Pin Shanhe

"If you don't talk, I'll let you experience the eighteen tortures of the Ministry of Justice and see if your mouth is tougher or those instruments of torture are tougher."

The servant was perhaps too panicked and frightened, and he suddenly collapsed, a trickle of blood flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Yun Dai rushed forward to check, "He committed suicide by biting his tongue!"

If there's no problem, why bite your tongue?

Everything is already very clear; someone is deliberately using this method to try to deceive the public and cover up the truth.

Chu Lingyu's expression also darkened. "Who dares to act so boldly in front of me?"

When he looked at her with suspicion, Meng Wan's heart skipped a beat.

Don't be fooled by her; she really doesn't know anything!

Since the person is dead, there is naturally no way to verify the facts.

After a long silence, Chu Lingyu slowly spoke: "Since something has gone wrong, let's test it again. To prevent anyone from tampering with it again, I will prepare the water this time."

He didn't even ask his guards to go and fetch water himself.

Soon, a fresh bowl of water was brought to the table.

After dripping the blood into the bowl, he placed it in front of Meng Wan.

At this moment, Meng Wan's mindset was completely different from before.

If you fail from the start, you can simply make a few excuses and escape blame.

But given the recent incidents of abnormal water temperature and the servant's death, everyone would likely suspect that she was behind it.

If problems arise again this time, it will only confirm her guilt of impersonation.

Impersonating Princess Dongyue and undermining diplomatic relations between the two countries is a serious crime.

I'm afraid this time, she won't escape death!

Her hands trembled violently as she picked up the silver needle, her expression one of resignation to death.

Murong Xiao closed his eyes. He was useless now!

He was prepared to give up this piece.

As for Jun Qiyuan, he was also on edge.

He dared not imagine what he would face if he failed again.

Mingming's initial intention was to help them get out of their predicament. As long as Meng Wan had the identity of the Princess of Dongyue, she could easily divorce Murong Xiao and they could be together openly.

But unexpectedly, this time they were about to fall into an abyss of no return.

If Meng Wan is really to be punished, then...

On the other side, Meng Wan's blood had already dripped into the bowl of water.

His heart suddenly jumped, and the others also felt a mixture of anticipation and trepidation.

When the final result was seen, a chorus of sighs arose from those around.

Meng Wan kept her eyes tightly closed at first, only daring to quietly open them when she heard the sounds around her.

When she saw what was happening before her, her first reaction was not surprise, but disbelief.

The two drops of blood miraculously fused together perfectly.

Shen Fu also found this result hard to accept.

How could this happen?

Is Meng Wan really the Princess of Dongyue?

She stared intently at the bowl of water in front of her, as if trying to bore a hole through it.

Just as he was about to step forward, someone snatched it away.

It turned out to be a guard from Chu Lingyu's side who brought the bowl of water to him.

Upon seeing the situation inside, he nodded in satisfaction and looked at Meng Wan.

"Very good. Now I can be completely certain that you are my imperial sister, the eldest princess of Dongyue."

The surprise came too suddenly, and Meng Wan didn't even dare to show the slightest bit of excitement. Instead, she became cautious, afraid that another unexpected event would occur and everything in front of her would vanish.

Murong Xiao breathed a sigh of relief, but was also puzzled.

Others may not know Meng Wan's true identity, but surely he does?

All of this was just part of their plan; they never expected the situation to take so many unexpected turns and become so fraught with danger.

Although the final result was what they wanted, the process... was something even he couldn't quite understand.

The matter ultimately ended in an unexpected way.

After returning home, Shen Fu remained somewhat heavy-hearted.

She didn't understand why things had turned out this way.

The others were worried and quickly went to her side to comfort her.

"Perhaps this is just a lucky accident. Even if she really does become the Princess of Dongyue, so what? We don't need to be afraid of her!"

Shen Fu's reason was not out of fear or apprehension, but rather out of utter bewilderment.

Today's situation is clearly a conspiracy by Murong Xiao and his associates.

It was obvious that they were the ones who did the first thing.

But the second time... she really couldn't understand it.

The water was prepared by Chu Lingyu, so there shouldn't be any problem. So where could the problem lie?

……

As soon as Yun Dai returned to the medicine hut, she saw a figure walk in.

She asked, somewhat puzzled, "Why aren't you busy comforting your princess? What are you doing here?"

One thing after another happened today, leaving them overwhelmed, and the final outcome even exceeded their expectations.

This incident dealt a heavy blow to Shen Fu, and she remained somewhat depressed.

Therefore, she believed that the man should stay by her side at this moment.

"There's something I need you to verify."

"What?"

She was puzzled, but then she saw the man take out something he had been carrying on his back.

Yun Dai recognized it at a glance, "Isn't this the water bowl used for the blood test today?"

"Exactly!"

"Wasn't the Crown Prince of Dongyue already taken away and disposed of? How did he end up in your hands?"

"Let's talk about it from the perspective of a priori knowledge!"

There was no time to explain further; he needed to figure out the answer first.

With a puzzled look, Yun Dai took the bowl.

The water inside had been poured out, but the edges were still wet and not completely dry.

She reached out and lightly dipped her finger in the water, then smelled it; there was a faint smell of blood.

It's normal that both the Crown Prince of Dongyue and Meng Wan have dripped their blood into it!

But besides that, there was also a sour and astringent smell.

Upon tasting it again, it even tasted a bit bitter!

She suddenly realized what it was and exclaimed in surprise, "It's alum!"

If alum is placed in water, even if there is no blood relation whatsoever, the blood and water will mix.

The water has a sour taste, which is clearly because someone added white sails to it!

In other words... there's a problem with the blood test for kinship!

The man was not particularly surprised by the result.

In fact, he had already begun to have doubts at that time, but he remained silent.

After everyone had left, he secretly took the bowl back.

Yun Dai's answer was exactly what he had expected.

At this moment, Yun Dai was completely dumbfounded, her mind filled with confusion and bewilderment.

"The first time was one thing, but how could they have sabotaged it a second time? Could it be that their spies have already been planted next to the Crown Prince of Dongyue?"

It's inevitable that Chu Lingyu has spies around him.

Otherwise, Murong Xiao and the others would not have known about the tooth mark, and would not have been able to make a big fuss about it, trying to let Meng Wanmeng get away with it.

But that bowl of water was prepared by him personally!

Yun Dai clearly hadn't realized the seriousness of the situation and suggested, "Should we tell the Crown Prince of Dongyue about this?"

The man sneered, "I think someone is the one who stole from the premises!"