"What kind of poison?" several people in the room asked at the same time.

“It should be the heartbreak grass.

"Once this poison enters the human body, it will cause the intestines to stick together, causing constant abdominal pain until the person dies from the pain...

"If Miss Dongkui had not been rescued in time, I'm afraid..."

Lin Zhijing stepped forward to check the cakes, then frowned and said, "It is indeed the heartbreak grass."

Everyone in the room's faces changed drastically. This poison was truly vicious!

Everyone's eyes subconsciously fell on Sheng Mingzhu and Qiu Ju.

Everyone in the room now believed that Qiuju, Dongkui and Sheng Mingzhu were related by blood.

Because Xia Zhi acknowledged the identities of the two, Sheng Mingzhu did not deny it throughout the process.

Moreover, if you look closely at Qiu Ju and Sheng Mingzhu's facial features, they are 50% similar.

"Sixth Miss, I know you despise my sister and I for being your servants and bringing shame upon you...

"But my sister and I were also sold by our grandparents and father - I had no say in the matter...

"Even if you don't like us, you can send us far away, but you shouldn't poison us...

"No matter what, we are from the same mother and blood as you..."

Qiuju looked at Sheng Mingzhu and accused her with tears in her eyes.

Sheng Mingzhu was so angry that her body was shaking and she couldn't speak.

Throwing dirty water on her right in front of her?

Qiuju, how dare you?

Sheng Mingzhu felt that she had not felt so wronged and humiliated for a long time!

This made it almost impossible for her to maintain her usual mask of weakness. She stared at Qiu Ju with eyes that seemed to be spitting fire.

The atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Sheng Yong and Sheng Minmin didn't say anything, and Duanmu Rui just stared with his big eyes and watched the show.

Originally, this was the Sheng family's family affair, and Duanmu Rui should have left.

But just now, when Sheng Minmin entered the room, she said to Duanmu Rui, "Princess, why don't you stay and be a witness?" Duanmu Rui saw that Lin Zhijing, an outsider, was also there, so he stayed.

Yuanyuan beside her secretly pulled her sleeves twice, and Duanmu Rui pretended not to see it...

It would be so boring to go home. The melons from Sheng’s house looked delicious. She didn’t want to go back!

And she was also afraid that Xiao Qi would suffer. If the Sheng family brothers wanted to bully Xiao Qi, she could still help Xiao Qi...

“What nonsense are you talking about?

"How could my junior sister harm you?"

Lin Zhijing immediately stood up and angrily rebuked Qiu Ju for speaking for Sheng Mingzhu. Lin Zhijing was very sure that Sheng Mingzhu would not poison anyone.

In his mind, if his junior sister didn't want to see someone, she would definitely tell him.

By then he will help his junior sister solve the problem, so why would she need to help?

"That's right! Mingzhu would never harm anyone!

“Those dim sums come into contact with many people, and they all have the opportunity to poison them.

"Besides, if Mingzhu really wanted to harm someone, why would she poison the snacks she gave away? Who would be so stupid?"

Sheng Mingjian's tone was very unfriendly, and it was unclear whether it was directed at Qiu Ju, or whether he was annoyed that Lin Zhijing had taken the lead in speaking up for Sheng Mingzhu, or perhaps both.

"Heh——" Huang Yaning sneered.

"Not necessarily, what if she does the opposite?

"Everyone thinks that the person who sent the snacks would not harm anyone, so she can use this to exonerate herself!"

"Seventh sister, everything requires evidence. The evidence provided by Qiu Ju can only prove that the snacks are poisonous, but it cannot prove that Sixth sister poisoned them—"

Sheng Mingyi frowned and spoke, then looked at Qiuju.

"Qiuju, think carefully about whether you two sisters have offended anyone in the past..."

"Third brother, do you think the servants in the mansion are poisoning Qiuju and her sister?"

Huang Yaning's face was full of sarcasm.

"It sounds like a poison like Gelsemium elegans is not cheap. Which servant has so much money to buy Gelsemium elegans? If you really want to harm people, rat poison will work just as well!"

Just a moment later, Lin Zhijing, Sheng Mingjian and Sheng Mingyi were all speaking for Sheng Mingzhu, while Huang Yaning simply criticized the two brothers of the Sheng family.

The atmosphere in the room became even more tense.

Among the three legitimate brothers of the Sheng family, Sheng Mingbo was the only one who had not spoken.

Sheng Mingbo is usually impulsive and reckless, but now he looks dull.

Because he arrived the earliest, Dongkui was his personal maid and he liked her very much, so he went to see Dongkui first when he arrived.

Dong Kui thought she was going to die. She vomited blood while holding his hand tightly. The look in her eyes made him feel terrified, as if she wanted to drag him into hell with her...

So Sheng Mingbo was a little frightened and immersed in his own thoughts. He did not jump out in a hurry to protect Sheng Mingzhu as usual.

"Third Young Master——"

Qiuju cried out pitifully, her eyes were red, and she looked aggrieved and pitiful.

"My servant and my sister never have any grudges with anyone. We have only had one or two quarrels with others occasionally, but this kind of thing happens all the time in the mansion. No one would kill someone just because of a few words.

"If someone kills someone just because of a quarrel, then all the servants in this mansion...I'm afraid they will all be gone..."

This makes sense. Is there ever a day when the maids, mothers and old women in the mansion don't quarrel?

If we were to kill each other over a quarrel, you kill me and I kill you, there would be no one left in the mansion.

"If it's not a servant, then someone is deliberately framing Mingzhu!"

Sheng Mingjian said this in a decisive tone, and then looked at Qiu Ju.

"I don't know who instigated you to think that Mingzhu would harm you just to save face. That's totally nonsense!

"Xia Zhi has the same status as you. She has been with Mingzhu for many years, and Mingzhu respects and loves her.

"Since Mingzhu won't hurt her, she certainly won't hurt you!

"Father, Mother, someone must have deliberately poisoned the snacks and put the blame on Mingzhu.

"I hope father and mother can find out the truth and give Mingzhu justice!"

Sheng Mingzhu finally calmed down her emotions and expression, knelt down and spoke again.

"Father, mother, the poisoning has nothing to do with me. I hope that father and mother will give their daughter justice!"

"Father believes in you, you get up first--"

Sheng Yong forced a smile.

Now everyone outside is talking about the Sheng Mansion's affairs, which is already enough to give Sheng Yong a headache. He didn't expect that a murder almost happened in his family again.

He felt that his wife was not good at managing the household, and that his three eldest sons were too stupid to only favor the sixth son, and were unwilling to even pretend to be fair.

This led to constant "internal fighting" between the two daughters. Taken individually, both sons and daughters are talented, but they are not united and cause trouble everywhere, making people laugh at them!

Sheng Yong was already furious. If there hadn't been outsiders present, he would have gotten angry at Sheng Minmin!

"Ma'am, how is the investigation going?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qingying hurried in, holding a piece of paper in her hand and with a look of horror on her face.

"Master, Madam, a girl named Xiaoye in Furong Courtyard committed suicide by taking poison.

"She..." Qingying paused here.

Sheng Minmin said with a straight face: "Tell me quickly, what happened?"

"She said that the Sixth Miss gave her a packet of laxatives and asked her to give it to Dong Kui. She didn't dare to disobey the Sixth Miss's order. Today, when she went to the Fifth Young Master's yard to deliver snacks, she secretly put the powder on the snacks that Dong Kui had been staring at.

"Later, I saw Dong Kui really took those snacks away, but I didn't expect... that it was not a laxative, but a poison -

"She felt guilty, so she left a last word and took the remaining poison and committed suicide.

"This is what Xiaoye wrote before he died—"

Qingying respectfully handed over the suicide note in her hand.

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