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When the queen heard the palace maid suddenly bring her up, she immediately felt something was wrong. She thought Ling Jiu was using her as a shield.

The Queen said calmly, "Whether you did it or not, it's useless for me to tell you. Lord Si Yan will find out the truth. If you didn't do it, I won't wrongly accuse you. If you did do it, I will never forgive you."

Do they think that she has been living a secluded life for so many years that she will just let others lead her by the nose without any preparation?

She had noticed Lingjiu's abnormality a long time ago, and Lingjiu was not someone who was absolutely loyal to her.

Lingjiu was very smart. When she heard what the Queen said, she immediately said obediently, "Yes, Your Majesty is absolutely right."

She turned to look at Si Yan, eyes full of grievance, "But, Master Si Yan, arresting people and solving cases requires solid evidence. Now that you don't have any evidence, you can't conclude that this servant did it!"

"You're right." Si Yan looked at Ling Jiu calmly. "Without evidence, I naturally won't say it was you. However, you should also know that just because you didn't pour wine for Prince Yong, it doesn't mean you didn't poison him. There are many ways to poison someone. As long as you were close to Prince Yong, you would be a suspect."

Ling Jiu fell silent immediately. Si Yan was not someone who could be easily fooled.

She was logical and well-organized, and she seemed determined not to give up until she got to the truth.

Wu Wan'er felt extremely wronged. She had only performed a dance, but she was wrongly accused of poisoning Prince Yong.

Wu Wan'er wiped her tears and said with tears in her eyes, "Your Majesty, Master Si Yan, Wu Wan'er swears to heaven that it was not Wu Wan'er who did it. If Wu Wan'er poisoned Prince Yong, then may Wu Wan'er be struck by lightning and die a miserable death!"

Wu Wan'er of Beimang Country swore a poisonous oath, and drew everyone's attention to Ling Jiu.

Lingjiu quickly said, "Master Si Yan, I dare to swear to heaven."

Swearing is just a bunch of words, who can't do it?

As she spoke, Ling Jiu knelt straight up, raised her finger and swore, "I swear to heaven that if I poison Prince Yong, I will go to the eighteen levels of hell and never be reborn."

Si Yan already knew who poisoned him. Now the only thing left was to find evidence.

Si Yan turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, I believe that both Wu Wan'er and Ling Jiu are suspects. If we want to finally confirm whether it was Wu Wan'er or Ling Jiu who poisoned Prince Yong, we still need to conduct a search."

Si Yan's expression was serious. "If the murderer wants to poison someone, he must first hide the poison. Let's search the two people to see if they have any hidden drugs."

"Just do as you say." The emperor said immediately.

When Lingjiu heard Si Yan say this, she couldn't help but relax.

The poison in her body had been removed long ago, and Si Yan couldn't find anything even when he searched her.

Wu Wan'er bowed deeply to the emperor and said, "Wu Wan'er is not afraid of being searched, Your Majesty. Your men may search as they please."

"Your Majesty, I am not afraid of being searched. I am upright and have never poisoned Prince Yong." Ling Jiu said calmly.

Si Yan said to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I will personally supervise the search of their bodies. Please send two trustworthy people to assist me."

"Okay, let Madam Li and Madam Xu assist you." The emperor named the two elderly people in the palace and asked Eunuch Gu to summon them over.

Nanny Li and Nanny Xu were old ladies in the palace. They had once followed the empress dowager. After the empress dowager passed away, with the emperor's permission, the two of them stayed in the palace to spend their remaining years.

They have lived in the palace for most of their lives, following the rules and regulations. After they go out, they don’t know what kind of life they should live, and would rather stay in the palace.

Two maids came over quickly, and Wu Wan'er and Ling Jiu were taken away for a body search.

Seeing that all the people in front of her were women, Wu Wan'er simply took off her clothes, leaving only a thin layer of cloth underneath. It was deep winter and she was shivering with cold.

Si Yan glanced at her calmly: "Put on some clothes."

Si Yan turned his gaze to Ling Jiu. Compared to the frankness she had shown in the hall, Ling Jiu seemed much more embarrassed at this moment.

The two maids didn't ask her to take off her clothes, but just carefully searched her body to see if there was anything on it.

After the maids finished searching, they shook their heads at Si Yan and said, "Master Si Yan, we found nothing."

Si Yan raised his eyes to look at Ling Jiu who had relaxed, and said with a cold expression: "Stretch out your hand."

Lingjiu suddenly looked at Si Yan. Did this woman discover something?

Lingjiu was slightly stunned, but still stretched out her hand obediently.

Lingjiu's fingernails are very long and trimmed very neatly. It can be seen that she takes good care of her nails.

Si Yan stared at Ling Jiu's hand and examined it carefully. Suddenly, she found a trace of white powder on the fingers of Ling Jiu's left hand.

Si Yan's eyes darkened and he turned Ling Jiu's hand over with his palm facing up.

Si Yan stared at the gaps between her nails and saw the same white powder stained between her little fingers.

Si Yan raised his eyes and looked at the pearl hairpin on Lingjiu's head: "Two maids, check Lingjiu's head and see if there is anything wrong with her jewelry or hair."

When the two maids heard Si Yan's order, they immediately became careless and started checking Ling Jiu's hair.

Lingjiu secretly breathed a sigh of relief again, but when Si Yan reached out to her ears and took off a pair of earrings from her ears, she became completely uneasy.

Lingjiu's first reaction was to snatch it back, but no matter how fast she was, she was not as fast as Si Yan.

"What is this?" Si Yan asked coldly, staring at the two gourd-shaped silver earrings in his hand.

Lingjiu's heart was beating like a drum, and it seemed like it was about to jump out of her throat.

She thought she had hidden herself perfectly, but she didn't expect to be discovered by Si Yan.

Ling Jiu tried her best to remain calm: "Master Si Yan, these are the earrings given to me by the Queen. They are my most precious set of jewelry. Please return them to me."

Of course Si Yan would not return it to her. She twisted it lightly and opened the gourd-shaped earrings.

This earring is hollow inside. Although there is nothing inside, there is still some white powder left.

Ling Jiu was completely panicked, no longer as calm as before. She quickly said to Si Yan, "Master Si Yan, this is where I store my perfume powder. With this, I can emit fragrance in the wind when I walk."

Si Yan said nothing, strode out from the back of the hall, and handed Ling Jiu's earrings to Yun Ya, the genius doctor.

"Senior Yunya, can you please take a look at what's inside?"

Doctor Yunya took the earring from Si Yan's hand and saw a layer of white powder remaining inside. He couldn't help but examine it carefully.

After examining it, Divine Doctor Yunya's expression changed slightly: "Your Majesty, there is a layer of poison powder remaining inside this earring, exactly the same as the poison in Prince Yong's wine glass."

As soon as these words were spoken, the court officials immediately understood that the evidence had been found.

Si Yan turned and looked at the emperor: "Your Majesty, this was found on Lingjiu."

The emperor's expression suddenly darkened. "Did she really poison Prince Yong?"

"Yes, Your Majesty." The evidence was conclusive and Lingjiu could no longer deny it.

At this time, two maids brought Lingjiu up. Lingjiu no longer had the momentum she had before. Her face was pale and even her legs were weak.

The emperor stared at her gloomily. "Tell me! Why did you do this?"

Lingjiu remained silent, and the ministers were filled with confusion. Did the Queen's people really poison Prince Yong?