This slap not only blinded Chai Hang who was kneeling on the ground, but also made Lu Qingfan, Yun Xi and the others in the main hall extremely surprised.

Did Chai Hang interact with Zirou without telling his mother? Or did he want to use Zirou to kill people with a knife from the beginning to vent his anger on his mother?

For a time, countless thoughts popped up in Yun Xi's mind, all of which were suspicious of Chai Hang's ulterior motives.

Lu Qingfan was better at interrogating, and now he had grasped the biggest rift between mother and son, and said calmly: "In the courtroom, Mrs. Chai, please be patient."

His inky eyes looked at Chai Hang, who was still kneeling upright even after his face was hit. He reminded Chai's mother in a deep voice: "Maybe Chai is a filial guard, and he may share the worries with his mother."

Mrs. Chai's expression changed when she heard this, she looked at her son kneeling on the ground and said solemnly: "What do you mean, sir? What did you and Zirou do?"

Chai Hang knelt on the ground without saying a word. Chai's mother was so angry that she pinched his feet again before she was done.

Despite Chai Hang's talent, Mrs. Chai acted fiercely, but Chai's father was a man who couldn't support the wall. All his ancestors' meager wealth was spent on raising his concubine's children.

There were too many mouths to eat, and life was getting worse day by day. Chai Fu, the beast, sold his concubine again for money to live.

"...After he died, the power of running the family fell into my hands. Huh, expecting that beast to educate children is simply a fool's errand!"

At this point, Chai's mother suddenly realized what Lu Qingfan's suggestion meant just now.

"You, you used Zirou to murder someone? Hahahaha, good son! I know that my mother was dragged down by those little vixens and she didn't have a good life. Now it's time for them to repay it..."

"It was the elders who made the mistake, so what does it have to do with the children?"

Chai Hang's mother's crazy and jealous look ignited the resentment that had accumulated in his heart for several years, and he raised his voice and retorted: "Why should the grudges of adults involve children?"

Unexpectedly, Chai Hang actually protected his half-sister.

Yun Xi raised her voice and asked: "You used the 'white bone incense' to let Miss Zirou poison the imperial concubine. What else could you do if you didn't harm her?"

Chai Hang was startled, "I, I gave her poison, not for her to inject it on the imperial concubine, but for..."

Suddenly, he realized that this was not the right thing to say, and immediately shut his mouth.

Chai's mother was indeed crazy and jealous. When she heard that this incident also involved the empress in the palace, she was immediately shocked to realize that what she just said was pushing her son to die. She gritted her teeth like a clam and refused to say another word.

Said.

The interrogation once again reached a deadlock. Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan looked at each other in the air and chose silence.

Yun Xi thought for a moment, then quietly walked away from the side, and returned after a while.

She nodded to Lu Qingfan, and then she heard a servant shouting from not far ahead: "Your Excellency, the eldest maid next to the noble concubine in the palace is here!"

Lu Qingfan pretended to be surprised and said quietly: "Xuan comes to the court."

A moment later, a noble-looking, elegant woman wearing a lake-green palace attire came quickly and bowed respectfully to everyone in the hall to bless her body.

She raised her head, revealing a face that was as elegant and cold as a snow lotus in the Tianshan Mountains.

Yun Xi caught the strange look flashing across Chai Hang's eyes and quietly felt relieved.

"My slave, Zhuyue, has met all of you."

After the woman got up, she said calmly: "The Imperial Concubine ordered the servants to come and inform the Ministry of Punishment that Zirou, the second-class palace maid of Chengqian Palace, has confessed to her crime for poisoning the Imperial Concubine for many years. The Imperial Concubine has been rewarded with 'one foot of red'."

Before she finished saying "Palace Maid Zhuyue", Chai Hang's face had already turned very ugly. When he heard that Zirou had already fallen asleep, his face instantly turned pale.

"No, no! Zirou did not do this! She must have been confused for a moment! That medicine was given to her by a subordinate!"

When Chai Hang heard this, he was shocked and angry. He stood up and wanted to admit his guilt, but Chai's mother grabbed Chai Hang's collar: "You bastard! Everyone is dead, what are you doing in vain?"

After all, the old lady is sane and just wants to keep her son. As for the bastards in the family who were born to bastards, they are not worth mentioning in her eyes!

"So what if you die? So what if you live? After all, she is not solely responsible..."

When Chai Hang heard that his sister, such a gentle and cautious girl, had never lived a solid life since she was a child, she died because of her own fault, she felt heartbroken.

"You..." She had never been contradicted by her son like this before. Chai's mother's face became very ugly. She kept pointing at Chai Hang with her trembling hands, not knowing what to say.

Sure enough.

Yun Xi secretly thought that she had guessed correctly.

Before they summoned Chai Hang, Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan thought that this person was behind the scenes providing poison to Wu Quan and Zi Rou.

The motive behind Chai Hang's poisoning is unknown, but his master, King Yi, is behind the scenes.

But the existence of Zirou gave them two guesses. One was that Chai Hang hated Zirou's identity as a stain on his mother, and deliberately lured her to poison her in order to drag her down; the other was that Chai Hang and Zirou had a brother-sister relationship since they were children.

He even sympathized with Zirou's situation in his heart.

Chai Hang is the legitimate son of the family, and his mother has high hopes for a bright future. His status in the family is much higher than that of Zhi Zirou.

The strong pity the situation of the weak, and a friendship develops over time, and they are bound by blood and family ties, so they will inevitably protect each other, making it impossible for the government to open their mouths.

The first inference in the previous episode was overturned after the arrival of Chai Mu, and the "Palace Maid Zhuyue" disguised as Miss Xueming successfully deceived Chai Hang, who had never seen Zhuyue's true form.

The second confirmation was conclusive.

Lu Qingfan nodded falsely: "The Ministry of Punishment will send someone to take the corpse back later. I'll help you, Miss Zhuyue."

"I don't dare." "Girl Chasing the Moon" greeted her politely again, turned around and left.

Yun Xi pretended to be regretful and said: "Even though Guard Chai has a protective heart, he cannot match the power of the royal family. In the end, it was Miss Zirou who accepted everything."

Chai Hang could no longer restrain his upright posture, sat on the ground with his back hunched, and whispered: "Are you really dead?"

"You have been given 'one foot of red', and you will be rewarded only if you kill me." Lu Qingfan reminded him calmly: "Why don't you do it?"

Chai Hang said with a pale face: "I did give the poison to Zirou. It's not true that I poisoned the imperial concubine. We just wanted to poison that beast in Taiyuan without anyone noticing!"

Chai Hang was so angry that he punched the ground hard and his face became increasingly ugly.

The truth was finally revealed. Under repeated questioning by Lu Qingfan and Yun Xi, Chai Hang revealed the truth about how he and Zirou sold medicine to Wu Quan two or three years ago.

Not surprisingly, in Chai Hang's words, Tai Yuan was not as "generous and gentle" as Kuju said, but a coward with a small belly, full of sour and rotten odor, who could only beat his wife to vent her anger.

Zirou had been abused for several years and her body was damaged. She did not dare to propose divorce because the marriage was granted by the imperial concubine, so she committed suicide many times without success.

Finally, under her brother's persuasion, Zirou decided to fight back.

"The rest is just like what you just said." Chai Hang said with a pale face.

"'White Bone Incense' is a strange poison in southern Xinjiang. How did you get it?" Yun Xi once again asked the question that had been hidden in her heart for a long time.

Chai Hang was startled when he heard the words, "I really don't know that the poison is 'white bone incense'. I only know that if it is used, people will die suddenly without knowing it, and there will be no trace. This method was suggested by Master Liu, but he always

They have never had a hand in letting us brothers and sisters do anything..."

At this point, Chai Hang finally realized that he was afraid that he had become Liu Xiaogang's knife to eradicate his love rival!

Yun Xi was stunned when he heard this: "Is that so?"

She seemed to believe it, but in fact she saw Liu Xiaogang standing outside the door with a shocked look on his face.

"You're talking nonsense!"

Liu Xiaogang happened to hear what Chai Hang said and immediately rushed into the hall to confront Chai Hang.

Chai Hang was shocked and said: "You, when did you come?"

"When you said, 'These are Master Liu's suggestions,'" Lu Qingfan reminded with "kindness", but a burning cold light burst out in his eyes.

This dog-eat-dog situation is not surprising.

Chai Hang was surprised: "No, I..."

"It's obvious that you got the poison and asked Rourou and me to do what we did. I also deliberately lured Wu Quan into poisoning. Now you just push it away and let me and Rourou die for you?"

Yun Xi and Lu Qingfan never expected that Liu Xiaogang would be the most frustrated among them all!

If I had known that this guy was so easy to talk to, wouldn't it have been better to use him as a breakthrough first?!

"Didn't Rourou die as a reward from the royal concubine?" Chai Hang couldn't help but ask.

"How could it be? I just came out of the palace and I saw Rourou..."

Liu Xiaogang immediately shut up and looked at Lu Qingfan and his party above the main hall in horror.

Chai Hangyi realized that he had been tricked!

"You are so treacherous!" Chai Hang said angrily: "That is not the 'Zhu Yue' of Cheng Qian Palace."

Lu Qingfan narrowed his eyes and said calmly: "A soldier never tires of deceit."

Yun Xi smiled sheepishly and waved to "Palace Maid Zhuyue" who was hiding in the corner.

This person was none other than Miss Xueming, whom Yun Xi had found in advance.
Chapter completed!