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Chapter 241 Gambling

Mrs. Xiao Guogong did not expect that behind Guan's temptation was the hole dug by Lu Qingfan. A trace of panic appeared on her originally calm face, and then she said in a deep voice: "Even if these poems were written by me, it doesn't mean that..."

"Okay!" Xiang Ji said coldly: "You can't hide your idea anymore, it's better to tell it earlier."

The young Duke's wife was startled when she heard this. She looked at Xiang Ji with his head lowered and indifferent. When her heart was panicking, she murmured: "Don't you believe me, husband?"

It's almost done!

Yun Xi stood in the hall, her clear eyes locked tightly on Mrs. Xiaoguo's face. She knew in her heart that there was only one step left between the couple and she looked at Xiang Ji who was reluctant to let go of Mrs. Xiaoguo.

"...Yes, it was indeed written by my concubine."

Mrs. Xiao Guogong lowered her head, and when she raised it again, the last touch of tenderness in her eyes had faded, and she said firmly and solemnly: "It's just that this poem was not written for my second brother, but was lost some days ago."

Since her husband is unreliable, she has no choice but to save herself.

Lu Qingfan said "Oh" and said with an unclear meaning: "Mrs. Xiao Guogong is saying that the deceased Xiang Zhun had a crush on his sister-in-law and secretly stole poems to read and read every day?"

"Pooh!"

As soon as these words came out, the first person who was not angry was the second wife, Guan. Not only did she spit on Wei, the wife of the young Duke, she immediately exposed her hypocrisy without giving any face:

"Flies don't bite. If my sister-in-law doesn't have a secret conspiracy and is given the opportunity, I'm afraid that my husband, a serious and indifferent person, won't be able to get his ideas on my sister-in-law."

Mrs. Xiaoguo Gong held up the handkerchief and said pitifully: "My second sister has never been favored, and she is jealous of my concubine and her husband's love. But my second brother is already dead, and it is not easy to talk about important matters of human relations..."

"Whether it's empty talk or not, you'll know once you try it." Before Mrs. Xiaoguo could continue, Lu Qingfan raised his voice and interrupted, calling Yun Xi: "Yun Wuzuo, search the body of Mrs. Xiaoguo."

It turns out to be here!

Yun Xi's heart trembled, knowing that Lu Qingfan might have guessed that the poisoned teapot was carried by the little Duke's wife.

"Yes." Yun Xi took a step forward, looked at the young princess whose face suddenly turned pale and said, "Madam, don't worry, Yun Xi will follow the routine and treat you gently."

Mrs. Xiaoguo Gong reached out and grasped Xiang Ji's sleeves. She opened her mouth to say something, but was interrupted by Xiang Ji's initiative: "The Qing Dynasty will be Qing Dynasty, Madam, just go away."

After saying that, he deliberately turned his head so as not to look at the anxious-looking Madam Xiaoguo.

"Husband, you are not allowed to search me!" Mrs. Xiao Guogong emphasized hastily, trying to get Xiang Ji to help her!

"Why not?" Lu Qingfan shouted loudly: "Now that things have happened, you still want to protect such a ruthless and unjust person?"

The eyes of the little princess Wei's eyes turned red, and Yun Xi and Qingguo had already held her arms.

Mrs. Xiaoguo struggled hard, but Pian Qingguo's small hands were like iron pliers to squeeze her tightly, and she couldn't help but enter the inner hall under Yun Xi's "invitation" with a smile.

Xiang Ji had no idea that a catastrophe was coming. He only felt that at this moment, after the disaster was diverted to the east, he would escape first and then come back to protect his wife.

Lu Qingfan looked at Xiang Ji, whose expression remained unchanged in the hall, and snorted coldly.

Chao Zhong from the Metropolitan Procuratorate and Yu Zhi from Dali Temple looked at each other. Neither of them knew what kind of medicine Lu Qingfan was selling in his gourd, and it was even more difficult to detect the strange tacit understanding between Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan.

The one-person presiding judge was most afraid of having side judges disrupt the rhythm, so the two of them did not even ask a single question.

Yun Xi's master and servant in the inner hall have a clear division of labor. One is responsible for restraining the young princess and the other is responsible for searching her body.

When Yun Xi touched the delicate and beautiful sleeves of Mrs. Xiaoguo, she finally realized something was wrong.

She used a little skill to press Madam Xiaoguo's acupoint. Madam Xiaoguo's figure softened, and the thing in her sleeve fell down along her sleeve.

Yun Xi caught it immediately with quick eyes and hands, and then said in surprise: "What a beautiful jade pot."

The small pot is only the size of the girl's palm, but its exquisite dark patterns are clearly and vividly engraved, which can be called "supernatural craftsmanship". At first glance, it is a valuable object.

"Ah!" Before Mrs. Xiaoguo could speak, Yun Xi had already opened the teapot, took out a small porcelain bottle and poured a drop of concoction into it. She watched helplessly as the inner wall of the jade pot changed color.

She glanced at the worried young lady with a complicated expression, and whispered: "Madam, you are so soft-hearted and sheltering, does it mean that the murderer has no regard or pity for you?"

Is it really worth risking your life to protect someone?

The young lady was startled and fell silent.

Yun Xi walked quickly to the front of the hall with the jade pot, and when she handed the jade pot to Lu Qingfan, she whispered: "The poison of oleander is related to the poison of the deceased."

With clear eyes, she silently looked at Xiang Ji, whose expression changed in the hall, and Yun Xi secretly thought that it was indeed him.

Lu Qingfan followed Yun Xi's gaze and locked eyes on Xiang Ji. No one else could afford a jade pot of this quality, even if they wanted to use it, and it was only a small country's prince who could get it.

"Ah, isn't this? Isn't this the elder brother's jade pot?" Guan was surprised and pointed at the jade pot on the table and said, "Why do husband and wife still steal from each other?"

Guan's question was innocent and hurtful, and Xiang Ji's face turned completely dark.

"Xiang Ji, is this object yours?" Lu Qingfan knew that the young princess must have this object on her body, so she found it right after searching.

He wanted to see how Xiang Ji would argue.

Xiang Ji said calmly: "It was mine before, but later it was given to my second brother."

"The two of them really have something private!"

Someone in the hall said something quietly, and the lingering sound lingered in the main hall, causing Xiang Ji's face to turn from black to green.

Yun Xi sighed: "The most terrifying thing in the world is to personally acknowledge the troubles caused by your wife and brothers... Mr. Xiaoguo really endures the humiliation."

She had stopped talking, but Xiang Ji was not a generous person, and he had already begun to wonder whether his wife and Xiang Zhun were what the servants in the mansion had rumored to be like; and when did they start?

So...is his child a son or a nephew?

"In this case, I will divorce my wife." Compared to killing people, Xiang Ji would rather admit the green grassland above his head.

"That's fine." Lu Qingfan was well prepared and immediately handed over a blank letter of divorce stamped by Shuntian Mansion, intending to ask Xiang Ji to write it down on the spot.

"Well, since I am the person investigating the case, I can let Xiang Zhun die. I have no choice but to handle the internal affairs of the Duke's office first."

Lu Qingfan's words were truthful and irritating, and his sigh was even more infuriating, but Xiang Ji couldn't argue with him and could only bite the bullet and write a letter of divorce.

Failure to kill is like killing one's heart, it's really a clever move.

Chao Zhong and Yu Zhi in the hall had to admire Lu Qingfan's strategy of thinking in three steps when trying a case, and he completely predicted Xiang Ji's prediction.

The little princess who came out of the inner hall saw Xiang Ji with a livid face already stepping forward to write a letter of divorce. She said sharply: "Husband, what are you doing?"

The calmness and elegance no longer existed. The young lady rushed forward and grabbed the sleeve of the Xiang Ji and said angrily: "How can you treat me like this?"

"Bitch!" Xiang Ji threw away the little Duke's wife and said coldly: "Then tell me, why is that teapot in your hand? So what if it wasn't for you two to receive it privately?"

"Do you have a conscience?!" Mrs. Xiao Guogong clutched her chest and said sternly: "Then you are clearly the one who..."

As soon as she said this, she and Xiang Ji, who was opposite her, looked at each other. Then they looked at Lu Qingfan and other officials in the hall. They no longer lived up to their gentle looks before, and their eyes were full of cold light!

Done!

Yun Xi felt excited and quietly clenched the jade pot in her hand.

"Xiang Ji, Mr. Wei, one of you poisoned and another hid a murder weapon. You poisoned Xiang Zhun yesterday. Why don't you do it according to the truth?"

Lu Qingfan's stern words were like the sound of madness, causing everyone in the palace to tremble.

Guan never expected that the person who poisoned her husband would be his biological brother!

"Beast, that's your biological brother from the same mother!" Guan cried bitterly, pointed at Xiang Ji's nose and asked, "Has your conscience been eaten by a dog?!"

Xiang Ji said angrily with a livid face: "What the stupid woman said, do you have any evidence to prove that I killed my second brother? Giving a teapot is a murderer, so giving a rice bowl isn't also a murderer with poison?"

"Since Mr. Xiaoguo was so sure that he did not kill anyone, this teapot is the best proof of 'brothers, friends and brothers' respect.'"

Yun Xi curved her lips, and a complicated light filled her eyes. She poured a pot of hot tea in front of everyone and politely served it to Xiang Ji, saying softly: "'The pure will themselves purify themselves',

Please prove it yourself, Mr. Xiaoguo."

Just now, Xiang Ji asked the young lady to "certify herself" with righteous words. At this moment, Yun Xi's words were a replica of the "generous words" just now, and they choked Xiang Ji's tongue.

Just as Xiang Ji was about to ward it off, Ah Xian suddenly grabbed Xiang Ji's hands from behind, and the silver needle in Yun Xi's hand stabbed Xiang Ji's large acupuncture point on his neck.

He was numb all over and could not move at all.

"What are you going to do? Are you trying to force me?" Xiang Ji was so shocked that his pupils dilated and he couldn't stop shouting. However, his body was not up to par and he couldn't move anywhere except his mouth.

At this moment, Mrs. Xiao Guogong and Mrs. Guan were all confused by Yun Xi's fierce actions, and they forgot to react at all.

"Young Master, there is no need to be polite. This tea is warm and will not burn your mouth."

Yun Xi's gentle words sounded like a talisman to the young prince's ears, and his beautiful face was like a rakshasa from hell bullying someone close to him... Even his favorite teapot was like a rope from hell's messenger.

As if deliberately testing Xiang Ji's fear ability, Yun Xi slowly brought the spout of the pot closer to Xiang Ji's mouth.

No one knows better than Xiang Ji whether there is poison in this teapot.

Cold sweat broke out on his forehead instantly. Just when Yun Xi was about to pour the tea into his mouth, Xiang Ji suddenly shouted: "No! I said! I said! I was the one who poisoned you!"

[Author's digression]: Yun Xi: I'm scared to death, please do something quickly!

Xiang Ji:...Tricking me again?!

Lu Qingfan: Don’t cue for basic skills.

Everyone from the Criminal Department: ...I suggest you speak Mandarin, thank you!
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