After transmigrating into the book, I replaced the innocent-looking girl and became the Crown Prince

Dingguohou Mansion.

At this moment, the entire mansion was in complete chaos.

Apart from Madam Wu, who did not attend the banquet, Madam Qian, who was pregnant in the fifth branch of the family, and the Old Madam and Madam Rong, who went back to rest because they felt unwell on the way, almost everyone else was infected.

The effect of this raw lacquer is direct and strong.

It doesn't care about your status, whether you are rich or poor; as long as you smell it and become tainted by its diffusion factors...

In mild cases, the whole body itches; in severe cases, the body swells up like a pig's head, or there is uniform swelling all over the body.

Now that Lady Hou and Concubine Ping have both fallen ill, there is no one to manage the household, so the old matriarch has to step in to handle the affairs.

Yong'an Hall.

The others who were infected knelt down below, trembling with fear.

The room was eerily quiet; you could hear a pin drop.

The old lady looked at her pale-faced granddaughter Lu Wanting and her two maids kneeling before her, and was truly disappointed in them.

Unexpectedly, she only went back to rest for a while because she was tired.

As a result, these people caused her such a huge mess.

"Grandmother, this really has nothing to do with Ting'er. Someone must be behind this to frame me. You must investigate this thoroughly!"

Although Lu Wanting was scared, she now understood.

Someone must have plotted against her behind the scenes; she shouldn't have revealed her maidservant.

However, there might still be a way to save themselves for now.

"Hmph, whether it's you or not, we'll have to wait for the High Court's official diagnosis before we can say for sure."

A quarter of an hour later.

The head of the Imperial Medical Academy arrived with three imperial physicians.

"How is it, Chief Justice Gao?"

"The old lady is well. This old minister has already diagnosed the Lady of the Marquis, and her symptoms are the same as those of everyone else in the mansion."

They were both poisoned by raw lacquer, but because she was sitting close by, she inhaled more of it, which led to her coma.

The old minister has already administered the medicine to Lady Hou; she should be able to wake up soon.

"How are the others in the household?"

Another imperial physician came out and said, "Your Majesty, the others just feel itchy, but those who inhale more will have swollen faces."

The swelling should subside on its own in a few days and won't affect your health.

This Marquis's mansion is truly a disaster.

Besides the Marquis's residence, the many noble ladies and wives who were invited today must have all been infected.

"Your Majesty, today's events have escalated to such an extent that I must be going to treat other patients in the capital. We will not stay any longer."

"Very well, thank you for your help today, Your Excellency Gao and the other two gentlemen. The Marquis's residence will definitely send a gift of thanks another day."

After Steward Fu saw the imperial physicians off, the old lady looked at them with a stern expression.

"Butler Li, have you found out anything? What exactly happened?"

As the second-in-command of the Marquis's mansion, Steward Li's position was second only to the head steward, Steward Fu.

The old lady knew perfectly well that he was someone promoted by Consort Ping.

As for Ping, she allowed her to stand on equal footing with her son's legal wife, Liu, which was clearly for her own reasons.

If Li Yannian doesn't make any big mistakes, he will definitely replace Steward Shangfu as the head steward of the Marquis's mansion in the future.

But now that such a serious mistake has occurred in the Marquis's residence, he cannot escape blame.

Li Yannian was trembling at this moment.

"Grandma, I just checked. A few days ago you said you wanted to help Fifth Miss repair her guqin, so I found some skilled craftsmen from outside."

Yesterday, after they finished the work and took inventory, they found that a small bucket of raw lacquer was missing.

I think someone in the manor must have secretly taken it to cause trouble…

"Hmph, since you knew it was stolen, you should have investigated and held the perpetrators accountable on the same day?"

"If it weren't for your dereliction of duty, how could our Marquis's mansion have suffered such a calamity today?"

The old lady was so angry that she slammed her cane heavily on the ground.

Li Yannian wiped his forehead in fright. He hadn't thought much about it at the time; who knew someone would cause trouble with this raw lacquer?

"Please calm down, Madam. It was too late yesterday, and this old servant didn't think much of it at the time..."

"What a convenient excuse! You're the steward of a marquis's mansion. It's your duty to guard the house and protect the property. Now that things have happened, you're trying to brush me off like this?"

How dare you!

Li Yannian was so frightened that he immediately knelt down, his mind racing.

"Grandma, Grandma, please calm down!"

This old servant remembers having Steward Cui put up a sign at the construction site, so that many people in the manor knew about the on-site extraction of raw lacquer.

You can summon Manager Cui; he surely knows who saw them working on the refining process and must have mentioned that raw lacquer can cause allergies.

"Someone, summon Steward Cui."

Lingjiu Mountain.

"Young Master, are you really going to pry open Miss Biao's coffin?"

Ru Feng looked at the prince's dark and gloomy face and carefully confirmed it again.

"What, do I have to say it a second time?"

Although Lu Hanting's voice was calm, Ru Feng knew the young master well; often, when he appeared calm, he was probably already seething with rage inside.

Not daring to delay any longer, he ordered his men, "Dig."

A quarter of an hour passed.

The red soil was dug out, revealing a coffin buried three zhang deep, where the coroner was already waiting.

They were just waiting for the prince's order to open the coffin and examine the body.

The coffin lid was opened, revealing a blackened, mummified corpse lying inside, burned beyond recognition.

Although it had only been buried for a short time, it had already attracted a lot of corpse worms, and the corpse was emitting a foul stench.

Ru Feng and others accompanied the prince on his military campaigns, and in the process, they had secretly seen countless corpses, including even more disgusting ones.

Looking at the rotting, stinking body, he was certain that if this female corpse wasn't the cousin's, the person behind this scheme was in deep trouble.

The coroner examined the corpse without batting an eye, while the other guards from the Marquis's mansion who had come along all turned pale.

A quarter of an hour later.

"Your Highness, I have examined the body carefully. There is a fish bone stuck in the throat. I am certain that she choked on the fish while eating it and died from respiratory failure."

Furthermore, during the examination, it was discovered that she was different from normal people; she had an extra little finger on her toe.

Lu Hanting's gaze suddenly turned cold, and his voice was as cold as ice, "Are you sure?"

“Your Highness, I have been a coroner for thirty years, and I can tell you with absolute certainty that my examination is without any problems.”

Sure enough, the body wasn't hers.

Ru Feng felt a gust of cold wind whistle past him, and then saw the prince swiftly mount the large horse beside him.

With another turn of his head, the prince had completely disappeared from his sight.

Biyunting.

Lingfu rushed in, her face full of worry, and said, "Auntie, the Old Madam requests your presence at Yong'an Hall for questioning."

Wu Weiwei, who was practicing calligraphy, put down her pen and turned her head to look at Polly, who was eating happily beside her.

With great interest, he teased, "Polly, guess why the old lady wants to see me? If you guess right, I'll reward you with a chicken leg."

"Auntie, you're in big trouble! The old lady is going to spank you! The old lady is going to spank you!"

Lingfu slapped Polly's head and scolded, "Polly, if you keep talking nonsense, I'll roast your bird's ass tonight!"

Polly looked at Wanqiu with a wronged expression, but Wanqiu only looked at it with sympathy and did not say anything to comfort it.

Wu Weiwei smiled and said, "If I don't get a spanking from the old lady later, I'll pluck a few of your feathers and make shuttlecocks to kick when I get back."

"Ahhh... Auntie is a bad person, Auntie is a bad person!"

In the end, Wu Weiwei left Lingfu behind and took Wanqiu to Yong'an Hall.