Aunt Zhou raised her eyelids guiltily, "Mrs. Liu, it is wrong to harm others. The prince already knows the things you forced us to do. Fortunately, we repented in time and did not hurt the princess. Everything we did was
I was forced to do so by you."
"So what you two came in just now and said are all lies, and are all trying to lure us into a trap?" Mrs. Liu gritted her teeth sinisterly, with blazing anger in her eyes, wishing to burn them both!
Chu Xuanchen's falcon-like eyes glanced coldly at the room, and said in a deep voice, "How dare Madam Liu drug the princess. There must be poison hidden in this room. Come and search for me!"
He gave the order, and Moli and the others hurriedly went through Liu's baggage.
He casually rummaged through Liu's baggage and found several bottles of poison, one of which had the words "Artemisia on the Snow" written on it.
He quickly took the medicine and handed it to Yun Ruoyue, "Madam, I found a sprig of Artemisia on the Snow from Mrs. Liu's baggage. Please see if the poison is the same as the poison in the fish soup."
Yun Ruoyue opened the medicine bottle, smelled the powder inside, then smelled the half bottle of powder that Aunt Zhou gave her, and said in a cold voice: "It smells exactly the same, it's all a sprig of artemisia on the snow!"
"Liu and Nangongrou dared to poison the princess, allowing me to take the stolen goods. Come on, take them to Nangong Mansion. I want Nangong Wen to give an explanation to Prince Li's Mansion!"
Nangong Wenzheng was Nangong Rou's father, who was the Minister of Rites of the dynasty and a member of the emperor's family.
"No, Your Majesty, please spare my mother." As soon as Nangong Rou heard that she was going to be taken to Nangong Mansion, she immediately knew that they were going to die, and she quickly threw herself at Chu Xuanchen's feet and begged him.
Chu Xuanchen's face was as dark as ice, and his face was as dark as water. He pushed her away and said, "You have committed a capital crime. If I spare you lightly, I will be sorry for my princess and children."
"But my lord, you still owe me a life-saving favor. Can I use this kindness in exchange for my mother's life? I beg you to spare her once, she will never dare to do it again!" Nangong Rou cried.
Mrs. Liu glanced at Nangongrou speechlessly.
Why was she so out of control that she confessed?
She originally wanted to make a quibble, saying that the poison was brought by Aunt Zhou and others to frame her, but her daughter actually confessed, and she felt angry and angry.
Chu Xuanchen glanced at Nangong Rou gloomily, "Isn't your life-saving grace already worth your life? Nangong Rou, I no longer owe you anything! Someone, take them away!"
Nangongrou stared at Chu Xuanchen forlornly and allowed people to pull her away.
She looked at him deeply, and then at Prince Li's Mansion, where she had lived for more than half a year, feeling very uncomfortable.
Countless fragments of her life in Prince Li's Mansion came into her mind. She still remembered the first time he married her into the palace, with the red sedan chair and the loud gongs and drums. Now, she was a prisoner and wanted to be kicked out by him.
He was still so noble, aloof, and cold, but the look in her eyes was filled with disgust.
She knew that they would become farther and farther apart, and that he would stand higher and higher, until he reached the top of the mountain, but she was a humble ant who could only look up to him and was not worthy of standing with him.
After taking Liu's mother and daughter away, Chu Xuanchen stared at Aunt Zhou and Aunt Wang coldly, and said in a deep voice: "As for these two people, they can be exempted from death penalty, but they cannot escape from living crime. Each of them will be beaten with fifty sticks before they are driven out of the imperial city.
, you can never step into the imperial city again."
"Thank you, Your Majesty, for sparing your life..." Aunt Zhou and Aunt Wang quickly knelt down and kowtowed to Chu Xuanchen.
They poisoned the princess and committed a capital crime of beheading. Now they were only punished with fifty sticks and saved their lives. They were already very satisfied.
Not only did they not make any money this time, but their lives were almost in danger. They no longer dared to do bad things because they were greedy for money.
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On the way to Nangong Mansion, Yun Ruoyue told Chu Xuanchen about the disfigurement.
Back then, because she was competing with Nangong Rou for the title of the most beautiful woman, she was poisoned for no reason, resulting in her becoming an ugly girl.
She has been investigating the murderer for many years, but has never been able to find it.