Rebirth and Marriage: I am the Mistress of the Palace

Lu Qiying was surprised and delighted: "What?! Is there a correct way to verify the Western Region Purple Crow?"

Shen Wantang: "Of course there is, right, An Ning?"

Gu Qianning: "Ah? Ah, yes!"

"How did your second brother tell you to verify it?"

"My second brother said... he said..." He didn't say anything!

"Your second brother said that when the Western Region Purple Crow meets vinegar, it will turn bright blue, right?"

Gu Qianning had a thousand question marks in her mind, but her face was calm and confident: "Yes, that's what my second brother said!"

Anyway, since Shen Wantang said it was, then it must be.

As for the second brother...who is the second brother?

Oh, he is just a brick, he can be moved wherever he is needed.

Lu Qiying immediately ordered his men: "Go get the vinegar!"

The men responded and left.

Xiang Meng couldn't help but look up at Shen Wantang. The Western Regions purple crow would turn bright blue when it came into contact with vinegar? Why hadn't he heard that the merchant who came back from the Western Regions said that?

Could it be that Shen Wantang said this on purpose to deceive him?

A cold light flashed in Xiang Meng's eyes. He had seen this kind of method in the Ministry of Justice before, but he had endured it all. There was no way Shen Wantang could trick him into telling the truth!

He actually underestimated Shen Wantang. She used to live a life worse than a dog in the Shen family, but now she has turned from a pheasant into a phoenix and even dared to come back to cause trouble for him!

Qi, the stepmother, hated her, and in order to please her, the maids and servants under her naturally often treated Shen Wantang harshly in secret. They would deliberately withhold her money, give her rotten food, and make her clothes bigger or smaller.

Xiang Meng often took advantage of the maids. When he saw a pretty one, he would drag her to his room and forcibly take her. Because he was protected by Nanny Jin, he was never punished.

So he became more and more courageous. As Shen Wantang grew up, he found that she was becoming more and more beautiful, and he began to have evil thoughts.

He was tired of playing with the maids of the Shen family, but he had never tasted the young ladies of the Shen family. Anyway, Shen Wantang was just an unpopular concubine's daughter, and it would be fine if he took her by force. Maybe Qi would even take the opportunity to betroth Shen Wantang to him!

Unfortunately, before he found the opportunity, Shen Wantang got married.

If he had known this would happen, he would have climbed over the wall into her yard without caring, and now he wouldn't be tortured by her like this.

After a while, Lu Qiying's men brought back the vinegar.

Lu Qiying took the vinegar, poured it on Xiang Meng's hand himself, and then stared at it without blinking.

Xiang Meng pretended to be calm, but Ke Xin was already nervous, fearing that her hand would really turn bright blue.

But when he stared at his hands for a while, he found that his hands did not change color at all, and were still a very light blue.

Xiang Meng breathed a sigh of relief, with a barely perceptible smile on his face: "Second Miss, my hand hasn't changed color. This vinegar seems to be useless!"

Shen Guannian also breathed a sigh of relief. He was afraid that his security guard was really the murderer. Then he would be charged with poor discipline, and it would be even more difficult for him to get his job back!

Shen Wantang looked at Xiang Meng's respectful and complacent expression as if he was looking at a clown: "Do you really think you are useless? Do you think you are the smart one?"

Xiang Meng lowered his head, not out of respect, but because he was afraid that Shen Wantang would see the evil and murderous intent in his eyes.

The corners of his lips curled up, and he said in a self-proclaimed respectful tone: "How dare I compete with the Second Miss in intelligence? I am very stupid. The Second Miss is the smartest. But you see, my hand is still the same as before, without changing color. You are really mistaken. I have never touched the Western Region Purple you mentioned..."

Before he finished saying the word "wu", Xiang Meng's face suddenly changed!

Lu Qiying's voice was like a thunder, exploding in his ears: "It has changed! It has turned bright blue! He really touched the Western Region Purple Crow!"

Everyone's expression froze as Lu Qiying said this. They watched as Xiang Meng's hand changed from a very light blue to an extremely eye-catching blue almost in an instant!

Gu Qianning took a deep breath and looked at Shen Wantang in shock. She had found a breakthrough in the biggest case in the capital that had left the Ministry of Justice and the Dali Temple helpless!

Xin Huailin's face turned pale, and he stared at Xiang Meng with red eyes: "Tell me, did you poison my family? Did you kill them?!"

Shen Guannian, who had always wanted to protect Xiang Meng, now didn't dare to speak. He had previously thought that Xiang Meng could not be the murderer, so he protected him to avoid ruining his family's reputation.

But now the evidence is right in front of us. Xiang Meng's hands are almost glowing blue. This is too weird!

If Xiang Meng is really the murderer, then if he continues to speak for Xiang Meng, then he’s really finished!

No, that's not right. The question now is not whether he should speak up for Xiang Meng or not. What he needs to do most now is to clear himself as soon as possible!

Shen Guannian's mind raced, and he stepped forward and slapped him twice: "You betrayed and vicious dog, how dare you use such a strange poison! Why don't you confess everything you've done!"

Xiang Meng thought that the first person to hit him would be Xin Huailin, but he didn't expect it to be Shen Guannian who had always spoken for him!

Shen Guannian beat him without mercy. His mouth was full of blood and blood was flowing from the corners of his lips.

But Xiang Meng was able to withstand the interrogation in the Ministry of Justice, so he would naturally not surrender just because he was slapped twice. In fact, after being beaten, his mind became clearer.

He immediately cried and shouted, "It's unfair. I really have never come into contact with any Western Region Purple Crow. This hand of mine... I don't know what's going on!"

"My Lords, maybe someone wants to frame me, so they put something strange on my hands. I beg you to look carefully!"

Shen Wantang sneered: "Xiang Meng, why are you beating around the bush like this? Don't you just want to say that I framed you? Say that I put something strange on your hands, then you should produce evidence. Otherwise, you will be desperate and start to bite me."

Xiang Meng, a big, burly man, cried with snot all over his face. His acting was so superb that no one could tell any flaws. "Second Miss, how dare I bite you? I have only one worthless life. If you kill me, I won't be able to live!"

"But, Miss Second, you have to be reasonable. This Western Region Purple Crow is just Miss Second's own theory. It's not certain whether this thing exists or not. Who knows what its properties are?"

"Maybe this was just something the Second Miss made up! You made up such a big lie to deceive everyone in order to kill me. This method is really not worthy of being shown on the stage!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lu Qiying kicked him in the chest: "How dare you!"

Xiang Meng fell to the ground with a scream. He spat out a mouthful of blood and didn't get up for a long time.