noffsinger Chapter 812 Irrefutable
Chapter 812 Irrefutable
These words once again caused a huge uproar on the surface of the lake, and heated discussions suddenly broke out among the crowd.
"The doctor admitted it. Does that mean that everything Prince Dongping said before was true? The princess's frail health wasn't caused by childbirth, but rather by someone drugging her, which created a false condition?"
Someone else said, "But, we can't just take the old man's one-sided story, right? What if he was bribed by the Prince of Dongping?"
After hearing this, someone nodded, "That's not impossible, unless that old man can produce evidence!"
Hearing these discussions, the old man hurriedly explained, "Princess, I have not been bribed. I have evidence!"
After he finished speaking, he took out an account book and handed it to Shu He. "Princess, please take a look. This is the transaction account book between Jiu'an Hall and the Wu family. It clearly records the time, price, quantity, and confidentiality agreement when the Wu family came to Jiu'an Hall to buy medicine."
Shu He took the account book and flipped through two pages. The records were indeed very clear.
"In addition to this account book, our Jiu'an Hall also has the Wu family's transaction receipt. This receipt has the Wu family's signature and cannot be forged!"
Shu He took the transaction stub he took out of his arms, flipped through a few pages, and confirmed that there was nothing wrong before handing the account book and stub to Jiang Zhenlei next to him.
It’s not that she doesn’t trust the Princess of Western Chu, but she is afraid that she won’t be able to understand it. She is also afraid that even if she can understand it, she will be furious after understanding it, so it’s better not to show it to her.
"Prince Xichu, please verify these stubs and account books."
"Jiang Dongping showed me the Liuyin Powder mentioned in this account book yesterday. I can confirm that it contains strychnine and tripterygium wilfordii. These two herbs are poisonous, but if the dosage is controlled properly, they will not be fatal. They will only cause symptoms such as mental depression, chest tightness, and palpitations."
"Your Highness, I asked the imperial physician who treated the princess, and he said that the aftereffects of her previous childbirth had been largely cured by you using various rare and precious herbs, but I don't know why she still often felt unwell afterwards."
Jiang Zhenlei looked at the account books and stubs, and the expression on his face could no longer be described as ugly.
He had a gloomy face and his eyes seemed to be filled with a thick layer of dark clouds, which made people feel extremely oppressed just by looking at him.
"Yes, Imperial Physician Su is my wife's chief physician. He once said the same thing to me."
"At the time, I thought my wife hadn't fully recovered yet, or that she had some stubborn underlying illness. I never imagined..." Someone had secretly poisoned her!
He looked at Wu Sancong and Wu Xiuxin, his eyes filled with murderous intent.
"Is this how you treat your benefactor?!!"
Wu San never dared to speak, and his eyes kept dodging. The fear in his heart almost made him lose the ability to think.
On the contrary, Wu Xiuxin seemed a little indifferent. She looked at Zhuang Lian, her eyes filled with disappointment mixed with grievance and powerlessness, as if she was a weak person who was bullied by the whole world but unable to fight back.
"Princess, Xiuxin doesn't know what they are talking about, but Xiuxin has been with you day and night for so many years. The person who is most qualified to judge Xiuxin should be you!"
"Do you also think that Xiuxin would do such a heartless thing to you?"
"Don't tell me you also think Xiuxin is such a heartless person who repays kindness with grievance?"
"aunt……"
"Aren't you, Miss Xiuxin?!" Shu He spoke again, with a bit more coldness on his face.
This method of pretending to be aggrieved, acting weak, and retreating to advance really makes these deep-minded "spoiled girls" play it very well!
Wu Xiuxin looked at Shu He coldly and still refused to admit the accusations against her.
"Although I, Wu Xiuxin, am only the daughter of a minor sixth-rank official, I do come from a family of scholars after all! Princess Li, as an outsider who has never known me, what qualifications do you have to judge me like this?"
"Miss Xiuxin, are you still unwilling to admit what you have done?"
Shu He chuckled and said to Jiang Dongping, "Let's put out all the remaining witness evidence so that some people know what 'irrefutable' means!"
Jiang Dongping nodded, and then asked the librarian to call out the four witnesses he had prepared earlier.
"Mrs. Li, the cook in the small kitchen; Xiao Zhang, who is in charge of purchasing for the palace; Xiao Hong, Wu Xiuxin's former maid; and Xu Bo, the steward of the Jiangnan Wu family."
Jiang Dongping introduced them one by one. After he finished, Wu Sancong's face became visibly filled with fear and panic.
Wu Xiuxin's pupils dilated and her whole body froze.
"Miss Xiuxin, do you have anything else to say?"
Shu He looked at her, the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, "Or do you want Prince Dongping to tell you everything these people have done, word for word?"
Zhuang Lian looked at these people. They were all familiar faces. She had seen them all in Wu Xiuxin's yard to some extent.
So, what unknown secrets do these people and Xiuxin have?
Could it be that Xiuxin really did something to her as Dongping said?
When I looked at her again, I saw that her face was pale and there was a hint of panic in her eyes that she couldn't hide.
"Xiuxin, why do you look so ugly?"
Wu Xiuxin met Zhuang Lian's eyes, but somehow turned away in panic. The golden wedding fan in her hand was deformed by the pinch, which was enough to show the fear in her heart.
A strong sense of uneasiness surged up, shattering the determination in Zhuang Lian's heart into pieces.
Are these all true?
Seeing that Wu Xiuxin still didn't speak, Jiang Dongping didn't intend to save her face.
"This Xu Bo is the steward of the Jiangnan Wu family. He's one of the people who knows about the Wu family buying medicine from Jiu'an Hall. At the same time, he's the one who sometimes goes to get the medicine!"
"There are several signatures in that stack of stubs. It's Uncle Xu."
"That Xiao Zhang, who's in charge of purchasing for the palace, his original surname is Xu. He's the second son of Xu Bo. Five years ago, after this prince left Kyoto, he entered the palace through Wu Xiuxin's introduction."
"In the palace, he was responsible for transporting items for Wu Xiuxin and the Wu family, as well as the money he embezzled from the palace."
"Madam Li is the one who makes blood swallow and lotus seed soup for Mother every few days. Normally, after she makes the lotus seed soup, she directly asks Aunt Yun, Mother's subordinate, to get the soup. But there are always a few times when she doesn't ask Aunt Yun to get it, but instead gives it to Wu Xiuxin."
"Coincidentally, every time Mother eats the lotus seed soup that Wu Xiuxin brings her, she becomes ill that night or the next day!"
After hearing these words, Princess Zhuang Lian of Western Chu seemed to have realized something. Her whole body became stiff and weak. If Jiang Zhenlei had not supported her in time, she would have almost fallen down.