Ye Wuyuan's aura was fully activated, causing Ding Yuan to kneel on the spot and tremble, the fear in his heart overpowering everything else.
"Slave...slave..."
Ding Yuan was about to speak but stopped, his eyes moving back and forth aimlessly, as if something was entangled in his heart.
Seeing this, Ye Wuyuan raised the tip of his sword forward, and blood suddenly spurted out from Ding Yuan's neck.
The pain made him scream, and his whole body seemed to be stunned.
Ye Wuyuan said slowly in a tone that was colder than hell: "To do such a sinister thing in the palace, and to try to hide it from the public... Hehe, I have ten thousand ways to make your life worse than death."
The ruthless voice echoed in the yard, and Ding Yuan closed his eyes in despair, as if he had seen his own miserable situation.
But even so, he still gritted his teeth and said nothing.
Ye Wuyuan lost all his patience. He was about to raise his sword and chop off his arm first, but was interrupted by Sheng Niannian.
"Wait a minute, let me ask him a few words."
Ye Wuyuan raised his eyebrows in acquiescence.
Sheng Niannian came to Ding Yuan and spoke in a calm tone.
"Ding Yuan, you are illiterate and a rough man. How could you know that Hong Yan Zui can have a violent reaction with my medicine?"
Ding Yuan said with a trembling voice: "I just... went to the pharmacy and asked. The owner of the pharmacy bought it for me."
"Oh!"
Sheng Niannian couldn't help but sneered, "Ding Yuan, at this point, you still plan to hide it for the mastermind behind the scenes?"
Ding Yuan's lips were still white and pursed tightly.
"What? Is what I said wrong?" She walked towards Ding Yuan and slowly circled around him, "Hongyanzui is one of the ingredients of dyes from the Western Regions. How can you buy it in a prescription?!"
Ding Yuan looked shocked when he heard this. He...he didn't know...really didn't know.
Ye Wuyuan lowered his eyes and looked at Sheng Niannian. What she said made sense.
A gatekeeper would not think of such a complicated method to assassinate someone.
Sheng Niannian put away her sharp eyes and patiently tried to persuade Ding Yuan to tell the truth.
She could probably guess who was behind it.
But she has no evidence now.
Behind all this, who has the vested interests and who is the mastermind behind the scenes.
At the moment, Ding Yuan is the only one who has a chance to break through. No matter whether she can find out or not, she must give it a try.
Xiaoju proved her innocence in this matter, but listening to Sheng Niannian's words and her understanding of Ding Yuan, I'm afraid he had some difficulties.
She shouted at Ding Yuan, "Ding Yuan, please speak! If you are being deceived, tell the princess and ask her to help you!"
Ding Yuan half-closed his eyes and remained unmoved.
Xiao Ju added, "You poisoned guard Ye Xuan. The prince will not forgive your sin. Don't you even care about your mother?"
Ding Yuan seemed a little moved when he mentioned his mother.
He pursed his lips tightly, his eyes full of hesitation.
Of course, this slight hesitation did not escape Sheng Niannian's eyes.
She glanced sideways at Ye Wuyuan, who looked gloomy.
The policy has been gentle until now, and now it’s time to get a little tougher.
She sighed and said, "Ding Yuan, you have seen how angry the prince is now. You don't care about your life. It doesn't matter. But if you die and the prince wants to anger your family, I can't control it...
"
Ding Yuan was shocked: "Princess! I..."
At this time, Ye Wuyuan suddenly said loudly: "Ding Yuan's crime is unforgivable and he must be punished according to law for murdering human lives!"
As soon as he finished speaking, several servants came towards Ding Yuan.
Ding Yuan was shaking like chaff.
This is completely different from what that person told him back then!
That man said it could save his life!
But……
Ding Yuan was so distraught that he cried: "Your Majesty, please spare my life! Your Majesty, please spare my life!"
Sheng Niannian also cooperated with Ye Wuyuan and shouted anxiously, "You still haven't said anything until now?"
"Slave, slave..."
After being forced to this point with both soft and hard tactics, if Ding Yuan had been bribed, why would he have told the truth?
Ding Yuan gritted his teeth and was about to open his mouth as if he had made up his mind.
But at this moment, he caught a glimpse of a figure standing outside the yard.
The figure disappeared in an instant, and no one in the courtyard noticed it.
The figure appeared at the entrance of the hospital at the right time and fell directly into Ding Yuan's eyes.
His expression suddenly paused, his body froze in place, and an idea suddenly came to his mind.
No, I can't say.
For the sake of my mother’s life, I can’t even say that I’ll beat him to death!
Sheng Niannian keenly noticed the change in Ding Yuan's expression.
What did he see that made him so frightened?
She looked in the direction where Ding Yuan's gaze had been fixed just now.
The courtyard gate was empty and there was no one around.
Sure enough, Ding Yuan changed his tune in an instant.
"Your Majesty, all this was done by slaves. If you want to kill or behead me... please do as you please."
Sheng Niannian was surprised and frowned.
What's going on?
Ding Yuan was clearly about to speak just now, but now he said such words!
Sheng Niannian pursed her thin lips tightly, trying to recall Ding Yuan's behavior just now.
For a moment, he seemed to have seen something terrible, and then he changed his mind.
Could it be that Ding Yuan was not bribed but threatened?
Sheng Niannian suddenly understood and stared at Ding Yuan who was kneeling on the ground.
Ye Wuyuan snorted coldly and asked, "You, a gatekeeper, have no grudge against Ye Xuan?"
Ding Yuan took a deep breath and said, "I want to become your personal bodyguard, but Ye Xuan and Ye Qing are too powerful. I can't compete with him. If I want to become a leader, I have to die. Ye Xuan is injured this time, so for me,
Talking is the best opportunity!”
Xiaoju, the maid who had been silent all the time, heard Ding Yuan's words and shook her head in disbelief.
"Are you crazy? Why do you have such thoughts? You are not usually like this!"
Xiaoju's words further strengthened Sheng Niannian's thoughts.
She found a loophole in Ding Yuan's logic and asked him, "Ding Yuan, since you hate Ye Xuan yourself, why didn't you poison Ye Xuan when he was in danger at the beginning of his injury, but only took action when Ye Xuan was almost healed?"
, this is not guaranteed to be foolproof at all, is it?"
Ye Wuyuan raised his eyebrows when he heard this. Sheng Niannian was right, if he just wanted Ye Xuan to die.
There was no need to wait until she had almost cured Ye Xuan. She only needed to make some moves when Ye Xuan was seriously ill.
Ding Yuan obviously had not thought about this series of logical questions. He was stunned for a moment and began to think about how to answer.
"Because of me, because..."
"Because the person behind you asked you to do it, and the purpose was to put the blame on me."
As Sheng Niannian spoke, her eyes glanced disdainfully at Ye Wuyuan aside.
The latter had a condensed look on his face and glanced away with dark eyes.
Thinking of the first time he grabbed Sheng Niannian and questioned her harshly, if she hadn't tried hard to find out the clues, he might have thought that Ye Xuan's incident was her fault.
The person who planned this incident knew his temperament very well.
Sheng Niannian raised a sneer at the corner of his mouth. For such an obvious thing, had he never thought of this aspect?
It's no wonder that Ye Wuyuan has always hated her so much that any bad thing can happen to her.
Sheng Niannian approached Ding Yuan, bent down and looked directly into Ding Yuan's eyes, her lips opened and closed, and her tone was determined.
"Ding Yuan, have you been threatened?"
It is an affirmative sentence, not a question.
When Ding Yuan heard this, his pupils trembled, and the frail figure of his mother came to his mind. He quickly gritted his teeth and avoided Sheng Niannian's sight.
"No."
These words were obviously not as solemn and decisive as the previous words.
The smile on Sheng Niannian's lips deepened, and the light in her eyes seemed to be able to see through people's hearts.
"If so, I will be clear to the prince and ask him to help you."
As she said that, she came closer and said, "Besides, Ye Xuan is not dead. He has saved his life. You made a mistake after being threatened. It is not unforgivable."
Ding Yuan lowered his eyelids and lowered his voice and said, "How can I trust the princess?"
Sheng Niannian said calmly, "Is the person who threatens you more powerful than the prince? If you tell the truth, the prince will naturally protect you."