Use a substitute on your wedding night to scatter the ashes of your entire family

Lei Zhengliang and Fang Cuilan both knew that this was a serious matter that could cost them their lives.

Even if a knife is placed on your neck, you must never admit it.

He immediately kowtowed several times to Bai Hongxian and said, "Master Bai, I am innocent! Fang Cuilan is just my cousin. We used to have a lot of interactions. It was just a normal interaction between relatives. How can it be said that she committed adultery?"

"This is really slander. I beg Lord Bai to help me!"

Bai Hongxian felt that he was really unlucky this year. How could he have encountered such a bad thing?

But the victim below is the Duke of Zhenguo and a general who commands a large number of troops.

Even the prince has to be wary.

In Shengjing, where a falling brick could kill three second-rank officials, he, a small prefect of Jingzhao, could only smile along.

He asked, "My Lord, you are accusing Fang Cuilan of three crimes. Do you have any evidence?"

Li Huaiying glanced at the man on the ground and said, "Of course."

"My mother was in good health. During her pregnancy, the fetus was always in a stable position. There was also a doctor in the palace, and my mother's pulse records have been preserved to this day."

"Yuan Qiao, present the pulse diagnosis case to Lord Bai for review."

"Yes." Li Yuanqiao hurried forward and placed the box in his hand in front of Bai Hongxian.

The box contained two old pulse case books. The blue covers had long turned white, but the words "Feng Yaqiong Pulse Case" and the line below that read "Changping Twenty-two Years" were still clear.

It can be seen that it is well preserved.

Changping was the reign title of the previous emperor.

Bai Hongxian didn't know any medicine and was afraid that the pulse record would shatter into pieces if touched, so he just glanced into the box and didn't move, and asked someone to call a doctor.

Nowadays in Shengjing City, if we want to know who has the best medical skills, apart from the imperial physicians in the palace, there are only the doctors in the People's Hospital.

When she heard that they were going to invite a doctor, Yang Luo, who had been watching the excitement in the crowd, raised her lips. It was her turn so soon: "Master Bai, I wonder if I can take a look at this pulse case?"

Someone in the crowd suddenly shouted, "It's Dr. Luo!"

"Doctor Luo will definitely be able to tell the problem from the pulse case."

The crowd automatically parted and the bailiff invited her into the court.

Although the pulse records were well preserved, the papers were still yellowed and aged.

After all, more than forty years have passed.

Yang Luo read them very carefully. The two books recorded in detail the entire process from the time the old general's original wife Feng Yaqiong was diagnosed with pregnancy to the time she gave birth.

The entire court was silent. Even the people outside who were watching the excitement just stretched their necks to look inside. No one made any noise, as if they were afraid of disturbing Doctor Luo.

After half an hour, Bai Hongxian asked, "Doctor Luo, how is it?"

Yang Luo closed the pulse record: "My Lord, this pulse record is very detailed. At least in my opinion, the old general's first wife is in very good health. The birth process was very smooth. From analgesia to childbirth, it took less than two hours."

Li Huaiying's eyes suddenly turned red: "But my mother passed away less than a month after giving birth to me."

Yang Luo asked hurriedly: "Then, Lord Duke, do you have the pulse record of the old general's wife before she passed away?"

Normally, during the month of confinement, if there is a doctor at home, he will check your pulse every day.

Li Huaiying shook his head.

Li Yuanqiao hung his head and gave Yang Luo a bitter face: "We have been looking for two days. The storeroom even has the pulse records of my grandfather and great-grandfather when they were alive, but this one is missing."

Li Shuangwan glanced towards Yang Luo.

Everyone knows that such an important pulse diagnosis book is missing. It must have been destroyed by someone, and the probability of finding it back is low.

Lei Zhengliang pursed his lips in satisfaction. Fang Cuilan had done a great job.

Unfortunately, it was still a little lacking. If he were to say, the two books that were copied during pregnancy should also be destroyed.

Yang Luo frowned slightly: "I can't find the pulse case, then, is that palace doctor here now?"

Li Huaiying still shook his head: "He was hired temporarily by my father for only one year. After my mother passed away, he left the house."

"Then you didn't look for it?"

Li Yuanqiao's face wrinkled even more: "Of course I did look for a doctor, but the doctor has passed away a long time ago."

Yang Luo also expressed helplessness. He was right. Conditions in this era were limited and people’s average life expectancy was not high.

The doctor must have been at least 30 or 40 years old to be invited to work as the palace physician in the General's Mansion for a year. Now, more than 40 years have passed.

Bai Hongxian looked at Li Huaiying helplessly: "Duke, there is no evidence at all, and it cannot prove that Fang Cuilan killed your mother."

He pointed at the pulse record in Yang Luo's hand and said, "A normal pulse record during pregnancy and childbirth doesn't mean that she died of a sudden illness after giving birth. Besides, it's been a month, so it doesn't mean anything."

As long as Fang Cuilan cannot be proven to have killed someone, it cannot be proven that Li Huaiyi is not the old general's descendant, and the emperor is not incapable of judging people.

How important is the royal family's reputation.

Bai Hongxian breathed a sigh of relief when he thought of this and looked at the patriarch of the Li family.

I noticed that his expression also relaxed.

"Who said there are no witnesses?" Li Huaiying snorted coldly and pointed at Madam Cai. "Oh, this person is Fang Cuilan's personal nanny. She was the one who teamed up with Fang Cuilan to poison my mother!"

Madam Cai kowtowed quickly and said, "My Lord, even if you gave me a hundred courages, I would not dare to harm Madam Feng."

Li Shuangwan smiled faintly: "Really? Aunt Cai, haven't you done enough evil for Fang Shi in the past few decades!"

"Princess, please don't slander me. I am an honest man and have never done anything evil!"

Li Shuangwan snorted coldly: "Really? Do you really think that no one knows about the evil you have done and the murders you have committed!"

She turned to Bai Hongxian and said, "Master Bai, I have a witness who can prove that it was Nanny Cai and Madam Fang who poisoned my grandmother. Please allow me to call the witness."

What could Bai Hongxian say? She was a princess, a member of the Zhenguo Duke's family of four, and he couldn't afford to offend any of them: "Princess, please."

An old woman in her sixties was supported into the courtroom. She had difficulty walking and walked with great difficulty.

Madam Cai was startled and looked at the man carefully. He looked familiar, but she couldn't quite remember who he was.

"Master Bai, I am Xu, a commoner with the given name Mei. In my early years, I worked as a servant in Madam Fang's courtyard. Oh no, at that time, Madam Fang was just the old general's concubine."

Nanny Cai’s head buzzed, Xu Mei!

She is not dead yet!

"I can testify that the old general's first wife recovered very well after giving birth, and she was very healthy during the confinement period."

"A few days before she passed away, she was still holding her child and making him laugh. Unfortunately, the next day, I heard that she was seriously ill and couldn't even get out of bed. She passed away within two days."

Li Shuangwan asked: "Grandma Xu, didn't you say that my grandfather invited a doctor to stay in the mansion? Didn't he find the cause of the disease?"