Chapter 163 Dog Tooth and Cinnabar (1/2)

As Qinghu let Lin Mengya rest her head on his shoulder, the fierce expression on his face started to ease.

“I’m alright, don’t you worry about me.”

With Baishao and Baizhi’s help, Lin Mengya managed to wiggle out of the outer layer of her clothing which was stained with blood.

“Madam Wang—”

Although the wound on Madam Wang’s belly had been stitched up, Baiji continued looking anxiously at her.

Madam Wang at this moment, however, was not showing any signs of breathing. The death-feigning pill which she ingested was still in effect.

It was not possible to tell if she had died or was feigning death.

“It will depend on her luck if she wakes up or not.”

If she made it through this time, Madam Wang was truly blessed.

In fact, Lin Mengya should be worrying over herself at this moment.

“Do not say anything when you get out of here. Instead, leave everything to me.”

Madam Wang had fainted, went under someone’s control and ended up in this pathetic state.

Lin Mengya was well aware she was the real target for the series of events that happened.

Lin Mengya finally understood the reason the Queen and the Crown Prince had arrived at precisely this moment.

This was a calculated move on their part. Regardless of whether Madam Wang died or lived, Lin Mengya, as the host, would not be able to shirk the responsibility of what happened to her.

Qinghu’s attempt at creating a mystic atmosphere had reaped its effects.

The people outside, though curious, was deterred to come any closer.

Lin Mengya straightened her clothes and wore a frail look as she walked out of the door, supported by two maidservants.

As she casually scanned the entire courtyard, she realized that all eyes were on her.

Lin Mengya lowered her gaze, stumbled towards Concubine De, still supported by her maidservants and took a bow.

“Your Highness the Queen and Mother, Madam Wang had passed on.”

Lin Mengya spoke with a trembling such gentle voice as if she had exhausted all her strength.

It was as if she had been scared out of her wits, and it broke the hearts of the people seeing her in this state.

Concubine De’s brows were knitted. She did not expect the chrysanthemum flower festival to turn into a disaster.

How was she going to be accountable to Wang Hanlin?

“It is near impossible for Madam Wang to survive in that state. However, I’m puzzled as to why Madam Wang was looking like a phantom just now? Don’t tell me that Prince Yu’s Mansion is really haunted?”

The Queen said coldly as she fixed her severe, piercing gaze on Lin Mengya.

“We are still investigating this matter. However, one thing we are sure of is that Madam Wang was not killed by spirits of demons. I have a feeling that she had been murdered.”

Lin Mengya spoke with a gentle voice yet her voice sounded firm and certain.

Qinghu had told her that the reason Madam Wang was able to still walk like a zombie was that her limps had been tied to very thin silk threads.

These silk threads were like the threads tied to the limps of a puppet. When someone dashed past her, these threads were naturally broken.

Qinghu, with his sharp eyes, would not have seen wrongly.

Moreover, it was discovered through Lin Mengya’s diagnosis of Madam Wang that there was a high content of a poison called the “zombie herb” in Madam Wang’s blood.

The result of anyone who ingested this so-called “zombie herb” in such amounts was that his limbs would be stiff as a zombie.

If not for Madam Wang’s survival instinct that spurred her to cry out for help, her body would have been treated as a dead body by now.

Nevertheless, Lin Mengya was not able to prove this with sufficient evidence.

If she were to explain in this way, she might be accused of trying to shirk responsibility. In which case, the matter would be made worse.

She would rather stay silent and react playing by ear!

“Ah, look, what’s that?”

All of a sudden, a voice cried out from among the crowd.

Everyone’s gaze was turned towards the source of that voice.

An old maid closeby dashed into the flowering shrub and seemingly plucked something out from it.

“What’s that? Bring it over for me to see.”

No one dared make trouble in the presence of the Queen.

The old maid looked hesitant. Nevertheless, she wrapped the object into her handkerchief and brought it to the Queen.

The object seemed to be wrapped in some paper. When it had been placed on the table before the Queen, it was clearly visible to all the people standing around.

The Queen’s maidservants who were by the Queen’s side immediately opened the paper wrapping in front of everyone.

There was a white, sharp tooth in the red paper wrapping.

“This is—”

The color drained from Concubine De’s face immediately as she looked to Lin Mengya with panic in her eyes for the first time.

There appeared to be some writing scribbled onto the red paper wrapping the white, sharp tooth.

Just when Lin Mengya was about to take a closer look, the Queen shouted out a threatening command.

“Men! Seize Long Tianhao and Lin Mengya! They are guilty of plotting against the royal family, and are deserving of death!”

Everyone, including Lin Mengya and Concubine De, was shocked by the Queen’s allegation.

How did a sharp tooth amount to plotting against the royal family?

“Wait, Your Highness the Queen, this is all speculation. Yu’er and Mengya have always respected the Crown Prince and would never do such a thing to rebel against the Crown Prince!”

Concubine De had instantly knelt down before the Queen and began pleading earnestly with her.

“Won’t they? Look carefully, this is the Crown Prince’s birth data! If this is not an evil scheme, why would a sharp tooth be wrapped up in red paper and buried in the ground? Have you forgotten the incident with Concubine Rong, Concubine De?”

Concubine Rong? A question mark appeared in Lin Mengya’s mind.