The two arrived at the Wei estate, just as Wei Fu was at the entrance.

Seeing it was the prince, he was about to kneel in greeting when Jingrong stopped him.

“This prince has come to investigate the case. Wei Fu, immediately summon everyone in the estate to the great hall now.”

With the order given, Wei Fu didn’t dare refuse. He deliberately cast a fierce glance at Ji Yinshu, then hurriedly called people over.

Ji Yinshu looked at the Wei estate hung with white mourning banners, her mood also becoming sorrowful.

She forcefully buried that emotion deep inside again!

Turning to Jingrong, she asked, “How is Wei Yi?”

Jingrong only said, “He’s fine. Lang Bo is with him. As for other matters, this prince has also instructed everyone in the Wei estate not to mention them in front of Wei Yi. Wait until tomorrow when he peacefully finishes his parents’ funeral!”

His considerations were indeed more thorough than others.

She nodded, asking nothing more to avoid touching the sensitive nerves in her heart and reddening her eyes again.

At this moment, Wei Fu had already called all the estate’s servants to the great hall.

Everyone then realized the visitor was a prince. A few even began discussing in small voices—those few were people who worked in the kitchen.

“He’s a prince? I even spoke with him that night.” Carrying a trace of boastful flavor.

The relatively sturdier man beside him rolled his eyes. “I also spoke with the prince—two sentences even.”

“Bah.”

“You’re the one who should say bah.”

“You shameless thing.”

“You’re the shameless one!”

The two went back and forth, heads lowered, arguing quietly, shoulders already bumping together, just short of fighting it out.

Wei Fu at the front heard the sounds, walked down, and gave each of them a slap on the head.

“The prince is here—how dare you be so presumptuous!”

The two quickly bent at the waist. “Yes, yes, yes…”

Faces embarrassed!

Wei Fu glared fiercely at them before stepping forward and clasping his hands. “Your Highness, all the estate’s servants are here.”

Jingrong made a sound of acknowledgment and turned his gaze toward Ji Yinshu.

As if Ji Yinshu were the master!

Following Jingrong’s gaze, Wei Fu looked at Ji Yinshu, naturally unhappy in his heart.

You must know, he had identified Ji Yinshu as the murderer. It just so happened a servant girl died and took the blame.

At this moment, the matter of Luan’er being forced to death hadn’t yet spread to the Wei estate. Otherwise, Wei Fu would definitely be kneeling on the ground again, crying to heaven and earth, begging Magistrate Liu and the prince for justice.

But this fellow got it wrong.

The county magistrate and Jingrong were both on Ji Yinshu’s side, okay!

Ji Yinshu wasted no more time, her gaze sweeping in a circle.

She asked, “On the night of the banquet, who was pouring wine beside your master and mistress?”

With these words, everyone looked at each other.

From the crowd, a person slowly walked out, hands tightly rubbing together at her abdomen, head lowered.

She replied in a small voice, “It was this servant. That night, this servant poured wine for the master and mistress.”

As the girl spoke, Ji Yinshu had already looked her up and down—no more than seventeen or eighteen in appearance.

She asked, “That day, when you were pouring wine, was there anything unusual?”

The girl thought for a moment and shook her head. “No.”

“Truly nothing?”

“There shouldn’t have been.”

“Think again.”

Perhaps because Ji Yinshu’s tone had grown slightly heavier, that girl’s hands kept trembling.

Thinking more carefully, ultimately she still shook her head. “Truly nothing.”

“But there was poison in the cups.” Ji Yinshu said.

With this statement, the people in the great hall became agitated all at once.

That girl wasn’t foolish either. With Ji Yinshu saying this, she naturally understood.

She immediately knelt down, saying in panicked trembling, “It wasn’t this servant! This servant couldn’t possibly poison the master and mistress to death. The master and mistress treated this servant very well. This servant couldn’t possibly poison them.”

Carrying a tearful tone!

Wasn’t the poison administered by Luan’er?

How had it now become Yue’er?

Wei Fu also reacted, staring and loudly questioning that servant girl, “Yue’er, was it you who poisoned them?”

“It truly wasn’t this servant, truly wasn’t!”

“It wasn’t her.” Ji Yinshu spoke up, stepped forward, and helped Yue’er up. “I didn’t say you poisoned them. You don’t need to be so panicked.”

This stumped everyone.

Jingrong didn’t understand. “So certain?”

She nodded, gently raising Yue’er’s left hand while saying, “Because the five fingers of her left hand have been injured. They… can’t move, right?”

“Miss Ji… how did you know?” Yue’er was shocked.

She studied bones—of course she knew!

She could tell at a glance!

“You don’t need to worry about how I know. In any case, pouring wine with one hand while also poisoning—the risk is too great, and moreover, it’s simply impossible.”

After hearing this, Wei Fu asked Yue’er, “Your hand… can’t move?”

Yue’er wiped away her tears and nodded. “Yes. The mistress saw I was pitiful and brought me into the estate. This servant has always taken care of the mistress. The mistress also never told anyone about my hand being disabled.”

It must be said, Lady Wei was truly good.

Ji Yinshu didn’t want to say more. She said to Wei Fu, “Steward Wei, trouble you to take them to continue their work.”

Wei Fu nodded and led them away again.

Since it wasn’t Yue’er, then how was that poison administered?

Ji Yinshu didn’t seem to ponder this question deeply. She glanced at Jingrong.

She said, “I want to go see Wei Yi.”

“Alright.”

He didn’t stop her.

So Ji Yinshu went to the mourning hall in the back courtyard.

As soon as she entered, she saw Wei Yi kneeling inside.

Over these days, Wei Yi had been kneeling like this continuously. From the front courtyard to here, Ji Yinshu had even heard he hadn’t eaten anything for two days.

She remembered Wei Yi could never endure hunger.

A whole table full of food could always be eaten completely clean by him.

She walked with light steps to Wei Yi’s side, knelt down, and bowed three times toward the coffin memorial tablets ahead!

Wei Yi’s pair of weary, lifeless eyes turned sideways. The moment he saw Ji Yinshu, his eyes immediately reddened.

Choking, he called out, “Shu’er…”

Ji Yinshu met those deeply sunken eyes, her heart aching fiercely.

These two days—how had Wei Yi gotten through them?

“Shu’er…” Wei Yi called her again and again.

Ji Yinshu extended her slender fingers from within her sleeves, touching his ice-cold cheek. That coldness seemed to surge crazily through the lines on her palm.

Penetrating deep into her skin, transforming into sharp ice needles, piercing toward her heart.

Hurting so much her brows furrowed tightly.

Wei Yi grasped her hand and collapsed into her embrace, crying bitterly.

Like a child!

Ji Yinshu’s slender arms tightly embraced him, stroking his head.

“Wei Yi, didn’t I say that with me here, don’t be afraid?”

The words lingered in Wei Yi’s ears. He cried even harder, saying, “But Shu’er disappeared. Shu’er also doesn’t want me anymore.”

“Silly, how could I not want you? I’ll always take care of you. I won’t leave you.”

His body trembled and shook, causing Ji Yinshu’s small frame to tremble along with him.

He choked out in a distressed crying voice, “Shu’er really won’t leave me? Really?”

“Yes, I promise you. I won’t leave you. I’ll always be with you, taking care of you.”

“Shu’er…”

Wei Yi held her even tighter.