He Ning'an didn't care about the pain in his palms after hearing this. Exposing his miserable life experience to the public was like a loud slap in his face.

"I don't believe it! I don't believe it!" He shouted loudly: "You are lying to me, you must be lying to me!" He is a dignified prince, how could he be born to a lowly person?

No one expected that the Dingwang Palace would have such a big secret. People outside began to discuss it in a low voice.

"I didn't expect it. I really didn't expect it!"

"It was born from a prostitute, and we don't know if it's the old prince's son!"

"It's already a good thing for him to be the prince for so many years. If it were me, I would have killed that bastard along with him."

In Tianshun, not to mention officials, even ordinary people would definitely look down on children born to prostitutes.

Hearing the contemptuous words outside, He Ning'an rushed to the door, picked up the broom beside the door, raised it high, and hit anyone he saw: "I told you not to talk nonsense! I told you not to talk nonsense! I'll beat you to death!"

Knowing his life story, everyone sneered, "Nonsense? We are not talking nonsense, this is what your old lady said herself! Those born of prostitutes are inferior, are we wrong?"

He Ning'an's forehead was bulging with veins: "No matter how inferior I am, I am still the master of Dingguo Palace. It is not your turn to talk nonsense here!"

"Master? Look at yourself now. It's not an exaggeration to say you are a beggar." An old lady sneered.

Zhang had already fallen to the ground in a daze.

She didn't know that He Ning'an had such a background. If she had known this, how could she have given up her lover and married him? Wasn't it just for the glory and reputation of the Dingwang Palace?

Now, not only has all the glory and wealth become fleeting, but even his reputation has been ruined!

She looked at He Ning'an and said angrily, "Divorce! I want a divorce!"

She stumbled to her feet and pointed at the old princess: "Your He family lied to me first, and now I want a divorce!"

The old princess nodded: "Okay."

After all, they are in the wrong.

"I can't take out my dowry, but my current situation is all caused by your He family. I want you to compensate me with one thousand taels of silver."

One thousand taels?

Is this Zhang crazy?

One thousand taels! Don't you even consider whether she is worth the price?

Shang Ruoyi smiled and said, "Zhang, I understand that you want silver as compensation, but one thousand taels, you seem to have overestimated your worth."

"Shut up! You have no right to speak here." Zhang was about to point her finger at Shang Ruoyi's nose, but when she thought of the injury she might suffer, she put her finger down and said, "Shang Ruoyi, don't think that you can make the decision just because you are the boss here. The He family deceived me, so they should compensate me for the money!"

"I heard before that you forced yourself into the Dingguo Palace, didn't you?" She had heard people talking about the second house a long time ago. Zhang had put a lot of thought into marrying herself in, and she had bewitched He Ning'an so much that he didn't want to eat or drink, and he would not marry anyone else but her.

When Zhang heard this, a look of embarrassment flashed across her face.

"So what? If I had known his background earlier, I would have become a nun rather than marry him! Now it doesn't matter what I say. Pay me some money and I want a divorce!"

Shang Ruoyi sneered: "Let's not talk about whether we can afford a thousand taels. Even if we can, you may not live to spend it." She pointed at Zhang's hand: "Don't forget, it's just a little bit away from someone's life."

Her words made Zhang feel as if she had fallen into an ice cellar, and she had forgotten about it.

At this moment, Zhao Junyi walked in with his men, pregnant with a big belly. "What's going on? I received a report that someone was killed here?"

When Zhao Junyi arrived, Zhang and Qiao Yanxin were so scared that they were shaking all over. Qiao Yanxin looked out the window vaguely until her eyes fell into a man's eyes. Looking at his cold eyes, Qiao Yanxin felt a chill all over her body.

"Sir, that vicious woman Zhang poisoned us and tried to kill us. Fortunately, the boss saw through it, otherwise none of us would have escaped!" Wang Erzhu stood up and said loudly, "Sir, you have to make the decision for us!"

Zhao Junyi frowned and said, "Zhang, is this true?"

Zhang was trembling all over. Everyone had witnessed the poisoning, and she couldn't deny it. Since she couldn't live, she had to take someone with her to die.

"My Lord, I am innocent!" She knelt down and crawled to Zhao Junyi's feet: "I was also instructed and deceived by someone!"

"Oh? Who ordered you to do that?"

Zhang pointed at Qiao Yanxin, who was also kneeling on the ground with a pale face, and said, "It was her! She ordered me to do this! My lord, I was deceived, my lord!"

Qiao Yanxin knelt on the ground. She shrank slightly when she heard Zhang's accusation. She lowered her head and said, "My lord, I did instruct her, but I didn't let her use the deadly poison Gelsemium elegans. I gave her Jade Butterfly Powder. She hated the He family so much that she wanted to poison them to death."

Zhang heard this and came up with a plan: "You are talking nonsense! What you gave me was clearly the Heartbreak Grass, but you said it was Jade Butterfly Powder to deceive me." Zhang shouted: "You little bitch, what is your intention?"

Shang Ruoyi smiled when she heard that. Zhang had managed to escape well.

Zhao Junyi looked at Zhang and then at Qiao Yanxin. They both held different opinions and for a moment he didn't know how to make a decision.

Shang Ruoyi stepped forward and said with a smile: "Master Zhao, no matter what kind of poison it is, there is irrefutable evidence that these two people poisoned our family. I wonder how to judge them?"

Zhao Junyi said in a deep voice: "They should be executed according to the law!" These two people actually committed crimes in his jurisdiction and did not take him seriously at all.

When Zhang heard that she was going to be beheaded, she was so scared that she fell to the ground.

"My Lord, please believe me, I really didn't give her the Heartbreak Grass." Qiao Yanxin could no longer support her body and knelt on the ground crookedly: "She poisoned the He family because she wanted to kill them."

At this moment, Shang Ruoyi walked up to her and asked in a low voice: "Jade Butterfly Powder, where did you get it?" This Jade Butterfly Powder is worth a fortune. If the Jade Butterfly Powder is taken, it will cause unbearable abdominal pain, but if it is used to apply on the face, it will make the skin on the face more tender and exude a jade-like luster.

It is the beauty product that many ladies dream of.

However, jade butterflies are hard to find, and it is difficult to buy them even with silver. Most of the jade butterfly powder is given to the ladies in the palace.

Qiao Yanxin was a princess of a very humble origin, not even qualified to enter the imperial palace, so it was absolutely impossible for her to get the Jade Butterfly Powder.

Therefore, this Jade Butterfly Powder must have come from someone in the palace, but as to why this poison that cannot kill people was used, she had no idea.

"Yes, yes, it's mine!" Qiao Yanxin said in a deep voice, "I hid it before I was exiled."

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