"sure?"

Mrs. Snake replied with certainty: "That's right, he smells like me and the snake, and it's in his hands. He should have grabbed us directly!"

Snakes are awesome. Although this human being has been washed, the smell won't disappear so easily.

If you have caught it directly, it is impossible to contact it unintentionally.

Ella looked at the servant appointed by Lady Snake, she would often see him by Lucis's side, even many times Lucis sent orders to him, Ella also talked to him a few times,In my impression, he was a respectful and cautious person, and he was highly regarded by Lucis, but he did not expect to participate in the assassination.

But Snake Snake will not lie, saying that it is him.

Ella didn't say anything, but let Mrs. Snake continue to look for other suspects.

In the end, Mrs. Snake found two servants who left the smell on the snake hole among the attendants who cleaned the storage room. There was also a female slave who was responsible for delivering the clothes. The two snakes were hidden in the folded clothes.Smuggled into storage room.

Aila has seen female slaves deliver clean clothes. In order to prevent the clothes from being scratched, they are all placed on clean trays or held or placed on their heads.It is impossible for the maid not to notice the weight of the two snakes inside, and the possibility of her ignorance is basically ruled out.

Ella walked around and found no other suspicious persons before returning to Lucis and whispering to him the four people she found.

Lucy: "Are you sure?"

"Hmm." Ayla nodded, "Although I'm not sure if anyone else was involved, all four of them had direct or indirect contact with Mrs. Snake, and Mrs. Snake recognized them."

Lucis heard this, looked at her deeply, and remained silent.

Ella let him look at her, her eyes calm, she knew she was revealing something that should have been hidden.

Ella is testing and proving herself.

The temptation is that Ella wants to know how Lucis will view her "specialness". After all, she is already trying to accept the other party. If Lucis cannot accept her specialness, then how can the relationship between the two last for a long time.

At the same time, Lucis's affection for her is clear at a glance, which no one can deny, but at the same time, Ella is very clear that feelings are often worthless in the heart of a king, and there are always more important things that can make her happy.They choose to give up their feelings, not to mention, how long the shelf life of love is, no one can be sure.

Ella has no foundation in Sathya. If Lucy's affection for her disappears one day, she will become bullied by everyone. Ella doesn't want to be reduced to that point, so she has to prove herself to othersAbility, not an empty vassal with appearance.

In fact, Aila is a little self-deprecating. Since she came to Sathya, she has shown abilities beyond everyone's imagination. Probably no one has ever thought that a princess can be so versatile. Of course, most princesses have things they are good at., but that's more of a "lady" thing than Ella's.

But in Ella, they can see her elegant etiquette engraved in the bone marrow, and they can also see the character and talent that should not belong to a princess.

Contradictory, yet fascinating.

Lucis has never let go of his doubts about Ella. It is not that he suspects that she has another purpose, but that she has doubts about her own existence. There are always some unexplainable things about her, mysterious origins, and countries that no one has heard of., skills that a princess should not master, and those missing jewelry that have not been discovered so far.

Now it seems that the strange ability to tame poisonous snakes must be added.

And her snake taming seems to be different from others.

Sathya people like to keep pets very much. From wild and dangerous lions, crocodiles and even hyenas to docile cats, cats, dogs, chickens, ducks and geese, almost all common animals are pets that the people love to domesticate, so they hereThere are also many snake trainers, especially cobras. Experienced snake trainers can even use snake flutes to make cobras dance. Lucis has seen many such performances before.

But he knew very well that no one could make snakes do things that only dogs could do in his impression like Ella, and even if snakes could really recognize people, Ella shouldn't know exactly what these people did.

It was as if she could actually communicate with the snake.

Lucis's reason told him that it would be better to believe that she had something to do with it than to believe that she could communicate with the snake.

But Lucis's mind was also telling him that this matter had nothing to do with her, no one would be foolish enough to use this kind of thing to prove his innocence, it would only make her more suspicious.

So the truth is that Ella really has the ability to communicate with snakes?

He wondered, "How did you find out what they did?"

Ella just smiled: "You can guess."

Seeing that she refused to speak, Lucis did not continue to ask, and now is not a good time to seek answers.

With a wave of his hand, he told the soldiers to take the few people Ayla found out for questioning.

Suddenly being taken away from the crowd by soldiers, the officer who caught the snake panicked, but luckily, what he did could not be known, after all, he just took the snake hidden in the closet of the storage room out of the crowd.He took it out of the closet and put it next to the snake hole under the closet. Only he and the people behind him knew about this, and the adult had clearly told him that the other people in the whole plan did not know each other.This is also the maximum guarantee that even if the plan fails, they will not be confessed by others.

The valet is very clear that his current identity is very important to that person, so he can't lie to him about this kind of thing. After all, once the valet is exposed, that person can't escape.

Therefore, the close servant has long determined that even if someone is discovered, it is impossible to find him.

But now that he was picked out alone, he was not so sure.

And the others were not as calm as he was, especially the two diggers. They cooperated with each other in digging, so they knew each other's identities.Her legs were so frightened that her legs went limp, and the slave girl probably had a ghost in her heart, and she also looked pale and was about to faint at any time.

However, the direct begging for mercy did not happen. It is a kind of luck that everyone has. Naturally, if these people dare to do this, they will not be exposed so easily. If they want to ask the specific inside story, they have to wait for the interrogation later.

Although Ella found out the person, in order to prevent any omissions—or doubts about her judgment—other people were also taken for interrogation, but they were different from the previous four. They only needed to acceptSimply asking, confirming the movements of the past few days and proving his innocence, as long as there is no abnormality, basically he will not suffer any harm.

This is also the best result, at least most people will not lose their lives because of it.

Looking back afterwards, the people who knew that they had brushed shoulders with such a serious crime as assassinating His Majesty expressed their joy for the rest of their lives, and at the same time secretly exclaimed in disbelief. Since their Majesty ascended the throne, they have been attacked many times.Only through a bloody baptism can His Majesty's anger be appeased, but this time, the calm was a little illusory.

After everyone was taken away, it was already very late at this time, and Ella was going to go back to rest.

Lucis stopped her, and a man walked up to them with a rattan container specially used to hold snakes and saluted respectfully..

"Put the snake in, it's not safe to follow you."

Ella hesitated, and asked with some concern: "How does His Majesty want to deal with it?"

"This is the snake tamer. He can take care of it."

Lucis explained: "Don't worry, I still need it to identify the snake breeder, and I won't kill it."

Ella breathed a sigh of relief.

Ordinary people can’t communicate with animals, and untrained animals can’t understand human words, so Ella lowered her head and explained softly to Mrs. Snake before putting it into the cage reluctantly.The snake trainer in the cage said: "Please take care of it."

The flattered snake trainer repeatedly promised that he would take good care of it.

The cobra was sent away, and the tense nerves of everyone except Ella relaxed. The maids immediately returned to Ella and surrounded her to escort her back to rest.

Lucis wanted to ask Ella some doubts in his heart, but seeing her bewildered, he had to talk about it another day.

Back in the dormitory, have just experienced such a thing, this time the maids said they wanted to keep someone vigil, so Aila had to let them go.

So much had happened that day that Ella woke up the next day and it was almost noon.

"Why didn't you call me earlier?"

She rubbed her forehead and got up from the bed and started to wash.

With a towel in her hand, Tetis waited for Ella to wash her face and handed it to her, while explaining: "Your Highness was tired yesterday, and you should have a rest today, and His Majesty also ordered you to take a good rest these days, soWe didn't wake you up."

After going through such a thrilling event, the princess could still sleep so soundly, obviously she was not frightened, and this alone was enough to make them admire and be gratified.

"Has there been any results from your Majesty's investigation?" Ella took a dry towel to dry off the water on her face, and then began to use homemade skin care products to care for her skin.

Although these are self-made products, the shelf life is not as good as industrial production, but the effect is not bad. Her own skin is good and has magical blessings. It doesn't seem obvious, but the four maids around her are also using it. After a period of time,The effect is remarkable, and the changes are most obvious for the elderly Debbie and Tetis. Although the whitening effect is not useful for their dark skin, the skin that has been eroded and roughened by the wind and sand has become more delicate and shiny.There is no doubt about it.

"It seems that there are some discoveries."

Ella paused: "Have you found the messenger?"

Tetis shook her head: "I'm not very clear, but judging from the attitude of the messenger, at least there are clues."

This kind of thing will naturally not be announced before His Majesty finally comes to a conclusion, and the people below dare not spread it randomly, but because of Ella's special status, she is not only the victim, but also indirectly saved Lucis' life, so the orderThe attendant only revealed some inside information to Tetis, but he only mentioned a few words vaguely, and the attendant himself may not be very clear about the details.

Seeing that Ella was curious, Ona and Ali glanced at each other and said, "If Your Highness wants to know, we can ask."

Ella waved her hand: "No, His Majesty will always tell us after the investigation."

Inquiring about the king's news is not allowed no matter which country you are in.

·····

Because of this incident, the entire palace will be under martial law for the next period of time until the king finds the person who wants to murder him.

At the same time, Ella's work has also temporarily stopped. Originally, her work was almost finished, and now these tasks are handed over to a few students she taught.up.

But Ella is not idle either.

During the meal, Ella began to think about what to do today. The herbs picked yesterday should be processed first, otherwise they will lose their medicinal properties after a long time. However, there are not many of these herbs, and there are no particularly precious types. Most of them only needLeave the useful part to wash and then take it to dry.

There is no need to choose another place to process the herbs. The balcony of the dormitory is spacious enough and has plenty of sunlight. After the herbs are processed, they can be placed directly on the balcony to dry.

Then Ella thought about her new field.

Although the title deed of the land has not yet been obtained, it is impossible for the land manager to cheat her, so Ella only needs to consider the farming in the future.

It is impossible for her to farm the land by herself, so she needs to hire a group of farmers who are good at planting to help her manage the affairs of the field.

Ella speaks out her thoughts and wants everyone to help her figure out where to hire someone.

"Instead of hiring people, Your Highness, it is more convenient to directly buy some healthy slaves."

Tethys disagreed.

Compared with civilians, Tethys felt that slaves were more obedient and obeyed orders, and the cost of using slaves was much less than that of hiring farmers.

Moreover, there are many slaves in the royal family. As long as Ella asks, she can find any number of slaves. If she doesn't want to use the royal slaves, she can go to the slave market to buy suitable slaves.

The arrival of the flood season not only means that the cultivated land has to recuperate, but also means that everyone has to start paying taxes, not to mention the civilians who can pay the tax, and the civilians who cannot pay the tax due to various reasons will not only be severely whipped by the tax officer,Those with a large difference in the amount will be directly taken to the slave market for sale, and the coins sold are used to offset the taxes they owe, and this happens every year at this time - so the tax officials have always been common people.The low-level officials who hate them are so disgusted that most of them can only live alone for the rest of their lives - so the number of slaves in the slave market at this time is very abundant, and many of them meet Ella's requirements, and they are young and strong farmers.

But as a person who grew up under the red flag, she instinctively rejected the existence of slaves.

She can't buy into the system and can't change it, but she can choose not to buy it.

Seeing her insistence, Tetis stopped persuading her, but changed her words: "Your Highness wants to hire someone, and this is indeed the right time."

The land is flooded, and the commoners will not be able to rely on the land to support their families for several months, and the food they leave after paying taxes is not enough to pass the season leisurely, so they need to find another livelihood, fishing and huntingDo part-time jobs or work for noble gentlemen.

This is a bit like the situation in other cold regions during the winter, but fortunately, the Sathiya people don’t need to worry about the various difficulties brought about by the severe cold. They only need to fill their stomachs, but this is not so common.easy.

So Ella hires people at this time, as long as the pay is not too low, most farmers are willing to work for her.

"You can ask a tax official about this matter. They know who is good at farming."

When the tax official was mentioned, the maids couldn't help frowning.

When it comes to the most hated officials, tax officials must be everyone's first choice. Even court maids from minor nobles like Tethys have heard a lot of their bad deeds, and the two little maids and fromDebbie from the foreign land has seen the faces of the tax officials who come to collect taxes every year. Even Debbie had to sell her to slave traders for money because her family could not pay the taxes.It is deeply touching.

Nobody likes dealing with tax collectors.

Ona had an idea: "Why don't you ask Lord Norris? Isn't there a local from Tanis among his team members? He should know where to find a suitable candidate."

Ella nodded in agreement.

Such a thrilling thing happened last night. The attendants and guard soldiers were negligent of their duties, especially the soldiers who were in charge of guarding during the day yesterday. Their failure to discover the poisonous snake hidden in the laundry was the biggest dereliction of duty., So today the soldiers guarding the gate have changed again. As for the attendants around Lucis who are responsible for the daily care and maintenance of the palace, they will inevitably be whipped.

And the Norris team is now affiliated with Ella, so they are not on the list of punishment. Of course, the main reason is that when the poisonous snake was sent in yesterday, all of them went hunting with Ella and were not in the palace, so they cannot be blamed for the incident.on the head.

However, the guards and maids have never discovered that there is an extra snake hole in the princess' bedroom.Prepare to let Ella handle it herself.

So after Norris found out about this, he summoned all the members of the team, and he has been waiting to plead guilty to Ella since last night, but Ella got up late today, and no one told her about it afterwards, soIt wasn't until Aila summoned them that the six of them knelt down in front of Aila to plead guilty.

Ella thinks they can't be blamed for this, even she who lives here didn't notice the hole in the corner, let alone them who don't come in very often, and if you really count, isn't the maid more dereliction of duty than the guards??

But it won't work if you don't punish, even His Majesty's attendants were punished, and she didn't show anything at all, which is not good.

The maids obviously also thought of this, and all of them knelt down at once, and the whole dormitory was filled with a tense atmosphere.

Ella rubbed her temples with a headache, and finally said: "Everyone deducts two months' salary, and don't let this kind of thing happen again."

Let her be whipped at every turn like Lucis, Ira can't do it, so fine it, it's more practical.

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief when they heard the words, this punishment was too light for them.

After that, Ella told her that she wanted to find some farmers who were good at farming, and asked Yanila, the guard born in Tanis, if she knew a suitable candidate.

After hearing this, Yanila immediately assured that she could find a suitable candidate for her: "I don't know how many people your Highness needs?"

Aila's land has a total of about 300 mu. Of course, for safety, some of the land near the woodland needs to be vacant as an isolation zone, but the remaining land that can be used for farming can be about 270 mu.If we do a good job of protection and make the isolation zone smaller, it is also possible to reclaim 290 acres.

To be honest, these lands are actually not that much. With the almost free-range farming method of the Sathyas, a dozen or so people can manage these lands well.

But Ella's land cannot be planted in such a rough way. She needs people to carefully tend the field to get the ideal yield, and the protection around the land must be done well, so there must be a lot of manpower.

Ella calculated in her mind, and said to Yanila: "Farmers need fifty. In addition to cultivating the fields, I also need someone to help me build a protective belt against wild animals, so add fifty more capable laborers.In addition, help me find someone who is responsible for cooking and boiling water."

More than a hundred people?Everyone who knew the size of Ella's land was surprised. Let alone the land of Her Royal Highness, ten times more land would be enough.

Yanila couldn't help but be speechless: "Your Highness, isn't this number too much?"

"Not many, most of these people are only employed for a short period of time. After the protective belt is built and the land is reclaimed, there will be no need for so many people. At that time, I will only leave half of the people at most, so Yanila, you are looking for someone.It’s time to tell them clearly in advance.”

Although half of the people is still a lot, compared to the original number, it seems to be acceptable.

Anila nodded in response.

"As for the reward—"

Ella was stunned for a moment before realizing that she didn't know about Sathya's employment situation.

"How are hired farmers hired now?"

Tetis immediately said: "The temple often hires farmers to help them cultivate the land, and the reward is to share part of the output of the field with them, but I don't think His Highness wants to use this method of payment?"

She knew very well how much Ella valued the land she was going to plant, and at the price of rice, if part of the rice output was used as compensation, the reward would be too high.

Ella nodded, but it didn't mean that she paid too much with rice, but that the output of her fields would most likely be reserved for planting, and it was not suitable for distribution to others.

Tetis then suggested: "Why don't we pay the wages of the workers at the beginning? Each person has four breads and two glasses of beer per day. As for the cooks, the wages are halved. After the reclamation is completed, there will not be so many people.It's also easy, how about changing to three breads and one beer a day?"

Ella agreed with her previous proposal, but disagreed with the subsequent proposal to lower the salary. She shook her head and said, "The work after the reclamation is not easy, so let's pay according to four breads and two glasses of beer per day."

Yannis thought that with this salary, many people would rush to work for Ella. Don't look at it as the salary of ordinary workers, but those workers do hard work, and they are busy working for Ella.The most important thing is the work in the field, which is much easier in comparison.

Ella said again: "In addition, I need to rent ten cows to cultivate the land. Do you know where I can rent cows?"

Plow the land with oxen?

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, this was the first time they had heard that cattle were needed for farming.

Sathya's farming method is very primitive. They depend on the Inlula River. Every year the river recedes to leave fertile river mud. The farmers will drive the pigs, cows or donkeys raised at home to their own fields to let them run.Make the soil softer, and then sprinkle the seeds directly to complete the planting, simple and rough to casual.

However, if the size of the cow is too large, it will only press the soft soil more tightly, which is not conducive to the germination of the seeds. Moreover, the cow has a bad temper.cattle farming.

Ayla was surprised, and Ayla could understand that they didn't know how to use cattle to plow the land. After all, the Sathyas don't need to plow the land, so they haven't invented the plow yet, so they don't need large livestock cattle to pull the plow., but she doesn't really believe that the cow has a bad temper and will hurt people at every turn.

According to the history of Sathya she had learned, the Sathya had domesticated cattle for centuries, and cattle had been the main herding object of the Sathya when they were nomads.

Therefore, the temper of domestic cattle should be very docile if they are not stimulated, and they are not bison who have always been irritable.

But there is no need for everyone to lie to her about this kind of thing, so there should be some reason she doesn't know.

"You guys help me find where there are cattle that can be rented, and I'll have a look first."

"You don't need to look for this one. The royal family has a special cattle farm. If you need cattle, Your Highness, you can ask them to send them."

····· Ella wanted cattle, and in the afternoon, someone graciously sent the best batch of cattle from the cattle farm to her for her to choose. Who made this princess a celebrity in front of His Majesty now?

The cattle farm didn’t know why Ella rented cattle, so the cattle they sent ranged from one-month-old calves to ten-year-old adult cattle. The cattle in the cattle farm were all beef cattle, usually one to two years old.The cows that are slaughtered and can be raised for several years are all cows for breeding.

Because the person who summoned them specially reminded them, the cow officials selected all the cows with a gentle temper, and cows accounted for the vast majority of them.

As soon as Ella saw the cows being sent for her selection, she knew why everyone said that the cows had a bad temper and didn't listen to their masters.

— None of the cows here wear nose rings.

Anyone who knows a little bit about cows knows that it is difficult to domesticate a cow without a nose ring, and if a cow with a nose ring is disobedient, just pull the nose ring a little to make it tame because of pain.

Cows without nose rings, even domesticated animals that have been domesticated a lot, have stubborn tempers, and they can't control their tempers once they come up. Can it be easy to get into trouble?

With this in mind, Ella changed her original idea of renting to buying—if you want to use cattle to plow land, you have to put nose rings on them first.It's not easy for her to buy the cattle, so she still buys them once and for all.

However, how to place the cows after buying is also a problem.

Ella’s idea is that the bought cows will be fostered in the royal cattle farm first. Cows that happen to have a bull’s nose also need a period of adaptation. During this period, it is also beneficial for these cows to be looked after in a familiar environment.recovery.

Hearing that the princess who was going to rent a cow changed her words and said that she wanted to buy a cow and put the cow in a cattle farm temporarily, the cattle officials had no objection.Not a problem, the cattle farm already has a lot of cattle, and Ella is willing to pay.

The cattle officer quickly quoted the price of the cattle. Compared with the bulls, the price of the cows is much more expensive, and heifers accounted for the majority of the cattle brought this time. Although the farm cattle can be used regardless of male and female, butCows were more useful than bulls, and would have calves in the coming year, and Ella didn't lose out on them.

Without the introduction of the cattle officer, Ella quickly selected five cows, eight cows and two bulls from the herd. They were all healthy calves around one and a half years old, and they were too young to be too heavy.work, but this age group is most suitable for wearing nose rings, and the work in her fields is not too heavy, ten cows will not be tired if they take turns to work and rest.

A deal was completed very quickly. Ella looked at the ten cows that already belonged to her, and she really wanted to give them nose rings today, so as to save the cow officer an extra trip.

However, tools are needed for nose piercing. Ella had to find a craftsman to customize the tools first, and also configure some potions to reduce the pain of the cow.

So today can only let the Niu Guan take the Niu back first.

After seeing the cow, Ella went to the blacksmith to see if he had any ready-made tools for piercing the nose—a long nail at least three or four inches long with the thickness of a chopstick. At the same time, she was planning to order some cow nose rings.

Ella once saw a farmer piercing the nose and putting a nose ring on a calf in a village near Fairy Forest by chance. Because the calf looked too painful at the time, she even took a homemade potion and smeared the wound on it to relieve the pain.Where should the hole be made, and the structure of the nose ring is also clear.

The blacksmith didn't have the nails she wanted, but after hearing Ella's description, he told Ella to go to the carpenters.

"A carpenter's chisel for carving wood may suit your needs."

It's great to have ready-made tools.

Now that she's here, she naturally wants to ask herself how the farm tools she ordered before are doing.

The blacksmith said: "Your Highness, the farm tools you ordered don't require much iron, and they are easy to make. Now more than half of them are ready, and the carpenter sent over the frames today. If you want to use them now, you can first use them."Take a batch and go."

He took Ella to see the farm tools she had ordered before.

The farm tools are custom-made by Ella after buying rice. Many farm tools are a combination of wood and iron, so carpenters and blacksmiths have to be invited to cooperate. This way, it will be much faster, but the quantity Ella needsMuch, so it's not fully finished yet.

However, the price of iron is high, and Ella's status is noble and generous, and the blacksmiths are happy to serve her, and the delivery speed is much faster than that for other employers.

Ella saw some of the finished farm tools and was very satisfied with their progress and craftsmanship. She also drew the blueprint of the cow nose ring on the spot and asked the blacksmith to make ten cow nose rings with bronze.

At this time, iron was not widely used, and basically only the upper class could use it. Iron was not only expensive, but the technology of iron smelting and forging was also very primitive. On the contrary, bronze was used in a wider range and its price was much lower. Most soldiers used bronze as their weapons.Yes, so many blacksmiths can not only forge iron, but also make bronze products.

"No problem, you can send someone to pick it up tomorrow morning." It didn't take long for the blacksmith to complete just a few nose rings.

Leaving from the blacksmith, Ella went to the carpenter again, and sure enough, she found a round chisel of the right size from the carpenter, and borrowed it back smoothly.

"I still need to find some herbs to make the medicine. Is there any ready-made herbs at the doctor's place?"

If it wasn't for her, would have to go out of the palace to look for it.

"Of course, the doctor always has a lot of herbs."

There are doctors in the palace, and herbal medicine is naturally indispensable in the workplace of these doctors.

She also found suitable herbal medicine there. Most of these priests and part-time doctors did not refuse her idea of buying herbal medicine. What happened to Ella in the temple is still in a state of not being able to find the person behind the scenes.In order to avoid being hated by the princess who is likely to become the queen, she will naturally not refuse her request, which is not a request. Even in order to build a good relationship with the princess, the doctors opened the door for her, saying that as long as there is a need for herCome here anytime for herbal remedies.

Afterwards, Ella stopped by to see Mrs. Snake, and after making sure that it was well taken care of, she brought her back to her bedroom.

At this time, she is the only one who dares to walk around in the palace without worrying about being blocked.

And Ella spent the whole day buying cows, buying herbs, custom-made cow nose rings, and borrowing things, so Lucis naturally knew about it.

Lucis, who was looking at the investigation results of the poisonous snake incident reported by his subordinates with a face full of anger, immediately lost his anger when he heard his subordinates report what Ella was doing today, and his curiosity emerged.

"What does she want these things for?"

No one answered.

The attendants bowed their heads and kept quiet, knowing that His Majesty was not asking them.

If someone answers at this time, it will make His Majesty unhappy.

Lucis really didn't intend to listen to their answers. He recovered from the investigation and remembered the doubts he had last night.

Time to let some doubts go away.

That night Lucis invited Ella to join him for dinner.

The staple food for today's dinner is cold noodles. The boiled noodles are mixed with oil and various seasonings, and then mixed with shredded vegetables and grilled meat. It is also acceptable for Lucis who doesn't like vegetables.

"I'm going to put a nose ring on the cow. If your majesty is interested, you can come and see it."

Ella explained the benefits of wearing a nose ring, Lucis thoughtfully, and nodded that he would look at it when the time came.

"Is there any result of His Majesty's investigation?"

Sathya does not have the etiquette of not talking when eating, but it is not a good choice to talk about this kind of thing during the meal. In order not to affect Ella's appetite, Lucy planned to discuss some things with her after the meal.

But since she asked now, Lucis answered.

"Those people have confessed, and there is an unexpected discovery."

Ella blinked: "What unexpected discovery?"

Lucis didn't make a fool of himself either: "Do you still remember what happened to you in the temple?"

"Of course." It wasn't long before, so of course she remembered it clearly.

The serendipity Lucis spoke of was that they had found the master of the slave girl posing as a priest.

Lucis explained: "The female slave is a slave of a small noble family, and the one who instigated her to pretend to be a priestess is the young lady of that family."

But the noble lady whose whole family has been imprisoned for interrogation has been insisting in the prison that she just asked the female slave to find a way to teach a noble lady who robbed her lover, and did not let the female slave pretend to be a priestess to deal with Ai.Pull, let alone kill someone afterwards.

She had no reason to target Ella.

In fact, I also learned from the next of their family that the female slave disappeared after that day, and their lady has been looking for the female slave. Of course, after discovering that His Majesty suddenly ordered the female slave to be wanted, she dared not look for anyone anymore, andAfter informing his father, the head of the family ordered everyone not to speak about the slave girl.

When the soldiers came to the door, everyone thought that this matter had been exposed.

"She shouldn't have lied." If his subordinates couldn't tell whether an inexperienced noble lady was lying, they would have been dismissed long ago.

And with that family's status, they couldn't cultivate a female slave who could enter the temple and knock out the priestess, and then disguise herself as a priestess.

"Then the priestess who put on my makeup is also the person she was looking for? The person she used to deal with her rival in love? Is it just the wrong target?" Ella didn't believe it.

Lucis smiled, for her sharpness.

"No, that was done by another person."

Just like the noble lady trying to make her embarrassing in public in order to teach her rival in love, the person who bought the priestess also had the same idea, but it was aimed at Ella, and the person who would do this must not be there at the time,Otherwise, you will know that Ella can speak Sathiya at that time, and it is impossible to swallow this dumb loss. If the person who wants to embarrass her knows this, there is a high probability that she will stop this. It will not be effective, and it will be easy to exposeown plan.

And there were only a few people who were not there at the time and who were qualified to regard Ella as a rival in love. They were either the lady of the prime minister's family or the girl of his uncle's family, or those aristocratic families who intended to succeed, so althoughAt that time, no one could be found to bribe the priestess, but it was actually very easy to lock in a candidate.

Lucis did find the man later, but he didn't arrest him. On the one hand, he confirmed that it had nothing to do with the false priest. On the other hand, it was just a very small matter, except for the womanThe priest will be punished, and the people behind the scenes will be reprimanded at most before she and Ella apologize, but doing so can easily make the other party or even the other party's family become more hostile to Ella, and do worse things to her, so for the sake of that person's father's generation, Lucis chose to let her go once.

This is already a rare tolerance for him.

Speaking of this matter now, Lucis told Ella what he thought.

"But don't worry, just the fact that I'm sending someone to investigate her is enough to make her worry for a long time."

"So you're still having people investigate her?"

"Yes."

Although Ella was a little angry because of the make-up, the other party did not cause any substantial loss to her. It kept the other party in a state of fear and fear, and it really gave her a kind of revenge, so she didn't think LuIn doing so, the Sith are taking sides.

So she rarely showed a sly smile and said: "Then continue to investigate, as long as you can."

Seeing that she agreed with his approach, Lucis also smiled back.

Then the two went on to talk about the false priest.

The reason why this noble lady was discovered was because her family happened to have a little connection with this poisonous snake incident.

It is also a coincidence that the father of this noble lady is one of the subordinate stewards of the palace chief. He is usually in charge of managing the servants who clean the palace.Prepare for interrogation.

Unexpectedly, the noble lady thought that what she had done was exposed, and said something wrong in a panic, and the captured soldiers grabbed the bags on the spot and brought them back.

Her father didn't expect his daughter to have done such a thing, and the charge of assassinating the king was still hanging on his head. In order to save his life, he immediately told all about the slave girl.

"That female slave was bought by the steward of his family from a slave merchant a few years ago. I heard that the place where the merchant bought it was Inaspat."

Inaspat?Ella thought about it for a while, and if remembered correctly, the highest official in that place seemed to be Lucis' uncle.

Lucis nodded: "It's Spat (state) managed by my uncle Snefru, but this female slave should have nothing to do with him, and the slaves of the slave merchants often change hands. Where did the female slave come from? You have to ask theslave trader."

Judging from the time when the female slave entered the little noble's house, the person who planned this matter began to install people a few years ago. It is impossible to start planning this matter after Ella came, so the person who is targeted is most likely Lu Xis.

It's just that don't know if it has something to do with the poisonous snake incident this time, or if another group of people also want his life.

Lucis was used to assassination, but he was pretty sure it wouldn't be his uncle.

Lucy's uncle, Snefru, is not a very capable person. His current status is due to the fact that two generations of kings are his nephews.If Sis died and someone else succeeded, then Snefru would not be able to keep his official position at all, so he could be said to be the last person who did not want anything to happen to Lucis.

It can be said that whoever is most beneficial to Lucis' death is the most suspicious.

Under the double pressure of torture and the lives of his family members, the close servant who participated in the treason has already confessed the person who instigated him to do so.