Marrying Wife and Concubine Together: After Rebirth, I Remarried the Scumbag's Father on the Sp

Prince Li was also very curious. He frowned and said, "When I came to the farm, I ordered people to clean it up. Logically, it shouldn't attract wild cats!"

Lin Yiwan suggested: "Come on, Father, take me to see where you had the accident!"

Prince Li's expression suddenly changed. He didn't dare to go through this again.

If anything happened to Lin Yiwan, he would have no way to explain to Zhan Yan.

He immediately said, "I'll order the guards to check first to prevent you from getting hurt again!"

Lin Yiwan waved her hand: "I have to go there myself. Some things are hidden too secretly, and the guards may not be able to find them!"

When King Li saw her walking out with her skirt lifted up, he immediately asked Zi'er and Ling'er to protect her on both sides.

He led the way and soon arrived at the place where Lin Su slipped.

The surrounding plum blossoms exuded a refreshing fragrance, causing Ling'er to exclaim subconsciously, "What a nice fragrance!"

Lin Yiwan frowned and said, "Ling'er, don't you think the fragrance of these plum blossoms is a bit too strong? We smelled it when we walked here, but it wasn't this strong!"

Ling'er's expression suddenly changed. She whispered, "Madam, are you saying that someone has tampered with these plum blossoms?"

Lin Yiwan did not answer, but reached out and picked a plum blossom and placed it in her palm to look at it.

She asked Zi'er to pick a few flowers from other places, and sure enough, she found that this flower had more pollen.

She twisted it between her fingers and then put it to her nose to smell it.

A faint fragrance emanated, allowing her to identify it instantly. It was nepeta tenuifolia powder, a herb that could drive wild cats crazy.

She said in a deep voice, "My mother's fall wasn't an accident. Someone did it on purpose. The plum blossoms around here were laced with catnip, which attracted the wild cat to follow the scent. Adding the young bird's lure, it was even more irritated, causing it to lose control!"

Prince Li's eyes suddenly filled with rage. He gritted his teeth and shouted, "Come here, call the manager of the manor!"

Soon, Zhuangzi's steward Tian Qing was invited before Prince Li. He asked anxiously, "Your Majesty, I wonder why you called me here?"

Prince Li stared at him with a frown, and his gaze, like a knife blade, made him tremble with fear.

He knelt on the ground with a thud and said, "Your Majesty, please calm down. Although I don't know what happened, I am loyal to you and will never betray you!"

Prince Li said in a deep voice, "Tian Qing, you are the manager of this manor. You should know why the princess and I suddenly came here to appreciate the plum blossoms, right?"

Of course Tian Qing knew it very well. He sent a few bottles of freshly brewed plum wine to the mansion and told Lin Su how bright the plum blossoms on the farm were. Now was the best time to appreciate them after the snow. After a while, when the snow melted, they would no longer be able to be seen.

Lin Su was originally bored in the mansion, and now when she heard that she could appreciate plum blossoms in the snow, she was tempted.

King Li didn't want to disappoint her, so he immediately took her to the farm to stay for a while. However, he didn't expect that an accident would happen on the first day.

Thinking about it carefully, he quickly guessed that Tian Qing was the culprit!

He was crawling in the snow, his face pale and ugly.

He gritted his teeth and argued, "I only said that appreciating the plum blossoms after the snow is a magnificent sight, but I really don't have the guts to murder the princess. I hope Your Highness will investigate!"

Seeing that he was still being stubborn, King Li immediately lost his patience.

He shouted in a deep voice: "Come here, since he won't cry until he sees the coffin, then drag him down and beat him until he tells the truth!"

Tian Qing was dragged away, and soon there were shrill screams from someone being beaten with a stick.

Lin Yiwan frowned and asked, "Father, Tian Qing refused to speak even under torture. He must be hiding something for someone else. Is there someone he cares about?"

Prince Li hesitated for a moment before saying, "He has a daughter who also works at the manor. As for what her specific responsibilities are, I really don't know!"

He was just about to order someone to take Tian Qing's daughter away when he saw several secret guards escorting a woman quickly approaching and saying, "Your Highness, we discovered this woman was sneaking around and trying to escape, so we apprehended her!"

Prince Li saw that her face was somewhat similar to Tian Qing's and could not help asking, "Are you Tian Qing's daughter?"

The woman answered nervously, "Yes!"

King Li's eyes flashed, and he understood something in an instant.

He ordered his men to cover her mouth and ears, and then dragged up Tian Qing, who was beaten and covered in blood.

He said coldly: "Tian Qing, you still want to hide it for her? Now she has confessed that she did everything!"

Tian Qing's eyes suddenly widened in shock. He subconsciously looked at Tian Xier and saw her struggling hard and shaking her head repeatedly.

He immediately misunderstood and thought that his daughter felt sorry for him for bearing so much for her, so she confessed her guilt.

He immediately ignored the pain all over his body and banged his head on the snow, saying, "Your Highness, this is my fault. I sprinkled poison on the plum blossom branches and deliberately murdered the princess. If you want to punish me, execute me. This matter has nothing to do with Xier!"

King Li looked at him sternly, "Tian Qing, I have treated you well. When you came down from the battlefield, I settled you down on the farm. Your wife died early, leaving behind a daughter. You and your daughter have lived a stable life on this farm. Why did you do such a wicked thing?"

Tian Qing slapped himself in guilt and said, "It was my greed that blinded me. Your Majesty, please stop asking questions. Please execute me!"

Prince Li ordered his men to release Tian Xier, and she stumbled to the blood-soaked Tian Qing and cried, "Daddy, what's wrong with you? Why did the prince do this to you?"

Tian Qing said sadly, "Silly child, it's obvious that Daddy did all these things, why are you admitting on Daddy's behalf that it was you who did it?"

Tian Xier was stunned on the spot. She pushed Tian Qing away and said, "I didn't admit it. I didn't admit it at all. What nonsense are you talking about?"

Tian Qing realized instantly that he had been fooled.

But now, it’s too late to regret!

He said bitterly, "It's as it should be. Xier, now that Daddy has accepted his guilt, you should just live well and stop being so stubborn!"

As soon as he finished speaking, he pulled out the hairpin from Xier's hair and stabbed it hard into his throat.

Prince Li kicked his wrist and broke it. He fell to the ground and could no longer pick up the hairpin.

He asked painfully, "Your Majesty, why won't you let me die? Can't I just commit suicide out of fear of punishment?"

Prince Li interrupted in a deep voice, "No, I won't let you die until I've thoroughly investigated the matter. Do you think I don't know that this was done by your daughter? Who ordered her to do this?"

Tian Xier shuddered all over when she was yelled at. She bit her lip hard and denied it: "No, no one!"

A cruel smile suddenly appeared on Li Wang's cold face. He said lightly, "In that case, drag her away and torture her until she is willing to tell the truth!"