sjar Chapter 93: Successfully Blamed
Chapter 93: Successfully Blamed
Outside the door, Jiang Zhigang had just arrived from the Prince's Mansion.
She looked up at the doorway and guessed that Old Madam Jiang wanted to ask Liu Shi some questions before she died.
The room reeked of blood.
With disheveled hair, Madam Liu lay weakly on the bed, her lips trembling as she spoke, "Why... Madam, Luan'er is already dead, why are you so ruthless towards me?"
"Why......"
Madam Jiang took a deep breath and said quietly, "Our Jiang family will never accept a promiscuous woman."
"Do you really think I'm senile?"
An expression of disbelief crossed her face. "You...you knew all along?"
Old Madam Jiang snorted coldly, "You've already harmed several children."
"Now, it's time for you to go too."
"I'll ask you one question today: Is your involvement in the death of my late wife?"
"Was it you who killed that child back then?"
Liu's mind went blank, but suddenly her expression changed and she grinned.
"Old man, if you're really not senile, why are you asking me these questions?"
“Jiang Zhi killed that child back then, and she also killed the late Madam.”
Her eyes widened, filled with resentment, and tears welled up in them.
Madam Jiang's face was gloomy. "Back then, it was you who deliberately led me to the front hall, then brought me back to my room, where I saw this scene before me."
"It's caused me to treat Zhi'er like this, and to make her suffer so much in Liangzhou."
"Now that you are about to die, it is your own fault."
"You ruined the Jiang family, you deserve to go to hell."
“It is a misfortune for our Jiang family that An’er married a woman like you.”
Liu coughed up blood, her eyes dim yet stubborn, and with her hands covered in blood, she reached for the old lady's clothes.
Old Madam Jiang stood up and gave her a gloomy look.
“You’ve been in my Jiang family for over a decade, and you’ve killed your own child in an attempt to destroy our family.”
"Giving you the poison that will kill you is already the greatest mercy I can show."
"You can go to hell in peace now."
As Madam Jiang finished speaking, Madam Liu's hand, which had been suspended in mid-air, also fell down.
Two bloody streaks were left in his wide-open eyes, a shocking sight.
Madam Jiang sighed, her face showing sadness, and slowly opened the door.
She said to Granny Wu in the courtyard, "Go to the Duke's mansion to report the death."
"It's all the fault of our Jiang family, God!"
Seeing this, Jiang Zhi, Lu Nianqiu, and the others immediately went over and helped the old lady up.
"grandmother."
"Grandma."
As Jiang Zhi helped the old lady leave, he glanced back at the tragic scene inside the room where Liu Shi had died.
They deserve it; they've brought this upon themselves.
Liu's body was covered with a white cloth, and the authorities were to bring a coroner to examine the body.
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The front hall of the Zhenyuan Marquis's residence.
Biluo was bound and forced to kneel on the ground.
Her eyes flashed with terror, and her voice trembled as she said, "Madam, I didn't mean to harm you."
"This servant is utterly loyal to Madam, how could I possibly poison her?"
Madam Jiang sat upright in her chair, leaning on her cane and sighing, a fleeting sadness passing through her eyes.
A short while later, Lord Fu, dressed in a red robe, arrived from the Yanjing Prefectural Government with a coroner.
When Madam Jiang saw that people had arrived, she immediately got up to greet them.
"Lord Fu, please, Lord Fu, you must find the real culprit."
"To avenge my dead daughter-in-law."
"Don't keep me awake at night."
Seeing this, Lord Fu immediately helped the man up.
"Madam Jiang, this is absolutely not allowed."
Old Madam Jiang leaned on her cane and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes.
Lord Fu comforted her, saying, "Madam Jiang, please accept my condolences."
"I will definitely find out the real culprit."
"Give the Jiang family the truth."
Madam Jiang nodded solemnly.
"Thank you for your help, Lord Fu. The imperial physician Jiuxia just examined him and said he has been poisoned by the 'life-ending powder'."
Lord Fu frowned slightly, "Life-Severing Powder?"
The poison known as "Death-Severing Powder" is a rare poison on the market, yet some people dare to use it to harm others.
Madam Jiang nodded and, with the help of several maids, went to sit on a chair.
In the front courtyard of the Jiang residence, the coroner is examining the body of Lady Liu.
The autopsy results came back, confirming that he had indeed been poisoned with a lethal drug.
Madam Jiang recounted the events of the previous day to Lord Fu.
Lord Fu frowned as he looked at Biluo kneeling on the ground.
"Did you serve Madam Jiang's medicine yesterday? Was it prepared without the help of anyone else?"
Biluo nodded repeatedly, "Your Excellency, it is undoubtedly this servant who served the soup, but I would never harm Madam."
"Moreover, this servant truly has no idea why there was any poison in the soup. This servant really has no idea."
"Please, Lord Fu, make the judgment."
Lord Fu looked at the two yamen runners beside him.
"There must still be some residue of this life-severing powder. I wonder if it would be convenient for Old Madam Jiang to search the manor?"
Madam Jiang nodded and said solemnly, "Thank you for your trouble, Lord Fu. If the real culprit can be caught, our Jiang family will be eternally grateful."
Upon receiving the order, the officials from the government entered the inner courtyard of the Marquis of Zhenyuan's residence to search.
Biluo knelt on the ground, trembling, tears streaming down her face.
The bowl of soup that she served herself was put into the food box from the front hall, just as Madam Jiang had instructed.
How could there be a life-severing powder out of nowhere?
Who poisoned it?
Before long, the voices of yamen runners could be heard outside the main hall.
"Sir, sir, something's up."
Biluo's face lit up with joy, after all, she didn't have any so-called life-severing powder.
Now I can finally clear my name.
Lord Fu walked over and handed the remaining poison to the doctor beside him.
The doctor glanced at it, smelled it, and said, "Sir, this is indeed a life-ending powder."
Lord Fu's eyes darkened as he looked at the bailiff, "Where was this found?"
The constable said, "The steward said that's the room of the maid Biluo."
As soon as the bailiff finished speaking, Old Madam Jiang immediately stood up from her chair.
"You bastard!"
"You say you didn't poison it, so why is the poison in your room?"
Biluo shook her head repeatedly in fright, "Madam, I really didn't poison you, I really didn't mean to poison you."
"I don't know why this poisonous substance was in our room. Madam, you've been wronged."
Lord Fu looked at the doctor beside him, gesturing for him to come forward and examine Biluo.
If the poison "Duanming San" comes into contact with clothing, it will turn blue when it gets wet.
As expected, Biluo's sleeves were stained with the powder of the "Life-Severing Powder".
"I'm innocent, Your Honor!" Biluo cried out.
Jiang Zhi gave her a meaningful look.
“Lord Fu, not many people buy the Life-Severing Powder, and normal pharmacies don’t sell it,” said Madam Jiang.
“Our family owns the largest pharmacy in Yanjing. Besides us, there is another pharmacy that sells it.”
"If you don't believe me, sir, you can send someone to that pharmacy to question them. They'll surely find out the truth."
Lord Fu looked at Old Madam Jiang.
"Our Yanjing Prefectural Government will certainly handle this case impartially."
Lord Fu personally led a team to interrogate the pharmacy owner and reached a final conclusion.
Biluo was also taken away by the government without any leniency.