When Ding Yuan heard this, he kowtowed and said, "Prince and concubine, Guard Ye Qing has misunderstood! I don't want to run away."
Ye Qing sneered, "Then why did you pack your things and put on your slave's clothes?"
"The young one just wants to go out and give some things to his family and change into the clothes of a house slave... Yes, he doesn't want to dirty the clothes of the guards!"
Ye Qing curled his lips and said, "Smart and eloquent."
Sheng Niannian signaled Ye Qing not to waste time with him and asked directly, "Let me ask you, did you ask your maid Xiaoju to sprinkle medicinal powder on Ye Xuan's clothes?"
Ding Yuan's expression paused when he heard this, then his eyes flashed and he said, "Back to the princess, she is a slave."
Sheng Niannian smiled and admitted happily.
"That means you poisoned Ye Xuan."
Ding Yuan's eyes froze when he heard the word poison, and then returned to normal.
"Why did the princess say this? I just asked Xiaoju to help spread medicine on Ye Xuan's bodyguard, so why did he say he was poisoning."
Sheng Niannian stared at Ding Yuan with burning eyes, trying to find different emotions on Ding Yuan's face, but he concealed them very well.
She continued, "You asked Xiao Ju to sprinkle the powder on his clothes, which poisoned Ye Xuan and almost killed him."
"impossible!"
Ding Yuan immediately retorted, his expression a little uneasy, but not panicked.
He said, "The medicinal powder sent by the slave is to save people. It is definitely not poison. Xiaoju must have got it mixed up and sent it to the wrong person!"
Sheng Niannian pursed her lips. It seemed that Ding Yuan had already expected the confrontation and was ready to answer.
She raised her eyes and signaled the slave to let go of Xiaoju.
Sure enough, as soon as Xiaoju regained her freedom, she rushed directly to Ding Yuan, "Ding Yuan! How could you say that? It was obviously you who asked me to sprinkle the powder, how could you lie!"
Xiaoju was furious, so she went up and slapped Ding Yuan, but Ding Yuan blocked it and spoke plausibly.
"I asked you to help me spread the medicinal powder, but I didn't let you hurt Guard Ye Xuan. You mixed up the poisonous medicinal powder, but you still rely on me?!"
"I don't!"
Xiaoju shouted, and when she saw that she couldn't speak to Ding Yuan, she knelt down at Sheng Niannian's feet.
"Princess, I really just sprinkled the powder Ding Yuan gave me on my clothes. I didn't mix it up!"
Xiaoju cried so much that she had runny nose and tears. She was so pitiful that she wanted to break her head to prove her innocence.
Sheng Niannian felt a little uncomfortable, so she helped her and told her to calm down.
Sheng Niannian's intuition told her that Ding Yuan was lying.
Because when Xiao Ju heard Sheng Niannian say that there was medicinal powder on Ye Xuan's clothes, there was indeed no panic in Xiaoju's subconscious reaction, and there was even a faint expectation, as if she was waiting for Sheng Niannian to praise her.
Coupled with Ding Yuan's behavior of changing clothes and leaving the house in the middle of the night, he is naturally the most suspicious.
The fact that he is still insisting on not letting go probably means that he is sure that Sheng Niannian has no evidence.
Then she will give him evidence.
"Ye Qing, come here for a moment."
She quietly called Ye Qing, but before taking action, Ye Qing turned his attention to Ye Wuyuan.
Obviously he was looking at his prince's intentions.
Ye Wuyuan said nothing, but he saw the light in Sheng Niannian's eyes and knew that she was very confident.
Somehow, Ye Wuyuan felt confident.
Even though everything is still a mystery now, seeing Sheng Niannian's look, he just believed that she would make the truth come out.
He nodded slightly.
Ye Qing quickly walked up to Sheng Niannian and asked, "What are your orders, Princess?"
"If you help me get something, I can tell which one of them is lying."
Ye Qing's eyes flashed with surprise when he heard this, then he nodded, took the order and went out.
Ye Wuyuan narrowed his eyes and asked in a low voice: "What are you going to do?"
Sheng Niannian smiled brightly at him and answered the question: "Would you like to see a good show? Just be patient and don't be impatient."
Ye Wuyuan originally wanted to ask again, but when he saw Sheng Niannian's smile, he was startled and forgot what he originally wanted to say.
She is no longer as ugly as she remembered, she has become bright and pretty, and her every move is eye-catching.
But he rarely smiles at him...
The moment Sheng Niannian looked back, the corners of her raised mouth fell down.
If Ye Wuyuan had just taken a closer look, he would have been able to see how smiling she was.
Ding Yuan and Xiao Ju didn't know what Sheng Niannian was up to. They only heard that she had a way to distinguish between true and false.
A flash of panic flashed in Ding Yuan's eyes, but this flash of expression fell into Ye Wuyuan's hawk-like eyes. His fingers moved slightly, but he said nothing.
Sheng Niannian's tone was slightly raised, and her eyes were constantly looking at the two people, "Since you both insist on your own opinions, I have a way to identify whether what you say is true or false."
She smiled, her eyes full of inquiry, "I just don't know if you dare to prove your innocence."
Xiaoju lowered her head when she heard this, pressed her lower lip and finally made up her mind.
"My slave is willing!"
Sheng Niannian nodded with satisfaction, it seemed that his judgment was correct.
She looked at Ding Yuan again, "What about you?"
Ding Yuan lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then raised his eyes to look at Xiao Ju who was full of anger, and said, "Slave, I am willing."
"Okay." Sheng Niannian raised her eyebrows slightly and smiled brightly when she saw Ye Qing coming back with something, "This medicinal powder comes from the Western Regions and has very unique properties. Anyone who touches it will have it on their hands, and water will not
It can be easily washed off and will disappear automatically after three days. However, the powder is colorless and odorless, so special methods must be used to verify it."
She glanced at Ye Wuyuan, turned her head and said to the two of them, "In other words, if both of your hands are contaminated with medicinal powder, then Ding Yuan is lying. It was indeed Ding Yuan who gave the poisonous powder to Xiao Ju.
of."
On the other hand, if only Xiaoju's hand was stained with medicinal powder, it would follow Ding Yuan's theory that she had mixed up the medicine.
As she said that, she narrowed her eyes and observed the two people specifically. Xiaoju was just curious to check if there were any marks on her hands.
Ding Yuan, on the other hand, curled up his palms and put them behind his back, not even looking at them.
At this time, Ye Qing had already placed two basins of rice water in front of the two of them.
Sheng Niannian continued, "Put your hands in this rice water. If your hands change color, it means you have touched the medicinal powder. You will know who is real and who is fake."
For the sake of her innocence, Xiaoju immediately dipped her hand into the rice water. Sure enough, when she took it out again, the area where it had touched the powder turned purple.
"It really changes color." Xiaoju looked at her blue and purple hands and exclaimed in disbelief.
Ye Wuyuan, who had been watching everything, had a hint of surprise in his dark eyes.
On the other side, Ding Yuan just stared at Mi Shui, sweat dripping from his forehead unconsciously.
But he never dipped his hands into rice water.
The answer is clear at a glance.
Sheng Niannian curled her lips confidently, "Ding Yuan, putting your hand in will prove your innocence, why not do it?"
Ding Yuan did not raise his head, he still lowered his head, but his trembling lips and darting eyes betrayed his mentality at the moment.
"Aren't you telling the truth?"
Ding Yuan closed his eyes tightly and mustered up the courage to knock on the ground.
"My lord, spare my life, I was wrong!"
At this moment, everyone present understood that Ye Wuyuan's eyes were narrowed, and his whole body was exuding a violent aura.
"Damn it!"
Ye Wuyuan was so angry that the whole palace trembled.
Ding Yuan was trembling all over and knelt on the ground, kowtowing, "Your Majesty, have mercy on me... have mercy on me!"
Ye Wuyuan pulled out his sword and pointed it directly at Ding Yuan's throat. With just a little force, his blood would be splattered on the spot.