Under the gaze of Gu Shaoheng and everyone else, Yuzhu came over from the next room carrying a tray.

Dong Shuben was still in shock. When he saw Yuzhu holding the snacks, he immediately panicked and his pupils trembled as he watched Yuzhu put the snacks on the table.

Her whole body tensed up and her hands began to tremble involuntarily.

How is it possible, those cakes and tea...

She looked at Xie Tingwei behind Xie Jiusi, only to see his gloomy face, and her heart trembled suddenly.

When he looked up again and saw Su Yuejian's chuckle that didn't reach his eyes, he felt like something was strangling his neck, and uneasiness began to spread from the soles of his feet.

"What is this?" Gu Shaoheng asked with a frown as he saw Dongshu staring at the tea nervously.

Su Yuejian said, "This is a gift of apology from Dongshu's master. I didn't know who her master was then, but now I know it's Miss Gu."

Dong Shu suppressed her trembling voice and said, "I really didn't bring you any refreshments..."

Seeing her panic-stricken look, Lu Zhan had something in mind, except that it seemed like no one could testify for Yue'er.

"You have a bad memory, but you're not blind, are you?"

Dong Shu looked up in confusion, then followed Su Yuejian's gaze and saw the room full of butterflies, many of which landed on her hands and cuffs.

"Before you came to deliver the gift, I was making powder for catching butterflies." Su Yuejian chuckled, "It seems that when you offered me tea, the powder accidentally got on your hands."

"This scented powder is specially made by me. It is perfect for attracting butterflies."

Everyone watched the butterflies flying all over the room, but apart from landing on Su Yuejian's body and the wreath on Wang Qingyi's head, they never landed on anyone else.

Dongshu kept waving his hands, but he couldn't get rid of the butterflies.

"If you still can't remember, it's okay," Su Yuejian said. "Babaozhai's Peony Pastry is complicated to make and very popular. They only make ten servings a day. It's easy to find out who bought this pastry today."

When things got to this point, Gu Xiyue's face on the bed in the inner room turned pale as paper. Even if she was stupid, she understood.

Su Yuejian didn't fall into the trap from beginning to end!

Dong Shu was completely panicked, his body stiff and numb.

"As Master Gu wishes, I have clearly explained everything I knew from the time I entered this courtyard until I left. As for why Dongshu keeps saying he never brought me any refreshments, and what happened between Miss Gu and Master Xie, that is something you should investigate."

Su Yuejian's tone was cold, and she turned around and looked behind Xie Jiusi and said,

"Also, I never sent any letter to Master Xie. Master Xie is slandering me with empty words, and I will never give up!"

Su Yuejian looked up and met Xie Jiusi's gentle eyes, and their eyes met.

This was the first time Xie Jiusi saw Su Yuejian's coldness hidden under those bright and clear eyes, and his heart trembled.

He had never seen her look like this before.

Cold, aloof, and contemptuous of everything.

In just a moment, Su Yuejian withdrew his gaze with a cold expression.

Xie Jiusi turned to look at Xie Tingwei. Xie Tingwei knew from Su Yuejian's calm behavior just now that this matter had been expected by her.

He faced Xie Jiusi's angry gaze and changed his words.

"I received a message saying that Princess Minghua was looking for me. As to whether it was actually the Princess who sent the message to me, it remains to be verified."

Lu Zhan glanced at him coldly, "Mr. Xie has grown so much in vain, but his mouth is like a three-year-old child, and his words are as reckless as rain."

Xie Tingwei suppressed the resentment and humiliation in his heart and said, "I was inconsiderate and my words were offensive. I hope Lord Lu and the princess will forgive me."

Lu Zhan snorted coldly.

Please forgive me, do you really think that the people in the Duke's Mansion are easy to bully?

"Head of the family!" Gan He suddenly saw something and exclaimed in surprise.

Everyone followed Gan He's gaze and found that at some point, a few butterflies were attracted by the snacks on the table and flew over. They landed on them and stopped fluttering shortly thereafter.

Lu Zhan's face was so dark that ink could drip out of it. He shouted angrily, "How dare you, you wicked slave! How dare you poison the princess!"

"This..." Gu Shaoheng didn't know what was going on for a moment, and looked at Dong Shu who was kneeling on the ground trembling with fear.

"Tingfeng, arrest her and take her to Jingzhao Prefecture!"

Dong Shu saw that the truth had been revealed, cold sweat soaked his back, and he immediately begged for mercy, "No, Master Lu, I didn't poison it, it was just some drugs..."

"And..and..." Dong Shu looked at Su Yuejian.

And Su Yuejian clearly drank the tea!

Su Yuejian looked innocent, as if frightened, "Oh my God, there are drugs in here!"

Lu Zhan looked at her, and Su Yue saw that his eyes were misty, as if he was a little scared. "Third brother, luckily my lipstick is easy to fade away today. I only touched the cup of tea she offered me out of courtesy."

As he spoke, he took out a brocade handkerchief from his bosom, which contained a peony cake.

"I was thinking how kind this maid and young lady were to send me such a delicious pastry. When I went to catch butterflies, I specially took a piece and wrapped it up, thinking I could eat it when I was hungry."

When the ladies saw this, they all talked about it in whispers.

"Oh my god, Miss Gu put drugs in Princess Minghua's tea!"

"I haven't heard that Miss Gu and Princess Minghua have a feud?"

"Princess Minghua is still Gu Congyu's granddaughter in name only. Shouldn't she have a close relationship with the Gu family?"

Everyone was speculating at the moment. If Princess Minghua really used those snacks, and Xie Tingwei appeared here, it was obvious that someone was trying to frame Princess Minghua!

Xie Jiusi stared at the cake in Su Yuejian's hand with gloomy eyes.

"Mr. Gu, how do you explain this?" Lu Zhan questioned Gu Shaoheng with a dark face.

Gu Shaoheng couldn't explain it either.

"what!--"

Suddenly Dongshu screamed, and everyone looked over. They found that among the butterflies around her, there were a few wasps, buzzing around her.

Although they were far away, the ladies outside the door were frightened by the wasp and huddled together.

Su Yuejian also pretended to be scared and hid behind Lu Zhan.

But Xie Jiusi clearly saw the faint smile on the corner of her mouth.

Wang Qingyi was stunned for a moment, "Isn't this the wasp that attacked Sister Xiyue?"

Gu Shaoheng looked at Dong Shu, whose face was covered with bruises from being bitten, in confusion.

At this time, the numbness of Gu Xiyue on the bed dissipated a little. Listening to the noise outside, she endured the pain in her body and pulled the quilt to wrap herself up.

Her eyes were vicious. If she continued to make trouble, her plan to frame Su Yuejian would be completely exposed.

"Well...."

Hearing the noise on the bed, Gu Shaoheng immediately hurried to the inner room, lifted the curtain, and was shocked to see Gu Xiyue's face swollen like a pig's head.

Gu Xiyue's tears welled up as she sobbed and said, "Brother...Brother."

Gu Shaoheng was shocked for a moment, and looked at her distressedly, "It's my brother, don't be afraid, little sister, I'm here."

"Dong...Shu..." Gu Xiyue pressed her swollen tongue and tried hard to pronounce the words, "You hurt...me..."

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