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He felt vaguely familiar with it, as if he had seen it somewhere before.

Jing Shu'er quickly shouted, "It was Madam Lin Yiwan who set the fire. She came to warn us mother and daughter just this day. I didn't expect her to be so vicious. I saw it clearly. This hand warmer is hers!"

Lin Ran felt that this matter was of great importance and involved the Luyang Palace.

Before he could say anything, he heard the wife of Prince Jing angrily questioning, "Are you trying to favor Lin Yiwan? She's your niece, you can't bend the law for personal gain!"

Lin Ran interrupted without hesitation: "I will not be partial to her. This case is complicated. I will escalate the case and let the emperor personally judge it!"

After hearing what he said, Jing Shuer's expression looked a little better.

This time, the physical evidence was conclusive, and Lin Yiwan could not get rid of the label of arsonist, so she had no choice but to compromise.

Jing Shuer thought it was a good deal to use a few lives to achieve her goal.

Lin Ran took the mother and daughter to the palace and sent people to the Zhan Yihou Mansion to look for Lin Yiwan.

When Xiao Ling heard that the wife of Prince Jing and her daughter were almost burned to death, he was shocked.

He hurried to the imperial study to inquire and called the imperial physician to examine the mother and daughter.

Jing Shu'er cried bitterly, "Your Majesty, the Marquis's wife disliked me and humiliated me. I can let that go, but why did she have the heart to set the fire? If my mother and I hadn't escaped quickly, I'm afraid we would have been burned to charcoal!"

Xiao Ling frowned and asked, "How can you be so sure that the Marquis' wife set the fire?"

Jing Shu'er threw the hand warmer on the ground and said, "Here's the evidence. When the Marquis' wife came to the inn during the day, I saw her holding it with my own eyes. Are there any utensils from noble families that have markings? Isn't it enough for the Emperor to check it himself?"

Xiao Ling asked Lin Ran to hand it to him, and he saw the word "war" under the base of the hand warmer.

His expression suddenly became complicated and ugly. It was indeed something from the Zhan Yihou Mansion.

After a moment's silence, he continued to ask, "Miss Jing, are you sure it was the wife of the Marquis of Zhan Yi's mansion who set the fire?"

Jing Shu'er nodded heavily. "It's her. The hand warmer is my proof. Your Majesty, you can't tolerate her just because she's of noble status. Doing so will only encourage her arrogance and cause dissatisfaction among the people and the court officials!"

Xiao Ling frowned and said, "I didn't condone her, but your hand warmer can't serve as evidence at all!"

Jing Shu'er asked in surprise: "Why?"

Xiao Ling did not answer, but turned around and ordered the eunuch: "Go and invite the Marquis's wife from the Queen's Palace!"

Jing Shuer's heart skipped a beat. How could Lin Yiwan be in the Queen's palace?

When did she arrive?

Just when she was feeling uneasy, Lin Yiwan and Queen Wang arrived together.

When Lady Jing saw her, she accuses her with a look of resentment: "Lin Yiwan, you have such a cruel heart! How could you be so cruel as to set fire to us and burn us alive? Is our Luyang Palace such an eyesore to you?"

Lin Yiwan frowned and retorted, "Don't slander me. Why would I set a fire?"

Madam Jing pointed at the hand warmer on the ground and said, "Do you dare to deny that this hand warmer is not yours? The emperor just saw it and saw the word 'war' written on it!"

Lin Yiwan nodded readily, "Yes, the hand warmer is mine. I was wondering how it got lost. Turns out it was left with you!"

Madam Jing immediately cried out to Xiao Ling, "Your Majesty, she has already admitted it herself. Please punish her severely. Don't let our maidservant Ma Ma die in vain!"

Xiao Ling frowned and asked, "Aunt Wan, how did you leave the palace last night to set the inn on fire? How come I didn't know?"

Lin Yiwan spread her hands innocently: "I don't know either. I've always been with the Queen, and she can testify for me!"

Queen Wang also spoke up, "Madam, is there some misunderstanding here? Yesterday, I felt a little unwell, so I asked Aunt Wan to come to the palace to treat me. Because it was getting late, she stayed in Weiyang Palace and never left!"

Jing Shuer's face suddenly changed. She didn't expect that Lin Yiwan would stay in the palace. What should she do?

Madam Jing was also caught off guard. She subconsciously argued, "Maybe she sent someone else?"

Lin Yiwan scoffed, "How stupid am I to send someone to set a fire and then give her my own hand warmer to keep at the scene as evidence?"

The wife of Prince Jing suddenly collapsed. She screamed, "It was you who set the fire. You blamed my daughter for harassing your son, so you killed her. You have such a cruel heart!"

Jing Shu'er also cried and argued: "Madam, I just admire Master Zhan Mu and want to get to know him. If you don't agree, just say it directly. Why hurt innocent people? There are several lives at stake!"

Lin Yiwan raised the corner of her lips in sarcasm. She looked at Xiao Ling and said, "Your Majesty, you can see that this mother and daughter are trying to frame me for no reason!"

Xiao Ling ordered Lin Ran: "Lin Qing, you must lead your men to find the real culprit as soon as possible and give an explanation to the Luyang Palace!"

Lin Ran said, "Your Majesty, I have already investigated the scene. The fire started from the inside out, and the fire started in the left wing!"

Xiao Ling's sharp eyes suddenly fell on Jing Shu'er: "Who lives in the left wing?"

Jing Shu'er replied with a guilty conscience: "Yes, I live in the left wing!"

Xiao Ling asked in surprise: "Did you set the fire yourself?"

Jing Shu'er quickly retorted, "No, I'm not stupid. How could I set the fire myself? Lord Lin must have made a mistake in his investigation. It wasn't burning from the inside, but someone set it from the outside!"

Lin Ran said sarcastically, "Miss Jing, what a coincidence! Just now, when I was asking the people around, they saw your little maidservant going out and buying a lot of bottles and jars. The smell was very strong, like kerosene!"

He paused and continued, "Whether the kerosene in the capital is sold openly or secretly, as long as you take your little maid's portrait and inquire, they will definitely find out. Are you sure you still want to hide it?"

Jing Shu'er's eyes kept flickering. She thought that Hui'er was already dead, so how could there be a portrait of her?

She continued to argue: "My maid Hui'er was burned to death. What can you draw?"

Lin Ran said calmly, "I can't draw it, but my wife can. She can draw your maid's original appearance based on her skull, and it's almost accurate enough for the sellers to recognize it!"

Jing Shu'er was so frightened that she broke out in a cold sweat. She had just arrived in the capital and had never heard that Sang Qiutang had such incredible abilities.

She was a little panicked!

The wife of Prince Jing was trembling even more. She felt that she and her daughter were forced into a desperate situation.

Xiao Ling didn't say anything. He was waiting for Jing Shuer to speak.

It wasn't until the wife of Prince Jing couldn't hold it in any longer that she knelt down in front of Xiao Ling and said, "It's my fault. I told Hui'er to buy kerosene and deliberately framed the Marquis' wife. She bullied my daughter, and I want her to pay the price!"

Jing Shu'er realized it belatedly and said disappointedly, "Mother, how could you do such a thing?"