The whole family is obsessed with love? The princess woke them up one after another.

The Prefect of the Capital frowned.

Jing Wenbo's heart tightened, and he angrily asked, "What happened? Tell me the truth!"

"Yes, she is Princess Chen'an's person," the maid stammered.

"What's wrong with Princess Chen'an?" Lady Jingwen asked quickly.

"The princess's people threatened me, saying that if I didn't put poison in Master's medicine, they would kill my whole family!" the maid said, her face pale.

"I was forced!"

"You beast!" Jingwenbo cursed loudly, his eyes wide with fury.

"No wonder you invited the imperial physician for me; it was all to cover your tracks. People would think that because you were actively looking for a doctor for me, you wouldn't poison me."

"Nonsense!" Princess Rui stood firmly on her daughter's side. "Yu'er would never do such a thing!"

"Your Highness, the facts are clear, and there are witnesses. Are you still going to protect the Princess?" Lady Jingwen cried out.

"The princess is your own flesh and blood, and the prince is also your biological father!"

"Your Highness, are you willing to abandon and sacrifice your own father for your daughter?"

Lady Jingwen wept with genuine emotion: "Your Highness, your father was truly devoted to you. How could you betray him like this?"

Princess Rui was absolutely furious.

Doesn't she know how her father treated her?

A sincere heart?

She endured all that torment from her stepmother; if she hadn't been so patient, she would have been dead long ago.

He never showed her any fatherly affection.

Now, this stepmother has the audacity to talk about father-daughter affection.

This is a firm belief that filial piety is paramount, and that they want to crush her with the word "filial piety," right?

Princess Rui was so angry that her chest heaved violently. Suddenly, she felt her cold hand being grasped by a warm hand.

She turned her head and saw her daughter's warm smile.

With just one glance, Princess Rui's violent emotions were instantly calmed down.

Qi Zhiyu gently squeezed her mother's hand and gestured with her eyes.

Give it to her.

Why get angry over such a trivial matter?

If you get bitten by an animal, are you supposed to reason with it and try to teach it a lesson?

The simplest way to deal with beasts is... to fight them back.

Just kill them with one blow.

"My lord," Qi Zhiyu said, looking at the Prefect of the Capital.

"Not to mention that I don't know this maid, the medicine given to Uncle Jingwen was already prepared before we arrived."

The maidservant hurriedly replied, "Yes..."

"I know, you want to say that a few days ago, when Uncle Jingwen first started taking the medicine, my people came to threaten you." Qi Zhiyu directly said what the maid wanted to say in advance.

The maidservant shut her mouth in bewilderment.

She followed the lady's instructions and framed the princess, but how come the princess said it before she did?

This order isn't quite right.

The maid was a little confused.

"Let's not ask why she neither reported to Lord Jingwen for help nor went to the authorities when my men came and threatened her so casually," Qi Zhiyu said with a light laugh.

The maidservant spoke up this time: "I'm worried that if I tell you, my family won't survive."

"Hmm. That makes sense." Qi Zhiyu agreed without any rebuttal.

"I'm just wondering, if I was the one who sent people to threaten you, and they all died after you reported it to the authorities, doesn't that confirm that I threatened you?"

"At that point, I wouldn't be able to deny it even if I wanted to."

"It seems that in your heart, your family is more important than your master."

"You'd rather your master die than let your family bear any risk."

As soon as Qi Zhiyu finished speaking, Jing Wenbo's hateful gaze was fixed on the maid like a knife.

The look in his eyes, which seemed to want to tear her to pieces, terrified the maid so much that she went limp and fell to the ground, unable to even kneel.

It's over, it's over... The master hates her to death.

After this matter is over, she must ask the madam to explain things clearly to the master.

She said that because the lady of the house instructed her to.

It has nothing to do with her!

"And another thing, how did my men manage to sneak in and threaten you without you even knowing, when you're just a maid in the inner quarters who's in charge of preparing medicine?" Qi Zhiyu asked curiously.

"That is..." the maid was about to say, but was interrupted by Qi Zhiyu.

"I know," Qi Zhiyu said with a smile. "It must have been my people who threatened the others in the Jingwen Marquis's mansion, making them pass on a message to you, right?"

The maid nodded subconsciously.

She felt something was off, but she couldn't quite put her finger on it.

"My people are really capable, using layers of intermediaries to relay messages and threaten you. Are the servants of the Jingwen Marquis's mansion always so obedient to outsiders?" Qi Zhiyu said with amusement.

"Such a plot to murder their master has occurred, and not a single loyal person wanted to report it?"

"I really don't know if it's because my people are too capable, or because you, Uncle Jingwen, are such a failure as a person."

"Not a single person wants to save your life."

Qi Zhiyu's words made Jing Wenbo, who was always concerned about his reputation, feel his face burning.

He was furious, but at the same time, doubts arose within him.

This is unreasonable!

This is absolutely unreasonable!

This looks too much like a deliberate setup, a deliberate slander!

Jingwenbo looked at his wife with suspicion.

Lady Jingwen naturally sensed it, but she could only pretend not to notice.

In reality, her hands, hidden in her sleeves, were trembling slightly, and her palms were sweating profusely with nervousness.

If even the Earl of Jingwen has doubts, how could the Prefect of Jingzhao not hear it?

This is clearly a hasty explanation made up by someone who found a few witnesses.

These things, once investigated and examined casually, can be brought to light and the truth revealed.

It seems that all of this was done by Lady Jingwen.

What we lack most right now is evidence.

The Prefect of Jingzhao was not stupid; he naturally knew that what seemed to be a matter between Princess Rui and Earl Jingwen was actually a power struggle between Prince Rui and Prince Wu!

If this matter involves the two princes, things will get complicated.

Even if Prince Rui and his side win, they will still lose face.

Jing Wenbo, the father-in-law, actually helped the King of Wu, an outsider, to deal with his son-in-law, the King of Rui.

How much of a failure must Prince Rui be to have disappointed Earl Jingwen to this extent?

Having witnessed the situation unfold to this point, Princess Rui also understood the implications.

She glared resentfully at Uncle Jingwen.

It wasn't enough that he harmed her; he also had to harm her husband and implicate her children!

You beast!

Princess Rui wished she could tear Jingwenbo apart alive!

Qi Zhiyu was the only one who remained calm and unaffected in the slightest.

"Actually, I think instead of suspecting me, it would be better to investigate the wife of the Earl of Jingwen, who most wants the Earl of Jingwen dead," Qi Zhiyu said with a light laugh.

Lady Jingwen hurriedly said, "Princess, I least want anything to happen to the Earl. How can I live without him?"

"You can live a good life with your husband and your son," Qi Zhiyu said with a smile.

"With Uncle Jingwen dead, no one can stop your family from being reunited anymore. Isn't that a wonderful thing?"

"Oh, right, you can also shift the blame to me, perfect!"

Jing Wenbo was stunned: "What...what do you mean?"

"Isn't the meaning quite clear?" Qi Zhiyu asked in surprise, "Didn't you understand?"

"She has another husband, and your son... is also hers with another man."