Xiangcao cried out, "I was just delivering the dish. How could I have poisoned it? Lady, what grudge do Dahu and I have that I would harm him so? Lady, please have mercy, I truly did not do it!"
The two maidservants pointed at her and said, "Lady, it must be her. If we had poisoned the soup, why would only Dahu be poisoned? Although we made the soup, it was Xiangcao who served it and distributed it to everyone. We are truly innocent!"
Dahu also suddenly seemed to remember something and yelled at Xiangcao, "It was you! Yesterday, I scolded you because the hawthorn soup bowl you gave me was too small. You were displeased but didn't dare to argue with me, so you resorted to this underhanded tactic to harm me. How cruel of you!"
Xiangcao's face turned pale in an instant, "No, no, no, I didn't..."
