Everyone in the hall looked at Hua Suyi. The girl's brocade dress was as white as snow, as pure as an elf in the mountains.
However, when Dujuan vomited blood and collapsed, but his eyes were still directed towards her, most people present had already made a decision.
It would really make sense if the person who set up the situation was Hua Suyi, the fifth daughter of the Hua family.
After all, the fact that the other party is extremely skillful is not a secret in Great Yanjing City.
Coupled with the complicated relationship between the Hua family, the Wang family, and the Xiao family, they would indeed gain a lot of benefits if this matter came to fruition.
Ever since, the Queen Mother Hua, who had been silent for a while, finally spoke.
"This slave is full of nonsense. She is clearly trying to survive by biting her randomly! My concubine, you won't believe this plan to sow discord, right?"
At this moment, the situation in the field was very unfavorable for them. Du Juan's sudden death was both good and bad. The good thing was that there was no evidence of his death, and the bad thing was that Hua Suyi was suspected.
Now she must stabilize Xiao Xiruo and not let the situation continue to escalate.
However, when faced with her inquiry, Xiao Xiruo hesitated for the first time.
Because even Xiao Xiruo himself did not expect that the cuckoo in front of him would suddenly fall.
After all, she is a book wearer, and her acceptance of death is not very high. She will be afraid, confused, and will immediately look at Bai Zhi who just touched the cuckoo.
But Bai Zhi gave her only a calm look.
Xiao Xiruo understood.
This is to reassure her.
Obviously, Du Juan was not taken away by the Hua family when they realized the danger, but Bai Zhi seized the opportunity to kill her in front of everyone.
It's just that the opponent's method is strange, and he probably used poisonous techniques, so even if most people present could see it, they would think it was the Hua family.
After all, when Du Juan was dying, the person she looked at was Hua Suyi, whom she hated the most.
Although it was horrifying to see Dujuan die in front of her eyes, Xiao Xiruo still accepted this step to drain the fire.
"To tell you what the Queen Mother is saying, let the Division of Punishment investigate this matter."
After taking a slow breath, Xiao Xiruo finally said with a white face.
Although she knew that the Criminal Investigation Department could not find anything, she still had to show some suspicion.
In response, Queen Mother Hua's expression really changed.
She can indeed protect Hua Suyi to death. As long as they pretend to be stupid, no one else will have evidence.
However, this incident still hurt the Hua family...
Just because you don't admit it doesn't mean you haven't done it.
This matter may appear innocent, but it cannot be hidden from the eyes of smart people.
Now that Xiao Xiruo is on guard against them, the Wang family may give up the alliance with them. In short, it will be a big loss if they steal the chicken but lose the rice!
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Half an hour later, the New Year's Eve family dinner broke up unhappy.
Concubine Wang Shu was completely out of danger and was carried back to Zhongcui Palace by Ming Cui.
The moment she learned the truth, her eyes turned red with anger.
No matter how stupid she is, she still remembers the time when the Queen made her disgust Xiao Xiruo on the way to the Plum Blossom Appreciation Banquet, and how Hua Suyi taught her how to torture Du Juan...
After all, she was a young lady who grew up in a deep house. She didn't understand the dirty tricks in the backyard at the time, but she should understand now.
Isn't this just to sow discord between her and Xiao Xiruo, making them fall into a trap in a tit-for-tat confrontation?
There is also the humble maid named Du Juan. Concubine Wang Shu only found out from the two slaves that she had met Hua Suyi several days ago.
At that time, Du Juan was kneeling down as punishment, and Hua Suyi seemed to be chatting with her about something.
It's a pity that the two slaves only looked at it from a distance and didn't hear anything substantial...
What made Wang Shufei heartbroken the most was that the person who rescued her was actually Xiao Xiruo.
That sick young man Xiao Xiruo whom she targeted at every turn and thought he came from a remote area...
In response to this, Xiao Xiruo, who received huge negative emotions from her, said that it was worth it.
Just one New Year's Eve family banquet created negative income of more than 100,000 yuan for her. Moreover, these negative emotions continued to arise and did not disappear just because the banquet was over.
If she continues to grow at this rate, she may be able to break through the 200,000 mark tomorrow.
However, she was excited, but Xue Xue and others who returned to Changle Palace were confused.
As the two chief stewards of Changle Palace, Xue Xue and Xi Yang would be lying if they said they did not blame themselves.
One of them was too big-hearted to notice such a big thing, while the other felt the same pain as Du Juan, so he neglected to pay attention.
It's a good thing now that such a big mess has happened...
Seeing the disappointment on their faces, Xiao Xiruo couldn't help but patted their shoulders and said:
"One of you is not good at acting, and the other is involved with the Queen Mother. Apart from adding more trouble to this palace, is there any point in telling you?"
Snowfall: "?"
Xi Yang: "?"
In response to this, Bai Zhipi on the side smiled but didn't smile.
My dear, empress, you really hit the nail on the head, and you have perfected the "heart-piercing" technique you mentioned...
Speaking of which, she can now be considered the empress's disciple.
After all, after returning from the plum blossom viewing that day, the empress discovered her "exquisite muscles and bones" and told her that irritating people also requires skills.
As the saying goes, in order for a person to perish, he must first expand.
So she saw that the imperial concubine was letting her work go as far as possible, stepping into the trap every time. Her outstanding acting skills made it impossible to tell that she had any thought at all.
But what about actually?
The empress asked her to change the poison, and when she met Du Juan, she knew that he had malicious intentions towards her.
According to this "unreliable" empress, she named the cuckoo Dujuan because it has a meaning called restraint of desire.
Bai Zhi didn't understand, but she witnessed the crazy expansion of Queen Mother Hua, Hua Suyi, Du Juan and others today.
Falling from the heights of success to the hell of failure makes you very angry just thinking about it.
"I am feeling unwell and will be bedridden in the past few days. So Xi Yang, please take the time to tell the Queen Mother and the others tomorrow. I have no time to pursue today's matter."
Leaning in front of Ruan Ta, Xiao Xiruo waved to Bai Zhi and said to Xi Yang.
Rather than letting Queen Mother Hua protect her sweethearts like an old hen, she might as well let them relax their vigilance earlier and continue with their plans in the original plot.
There is no such thing as the Xiaonian Family Banquet in the original book, so what happened today is obviously a new plot for her.
In other words, the complete break between Feng Wuyan and the Queen Mother Hua should be after the New Year's Eve dinner and before the New Year's Eve banquet...
It only lasted about six or seven days, and she was bedridden according to the plot of the original book. Let's wait and see.
Thinking of this, she took out another Shiquan Dabu Pill and signaled Xi Yang to put it away. She would look for opportunities to show her courtesy in front of the Queen Mother in the past few days.
Now that the Hua family has failed, it is a good time for him to completely break into the Hua family.
Xi Yang happily accepted the order, saying that he would live up to his mother's trust.
At the same time, Bai Zhi, who was squatting with her back to Xiao Xiruo, also noticed the changes on the back of her neck.
The empress seemed to be applying medicine to her. The ice-cold medicine was seeping into her skin that was tattooed with owl patterns, making her feel trembling all over.
The empress said this was a reward for her.
She didn't understand.
Until she returned to the room and saw the white and smooth back of her neck in the mirror with no owl lines anymore... This chapter has been completed!