[Through the Book] The ancestor only wants to live a long life

"You!" Princess Lingchuan was speechless for a moment.

Her initial plan was to capture the maid of Anyang County Lord on the charge of assassination. Although it would not cause any substantial harm to Anyang County Lord herself, it would greatly embarrass her. It was also a warning to the maids around her.

After all, the maidservant beside her actually dared to beat someone in public. Although it was the order from Anyang County Lady, it was still too unscrupulous.

But now, Princess Anyang actually tied herself to the assassin for the sake of a maid, and even put herself in the position of the mastermind!

That means that if they want to deal with the "assassin", they have to deal with her, the "mastermind", as well.

Just when Princess Lingchuan was at a loss for words, Xia Hongyang patted Princess Lingchuan's arm and said with a smile, "You are too kind, County Princess."

Princess Anyang looked at Xia Hongyang with a fake smile, but she didn't say anything. Anyway, she had made her attitude clear, and it was easier to dream of surpassing her.

Xia Hongyang was not annoyed, and tried to smooth things over by saying, "It's rare for Lingchuan to leave the palace, and he came to the Anguo Mansion today on a whim. I guess this is the first time the county lady has seen Lingchuan, right? It's a bit far-fetched to say that there was no grudge or enmity, but it's an assassination.

"Besides, with so many people present, I don't think the county lady's maid would be stupid enough to assassinate the princess in public."

As soon as Xia Hongyang finished speaking, Princess Lingchuan shouted in dissatisfaction: "Royal brother!"

Xia Hongyang turned his head and glared at her with stern eyes.

Princess Lingchuan's heart skipped a beat and she shut her mouth unwillingly for an instant, but the look she gave Princess Anyang was filled with anger.

"Since it is confirmed that the county lady's maid did not intend to assassinate, then why did she act just now? How could she cause Lingchuan to misunderstand?" Xia Hongyang looked at Anyang County Lady with a kind attitude, "Can you let the county lady's maid come out to explain?"

Princess Anyang frowned slightly and wanted to stop him, but Tingqin had already patted her hands gently and stood up from behind her.

"Your Highness, I just saw with my own eyes that the maidservant beside the princess secretly put something into our county lady's teacup when she was checking the tea. I was afraid that something would happen to the county lady, so I knocked the teacup out of her hand in a hurry."

Tingqin knelt on the ground and recounted what had just happened.

Xia Hongyang's face darkened slightly. "Did you see clearly? Someone did put drugs in the county lady's teacup?"

Tingqin said firmly: "I saw it clearly."

"Then did you see clearly who it was?" Xia Hongyang said sternly, "Point him out."

Tingqin looked up at the four palace maids beside Princess Lingchuan, identified them carefully, pointed at one of the palace maids with narrow eyes and said, "That's her."

The palace maid's face flashed a little panic, but she quickly calmed down. She walked out from behind Princess Lingchuan, knelt in front of Xia Hongyang, kowtowed, and said calmly: "Your Highness, I dare to swear on my life that I definitely did not put drugs in the county lady's teacup."

Xia Hongyang was also in a dilemma for a moment. One said that the drug was given, and the other said that the drug was not given.

At this moment, the wise old lady Zheng stepped forward and said, "Your Highness, let's test whether the drug was given or not."

As he spoke, he walked over to the broken pieces of the teacup that had fallen to the ground. Half of the cup was tilted on the ground, with a small amount of residual tea in it.

Old Madam Zheng took off the silver hairpin on her head, dipped it into the tea, and then looked at the hairpin quietly.

Everyone waited quietly.

Princess Anyang was also waiting with a serious expression.

Instead, Princess Lingchuan looked at Princess Anyang with a joking expression, as if the outcome was under her control.

Soon, Madam Zheng came to the conclusion, "Non-toxic."

As soon as the conclusion came out, the palace maid kneeling on the ground shouted loudly: "Your Highness, please give me justice! I have been with the princess for ten years, loyally and faithfully, and have never made any mistakes even in the palace. Now I have been falsely accused of poisoning. If the person who framed me is not severely punished, how can I serve the princess in the future? Please give me justice!"

Princess Lingchuan also said angrily: "Brother, you saw it too, didn't you? That lowly maid actually slandered my people for poisoning her master! Doesn't that mean I want to poison the county lady? How dare she slander the royal princess? It's outrageous!"

As soon as Princess Lingchuan finished speaking, everyone's expressions became strange.

Does this scene seem familiar?

Previously, Lady Anyang said that Princess Lingchuan’s accusation that her maidservant was an assassin was actually accusing her of being the mastermind.

Now, Princess Lingchuan said that Anyang County Lord’s maidservant slandered her palace maid for poisoning, which was a slander that she was trying to murder the county Lord.

Well, everyone was watching this farce and felt confused for a moment.

Xia Hongyang looked at the people involved and suddenly guessed Lingchuan's plan.

Maybe she did put something in the teacup, but it was definitely not poison. Of course, it is also possible that she did not put anything in the teacup, but just asked the palace maid to put the poison in the teacup, deliberately causing the county lady's maid to misunderstand and induce her to behave improperly.

Now that it has been confirmed that there is no poison in the tea, the county lord's maid may not be able to escape the charges of slandering the princess, inappropriate words and deeds, and disrespect.

Even though he had guessed the truth, Xia Hongyang was not going to expose it, as he still had to preserve the royal family's reputation. But he couldn't offend Anyang County Lord too much.

After thinking it over again and again, Xia Hongyang finally said, "Since this is just a misunderstanding, let's just make it a small matter."

He had just started talking when he saw Princess Lingchuan was about to change her expression. He did not delay and quickly said the rest of the words: "Since all the troubles were caused by the county lady's maid, I will make the decision and hand this maid over to Lingchuan for punishment. Lingchuan, you should not make it too difficult for her. After all, she is the county lady's personal maid."

Princess Lingchuan showed joy on her face and responded crisply: "Yes!"

The Princess of Anyang County had a gloomy expression on her face and shouted fiercely, "I don't agree!"

Xu Changping, who had been standing in the crowd and had been silent, suddenly said, "Wait!"

The three people spoke almost at the same time.

For a moment, all eyes fell on the three of them.

Princess Lingchuan, needless to say, got what she wanted at the moment, and couldn't hide her excitement. Her eyebrows were flying, and her eyes were full of provocation when she looked at Anyang County Lady!

The Princess of Anyang County looked at Xia Hongyang with sarcasm in her eyes and said boldly, "You are birds of a feather! I had changed my mind about you before. I thought you were upright and could really be impartial. But in the end... Haha! You are still a scumbag!"

"Puchi!" A shrill laugh suddenly broke out from the silent crowd.

Everyone gasped and tried to find out who was laughing, but found nothing.

In the crowd, Rong Enqing bit his lips tightly and kept wiping his mouth, face, eyes and forehead with a handkerchief.

You can't blame her, she really couldn't help it.

Mrs. Yu, who was standing next to her, looked at Rong Enqing with a strange look on her face. The laughter just now was definitely from Mrs. Rong. She was standing next to her and heard it clearly.

You can’t believe that Madam Rong is so brave!