Wanyue looked at Zhang Jiazhuyue and Wu Yayunhui coldly, but found that both of them looked extremely calm, not panicking at all. Wu Yayunhui's face looked more like watching a good show, while Zhang Jiazhuyue's eyes seemed to be
Look at Xiaohui from time to time.
This made Wanyue a little surprised, and her eyes unconsciously stayed on Zhang Jiazhuyue and Xiaohui.
After more than half an hour, the guards searched the rooms of the young men and maids standing in the east wing courtyard, but did not find anything suspicious.
"Your Majesty, the guards have all searched, but they didn't find anything suspicious." Butler Yan shook his head and reported to Yinqi.
These words could not help but make Yinqi's face cold, and Wanyue was a little unexpected. It seemed that the poisoner was so well hidden that no one noticed any omissions. It seemed that he must be a thoughtful person.
man of.
Wanyue then looked at Zhang Jiazhuyue carefully, but Zhang Jiazhuyue happened to meet Wanyue's eyes. After a moment, Zhang Jiazhuyue shook his head uneasily and lowered his head with a guilty conscience.
After listening to Butler Yan's words, Yinqi glanced at the people below. He thought about this decision for a while, but if he wasn't ruthless now, the poisoner would have been fooled, so Yinqi had no choice but to face him.
Butler Yan next to him waved his hand.
"Take them all down and give each of them twenty sticks."
After hearing this, Ying'er blinked at Wanyue, wanting to pray to her master to intercede for her, but Wanyue shook her head at her, as if to indicate that she didn't need to worry.
The guards started to pull out the waiters in the dining room to take charge. Several maids were a little frightened. Zhang Jiazhuyue also pretended to be scared, but her deliberate behavior did not escape Wanyue's eyes.
When the five princesses saw that Yinqi had no intention of letting anyone stop, they were a little worried about their maid. Niu Hulu Xinyue begged: "Your Majesty, just go around my maid, she will definitely not do it."
He was responsible for plotting to murder Tong Gege."
Yinqi couldn't help but glance up at her, and after a while he replied: "Do you really believe that your slave was wronged? What if you don't know what she did?"
These words made Niu Hulu Xinyue choke, and she no longer dared to plead for her maid.
Everyone opened their eyes nervously and looked at the person who was being blamed. Faced with this unreasonable disaster, the people who were being blamed were shouting at the top of their lungs: "This slave is wronged, this slave is wronged, please forgive me."
But these begging for mercy did not make Yinqi as kind-hearted as before. To find the poisoner, the innocent people must be punished slightly, otherwise the servants in the palace will be turned upside down in the future!
After taking charge of the steward and the three boys in the dining room, the hand of the guard in charge of beating the stick was already a little numb. Seeing that the rest were all maids, the guard was a little embarrassed. These maids were all government officials.
She was the personal maid of the masters here. If she acted harshly, she might make one of the masters dissatisfied, so the two guards in charge looked at each other at this time.
One of them reminded the other more carefully: "When we beat those maids later, let's be gentler so as not to offend those who are the masters."
The other guard shook his head and understood, and the two looked at each other and nodded.
Zhang Jiazhuyue stood next to the previous kitchen boys. Now that the kitchen boys had finished their duties, it was naturally her turn.
Just when the guards were about to pull Zhang Jiazhuyue away to be punished, she knelt down in panic. Everyone was stunned by her actions. La Peilan was even more startled and looked at Zhang Jiazhuyue with a puzzled face.
Before anyone could ask questions, Zhang Jiazhuyue began to exclaim, "My maid. My maid, my maid, I want to report Xiaohui. I saw with my own eyes that Tong Gege's maid, Xiaohui, was hiding something in the corner of the backyard of the east wing."
As soon as these words came out, Xiaohui was the first to panic. She immediately retorted loudly: "Sister Zhuyue, why did you slander me on your platform? When did I hide something in the corner of the backyard!"
After Xiaohui said this, she still felt a little guilty. She didn't know where to place her hands, and she prayed in her heart that Zhang Jiazhuyue hadn't really seen the things she used to hide in the corner of the backyard.
Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jiazhuyue sneered at her, which made Xiaohui feel even more numb.
"Do you dare to swear that you really didn't hide anything in the corner of the backyard?"
As soon as Zhang Jiazhuyue asked, Yinqi winked at Butler Yan, who immediately led the two guards towards the backyard of the east wing.
Xiaohui gritted her teeth and refused to admit it. Even if Zhang Jiazhuyue really saw it, it wouldn't mean anything. The masters might not believe it all if she was alone.
What's more, the things in the corner of the backyard must have been taken away by the contact person. Without evidence, they could only punish her a few times, and the punishment should not be too severe.
But when everyone saw Xiaohui refusing to swear, they couldn't help but become suspicious of her. Wu Yayunhui paused and made a soft voice: "Tong Gege's child is gone, couldn't it be Xiaohui's fault? Oh my God! Xiaohui did it, right?"
She doesn’t even dare to swear!”
Xiao Hui gritted her teeth and frowned slightly. She came here because of her family. If she swore, they would definitely let her swear by her family. She simply didn't want to reply and she would decide based on the situation after the two guards came back.
Yinqi squinted his eyes and looked at Xiaohui who didn't dare to swear. Now it seems that she is the biggest suspect. The two guards who were stunned looked at each other, hesitating whether this fight should continue.
, but after lowering their eyes and looking at Wanyue and Yinqi, the two suppressed their thoughts.
Everyone was waiting for the results of the search led by Butler Yan. After carefully inspecting the corner of the backyard of the east wing, two guards discovered something strange about a piece of brick in the corner.
There were cracks all around the masonry. One of the guards moved the masonry slightly and found that the masonry was loose. He exerted a slight force and the masonry was pulled out.
"There is something in here." The guard shouted, and Butler Yan quickly ran over and reached out to take out the thing.
Unable to wait for a closer look, Housekeeper Yan led the two guards back to the courtyard of the east wing. The three of them bent down and made a respectful gesture towards Wanyue and Yinqi: "Your Highness, Fujin, I have indeed found something in the corner of the backyard.
thing."
After saying that, Butler Yan handed the thing wrapped in paper to Yinqi. Xiaohui's heart tightened. The thing she took was obviously not something she had let go. This was Zhang Jiazhuyue's deliberate attempt to frame her. She was in the corner earlier.
Zhang Jiazhuyue must have seen him putting things away!
Before the paper was opened, Xiaohui also knelt down and argued: "Prince Qi, Fujin, this thing is not mine. Sister Zhuyue must have slandered me, and the child in Tong Gege's belly must have been poisoned by her!"
As Xiaohui spoke, she raised her finger and pointed at Zhang Jiazhuyue.
