He demanded sternly, "Besides spying on my whereabouts, did you also instruct Old Madam Yin's maid, Yin Ping, to replace the old red ginseng that the Empress gifted to the Duke's wife, causing her to be poisoned?"
Yin Yihuan flatly denied it: "I didn't do it. If you want to accuse me, you can always find a pretext."
Emperor Sheng An looked at her with contempt: "You are always looking for excuses to accuse someone of something. This time, I will make sure you die with a sincere heart!"
He asked Li Delu to drag the woman with the disfigured face up and asked in a deep voice, "Tell me, what's your name?"
The woman looked at the queen tremblingly, then glanced at Lin Yiwan, and immediately lowered her head.
At this time, Emperor Sheng An spoke again: "As long as you tell the truth, I will leave you a way out!"
The woman was suddenly filled with astonishment. She asked in a trembling voice, "Really?"
Emperor Sheng An nodded: "Your Majesty, do not joke!"
The woman immediately knelt down and said, "My name is Yinping. I was originally a personal maid serving Madam Yin. Because I was threatened by Yin Yihuan, when I learned that the Empress had rewarded the Duke's wife with an old red ginseng, I secretly replaced it with a poisoned one. After doing all this, I fled the Duke's Mansion. I know my mistake!"
Yin Yihuan continued to argue: "Your Majesty, she is talking nonsense. She did it all by herself. How can I, a weak woman, threaten her?"
Emperor Sheng An interrupted impatiently: "None of you three are good people. Now that the evidence is conclusive, the leader Yin Yihuan will be caned and executed immediately. As for the two of you, you will be punished to go to Shicheng to collect saltpeter!"
Yin Yihuan pleaded hoarsely, "Your Majesty, please spare my life. I have been wronged!"
Emperor Sheng An waved his hand and quickly asked Li Delu to drag her away. Soon, a shrill howl resounded throughout the harem.
Madam Yin had fainted from fright a long time ago. When she was awakened by the cold water, she and Yinping were already sitting in the carriage back to Shicheng.
Yin Ping's scarred face was like a ghost. She grabbed Madam Yin's hair tightly and said, "God has mercy on you. The day has finally come when you will fall into my hands!"
Madam Yin said in panic, "Don't hate the wrong person. I didn't make you look like this. It was the Emperor, Madam Yin, and that despicable and cruel wife of the Marquis of Zhan Yi!"
Yinping suddenly lifted her head and slammed it against the car wall: "Shut up! If you hadn't put my face in the hot water, would I have been burned into an ugly monster? It's you who ruined my face!"
She went crazy and pounded Madam Yin to death.
Her hands were covered in blood, but she had no intention of stopping.
It was the yamen runner who heard the noise and immediately stopped the carriage to let her go.
Even so, Mrs. Yin only breathed in less and exhaled more.
The yamen runner was furious. He kicked Yinping to the ground and said, "If she dies, you will do the work of two people. She was a quarry worker exiled to Shicheng. Is it your turn to take her life?"
Yinping sat in the corner with her head tucked in, not daring to say a word.
The yamen runner had no choice but to accept his fate and go find a doctor, but was told that there was no chance of survival.
It was impossible for them to travel with a dying person, so they left her in the dilapidated temple to fend for herself.
However, as soon as they left, someone came to the dilapidated temple and carried away the dying Madam Yin.
When she opened her eyes and woke up, it was dark all around.
She shouted hoarsely, "Is there anyone here? Give me some water! I'm so thirsty!"
The door was pushed open, and someone walked up to her and handed her a bowl of water: "Drink it, and then you can go back and take revenge!"
Madam Yin instinctively shrank back, but she managed to say, "No, I won't seek revenge. I'm all alone now. How can I possibly withstand the immense power of the Zhan Yi Marquis's residence?"
The man showed a ferocious smile: "As long as you can crawl into Prince Li's palace, they will have no chance of survival!"
Mrs. Yin wanted to ask more questions, but she fell into a coma again.
After dealing with Yin Yihuan's matter, Lin Yiwan returned to the Fang family and told them the whole story.
Old Madam Yin was filled with resentment. She angrily said, "I never thought that all these things were done by Yin Yihuan. She is so vicious!"
Lin Yiwan soothed her softly, "After all, it's over now. Let's rest up now!"
Madam Yin spoke gratefully, "Wanwan, thank you so much! If it weren't for your intervention, the conflict between the Queen and Yue'er would have only deepened!"
Lin Yiwan was also a little scared. If her sworn brother had lost his mind at that time and entered the palace to confront the Queen, the Fang family would have fallen into an abyss of no return.
Fortunately, everything was resolved satisfactorily!
After she was sure that Yin Yue was fine, she hurried back to the palace.
But just as I walked to the door, I saw the gatekeeper cursing.
Lin Yiwan frowned and asked, "What's going on?"
The steward quickly replied, "Master, a beggar woman appeared out of nowhere. I gave her some dry food, but she refused to eat. She insisted on coming into the mansion to do some work. I tried to chase her away, but she took advantage of my inattention and bit me hard. Look at the blood. It hurts!"
Lin Yiwan looked carefully and found that the two rows of imprints were indeed very obvious.
The wound was very deep and blood was still oozing out.
She said in a serious tone, "Hurry up and sprinkle some golden medicine on it. Don't be careless!"
The steward nodded and said, "Master, don't worry. I'll go and take care of it right away!"
Lin Yiwan returned to the inner courtyard, changed her clothes, and washed her hands before going to the back garden to play with the three little ones.
But after playing for a while, someone came running over and said, "Madam, the outer courtyard manager, Han Bo, has suddenly developed a high fever and is shaking. He looks terrifying!"
Lin Yiwan immediately remembered that Han Bo was bitten by the female beggar.
She handed the little ones back to their respective wet nurses and walked quickly towards the servants' quarters.
When she arrived at Han Bo's room, she saw that he was in a very bad condition.
His eyes were wide open with lifeless eyes, and the place where he was bitten had turned black.
Her face suddenly changed. This was not a bite at all, it was clearly a symptom of an epidemic.
She quickly ordered the guards outside, "Quick, go find the beggar woman who was begging at the gate of our palace. Once you find her, don't take any action against her. Confine her there and wait for me to check!"
After the guards received the order and left, she quickly sealed off Han Bo's yard and told no one to enter without permission.
Soon King Li and Zhan Yan both got the news. Although they were worried about her, they strictly followed her orders.
Han Bo's virus attacked very quickly, and even if Lin Yiwan gave him medicine in time, it could not prevent his death.
After struggling for about half a day, he finally stopped breathing.
Lin Yiwan's vision went dark and she almost fell headfirst to the ground.
She had been practicing medicine for many years, but this was the first time she had seen an epidemic that developed so rapidly.
To prevent more people from being infected, she had to handle the body carefully.
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