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Yan Xiaoxi glared angrily at Nangong Lin. Coincidentally, Nangong Lin was also looking in her direction. Their eyes met and a small spark was ignited.

Suddenly, Yan Xiaoxi shifted her gaze away and looked in Liu Zhixue's direction.

At this moment, Liu Zhixue was standing calmly on the spot, graceful and dignified. Her every action and gesture exuded the aura of a lady from a noble family. There was nothing strange about her at all.

However, Yan Xiaoxi felt that something wasn't right.

It was at this moment that she unintentionally noticed the palace maid standing behind Liu Zhixue. She was dressed in extremely ordinary palace attire and had the appearance of a young, jade-like woman.

However, the weirdest thing was that her eyes seemed submissive, as if she was evading them, causing people to feel guilty.

Upon closer inspection, Yan Xiaoxi felt that this palace maid seemed to have met him somewhere before.

After searching through the memories in her head, she finally remembered that this palace maid was the same person as the one who had the herbal medicine in her hands.

When she thought of this, Yan Xiaoxi's eyes suddenly widened. All the mysteries seemed to have been solved, and everything suddenly became clear.

"Is there any law in Wu Tie's eyes?" Nangong Zhen asked in a reasonable manner. Now that he was in the right, he naturally had to show a fair and strict appearance in front of everyone.

"Xi is definitely not the culprit." Nangong Lin spoke with a solemn tone.

Seeing the serious expression on Nangong Lin's face, Yan Xiaoxi once thought that he had always believed her.

However, she quickly pushed away this conclusion of hers.

She had seen his suspicions with her own eyes.

Hmph, don't believe him.

"Arguably, everyone saw the truth." Liu Zhitian did not expect Nangong Lin to protect Yan Xiaoxi again and again. Previously, he had always admired Nangong Lin.

After today's incident, his impression of him couldn't help but change.

Ever since Nangong Lin went out of his room a year ago, his entire person had changed.

"Big Brother Lin, did you lose your mind because of Yan Xiaoxi's Gu? Did you get blinded by her?" She didn't believe that her Big Brother Lin would stand on Yan Xiaoxi's side even if Liu Zhixue was beaten to death.

After so many years of friendship, could it be that their relationship could not compare to that of the princess, who had just recently passed her duties?

"This King is very clear-headed." Indeed, there was no one who was more clear-headed than him.

That was why he was able to see through the mystery behind it.

"Enough, put Princess Lin in jail for the time being and await her orders." With Nangong Xiao's order, the guards immediately took action.

Seeing this, a smile finally appeared on Liu Zhixue's face. So what if she knew how to argue? So what if you know poison medicine? So what if you know about the poison? This was not the end of things.

Liu Zhixue felt a surge of excitement in her heart. Seeing Yan Xiaoxi about to be dragged away by the guards, she felt even more elated than when she first met Wu Qingcheng.

"Wait." Yan Xiaoxi stood motionlessly on the spot, not cooperating with the guards' actions at all.

"What else does Princess Lin have to say?" Nangong Xiao looked at the guard and the guard immediately let go of Yan Xiaoxi.

"Your Majesty, are Nanshui Kingdom such a casual accusation? Yan Xiaoxi asked.

Unjustly accused?

Where did the injustice come from?

It was obvious to everyone that Yan Xiaoxi was the murderer.

Nangong Xiao was stunned. He really didn't expect Yan Xiaoxi to be so tenacious as to resist to the death.

That's right, in the eyes of others, Yan Xiaoxi's actions were just like this. She would work hard and never give up until her head was bleeding.

However, all of this was very different with Nangong Lin. Today, all of Yan Xiaoxi's reactions made him have a whole new level of respect for her.

Originally, this matter should have been easily resolved as soon as he opened his mouth. However, he was curious, curious about what would happen if she were to face this mess.

He didn't expect that the result would be out of his expectations.

"Princess Lin is saying that we wronged you?" Nangong Xiao asked.

Unexpectedly, Yan Xiaoxi answered without any hesitation, "Yes."

Panic filled the hearts of the crowd when they heard this. This Yan Xiaoxi really doesn't know her place. She actually dares to contradict the Emperor.

However, not only was Nangong Xiao not angry, but he also admired Yan Xiaoxi's courage. For some reason, after meeting Yan Xiaoxi today, it made him remember her from his memories countless times in a single night.

The more he thought about it, the more he felt that the two were very similar.

"Alright, I'll listen to this for now. I'll listen to how we wronged you." Actually, Nangong Xiao didn't want Yan Xiaoxi to be the culprit. Otherwise, it would be difficult to deal with this matter.

It's true that the chicken soup was ordered by Linlin to be made in the royal kitchen, but everyone in the mansion knows that I don't eat chicken soup, and since the royal kitchen is clearly only given chicken soup for us, then how did the other dishes get the chicken soup?

"Nope." Crown Princess shook her head.

"Also, Miss Liu wanted to drink the medicinal soup herself. If it wasn't for the poisoning incident, no one would have noticed." That's right, if it was just chicken soup, then it couldn't be poisoned at all. Liu Zhixue must know that she drank the soup herself.

Liu Zhixue and Yan Xiaoxi's seats were opposite of each other. Ben's line of sight was wide, but it was blocked by singing and dancing. Neither of them could see the other.

From this, it could be seen that she couldn't see the food on Liu Zhixue's table at all, nor did she know if she had drunk any soup or not.

In addition, everyone had also personally witnessed Yan Xiaoxi eating with gusto before Liu Zhixue had invited her to accompany them. She was completely disinterested in other matters.

"But, Princess Lin is the most suspicious one here." A certain official said.

"Being suspicious doesn't mean that she's the culprit. In that case, Crown Princess is also suspicious." Having said this, Yan Xiaoxi couldn't help but glance at Crown Princess.

"All of this is just an excuse. Unless Princess Lin can find the real culprit and get rid of the suspicion, it would be impossible to convince everyone. Nangong Zhen originally thought that saying that would let Yan Xiaoxi retreat in the face of difficulties. However, he had no idea that Yan Xiaoxi was waiting for him to say that.

"Alright." Yan Xiaoxi agreed at once, stirring up another wave on the other side of the scene.

After what happened with Crown Princess, everyone was no longer so sure of what Yan Xiaoxi had said and they all looked at her skeptically.

"Your majesty, this consort wishes to invite the imperial physician and the imperial chef who made the soup and chicken soup to come over." Yan Xiaoxi clasped her hands and looked at Nangong Xiao.

Nangong Xiao nodded and agreed, "Men, do as Princess Lin says."

Seeing the solemn expression on Yan Xiaoxi's face, Nangong Xiao didn't know why, but he actually believed that this time, she could expose the real culprit and wash away his grievances.

If that was the case, it would be even better. Everything just happened to be resolved.

Otherwise, based on his understanding of Nangong Lin, he probably wouldn't let this go so easily.