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

An invisible slap, swung wide, landed hard on Jingwenbo's face.

He was rendered speechless by the blow!

He was so embarrassed by the beating that his face turned red.

Of course, he didn't feel ashamed, but angry!

This concerns his offspring, yet Qi Zhiyu is pressuring him like this.

They really have no conscience!

What an ingrate!

Jing Wenbo ignored Qi Zhiyu and skipped over the topic, looking directly at the Prefect of the Capital: "My lord, I cannot do it, but others can."

"Call her cousin over for a blood test to prove kinship!"

"Lord, you don't believe me?" Lady Jingwen covered her mouth with her hand in distress, tears streaming down her face.

Jing Wenbo completely ignored her; all he wanted now was an answer.

"It's really strange all these years," Qi Zhiyu remarked from the side.

"Mother, tell me, apart from you, the son born to my stepmother, all the other sons born out of wedlock either died young or were ruined."

"From now on, the Jingwen Marquis's mansion will be inherited by your stepmother's son."

Princess Rui coldly stared at Earl Jingwen: "Perhaps some people really are just doing the work for someone else."

A surge of hatred welled up in Jing Wenbo's eyes, and he quickly called out to the Prefect of the Capital, "My lord!"

"I will investigate this matter myself, but..." The Prefect of the Capital looked at Earl Jingwen, "Earl, you'd better take a look at the testimonies of your servants."

He's not wasting his time here.

He has already sent people to conduct a thorough investigation and interrogation at the Earl of Jingwen's residence.

Especially with the direction given by Princess Chen'an, we avoided many detours.

Jing Wenbo looked at the Prefect of Jingzhao with a puzzled expression.

"These are the account books from the household's accounting office. And... the statements from the people who purchased the medicine." The Prefect of the Capital had everything given to Earl Jingwen.

Jing Wenbo grabbed the account book he had never seen before.

He flipped through the pages quickly, his face growing darker with each page he read.

As he flipped through the papers faster, Lady Jingwen's body trembled more and more uncontrollably.

Finally, Jing Wenbo finished translating.

He slammed the account book down on Lady Jingwen's face: "You wretch! You stole my money to support your cousin's family!"

"And you still say you have nothing to do with him?"

If he was only skeptical when Qi Zhiyu spoke earlier, now he is certain.

If these two had no relationship, why would she give that man so much money?

"No, Lord Jingwen... I..." Lady Jingwen wanted to explain further.

Jing Wenbo ignored all of that: "Guards, arrest her!"

The old woman next to her quickly held down Lady Jingwen.

"My lord, she was the one who poisoned me." Jingwenbo looked at the Prefect of the Capital with bloodshot eyes.

The Prefect of the Capital hesitated and said, "My lord, you'd better take a look at the testimonies of your servants."

"Although your wife handled those medicinal herbs, there is no direct evidence that she bought poison."

"More concrete evidence is needed to convict them."

"No need!" Uncle Jingwen gritted his teeth and said fiercely.

"She has always been in charge of all the household chores."

"She could poison me with ease!"

"Lord, it really...it really wasn't me! I didn't!" Lady Jingwen cried out, accusing herself of wrongdoing.

The Prefect of the Capital said in a deep voice, "My lord, this matter is not something that can be determined simply by your opinion."

"We must investigate this thoroughly." The Prefect of the Capital City did not want to make a wrong judgment.

"Alright, sir, investigate!" Uncle Jingwen said coldly.

"My lord, we'll head back now." Qi Zhiyu looked at the Prefect of the Capital, "Since this matter is none of our concern, our presence here will only disturb your investigation."

The Prefect of the Capital nodded.

Neither Princess Rui nor Princess Chen'an are suspects, whether in terms of motive or opportunity.

"No, you can't leave!" Lady Jingwen cried out.

What will she do if they leave?

If a full investigation is conducted, the truth will inevitably come out.

Because she wasn't very careful when she poisoned him.

She originally intended to frame Princess Rui for this, but who would have thought that she would suddenly be poisoned today.

It completely disrupted her plans.

Not to mention, Uncle Jingwen even suspected that their son was not their biological child.

She had no room to maneuver.

Now, no matter what she says, Uncle Jingwen won't believe her.

But does anyone pay attention to what she says?

Of course not.

Qi Zhiyu left with Princess Rui, and the Jingwen Earl's mansion was thrown into chaos.

The matriarch of the household is plotting to murder her husband, and her son, the heir to the Jingwen Earl's mansion, is very likely to be an illegitimate child... This is truly a spectacle.

Princess Rui and her daughter had just returned to the Rui Prince's residence when Qi Jingxi greeted them: "What happened?"

"Has Jingwenbo been poisoned?"

"Even the Prefect of the Capital went there, what exactly happened?"

Qi Zhiyu explained the situation to him, and Qi Jingxi was stunned: "Uncle Jingwen's son isn't his biological son?"

"Who knows?" Qi Zhiyu chuckled.

Qi Jingxi was stunned: "No... Sister, it wasn't you who said it, wasn't it him?"

"Did I say that?" Qi Zhiyu asked, puzzled. "I only mentioned something strange and expressed some suspicion. How would I know if it's true or not?"

ha?

Qi Jingxi was dumbfounded.

"However, it is absolutely true that Madam Jingwen has taken good care of her cousin's family all these years," Qi Zhiyu said.

"Second brother, wasn't this something you discovered through investigation?"

"I...I...those were my investigations, but...but..." Qi Jingxi was somewhat bewildered.

However, he didn't realize that Lady Jingwen had an ambiguous relationship with her cousin, and that even Lady Jingwen's son wasn't her biological child.

"I simply made reasonable use of the useful information and stirred up Uncle Jingwen's already suspicious nature," Qi Zhiyu said with a light laugh.

"What happened today was nothing more than a trap set by the King of Wu for our father."

"If things escalate, the King of Wu will be perfectly invisible."

"No matter how our family confronts Uncle Jingwen, it will cause gossip and damage our family's reputation."

"In that case... let's just pass the problem on to Uncle Jingwen's family."

"What do their internal conflicts have to do with us?"

"The King of Wu is in hiding, and we're not involved either, isn't that perfect?"

Qi Jingxi looked at Qi Zhiyu, who was smiling nonchalantly, and couldn't close her mouth for a long time.

His sister, his sister... she's amazing, terrifying.

"Oh, right." Qi Zhiyu suddenly remembered something, "There must be a source for how Madam Jingwen obtained the poison."

Qi Jingxi quickly replied, "King Wu must have cleaned up all the traces."

"Even if he gave it to Madam Jingwen, it wouldn't leave any evidence against him."

"Then why can't we put those poisonous herbs in the Wu Prince's residence?" Qi Zhiyu suggested with a smile.

"If we don't have evidence, we can create it."

"We can't just think about what's readily available; we have to be proactive."

Qi Jingxi: "..."

His and his sister's understanding of being proactive... seems to be quite different.