Chapter 221: Admitting It Personally (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Admitting It Personally (Seeking Monthly Tickets)

Nie Jinxuan spoke suddenly, but as soon as her words fell, everyone in the room was stunned.

At this time, Nie Jinxuan felt more and more that this possibility was high, so she turned to look at Yin Fengzhan and said:

"Fengzhan, do you remember? Last time, because of the account books, you sent me to the secret room to hide temporarily. Then, just before you arrived, a person who looked exactly like you came... Do you remember?"

At that time, Nie Jinxuan was on the verge of death, but fortunately, Yin Fengzhan arrived in time and killed that person with one sword. The head that was instantly severed had scared Nie Jinxuan so much that she could not recover for a long while!

"En, that is what happened!"

Reminded by Nie Jinxuan, Yin Fengzhan also remembered. At this time, Nie Jinxuan turned directly to look at Emperor Shuncheng and the Fifth Imperial Uncle, Yin Yanheng, who were somewhat stunned.

"Your Majesty, Fifth Imperial Uncle. From the fact that the coffin was intact when it was opened today and no burial objects were missing, it seems that no one has touched Prince Xiang's coffin for more than twenty years. But what can be determined now is that the skeleton in the coffin is not Prince Xiang, so Anguo believes that the problem must have occurred before Prince Xiang was buried back then!"

"But just now, Your Majesty and Fifth Imperial Uncle both confirmed that there was no problem when Prince Xiang was buried back then... But Anguo wants to ask, how do Your Majesty and Fifth Imperial Uncle know there was no problem?"

Nie Jinxuan threw out a question directly. Hearing this, the Fifth Imperial Uncle, Yin Yanheng, was stunned, but then he blinked his eyes.

"This... this is naturally something seen with one's own eyes! I watched with my own eyes as the Second Imperial Brother was lifted into the coffin and the lid was closed... This, how could this be wrong?"

"That is to say, Fifth Imperial Uncle used your eyes to see Prince Xiang's face directly and confirmed there was no mistake, right?!"

"That is of course! Why? Is there a problem with this?"

"Of course there is a problem!"

Without thinking, she directly refuted Yin Yanheng's words, and then Nie Jinxuan continued:

"Fifth Imperial Uncle, it is said that hearing is false and seeing is believing, but sometimes what our eyes see is not necessarily true. Furthermore, Anguo once saw with my own eyes an assassin who looked exactly like Prince Chen. Fortunately, Anguo discovered the trick in time, and with Prince Chen arriving in time, I was spared. And at that time, that assassin was wearing a human-skin mask. Therefore, Anguo suspects that more than twenty years ago, the person who was buried was not Prince Xiang at all, but someone wearing a human-skin mask and pretending to be Prince Xiang."

"Therefore, based on this deduction, Anguo believes that more than twenty years ago, the person pretending to be Prince Xiang used a mask to deceive everyone's eyes. And as time passed, twenty years of time turned everything into ashes, and that human-skin mask naturally turned into dust long ago. So, when we opened the coffin again now, we found a skeleton completely different from Prince Xiang!"

The room was extremely quiet. Only Nie Jinxuan's calm and gentle voice was speaking quietly. And after her words fell, the surroundings fell into silence again.

At this time, after a long while, Emperor Shuncheng suddenly moved and looked at Nie Jinxuan with a calm gaze.

"So, you think the Second Imperial Brother is still alive?"

"No, Your Majesty! Anguo did not say that!"

"Why?"

"Anguo feels that while we can determine that Prince Xiang's body was wrong more than twenty years ago and the person buried in Prince Xiang's tomb is not Prince Xiang, we cannot fully determine that Prince Xiang is definitely alive! Or rather, being alive is just one possibility, and another possibility is that Prince Xiang did indeed die, but someone swapped the body during the time between his death and his burial."

Speaking to this point, Nie Jinxuan pursed her lips slightly and raised her head to look straight into Emperor Shuncheng's eyes.

"Therefore, Your Majesty, both of these situations are possible, so Anguo cannot fully determine which one is true and which one is false. We can only continue to investigate to get the real answer!"

Nie Jinxuan's expression remained calm. But at this time, the Fifth Imperial Uncle, Yin Yanheng, sitting to the side frowned.

"Anguo, what you say is indeed correct. But it is not that I want to pour cold water on you, the Second Imperial Brother has been dead for so many years, the people in the Second Imperial Brother's mansion back then have long since scattered, and people who understand the events of that year cannot be found. How is this to be investigated?"

Hearing that there was something suspicious about Prince Xiang's death back then, Yin Yanheng was also confused and even wanted to investigate it himself. But now that so many years had passed, even if he wanted to investigate, where should he start?!

And Emperor Shuncheng and Nie Jinxuan naturally thought of Yin Yanheng's concerns. The group fell into silence, but just at this moment, Yin Fengzhan suddenly spoke.

"Human-skin mask!"

Yin Fengzhan's speech remained concise. But hearing this, Emperor Shuncheng and the others were stunned, while only Nie Jinxuan's eyes lit up.

"You mean, we should start from the human-skin mask?"

"En!"

Nodding directly, Yin Fengzhan then said in a deep voice:

"Things like human-skin masks, although everyone in the Jianghu knows about them, not everyone can make them. And whether it was Prince Xiang back then or the assassin who pretended to be me before, the masks they wore were enough to pass for real. So the person who can make such human-skin masks is definitely no ordinary person!"

"Of course, I don't know much about Jianghu affairs, but there must be someone in the Jianghu who knows. So, as long as we send people to the Jianghu to investigate who can make such ingenious masks, and then find the person who made the mask, we can just have them confirm Prince Xiang's portrait, and we will know who bought the mask back then!"

In the current situation where there was nothing to investigate, Yin Fengzhan's suggestion was indeed excellent. But afterward, Emperor Shuncheng did not hand over the task of investigating the mask to Yin Fengzhan, but instead handed the matter to Prince Qin, Yin Fenglian.

Of course, for Emperor Shuncheng to do this, besides his wariness of Yin Fengzhan, another reason was that compared to Yin Fengzhan, Prince Qin, Yin Fenglian, who had always traveled in the Jianghu, was indeed more suitable than Yin Fengzhan.

The matter was arranged this way. But afterward, just as Emperor Shuncheng stood up to leave, Nie Jinxuan suddenly spoke up to stop him.

"Your Majesty, actually Anguo has one more thing..."

Nie Jinxuan spoke carefully. Hearing this, Emperor Shuncheng paused his footsteps and turned to look over.

Emperor Shuncheng did not speak, but just looked at Nie Jinxuan quietly. Only after a long while did Emperor Shuncheng's gaze flicker slightly, and he said in a low voice:

"We are tired, ask Gao Caiyong if you have any questions!"

Saying this, Emperor Shuncheng did not care what else Nie Jinxuan wanted to say and turned to leave.

Nie Jinxuan knew clearly in her heart that Emperor Shuncheng had seen through her thoughts, which was why he said that. So after leaving the room, Nie Jinxuan did not leave immediately but waited outside the door for Gao Caiyong to arrive.

Not long after, after helping Emperor Shuncheng back to his room to rest, Gao Caiyong walked out. He quietly closed the door, looked at Nie Jinxuan and Yin Fengzhan to the side, and then Gao Caiyong said slowly:

"Princess Consort, Prince, please follow this old servant."

Saying this, Gao Caiyong led the way in front, and not long after, he brought Nie Jinxuan and Yin Fengzhan to a warm pavilion in the side hall nearby.

And after Nie Jinxuan and Yin Fengzhan entered and sat down, Gao Caiyong did not waste words, pursed his lips slightly, and said:

"The Princess Consort wants to ask about Noble Consort Ning's matter back then, right?"

Gao Caiyong went straight to the point. Hearing this, Nie Jinxuan nodded slightly.

"Exactly!"

"Then what does the Princess Consort want to hear?"

"Actually, I will not hide it from you, Eunuch. Long before this, Anguo once asked Noble Consort Zhang about some matters regarding Noble Consort Ning back then. It is just that Noble Consort Zhang had not entered the palace back then, so she did not know many things... Furthermore, from Noble Consort Ning's words, Anguo also felt that some things were suspicious, so I wanted to verify them with Eunuch Gao."

"Alright! Princess Consort, please ask!"

Gao Caiyong remained peaceful. But speaking to this point, Gao Caiyong paused again, looked at Yin Fengzhan beside her, and then changed the subject.

"However, just when we came out, the Emperor gave an order that this old servant can only answer three questions, so I ask the Princess Consort to consider them carefully!"

Three questions?!

Nie Jinxuan did not expect Emperor Shuncheng to make such an arrangement, so she could not help but be stunned. But thinking about it, for Emperor Shuncheng to allow Gao Caiyong to answer her questions now was already not easy. After all, no one wanted to tear open the deepest scars in their heart. Thinking this way, Nie Jinxuan felt relieved. After a moment of contemplation, she raised her head instantly and asked the first question directly.

"Why did the Emperor suspect that Prince Chen was not his own son?"

Actually, Nie Jinxuan had many questions to ask, but now that Emperor Shuncheng only gave her three opportunities to ask, Nie Jinxuan had to grasp the most urgent and critical questions, otherwise she would gain nothing! At this time, hearing Nie Jinxuan's first question, Gao Caiyong was not surprised at all, and without even thinking, he answered in a low voice:

"Because not long after Noble Consort Ning entered the palace back then, she had a dispute with the Emperor. In a fit of anger, the Emperor sent Noble Consort Ning out of the palace to stay temporarily in a royal villa outside the capital. And when Noble Consort Ning returned to the palace two months later, she was already pregnant. Then, after only about seven months, she gave birth to Prince Chen, which was why the Emperor became suspicious. Furthermore, during a dispute afterward, Noble Consort Ning once admitted personally that the child was not the Emperor's!"

Gao Caiyong spoke calmly. But hearing this, Nie Jinxuan's eyes widened instantly.

"What? Noble Consort Ning admitted it personally?!"

Second update uploaded, see you tomorrow! (Don't forget to cast monthly tickets~!) ===== CHAPTER 222 =====