Rebirth: The paranoid war king was controlled by the crazy female protagonist

Qing Yu reached out and turned over the palm of his left hand to check. Two unbandaged scars, stained with blood, were particularly eye-catching.

"Brother Zhou, what happened to your hand?"

It was fine yesterday, how come your hand suddenly got injured?

Xiao Yanzhou smiled faintly and met her worried eyes, "It's not an accidental injury, it's okay."

But the two wounds clearly looked painful, not like they were nothing serious. She turned to the eunuch Li standing beside her.

"Eunuch Li, call the imperial physician."

Seeing that she had spoken, Eunuch Li was about to call the imperial physician, but was stopped.

He covered her little hand, "It's okay, Xiaoyu."

"Then, get the medicine box." She gestured again.

Seeing this, he no longer refused.

Eunuch Li quickly ordered someone to bring the medicine box, and she took out the medicine and applied it carefully to him.

During this time, he kept watching her silently.

Does Xiao Yu really care about him? If so, why didn't she choose him? Is it because she met Xiao Yanqing first? Or is he better than her?

"Brother Zhou, does it hurt?" She noticed the way he was staring at her, thinking that she had hurt him.

He smiled and shook his head, "It doesn't hurt, Xiaoyu."

She paused. For some reason, there was some other emotion hidden in his eyes, different from usual.

After applying medicine and bandaging him, the ministers below waited patiently.

"Is Brother Zhou sick?" She couldn't help but ask.

"No, Xiao Yu."

He denied it, but her mood was still fluctuating.

After calming down, Xiao Yanzhou turned his gaze to the ministers and said, "Continue."

"Your Majesty, would you like to invite the Imperial Concubine to come along?" a courtier suggested.

He rejected it decisively, "No need, their testimonies were given yesterday. Since the nobles have opinions and the princess is here, let's get started."

"Yes."

Then the ministers recounted what happened yesterday and the discussions in Yongqing City.

"Princess, now all the evidence points to you, how are you going to explain it?" The leading minister began to gesture.

"I didn't do it." She denied, calmly and calmly, "Besides, there is no conclusive evidence to prove that I was the one who poisoned her."

The minister expected her to retort and gestured to the maids beside him, the two who served Zheng Linhan yesterday.

"My Lord, they are the witnesses."

The two maids immediately knelt down and narrated the situation of yesterday with grievance, "Your Majesty, please make a decision for the queen!"

"It was because I was tripped by the princess yesterday that the princess had the chance to touch the teapot. I guess the poison must have been put in at that time."

Another maid continued, "Only two of us touched the teapot. Your Majesty originally wanted to invite the princess, but she didn't expect the princess to..."

After just a few words, the two maids started crying.

Xiao Yanzhou revealed a hint of annoyance between his brows, and wanted to stop her, but she spoke first.

"and many more."

The ministers all thought she was going to start making excuses again, but they didn't expect...

"It's hard to hear you when you're talking like that. If you want to cry, go cry over there and then come over here."

As soon as the words fell, everyone was stunned and the two maids stopped crying in astonishment.

They never imagined that a seemingly innocent princess could say such cold and heartless words.

On the other hand, he was standing aside, suppressing a smile on his lips, and couldn't help but sigh that Xiao Yu was really courageous.

Seeing this, the maids immediately calmed down, wiped away their tears, and repeated what they were going to say.

After listening to it, she continued to deny, "It's clearly slandering me."

"These two are Concubine Zheng's maids. It's normal for them to help her speak."

Perhaps it was because her voice was too soft and steady, the ministers beside her did not dare to be too impatient, otherwise they would appear to be aggressive.

"Since the princess has repeatedly denied it, then the princess should please produce the evidence."

"Evidence?" She raised her eyebrows, puzzled. "You are the ones who suspected me. Now there is insufficient evidence. You should come up with evidence."

The minister's eyes widened. After hearing her unreasonable words, he snorted coldly: "Oh, Princess, do you want to deny it? So many people are watching us."

She calmly stated her reasons, "The concubines have been suppressed by her for a long time, so of course they all listen to her. Besides, she can bribe you."

"Princess!" The minister was immediately furious. "Don't say such things carelessly. It is a serious crime to speak without restraint and mislead the public with false statements."

"You don't admit it? So many people are watching us."

"You..." The minister was shocked. Wasn't this what he had just said? This eloquent woman really impressed him.

Another minister continued, "It seems that the princess does not want to recognize you. Then, does the princess dare to let someone search your bedroom?"

"What are you searching for?" She looked confused.

"Poison, or some other evidence."

"Your Majesty, please give your orders." Several ministers knelt down together to ask for instructions.

From beginning to end, Xiao Yanzhou remained silent as she requested.

But now, is he going to agree?

While her thoughts were wandering, she had already spoken, "It's okay, but..."

"The bedroom is filled with gifts that Brother Zhou gave me. I like them very much, but I have to be careful. Besides, I don't like uninvited people to enter my bedroom. What if I can't find them when the time comes..."

He pursed his lips, his eyes were cold, and he was very unhappy. "Xiao Yu is an unmarried young lady. You guys are really imaginative to search the palace at will."

He didn't expect that if he didn't speak up, these people would be so arrogant that they even dared to demand a palace search.

The ministers were shocked and knelt down immediately. "Your Majesty, please calm down. We just want to find out the truth. Please put the overall situation first."

She lowered her eyes and thought for a while before speaking, "How about this? We can search the palace, but there must be punishment. How do you think?"

The ministers looked at each other, as if communicating with their eye contact, wondering whether they were sure about this matter.

"However, I don't like those invisible punishments. They always arbitrarily accuse people, and then people won't remember them."

After thinking about it, Xiao Yanzhou continued according to her meaning: "My most beloved sister cannot tolerate anyone bullying her. If you can't find her, slander Xiao Yu. Everyone relies on twenty."

One of the ministers seized the opportunity and said, "Your Majesty, if we find out that it was the young princess who did it...what should we do?"

Before he could say anything, she agreed directly, "Me too, twenty strokes of the cane, I accept."

"Okay, since the little princess agrees, please give your Majesty's order."

"Xiao Yu." He held her hand worriedly and looked at her.

Since these people are so sure, maybe they have done something fishy.

She shook his hand back, telling him not to worry.

Seeing this, he gave the order, "Okay, search the palace, Eunuch Li, you follow."

They waited patiently in the lobby for the results of the search.

After a while, everyone returned.

Eunuch Li trembled as he presented a black medicine bottle, "Your Majesty, this... this was found in the young princess' bedroom."

He took it, frowning slightly, "What is this?"

The minister leaned forward to explain, "Your Majesty, this is poison. Ask the imperial physician to verify it."

Hearing this, he turned to look at her, wanting to get an answer, but saw that she remained indifferent.

"In other words, this is the most suspicious thing in the princess's house?"

"It's Your Majesty."

At this time, he summoned the imperial physician, who came and carefully smelled the black pill in the medicine bottle and got the result.

"Your Majesty, this medicine..."

"Is it poison?"

"No, just a normal tonic."

Upon hearing this answer, all the ministers could hardly conceal their surprise and panic.

She curled her lips and said, "I'm curious. How did you know it was poison without even looking at it? And how did you choose this bottle of so-called poison from among so many bottles of medicine?"

"Could it be that you were the ones who put the poison in this bottle?"

His brows were furrowed, and his pupils, which symbolized death, were like blades falling on his important minister. One could even see the protruding blue veins on his forehead.

"This is what you call solving a case!" The vicious voice hit everyone's head.

"Everyone drag it down, relying on twenty."

"Your Majesty! It was not...it was not done by me!" The ministers knelt on the ground in panic.

"After you beat him up, bring him up for interrogation. I want to see who gave you the courage to bully Xiao Yu like this!"