Seeing Mu Yun'an fall, Shen Wanyue hurriedly stood up to help her, but Yuan Jiahe was quick to help Mu Yun'an up and asked, "Are you okay?"
Mu Yun'an shook her head. Fortunately, the hall was covered with blankets and she was not injured when she fell. She was just a little frightened. But just now she clearly felt that she had stepped on something.
She was about to look for it when she saw Shen Wanyue kneeling on the ground with a plop and said: "Elder Princess, please forgive me. It was the bead string on my daughter's wrist that broke, which caused Yan Yan to fall. It's all my fault. Please punish me, Princess."
The eldest princess relaxed her brows and said in a calm voice: "Since it is a misunderstanding, how can I pursue it? Okay, just get up and apologize to the county chief."
"etc."
Han Qianyu suddenly called out to Shen Wanyue. She pointed at something falling on the ground and asked, "What is that thing?"
Everyone just went to see Mu Yun'an, but they didn't notice that there was something else on the ground. They saw a small brocade box falling not far from Mu Yun'an. The brocade box was half open and contained a black powdery substance. Something spilled.
Seeing this, Shen Wanyue picked up the half-open brocade box, then put a little powder on the tip of her nose and sniffed it. Her expression suddenly changed and she said: "This... this seems to be croton powder."
After saying that, she looked at Mu Yun'an and asked, "Yan Yan, what are you doing with this thing on you?"
This sentence immediately pushed Mu Yun'an into dire straits. Most of the people present had attended the palace banquet on the fifteenth day of the first lunar month. They knew that Mu Yun'an had a stomachache at the palace banquet, and later it was found that someone had added croton into her tea. pink.
However, this matter was later ignored, and who did it has always been a mystery. Now this croton powder appears at the eldest princess's banquet, which is really incredible.
When Han Qianyu heard that the little brocade box contained croton powder, she immediately reacted. She slammed the table and pointed her finger at Mu Yun'an and said, "Okay, it turns out you were the thief who shouted to catch the thief. No wonder you were there at the palace banquet that day. Being so generous and not allowing the Queen to continue the investigation turns out to be a thief with a guilty conscience!"
After hearing this, everyone whispered to each other, and the noise in the hall continued. Only then did the eldest princess realize that Shen Wanyue and the prince's purpose was not just to make Mu Yunan look embarrassed, but that the real show was here.
The corners of her lips twitched slightly, then she straightened her expression and said in a cold and stern voice: "County Master, is this really the case? You are carrying this croton powder, but you want to repeat the same trick to slander me?"
Yuan Jiahe was shocked by this sudden turn of events. Seeing the eldest princess getting angry, she came back to her senses and said hurriedly: "Aunt, this must be a misunderstanding. This must not belong to Huihe."
"It's hers."
Han Qianyu said firmly: "This thing fell out of her body when she fell just now. Princess, it's better not to quibble for her.
For a woman with such a deep mind like her, it’s better to stay away from her in the future, otherwise you won’t even know if she plots against you one day!”
Yuan Jiahe glared at Han Qianyu: "Shut up, you have no place to speak here."
She really hated Han Qianyu's face, so she didn't want to listen to her nonsense. She looked at Mu Yunan anxiously and said, "Yan Yan, please speak."
Mu Yun'an lowered her eyes and looked nonchalant, but in her heart she could see today's situation clearly like a mirror. How could she not know that Shen Wanyue was scheming against her and wanted to put the blame for the croton powder incident on her.
Once she cannot get rid of this suspicion, not only will she be unable to hold her head high among the noble ladies in the capital, but she will also be unable to explain to Xiao Chengyi.
And Shen Wanyue's real purpose was to make her take the blame and become the culprit that led to Xin Ruyi's tragic end.