Chapter 401 - In the Princess Royals Manor, Wang Yueyue Framed Xuetong (1/2)

Chapter 401 In the Princess Royal’s Manor, w.a.n.g Yueyue Framed Xuetong

Before Feng Yuzhen uttered, w.a.n.g Yueyue had answered first, which made him glower with displeasure in his eyes.

“It’s not me. It’s not me. It’s really not me.” w.a.n.g Yueyue did not notice Feng Yuzhen’s unusual expression, and all she was eager to do was to prove her innocence. She shook her hands at a loss, her pale face s.c.r.e.w.i.n.g up.

“Who would do it except you!” A nanny kneeling on the ground raised her head and said angrily, and then, she kowtowed to Feng Yuxuan and burst into tears. “Lady felt better as she walked out today. King Ning’s consort got along well with the Lady, so Lady asked us to stand farther from them, so they could have some private talks. Even they helped themselves with tea. But unexpectedly, just after a while, Lady was poisoned to death. Your Highness, please exercise justice for My Lady.”

“Your Highness, please exercise justice for My Lady!” The kneeling maidservants and nannies kowtowed and cried.

Since such a thing happened, a King’s consort died, and she came from the Empress’ family. The fury from the Ding General Manor, from the royal family, and from King Chu was impossible to bear for anyone. Only by accusing w.a.n.g Yueyue could they probably have a way out.

Princess Royal neglected them, looked at the manor doctor, and asked coldly, “Doctor, what do you think?”

The manor doctor took a silver needle, pierced it into Leng Fengyan’s finger, and took another to pierce into her throat. Then, he took out the needles and found that the tips of the needles turned black. He said, “The Lady was poisoned to death, and the poison came to her body through throat. I think, she drank it directly and died.”

The poison come through the throat. At that time, all the maidservants and nannies stood away from them, and the only suspect was w.a.n.g Yueyue.

All the people stared at w.a.n.g Yueyue with suspicion.

“Poisoned, came in from the mouth.” Mo Xuetong standing behind Feng Yuran thought and frowned slightly. She had a doubt in her heart that since Mo Xuetong had felt Ling Fengyan’s pulse before and realized that Ling Fengyan’s pulse had gone wrong when she was alive, the pulse showed that Ling Fengyan had poisoning symptom. Besides, Ling Fengyan acted strangely today and was rather weird.

w.a.n.g Yueyue stepped back in fright and defended herself immediately. “Your Highness, it is not me. It is really not me. I did stand close to her, but the tea was poured by herself, and it had nothing to do with me.” Her fl.u.s.tered eyes drifted on Ling Fengyan’s dead face. And that face was no longer calm and beautiful as usual, and turned chilly and livid instead, scaring w.a.n.g Yueyue to step back more. She felt her belly falling with pain.

“Lady Ning, how can you say that? Just now you said you and My Lady were as close as sisters, and My Lady died when she was with you. So how can you claim that it has nothing to do with you?” The nanny who was kneeling in the front a.s.serted emphatically, and the other servants kneeling behind her all pointed at w.a.n.g Yueyue immediately.

“Feng Yuzhen, give me an explanation.” Feng Yuxuan stared grimly at Feng Yuzhen and rebuked him. w.a.n.g Yueyue and Ling Fengyan were as close as sisters, so there would not be any personal resentment between the two. The only resentment came from the incompatibility between their respective husbands. If w.a.n.g Yueyue wanted to kill Ling Fengyan, it meant that Feng Yuzhen cut off one arm of Feng Yuxuan.

“Why did you let her poison Fengyan? You can ignore anything but Fengyan is your cousin. You’ve disposed of Third Brother. Why are you still so greedy? Do you want to cut off all the people’s ways to survive? Do you want to sacrifice anyone’s life merely for the sake of power?” Feng Yuxuan was so grieved that he pointed at Feng Yuzhen and rebuked sharply word by word.

It was known to all that Feng Yulei was backed by the Empress and the Empress’ family, Ding General Manor, and Feng Yuzhen was backed by the Empress Dowager and Ding General Manor as well. Feng Yulei’s being imprisoned seemed to be beneficial to Feng Yuxuan, but actually, Feng Yuzhen was the biggest winner because he would get the support of Ding General Manor himself. But at the same time, as the son-in-law of Ding General Manor, Feng Yuxuan would get some support definitely.

Even the Empress, who lost her agent, Feng Yulei, would turn to Feng Yuxuan. No matter if Feng Yuxuan or Feng Yulei would succeed to the throne, the Empress would ascend to be the Empress Dowager. If Ling Fengyan gave birth to heirs, she would be the next Empress, which would guarantee the glory and wealth of the Ding General Manor in the following decades. What a great opportunity! Ding General Manor would not sit by and do nothing.

Ling Fengyan was the bond between Ding General Manor and Feng Yuxuan. Now, the bond was broken, and the leading gainer was Feng Yuzhen. Besides, all the evidence was pointed at Feng Yuzhen. Even if Feng Yuxuan was quite level-headed, he could not bear it anymore. His eyes reddened with hatred, and his remarks totally disregarded Feng Yuzhen’s face.

Princess Royal had thought to stop them but fell into silence at this moment. It was not a common poisoning case. If it was handled improperly, it would resort to arms. Although she was a princess, she did not want to get involved and be used by others. So she just sent people to the palace to report and sat beside, frowning.

Feng Yuran held Mo Xuetong’s hand and sat down as well. His leg had not recovered, so he could not stand for a long time. Because Feng Yuxuan and Feng Yuzhen, and w.a.n.g Yueyue all stood, Mo Xuetong felt it improper to take a seat and had to stand behind Feng Yuran.

“Eldest Brother. Please wait. If it was she who administered the poison to sister-in-law, I will not cover up her guilt. Here, take my manor doctor here to check when the sister-in-law was poisoned and what poison it is.” Feng Yuzhen had sweated on his head. The things had gone beyond his calculation, so he had no alternative but to drag it on.

w.a.n.g Yueyue wobbled and looked at Feng Yuzhen unbelievably. She knew what he meant. If he was unable to prove her innocence, she would be pushed out as a victim. A glimmer of despair took on in her eyes. Although they were a newly-married couple, all the honeyed words could not outweighed the sentence that Feng Yuzhen said today, like a sharp sword piercing into her heart.

Sure enough, all he said were lies!

“My Lady, calm down. Please calm down.” Her nanny shook w.a.n.g Yueyue’s hand violently and seeing w.a.n.g Yueyue staring at Feng Yuzhen blankly, the nanny pinched w.a.n.g Yueyue’s hand hard.

The strong tingling awakened w.a.n.g Yueyue from the trance. She put her hands to her belly and knew that she could not get fl.u.s.tered because she had a baby in her belly.

The doctor of King Ning’s manor was brought in soon. And the doctor of Princess Royal’s manor retreated at the sign of Princess Royal. Since Feng Yuzhen did not believe her manor doctor, Princess Royal was unwilling to bring trouble and just let them deal with it themselves.