Duke Rong took a quick look around and saw that everyone else was eager to try. He was afraid that they might have missed something, and their gossipy looks made him particularly angry.

He looked at the butler, wanting to confirm whether he had done what he asked him to do.

When the butler saw the look in his master's eyes, he knew what his master was thinking and nodded firmly.

The butler thought about what he had found out, glanced at the prince next to him, then at Chu Xiao who was kneeling on the other side, kowtowed to Duke Rong, and then began to speak, "Master, I first went to check the purchase and all the people who came into contact with the Dragon and Phoenix Candle."

"It hasn't been found out yet. As for the others——"

When the butler said this, he glanced at Chu Xiao who was standing behind his own prince and stopped talking.

Chu Xiao looked at the housekeeper and thought that she had not done anything at all, so it was impossible to find out that she was involved.

He stood up confidently, looking the butler in the eye, "Butler, if you have something to say, just say it. What's the point of looking at me without saying anything?"

Seeing her confident look, the housekeeper laughed out loud. "Since Miss Chu is so confident, I will tell you directly. The water that the Crown Prince's wife drank was found to contain laxatives given by Miss Chu."

Chu Xiao exploded all of a sudden. She just remembered that it was she who put the laxative in that little bitch Chu Ci's cup, but didn't the Duke ask people to investigate whether it was her and the Crown Prince who were injected with aphrodisiacs?

Now she had to remain calm. "Butler, what nonsense are you talking about? What evidence do you have? I didn't do anything."

The housekeeper ignored her and just looked at his master. The Duke nodded at him. Now he could only tell Chu Xiao to leave and save his son. As long as all these people left, the rest of the things would be easy.

Not to mention that Chu Xiao is now his son's woman. Only when his son is well can she be well. All this is for her own good.

The housekeeper knew what the master meant and told him everything he had found out. "Master, I found the maids who prepared the water."

When the housekeeper said this, several maids came in from outside and knelt in front of the Duke.

The little maids all looked as pale as death and had extremely ugly expressions.

The housekeeper pointed at a few maids and said, "They were responsible for preparing water for the Crown Prince's wife. But when the water was delivered, the little maid in blue drank a sip in front of the other maids and nothing happened."

"So far, the maidservant guarding the door can prove that no one other than Miss Chu has ever entered."

As soon as this evidence was brought out, everyone's eyes changed when they looked at Chu Xiao. They were sisters, and no one knew what the Chu family was trying to do.

Chu Xiao saw everyone pointing fingers at her and yelled, "It's not me. I didn't do anything. It's them. They are the ones who are accusing me."

When the Marquis' wife saw her little daughter being pointed at and talked about by everyone, she looked very flustered, because she still wanted her little daughter to marry into the royal family.

Although she cannot marry into the royal family now, she can reluctantly accept it if she can marry into the Duke's Mansion and become the head of the family in the future, instead of being criticized here now.

She turned to Marquis Chu and questioned, "Marquis, Xiao'er is the legitimate daughter of our mansion. Now she is being framed by so many people, don't you say anything?"

The situation was difficult to control. Lord Chu had no choice but to step forward and ask, "Duke Rong, this matter hasn't been thoroughly investigated. Xiao'er has always been gentle and respectful to others at home, and she always does things in a measured and respectful manner."

"Didn't you check it out clearly?"

The Duke glanced at Chu Xiao, snorted coldly, and looked at the butler who was kneeling on the ground, "Didn't you hear what Lord Chu said? Is there any direct evidence?"

Seeing his master's grim expression, the butler quickly handed over his last trump card.

"Master, please wait a moment."

The butler clapped his hands, and two servants came in with a man, then turned around and left.

The remaining person being detained knelt on the ground in panic and looked around, not knowing who had a higher official rank and who he should kowtow to.

Until the butler beside him reminded him, "The person in front of me is my master, Duke Rong."

The man finally reacted and knelt down beside the housekeeper, not caring who he was. He just kowtowed and said, "Sir, I didn't do anything wrong. What did I do wrong?"

Duke Rong was breathing heavily and said nothing.

The housekeeper quickly turned to the man and asked, "Waiter, has your pharmacy sold any laxatives recently?"

The waiter was just about to say that he didn't know when an account book fell from the sky and hit him on the head.

The waiter took a closer look and found that it was the account book of their own pharmacy. He opened it hurriedly, eager to check whether any laxatives had been sold recently.

He was extremely nervous, his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't even hold the account book.

When Chu Xiao saw that the account books had been found, his face turned pale. Upon closer inspection, his face was even uglier than Chu Ci's.

His pale face seemed to have a hint of pink.

Just as everyone's faces showed signs of impatience, the waiter raised the account book in his hands with both hands and said, "Duke, please take a look. In the past ten days, we have only sold one laxative."

"After all, this medicine is quite special and ordinary people don't need it, so we usually sell very few of them."

Duke Rong took the account book, on which was clearly written the date and the name of the person who bought the medicine.

Duke Rong continued to ask, "Check the account book to see if the person who bought the medicine is here."

The waiter swallowed his saliva, knelt down and began to look around, trying to see if that person was there.

Chu Xiao's maid, Du Juan, recognized the waiter and slowly stepped back, trying to hide in the crowd.

Chu Ci glanced at Du Juan and saw her trying to get into the crowd. If he looked like this, he might not be able to see her.

Chu Ci frowned slightly, wondering how to make people discover the existence of this little maid.

Prince Rui, who was standing at the back, saw her frown and felt a little curious. He followed her gaze and discovered the little maid's actions.

He looked at the servant beside him and said, "Give me some loose change."

Lin Feng was stunned. At first he thought he had misheard, but then he saw his master stretched out his hand and took out a silver ingot weighing one hundred taels from his arms.

"Master, this is the youngest."

Prince Rui took it, took a look at the silver ingot in his hand, mobilized his internal strength, and gently scratched the corner of the silver ingot, and a small piece of silver fell off.

Prince Rui threw the silver ingot back, exerted a little force on his wrist, and the broken silver accurately hit the little maid's ankle.

The little maid screamed in pain at her ankle, and everyone turned their eyes to her.

Chu Ci, who was watching the little maid, happened to see all of this.

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