C23 (2/2)

”Everyone heard that the Crown Princess is the mastermind behind the plot. The food was prepared by her, and Miss Liu was poisoned because she drank the soup.” With the Royal Physician's testimony, he seemed to have gotten rid of all suspicions for Yan Xiaoxi, and pushed them all onto the princess consort.

However, things didn't go as smoothly as she had expected.

The Crown Princess's words brought the matter back to its original point.

The crown prince's wife smiled and said, ”Princess Lin is wrong. The food for the banquet was indeed prepared by me, but it is only for the medicinal herbs and chicken soup.”

Right now, everything in the harem would temporarily be left to her, so she had personally prepared this banquet.

The medicinal soup was brought up by Liu Zhixue herself, and the chicken soup was ordered by Nangong Lin to be made in the imperial study. She knew this very well.

However, the only thing that puzzled her was that she had heard from the girl by Yan Xiaoxi's side that she was only given chicken soup for her wangfei's table. Why was there chicken soup at every table?

”What the Crown Princess said was true. The medicine on my table was indeed brought up by the attack.” Soon, Liu Zhixue had confirmed the authenticity of her words.

”The chicken soup was ordered by This King to be prepared for the wangfei by the imperial kitchens.” Nangong Lin agreed.

But with just that one sentence, it had once again pushed Yan Xiaoxi to the heart of the struggle.

Liu Zhixue had been poisoned by the herbs in between the two soups, and the soup had been added by her own body while the other one was related to Yan Xiaoxi.

This further increased the suspicion that she was the murderer.

Even Yan Xiaoxi hadn't thought that after making such a huge detour, she would return everything back to its original point.

In that case, what she had just done was in vain.

Everyone present still believed that she was the culprit. Yan Xiaoxi truly had no words to refute, she was too bitter to speak of.

[Since the Crown Princess isn't the murderer, then what went wrong?

Who exactly was it that wanted to poison Liu Zhixue? For the time being, Yan Xiaoxi could not think of anyone with a suitable reason for doing so.

Just as she was racking her brains and pondering, Nangong Zhen impatiently said, ”Father, the evidence is conclusive now. Princess Lin attempted to poison Miss Liu. She is bringing shame to our Imperial Family and is worthy of being your imperial concubine.”

”Please seek justice for my daughter.” Liu Zhitian couldn't stand it any longer. He was such a precious daughter. He definitely couldn't let the murderer escape so easily.

Nangong Xiao fell silent and fell into deep thought.

Yan Xiaoxi's identity was already awkward and could not be casually dealt with. The war between the two countries had just ended, and if the punishment was inappropriate, it would cause people to become tongue-tied and start another war.

In reality, he was not afraid of the Eastern Mirror Kingdom. It was just that after the last battle, even though the Southern Water Nation had won, it had suffered heavy losses.

”This King shall see who dares to touch a single hair on my woman.” Once Nangong Lin said this, the entire arena fell into silence.

Yan Xiaoxi glanced at Nangong Lin in astonishment. She did not expect him to protect her again.

Hmph, what are you trying to do?

Since he suspected her, he would just let her fend for herself.

Why did he do this? It was as if he was showing off his authority. So everyone was afraid of him.