Chapter 301 Discovering Yilan is Missing

"Who owns Luoxuantang?"

The leading officer walked into the crowd, glanced at the shop assistant at the entrance of Luoxuan Hall, and then asked in a cold voice.

"I."

"It's her, it's definitely her!"

"Sirs, arrest this wicked woman immediately and behead her!"

"These people were all killed by this woman! Officials, you must uphold justice for us!"

Su Liluo stepped forward without flinching, and the people pointed at her fiercely.

At this moment, all they could see was disgust and hatred towards Su Liluo, completely forgetting the gratitude they had felt when they bought the best medicine from her at the cheapest price.

Even some of the poor people who had had their medicine waived by Su Liluo were now glaring at her angrily.

People praise you for doing good deeds, but if you do even the slightest mistake, they will forget all the good things you've done.

"How dare you! This is the Crown Princess! How can you just grab her like this!"

At this moment, Ranmei stood anxiously in front of Su Liluo and spoke loudly to the soldiers.

"Princess?"

The officers and soldiers were puzzled. They had never seen the Crown Princess before and could not be sure that the woman in front of them was really the Crown Princess.

However, one of the officers was transferred from a government office in another district of the capital. He had seen Su Liluo and Su Wanshi face each other in court, so he remembered Su Liluo.

He quickly said to their leader, "Boss, it really is the Crown Princess. I saw her at the government office in the southern district before."

"Greetings, Crown Princess!"

Upon hearing his subordinate's reminder, the leader quickly bowed and saluted Su Liluo.

Then, the officers and soldiers behind her saluted her.

The people naturally heard what they said. They were surprised and frightened for a moment, and then someone in the crowd started to stir up trouble.

"So what if she's the Crown Princess? Does she think she can kill someone without taking responsibility? Look at these dozen or so lives lying here, gone just like that. We demand justice!"

"A life for a life, even if it's the Emperor himself, that's the principle. We believe the Emperor certainly won't protect the Crown Princess, and the lives of ordinary people matter too!"

"Yes, the lives of ordinary people matter too. Besides, we are all law-abiding citizens, not lowly slaves. How can we allow the Crown Princess to poison us so casually!"

Seeing the public's agitated state, the officers and soldiers could only sigh and rub their foreheads in exasperation.

So, the leading officer could only say to Su Liluo with a bitter face, "Your Highness, given the current situation, please come with us to the yamen. Once the investigation is complete, we will naturally let you leave."

"Um."

Su Liluo nodded in agreement.

She had no intention of running away. With such a big incident, it was definitely not acceptable not to go to the government office.

She had just observed these people and clearly found that someone was leading the trouble, which meant that this incident was planned by someone.

Then she said to the shop assistant behind her, "Give the order to close the pharmacy and have everyone come with me to the government office!"

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"Your Highness, everyone says that he died after taking medicine from your pharmacy. How do you explain this?"

The government office.

Wearing his official hat, Lord Fang looked at Su Lilu with a troubled expression.

He dared not offend the Crown Princess, whose status was so high, but this incident had caused such a huge uproar that more than a dozen innocent civilians had died.

If this case isn't handled properly, it could escalate into a major disturbance by the people.

Of course, he also sent someone to inform the Crown Prince, but the person hasn't arrived yet, so he can only interrogate and question the Crown Princess according to procedure.

After all, the area outside was packed with onlookers, all of whom were indignant and demanded an explanation from the government.

"Sir, may I ask them a few questions?"

Su Liluo stood calmly in the middle and asked.

"OK."

Lord Fang naturally wouldn't refuse.

So, Su Liluo first walked up to the shop assistant in her pharmacy, and after glancing at him, her brows furrowed deeply.

"Why is one person missing? Where is Dr. Yilan?"

"Dr. Yilan? She... she was at the pharmacy yesterday, didn't she come today?"

Upon being asked this question, the pharmacy owner looked at his assistant.

This morning, as soon as the pharmacy opened, some people came to the door to make a scene, so he didn't have time to care about who hadn't come to the pharmacy to work.

Only when asked this did I realize that Yilan really hadn't come.

"Dr. Yilan didn't come today; we didn't see her at all."

At this moment, the other servants also responded.

Su Liluo's heart sank, and a dark look flashed across her eyes.

It's so obvious, there's no need to guess anymore.

"My lord, please send someone to arrest this Yi Lan. She disappeared as soon as our pharmacy was attacked. I suspect she was the one who poisoned us."

Su Liluo turned around and shouted loudly at Lord Fang.

Upon hearing this, Lord Fang naturally knew that Yi Lan was highly suspicious. After inquiring about some information about Yi Lan, he ordered his men to arrest her.

However, the people outside did not buy into this and continued to clamor for Su Liluo to be arrested.

“This Yi Lan is just a worker. Before we catch her, the Crown Princess must arrest her first. She is the boss, and she has to take responsibility!”

"The Crown Princess claims to have been poisoned, but what evidence do she have? Isn't she trying to shift all the blame onto a powerless nobody?"

"How could it be poisoning? We all bought different medicinal herbs, but they all died. It's obvious that there was something wrong with the herbs. The Crown Princess is trying to shirk responsibility!"

"Whether it was poisoning or not, an autopsy will tell!"

Su Liluo spoke coldly to the aggressive crowd.

Then, Lord Fang summoned the coroner from the yamen.

However, after examining the body, the coroner's face was filled with deep sorrow.

He said helplessly to the Crown Princess and the others, "I am incompetent and cannot determine whether the body was poisoned. There are no traces of poison on the body."

"How is that possible?"

This surprised Su Liluo as well.

She always believed that in this world, whenever poison is used, there will always be traces.

How come we can't find the poison?

She immediately crouched down in front of the corpses to examine them, and used her consciousness to inquire about the space in her hands.

"Is this body really not poisoned? Why couldn't the coroner detect it?"

After a moment of silence, Kong Que said in a panic, "He's been poisoned."

Su Liluo's face lit up with joy, and she asked again, "Do you know what kind of poison it is? Why were they all poisoned even though they bought different medicinal herbs, and why couldn't the coroner detect it?"

After a long silence, Kong said, "This kind of poison will completely evaporate at the moment of death, so the coroner will never be able to detect it."

Furthermore, there is no antidote for this poison; even the spring water here can only prolong the life of the deceased by an extra fifteen minutes.