Xu Jin was so shocked that he didn't dare to raise his head to see the old man's eyes at this moment.
As a father, he has always cared for his daughter a little bit, but compared with the old man, no matter how strong the love is, it always pales in comparison. The existence of this kind of relationship in the family often makes him doubt whether he is the father.
Is it his father's biological child?
The mother-in-law over there heard Aunt Ruan's name and cried out: "Yes, yes, it was my aunt who promised me a favor and asked me to do this... My maid was also confused for a moment! Please forgive me, old man."
Take this miserable life from me!"
Cui asked: "How did Ruan poison the girl?"
"Put...poison..."
The mother-in-law stopped crying, and her face was full of surprise. When she met Cui's sharp eyes, she trembled like chaff and said: "I don't know what the poison was... Aunt Ruan... Ruan just said to let the servant
I took the opportunity to push Miss Akui into the water... She said it was a personal grudge... I really didn't know that Mr. Ruan dared to harm the girl!"
Otherwise, even if I borrow ten of her courage, she would not dare to accept the ten taels of silver!
Doesn’t that make it clear that life can be earned or spent?
Xu Jin has already ordered: "Come here, bring Ruan over here -"
He wants to find out for himself!
Xu Qiwei's face was tense.
No one spoke in the hall for a while, and the old woman who kept begging for mercy was silenced by Ah Zhu.
This depressing silence lasted until Ruan's arrival.
Xu Mingyi looked at the woman who was saluting.
She didn't have much impression of Mr. Ruan. She only vaguely remembered that he was not bad looking and rarely appeared in front of others. Therefore, she subconsciously felt that he must have a very peaceful temperament.
The woman in front of her at this time was only about twenty-three or four years old. She was dressed plainly but elegantly. She had a slender figure and a pair of pink and phoenix eyes, and she was quite charming.
"I don't know if my wife has called me here, but what are your instructions?"
Mrs. Ruan bowed to everyone in turn and asked with a slightly uneasy expression.
Just looking at this face that doesn't know how to hide the nervousness, it doesn't look like someone who can carefully plan to murder the legitimate daughter of the palace.
"This is the mother-in-law in your courtyard. She has just confessed." Ms. Cui said with scrutiny in her eyes: "It seems that the prince and I have been too lenient in recent years, which actually made you dare to have evil thoughts of harming the girl -
—”
Her words were direct. Ruan's face was blank for a moment, and then she knelt down in panic.
"Madam, why did you say this! I cannot afford such a crime!"
"If I remember correctly, in recent years, you have been looking for doctors everywhere because you have trouble sleeping. The doctors have changed the prescriptions countless times, but there is no improvement, and it is getting worse day by day." Ms. Cui seemed to change the subject, "Until this year.
Things suddenly improved in the spring. I once asked about this, and you just said it was because the weather was getting warmer, and your mood became more comfortable, and you gradually slept peacefully."
"There is such a thing..."
Ruan was kneeling there, her eyes flashing slightly, as if she didn't understand why Cui suddenly mentioned these things.
"If it's just because of your state of mind, nothing seems to have happened to make you suddenly happy. There is spring every year, so why did you suddenly recover on this spring day?" Mrs. Cui looked at her and asked, "I think so.
, most likely the prescription should be changed, right?"
The "wonder medicine" that can cure Ruan's years of insomnia;
The "poison" that makes Zhaozhao fall asleep every day and is difficult to wake up from;
The moment she saw the old lady, such a connection popped up in her mind.
Of course, this is just her guess. The fact may be that she thinks too much, but this does not prevent her from having a firm look in her eyes and a confident tone throughout the whole process - after all, it is good to use it to deceive the Ruan family.
Xu Mingyi understood in her heart and said at the right time: "Mom, I heard Akui say that the medicine used to treat insomnia is probably impossible to stop. Judging from my aunt's complexion now, I think she slept well. Let someone check it out.
It shouldn’t be difficult to check the medicines you have taken recently.”
Aoi was confused.
...When did she tell the girl this again?
Over there, Mrs. Cui had already nodded, and immediately ordered Qingying to take people to search for evidence in Ruan's courtyard.
Ruan's face turned pale.
"Madam has no evidence, so she is so suspicious of me. It's really weird!" She burst into tears, looking anxious and angry: "Madam sent people around her to search my place, so naturally Madam said
Whatever is found will be found - by then my whole body will be covered with mouths, and I'm afraid I won't be able to get rid of this crime!"
Mrs. Cui sneered.
"What this mother-in-law did tonight and what she testified is huge evidence. Even if there is really no evidence, if something happens to the girl in the house, everyone is suspected. When the real culprit is not known, even my prince's courtyard is also under investigation.
That's right! If you suspect that my people are capable of tampering, you can change the people in the girl's yard to go there - you are so evasive with your words, and you have changed from the meekness you used to do in the past, doesn't it seem like you are asking for it?
"
"What Madam said——"
"That's enough."
Ruan was about to argue again, but was cut off by Xu Jin who had been silent.
Hearing this voice, Ruan, who was kneeling there, stiffened slightly and turned her head to look at him.
"The people under Madam will not slander or accuse you wrongly, and the government will not wrongly accuse innocent people." Xu Jin looked at her with a cold look in his eyes: "If it is really you who did it, it can't be you three.
You can pick it out in just a few words. Instead of making meaningless sophistry, why not admit it and save yourself some dignity."
If Ruan seemed normal at first, his reaction when he heard about his insomnia later began to show flaws in his eyes.
"..." Looking at his cold expression and listening to these words, Ruan opened her mouth, but in the end she couldn't say anything.
Their eyes met, Xu Jin frowned tightly, but her tight body softened inch by inch, her head lowered feebly, hanging slightly in front of her, her hands resting on her sides, and a sarcastic smile suddenly appeared on her eyes and lips.
Come smile.
Yes, it's meaningless.
Just now she was so frightened that she failed to understand the key to this.
That's a girl.
In this mansion, you are really afraid of dropping it when you hold it in your hand, and you are afraid of melting when you hold it in your mouth.
Once she is suspected of murdering the girl, even if it is just a suspicion, it will be enough for her to not be able to stay in the house any longer.
Even if she got away by luck, what's the use?
If all she wanted was to live like air, she wouldn't have taken such a desperate risk.
Seeing her half-dead expression, Ms. Cui suppressed her disgust and said, "Tell me, why did you harm the girl? Was there someone else who instigated it?"
She would like to hear what kind of foolish words this housewife makes, and whether she can come up with any new tricks compared to what she heard from others -
Xu Mingyi took a sip of tea.
She also wanted to hear when she had provoked Aunt Ruan, whom she had never beaten before.
