Allure of a Country Maiden-Chapter 719 - 717

For her future peace of mind, Xiao’er naturally wouldn’t agree.

"The doctor should still check if nothing is wrong. Remaining toxins aren’t good for health." Xiao’er knew the child’s poison had been completely neutralized. Her request for Doctor Luo was to publicly prove the child was no longer poisoned, preventing anyone from exploiting mother and child in the future, using this incident to plot against her.

Xiao’er had been fooled before, so she thought deeper and more thoroughly about everything, leaving no loopholes for those with ulterior motives.

The child’s mother, upon hearing this, relented. To a mother, her child’s health mattered above everything else. A doctor’s examination certainly couldn’t hurt.

"Thank you, madam, for considering everything for my child."

Xiao’er shook her head with a smile, she was also doing this for herself.

Having resolved potential future problems, Xiao’er started dealing with the current issue at hand.

Her sharp gaze turned to Ruxue. "You claim you didn’t discard the poisoned beef jerky. Where’s your evidence?"

"And where’s your evidence that my maid discarded the poisoned beef jerky?" Princess Ling’er quickly retorted.

"Wasn’t it already stated? They saw it with their own eyes! Aren’t two witnesses enough? Do you have any witnesses?" Xiao’er turned her head to look at Princess Ling’er.

She knew this girl would be trouble, but she didn’t expect her to be so repugnant!

"I am the witness! Just now, Ruxue and I were together. It was me who asked her to go to the snack shop to buy something to eat. Only then did she walk towards this side, but who knew that as soon as I got here, I would be unjustly accused!" Princess Ling’er firmly stated her innocence.

"What a shameless girl! This incident was probably arranged by you instructing your maid. How can you be a witness!" Du Yijin scornfully spoke.

"Exactly, maids always follow their mistress’s orders. Other than you, who else would see it?"

"Don’t spit out lies, who ordered that! It’s just mealtime, there are hardly any people around here, so there are no witnesses."

"So there were hardly any people nearby, which is an ideal opportunity to poison. I just got another piece of evidence." Xiao’er nodded affirmatively.

"..." Princess Ling’er felt like her lungs were going to explode. How is this evidence!

"This is simply just framing! We did not do it. Release my maid!"

"There’s always a god watching above. Do you dare to swear that if this plot to poison the tiger was organised by you instructing your maid, you shall never get married for the rest of your life? I dare to swear that what I just said is true, and if there is a lie, I shall never get married for my whole life!" Du Yijin took an oath.

Shangguan Ruixi looked at Du Yijin’s agitated expression and thought that this girl was rather enthusiastic about other people’s matters.

Princess Ling’er: "..."

Never to get married? No way. In just ten days, her dream would become a reality. With this thought, she subconsciously glanced at the man who had won her heart.

Such an oath could absolutely not be sworn. She forcefully said, "Boring! If swearing helps, why do we need the Ministry of Justice!"

When others saw Princess Ling’er’s reactions, they all felt she was guilty. If she did not do it, swearing would not do any harm! The other girl dared to swear, proving that she was telling the truth.

"You don’t dare to swear, are you feeling guilty?" Xiao’er raised her eyebrow at her.

"Who’s feeling guilty! We haven’t done anything wrong! Who doesn’t know that you and Du Yijin are good friends? Your plot to defame us is apparent! If you want to accuse my maid, bring evidence! What is the use of swearing? I don’t believe in these! The government does not consider swearing as evidence!"

"Evidence you say? Just wait!" Xiao’er walked over, picked up the piece of beef jerky from the ground with a handkerchief, gave it a sniff, and then handed it to Shangguan Xuanyi: "Husband, can you smell which shop’s beef jerky this is?"

Shangguan Xuanyi reached out and took it, sniffing, "It’s from Feng Ji’s."

Since Xiao’er started making pork jerky and beef jerky for sale in the supermarket, many businesses had followed suit.

Amongst them, a shop called Feng Ji made very tasty beef jerky which carried a distinct aroma of special spices.

Di Shaowei had bought some for them to try and mentioned how delicious the beef from that shop was. It was cheaper than Xiao’er’s supermarket too.

Xiao’er nodded, "This beef jerky is from Feng Ji’s shop, the rat poison on it is from the small grocery store diagonally opposite to Feng Ji. That shop’s rat poison is very potent, but it has a faint smell similar to stink bugs. Most importantly, this beef jerky appears to be newly listed yesterday. So your maid bought it yesterday! Am I correct? I only need to take her portrait to those two shops and ask if she has purchased these two items yesterday. Everything will become crystal clear."

"No need to go. In fact, I saw the shopkeepers of both shops just now at the giraffe enclosure. They were there feeding the giraffe with their grandsons." Du Yijin chirped in.

At this juncture, Yang Liu came over with Doctor Luo. Xiao’er spoke, "Yang Liu, can you invite the shopkeepers of Feng Ji’s and Liansheng Grocery Store over here? They were by the giraffe enclosure just now."

Ruxue paled. She didn’t anticipate Xiao’er would identify the source of the beef jerky so quickly, even recognising the rat poison on it.

What’s more, Xaio’er could even tell when she bought it just by looking at the beef jerky!

She often visited those two shops, and the shopkeepers were familiar with her. If they were questioned, they would confirm finding her in the shop.

Moreover, when she went shopping yesterday, the shopkeepers themselves attended to her and they even had a chat. They surely would remember her.

Clearly, Princess Ling’er also had not expected Xiao’er to have such a keen nose that she could identify the origin of two items, simply by sniffing. Even so, what of it? Ruxue had no chance to feed the poisoned beef jerky to the tiger. As long as they denied wanting to poison the tiger, that would be enough! The boy was poisoned because he picked up the fallen jerky and ate it. How was that their problem!

Seeing her resolve, Princess Ling’er stubbornly said, "So what if my maid dropped the beef jerky? Did it kill any animals in this zoo? She merely accidentally dropped the jerky. Who would have thought that the boy would be so greedy, picking up something from the ground to eat! Is he being poisoned our fault?"

"I clearly saw her standing beside the fence, taking out the packet of poisoned beef jerky. When she was about to open it, she sneakily glanced around! After seeing someone approaching, she got scared, threw away the packet and ran away. She was evidently guilty! If that’s not trying to feed the tiger, then what is it?"

"You saw it wrong! I was scared by the tiger and that’s why I threw the stuff away, not because of a guilty conscience!" Supported by Ling’er, Ruxue found her defense.

"Didn’t you say earlier that Miss Du and this little boy misidentified the person? Now you admit that the poisoned beef jerky is yours?" freeωebnovēl.c૦m

Princess Ling’er was agitated. Denying it wouldn’t work. Ruxue was really brainless, to buy such distinctive beef jerky that was easily recognized!

"Even if my maid bought beef jerky and rat poison, so what? Can’t she use beef jerky to poison rats?" Princess Ling’er again argued.