C17

Perhaps it was because he was afraid that the things he had done would be exposed, but it was rare for An Lingyi to not have such an overbearing attitude, and anxiety that could not be hidden on his face.

"Are you alright? What has it got to do with me?"

She turned her head, no longer looking at An Lingge's dark and bright eyes which made people's hearts palpitate with fear, the words from her mouth still carrying the arrogance and domineering tone from before.

An Lingge looked at her with a smile that was not a smile. She took out a snake that was split into two and threw it in front of An Lingyi, neither fast nor slow.

"Since Little Sister Yi Er doesn't want to come to a bitter and cold place like Qing Yun Temple, you must be used to living like a prince, so you can't bear the pain of the fast punishment. I coincidentally bumped into some snakes last night, so I might as well give it to Little Sister Yi Er.

Her gentle and smiling appearance made her look like a caring and caring sister. It was just that in An Lingyi's eyes, her smile was no different from a demon's that had just returned from hell.

"You, you, you killed those snakes?"

An Lingyi's words were trembling, and she unconsciously thought of the servant girl's words: The young miss took the hairpin and killed the horse, she was so ruthless, even to a man.

Seeing the fear on An Lingyi's face, An Lingge's smile widened, "That's right, I don't know why, but suddenly there were so many snakes, so I might as well kill them all and use them to make my sister's snake broth."

"Who cares about the snake broth, quickly take it away!"

An Lingyi's gaze fell on the snake's body. She felt her stomach churning, and she almost vomited.

This woman had killed dozens of snakes. If such a vicious person were to lay his hands on her …

She stealthily moved a few steps back until her maid supported her. Only then did her panicked state of mind gradually calm down.

An Lingge looked at her miserable state and did not expose her. Instead, she changed the topic.

"Father sent some people to send news over. He had already invited Imperial Physician Zhang to the palace yesterday, so by now, he has already reached the Qing Yun Temple. Should Little Sister Yi Er go over to take a look?"

An Lingyi's face was filled with unwillingness, "It's just a mere imperial physician, do you need me to welcome him?"

"Isn't Sister Yi Er worried about her disease?" "I don't know when these red rashes will be good enough. Even if they aren't smallpox and aren't even a threat to Little Sister Yi Er's life, they would damage little sister's looks."

It was detrimental to his appearance.

An Lingyi lowered her head to look at the red spots on her hands, and called for the servant to apply some thick powder on them, covering the blemishes, "Forget it, I'll go take a look, if the imperial physician really has some ability, if he can't cure my illness, I'll make sure he'll be alright!"

Arrogant, domineering, violent, and despotic. How had he died in this woman's scheme in his previous life?

An Lingge looked at the lady in front of him, and a faint suspicion surfaced in her heart.

But very quickly, she suppressed this doubt and brought An Lingyi down the mountain.

It was in the spring of March, when the tourists were all around, An Lingyi, who was following behind An Lingge with a gloomy face, was suddenly blocked.

"Benefactor, please wait."

"Yesterday night, many poisonous snakes suddenly appeared from the side room of the woman's house. The host suspects that someone intentionally let the snakes harm people, and is currently investigating them one by one. I would like to invite the two benefactors and the little monk to go to the main hall, and the host will personally prove their innocence."

"What do you mean?" An Lingyi shouted in anger, "Don't tell me that even though I'm a dignified genius of the Prince An's Palace, I want to follow you there for some ridiculous proof?"

"Mrs. Mingzhu has already proven her innocence. Please do not make things difficult for this little one."

Even the Mrs. Mingzhu came?

An Lingyi was panicking in her heart. Just as she was about to think of an excuse to reject, she heard An Lingge say, "If even such an esteemed person as Mrs. Mingzhu follows the arrangements of the host, Little Sister Yi Er should not use her power to suppress others, in case they laugh at her."

Who was the Mrs. Mingzhu, the current emperor's aunt? Other than the empress dowager, she was the most noble woman in the Great Zhou Empire. Even she had listened to the arrangements made by the empress to prove her innocence.

As he understood all these, An Lingyi bit her lips in hatred and changed her direction, heading towards the main hall.

There were already many madams and young ladies standing in the great hall of the Qing Yun Temple. There were also various maids waiting on them, allowing them to see the host who was standing in front of the Buddha statue with a single glance.

Seeing An Lingge and the others enter, he clasped his hands together and bowed to them, then spoke out, "Benefactor, may I trouble you to place your hands in the box there, whether it is innocent or not, we will know after one try."

An Lingyi's gaze followed the host's gaze and saw Bi Zhu standing there with a square box in her arms, coincidentally having a lady stick her hand in.

"If a person is innocent, his hand should be white when he takes it out; if a person does something bad, his hand will turn black. Host, is that right? " An Lingge said as she walked towards Bi Zhu's side, and put her hands inside without hesitation.

An Lingyi stood behind her and quietly smiled.

So this was the method to prove her innocence. Heh, did she think that she had never heard this story before? Such a simple scheme couldn't fool her.

An Lingyi saw An Lingge take out his hand, and then without hesitation, she reached his hand in.

When she took out her hands later, they would also be white. Let's see what An Lingge has to say!

A proud smile appeared in her eyes. She was about to take out her hand when she suddenly felt a sharp pain on her fingertip.

"It hurts!"

An Lingyi screamed out and suddenly retracted her hand. On her hand that was smeared with thick powder, two small teeth marks could be seen and a colorful snake was crawling up her arm.

"It's a snake! A snake!" An Lingyi swung her arms fiercely as if she had gone mad. The feeling of the cold snake wriggling on her wrist made her stare at him in fear, and she almost wanted to faint on the spot.

The monk at the side reacted quickly and grabbed the snake by seven inches. An Lingyi finally managed to catch her breath.

Her gaze fell on her hand that had been bitten by the snake. She felt her eyes grow dizzy, and her lips turned green at a speed that could be seen with the naked eye.

"Miss, how are you?"

An Lingyi's maid ran over anxiously. Seeing her like this, her heart trembled, and was about to suck out the venom for her, but she was slapped on the face by An Lingyi.

"It was all your good idea!"

An Lingyi was so anxious that she forgot that she had scolded the servant in front of everyone, "For you to let the snake go and bite An Lingge, he is completely fine, but in the end I was the one who took a bite. Did you intend to hurt me?"

The servant girl's eyes turned red with grievance, and said softly, "This servant is loyal to the young miss, why would I do such a thing? "This snake is poisonous. This servant will clear the poison away for you first."

She was about to step forward when she saw a richly dressed lady walking over. "This is an antidote pill. Feed it to your young miss, don't do such a harming thing in the future."

Mrs. Mingzhu's tone was light, but a trace of disgust was hidden in her eyes, causing An Lingyi to suddenly react.

Damn it, didn't everyone hear what she just said?