After the divorce, the reborn emperor seduced me into his arms

Chapter 195 Forced Confession

The accountant and his wife were also trembling with fear, and kept kowtowing to Gu Huaizhou and Yan Qing.

The butler stood beside Gu Huaizhou and reported one by one: "Your Highness, the accountant, Old Liu, was previously the manager of Fu Cui Tower. He was dismissed due to his age, so this old servant asked him to work as the accountant at the Fourth Prince's residence. His wife works in the kitchen. His family are all from Kyoto and have a clean background."

Gu Huaizhou turned and looked at Yan Qing.

Yan Qingze stared at the unconscious servant on the ground: "Uncle Zhang, where is this person? Have you checked?"

Steward Zhang hesitated for a moment, then reported truthfully, "My Lady, a distant relative of Accountant Liu's family did arrive in Kyoto recently. Although we haven't investigated this person's background in detail, the Liu family can attest that this person is that distant relative, so..."

Accountant Liu kowtowed repeatedly: "This man is a poor relative of my lover's hometown. I saw him when I returned to the countryside a few years ago. I can't be wrong. It's this bastard. Even if he had a hundred guts, he wouldn't dare to poison Madam Ye. Please, Your Highness and the Princess, spare his life..."

Accountant Liu spoke sincerely, and housekeeper Zhang testified. Moreover, the servant was beaten to the point of being almost dead, and he kept shouting that he was innocent. In the eyes of anyone, the servant was wronged.

Chu Tianhe said, "It seems this has nothing to do with this young man. Why not arrest those servants and beat them up? Under such severe punishment, there will definitely be some who can't resist."

Yan Qing frowned slightly.

She always felt it was too coincidental.

How come it happened that on the day when my mother was poisoned, the accountant's son suddenly wanted to go gambling and asked someone to work for him in the Fourth Prince's Mansion, and the worker happened to be assigned to my mother's yard?

Yan Qing's eyes fell on the servant.

The boy's back was covered in blood and flesh, and he was dying, but there was nothing wrong with him.

This is an ordinary servant.

Yan Qing came to this conclusion in his mind and turned to look at the people he had interrogated before.

The other servant was so scared that his legs were trembling, and there were even suspicious marks on his crotch. The three maids were also pale, like frightened birds, looking at the servant on the ground in fear.

Only one maid lowered her head, her two small hands tightly grasping the corners of her clothes.

Yan Qing narrowed his eyes slightly.

"Xiao Tao——"

"Pfft!"

Xiaotao's body suddenly went limp and she fell to the ground.

He was so scared that he fainted!

Yan Qing said in a deep voice: "Splash it on her to wake her up!"

Uncle Zhang ordered someone to pour water on Xiaotao to wake her up.

Xiao Tao had just opened her eyes when suddenly a piece of light yellow clothing appeared in her sight. Her pupils shrank and she looked up.

“County, county…ah!”

Xiaotao suddenly let out a scream.

It turned out that Yan Qing stepped on her wrist.

Chu Tianhe's eyes lit up instantly.

As expected of his daughter!

This ruthlessness is like him!

The other servants were all shocked.

I didn't expect that the princess who seemed gentle and amiable on weekdays actually had such a cruel side.

Yan Qing stared expressionlessly at Xiao Tao's face, which was twisted in pain. Only when cold sweat broke out on her forehead did he speak coldly, "It was you who poisoned Mother!"

It's a statement, not a question.

Xiao Tao's face turned pale. She shook her head and said, "This servant did not poison Madam. Princess, please spare my life..."

Yan Qing let her go.

Xiaotao's eyelashes trembled, but she didn't dare to look up at Yan Qing.

She staggered to her feet, knelt before Yan Qing, and trembled, "Princess, please check carefully. I only entered the courtyard to ventilate Madam's room, and did not poison her. Moreover, I have been in the Fourth Prince's residence and have no chance to buy poison... If you don't believe me, you can ask Butler Zhang."

Steward Zhang took the household register and checked it, then nodded, "Xiao Tao has indeed been staying in the house these past few days and hasn't left."

Yan Qing said coldly: "Go and capture her family."

Xiaotao's face changed.

She crawled to Yan Qing on her knees and said fearfully, "Princess, please spare my life. Xiao Tao really didn't poison me, Princess..."

Seeing Yan Qing was unmoved, Xiao Tao started crying and crawled towards Gu Huaizhou again: "Your Highness, please don't hurt my family. I really didn't poison you, Your Highness..."

"Blessing."

Gu Huaizhou looked at the woman's hand reaching out to him and immediately took a step back.

Lai Fu stepped forward and dragged Xiao Tao away: "If you don't want anything to happen to your family, then tell the truth about why you poisoned Madam Ye!"

"I do not have……"

Xiao Tao cried bitterly and shook her head repeatedly: "I really didn't..."

After saying that, she suddenly got up and rushed towards the pond beside her.

"Barlow!"

As soon as Chu Tianhe finished speaking, Barlow caught Xiaotao, who was about to jump into the pond to commit suicide.

"Let me die! Let me die!"

Xiao Tao struggled violently and said, "Since the princess doesn't believe me, I am willing to die to prove my innocence... Wuuuuu, let me die!"

"Want to die? It's not that easy!"

Yan Qing was unusually indifferent: "Tie her up."

Xiaotao was tied up by Butler Zhang.

After a while, guards appeared in the yard with several people.

Xiao Tao immediately rushed over crying, "Dad! Mom!"

However, the man had his hands tied behind his back, a black cloth on his head, and was wearing ordinary people's clothes. When he heard Xiaotao's voice, he immediately started to moan.

Xiao Tao burst into tears: "Princess, please let my family go. I really didn't poison them. Dad, Mom..."

Yan Qing said indifferently, "This princess will give you one more chance. Who ordered you to poison my mother?"

"No, no... I didn't poison you..."

"killed."

The two cold and concise words were like a fishbone that suddenly got stuck in Xiaotao's throat.

Her eyes widened in shock.

I saw a guard grabbing one of the parents and walking to the side. He raised his knife and slashed, and a head fell to the ground.

The black cloth wrapped around the head was instantly stained red with blood.

"father--"

Xiaotao screamed.

Yan Qing said slowly: "You have one last chance."

Xiao Tao's eyes were red as she glared at her angrily: "You are taking human life lightly! Executioner! You vicious woman, you don't have..."

"kill."

Just one word made Xiao Tao shut up instantly.

The guards stepped forward and pulled the woman to the dead man's side. Seeing him raise the knife, Xiao Tao suddenly screamed: "Don't kill my mother, I said -"

Yan Qing signaled the guards to stop.

But the knife was not put down.

Xiaotao stared at Yan Qing with bloodshot eyes.

Yan Qing said impatiently, "This princess's patience is limited. If you don't tell me, you'll have to wait for your parents to collect their bodies!"

Xiao Tao looked at her cold expression and felt a chill in her heart.

She guessed wrong. It turned out that the princess was not as kind as she appeared.

She will really kill her mother!

Xiao Tao closed her eyes and suddenly pointed angrily at the half-beaten servant on the ground: "It was him! He was the one who captured my brother and sister and threatened me with their lives to poison the lady!"

The servant who was dying on the ground suddenly jumped up.

Turn around and run out——