In the midst of the uproar, Han Yunxi raised her hand and everyone quieted down.
However, at this time, someone couldn't help being curious and asked, "Princess Consort, who is the traitor?"
Who would have thought that Han Yunxi's calm voice would suddenly turn cold, "There are only a few people that have been in and out of the warehouse these past few days. Come, bring them all in!"
The secret guards brought in six servants. There were three maids in charge of the warehouse, two manservants, and ….. Housekeeper Luo!
When everyone saw Housekeeper Luo among them, they were all shocked. But Housekeeper Luo was very calm as he kept his head up with a calm expression.
"There are only six of you that have been in and out of the warehouse these past few days."
Han Yunxi walked out of the pavilion and looked at the six servants. Her face was 30% cold and 70% serious, "His highness and this princess will not allow traitors to exist here. Who was it that broke the roof of the warehouse? Either you stand up or ….."
Han Yunxi did not finish speaking. She looked at Xu Donglin with her eyes and Xu Donglin immediately threw out a needle board!
This needle board was as big as a stool and it was densely covered in nails. Each one was shining with a cold light and was shockingly sharp.
Most of the servants knew that this needle board was a very terrifying torture tool. As long as one sat on it, all the nails would pierce their buttocks. The pain was indescribable, but it wasn't fatal. It would hurt for several days before they died from excessive blood loss.
This was a kind of death that was worse than death.
Housekeeper Luo's expression did not change as he remained calm. The other two manservants and three maids all had pale faces as their bodies trembled. There was no doubt that if the culprit did not stand up, none of them would be able to escape this disaster.
Very quickly, the maids all kneeled down in fear, "Princess Consort, it wasn't me! Have mercy! "
"Princess Consort, I didn't do anything, I'm innocent!"
… …
Su Xiaoyu was no longer as calm as before. Her brows were tightly knit as if she was thinking of something. However, at this time, Han Yunxi coldly said an old saying, "Resist and be strict, confess and ….. leniency!"
Su Xiaoyu's heart skipped a beat. She had a feeling that Han Yunxi was doing this on purpose!
When he had said those words in the study room of the Leisurely Cloud Pavilion, he had done it on purpose. It was not because he wanted to be lenient with her, but because he wanted her to hear it.
Han Yunxi had already made up her mind. She was going to find out who the person in the warehouse was and then sell her out!
Sure enough, the words' those who resist will be severely punished, those who confess will be lenient 'caused the manservant to kneel down and kowtow again and again. "Princess Consort, please spare my life! This lowly one was threatened, and this lowly one had no choice but to do that! Princess Consort, please spare me! "
So it was him! Butler Luo's follower!
Seeing this, Su Xiaoyu's expression changed. She didn't expect that the person she had carefully selected would be so easily threatened.
Steward Luo was furious and slapped Wang Laifu, "Wang Laifu, you bastard, I've always treated you well. How dare you do such a thing!"
Wang Laifu let Steward Luo scold him and repeatedly begged for mercy, but he still didn't say who threatened him.
"Who threatened you? Who was the one who tampered with the charcoal? "Han Yunxi asked in a loud voice.
When a person was about to die, his courage grew. Wang Laifu actually talked to Han Yunxi about conditions, "Princess Consort, you have to promise to spare this lowly one's life first. Only then will this lowly one dare to speak."
So bold, no wonder he had the heart to betray her!
Han Yunxi's eyes flashed with a cold light and she coldly said, "Alright, I'll spare your life and spare your punishment. Speak!"
Wang Laifu was overjoyed. How could he have known that there was something more painful than death and torture in this world?
He didn't hesitate and immediately looked at Su Xiaoyu.
In a moment, everyone also looked at Su Xiaoyu.
It was her?
Everyone was shocked. They never thought that this little child, who had been saved by the princess consort, would do such a terrible thing!
She was so good at pretending, so good at acting!
Han Yunxi was very calm. She already knew what was going on. It wasn't that she was soft-hearted, but rather that she wanted people to be convinced.
Su Xiaoyu finally revealed her true face. She looked at Han Yunxi and her lips curled into a cold smile. She was about to speak when Zhao mama suddenly shouted, "Su Xiaoyu, you cheap girl! Has your conscience been eaten by a dog? "
Zhao mama didn't have any children, so she had always treated Su Xiaoyu as her own granddaughter! She thought that she would live for a few more years and watch this girl grow up. Then she would secretly save some dowry for this girl and marry her off in a grand manner.
Who would have thought that she was a spy and actually hurt the princess consort like this.
Zhao mama angrily rushed over to hit her, but before she could make a move, Su Xiaoyu suddenly reached out to grab her.
Fortunately, Xu Donglin was careful and quickly kicked away Su Xiaoyu's hand. At the same time, two shadow guards appeared and captured Su Xiaoyu.
The small chaos quickly calmed down. Wang Laifu was kneeling on the ground and Su Xiaoyu's hands were tightly held. The entire crowd was silent.
Han Yunxi walked in front of Su Xiaoyu. This girl didn't even reach her waist!
She deliberately squatted down and asked Coldly, "What else do you have to say?"
Su Xiaoyu was speechless. She looked into Han Yunxi's eyes and a trace of regret flashed in her heart.
It was a pity that she hadn't met Han Yunxi earlier. If she had met Han Yunxi first instead of Chu Tianyin, perhaps she would have been able to properly learn the poison arts from Han Yunxi.
She was still convinced by this woman.
Seeing that Su Xiaoyu wasn't speaking, Han Yunxi asked again, "Who sent you? What are you trying to do? "
Su Xiaoyu still didn't speak. She definitely wouldn't betray her master.
Han Yunxi waited for a moment and didn't waste any more time. She stood up and coldly said, "Someone come, hang this stinky girl on a tree until she starves to death!"
So ruthless!
Su Xiaoyu tightly clenched her teeth and stared at Han Yunxi, still not saying a word.
Han Yunxi threw a bottle of poison at Wang Laifu. At first, Wang Laifu didn't understand what was going on, but after opening the bottle, he immediately understood what was going on. He was so frightened that he kowtowed loudly, "Esteemed Wangfei, please spare me! Esteemed Wangfei, you said you would spare my life! Esteemed Wangfei … "
"Those who betray the Duke of Qin's Estate can live, but they will definitely suffer a fate worse than death! Everyone present, look carefully! This Wangfei will definitely not beat or scold anyone for no reason, nor will she wrongly accuse anyone. However, if this Wangfei finds out, this will be the outcome! "
As she spoke, she immediately ordered, "Xu Donglin, feed him the poison!"
Wang Laifu was so frightened that he actually wanted to run away. However, he was just a servant. No matter how strong he was, how could he deal with a professional hidden guard?
Xu Donglin quickly forced the entire bottle of poison down his throat. When he let go of Wang Laifu's mouth, Wang Laifu spat out a mouthful of black blood. Following that, the skin on his face began to fester, bit by bit, piece by piece.
"This Wangfei promised him to spare his life. However, if he can't take it and wants to die, then don't blame this Wangfei." Han Yunxi finished speaking and turned to leave.
More than half of Wang Laifu's face had already festered, and it looked like it had spread to his neck.
Everyone present watched with disgust and fear. Thinking back to the words that esteemed Wangfei had just spoken, everyone's heart was filled with reverence.
Yes, it was reverence. Respect and fear.
This woman's words and actions were completely different from other masters.
She made people wholeheartedly accept her and respect her. At the same time, her cleverness and ruthlessness also made people timid and fearful.
Even when facing His Highness Duke of Qin, everyone only felt fear. However, when facing this female master, everyone's hearts were filled with "respect."
Su Xiaoyu looked at Wang Laifu for a while, then unconsciously looked away. She had always been bold and cruel, but Wang Laifu's fate made her heart tremble.
Looking at Han Yunxi's departing figure and the frightened servants and hidden guards present, her face gradually turned pale. Only then did she realize that she was wrong.
This woman wasn't soft-hearted. She was cruel, but she was also smart. She had used this case to intimidate everyone in the Duke of Qin's estate. In the future, it would be impossible to bribe or threaten the servants of the Duke of Qin's estate.
Soon, Su Xiaoyu was hung by Xu Donglin on the tallest tree in the Duke of Qin's estate. The crowd gradually dispersed. Wang Laifu struggled under Su Xiaoyu's feet, letting out anguished howls.
Su Xiaoyu didn't dare to lower her head, afraid that she would become the next Wang Laifu.
When there was no one around, she raised her head and fiercely spat out a hidden weapon into the air. The hidden weapon flew very, very high before exploding in the air, releasing a dazzling white light.
The hidden guards in the shadows naturally saw it, but they didn't stop her.
Esteemed Wangfei was only keeping this stinky girl hanging. She must be using her to lure out the master behind her.
Han Yunxi indeed had this idea. Unfortunately, she and the hidden guards were both wrong.
At this time, a hidden spy near the Duke of Qin's estate saw the signal. After waiting for a while, he hurriedly retreated to report to Chu Tianyin.
"Reporting to Master, Su Xiaoyu sent out a white light signal!"
Chu Tianyin guessed that something had happened to Su Xiaoyu, but he never expected that Su Xiaoyu would send out a white light signal!
His handsome brows knitted tightly as he asked seriously, "Did you see it clearly?"
"This subordinate saw it very clearly. It was our signal. It was a white light!" The spy replied truthfully.
Chu Tianyin seemed to have suffered a huge blow. He fell heavily into his chair and shook his head repeatedly. "How could this be? How could … "
He had arranged for Su Xiaoyu to infiltrate the Duke of Qin's estate, so he had made sufficient preparations.
Letters of various colors represented all kinds of unexpected situations. Even if Su Xiaoyu was at death's door, she still had to think of a way to send out the information she received.
And the white light represented futility. It meant that Su Xiaoyu had seen Han Yunxi's back. Han Yunxi didn't have a phoenix birthmark, so she wasn't the person their Chu Clan was looking for!
His Chu Clan was one of the Seven Noble Families, the Nether Clan! The Nether Clan that had shot and killed the infant of Western Qin's imperial family!
At that time, many of the Seven Noble Families had seen the scene of the shooting. However, only the Shadow Clan knew that the infant wasn't of the imperial family's bloodline, but a substitute!
The last descendant of Western Qin's imperial family was a baby girl. In order to preserve her status, the imperial concubine had swapped the baby girl and adopted a baby boy.
In order to protect the baby girl, the Nether Clan had misled the East Qin imperial family and the other nobles into thinking that Western Qin had been destroyed. Therefore, they staged a show and pretended to betray Western Qin's imperial family by sending troops to kill the infant boy.
Back then, the baby girl had wandered among the commoners and disappeared in the chaos of war. For more than a hundred years, the Nether Clan hadn't given up on searching for her. Unfortunately, they hadn't found any clues.
They had only found out by chance from a wet nurse that the Han Family's legitimate young miss had a phoenix symbol on her back. That was why they had come all the way here.
The daughter of Western Qin's imperial family must have a phoenix birthmark on her back!
They had only found this clue after a hundred years, but now they were telling him that Han Yunxi wasn't!
How could he and his father accept this news?
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