The divine doctor's concubine emptied the palace and went into exile

what?

murder?

Zhang's face turned pale when she heard this, and she looked at Shang Ruoyi in horror: "I don't know what you are talking about."

"The person who gave you the poison has confessed, and you still refuse to admit it?" Shang Ruoyi pointed at Qiao Yanxin who was kneeling beside her and said, "Are you deliberately pretending to be at odds with us? Are you doing this for us to see?"

Qiao Yanxin knelt down and walked in front of Shang Ruoyi: "Sister-in-law, what I gave her was Jade Butterfly Powder, not Heartbreak Grass!"

Zhang looked at Qiao Yanxin in disbelief. The first person to see her that day was Qiao Yanxin? How could it be possible?

Didn't they say that person was the Crown Prince's man? How could it be Qiao Yanxin?

This little bitch actually colluded with the prince in secret! When she thought of her son's green hat, she wanted to go up and tear her apart.

"What is Jade Butterfly Powder? What is Heartbreak Grass? I don't know!"

Seeing that she refused to admit it, Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Second aunt, it doesn't matter if you don't admit it. Since you said that you didn't poison her, I will give you a chance to prove your innocence."

Zhang's expression eased slightly: "What opportunity?"

"Gelsemium elegans is different from other toxins. It does not change color when it comes into contact with water, but it turns yellow when it comes into contact with rice washing water. And for people who have come into contact with this toxin, the color on their hands cannot be washed off within three days. After three days, it will fade away on its own."

Zhang was shocked when she heard this, as she had never heard of this method of testing for poison. She clenched her fists and felt very nervous.

Not long after, Aunt Li brought over a bowl of rice washing water. Shang Ruoyi put her hand in it. When she took it out, her hand did not change color. She also put Qiao Yanxin's hand in, and it did not turn yellow either.

Until Zhang put her hand in it, in just an instant, the white rice water turned yellow.

Everyone was shocked when they saw this.

"Zhang! Are you crazy? Why did you poison us?" Lin walked forward and slapped her in the face: "No matter what, we are also a family. How could you be so evil?"

Zhang fell to the ground, looking at her hands that had turned yellow, and suddenly laughed out loud. Just when everyone thought she was really crazy, she looked at Lin viciously: "Family? What a joke! When did you treat me as a family member?"

She pushed aside the crowd and came to the old princess' bed: "This old woman has disliked me since the day I entered the palace. She is kind to you all, but to me, she doesn't say a word. Whenever she speaks to me, she speaks harshly. Just because my family background is not as good as yours, should I be treated unfairly like this?"

Qin looked at her crazy look, thought for a while, and finally said the secret that had been in her heart for many years: "Mother doesn't like you, not because of you, but because of He Ningan."

At this time, He Ning'an, who had heard that Zhang was taken to the He family, was about to come and question her when he heard Qin's words.

Is it because of him?

He Jinghe, who came with him, walked past him into the room and shouted angrily, "What do you mean?"

Qin sighed, looked at the unconscious old princess on the couch, and whispered, "I promised mother that I would keep this to myself forever, but I won't let you slander her like this today. Even if mother wakes up and blames me, I won't let you frame her like this."

Qin pointed at He Ning'an and said, "My second brother was not born by our mother at all, but by the prostitute that our father kept outside."

what?

These words were like a thunderclap exploding in everyone's ears.

How can it be?

He Ning'an was actually born to a prostitute?

"You're talking nonsense!" He Ning'an walked in quickly and said angrily, "You bitch, how dare you say such dirty words to me? I'll beat you to death!" After saying that, he raised his hand and was about to hit Qin.

He Jingheng's eyes turned fierce, and the dagger in his hand was about to fall out of his hand, when he heard He Ning'an scream. He looked closely and saw a very thick silver needle piercing his palm, and blood was gushing out.

"Where do you want to put your dirty hands?" Shang Ruoyi said in a deep voice: "Next time, the place where the silver needle will pierce will not be the palm, but your throat, or the center of your eyebrows."

Knowing her skills, no one doubted the truth of her words.

He Jinghe helped He Ning'an up, panting and looking at Shang Ruoyi: "You have such a cruel heart. My father is your elder after all, how could you hurt him? And my mother, how could you let people beat her like this? Qiao and I haven't divorced yet, she is still my wife, how could you execute her privately?"

He Jinghe thought he had found Shang Ruoyi's weakness: "I tell you, if you don't compensate us today, we will sue the government."

Everyone looked at his confident look and sneered.

The second young master of the He family is indeed a bit silly.

"Everyone present saw with their own eyes how your mother and your wife got their injuries. If you don't believe me, you can ask them if they got hurt by fighting each other."

At this time, the workers standing outside the door nodded: "The boss is right. The two of them started fighting because they had a disagreement."

He Jinghe choked, looked at the two people kneeling on the ground, gritted his teeth and said, "But is it true?"

Zhang nodded, acknowledging what was said.

"As for your father, he insulted my mother-in-law and even wanted to hit her. Was it wrong for me to do that? This was legitimate defense, so it is absolutely impossible for you to ask me for compensation."

He Ning'an was sweating from the pain, but he didn't care about the wound on his hand. He said fiercely: "Just wait, don't think that you can put that curse on me just because my mother is unconscious. How can I not be my mother's biological child? I am the prince of the Dingguo Palace! The second son!"

At this moment, the old princess lying on the couch slowly exhaled.

"Mom, you're awake."

Lin walked forward and found that the old princess was lying with clear eyes. She slowly closed her eyes and said, "I wanted to keep this secret forever in my stomach and take it into the coffin, so as not to tarnish the reputation of our Dingwang Palace. I didn't expect that I would fall to this point in this life. I might as well let you know!"

Lin wanted to help her up, but she waved her hand and reached out to Qin. Seeing this, Qin knelt beside her and said, "Mother."

"I don't blame you, help me up!" The old princess smiled and said, "Even if you don't say it, I will tell you sooner or later."

The old lady looked at He Ning'an's face, as if she saw again the woman who had made her feel uncomfortable all her life. He was too similar to his biological mother.

"You were born of a prostitute, there is no doubt about that."

what?

How can this be?

He Ning'an's steps were unsteady, and if He Jinghe hadn't supported him, he would have fallen to the ground.

"Your father raised you outside without telling me. Later, she gave birth to a son, and your father wanted to bring you and your son to the palace. But you should know that in Tianshun, the royal family will not allow the birth of a lowly child born to a prostitute. But I saw that you were still in your infancy and could not bear to kill you. It happened that I was about to give birth, so I told others that I was having twins and kept you. As for your mother, I gave her a cup of poisoned wine and threw her out of the palace."