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Qiao Ran bent down to pick up Liu Yun's sachet and reached out to return it to He Yingying. He Yingying screamed again and shrank back in fear.

"What are you afraid of? Wasn't this left to you by Liu Yun?"

Qiao Ran smiled, making He Yingying's scalp tingle. She kept saying, "It's not mine," insisting that Qiao Ran had stuffed it into her to frame her.

But as everyone watched, although Qiao Ran hit He Yingying, she did not stuff anything into her body. Moreover, Liu Yun's sachet had long tassels and the belt tied around her waist was very complicated. How could it be done in the blink of an eye?

Naturally, no one believed He Yingying. He Yingying's eyes were blurry with tears, and she looked at Qiao Ran with even more fear.

She really didn't take it; she didn't know why the sachet ended up on her.

"You've hurt yourself and others. Look how scared you are." Qiao Ran laughed, casually tossing away the sachet. She took out a handkerchief from her sleeve and carefully wiped her hands. She raised her eyes slightly and said, "When you pushed Liu Yun into the water and framed me behind my back, didn't you ever think about the day when the truth would come out? With such clumsy tricks, you still dare to throw mud at me. I think you're really tired of living."

He Yingying collapsed to the ground with a thud, whether frightened by the cold glint in Qiao Ran's eyes or by Qiao Ran's words, it was unclear.

She stammered, "I don't know... what are you talking about? I didn't... harm Liu Yun."

Her lips trembled, and her eyes were brimming with tears as she looked at everyone.

Qiao Ran glanced at Chen Jiu out of the corner of her eye and saw that his brows were furrowed and his eyes were full of worry. Qiao Ran, on the other hand, felt relieved at that moment and was about to speak when Kong Hanyan suddenly interrupted.

She stared at He Yingying and said, "I saw it."

He Yingying was startled.

“I saw you push Liu Yun into the water,” Kong Hanyan said, and He Yingying trembled with each word. She repeated, “Liu Yun was clearly pushed in by you, so why are you framing Xiao Ran?”

All eyes, whether surprised or suspicious, fell on He Yingying. Kong Hanyan's expression was firm, her face full of indignation, and anyone who saw her would believe that what she said was true.

He Yingying covered her head and shrank back, finally unable to speak. She sobbed, confirming Kong Hanyan's words.

Qiao Ran gave Kong Hanyan a grateful look and continued to work on He Yingying's nerves, which were on the verge of collapse. "Liu Yun was punished. You knew she was in a bad mood the next day and would take her anger out on you. So you went out to keep her company so she could calm down. But Liu Yun was still angry and when she saw you, she couldn't help but humiliate you again. You got into an argument with her by the bridge, and bang!"

He Yingying screamed like a madwoman, terrified of every word Qiao Ran uttered.

"I did not do it on purpose……"

Qiao Ran clapped her hands lightly and looked away. "Heaven's sins may be forgiven, but self-inflicted sins are unforgivable."

Kong Hanyan: "I didn't go out at all last night. I was just trying to trick you, and you confessed without even asking. He Yingying, you are really despicable."

The ladies who knew the truth were all sweating profusely and consciously distanced themselves from the disheveled He Yingying, pointing and gossiping. They never expected things to turn out this way.

“So the murderer is someone else,” Gong Yuyi stepped forward and with a slight movement of his hand, a guard stepped forward to restrain He Yingying. His tone of voice was as refined as his appearance, without any hostility. He said in an official manner, “Since it was not Miss Qiao who pushed Liu Yun into the water, it seems that Wen Shao has wronged you.”

Qiao Ran nodded slightly. "Commander, you are right. I am indeed innocent."

Gong Yuyi smiled.

Wen Shao interrupted them unhappily, "Don't forget, Liu Yun died of poisoning, and the poison was found in Miss Qiao's room."

"Perhaps we searched the wrong place," Qiao Ran said with a shameless smile, speaking specifically to Gong Yuyi. "Since everyone is here, why don't you have the commander search Shufang Palace again? Maybe we'll find something new."

Gong Yuyi nodded, "That's right. Men, search."

Immediately, people entered Shufang Palace from all directions, seemingly determined to search it thoroughly.

Qiao Ran lowered her head and played with the handkerchief, then suddenly fell silent, seemingly unconcerned about the outcome.

Yao Yuze looked at her, his eyelids twitching even more frantically, feeling that something was wrong with Qiao Ran.

Gong Yuyi coughed lightly and asked Qiao Ran, "If the poison isn't yours, why is it in your room?"

Qiao Ran blinked. "What you're saying, Commander? If I really poisoned Liu Yun, why would I leave the poison in the house waiting for people to search? It must be someone framing me."

Gong Yuyi pursed her lips. "He Yingying pushed Liu Yun into the water, but Liu Yun didn't die. Was she afraid that Liu Yun would retaliate after waking up, so she did it a second time? And framed you again?"

Qiao Ran chuckled, "Is that what the commander thinks?"

Gong Yuyi shook his head. "No."

"And what about the Vice Envoy?" Qiao Ran then turned her foxy yet innocent gaze to Wen Shao, waiting for his answer with a smile.

Wen Shao's eyes were cold. "It wasn't He Yingying who poisoned her."

Qiao Ran: "Who is that?"

Wen Shao squinted at her, remaining silent for a long time.

"The Vice Envoy could tell that this person wasn't He Yingying, so he must have guessed it wasn't me either, yet he still deliberately keeps harping on me," Qiao Ran said seriously, her smile fading. "Where did I offend the Vice Envoy?"

Wen Shao's face turned cold, and he retorted, "Aren't you suspicious enough?"

"Did I?"

Taking advantage of having more people around, Qiao Ran became more unrestrained and retorted so harshly that Wen Shao's expression froze.

Gong Yuyi picked out the key point from Qiao Ran's words and probed, "Miss Qiao said 'also,' does that mean you've offended someone else?"

Yao Yuze knew why his eyelids were twitching. He saw Qiao Ran's mischievous smile, so he put on a wronged expression and timidly pointed to himself, "General Yao, I don't know what's wrong with you, you keep picking on me."

"Is that so?" Gong Yuyi and Yao Yuze were quite familiar with each other, after all, they worked together in the palace. He raised an eyebrow. "Yuze, what's going on?"

Yao Yuze couldn't explain it for a moment. The massacre of the Qiao family and the escape of the orphaned girl were secrets of the Jinwu Guard, unknown to outsiders. Naturally, they couldn't let anyone know that the real culprits behind the deaths of the Qiao family were not the so-called thieves, but the Jinwu Guard.

"General?" Qiao Ran suppressed a laugh and deliberately asked, "Why isn't the General saying anything?"

Yao Yuze said in a cool voice, "Miss Qiao and I just had a misunderstanding. How could you be deliberately making things difficult for me?"

"No?" Qiao Ran asked, puzzled.

Yao Yuze wanted to cover her face, wishing he could torture her severely to get to the bottom of things.

Having experienced Qiao Ran's temper firsthand, Gong Yuyi stepped in to smooth things over, saying, "Since it's a misunderstanding, it's best to clarify it."

Just then, the guards came out after they finished searching. "Commander, we found something."

Gong Yuyi: "What?"

The guards brought the item up and presented it to Gong Yuyi. Gong Yuyi picked it up and saw that it was a tattered dress with bloodstains on it.

"A blood-stained skirt?" Gong Yuyi asked doubtfully. "Where did you find it?"

The guard replied, "Inside Miss Yang's room."

Another commotion erupted among the young ladies, and everyone pushed Yang Hui out of the way. Yang Hui looked nervous and immediately knelt down. Her head was lowered, and the stray hairs on her forehead were soaked with sweat. She knelt there without saying a word.

Gong Yuyi had someone present the dress to Wen Shao. It was unusual for a bloodstained dress to appear in Shufang Palace, especially since the tear in the dress was from a sword wound.

After looking at it, Wen Shao also looked suspicious. "The small Shufang Palace is really full of hidden talents."

No one noticed that Yao Yuze's face was slightly pale, and he glared fiercely at Pu Jing.

Pu Jing was truly wronged.

"How come there's a blood-stained dress in Miss Yang's room?" Qiao Ran deliberately leaned closer for a look, then pretended to know nothing and asked Yang Hui.

Yang Hui looked up at her, a fleeting look of desolation in her eyes, but Qiao Ran only sneered.

She knew where the dress came from, and it must be related to Yao Yuze. Later, when the dress disappeared, she was worried for a while. But on the flat bed, she found a fallen bead from a bracelet. After careful observation, she found that it belonged to Yang Hui. Yang Hui usually liked to use fragrance, so her things all had a faint fragrance, which was very unique.

Coincidentally, she also smelled this faint fragrance in the interrogation room today.

Whose side is Yang Hui on?

Qiao Ran watched with a calm and collected expression, but Yang Hui remained silent, neither admitting nor denying anything.

Gong Yuyi temporarily set aside the matter of the clothes and asked, "Didn't they find any drugs?"

The guard shook his head.

Gong Yuyi then turned to look at Wen Shao, who took out the poison that had been found in Qiao Ran's room and handed it to Gong Yuyi, saying, "The handkerchief that wrapped the poison powder has a unique fragrance. Commander, have someone bring one of the young ladies' personal belongings over so we can compare them and find out."

Qiao Ran cursed Wen Shao under her breath a few times, and handed over her handkerchief first. After the guard examined it, he said, "No."

Qiao Ran exchanged a glance with Wen Shao, who gave her a sinister smile. She looked away; she realized that Wen Shao was deliberately messing with her.

The guards examined each of the young ladies' belongings, even those of Xu Shangjian and Sun Shangyi, and finally presented Yang Hui's handkerchief, saying, "Commander, this is it."

The poison also came from Yang Hui.

Gong Yuyi stood with his hands behind his back. "Miss Yang, do you have anything else to say?"

Yang Hui finally raised her head, her eyes seemingly filled with scalding tears, and said in a hoarse voice, "I have nothing to say."

"Poison, clothes, you won't say a word more," Gong Yuyi suddenly said in a deep voice. "It's alright, the Imperial City Guard has plenty of ways to handle this. Take the clothes to the Imperial City Guard for investigation, find out where they came from, and then report back to me."

"Yes," the guard replied, and was about to take the dress away.

Pu Jing was shoved in the back, and he staggered as he called out, "Wait."

Gong Yuyi turned to look at him.

Pu Jing walked up to the dress and pretended to examine it carefully. Suddenly, he exclaimed in surprise, "No wonder it looks so familiar! Wasn't this always kept at the Jinwu Guard Station? How did it end up here?"

Wen Shao: "Do you know the General of the Central Army?"

“This is evidence from a previous case. I don’t recognize it.” Pu Jing took it from the guard and brought it to Yao Yuze. “General, please take a look and see if this is it?”

Yao Yuze forced a smile and said, "Indeed."

Gong Yuyi: "How did the items from the Jinwu Guard end up in Shufang Palace? We need to investigate this more thoroughly."

"Yes." Yao Yuze took a deep breath and looked at Qiao Ran with a half-smile. "We didn't even notice that something was missing. Pu Jing, you should go down and investigate properly."

Pu Jing broke out in a cold sweat. "Yes, yes, I will definitely make sure to rectify the situation properly when I get down there."

Qiao Ran stepped aside, knowing that Yao Yuze dared not bring up the old case of the Qiao family in public. After all, the Imperial Guard had done something wrong, killing a loyal minister but keeping it a secret from the entire court. The truth of the matter was unfathomable.

Yao Yuze was afraid that others would get involved in this matter, so he dared not do anything to Qiao Ran about the dress.

Qiao Ran cast a provocative glance at Yao Yuze, whose face darkened.