Chapter 445 The Test (Part One)
Liu Wenan gestured to the entrance of the pce. Then an old maid was escorted in by the guards.
The princess Tai An''s face darkened at the sight of the old woman. "What happened, brother? Why did
Master. Liu arrest my madam? What did she do? Madam is... "
Xia Huanyu turned around and took a look at Princess Tai An. Startled, Princess Tai An tried to swallow
her words that she hadn''t finished.
"You want to know what I arrest her for?" Turning the jade ring on his thumb, Xia Huanyu said in a
somewhat cold voice, "Madam Qi, tell us about what you did today, will you?"
Upon hearing this, madam Qi didn''t panic at all. She got rid of the guards behind her, and touched her
hair to make it perfect again. She coiled her hair into a bun, and then bowed to Xia Huanyu and opened
her mouth. "Your Majesty, I didn''t do anything today. I just found a ragged doll under her Highness'' bed
this morning when I cleaned Her Highness''s bed. I saw a broken doll. I thought it looked old, so I cut it
into pieces, took it out and threw it away. "
N?velDrama.Org ? 2024.
Xia Huanyu then said in a even colder voice. "Did madam Qi find the needles on the doll when you cut
it?"
"Yes, I found needles on it. I think it''s a good idea to have the needle pricked in a doll''s body when her
highness are embroidery. So she won''t get hurt by the needles." Said madam Qi as calmly as she
could.
The Princess Tai An must have guessed that there must be something wrong in her pce by their
conversation. Her face immediately turned pale. She hurried to exin to his majesty, "I''m sorry, your
majesty. Madam Qi hasn''t gone to school and hasn''t seen any world. It''s hard for her to tell the
difference between a y doll and a witch doll."
The old maid fell her eyes on the Princess Tai An. She swept her gaze through the hall before she
turned to look at the two witch dolls in Xia Huanyu''s hand. Her face changed slightly at the sight of it.
She pondered for a moment before she asked, "is that doll a gift from the emperor?" After a short
pause, she bowed to Xia Huanyu and said, "it''s all my fault, your majesty. The doll was old. I thought
her highness always didn''t like something shabby, so I cut it off. To my surprise, it was given to the
princess by the emperor."
"Shut up, madam Qi." Princess Tai An cut her off immediately. She clutched the handkerchief nervously
and looked up at Xia Huanyu quietly and secretly.
Yun Shang couldn''t help but burst intoughter in her mind, ''Princess Tai An isn''t a clever person, but
she''s a quick learner.'' However, the old maid by her side was a smart woman who was neither humble
nor anxious. She was really something. She saw the witch doll under the bed of Princess Tai An. And
She knew it would be bad if the witch doll was found out by other people. So she cut the doll and tried
to destroy the evidence. She didn''t want it to be found. But unfortunately, she was still found out.
But she was not in a hurry at all when she was found. She even leisurelybed her hair. That was a
poor excuse, but it was in line with her identity as an uneducated madam. When she noticed that there
was something wrong with the atmosphere in the pce and that Xia Huanyu was still holding two
witch dolls in his hand, she changed her mind immediately and acted as if she was really afraid and
nervous as she cut off the gifts given by the emperor. She was really a quick witted woman and a
perfect actress.
After staring at madam Qi for a long time, Xia Huanyu smiled coldly at her for a while and said, "take
her away."
"yes, your majesty," answered Liu Wenan, waving his hand at the guards. Then the guards went
forward quickly to drag madam Qi away from the pce.
The empress'' embroidered handkerchief was wrinkled in her hands as well. After a while, she began to
talk softly, "if the people in the princess Tai An''s pce also found a witch doll, this would be the third
one. I think a full search is necessary. Your Highnesses, Princess pces and the mansions of princes
should all be searched carefully. No one knows whether there is still an escaped witch doll or not. The
people behind all this should be punished and killed immediately. They dared to curse the emperor in
such a vicious way. How evil this is!"
She noticed that the empress had kept her eyes on the witch dolls in Xia Huanyu''s hand the whole
time.
Xia Huanyu ced the two witch dolls on the table and said, "the sorceress skill is just a legend. I''m
fine here now, am I?"
"I would rather believe it than not believe it. Since the culprit has tried so hard to set this trap for us, it
must be useful to him. Your majesty, why not find an experienced monk to have a look at these witch
dolls? " However, Luo Qingyan spoke unhurriedly after this.
Hearing that, Xia Huanyu was stunned slightly, as if he did not expect that Luo Qingyan would say such
words. He thought for a while and turned around to look at the seventh prince. "What about you? What
do you think? This thing also appears in your mansion. What do you think? "
The seventh Prince immediately made a bow to him and said, "Your Majesty, I think my brother are
right. This is rted to the safety of your majesty, so we can''t let down our guard. Master Kong
is the most famous person in the state of Xia now. Your majesty, why don''t you call him over and have
a look?"
"Then, just do as you say. Invite Master Kong over to have a look." Xia Huanyu said tly. After a while,
he added again, "but I believe that someone did it deliberately. We can also ask the Ministry of Justice
to investigate it carefully at the same time."
It will take Master Kong about half a day to get to the Jin city, so Xia Huanyu asked the people to go
back to their own pces and issued a decree, asking the imperial members to look for other witch
dolls in their own pces.
Luo Qingyan went to the meeting hall with the seventh Prince, and the empress kept Yun Shang in the
Wei Yang Pce.