Demoted from wife to concubine? Reborn, the mistress of a noble family plots another high-status mar

Chapter 189

“Hmm, that sounds pretty strange,” Bai Jue said with a smile.

Lin Bao'er said, "I believe that Miss Yun instructed her maid to use a hidden weapon on me. I was hit by the hidden weapon, which was poisoned."

Bai Jue stepped forward to take her pulse. "Hmm, it's a rare poison. If I'm not mistaken, this poison is a special medicine made by the Southern Qiang Kingdom to control the inner sect's secret guards. There's no way to cure it; she needs to take medicine regularly to stay alive."

"Second Master Bai, how can you be so sure that this is a secret medicine specially made by our Southern Qiang Kingdom?" Lin Huangjin's eyes darkened, and he immediately retorted.

Yun Xiyue said, "Didn't you just say that you would admit it as long as a third party found out? Besides, Master Bai is an expert in investigating cases; he can perform autopsies and test for poison."

“Since he found out it was a secret medicine specially made by your Southern Qiang Kingdom, that is enough to prove that it was not me who poisoned it, but Lin Bao’er who orchestrated it herself. This kind of special poison cannot be bought outside; only your Southern Qiang Kingdom’s royal family has it.”

Lin Huangjin glanced at Yun Xiaohan, his eyes narrowing slightly. "Bai Jue is someone brought by your Yun family. His words will be biased towards your Yun family, so they are not reliable evidence."

Yun Xiyue's face darkened; he was being unreasonable.

"There's no need to prove whose poison it is," Bai Jue said with a smile.

"I want to see who that maid was who sparred with the Marquis at the Marquis's residence the other day?"

Yunxi Yue asked Bei Ye to come over.

Bei Ye didn't speak, but simply bowed and stood beside her.

Yun Xiyue then recounted the events of that day in more detail.

"I went to the Marquis's residence because I was threatened by Lin Bao'er's people. They said they would kill Qinghe if I didn't go. Qinghe used to be my personal maid, but now she is Shen Yue's concubine and is pregnant."

"When we arrived at the Marquis's residence, Lin Bao'er began to resent me, saying that I had ruined their relationship. Shen Yue was hiding behind a screen at the time, which shows that the couple were suspected of conspiring to plot against me."

"Then, Madam Shen and Madam Li arrived in a rage with their servants, trying to arrest me without any explanation. My maid injured the old woman from the Marquis's mansion in order to protect my safety. The Dali Temple has already investigated this matter."

"Later, when Lin Bao'er saw that my maid knew martial arts, she had her maid take action. Ye'er was so eager to protect her mistress that she didn't control her strength and ended up twisting her maid's neck. Seeing that the maid who knew martial arts was no match for Ye'er, Lord Shen personally took action to subdue my maid and then imprison me."

After Yun Xiyue finished speaking, she looked at Shen Yue and smiled, "Lord Shen, have I said anything wrong?"

Shen Yue's face turned ashen. "You were the one who deliberately said something to anger Bao'er, causing her to vomit blood."

"If she really vomited blood, then the pregnancy would have been threatened long ago. At that time, Doctor Lian from the capital went to the Marquis's residence to check her pulse, but he did not find that the pregnancy was threatened, and the fetus was very stable."

Soon, Murong Yu sent someone to bring Doctor Lian.

When Doctor Lian arrived, he told the truth, "When I left, I heard the maids of the Marquis's mansion say that it was a secret medicine from the Southern Qiang Kingdom. There is no cure for this poison. They wanted to slander Miss Yun and ask her to atone with her death."

“It was that maid who said it,” Yun Xiyue asked.

"It's her." Doctor Lian pointed to the maid standing behind Lin Bao'er.

The maid was immediately enraged, "You're talking nonsense!"

"Your Majesty, I swear to Heaven that if I have uttered a single falsehood, may I die a horrible death." Doctor Lian knelt down and kowtowed in the main hall.

Neither Shen Yue nor Lin Bao'er expected that Doctor Lian had overheard this, and they were greatly shocked.

When Yun Xiyue saw the maid, she suddenly thought of something and immediately said, "This maid is someone who serves the princess of the Southern Qiang Kingdom. Can you prove whether the poison on her body is a secret medicine of the Southern Qiang Kingdom? Can you check whether she has been poisoned by the same poison?"

"Second Master Bai, do you think what I said is right?"

Bai Jue smiled and said, "Miss Yun is right. The Third Prince thinks I am biased towards the Yun family. Then let's investigate this maid. She is a maid who accompanied the Southern Qiang Princess in her dowry. As a secret guard by the Southern Qiang Princess's side, she is very likely to have been poisoned by the Southern Qiang Kingdom's secret medicine. If it is the same as the poison on the Southern Qiang Princess, then it means that Miss Yun is right."

"It is highly likely that the Southern Qiang princess poisoned herself, orchestrating the whole thing herself."

Murong Yu immediately ordered his men to seize the maid.

"Princess!" The maidservant panicked and sought help from Lin Bao'er.

At this point, they have already lost.

Lin Bao'er gave her a fierce look.

The maid's face turned ashen, then suddenly she revealed a ferocious expression, drew a dagger and stabbed Lin Bao'er, shouting, "I'll kill you!"

"Insolence!" Shen Yue slapped her away.

This palm strike was a deadly blow.

The maid coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground.