All of a sudden, the door was opened. The people stopped talking.
The woman stood at the door, dressed in green, with her hair tied casually. Her beautiful face was horribly pale. She fixed her eyes on the two coming to her, and with a helpless smile on her lips, she said, "Your highness, do you want to see how miserable I am?"
Yun Shang was confused and asked, "Miss Jing, what do you mean?" She paused for a while, and then continued hesitantly, "I know Mr. Jing has got pimples. Miss Jing and Mr. Jing are good siblings. I'm afraid that you are also very sad about it. It was my fault. I should have kept Miss Jing in the temporary imperial palace and waited for Chenxi's recovery. I should not have let Miss Jing come back until I made sure everything is okay."
Prince Jing blamed Yun Shang in a casual tone, "Shang'er, why do you take all the responsibility? It's Miss Jing who asked to come back here. Her maids have prepared bath and medicine. Everything is new except for her own things. It's not your fault. Why are you blaming yourself for this?"
Jing Wenxi looked at them coldly. When she was about to speak, she heard a scream, "That's her! That's her!"
A person rushed out from the crowd and grabbed Jing Wenxi by the arm.
Everyone was shocked. Prince Jing stepped back, holding Yun Shang in his arms. Qian Yin frowned and scolded loudly, "Who are you? Haven't you seen us? Why do you rush out? "
The person turned around. It was a woman in blue. She curtsied to Prince Jing and Yun Shang, "Your Highness." She grabbed Jing Wenxi's hand tightly.
Jing Wenxi frowned and said angrily, "What's wrong with you, lady? Why did you catch me? "
The woman gave Jing Wenxi a glance and then turned to Yun Shang and Prince Jing. "Your highness and your highness, please uphold justice for me."
Yun Shang coughed and panted, "Just tell us what's wrong."
With an angry look, she took Jing Wenxi's hand and said, "People, if you are from the Laifeng City, you should know me. I sell noodles in the east of the city, and I am from the Qian family."
As soon as her voice fell, many people said that they had seen her.
The woman said, "Some time ago, my daughter got a pimple. She came to me and said she had a prescription to treat the pimple. I worried about my daughter, so I invited her into the house. Besides, she gave the prescription and left the house. But later, my daughter died inexplicably. I just thought that she was a bad doctor. Moreover, the trouble she had got was only a narrow escape. When I was cleaning my daughter's clothes, I found that several of her brocade handkerchiefs and some other things were missing together. I was confused, but I didn't have any other thoughts. I just thought my daughter lost them by accident. But I didn't expect to see this lady in the city the other day. And I also saw the brocade handkerchief of my daughter in this lady's hand..."
The woman gritted her teeth, tears welling up in her eyes. Her lips trembled. "My daughter liked the brocade handkerchief very much. She must have been infected with the disease as she wears it all the time. Why did you steal that thing? Besides, I heard that you are from a rich family, so you certainly don't know medical skills. I have asked someone to check the prescription. It is just a normal prescription which can be used to strengthen the body. Several flavors of the prescription are not for the person who has got pimples. What are you thinking? How did she offend you? How could you hurt my baby so cruelly? "
Jing Wenxi shook off her hand with a pale face, "You've found the wrong person."
However, the woman didn't intend to let go of her. "Your Highness, please help me to punish this evil woman."
As if remembering something, Qian Yin uttered an "oh" and covered her mouth. Yun Shang turned to Qian Yin, "What's wrong?"
Qian Yin looked at Jing Wenxi, and then turned to her, "Your Highness, I heard from Madam Zheng that Miss Jing left the palace the next day after she entered the temporary imperial palace. And she came back with a brocade handkerchief. Seeing that the handkerchief didn't match the color of Miss Jing's clothes, Madam Zheng asked Miss Jing about the handkerchief. Miss Jing told her that the handkerchief looked good and she bought it when she went shopping. But Madam Zheng said the color of the brocade handkerchief was a little light, and it was clearly not new. But it was inappropriate for Madam Zheng to ask more. She kept quiet and told us that the youngest prince had a pimple."
Yun Shang was surprised and opened her mouth in surprise. Then the old lady asked hurriedly, "What's the color of the handkerchief?"
"She said it was cyan and embroidered with plum blossoms." Qian Yin hurriedly said.
Prince Jing looked at her coldly. "When did Miss Jing come to your house?"
The woman answered quickly, "August fourth."
Qian Yin answered hastily, "It is August forth. Prince Chenxi was found to have a pimple on him..."
Yun Shang could not believe what she saw. She looked at Jing Wenxi blankly. Jing Wenxi's face was pale. She bit her lips but didn't say anything. Prince Jing looked at her coldly. "Jing Wenxi, what crime do you deserve for murdering the Emperor's son?"
The crowd burst into an uproar.
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