The gambling god's wife in the Duke's Mansion is getting divorced again

Baili Xi saw Sang Wan again after a month and missed her like crazy.

He pulled her to look at him again and again without hesitation: "They say that smallpox will swell up like a pig's head. But look, this is not a pig's head at all! This is a fairy!"

Sang Wan casually handed him a handkerchief and said, "Don't be so poor! I embroidered it. I have done what I promised you."

This was indeed embroidered by her, without anyone else's help; the only difference was that the handkerchief had three simple characters embroidered on it: Baili Xi.

After all, it is her personal property. Sang Wan may not care about it, but it is not certain that Baili Xi's future wife will not care about it.

Although it was just a few words, Baili Xi was already very satisfied. He put the handkerchief into his arms with great care, and couldn't help but smile.

"I thought you'd forgotten. How nice of you!"

"I've been locked up here for a month. Tell me, what's going on in the palace?"

Sang Wan was always worried about the alchemy. It was an evil magic that could take lives. Since they didn't have a ghost town to send women to, they would definitely try their best to find women from other channels.

Baili Xi had a lot of things to say to her, but he didn't know where to start. When he heard this question, his thick eyebrows were locked together, his expression became serious, and he looked like a commander.

"Recently, maids have been dying suddenly in the palace. Sometimes one dies every three to five days, and sometimes three or four die in a single day. The Imperial Hospital is hesitant and can't explain the cause of death. Ah Wan, could it be that they can't find any women outside, so they're targeting the people in the palace? This isn't a solution. Where on earth is this stinking Taoist priest's alchemy furnace?"

"The inner palace guards are now under the charge of Kang Jiwei. Do you have a way to get their patrol route map? I want to go there myself."

Sang Wan couldn't wait any longer.

Zheng Yunlan disregarded other people's lives for revenge, and she could not sit idly by.

"Your Qinggong is quite good, but this is the inner palace. The eaves are full of archers. Do you want to live?"

Baili Xi disagreed, "Leave this matter to me, I will definitely find a way to find out."

As the two were talking, there was a commotion outside the house, as if several people were arguing.

Uncle Li came trotting in, his expression extremely grim:

"Princess, Ling Muchi brought people from the Dali Temple to the palace, saying that you poisoned his cousin."

Poison me?

Sang Wan was confused and looked at Baili Xi: "Is he sick?"

Baili Xi rolled up his sleeves and walked out. He happened to run into Ling Muchi and a group of people. He started to curse at them:

"You are the son-in-law of the Nan'an Palace. How can you bring outsiders to arrest your sister-in-law?"

Ling Muchi saw Sang Wan beating his chest and stamping his feet:

"You vicious woman! What grudge did Jiaojiao have against you? You actually wanted to poison her! She even had my child in her belly! Poor Jiaojiao! She bled from all seven orifices and died in such a tragic way!"

"Xiao Wan, you and I are irreconcilable!"

Ling Muchi raised his hand towards the people from Dali Temple, "It's her! Arrest her!"

Baili Xi shouted, "Let's see who dares!"

Dali Temple Minister Meng Liangchen naturally did not scream like Ling Muchi. He politely bowed and said to Baili Xi and Sang Wan:

"Commander Baili, Princess, I'm also asking you to go to the Dali Temple for questioning according to the law. Everyone, please don't get excited. The truth will be revealed once the investigation is complete. The Dali Temple strictly enforces justice and never kills anyone without authorization, nor will they wrongly accuse any innocent person. Princess, the old Prince Nan'an was the first criminal judge of our Great Xia Dynasty. I'm sure you don't want to embarrass his successor, right?"

"This prince has never troubled my father's successor. How come the successor is bullying the old prince's descendants?"

Xiao Ji, wearing a white robe and a cloak of the same color, walked in from the second door, followed by the eunuch Wu Yong, the chief eunuch.

Everyone saluted the Prince of Nan'an and Wu Yong. Wu Yong smiled and said:

"Your Highness, Princess, and all the gentlemen, after all, we are all related by blood. His Majesty has said that we should all come before the Emperor to discuss matters. Please!"

Xiao Ji said softly to Sang Wan, "Don't be afraid, I'm here."

Sang Wan nodded slightly. It was such a sudden disaster. She had never met this Jiaojiao before, so how could she possibly poison her?

No... poison her?

Medicine, could it be the medicine she gave to Xiao Yue?

But that was clearly medicine for typhoid fever, how did it become poison?

Sang Wan couldn't help but clench her fists. It was Xiao Yue.

Xiao Ji pursed her lips tightly, with no expression on her face.

*

Xiao Yue knelt in the Yangxin Palace, weeping bitterly:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, a few days ago, Sister Jiaojiao told me she had caught a cold and was feeling a little unwell. My husband is away, and my mother-in-law is ill. How could I, in charge of the household, just ignore her? I asked for the palace physician to see her, but she said it wasn't necessary. Look at this bottle of medicine on my desk. It was given to me by Sister Awan. How could it be poison?"

Ling Muchi fell to his knees and pointed at Xiao Yue and Sang Wan:

"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, these two sisters must have conspired to poison my cousin. Xiao Yue is jealous by nature and has long been dissatisfied with Jiaojiao. And this Xiao Wan, everyone in the capital knows that she likes to poison people for no reason. Ye Shizhao can testify to this! Your Majesty, how can there be such a vicious woman in the world? I beg Your Majesty to punish her severely!"

Xiao Yue held back her tears, "Husband, it really wasn't me. Ah Wan is definitely not that kind of person. You misunderstood!"

"Evil woman! I misunderstood! Jiaojiao's body is still lying in the mansion!"

Ling Muchi wanted to continue cursing, but Shen Xiangguo, who was sitting beside him, stopped him:

"Shut up! Your Majesty will make the final decision on this matter!"

Xiao Ji bowed, and His Majesty motioned him to sit down:

"This matter concerns the Prime Minister's Mansion and the Nan'an Prince's Mansion. Chang'e, your Prime Minister, I will not show favoritism and will give you all justice."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Prime Minister Shen and Xiao Ji stood up and saluted, then sat down again.

His Majesty looked at Sang Wan and asked:

"Ah Wan, Xiao Yue said you gave her this medicine bottle. Do you recognize it?"

"Yes, I did give you this bottle of medicine."

Sang Wan recognized her own bottle.

The corners of Xiao Yue's lips twitched slightly, but she soon lowered her eyes.

"So, you admit that you poisoned Jiaojiao?" His Majesty frowned.

He had no feelings for this princess from the common people, but he did it for the sake of the Nan'an Palace's reputation.

But I heard that Xiao Ji doted on this sister to the sky, and she caused trouble all over the capital and had a bad reputation.

Sang Wan shook her head: "Your Majesty, the medicine bottle contains typhoid pills developed by the great doctor Bai Shi. My brother and I, as well as the servants in the mansion who have colds, have all taken them. It is not poison."

"But Jiaojiao died after taking your medicine. Two lives lost. The coroner found arsenic in the pill. How do you explain this?"

Sang Wan spoke slowly and calmly:

"Your Majesty, I remember my sister returning home a month ago and mentioning that my mother-in-law had a difficult cold. That's why I told my steward, Uncle Li, to pack up some medicine and ask your sister to take it back. Firstly, I haven't handled this medicine. Secondly, since your sister brought it back, with so many people coming and going in Prime Minister Shen's residence, who can guarantee that the medicine in this bottle hasn't been replaced? Thirdly, I didn't even know Jiaojiao, so why would I murder her?"

His Majesty nodded slightly, "That makes sense."

Ling Muchi became anxious, he pointed at Sang Wan and said:

"How can you not have a motive to kill?! I doted on Jiaojiao and wanted to take her as a concubine, but you were fighting for your sister. She was just pregnant with my child, and you couldn't wait any longer."

Sang Wan sneered, "How could an outsider like me know that your cousin had an affair with you and had a child? Do you think I should be counting the days for you to have sex?!"

Ling Muchi's face flushed: "You, are so vulgar!"

"You've done something even more vulgar and despicable than this, and you still don't want anyone to say anything? If I were to speak up for my sister, I should have asked her to divorce you. Why would I kill your cousin? Besides, my relationship with Xiao Yue isn't close enough to the point where I'd kill for her."

At this point, Sang Wan no longer wanted to cover up for Xiao Yue.

She was really disappointed.

This was the second time she treated someone sincerely, but the other person stabbed her in the back.

Sang Wan looked at Ling Muchi, then at Xiao Yue:

"Since you mentioned Ye Shizhao, why not call him over and ask why I poisoned him?"

Sang Wan looked at Xiao Ji, feeling quite helpless:

"Because my good sister Xiao Yue and good brother-in-law Ling Muchi tricked me into going to Lingyun Warehouse, drugged me, and tried to get Ye Shizhao to force me."