After dealing with this matter, Zi'an took the initiative to report to Lord Liang about his visit to Han Qingqiu last night.
"In other words, the princess left after talking to Han Qingqiu?"
"Yes, the maid can testify to that."
"The maid did say that. She also said that after the princess left, Han Qingqiu was still conscious and showed no signs of poisoning. She also talked to the maid for a long time. The maid said that she was very emotional and cried." Lord Liang said.
The Queen Mother interrupted calmly, "Could she have committed suicide by taking poison?"
"To answer the Queen Mother, this is possible, but after searching the entire room, no trace of poison was found, nor was the paper that wrapped the poison."
"If it's just a pill hidden in your sleeve pocket, it doesn't need to be packaged," said the Queen Mother.
Lord Liang naturally still had some doubts, but after hearing what the Empress Dowager said, he decided to close the case. After all, the Xiao family didn't seem to care much about it, and would not pursue it. The only one who had ordered an investigation in this matter was the Empress Dowager, and now that even she said so, he was even happier not to bother himself.
He hesitated for a moment, "But, this case has to be handed over to the Ministry of Justice, so what should I do..."
Murong Jie interrupted him calmly, "Han Qingqiu went to visit the princess last night and cried in front of everyone in the princess's mansion, saying that she had let the princess down. This king guessed that she probably committed suicide by taking poison out of guilt."
Lord Liang wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "Your Highness is right. If he committed suicide by taking poison out of guilt, plus the divorce letter, then suicide is part of the solution."
"Well, go ahead!" said Murong Jie.
Lord Liang quickly took his leave. He had thought this matter would be difficult to handle, after all, Han Qingqiu was the general's wife. He didn't expect it to be so easy.
The Queen Mother didn't want to hear about Han Qingqiu's case either. She was only thinking about how to convince the Marquis.
Murong Jie and Zi'an left the palace, leaving her to figure it out on her own.
On the way, Zi'an told Dao what he saw last night. "This woman, Xiaodao said he had never seen her before. She took out my hairpin to prove that she took it from the palace. Is she from the palace?"
Murong Jie said: "It's Fang'er, Old Eight is back."
"Fang'er? Who is Fang'er?" Zi'an had never heard of this name before.
"Fang'er is Rouyao's elder sister. She was born out of wedlock and was kicked out of the family. Later, she followed Lao Ba to the Southern Kingdom."
"It sounds like there is a story. Isn't she your cousin? Why was she kicked out of the house?" Zi'an asked curiously.
"The specific reason is not very clear, but some people say it is related to me." Murong Jie looked out the window and said innocently.
"It's about you? Who said it's about you?"
"Yeah, that's what everyone says."
"You drove her away? That's impossible. You can't interfere in other people's family affairs. What's going on? Don't be so evasive. Just tell me." Zi'an was even more curious.
Murong Jie said slowly: "She likes me."
Zi'an's hair suddenly stood up and he asked vigilantly: "She likes you? She likes you too? Didn't they say that Rouyao liked you before?" According to Boss Dao, she was the most beautiful woman he had ever seen in his life.
Murong Jie sighed melancholy and looked at Zi'an with deep eyes, "Yeah, what can I do? I am naturally popular with women."
"Get lost! Explain what's going on!" Zi'an was furious. Suddenly, a love rival appeared, and there was no sign at all.
Murong Jie shrugged, "One day, Fang'er suddenly came to see me..."
"Full name, say her full name, call her Fang'er Fang'er, so intimate." Zi'an said angrily.
"Well, Sun Fanger suddenly came to me and said that she wanted to marry me and wanted to hug me. I don't like women touching me, so I kicked her away. I was not careful and kicked her hard. She hit the wall and made a big fuss. She even went to my mother. I don't know what happened afterwards, but she was kicked out anyway."
Zian was stunned, "You said that?"
"I told you, that's what happened." Murong Jie said.
Zi'an said coldly: "You omitted a lot of key points and details. Are you trying to fool me?"
Murong Jie looked at her, "She likes me, that's my business, and what happened between me and her is also my past with her. Although you are my princess, you don't care about me. Is there any special reason why you keep asking me? For example, did you accidentally discover that you like me too?"
Zi'an was stunned for a moment. "No, there is no such thing. I'm just curious and gossiping a little. It's okay. It's okay if I don't say it."
Zi'an gnashed his teeth and said in his heart: If you don't tell me, I will not know? Xiao Tuo and Su Qing must know.
"Since you are just curious, I have no obligation to satisfy your curiosity." Murong Jie said coldly.
Zi'an glanced at him, "So she is married to Prince Nan Huai now?"
"No, it's the counselor around him."
"Counselor?"
"Fang'er... Sun Fang'er knows a little bit about medicine, divination, astrology, witchcraft, poisoning, etc. She is also very vicious and scheming. In addition, Lao Ba couldn't marry Rouyao, so he looked for comfort in her. Anyway, the two of them got together."
Bastard!
Okay, you win because you are so sharp-tongued.
"Your cousin Fang'er is good at poisoning and conspiracy, but it is obvious that her conspiracy to frame me this time is not that brilliant." Zi'an said.
"She didn't intend to frame you. She just wanted the government to rule it as suicide by taking poison. Because you were involved, the government took my face into consideration. In addition, no one from Han Qingqiu's side pursued the case, so they will definitely rule it as suicide out of fear of crime."
"I see. Once the government closes the case, she will have nothing to do with it. Is it because this kind of drug is highly recognizable and she is afraid that people will trace it back to her?"
"Well, she is good at poison. Believe it or not, if you cut Han Qingqiu open in a few days, you will definitely see a lot of poisonous insects crawling out of her stomach."
When Zi'an was in modern times, Professor Lin once told her about the art of witchcraft, which was mostly found in Miaojiang and Thailand. The words "witchcraft" sound horrifying because there are indeed many documents and images that record the horror of witchcraft, and sometimes the methods of detoxification are also very scary.
It is not surprising at all that Murong Jie found the poisonous insect during the autopsy of Han Qingqiu.
Zi'an became alert in her heart. If there was someone who was good at using poison around King Nan Huai, she would have to study this area. Otherwise, she would be completely unaware if she was poisoned.
I wonder if there is any record about Gu poison in Linlin's Poison Sutra. She has to talk to Linlin about it.
Murong Jie kept his mouth shut and no one could pry open the secret about what was going on between him and Fang'er. Zi'an returned to Prince Liang's Mansion and saw Rouyao, so he pulled her into the room.
Murong Jie wanted to follow in, but was pushed out by Zi'an. "What does a woman's chat have to do with you? Get out."
Murong Jie looked at Rouyao with a warning look in his eyes, "When you talk to your sister-in-law, be careful and don't say anything nonsense."
Rouyao seemed a little flustered, "What's the matter?"
(End of this chapter)