"Eldest Imperial Brother, the Qiao family drugged me unconscious, then sent this young master into my room. He wanted to become the imperial son-in-law!"
Xia Wanwan tugged at his sleeve and explained.
Old Master Qiao's face darkened until it looked ready to drip ink. "If we truly drugged the Little Princess unconscious, how could someone so tiny have woken up and cut off my grandson's legs?"
"We never drugged the Little Princess. She's making excuses for her own wicked deeds!"
"You didn't drug me? Then do you dare take out the medicine bottle tucked inside your robes?"
Xia Wanwan arched a brow and called out to Old Master Qiao.
Old Master Qiao froze, his hand silently clenching. "I have no medicine bottle on me."
"Guards, search him!" Xia Qianhui's expression turned cold as he barked the order.
Constable Xiao immediately restrained Old Master Qiao and searched him.
When a medicine bottle fell from Master Qiao's robes,
his aged eyes widened with sheer disbelief.
How could this be? On the way here with the Little Princess, I deliberately threw away the medicine bottle I hadn't yet disposed of, so no one could catch me with evidence.
Why was it back on me now?
This... this was too uncanny!
No!
Something was wrong!
He looked up at Xia Wanwan and found her smiling at him!
She really did know everything!
Damn it!
I've provoked someone who knows every last thing.
I couldn't even throw away the medicine bottle. It had actually returned to my robes.
He secretly gritted his teeth and swallowed the bitter loss, a faint taste of blood rising in his throat.
"Your Highness, Princess, is this the item?"
Constable Xiao presented the medicine bottle, and Qiao Zhishu's expression changed abruptly.
He suddenly turned to Old Master Qiao, his eyes