Revenge of the First Daughter - Chapter 101

Chapter 101 Save A Life
When Yun Xiao saw this, the corners of her mouth curled up slightly before she continued, “I wonder what Imperial Concubine Hua thinks?”

Imperial Concubine Hua’s hands were tightly clenched together. If one really wanted to investigate, the blood left behind by Zhou Jingyan would naturally not escape the gazes of the crowd. As one of Zhou Jingyan’s people, she had to protect Zhou Jingyan’s face at all times.

Imperial Concubine Hua’s eyes shone brightly. Just now, she had been so aggressive. Now, if she withdrew herself, she would be slapping herself in the face in front of everyone. How could she be willing to do that? “Alright, Miss Xiao’s suggestion is not bad. If we can find the murderer, Miss Xiao will have made a great contribution today.”

Yun Xiao curtsied, her face flushed red and her forehead was covered in cold sweat. Obviously, she had been tortured to death by the love medicine Rong Jin had given her. However, she had been using her fingernails to stab into her palm, reminding herself to wake up with a slight pain.

Even so, Everyone could still see that, How much pain was Yun Xiao enduring at this moment? However, Yun Xiao directly ignored all kinds of gazes. “Imperial Concubine Hua praises me too much. I just did what I should have done.” After she finished speaking, she looked at the two trembling eunuchs. “These two people are of low status, but they also have two lives. Imperial Concubine Hua, please let them go easy on me.”

Imperial Concubine Hua wished that someone could immediately dismember the two of them into ten thousand pieces, but at this moment, she could only endure. “Death is avoidable, and death is inevitable. Since Miss Xiao pleads for mercy for you, then I will punish you with half a year’s salary,” said Imperial Concubine Hua.

Half a year’s salary in exchange for a life was also worth it, so the two eunuchs immediately knelt down and thanked him, “This servant thanks Imperial Concubine Hua, thank Miss Xiao.”

At this time, the imperial physician had already gone to the pavilion to examine the blood stains on the ground. From time to time, he touched this place, and from time to time, he felt for other blood. County Head Huining, Yunxiao, and Hua Fei stared in that direction at the same time.

Before anyone could wait too long, the imperial physician walked over again and said respectfully, “Reporting to Your Highness, there is indeed blood in this blood!”

These words immediately attracted the attention of many people. They didn’t expect that there was actually blood here! Then this murderer must be the one who bled here.

The corner of Yun Xiao’s mouth slightly raised, and a trace of mockery arose in the depths of her eyes. “Since that’s the case, Imperial Concubine Hua only needs to have someone examine who has wounds on her body, or who seeks medical treatment at the imperial physician’s office, then she can follow the vine and find the murderer behind it.”

Once these words were spoken, many people already agreed. Although the palace was large, there was no way to hide who was injured. If one wanted to find this person, it would be easy to say it, but it would be difficult to say it was difficult.

Yun Xiao saw that everyone’s gazes carried a trace of approval. She smiled and stretched out her bandaged hand. “Today, on the way into the palace, I didn’t fall. My wound was bandaged in the Empress Dowager’s Hundred Thousand Blessings Palace. After that, I came here. The wound has been bandaged for so long. Obviously, it will congeal blood. I need to trouble the imperial physician to verify it first.”

County princess Hui Ning wanted to point out that there was a wound on her hand, but she didn’t expect that she would say it herself. The imperial physician walked up to Yun Xiao at the gesture of Prince Zhou Jingchen and examined her wound. It was already scabbed. “Reporting to Prince, Miss Xiao’s wound is already scabbed. The wound is very small, and there won’t be so much blood flowing out. So Miss Xiao is not the murderer.”

Imperial Concubine Hua said, Only then did she look at Yun Xiao. Her eyes narrowed slightly. There was a faint sense of vigilance in the depths of her eyes. She did not expect that this woman had first acted weakly when she first appeared, but now it was abnormal. In just a few words, the situation was reversed. All the bad things that happened to her were reversed, and she was also a character.

At this moment, Zhou Chongyu also looked at Yun Xiao. However, when he saw the woman’s face, he frowned slightly. This shyness and self-confidence in his expression gave him a unique feeling.

On the other side, Zhou Jingchen had been focusing his gaze on Yun Xiao. He was unconsciously attracted by the way this woman spoke and the low-key confidence on her face. Unknowingly, she remembered the woman she met in Yun Lai Restaurant again, and her gaze carried a faint inquiry.

County princess Huining looked at Yun Xiao, who had infinite scenery. A wisp of hatred flashed through the depths of her eyes. She did not expect that the woman who wanted to borrow other people’s power would have such a dazzling expression at this time.

When she saw everyone looking at Yun Xiao in unison, her hatred grew even stronger, and she even wanted to kill her at this moment! Even though she had just proved her innocence, she had also proved her innocence.

Yun Xiao directly ignored everyone’s line of sight. The faint smile at the corner of her mouth made people feel as if they were bathed in spring breeze.

Imperial Concubine Hua frowned and said directly, “Someone, search for the injured here.”

In order to get rid of the dislike, everyone was quickly investigated. However, there were no wounds on everyone’s body. Imperial Concubine Hua looked at Yun Xiao again, “May I know what other ideas Miss Xiao has?”

Yun Xiao naturally knew who the murderer was. It was obviously impossible for her to find Zhou Jingyan just because of a pair of mandarin ducks. However, even so, she still wanted to make Imperial Concubine Hua bleed profusely!

“Imperial Concubine Hua, the palace maids behind you have yet to be investigated.”

One word caused a thousand waves. Everyone lowered their heads in fear. They were deeply afraid that Concubine Hua would be implicated in Xiao Yuqi’s punishment because of this sentence. Most of them lowered their heads at this moment.

Hua Fei’s expression was a little ugly, but she still had to maintain her image in front of others. The angrier she was, the sweeter she smiled. She said meaningfully, “Miss Xiao really thought it through. Since that’s the case, then check it out.”

When Imperial Concubine Hua said this, a palace maid behind her lightly swayed and fainted, attracting the attention of many people.

Imperial Concubine Hua’s expression was slightly cold as she calmly frowned. Then, she looked at Yun Xiao, who was standing at the side. For some unknown reason, at this moment, there was a trace of a bad feeling in her heart.

The imperial physician immediately came to check, However, when the imperial physician walked in front of the palace maid, his expression changed slightly. However, he still took a pulse for her first. Then, he asked the palace maid to pull open her sleeves. He saw a wound on the palace maid’s arm that was lying on the ground. The wound was tied with a handkerchief, but there was a trace of blood on the handkerchief.

However, the imperial physician did not stop and directly instructed the palace maid, “Search her body.”

The palace maid looked at Hua Fei. Hua Fei’s expression was very embarrassed, but she still nodded in the end. The palace maid quickly searched her body and found a small medicine bag at her waist. The imperial physician went over and dipped her hand into it. She tasted it and her expression changed slightly. “Reporting to Imperial Concubine Hua, this medicine is actually the same medicine as Miss Xiao and Mandarin Yang Gou’er’s.”

Imperial Concubine Hua’s expression was extremely ugly at this moment. She trusted the palace maid who had fallen to the ground. She narrowed her eyes slightly and wanted to figure out what was going on. “Wake up the warm spring water!”

With a handful of cold water, Nuan Chun came to her senses. She saw that everyone was looking at her with suspicion. Seeing Hua Fei’s expression, she felt that it was wrong. She thought of the wounds on her body, and her heart was a little strange. She still did not know why she had suddenly fainted.

Before he could plead for mercy, he heard Imperial Concubine Hua’s voice carrying an indescribable coldness, “Nuan Chun, tell me about the wounds on your body. This bag has the same medicinal effect as Yuan Yang Gou’er’s. What’s going on with love medicine?”

Nuan Chun looked at the medicine bag in Nuan Xia’s hand with surprise. His expression changed slightly and he immediately knelt down. “Imperial Concubine Hua, this servant doesn’t know how this medicine bag reached this servant. The wound on this servant’s arm was scratched by a tree branch when she went back to retrieve the zither for Imperial Concubine Hua. It really wasn’t this servant who killed Yuan Yang Gou’er. I beg for imperial Concubine’s advice.” When she returned today, She didn’t know why, but she was actually cut by a branch. It was just a branch. Originally, it didn’t hurt much, but she didn’t expect the branch to be extremely sharp. It left an extremely deep wound on her arm. She was afraid that Imperial Concubine Hua would punish her, so she hurriedly went back to change her clothes before returning. Could it be that someone had hidden the medicine on her clothes long ago?

“If you can’t prove where this medicine bag came from, you’re the murderer!” At this moment, a trace of killing intent appeared in Concubine Hua’s eyes. This matter really had to end alone. Now that Nuan Chun had just been injured, he had found the medicine pack. He was the most suitable candidate.

Nuan Chun stayed by Hua Fei’s side all year round. She naturally understood what she meant. Her heart trembled slightly, and her gaze became more timid and wandering. Immediately after, her gaze became firm. Her family’s life was in the hands of Third Prince Zhou Jingyan, threatening her. She served Hua Fei well and spread the news of Hua Fei’s side out of the imperial palace.

Now, Zhou Jingyan was in Imperial Concubine Hua’s palace, and he was injured again. His trip was to take the blame for Zhou Jingyan. If he did not comply with Imperial Concubine Hua’s wishes, he would probably not be able to save the lives of his family.

For the sake of the safety of her family, she had to gamble her life this time!

She knelt down respectfully, He said angrily, “Please spare my life, This was indeed done by this servant, Mandarin Yang Gou’er had bitten this servant more than once in the palace, This servant already harbored a grudge in her heart. “This time, I also heard the palace maid who served the snowball say that she wanted to bring Mandarin Yang Gou’er out to forget the wind. This servant dared to put the medicine in the pavilion’s incense burner without anyone noticing. I didn’t expect that this servant would harm Miss Xiao. This servant made a big mistake. I don’t beg the Empress to let this servant go. I only beg the Empress to let this servant’s family go. Even if this servant dies, I will be grateful to the Empress.”

Imperial Concubine Hua’s gaze was filled with admiration when she heard this. However, this Nuan Chun was someone Zhou Jingyan had given her. She had always been relieved. It was really painful for her to take the blame this time!

Imperial Concubine Hua gave Nuan Chun a look. Nuan Chun closed his eyes and kowtowed on the ground. “This servant knows that she has sinned deeply. I only beg the Empress to bypass this servant’s family. This servant would rather die to apologize!” After she finished speaking, she stood up and crashed into a rock on the side.

Imperial Concubine Hua pretended to open her eyes wide, “Hurry up and stop her!”

However, she spoke too late. She saw Nuan Chun bumping into a rock, and a lot of blood flowed out from her forehead. She was already dead.

Yun Xiao snorted coldly. Although she was not satisfied with this result, she knew that this matter was about to end. The person who had lost Zhou Jingyan was not bad either.

This was only the beginning!