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"Yes, Crown Prince." Shang Wen acknowledged and then walked forward, ready to torture Qi Xi.

Qi Xi looked at everyone present and saw despair in Qi Xi's eyes. In the next second, Qi Xi ran into a wall and died on the spot.

"The crown prince is dead." Shang Wen did not expect Qi Xi to be so decisive. He was caught off guard and could not stop her. He stepped forward to check her aura and found that she was dead.

Xia Si Zhu glanced at Qi Xi. She was a heartfelt servant girl, afraid that she wouldn't be able to keep the secret. She actually chose to resolve the matter with her own death. This, however, provided her with quite a bit of convenience.

"Shang Wen, tell this prince the information you found out."

"Reporting to His Highness the Crown Prince, Third Miss left the front hall first, followed by Second Miss and that servant Qi Xi. After that, it was the Night King and His Highness the Crown Prince.

Then the Third Miss appeared, the First Madam questioned the Third Miss, the Second Miss's whereabouts, and then everyone found out. " Shang Wen slowly revealed the information he had obtained.

"Third Miss, even if she doesn't want to speak the truth, you tell me!" Dongfang Li turned to look at Xia Sizhu.

"Say what? They said that the two of them wanted to follow me, but I threw them off? " Xia Sizhu didn't even give Dong Fang Li a glance, and directly ignored Dong Fang Li.

"Do you think this prince will believe you?" Dongfang Li looked at Xia Sizhu. This woman had always been. Whenever he appeared, she would stare at him without blinking. Why hadn't she bothered him ever since his disappearance?

He clearly hated her, but why did he feel that something was missing when he discovered that she was no longer paying attention to him?

"I didn't make you believe me either." Xia Sizhu shrugged her shoulders with an indifferent expression.

"Your Highness, I followed her with Qi Xi because I saw that Xia Sizhu was sneaking around. Then we saw her entering the Pavilion of Thoughtful Bamboo, so I followed her. Then, everything went dark and I didn't know anything. Please enlighten me, Your Highness." Xia Caisi pleaded as if she saw light.

"Your highness, she must be jealous of Cai Si. That's why she's plotting to destroy Cai Si's innocence!" It was as if the first wife had grasped onto her savior as she pushed all the blame onto Xia Sizhu.

"Are you sure? Aren't you afraid of forcing me to tell you everything? When the time comes, your fates will be even more exciting than mine. " Xia Sizhu raised her eyes to look at Dong Fang Li's scrutinizing gaze as she spoke with a smile that was not a smile.

"We are not afraid of slanting shadows or doing anything. We are not afraid of your slander." The First Wife forcefully suppressed the unease in her heart. No matter what, without evidence, there was no way she could say that they did it.

"Mistress, we found this in Second Miss' room." One of the guards held a spice in his hand.

When the first wife saw this type of spice, her expression immediately changed. Xia Caixiu looked at her mother's expression and guessed that there must be something wrong with the spice.

"Second Miss, explain to this crown prince why there are bewitching drugs in your room." Dong Fang Li threw the spice onto the ground with a dark expression.

"Your Highness, I … I don't know. Xia Sizhu must have framed me. Yes, it must be her." Xia Caisi's expression was one of panic, her eyes swaying unsteadily from side to side.

Upon seeing Xia Sizhu, he immediately jumped up and pointed at her while shouting loudly.

"If you don't cause trouble for me, why would I scheme against you?" Xia Sizhu maintained her calm demeanor.

Xia Caisi still wanted to say something, but instead, she kneeled in front of Dongfang Li.

"Big Brother Li, it doesn't matter who did this, I hope that Big Brother Li does not investigate this matter any further. If you continue investigating, it will not benefit any of us, so I beg of you, please do not investigate this." Xia Caixi's eyes flickered with tears as her face expressed a pleading expression.

Although he did not know what his mother and sister had done, how could it be his sister and Big Brother Li in the end … She only knew that if this continued, both her sister and her mother would be exposed.

On one side was the person she loved and on the other was her family. Once the truth was revealed, how would she react? She hoped that this secret could be buried so that she could deceive herself and pretend that nothing had happened.

Dong Fang Li looked at the crying Xia Caixi and couldn't help but feel a little annoyed in her heart. After all, she liked how obedient she was.

This way, he really couldn't bear to see her cry.

"If the Crown Prince's Palace is willing to show mercy, I will definitely lend a helping hand to Your Highness in the future." Xia Wei also knew that he couldn't blow up the matter today, as long as it did, his reputation as the Prime Minister would be ruined.

Thus, he could not let this matter be exposed. He had to suppress this matter, or else he would regret it for the rest of his life.

It wasn't easy for him to get into this position, but he couldn't let himself be dragged down. He absolutely couldn't!

"For the sake of Xi`er, I will let this matter go. I do not wish for it to happen a second time." In the end, Dong Fang Li's heart softened. Other than losing some face, he did not lose anything else.

Today, he would give Xia Wei some face. After this incident, Xia Wei would naturally be more sincere towards him, and in other words, he would lose some face in an alliance. The benefits outweighed the drawbacks.

At the very least, he couldn't touch the Prime Minister now, and as for the future, he didn't know that.

Xia Wei, who had finally sent Dong Fang Li away, heaved a sigh of relief in his heart. Seeing Xia Caisi's pale face, Xia Wei sent a slap over.

"Pah!" Xia Caisi covered her face from being slapped.

"You've really given me a lot of face today, someone come!" Take the second young miss back to her room. Within a month, she's not allowed to go out or visit anyone. " Xia Caisi knew that she was in the wrong, so she did not struggle any further. When she walked to Xia Sizhu's side, her eyes were filled with resentment and unwillingness.

Xia Sizhu gave Xia Caisi a slight smile. The killing intent in her eyes startled Xia Caisi.

"Mom, what's going on?" After returning to her room, Xia Caixiu couldn't help but ask impatiently. From start to finish, she had been hiding this from her mother and sister. How could she feel at ease with this?

"Little girl, mother has let you down." The First Lady, crying, told them all of their plans.

"Mother, why didn't you tell me when you were doing things? Are you worried about me?" Xia Caixi found it hard to accept the truth. Although she had long since guessed this possibility, hearing it out from her mother's mouth was like a different story altogether.

"Little girl, mother is afraid of dragging you in." The first wife looked at Xia Caixi apologetically. If they had told Xi`er about it, the outcome might not have been the same.

"Then why would Little Sister and Big Brother Li …" Xia Caixi was unable to finish her sentence. When she saw Big Brother Li's little sister, she felt as if her heart had been ruthlessly stabbed by a knife, causing her to be unable to breathe from the pain.

Being betrayed by two of the most important people at the same time made her feel as if her heart was broken.

"This … Mother doesn't know either …" The first wife was also puzzled.

"Could it have been done by that bitch Xia Sizhu?" He was obviously scheming against Xia Sizhu, but his own daughter was schemed against in the end. The first thing the first wife thought of was that nothing had happened to Xia Sizhu.

"Impossible. Xia Si Zhu loves Big Brother Li so much. If it was Xia Si Zhu who did this, then the woman on the bed definitely wouldn't be his little sister. She would be Xia Si Zhu herself." After fighting with Xia Sizhu for so long, she didn't believe that Xia Sizhu would do such a thing.