When Pei Zhiyan arrived at Du Lingxuan's residence, she had just placed the pastries she made herself on the table. She was a bit dazed when a crowd of people rushed in noisily.
"Sir, what's going on?"
There was a look of panic in Du Lingxuan's eyes. She rushed in front of Pei Zhiyan and tried to grab his sleeve, but Pei Zhiyan didn't answer her. He gave her a cold look, then waved her away and said, "Arrest her."
A large group of people came in. Two guards from the Supreme Court of Justice were about to arrest her. Du Lingxuan stood still and roared, "How dare you!"
She had a cold look on her face and warned those who were about to arrest her with her eyes. After seeing them stop, she shifted her gaze to Pei Zhiyan's face, and her expression turned plaintive. "Sir, why are you treating me like this?"
Pei Zhiyan took out the packet of laxatives and the bottle of Yunfu seeds, and said coldly, "Liu'er died after taking the medicine you gave her. The sores on her body were not syphilis at all, but caused by poisoning."
When Du Lingxuan heard the word "poisoning", her eyes trembled. She was flustered and her eyes flickered for a moment. Then she gritted her teeth and said, "Sir, I didn't..."
Pei Zhiyan interrupted her sharply, "Do you think I would come to arrest you without investigation?"
He walked up to Du Lingxuan and stared at her coldly. "The Yunfu seeds in this packet of laxatives come from the same plant as the ones you gave."
Du Lingxuan's pupils shrank suddenly. She had no idea that such a thing could be investigated. But in any case, she couldn't admit that she had taken out Tianxing.
"I don't know what's going on. This is the medicine for typhoid my mother gave me. That's all," Du Lingxuan said calmly, clenching her fingers.
But Pei Zhiyan didn't listen to her at all. He just said coldly, "Whether it's true or not, I'll make a decision after we get to the Supreme Court of Justice." He turned to look at his subordinate and motioned for them to arrest Du Lingxuan.
When Du Lingxuan heard that she was going to the Supreme Court of Justice, her eyes widened in horror and she cried out, "I'm your wife. How can you treat me like this? If the minister of the Supreme Court of Justice interrogates his own wife, it will disgrace the Pei Mansion!"
"It's you who have disgraced the Pei Mansion!" Pei Zhiyan couldn't bear it any longer. "You not only disgrace yourself, but also the Du family. When you took out the medicine, you should have known that you would have to pay the price if things were exposed."
Du Lingxuan stood still, too scared to say a word. The guards from the Supreme Court of Justice were about to take her away when suddenly a woman's voice came from outside the archway. "Stop!"
Pei Zhiyan looked outside the door. A woman in a cyan dress walked over. There were traces of years on her face, but it was not hard to see that she had been extremely beautiful. Her hair was neatly coiled up, and she walked over with a gust of wind following her.
When Du Lingxuan saw this person, she seemed to have grabbed a life - saving straw. Her mouth twitched and tears rolled down. "Mother, I've been wronged..."
The person who came was Wei Qing, Du Lingxuan's biological mother. She hugged Du Lingxuan and protected her in her arms. The look of pity in her eyes was obvious, and she softly comforted Du Lingxuan, "Don't be afraid, Xuan'er. Mother is here. Mother is here."
After she finished speaking, there was already dissatisfaction in her eyes as she looked up at Pei Zhiyan. "What does this mean, Lord Pei? Are you going to drag your own wife to court?"
"Exactly," Pei Zhiyan was not afraid at all and looked Wei Qing in the eye.
Wei Qing's eyes turned cold, and her tone also became cold. "This is outrageous. What crime has my daughter committed that you need a woman from the inner courtyard to show up at the Supreme Court of Justice?"
"She attempted premeditated murder. How can that not be a crime?" Pei Zhiyan retorted. But Wei Qing sneered. "Lord Pei, you should speak with evidence. You say my daughter attempted premeditated murder. Where is the evidence?"
Pei Zhiyan then took out the Yunfu seeds and the laxatives. "The Yunfu seeds in the two kinds of medicine come from the same tree. Madam Wei, what is this if it's not evidence?"
Wei Qing's expression changed. She had thought that Pei Zhiyan had other evidence. She didn't expect that he could trace the Yunfu seeds to the same tree. Then Du Lingxuan and that packet of laxatives were definitely related.
She was silent for a moment and then steadied her tone. "In this case, Lord Pei does have reason to suspect Xuan'er."
As soon as Du Lingxuan heard this, she immediately became anxious. She grabbed Wei Qing's hand. "Mother, aren't you here to help me? Why..."
Wei Qing interrupted her and instead changed her tough attitude just now. She gave Pei Zhiyan an apologetic smile. "Lord Pei, I misunderstood just now. Don't be angry with me. Now that the evidence is here, I also believe that my daughter is not such a vicious person. We will definitely cooperate with you to find out the truth."
Wei Qing's words were flawless. Pei Zhiyan frowned imperceptibly, but still turned to motion Mo Qing. "Search the house."
Du Lingxuan held Wei Qing's arm and looked at her with a worried face. The medicine was brought by Wei Qing. Because of the special characteristics of Tianxing, she was specifically told to add Yunfu seeds when using it. Now that Pei Zhiyan was searching the house, wouldn't he find the remaining...
But Wei Qing patted her hand and gave her a reassuring look.
Mo Qing quickly found the wooden box where Du Lingxuan kept her medicine. Pei Zhiyan looked at Du Lingxuan and her mother, took the wooden box, and said coldly, "Take it away."
Du Lingxuan was a bit scared, but Wei Qing shook her head at her. "I'll go with you. Don't be afraid."
As soon as Du Lingxuan heard Wei Qing's words, she knew that her mother probably had a plan. She gradually calmed down and her expression relaxed.
Du Lingxuan, along with her wooden box, was taken to the Supreme Court of Justice. Lin Yun was not surprised when she received the news. Yan'er added some charcoal to the brazier, and there was also a look of pleasure in her eyes. "Madam, this time Du Lingxuan was arrested by the master himself. She definitely can't escape."
Actually, before Song Ruotang entered the mansion, Du Lingxuan always targeted Lin Yun. Especially because Lin Yun entered the Pei Mansion earlier than her, she held a grudge and caused a lot of trouble for Lin Yun when she first entered the mansion.
But later, after they found that no matter how fiercely they fought, Pei Zhiyan wouldn't come back to take a look, the two gradually maintained a delicate balance.
When Lin Yun heard Yan'er's sigh, she just shook her head and smiled. "No, she won't have anything to worry about."
Yan'er poked the charcoal. The sparks flickered slightly, reflecting her confused face. "Why? The master never arrests people without evidence."
Lin Yun lowered her eyes and looked at the scarlet charcoal fire not far away. Her expression was gloomy. "Du Lingxuan is naturally stupid, but her mother is not a useless woman."
Just based on Wei Qing's unexpected arrival, she knew that Du Lingxuan couldn't be eliminated.
Song Ruotang also sighed when she got this news. She walked to the window. The crabapple tree in the courtyard had already started to sprout, with a little bit of green emerging.
She knew that Pei Zhiyan's plan this time might fail.
And indeed, after Pei Zhiyan and Du Lingxuan's mother and daughter went to the Supreme Court of Justice, Pei Zhiyan asked the coroner to examine all the medicine found from Du Lingxuan's residence. Without exception, there was no Tianxing ingredient in these medicines.
There weren't even the medicinal materials in the formula of the poison Tianxing.