Inside the government office, the prefect Zheng Zegang slammed the gavel with all his might and shouted, "You bold suspect, now that you are in court, why don't you confess your crimes? Otherwise, you will suffer physical pain!"

Qinghe raised her head...

When Zheng Zegang saw her, he was immediately shocked and said, "Mrs. Jiang...Mrs. Jiang?"

Qing He looked at him coldly and said, "I didn't kill anyone!"

Li knelt aside and said, "Sir, please don't believe her rumors. I saw her kill my daughter with my own eyes!"

Zheng Zegang frowned and said, "There must be a reason behind this. I will leave the court for now!"

A bailiff came up and took the three men away, temporarily taking them to a nearby detention room to await news.

A lawyer came in and took Qing He to the flower hall alone. Zheng Zegang said with a big smile, "Mrs. Jiang, please take a seat!"

Qing He said: "You got the wrong person, I'm not that person."

Zheng Zegang said in surprise: "How is it possible? You are obviously Madam Jiang Shao! Have you forgotten that we met at the entrance of the restaurant last time..."

Qing He frowned and said, "You remembered it wrongly, didn't you? I am from Tongcheng, and this is my first time in the capital. How come I know the prefect?"

Zheng Zegang was stunned after hearing this. He looked Qinghe up and down for a long time and said to himself: "That's right, it's obviously Madam Jiang..."

After hesitating for a moment, he called in his trusted advisor and whispered a few words in his ear. The advisor agreed and turned away.

Zheng Zegang smiled and said, "Madam Jiang, don't worry. I will definitely conduct the trial impartially and give you justice!"

Qing He then explained the whole story and finally said, "They ordered the snacks and tea themselves. It has nothing to do with me."

Zheng Zegang nodded and said, "Okay! Okay! I understand, and I will definitely give justice to the young lady later..."

Qing He reiterated, "I didn't kill anyone, and I'm not Madam Jiang. Please don't call me by that name, Lord Prefect."

Zheng Zegang was stunned after hearing this, and cautiously asked: "Since you said you are not Madam Jiang, then may I ask who you are..."

Qing He said, "We just look the same! My last name is Yao, and my given name is Qing He. I'm from Tongcheng, and I came to Beijing to look for my relatives. That Li used to work in my house. Yesterday, she sent someone to send me a letter saying that she knew where my father was, so she asked me to meet her at the teahouse today. But after we chatted for a few minutes, her daughter suddenly fell to the ground and was poisoned. She went downstairs to order tea and snacks, and it had nothing to do with me at all!"

Zheng Zegang was startled and continued to test, "Is this Miss Yao's first time in the capital?"

Qinghe nodded.

Zheng Zegang's expression suddenly changed! He smiled awkwardly and said, "Okay! Okay!", but he was thinking about what to do next...

Since she is not Madam Jiang, things will be easy! No matter how the case is judged, there will be no risk.

At this time, a confidant came in and whispered in his ear: "Sir, Concubine Jia has sent someone, and they are waiting in the back hall now."

"What? Okay, okay, I'll be there right away!" Zheng Zegang stood up and went out hurriedly.

Qinghe didn't know what was going on, so she had to sit in the flower hall and wait.

About a meal's time later, a guard came in and brought her back to the hall.

This time, the prefect's attitude was very different from before. He slammed the gavel hard and shouted angrily, "I have obtained some clues related to the case. Li, tell us what happened again. Don't hide anything!"

Li leaned over and kowtowed to the ground, then said softly, "Yes!"

Then she began to tell the story: "…So I asked Miss Yao to come out and apologize to Bilian for pushing her last time. But Miss Yao held a grudge and secretly poisoned our tea in the teahouse when we were not paying attention. In the end, my little daughter Bilian died of the poison… Please handle this impartially, redress my grievances, and seek justice for my child who died in vain!"

As she spoke, she began to sob...

Prefect Zheng Zegang frowned and looked at Qinghe, and asked in a long voice: "Yao Qinghe, what do you have to say about this?"

Qing He said calmly, "Sir, the tea and snacks were ordered in advance by Li's mother and daughter. They have nothing to do with me. How could I have killed Yao Bilian? If you don't believe me, you can summon the waiter of the teahouse and ask him and you will know."

Zheng Zegang nodded and said, "Okay! This is what I've been waiting for. Come on, go to the teahouse and bring the waiter over!"

The yamen runners answered, "Yes!"

Soon, the waiter was brought to the hall, knelt down and kowtowed, saying, "I am Liu Haiyong, here to see you, Master!"

Zheng Zegang asked in a deep voice: "Liu Haiyong, do you know the person kneeling next to you?"

The waiter looked back and said, "I know them. They came to the teahouse to drink tea this morning."

Zheng Zegang frowned and asked, "Did anything unusual happen in the meantime?"

The waiter hesitated for a moment, then bowed his head heavily and said, "There is indeed something unusual, but I don't know whether I should tell you or not..."

"speak!"

The waiter said respectfully, "Yes! The sister-in-law next to them came first with her daughter. Not long after, the young lady next to them and the young man also came. In the meantime, the crooked-necked girl came down to order some tea. Before I served the tea, I ran into the young man. He said a few words to me, opened the lid of the teapot and took a look, and then let me go upstairs."

Upon hearing this, the prefect slammed the gavel heavily and sneered, "What a pair of ruthless cousins! Yao Qinghe, Li's mother and daughter kindly invited you to come here to apologize to you, why did you team up with your cousin to harm her?"

Qing He was stunned when she heard this, and she quickly explained loudly: "Sir, if I wanted to harm Yao Bilian, why would I choose to do it in a crowded teahouse instead of a more secluded place? Am I waiting for the government to catch me? This is one reason. Secondly, if I wanted to harm her, why would I choose such a stupid method? Wouldn't it be cleaner and more efficient to just buy a box of expensive snacks that have been poisoned and give them to them?"

Yan Shixun at the side also helped and said, "Sir, I saw Yao Bilian going downstairs and heading straight for the kitchen, so I followed her quietly. I saw her handing a packet of powder to the waiter, so I guessed there was something fishy going on. So when the waiter came out with the tea, I stopped him and quietly replaced the tea. Who would have thought that Yao Bilian really put a deadly poison in the tea, and then she suffered the consequences and died of poisoning!"

Qing He's eyes widened after hearing this. She turned back to look at Li in disbelief and whispered, "Aunt Xian'er, you asked me out to kill me?"

Li sneered and ignored her.

Prefect Zheng Zegang looked at Qinghe and said, "Yao Qinghe, do you have anything else to say?"

Qing He said angrily, "Sir, the mother and daughter of the Li family had ulterior motives and wanted to kill me. In the end, they suffered the consequences by mistake. No one else can be blamed! I hope you can understand this!"

Mrs. Li turned around and stared at her fiercely, saying, "It was you and your cousin who secretly poisoned the tea and killed my Lian'er, and now you are turning the tables and accusing us of wanting to kill you! My Lord, please don't listen to this little bitch's nonsense!"

Zheng Zegang slammed the gavel and said, "Silence! I have my own judgment on right and wrong, so stop arguing! Liu Haiyong, did Yao Bilian give you a packet of powder and ask you to put it in your tea?"

The waiter in the teahouse kowtowed and said, "My lord, no!"

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