The Emperor's heart is won, she sits on the Phoenix Throne! The Divine Physician's Eldest

Before Zhang Laosan's knife could even touch Song Siyao's clothes, Chen Jiang kicked it away.

Chen Jiang, dressed in official robes, stood with one hand behind his back, his eyes gleaming coldly, exuding an aura of authority.

When Song Siyao left, she instructed Hongshao to report to the authorities.

"Princess Youfeng, are you hurt?" Chen Jiang had the constables subdue Zhang Laosan, and the first thing he did after turning around was to check on Song Siyao, his eyes filled with unconcealed worry.

He knew perfectly well that with Song Siyao's martial arts skills, no one in the world could harm her.

But he was still worried.

"I'm fine." Song Siyao asked Chen Jiang to come to avoid suspicion, and she also believed in Chen Jiang's impartiality and selflessness.

Chen Jiang was relieved after receiving Song Siyao's reply.

He glared at Zhang Laosan and shouted, "How dare you! You actually tried to assassinate the princess!"

"She's a murderer! I'm going to kill her to avenge my son!" Zhang Laosan struggled fiercely, his face contorted with rage.

"What evidence do you have to prove that Princess Youfeng is the murderer?" Chen Jiang asked sternly.

“My son died from drinking something from her shop. Isn’t that proof?” Zhang Laosan asked.

"This certainly cannot be used as evidence. Let's not even talk about whether you have evidence or not. Even if you did have evidence, the law will decide how to handle the situation, not you!"

Chen Jiang, upright and stern, finished reprimanding Zhang Laosan and instructed the coroner, "Begin!"

When Hongshao reported the incident to the authorities, she had already told him the general details of what had happened, and he had brought a coroner with him.

The coroner began the autopsy.

In less than half an incense stick's time, the coroner had completed the examination and grasped the basic situation.

"My lord, after my examination, the child did indeed die from poisoning, caused by a type of insect poisoning."

"Insect-like herbs?" Chen Jiang was slightly surprised, then furious. "Who is so ruthless as to do such a cruel thing to a child!"

Insects and herbs are highly poisonous.

Even the slightest touch will surely result in death.

Moreover, they died only after their intestines were ripped open and their internal organs were completely rotten.

Generally, those who administer this kind of poison have a deep-seated hatred for the person being poisoned.

The Zhang family's child is so young, how could he have such a deep hatred for anyone?

Upon hearing about insects and herbs, Zhang Laosan, who had just calmed down, began to go berserk again.

He glared at Song Siyao, his eyes filled with hatred. "It was you! You murderer! You actually used Chongbaicao to kill my son, you wicked woman!"

"Give me back my son's life!" Zhang's wife also lunged at Song Siyao.

"Seize her!" Chen Jiang shouted. "The truth is still unknown, yet you dare to commit violence in front of me. Considering your grief over the loss of your son, your punishment will be halved, and you will receive five strokes of the cane as a warning!"

The bailiffs dragged Zhang's wife over, held her down, and brought five heavy blows down on her.

At first, Zhang's wife called him "father" and "mother," but after being beaten with five sticks, she immediately became obedient.

Chen Jiang asked Zhang Laosan, "You said your child died from drinking milk tea from this shop, do you still have the bamboo cup that held the milk tea?"

"Of course I have it, I've brought it with me." Zhang Laosan pointed to the bamboo cup on the ground next to him.

Chen Jiang glanced at the coroner, who immediately went to examine the bamboo cup that Zhang Laosan was pointing at.

A moment later, the coroner returned and said, "Sir, there is poison in the bamboo cup; it is indeed a poisonous substance called 'insect poison'."

"Look everyone, did I lie? The evidence is irrefutable, Princess Youfeng is the murderer!" Zhang Laosan roared again.

The people he brought along began to fan the flames and incite the common people.

"A life for a life! Princess Youfeng was killed!"

"I never imagined Princess Youfeng was such a vicious person!"

"Is Princess Youfeng really a murderer? She saved so many people and was so kind-hearted, how could she possibly kill someone?"

"You can know a person's face but not their heart; don't be fooled by her appearance!"

"Princess Youfeng is a meritorious official of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Even if she killed someone, the Emperor wouldn't do anything to her, would he?"

"Where is justice? So what if you're a great hero? Let's all kneel at the palace gates until the Emperor kills Princess Youfeng!"

"We don't need to wait for the Emperor, we can kill her now!"

……

The public's outcry was deafening; if voices could kill, they would have been enough to torture Song Siyao to death a thousand times over.

Even worse, some people started throwing things at Song Siyao.

Rotten eggs, rotten cabbage, sharp pebbles...

Yan Wei, Luo Qing, and Chen Jiang surrounded them, leaping up and kicking back everything the people were throwing at them.

In an instant, cries of agony and the sounds of smashing and looting mingled together, creating chaos and utter pandemonium.

"stop!"

Song Siyao's icy voice suddenly exploded, "There's something wrong with the bamboo cup!"