chan to poison Wu Meiren!"
Lihua was about to speak but stopped: "Mommy, can you allow me to say a word."
"Say!" the old grandma sneered again and again. She has seen many tough-tongued people.
Lihua looked helpless: "But Xiaochan is not good at writing, how can she write a suicide note?"
The old grandma's expression was dull for a moment, and then she stood up suddenly: "Why didn't you tell me earlier!"
Lihua spread her hands: "I was about to say something just now, but grandma interrupted me and wouldn't let me speak."
The old grandma was furious. This was the key point in the case. If Xiaochan didn't know how to write, there would be big problems with the suicide note.
She didn't have time to pay attention to Lihua, so she hurried out. When she reached the door, she suddenly remembered something. She turned around and asked suddenly: "She is not your slave. How did you know that she is not literate?"
Lihua explained unhurriedly: "My girl Zhichun used to learn the rules with Xiao Chan at the Master of Ceremonies. During our chat, she once told me that Xiao Chan was not good at writing."
How could a person who couldn't even understand the palace rules be literate? This was confirmed by Lihua and Zhichun asking Xiaochan about being in the Chief of Ceremonies Department before coming.
The old grandma couldn't care anymore and left in a hurry.
The main hall of Jinghong Hall.
The Queen Mother sat on the main seat, under the main lamp, squinting her presbyopic eyes as she read through the various confessions that had been interrogated in front of her.
She murmured: "Except for the dead palace maid, the other servants of Jinghong Palace have not seen Wu Meiren from the beginning of Shen Shi to the end of Shen Shi. She died at this time."
Nanny Qin nodded: "That's right. The other servants in Jinghong Palace said that Xiao Chan, Wu Meiren's personal maid, brought the fruit wine into the palace alone at about the next second. At that time, only Wu Meiren and
Xiaochan is in the palace, no one knows what happened."
She continued: "Not long after this, Xiao Chan came out alone and told other slaves for the first time in the name of Wu Meiren that no one is allowed to enter the palace and should stay away."
Nanny Qin pointed to several confessions and matched them one by one. All the slaves in Jinghong Hall had the same confession.
The Queen Mother said "Yes": "So, the palace maid named Xiao Chan was poisoned at that time. Because she was afraid of being discovered, she deliberately falsely conveyed Wu Meiren's intention and refused to allow anyone to enter. Has anyone seen her return to the palace later?"
Nanny Qin shook her head: "No, after hearing the order not to enter, the servants of Jinghong Palace all followed the trend and hid without any intention of waiting for orders. As a result, Wu Meiren probably broke the pot when she was poisoned.