Chapter 176

Vicious Intent

Qiao Yuan'er and Xiao Ru were actually sisters... This was something Nie Jinxuan had never expected. So, on the surface, although Nie Jinxuan didn't say much, as soon as she walked out of the gloomy woodshed, she couldn't help but feel an indescribable stifling in her heart.

She didn't want to pretend to be a saint and forgive Qiao Yuan'er, but to be honest, she didn't hate her either. She just felt a sense of sighing.

At this moment, as if sensing Nie Jinxuan's somewhat low mood, Yin Fengzhan, walking beside her, couldn't help but look at her.

"Cause and effect, blame no one else!"

With a simple sentence, Yin Fengzhan didn't offer sweet words of comfort or guidance to Nie Jinxuan. But hearing this, Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but smile and turn to meet his eyes.

"Alright, I know. Leave this matter to you, can't I just not care? Really, do you really think I'm that compassionate?"

"Good that you know."

Another sentence, and Yin Fengzhan left Nie Jinxuan speechless. After a good while, Nie Jinxuan pursed her cherry lips and whispered.

"Alright, I know. After you arrange things, go back and rest. I'm going to see Prince Rui."

"What are you going to see him for?"

"What do you think?"

Seeing Yin Fengzhan's face darken instantly, Nie Jinxuan replied without thinking, then pursed her lips and said.

"I said it before, Prince Rui was injured because of me. Now that his life is uncertain, how can I not ask? Besides, don't forget, he is your Second Imperial Brother, don't be too stingy, getting jealous of everyone."

After speaking, Nie Jinxuan rolled her eyes at him, reached out to straighten his collar and cuffs, and then turned and left. Looking at her graceful back, Yin Fengzhan frowned with an ugly expression. Finally, until Nie Jinxuan's back disappeared into the darkness, Yin Fengzhan narrowed his eyes.

"Zhongli."

"Here."

As the voice fell, a black shadow flashed, and Zhongli jumped out from nowhere. Yin Fengzhan's face sank.

"Watch her."

"Yes!"

Responding respectfully, Zhongli left instantly. At this moment, Yin Fengzhan turned to look at the direction of the woodshed not far away, and a gloom couldn't help but rise in his eyes...

The same night, deep and profound.

But at this moment, in a side room of a courtyard in the capital, a beautiful silhouette was sitting in front of a dressing table, quietly combing her long hair...

It was a woman. The dim candlelight outlined charming light and shadow, making it impossible to see the woman's face, but it made her look even more beautiful and mysterious.

The room was extremely quiet, yet it carried an indescribable strangeness. Just then, there was a knock on the door, and a petite figure quietly came to the mysterious woman's side.

"Miss, Qiao Yuan'er has been caught."

"... Oh? And what about Nie Jinxuan?"

Listening to the person's words, the mysterious woman only moved the corner of her eyes slightly, but then continued to comb her long hair elegantly, her beautiful face without a ripple.

"Nie Jinxuan is fine, but Prince Rui was stabbed in the back while saving her, and he hasn't woken up yet."

"Is that so? It seems that Nie Jinxuan really has a big life, she still hasn't died after several attempts..."

The mysterious woman's voice was gentle, but as she said this, she paused slightly and changed the subject.

"By the way, you just said Prince Rui saved Nie Jinxuan and hasn't woken up, why? Is there danger?"

"That's not clear yet. A doctor went before, and that doctor said it was hopeless, but then a dark-faced man suddenly came and said there was hope. I heard that person is some kind of Divine Doctor... So I think Prince Rui shouldn't die."

"Is that so, he won't die... Hehe, but listening to the meaning, even if he doesn't die, it will take some time to recover in the future, right?"

The mysterious woman's words were light and airy. Hearing this, the woman standing beside her who called herself a servant couldn't help but frown, and seeing the mysterious woman still unmoved, she couldn't help but ask in a low voice.

"Miss, what should we do next?"

"What do you mean what should we do?"

"Uh... naturally, it's to deal with Nie Jinxuan!"

"Humph, what are you rushing for?"

With a snort, the mysterious woman placed the hair comb in her hand on the dressing table.

"This time it failed, Nie Jinxuan will naturally be more vigilant, so for a while, we can't move. Nie Jinxuan is very sharp; she is far more clever than you imagine!"

"Uh... yes!"

Being told this by the mysterious woman, the woman who called herself a servant nodded in agreement, but then couldn't help but complain.

"But it's really true. Qiao Yuan'er spoke well at the beginning, but in the end, she failed. This way, it's like startling the snake. Nie Jinxuan is very sharp; if she discovers any clues... humph, she really failed to achieve anything and ruined everything! By the way, Miss, Qiao Yuan'er cannot be kept either, otherwise, there's no telling what Nie Jinxuan might ask out of her mouth!"

"Do you need to tell me that?"

Raising her eyebrows, she said lightly, and then the mysterious woman turned her eyes to her subordinate beside her.

"Did you give Qiao Yuan'er the thing I told you to give her before?"

"I gave it to her."

"That's good."

Nodding and smiling, the mysterious woman picked up the comb on the dressing table again, started combing her ink-black long hair one by one, and said nonchalantly.

"However, you were wrong just now. Actually, Qiao Yuan'er didn't fail this time! Or strictly speaking, it was a great success! Therefore, we don't need to do anything now, just wait quietly."

"Uh... yes, this servant understands."

"Good that you understand. Alright, go down, I want to rest."

"Yes."

Responding respectfully, the woman who called herself a servant retreated quietly, just as she had come.

In the blink of an eye, only the mysterious woman was left in the room. At this moment, the mysterious woman couldn't help but whisper.

"Qiao Yuan'er, well done. You really did too well~!"

As if murmuring to herself, the mysterious woman curled her lips and revealed an extremely strange smile...

Prince Rui, Yin Fengxiang, was seriously injured while saving Nie Jinxuan. Nie Jinxuan then guarded the room for a night. Until the next morning, Yin Fengxiang finally woke up slowly.

He woke up, which meant he was saved. Nie Jinxuan, who had guarded him for a night, finally breathed a sigh of relief. At this moment, Yin Fengxiang, lying on the couch, opened his eyes and saw Nie Jinxuan beside him, and couldn't help but be stunned, but then immediately understood.

"Third Miss, why bother? Let Lan Ping... cough cough..."

Just waking up, Yin Fengxiang's body was still very weak, and after saying two sentences, he coughed again. Seeing this, Nie Jinxuan immediately stepped forward, tucked him in, and whispered.

"What is Prince Rui saying? You were injured so seriously for me, how could I have the heart to sleep?"

"Hehe, Third Miss is too polite, this is my..."

"Alright, don't speak. Jinxuan understands what you mean, but now that you have just woken up, your body is still weak, don't speak, I'll call someone."

Lowering her voice, Nie Jinxuan said soothingly. After speaking, she looked at Yin Fengxiang again, and only after seeing him nod did Nie Jinxuan smile gently, stand up, call Lan Ping over, and then quickly walked out to find the Divine Doctor she had locked up yesterday!

Nie Jinxuan was a cautious person, so under those circumstances yesterday, she had to lock the other party up. But now that Yin Fengxiang had woken up, it meant the other party hadn't lied, so naturally, Nie Jinxuan had no need to keep him locked up.

Subsequently, Nie Jinxuan went to the next room and took the initiative to apologize. The dark-skinned man, who was still on the couch fiddling with a pile of bottles and jars, saw Nie Jinxuan come and was sincere, so he didn't say anything, raised his eyebrows, put away the pile of bottles and jars, and stood up.

"Humph, I've lived this long, but this is the first time I've met a woman like you. But forget it, you were right to do that; after all, people's hearts are separated by skin, so I don't blame you~!"

"Thank you, Divine Doctor, for your understanding. By the way, I was in a hurry yesterday and forgot to introduce myself. My name is Nie Jinxuan. May I ask the Divine Doctor's name?"

"Me?! Cut... forget it, you don't need to ask what my name is, just remember my surname is Long."

As he spoke, the dark-skinned man put his hands behind his back and walked out directly.

Subsequently, the dark-skinned man didn't need Nie Jinxuan to urge him and went directly to Yin Fengxiang's room, checked his pulse, and said to everyone present.

"Alright, he's fine this time. But the 'paper-mache man's' body was already weak, and this time he lost too much blood, so it seems he needs to rest well~!"

As he spoke, the dark-skinned man walked to the table, picked up the brush, waved his hand, wrote a prescription in a dragon-flying and phoenix-dancing style, and handed it to Lan Ping beside him.

"Follow the prescription!"

"Yes, yes, yes, I'll go right away!"

Hearing that his master was fine, Lan Ping was overjoyed, took the prescription, and ran away like flying. Looking at his back, the dark-skinned man pursed his lips and turned to look at Yin Fengxiang lying on the couch.

"But I say, you are also something. You are already paper-mache, and you still have the heart to save others? You are really hopeless!"

The dark-skinned man's words were somewhat pointed. Hearing this, Nie Jinxuan was stunned, but Yin Fengzhan, who had been sitting in the seat and had not spoken, instantly darkened his face.

Suddenly, a strange atmosphere rose in the large meditation room. But the dark-skinned man seemed not to have felt it at all and was about to speak again... But just then, Zhongli walked in and whispered.

"Prince, that woman is dead!"

Second update uploaded~! Hey, I've been stuck on the plot lately, I'm dying... (Monthly votes, monthly votes, where are you?)