Xu Xinwen's knees softened and she knelt down on the spot: "Princess, please calm down. I am afraid."
Roujia snorted coldly: "Afraid? Why didn't I see you panic when you ordered Qingzhu to poison this princess?"
Xu Xinwen lowered her body, almost lying on the ground, and said incoherently: "Princess, princess, I don't know, I don't know what the princess said?"
Roujia threw the signed letter and the handkerchief in front of her: "The evidence is solid, you still want to quibble?"
"This letter clearly states that you poisoned my princess. It is signed with your name, Miss Xu, and this silk handkerchief. This princess only gave it to you. How do you explain it?"
Xu Xinwen glanced at it, and her heart suddenly went cold.
She racked her brains and said: "The princess is so beautiful and beautiful, even if I gave my daughter a hundred courages, I would not dare to do such a treasonous thing! Someone must have framed my daughter!"
"A thief broke into my daughter's house last night. He forced me to confess his crime and took away the silk handkerchief given by the princess in order to frame my daughter. My daughter was wronged. Princess knows this!"
Roujia narrowed her eyes slightly, as if thinking about her words.
Chu Qingwan said calmly: "Whether it's a crime or a murder, if you are caught, you will scream that you are wronged. You have to go to the execution hall to tell the difference between right and wrong."
As she said that, she glanced at Zhao Xinyu, who understood, and continued her words: "Dr. Chu, do you mean to send Miss Xu to the Criminal Department?"
Chu Qingwan pretended to be puzzled: "Can the Criminal Department handle such a major case of murdering the princess?"
Zhao Xinyu thought for a while and said: "It can be done, but it requires the cooperation of Dali Temple."
"However, I heard that the current minister of Dali Temple has a cruel temper. No matter what mistakes he makes, any prisoner who passes through his hands will not even get a good skin after the trial."
Chu Qingwan looked worried: "Miss Xu is a spoiled child, I'm afraid she can't endure such hardship, right?"
Zhao Xinyu deeply agreed: "Don't talk about Miss Qianjin, even a tough guy with seven feet, there are many who bite their tongues and commit suicide when they can't stand the torture. That prison is not a place for human beings."
The two of them exchanged words with each other, which made Xu Xinwen, who was already feeling guilty, shake like chaff and almost lose her balance on her knees.
Chu Qingwan estimated that her psychology was about to collapse, so she gave Zhao Xinyu a wink.
Zhao Xinyu said very considerately: "Princess, Miss Xu has always been weak. Sending her to the Criminal Department will cost her life. Why don't you do the same as the maid just now and do a few things before asking again."
Hearing this, Xu Xinwen subconsciously looked towards the courtyard.
Qingzhu has not been dragged down yet, and is currently lying on the hard bluestone in the courtyard. His back is bloody, his eyes are tightly closed, his face is pale, and he does not know whether he is dead or alive.
Is this what Zhao Xinyu calls a brief beating?
At this moment, Roujia said: "Xu Xinwen, this princess will give you another chance. If you admit it honestly, for the sake of Master Xu, I will give you a lighter punishment."
Xu Xinwen looked at Qingzhu's appearance and felt pain all over her body.
She must not be beaten like that for this matter, otherwise even if the princess lets her go and her father asks about her when she gets home, she will lose half her life.
What's more, this incident was not entirely her fault, and she couldn't care less about the friendship between her and her daughter when she was forced to do this.
Xu Xinwen gritted her teeth and said in a trembling voice: "Princess, I really don't know what's going on with the beauty. I am loyal to the princess and only hope that the princess will be well."
Roujia flicked her sleeves: "I will never repent! Someone—"
"Princess!" Xu Xinwen interrupted her.
"It's Chu Qingyue! It's her! She deceived my daughter. She said it was a holy product for beauty. That's why I asked Qingzhu to be tried on the princess. I really didn't know it was poison!"
Roujia ordered in a cold voice: "Go and take Chu Qingyue!"