Chapter 122: You're ruthless!

You're ruthless!

Nie Jinxuan had been talking about the case all along, so she hadn't noticed. But when she paid a little attention now, she was shocked to see that the originally clean and tidy bed was completely soaked! And the cause was actually Yin Fengzhan's disheveled hair!

Nie Jinxuan flared up. Meanwhile, looking at her shouting, Yin Fengzhan, who was lying on the bed, merely glanced sideways at the bedding he had made wet, then said in a low voice.

"I've always been like this!"

"You..."

Nie Jinxuan was again left speechless with anger. But since saying anything now was useless, after glaring hard at Yin Fengzhan for a while, she suddenly jumped up from the bed and shouted.

"Xiao Xiu!"

In the dead of night, Nie Jinxuan's shout was quite sudden. But shortly after, Xiao Xiu still quickly pushed the door open and ran over.

"Prince, Princess Consort, what's wrong? What happened?"

"It's nothing, help me remake the bedding."

Xiao Xiu looked bewildered, her pretty little face full of worry. At that moment, seeing Xiao Xiu arrive, Nie Jinxuan gave the order without thinking. Upon hearing this, Xiao Xiu froze. Then she lowered her head to glance at the bed and immediately understood.

"Um... yes, yes... I'll go prepare it right away."

After responding in a hurry, Xiao Xiu then ran out...

Xiao Xiu was quick; before long she brought back a fresh set of bedding. Of course, changing the bedding didn't require Nie Jinxuan to do it, but when Xiao Xiu carried a pile of things to the bed, she couldn't help but stop—because Yin Fengzhan, lying on the bed, simply refused to move!

Instantly, Xiao Xiu felt a bit dazed! Naturally timid, she always had an intangible fear of Yin Fengzhan. So, seeing him lying motionless on the bed, her face flushed red from holding back, yet she dared not speak.

For a moment, the room fell silent again. Meanwhile, Nie Jinxuan, who had turned her head aside thinking 'out of sight, out of mind,' heard the silence and turned her head in confusion; upon seeing the scene before her, she couldn't help but flare up in rage.

"Hey..."

Nie Jinxuan was furious to the point of bursting, but just as she shouted out, she suddenly realized Xiao Xiu was present, so she hastily swallowed the words she had almost spoken, then after calming herself a bit, she took a breath and spoke softly.

"Your Highness, please get up for a moment so Xiao Xiu can remake the bedding."

It was almost a word squeezed out of her throat. After speaking, Nie Jinxuan glared hard at Yin Fengzhan. But hearing him, Yin Fengzhan merely lifted his eyes and glanced at Nie Jinxuan, then actually lowered his gaze, saying nothing.

Nie Jinxuan was speechless! At this moment she wished she could have kicked that scoundrel lying on the bed hard in the legs earlier. But since Xiao Xiu was nearby, she didn't want to embarrass him too much, so after another silent standoff for a while, seeing Yin Fengzhan still unmoving, she turned to Xiao Xiu and said.

"Xiao Xiu, put the things aside and go rest!"

"Um... yes, yes..."

In fact, Xiao Xiu was already trembling all over from fright. So upon hearing Nie Jinxuan say that, she hurriedly responded respectfully, then placed the bedding she was holding onto the side bench, and after another respectful bow to Nie Jinxuan, she ran off like the wind.

Xiao Xiu had been scared away. In the blink of an eye, only Yin Fengzhan and Nie Jinxuan remained in the room. At that moment, as the departing Xiao Xiu closed the door, Nie Jinxuan, who had been forcing a calm expression, suddenly darkened in face and then sharply turned her head to glare at the man on the bed.

"Yin Fengzhan, get up for me!"

Xiao Xiu was gone, there was no one else around, and Nie Jinxuan no longer needed to endure! Seeing her fierce, demonic expression, Yin Fengzhan merely lifted his eyelids, glanced at her, then said softly.

"You change your own."

"If you don't get up, how am I supposed to change it?!"

"Figure it out yourself!"

"You..."

Nie Jinxuan was about to go mad! Because she never expected that the outwardly steady, calm, stern, even gloomy Prince Chen Yin Fengzhan would, in private, be... so childish, stubborn, and infuriating! And now, seeing him act like an old master, she was even more furious.

Therefore, after glaring at him hard for a while, Nie Jinxuan instantly rolled her eyes at the sky, then immediately took several big steps to the bed.

"Yin Fengzhan, get up for me!"

"I'll ask you once more, will you get up?"

"Fine! I'll make you not get up! Then don't blame me for being rude!"

Having said that, Nie Jinxuan, regardless of Yin Fengzhan's reaction, shoved him into the bed with one hand and then pulled out the underlying bedding!

Nie Jinxuan's move was swift, and Yin Fengzhan's tall body, hit by her unexpected push, thudded against the backboard of the bed! But Nie Jinxuan didn't care how he was; she threw the already wet bedding in her hand to the side, then spread the fresh bedding Xiao Xiu had brought over.

At that moment, Yin Fengzhan, who had been violently shoved in, came to his senses and then sternly rebuked.

"Nie Jinxuan, you have guts! You dare to push even me!"

"Push you? I want to beat you up now!"

Fuming with rage, Nie Jinxuan wished she could just pounce on Yin Fengzhan and bite him to death! Upon hearing this, the previously gloomy Yin Fengzhan froze, and Nie Jinxuan seized the opportunity to tidy the bedding—indeed, to get the bedding straight, she thoroughly treated the unmoving scoundrel on the bed as a nuisance ball, shoving him around hither and thither without regard for his expression.

Now, the man was completely dazed! As he was shoved back and forth, he widened his eyes, staring fixedly at the busy Nie Jinxuan, yet couldn't utter a word.

For a moment, the room fell silent again. Afterward, until she had busied herself for quite a while, Nie Jinxuan finally finished making the bed. Then she couldn't help but take a deep breath, and promptly collapsed onto the bed.

Making the bed is a physical task, and with a nuisance on the bed it consumes even more energy. Thinking of that scoundrel, Nie Jinxuan, who had been sitting on the bed catching her breath, involuntarily turned her head and stared wide-eyed.

"You... fine, Yin Fengzhan, you're ruthless!"

Saying this angrily, Nie Jinxuan then jumped up, walked to the screen, and in the blink of an eye returned... only now she held a clean handkerchief, and after sitting back on the bed, she grabbed Yin Fengzhan and pulled him over.

"Come over here!"

After speaking, Nie Jinxuan, regardless of whether Yin Fengzhan wanted it, began wiping his hair.

From childhood, Nie Jinxuan, born into an aristocratic family, had never done such a thing! Since this was her first time, her movements weren't gentle, but she tried not to hurt the man beside her. Meanwhile, as she slowly wiped, the anger in her heart also gradually lessened.

So, after a while, Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but let out a faint sigh.

"Ah... I can't stand you! You're more childish than a kid—who lies on the bed with wet hair?! At least you should dry it off, but you should at least get the water mostly out! Soaking the bed like that, it's amazing you can tolerate it..."

Nie Jinxuan muttered softly, and as Yin Fengzhan heard her murmuring in his ear, he involuntarily pressed his lips together, wanting to say something, but in the end said nothing.

Seeing him silent, Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but give him a sideways glance, then returned to the topic and began talking about the case again.

"However, just as you said just now, if there really are human skin masks in this world, then everything can be solved! First, the murderer had already begun his plan two years ago! The murderer first found a genuine Bi Yao, then, using the stratagem of substituting a peach for a plum, he used a fake Bi Yao holding the jade pendant her mother left her to go to the palace and find the attendant eunuch Zhang Xi. Seeing that Zhang Xi was greedy for money, he naturally would not shirk responsibility, used his connections, and got the fake Bi Yao into the palace. In this way, the murderer's first step was also completed!"

"On the other hand, while the fake Bi Yao entered the palace, the murderer secretly disposed of the real Bi Yao, then sent people to lurk in Zhang Family Village, monitoring everyone who investigated Bi Yao's identity; as soon as someone tried to look into whether Bi Yao was real or fake, they would directly silence those villagers who knew the truth… These were all preparations the murderer had made beforehand. Afterwards, the murderer began waiting for the opportunity, and that opportunity is this year's Imperial Clan Spring Sacrifice."

"Therefore, afterwards the murderer first had the fake Bi Yao pretend to be ill, then disguised herself as Concubine Tong, publicly provoked Empress Duan. Empress Duan originally did not get along with Concubine Tong, but because of the Spring Sacrifice she could not go too far, so she could only punish Concubine Tong with confinement to reflect. And this played right into the murderer's trap."

"Moreover, at the same time, on the night of the murder, the murderer specially used a written note to summon my second older sister, and even the Crown Prince; the purpose of doing this was nothing other than to confuse the investigation after the case occurred! Then, until Concubine Tong's corpse was discovered, the fake Bi Yao would naturally expose her whereabouts; after being discovered by Eunuch Gao to have suspicious points, she would confess her crime! And even on the night before leaving Zuixiashanzhuang, the fake Bi Yao committed suicide! Thus this case would have no clue whatsoever."

"While helping Yin Fengzhan wipe his hair, Nie Jinxuan went over the case's sequence in her mind, but when she got to this point, Nie Jinxuan paused slightly, then instantly shifted the topic."

"However, if that's the case, there's one thing I've always found strange: you said, Yin Fengzhan, why would the murderer choose to act only after two years?! You mean …"

"Nie Jinxuan was almost talking to herself, then immediately lowered her head to look at Yin Fengzhan beside her… but in the blink of an eye, Nie Jinxuan found herself meeting a pair of eyes right before her."

"Um… you… why are you so close to me?"

"Um… where's the meat soup?! Sorry, it's a bit slower than expected…"