Chapter 353

As for the poisoning of Princess Jiaxiang, it remains unclear whether the Eldest Princess was also involved. Steward Zhu and the Xilei delegation were imprisoned in the dungeon of the Court of State Ceremonial. Although the physical evidence pointed directly to them, Steward Zhu refused to confess. He insisted that he had only laced the pastries with a lethal poison, and claimed to have no knowledge of the rotting skin that afflicted Princess Jiaxiang. They had come to Nanxin with a mission and had long since prepared themselves for death. Thus, even after Deng Youning and Li Tianzhuo exhausted every method of interrogation, the prisoners maintained their ignorance regarding the poisoned fabric.