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The next day.

The cold palace that had been peaceful for a long time became particularly lively this morning.

"Out of the way, all of you!" At the door, a group of guards were shouting and mumbling noisily, startling Qiao Qiao's still beautiful dream.

She secretly frowned, feeling quite dissatisfied.

"Are you guys respectful or not? This is a cold palace! Wasn't it supposed to be full of birds, weeds, and living beings? Why is it that it's so early in the morning, as if it's a market fair, causing people to be unable to relax! " Qiao Qiao's brow was still lightly knitted as he looked drowsily at the large group of guards that had surged in from the entrance.

She had thought that she would live a carefree life with no one paying attention to her. She hadn't expected that people would come knocking on her door one after another in just a few days!

The guards looked at each other, seeing the unknown woman who was lying on the bed, they could not help but shout coldly.

"Insolent woman, you have secretly harmed a concubine of the imperial harem, you shall be executed!"

With that sentence, Qiao Qiao's gaze couldn't help but freeze. They said that she had secretly harmed an imperial concubine?

How funny! It was just running away from the stomach, but it could actually be described as hidden dangers!

Could it be that the fact that she drank the medicine in her soup and had a tummy was the reason? She didn't need to get up to explain that yesterday was not Beauty Nourishing Soup, but Slimming Soup! The diarrhea was just a side effect of wanting to lose weight.

"Someone, quickly send her to the Sky Prison, wait for his orders!" The leader looked at Qiao Qiao's surprised smile and could not help but shout out coldly.

"Wait!" Qiao Qiao still shouted out loudly, looking coldly sideways, actually causing the two guards that were about to move to be intimidated where they were. He looked left and right, hesitating without knowing when to retreat.

"Wicked woman, do you have anything else to say?" The leader could not help but show an expression of indignation. He looked at the two guards who were scared off by a woman and resentfully pushed them away.

"Who are you?" Joe asked, still raising his eyebrows.

"I am Qing Ao from the Imperial Secret Service!" The leader's face twitched as he said proudly.

Qiao Qiao's face still turned cold. So it turned out that even the thousand guards of the Imperial Palace had changed, but … She could not understand no matter how much she thought about it. Wasn't Meng Shi originally Yan Mo Chen's man? Then why did he have to go through so much trouble to exchange for Meng Shi? Could it be that he was worried that Meng Shi would try to help her in the dark?

Hehe! Qiao Qiao could not help but sneer. Yan Mo Chen was being very careful.

"What are you all still standing there for? Hurry up and arrest this wicked woman!" Yu Qing Ao coldly glanced at the surrounding guards who did not dare to step forward as he shouted once again.

"Yes sir!" The eyes of the two guards were sharp as they looked at Yu Qing Ao's angry expression. They immediately stepped forward, wanting to pull down Qiao Qiao who was on the bed.

Qiao Qiao's cold eyes still slightly narrowed. When the two guards approached, he suddenly turned to the side and leaped onto the ground. He said with disdain,

"I will leave myself."

"Hmph." That Yu Qing Ao snorted disdainfully. She wanted to see just what this tricky woman would look down on once they reached the Sky Prison.

"Miss, Miss, what happened to you!" Die'er had just returned to the palace with her breakfast when she saw Qiao being escorted by a group of Embroidered Uniform Guards towards the exit of the palace.

"Dia'Er, don't be afraid. I'll be back soon." Joe nodded in consolation.

"The servant girl of that wicked woman must be an accomplice. Someone, arrest her!" Yu QingAo looked at Qiao Qiao who was still in deep love with Die'er and her servant, and guessed that this hidden danger must have been done by the two of them together.

"Stop!" When the Embroidered Uniform Guard was about to capture Die'er, Qiao still couldn't help but roar out.

"You're just a sinful woman who can't even protect herself. Don't tell me you want to protect someone else?" Seeing that Qiao Qiao was still so nervous, Yu Qing Ao couldn't help but snort coldly.

"She doesn't know anything. Let her go." Qiao Qiao's cold face continued to stare at Yu Qing Ao. His face carried a powerful and restrained fury.

"You said that she didn't know?" Yu Qing Ao looked coldly at Qiao Qiao still, his eyes full of doubt and interrogation.

"I've only caused Jiang Lanxin to have diarrhea for a few days, so there's a need to go to the Cold Palace and capture me into the Heaven Prison. I think your master only wants to punish me for my crimes." Qiao Qiao's thin lips were still parted, his cold brows slightly raised. His gaze was fixed on the guard that had captured Die'er, as he spoke once again.

"If I were to plead guilty honestly, after a few days of torture, I still wouldn't be able to get anything out of you. I think Senior Qian Hu would know which is simpler and quicker."

Sure enough, after hearing Qiao Qiao's words, an undetectable glint flowed out from Yu Qing Ao's eyes, but … He carefully thought about the words that this woman had said. Did she just cause Jiang Lanxin to have diarrhea? It was extremely funny!

In an instant, the gloomy-faced Yu Qing Ao began to wantonly laugh.

"Mischievous woman, don't speak so rudely and exonerate yourself. Esteemed wangfei died suddenly in the hall yesterday night!" According to the imperial physician's inquiries, the bowl of medicine that the Blue Concubine drank in your cold palace carried the red tip of the crane! "

Qiao Yifan was surprised. Jiang Lanxin was dead?

However, she had clearly given Die'er a packet of laxatives. How could it be Red Crane's Head?! Did something go wrong?

As he thought of this, Qiao Qiao still gazed at Die'er with those eyes that were filled with amazement. He saw that Die'er was just like her, shocked to the extreme.

It seemed that the accident did not happen to her or Die'er. It was because before Eunuch Zhao had brought the medicine, the soup already contained the red-crowned crane poison!

And the person who poisoned Jiang Lanxin never would have thought that he would suddenly visit the Cold Palace, nor did he expect that Qiao Qiao would still scheme for Jiang Lanxin to drink the soup medicine.

Qiao Qiao's pupils shrank as he clenched his fists. The person who poisoned the soup yesterday was obviously after her and Jiang Lanxin was nothing more than a scapegoat even if she died.

But no matter what, Jiang Lanxin had died. She had avenged Yingyue.

Even though Qiao Qiao was still furious, the corners of his mouth could not help but rise up into a smile.

"What are you still standing there for? Why aren't you taking this unruly woman to prison!" When Yu QingAo saw that Qiao Qiao's expression still changed greatly, he did not question her for a moment. However, he let out a sigh of relief at Die'er's words. Since this vile woman was willing to confess, then that little palace maid was nothing to fear.

A line of Embroidered Uniform Guards surrounded Qiao Qiao's still steps and gradually headed towards the Sky Prison.

Die'er was scared silly. She couldn't understand how the powder given to her by the Miss could suddenly turn into a red-crowned crane that could kill a person!

There must be something fishy about this, there must be!

She bit her lips. She would definitely save the little miss! She definitely would!

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In the Sky Prison.

Qiao Qiao had long since taken off his colorful clothes. He could only wear a layer of thick white clothes and was ruthlessly pushed into the prison.

She suddenly turned her head to take a glance. Although it was only a coarse hemp dress, her cold expression caused the guard who locked the door to shiver uncontrollably.

"You … What are you looking at! " The guard mustered up the courage to shout coldly at Qiao and then he muttered softly, "Damn it, a woman can scare me …"

Qiao Qiao suddenly smiled. This matter was no longer as simple as her applying laxatives on the concubines of the imperial harem. What she carried on her body was the crime of assassinating the concubines. According to the law, this was the crime of beheading.

She thought about it in detail. In this palace compound, there weren't many people who hated her to the bone and wanted to put her to death.

If he really wanted to kill her, there would be no need for him to secretly poison her. He could have long since charged her with the crime of impersonating the king and deceiving her, and bestowed her with a death sentence.

Jiang Lanxin ruled it out. Even if her brain was truly useless, she wouldn't have personally drunk the trap that she had set up for her.

The one who had met before, Hui Fei, could also be ruled out. There was no deep friendship between the two of them, so what reason could she have to put her to death?

Eunuch Zhao was slightly suspicious. He had brought the soup himself. Although he had been ordered by Yan Mo Chen, it was impossible to tell whether or not he had been bribed to secretly poison the medicine.

Fang Rou …

When he thought of her, Qiao Qiao's gentle gaze could not help but become sharper.

It was just that the shrewdness of the city, the euphemism of words, and the ability to win over people's hearts were all things that made the authority over the harem fall into her hands, and she had even interacted with her that day in the Cold Palace. It was also because of Qiao Qiao that made her suspect the servant girl beside her, even if she had accompanied her for many years, she would still be able to ruthlessly dig out her eyes, let alone a sinner from the Cold Palace.

Qiao Qiao couldn't help but sneer. In the entire harem, Fang Rou was the most suspicious.

"Hmph, bad wife, there are only a few days left for you to be proud. I advise you to behave and admit your guilt on this piece of paper, otherwise …" It was unknown when Yu QingAo stood at the door of Qiao's prison, but she still shouted at Qiao whose mind was still deep and sluggish with a cold expression.

Qiao Qiao couldn't help but come back to his senses. With a slight smile, he said: "Is Lord Yu trying to force the confession?"

"You tricky woman, don't not know what's good for you. Just now at the entrance of the Cold Palace, you personally said it. If I don't mind the little palace maid's accomplices, you will obediently admit your mistake!" Yu QingAo said, flustered and exasperated.

"Humph! I said that I would recognize that I've drugged Jiang Lan, but that's not the crime of killing her!" Qiao Qiao still lightly smiled, his brows were filled with coldness.

"You …" Yu Qing Ao pointed angrily at Qiao Zheng, her eyes filled with indignation. "Fine, this lord would like to see how long you will be stubborn for!"