Luo Yan cried and shook her head: "Brother, please believe me, Mother would never do this. It must be Madam Fan who acted on her own initiative. She didn't know about this!"

Luo Feng interrupted without hesitation: "Shut up, whether she knows or not will be known after the search is completed!"

Looking at his resolute figure, Luo Yan burst into tears.

Soon Luo Feng found a secret compartment under Madam Luo's pillow. After he ordered someone to break it open, he saw a black box inside.

He brought it to Emperor Sheng An and said, "Your Majesty, I found this. I wonder what's inside!"

Emperor Sheng An turned to look at Li Youde: "You open it!"

Li Youde opened the box and saw several sheets of rice paper inside.

Luo Feng snatched it away and discovered that it contained the article "Ode to the Pear Blossom", which made him famous in the capital.

He frowned and asked, "How could this be?"

Madam Luo explained with red eyes, "Feng'er, your articles were famous in the capital back then. I was so happy for you that I copied a lot of them and burned them for my deceased sister. I'm sure she was very pleased too. The son she gave birth to is such an outstanding person!"

Luo Lin angrily cursed: "You unfilial son, your aunt values ​​you so much, but you doubt her, why don't you apologize to her quickly?"

A fierce struggle flashed in Luo Feng's eyes. He subconsciously reached out and twisted the rice paper, and suddenly raised the corner of his lips in sarcasm.

He said in a deep voice, "Since the Pear Blossom Ode was copied many years ago, why is the paper used so fresh? The paper from Chengxin Hall is only used by the royal family, and father only received the Emperor's gift this year!"

Madam Luo bit her lip awkwardly, a hint of panic and uneasiness flashing in her eyes.

Luo Feng threw the rice paper in front of her and said, "This is a new box, so where did you hide the previous one?"

Madam Luo vehemently denied: "What about the previous ones? I only have this one box, where do I get so many boxes?"

Luo Feng also understood that since Madam Luo had made preparations, the poison would definitely not be found in her room.

Considering that she had previously sent Nanny Fan to burn down the Buddhist temple, could it be that she had already been moved out?

Thinking of this, he quickly walked to the six Buddha statues.

Luo Lin subconsciously asked: "Feng'er, what are you looking at?"

Luo Feng frowned and glared at him, then raised his fist and smashed it hard at the Buddha statue.

"Bang!" Debris flew everywhere.

Emperor Sheng An quickly protected the Queen and Lin Yiwan and retreated, fearing that they would be accidentally injured.

Luo Lin was so angry that his vision went dark. He shouted, "You rebellious son, what the hell are you doing? You are so disrespectful to the Buddha, aren't you afraid of retribution?"

Luo Feng burst into tears: "As a son, I can't catch the real murderer who hurt my mother. I wish the sky would send down thunder and strike me to death!"

He paused, then sarcastically said, "Father, as a husband, how can you remain indifferent to the tragic death of your first wife?"

Luo Lin turned his face away and said, "I haven't done anything wrong to her. No matter what happens, she can't blame me!"

Luo Feng didn't hesitate and grabbed his wrist and smashed it hard towards another Buddha statue.

"Ah!" Luo Lin, caught off guard, screamed in pain.

After smashing five Buddha statues in succession, Luo Lin felt that his wrist was broken.

He forced himself to push Luo Feng away, cursing angrily: "You stupid thing who can't judge people, how long are you going to make trouble?"

Luo Feng said calmly: "Father, don't be impatient, there is only one left, come and smash it and see?"

Luo Lin was in so much pain that cold sweat broke out on his forehead. He knew that his son was no longer under his control.

He subconsciously staggered back half a step!

However, Luo Feng refused to let him go and pounced on him. The two of them rolled to the ground and smashed the last Buddha statue to pieces.

In a flash, Luo Lin saw a black box rolling out through the scarlet.

Lin Yiwan quickly picked it up and opened it. She said without hesitation: "Your Majesty, it is the deadly poison of Bora!"

Luo Lin froze, his heart finally giving up.

He could no longer bear the blow, his eyes rolled back and he fainted.

Emperor Sheng An ordered in a deep voice: "Li Youde, fetch some ice water to wake Minister Luo up. Now is the time to deal with him, he can't escape!"

Li Youde responded without hesitation: "Yes!"

When the ice water was poured on Luo Lin, he woke up with a scream.

He crawled to his knees and begged, "Your Majesty, please forgive me. I don't know how such a poison could be hidden inside a Buddha statue!"

Emperor Sheng An nodded: "I understand, you have been kept in the dark. Isn't this small Buddhist temple used by your wife? She must have hidden it!"

Before Madam Luo could argue, Granny Fan screamed, "Madam, you're not aware of this. It's all my fault. Madam is the mistress's younger sister. She came to take care of her out of pity for her frail health, but she accused and insulted me as a vixen. I was so angry that I secretly murdered her. I'm the culprit. Kill me if you want!"

Madam Luo immediately burst into tears. "Mammy, what's the big deal if I've been wronged by my sister? Why did you insist on murdering her like this? How am I supposed to explain this to Master and Feng'er?"

Nanny Fan kowtowed to her and said, "Madam, I raised you and treated you like my own daughter. I couldn't bear to see you being bullied like this. I wanted to avenge you, and now that this has happened, I am willing to die as an apology!"

Madam Luo's eyes were filled with tears, but she did not dare to beg for mercy.

Luo Lin glared at Luo Feng angrily: "Do you see it now? Your aunt is innocent. She was deceived by this evil slave. Why don't you apologize to her quickly?"

Luo Feng sneered, "You're the only one who believes she's innocent. As her personal nanny, could Nanny Fan really be completely unaware of what she did? Or, when death is imminent, are you letting her take the blame?"

Luo Yan stamped her feet anxiously: "Brother, why are you still questioning mother?"

She quickly walked up to Emperor Sheng An and said, "Your Majesty, now that my mother's innocence has been proven, I beg you to clear her name and not let her bear the stigma of poisoning my sister!"

Emperor Sheng An lowered his eyes and looked at her and said, "After all, it was your mother who fed Huo Jun'er bowl after bowl of poison. Even if she didn't know it, she was the one who killed her own sister!"

Luo Yan stared at him helplessly, "But my mother was just deceived by the slave, so she should be convicted too?"

Emperor Sheng An ignored her and looked at Luo Lin. "Luo Lin, a cunning servant in your harem has poisoned the mistress of the house. I am stripping you of your official position and demoting you to a commoner. Do you have any objections?"

Luo Lin had long expected that Emperor Sheng An would punish him, but he didn't expect it to be so serious.

He had just paid 200,000 silver coins out of his own pocket to the emperor, how could he be so cruel and heartless?

He subconsciously argued, "I know I'm wrong, but I've been respectful to Your Majesty for so many years, and I've often spent my own money to help Your Majesty. Your Majesty can't demote me to a commoner!"

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