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"Poisoned?" Zhuque was a little surprised. "What kind of poison can be so poisonous? It can make a person's appearance become so ugly in such a short time."

As a person who has lived two lives, Song Wanning has seen more of the world than the two maids. She just looked at the two maids and said, "I heard that there is a poison in this world called Jealousy Fang, which will not take a person's life, but will make a person's appearance ugly and make the skin old. Now that Song Wanshi has become like this, it seems that she has been poisoned by this poison."

"How could there be such a vicious antidote in this world?" Cai Que was speechless. "But Miss Shi was fine, why did she take such a poison?"

"Why? I'm afraid she knows best." Song Wanning now guessed the whole story and said slowly, "This kind of poison is extremely hard to find nowadays. She suddenly came to my house to drink that day, and she must have poured this poison into the wine cup. Who would have thought that I had replaced the wine cup, and she swallowed the poison herself. Originally, the jealous Rongfang's reaction was slow, but unfortunately she used a full dose to make me ugly, and now it backfired on her."

Caique and Zhuque were shocked when they heard this, and shrank back towards Song Wanning in fear. Zhuque was so scared that she almost cried, "Girl, why don't we tell the master about this? It sounds too horrible. Who would have thought that the family we live with every day could be so cruel? If we continue to live with this family, we don't know what will happen."

Song Wanning now understands clearly, "I don't have any evidence at hand. If I rashly urge my father to split up the family and he agrees, my mother is still in the house. If it gets out, people will think that my father is arrogant and doesn't care about my stepmother's life or death because he has won military merit."

Caique responded and continued to ask, "Then girl, what should we do next?"

Song Wanning always sat upright, and now she spoke in a sonorous and powerful voice, "Counterattack, and my wedding is coming soon, and it will be even harder for them to attack me when I go to the Prime Minister's Mansion. Now I'm afraid that my good aunt will not let it go. I, Song Wanning, don't cause trouble, but I'm not afraid of it. If aunt still refuses to give in, don't blame me for being rude."

Zhuque and Caique responded in quick succession, and the three of them, master and servant, talked until late at night.

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The next morning, at the Prime Minister's Mansion.

When Lou Mengyun woke up from her dream, she saw that the bed was empty and the drunken prime minister had gone somewhere. She panicked and hurriedly put on a robe and pushed the door to see.

Who would have thought that as soon as he pushed the door open, he was caught by the guard outside. The guard shouted loudly, "Well, you assassin, you dare to come to the Prime Minister's Mansion to assassinate the Prime Minister, why don't you follow me to see the official."

"What do you mean by seeing an official?" Lou Mengyun was really confused now. He just looked at the two guards and explained in a low voice, "I drank too much last night and couldn't find where the wing room was. Who would have thought that the prime minister would..."

Before Lou Mengyun could finish her words, the guards from the Prime Minister's Mansion had already caught her, tied her up and stuffed a piece of rag in her mouth, leaving her no time to say what she wanted to say.

The guards were now certain, "Go see the officer, you assassin."

Lou Mengyun didn't know how things turned out like this, but she had no chance to defend herself and was taken to the Dali Temple. When Lou Mengyun opened her eyes again, she was already kneeling on the cold floor of the Dali Temple.

And Yin Yichen, who was drunk last night, was now sitting aside as if nothing had happened.

The Dali Temple official above him was called Qian Xingyu. He had always treated Yin Yichen like a mouse seeing a cat. Now that he had a case delivered to his doorstep, he felt his scalp tingling. He just forced a smile and looked at Yin Yichen and said, "Prime Minister, are you talking about this girl who assassinated you last night?"

"Yeah." Yin Yichen took a sip of tea leisurely, looking at Qian Xingyu who was sitting on top, and said, "I drank too much last night, and I was already unconscious when I came out of the palace. Who would have thought that this Miss Lou would borrow my carriage to leave the palace. Not only did she leave the palace, but she actually stayed at my mansion instead of returning home. My guards arranged a room for her, and this Miss Lou took advantage of the dead of night to come to my bedroom to assassinate me."

Yin Yichen sighed and said sadly, "I really couldn't imagine that something like this could happen. If I wasn't lucky, I would have died by now."

Qian Xingyu twitched his lips and asked as if it was a matter of routine, "Is there any physical evidence?"

"Yes." Yin Yichen waved his hand, and the guards brought up the physical evidence.

The physical evidence was a blood-stained mattress, which looked quite shocking. The other piece of evidence was a pair of blood-stained scissors.

Yin Yichen stood up and pointed at the mattress and the scissors with his hands, "This pair of scissors is Miss Lou's murder weapon, and the blood on this mattress is the blood that Miss Lou shed when she stabbed me."

Lou Mengyun knelt on the ground and kept shaking her head, but unfortunately no one came to see her.

"The guards in my Prime Minister's Mansion are all witnesses." Yin Yichen stood on the floor of the Dali Temple, which made Qian Xingyu very embarrassed. Qian Xingyu looked at Yin Yichen and said in surprise, "Let's not talk about why this girl assassinated the Prime Minister. Such a case can be handled by the county government. Why must she come to my Dali Temple?"

"This is what I'm going to say next."

Yin Yichen's face was cold as he spoke word by word, "I couldn't figure out why this good girl Lou wanted to assassinate me, but I asked my men to investigate and found out that she was inspired by her father, the Imperial Academy Reviewer Lou Jiacheng. Because I went to the Imperial Academy last month and scolded them for being disrespectful, Lou Jiacheng held a grudge against me and sent his good daughter to assassinate me."

Yin Yichen's eyes fell on Qian Xingyu who was sitting on top, and he spoke slowly, "Minister of the Dali Temple, although I am an official appointed by the court, I cannot stop someone from harboring hatred and plotting against me. You have to make the decision for me on this case. If your judgment is unfair, don't blame me for writing a petition to His Majesty."

Lou Mengyun, who was kneeling on the ground, had almost fainted. She didn't expect that such a thing would turn out to be told in Yin Yichen's mouth.

Lou Jiacheng is now over 40 years old but is still a minor official of the seventh rank. He saw that he would be promoted soon if he hooked up with Concubine Xian and Princess Xiangyu, but who would have thought that he would encounter such a catastrophic disaster.

Seeing this, Qian Xingyu had no choice but to handle the matter impartially. He looked at the officials below him and said, "Go, bring Lou Jiacheng here for trial."