I just want to live a good life

Chapter 289 False Accusation

A lot of things happened in the past few days since returning to the imperial city, and Su Nuan was so busy that she had forgotten about Yu Zhiqiu and Mei Runian.

It was only when Lord Shen mentioned them that I remembered them. 2244.58 .73

"It's no problem for Concubine Xia to meet these two, but I'm afraid it's inconvenient for the assassin."

"Why?"

"Princess Yongping is here."

No wonder Princess Yongping was not seen at the palace banquet just now. It turned out that she was visiting the prison in the Ministry of Justice. As Yu Zhiqiu's aunt, it was not surprising for her to appear here.

Su Nuan felt that it was not the right time to meet Yu Zhiqiu. It would be embarrassing if she bumped into Princess Yongping, and it would be difficult if the other party asked her to release the person.

However, she was ordered by the Queen to be under house arrest, and once she returned to the Prince's Mansion, she would not be able to leave. Yu Zhiqiu's issue must be resolved today.

After waiting for an unknown amount of time, someone finally came to inform me that I could go see Yu Zhiqiu.

Lord Shen originally wanted to take Su Nuan to the cell personally, but Su Nuan refused.

Finally, a jailer brought Su Nuan to the door of Yu Zhiqiu's cell.

This cell is relatively normal compared to Xia Changze's. It is dark, damp, and smells bad, but it is still many times better than the one Su Nuan had stayed in.

The once glorious young lady has lost her pride after being locked up there.

Perhaps because Princess Yongping had just left, tears were still in Yu Zhiqiu's eyes.

When Yu Zhiqiu saw Su Nuan for the first time, she was a little dazed. After a while, her expression changed several times, first disgust, then fear, some unwillingness, and finally calmness.

Su Nuan saw all her wonderful changes but remained silent.

The two looked at each other for a while, and finally Yu Zhiqiu looked away, signaling the end of the conversation.

Sighing softly, Su Nuan said, "Miss Yu, listen carefully. I will only ask you once. What did you put in my wine that day that caused me to be stung by a bee? Where did the thing come from? Who gave you the idea to harm me like this?"

"Don't think you can cover the sky with one hand."

Yu Zhiqiu's answer has already made his attitude clear.

It must have been Princess Yongping who gave her the courage.

Su Nuan felt that this was not a good time for her to talk to Yu Zhiqiu, but if she didn't talk it out today, Yu Zhiqiu might really have to stay in jail for a while.

After thinking for a while, he spoke again: "I can't cover the sky with one hand, but others can't ignore the law. If you want to stay here for a few more days, I have no objection. It's not a big crime to harm me, the prince's concubine, but not to kill me. It can be solved in Xiaomian County, but have you ever thought about why I brought you to the imperial city and locked you up in the Ministry of Justice?"

Hearing this question, Yu Zhiqiu looked up at Su Nuan, with a hint of confusion in his watery eyes.

Su Nuan didn't keep the secret and continued, "Because your behavior slapped the face of His Royal Highness the Crown Prince. You relied on the status of the Yu family in Xiaomian County, or in other words, relied on the backing of Prince Yongping, and dared to bully the Crown Prince's concubine. Do you think His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is made of paper? If he lets you go this time, then next time someone will rely on some messy backing to attack his concubine or even the future main wife. How can a dignified Crown Prince let such a thing happen, so killing the chicken to scare the monkey is necessary. No matter how powerful your backing is, it will be useless unless your backing dares to challenge the Crown Prince. Do you think Prince Yongping will go against the Crown Prince for you?"

Su Nuan paused deliberately at this point.

Yu Zhiqiu frowned slightly, obviously taking these words to heart.

After a long silence, he said, "If I answer your questions, will you let me go?"

“Not necessarily, but the chances are greater.”

This sentence seemed to give Yu Zhiqiu some determination. "The idea that day was my own. I used Hundred Flowers Condensation Dew, which I asked my cousin for."

"Cousin?"

Su Nuan asked doubtfully.

Yu Zhiqiu explained hurriedly, "She is my third uncle's concubine's daughter, but she has absolutely nothing to do with this matter. I asked her for the things. I came up with this idea because I knew you were going to see the roses."

"Since she had nothing to do with this matter, why didn't you say it when you were in Xiaomian County?"

"I did, but I didn't mention the Hundred Flower Condensation Dew or my cousin. I always said it was my own idea, but His Royal Highness the Crown Prince refused to believe it."

In fact, Su Nuan also felt it was strange. Although she had just said a lot of reasons to scare Yu Zhiqiu, she knew in her heart that even if it was to kill a chicken to scare the monkey, it was not necessary to go to this extent. In Xiaomian County, these two people were enough, and there was no need to bring them back to the imperial city.

Besides, if you really look into it, Yu Zhiqiu's fault was not serious. She just let the bee sting the prince's concubine a few times, and no serious consequences were caused.

This injury is nothing compared to being kidnapped and almost losing my innocence.

Su Nuan couldn't understand it. Sometimes she just couldn't guess what Mu Yunting did.

Perhaps his heart had already leaned towards Xun Zheng, but he just didn't want to believe it deep down.

With a light sigh, Su Nuan didn't want to talk to Yu Zhiqiu anymore and turned to leave.

"Hey, aren't you going to let me go?"

"I need Lord Shen's approval to release you. Otherwise, do you want me to break the prison door open with my bare hands to let you out?"

After saying this, Su Nuan left without looking back.

That afternoon, Yu Zhiqiu and Mei Runian walked out of the Ministry of Justice prison, but not long after they left the Ministry, they were kidnapped by two strangers.

Su Nuan only found out about this two days later.

At that time, she was "reflecting on her mistakes behind closed doors" in her mansion.

During the two days that Su Nuan was under house arrest, a major event occurred in the imperial city: Wang Qin, a disciple of former Prime Minister Xun Yu, filed a complaint with the emperor, accusing himself on the charge of "false accusation".

Suddenly, there was a great uproar in the imperial city.

The emperor was furious and ordered the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple to jointly investigate the case.

People on the streets are talking about it.

Su Nuan was drawing a picture when she heard about this. After hearing Mei Xiang's words, the pen hanging above the paper did not fall until a drop of ink fell on the paper.

"My Lady, did you say that His Highness secretly left the palace to do this?"

Meixiang didn't notice Su Nuan's abnormality and asked on her own.

Su Nuan frowned as she looked at the drop of ink on the paper.

Wang Qin came to file a complaint to the emperor earlier, but chose to do so at the perfect time when Cheng Ji fell from power and the prince wanted to overturn Xun Yu's case.

Just because the prince could not find evidence that Cheng Ji framed Xun Yu, the evidence suddenly emerged. But could this evidence be the work of Mu Yunting?

Not like.

If he had this trick, why would Mu Yunting have to wait so many years to overturn the verdict?

Who else could it be if not Mu Yunting?

Su Nuan had the answer almost at the same time she thought of this question. The person who wanted to stand in front of others openly, to be exact, the person who wanted to stand in front of Mu Yunting was Xun Zheng!

Xun Zheng, can't you hold it back anymore?