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One second to remember [Brushstroke Pavilion] [Free of charge, read the wonderful novel!]

Chu Junyi walked over to Shen Dong, and with every step she took, her eyes became darker and darker. When she arrived in front of Shen Dong, her eyes were sharp and cold.

Looking at Chu Junyi's demeanor, Shen Dong was dazed. He had always thought that this Duo Jue was just an empty title. He had never expected him to be so powerful. Even princes would not be able to match up to him in terms of demeanor.

"Prince Consort Chu, the emperor ordered my mother to be buried in the pavilion of a first-class madame. Her funeral is not allowed to have the slightest flaw, and now you are wantonly searching for her funeral. Wouldn't this be disturbing the peace of the dead, and it would also go against the emperor's decree?"

Hearing the threat in Shen Dong's words, Chu Junyi's lips curled into a cold smile. She couldn't be bothered to argue with him any further. "It seems like it's no longer feasible to use a courtesy before an army. In that case, I won't ask for your permission. Come, surround this place. Search every corner carefully."

Shen Dong frowned as he looked at Chu Junyi. He mocked her in his heart, 'Hong Ling and Qing Que are standing by his side. Do you want them to search the huge Shen Mansion together?'

Just as he was laughing at Chu Junyi for overestimating her abilities, he heard the sound of orderly footsteps. He turned his head in alarm and saw a group of armored guards with weapons rushing into the manor. They surrounded the entire hall.

Chu Junyi's eyes were icy as she raised her hand to wave to the guards behind her. "Listen to my orders, search the manor carefully. Do it now!"

"Yes, your servant obeys."

The group of guards saw that they had been trained to the point where they split up a team to carefully guard the kneeling servants. The others split up into three groups and carefully searched the area, not letting go of any of the corners.

Shen Ninghua was surprised to see his troops arrive. He soon understood that Chu Junyi must have secretly made the arrangements.

What she had done today was easily criticized by others. Once she left, many people would poke her in her spine when the news spread. After all, she had killed a servant at her granddaughter's funeral.

This way, she could secretly control the flow of the rumors, and when the time came, the black would also turn into white. Furthermore, she believed that she was not black at all.

Shen Dong's face had already turned purple. He used to be an outstanding official, standing above tens of thousands of people. Who would have thought that he would be forced into such a sorry state today? He couldn't help but recall Mrs Zhao's words before. She said that Shen Ninghua was a jinx. Ever since she returned to the Shen family, things had never been peaceful at home. It was as if an invisible hand was slowly pushing the Shen family to death.

Now that he looked at it, it was indeed the case! His most beloved two children successively met with mishaps, and he was reduced from the position of prime minister to being a commoner! She should have listened to Mrs Zhao's words and chased her out of the Shen Mansion!

Feeling that Shen Dong was almost able to see through their relationship, Shen Ninghua didn't have any reaction on the surface, but in his heart he was coldly mocking them: Presumably, at this time, Shen Dong must hate me to death, and even more so views me as a jinx. However, she has already given up on this kinship, no matter what he wants to do, it doesn't matter.

Very soon, a guard came forward to report, "Reporting to the princess and Prince Consort, this servant has searched the servants' rooms and found many precious treasures."

Shen Ninghua raised his eyes. Hong Ling immediately took the jewelry from her guard's hands and showed it to Shen Ninghua. "These jewelry are worth thousands of gold, and are not something a servant can afford."

After saying that, she swept her gaze across the maids kneeling on the ground. "The ones who can use jewelry must be women. Hong Ling and the cyan sparrow, go and search them. See if there are any differences between the maids."

As soon as Shen Ninghua finished speaking, one of the maids whimpered, "Princess, please spare our lives. This servant knows that these pieces of jewelry are all light and easy, and have nothing to do with this servant and the rest."

Shen Ninghua looked at the maid who opened her mouth and asked, "Who is Qingmei?"

"Princess, please forgive me, but those jewels were picked up by this servant and not by this servant. This servant is to blame for being greedy and picking them up the moment she sees the cloth bag on the ground. Princess, please spare me, the one who poisoned the cat is not a servant. Qingyin, what grudge do you and I have for you to actually push me to the brink of death? "

Shen Ninghua got up and walked in front of Qingmei, looking down at her condescendingly. "Lift your head up."

She raised her head gently and slowly as she was still sobbing, "Your Highness, please be clear-headed."

"You're not the one who poisoned him."

An expression of ecstasy appeared on her delicate face. "Princess Xie, Princess Xie."

The maid who had exposed the location of the jewelry turned pale.

Shen Ninghua's expression was indifferent as she said, "Bluebird, bring away the maid Qingyin who had opened her mouth."

The girl called Qingyin quickly raised her head, "Princess, why did you take this servant away? This servant is innocent."

"You are not unjustly accused."

"Princess, do you believe this servant's words? Those pieces of jewelry really belong to Qingyin. This servant can use my head as a guarantee."

Shen Ninghua turned her head to look at Qingyin, her expression becoming colder and colder, "I asked and you came out to report me just to make me feel weak. You don't have a shrewd mind, and you only lowered your guard towards you. Under normal circumstances, I would have believed you. It's a pity that you didn't hide the evidence well enough. "

Qingyin's eyes constantly trembled, but she firmly refused to admit it: "As a princess, you can't frame me like this. I won't accept this."

Shen Ninghua sneered, her gaze falling upon the hairpin on Qingyin's head. "Don't cry until you see the coffin, that hairpin on your head is proof!"

Qingyin's face turned pale and she subconsciously touched the top of her head.

Shen Ninghua's gaze was extremely assured, giving her the feeling that she had nowhere to run. If he were to land in her hands, then the outcome … …. As he thought this, he made a decision in his heart. He abruptly pulled out the hairpin and pierced it into his own neck.

No one could have predicted that she would commit suicide and would have no time to stop her.

On the other hand, Shen Ninghua was not surprised. Even if she managed to grab ahold of him, she probably wouldn't be able to get anything useful out of him. What she wanted was merely a process.

Chen Ying walked forward to inspect the wound on Qingyin's neck, and nodded his head with a frown. "Princess is right, this hairpin was indeed coated with the powder of manic drugs. This maid had her throat pierced. So many manic drugs entered her body, she won't be able to live any longer."

Not long after she finished speaking, Qingyin's throat began to produce the sound of rolling gas. Not long after, she bled from all seven orifices and died. It was the same as the cat's death.

Chu Junyi smirked. "I didn't think that Patriarch Shen would need such a heartfelt servant girl."

The surrounding servants were already scared silly. Two people had died in such a short period of time, would it be their turn next?

Shen Dong frowned, "Prince Consort, you're wrong, this Qingyin is here for a funeral, she isn't from the Shen Mansion."

Chu Junyi didn't bother to identify them. Instead, she turned her attention to the group that had just returned.

"Reporting to the palace princess and Prince Consort, this servant found quite a bit of medicinal dregs in a abandoned well in a remote courtyard in the backyard. I had someone bring some out from the well, but I don't know if it will be useful."

Medicine dregs?

Before Shen Ninghua could say anything, Chen Wu stepped forward and carefully pinched a piece of medicinal herb and placed it on the tip of his nose. "This herb has Fire Poison Grass added on it, and the dosage is extremely high. Normal people will suffer internal injuries after taking it for three consecutive days. If it's serious, their lives will be in danger."

Chu Junyi fixed her eyes on Shen Dong and asked, "What if he's bedridden?"

"I'm afraid that two days or even shorter would cause a person's heart to burn brightly and their blood vessels to not return."

"It's that serious?" Chu Junyi looked at the mourning hall behind Shen Dong and said faintly, "Then, Patriarch Shen, may I ask who consumed the remaining medicinal dregs?"

Shen Dong's face was livid: "What are you implying?"

"Patriarch Shen's reaction is too intense. I'm just asking, where is the hint from?"

This man was as treacherous as a fox!

Shen Dong gritted his teeth, "I don't know where this dregs came from."

Chu Junyi raised an eyebrow. "I don't know." This made things difficult. Was there someone else in the Shen Manor taking the medicine? Patriarch Shen, at this time, it would be bad if you were to deceive yourself. "

Shen Dong gritted his teeth, "Prince Consort, what do you want to hear? Do you want me to say that some of the medicinal dregs were poured out by the madame after being consumed? "

"I didn't say that. "These dregs are not rotten, they were just recently poured in two to three days. If they were not taken by the madame, then someone is trying to use the Fire Poison Grass to harm someone?"

"How is that possible?" Shen Dong quickly retorted.

"If it's neither, then may I ask where did this dregs from, Patriarch Shen? Anyone who doesn't know anything about herbs can tell that the herb dregs contain extremely expensive Sage Herb. Such precious herbs couldn't have been consumed by the servants, right? "

Shen Dong was furious. Didn't he already say that these things should be handled properly? Why was it so easily revealed?

Seeing that Shen Dong knew how to respond, Chu Junyi's expression turned cold. She snapped, "Patriarch Shen, you still refuse to admit it? Do you really want to make things clear in front of the emperor in the Golden Hall?"

Shen Dong's heart raced. He was very clear about what had happened and had already made a promise. As soon as this matter was completed, the Queen would fulfill her promise and help him return to the court. He never thought that things would turn out like this.

Shen Ninghua slightly closed her eyes, not looking at Shen Dong's expression. She was already thoroughly disappointed.

Shen Dong clenched his fists tightly. He definitely could not say anything about this matter, otherwise, the Queen would definitely not let him live.

Suddenly, the governor of the imperial guards walked in with his soldiers. "Greetings, Princess. Greetings, Prince Consort Ma. I've heard that something has happened here. The Emperor has ordered the imperial officials to bring the men back for interrogation."