Su Yunjin took back the token and did not plan to explain much to Shopkeeper Liu.
Xue Chu suddenly threatened Shopkeeper Liu, "Open your dog eyes wide and see clearly, Mrs. Gu is the future crown princess’s mother of Prince Rui Residence. You helped soone catch dicine last ti to fra the future crown princess of Prince Rui Residence. Luckily Mrs. Gu discovered this in advance, so our young master did not take the dicine. If our young master had accidentally taken the dicine that day, you, Shopkeeper Liu, would be guilty of attempting to harm the future crown princess of Prince Rui Residence, a cri not only punishable by death but also implicating your entire family."
The more Xue Chu spoke, the more Shopkeeper Liu’s heart sank. Had he known those three won wanted him to poison the future crown princess, he wouldn’t agree even for ten thousand taels of gold. Now, he had unintentionally provoked Prince Rui Residence.
He truly felt wronged.
"Shopkeeper Liu, if you honestly confess what happened then and show a good attitude in admitting your mistakes, I might consider lenient punishnt," Su Yunjin said, staring at Shopkeeper Liu. Seeing how timid and fearful he was, it was clear to Su Yunjin that Shopkeeper Liu probably didn’t know Leng Jingxian and her two servants’ conspiracy.
He was likely just greedy, having taken the silver from Leng Jingxian and her servants, he followed their instructions and put poison in the dicine Mrs. An ca to collect.
Su Yunjin guessed correctly. When Shopkeeper Liu heard Su Yunjin was the future crown princess’s mother and held a token from Prince Qi Residence, he was instantly scared. Now Shopkeeper Liu only wanted to truthfully explain what happened that day, hoping to show himself well and allow Mrs. Gu to impose lighter punishnt. Thus, he did not hide anything and honestly confessed to Su Yunjin everything that happened before Mrs. An ca to collect dicine.
"Mrs. Gu, not to hide from you, I did see the prescription once and dispensed dicine for a lady. But listen, I absolutely had no intention to poison the little crown princess. I didn’t know the dicine was for your mother-in-law nor that the dicine given to by those three won would be poison. They told that the pills would only make soone weak... just make a man impotent, and said that lady’s grandson wanted to take advantage of them, so they just wanted to teach her grandson a lesson."
According to Shopkeeper Liu’s description, those three must be Leng Jingxian and her two servants. Su Yunjin imdiately asked, "Is one of those three with a small mole between her eyebrows?"
"Yes, yes, yes, Mrs. Gu, one of the three did have a mole between the eyebrows," Shopkeeper Liu rembered clearly. Those three were all decent-looking, and the girl with the mole on her face was the first one to enter, so he rembered her the most clearly. With this confirmation, Su Yunjin was entirely certain it was Leng Jingxian and her servants who poisoned.
Now, she just needed to take Shopkeeper Liu to Prince Ning Residence to prove the incident. Su Yunjin decided to take Shopkeeper Liu to Prince Ning Residence imdiately, where Gu Ya also was. Bringing Shopkeeper Liu over, she would confront him with Leng Jingxian and her servants and see what excuse the three could offer.
Shopkeeper Liu was eager to clear his relation with Leng Jingxian, saying, "Mrs. Gu, I really didn’t know what those three won gave was poison, nor did I know who they wanted to poison was the little crown princess. Even if I had ten tis the courage, I wouldn’t dare."
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