Chapter 71: What a Bastard

What a Bastard

Gu Hong said in a low voice, and after finishing, he made a 'please' gesture to Nie Jinxuan. Seeing this, although Nie Jinxuan had a thousand dissatisfactions with Yin Fengzhan, she couldn't lose her temper at Gu Hong. Then she had to follow Gu Hong inside.

Yin Fengzhan was a serious person busy with official business, usually in the mansion, he was in the study. So following Gu Hong to Yin Fengzhan's residence, Wangyueju, instead of the study, Nie Jinxuan was stunned, but then she understood immediately.

Hmph, he knows he's injured, and then returned to the room to recuperate. It seems he should be fine.

Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but think secretly in her heart. And at this time, Gu Hong had already brought Nie Jinxuan to the door of the side room where Yin Fengzhan lived.

"Princess Consort, we are here. The Prince is in the room, this old servant will step back first."

"Hmm, okay, I know!"

Nodding to Gu Hong, and after Gu Hong left, Nie Jinxuan pushed open the door and walked in.

This was Nie Jinxuan's first time coming to Yin Fengzhan's sleeping quarters. The room was full of masculine flavor, simple layout but not losing solemnity, indeed just like Yin Fengzhan himself. And then, after simply looking around the room, Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but frown.

"Where did the person go?"

Nie Jinxuan muttered in a low voice, but then walking around the screen, she found that the bed curtains on the bed were actually let down. Seeing this, Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but exhale, then walked forward quickly, and then pulled the bed curtains to one side.

"Speak, what are you looking for me..."

Nie Jinxuan said while making a gesture to hang up the bed curtains in her hand, but then, before Nie Jinxuan could finish her words, she was suddenly grabbed by someone, and then turned over and pressed onto the bed, and at the same time a familiar whisper sounded in her ear.

"Damn woman, I told you repeatedly not to meddle in other people's business, and as a result, you have committed your old habit again, haven't you?"

Nie Jinxuan never hoped that Yin Fengzhan would praise her, but she didn't expect that she was walking on thin ice in the palace, and for Noble Consort Zhang to prove her innocence, what she got in the end was a cold questioning.

Therefore, after a short stun, Nie Jinxuan instantly came back to her senses, and then her eyes picked up and she met the sinister and deep eyes that were close at hand.

"I really didn't expect that even if the Prince is injured and recuperating in the mansion, he knows everything about the palace. I am really impressed."

Nie Jinxuan was holding fire in her heart, but the words she said were full of sarcasm in the lightness. At the same time, after finishing these words, Nie Jinxuan raised her hand to push away Yin Fengzhan who was pressing on her, but then she was grabbed by the wrist by Yin Fengzhan instead.

"I don't need you to satirize me!"

"Then what do you want?"

Responding reflexively, Nie Jinxuan closed her eyes slightly, calmed down a bit, and then opened her eyes and looked at the man in front of her.

"Yin Fengxuan, you'd better think clearly before speaking! Do you think I stood up for Noble Consort Zhang for what? If she wasn't your aunt, Yin Fengzhan, do you think I would speak? Let me tell you, I, Nie Jinxuan, don't like meddling in other people's business that much! And you didn't see the situation at that time at all, the Emperor was already going to put Noble Consort Zhang under house arrest, so even if she could prove her innocence later, this matter would definitely bring a lot of impact to Noble Consort Zhang. Do you understand or not?!"

Nie Jinxuan became more and more excited as she spoke, and in the end, she wished she could roar at Yin Fengzhan in front of her.

"And in the palace, I was tossed by you all night and didn't sleep well, and then I encountered this matter, and as a result, now that I returned to the mansion, I still have to be questioned by you... Yin Fengzhan, you really know how to speak, but please use your brain more when you speak in the future, so as not to say such things that don't pass through your brain again, making people laugh!"

Nie Jinxuan was really angry. And looking at her excited appearance, Yin Fengzhan, who was usually full of momentum, was stunned instead, but then instantly came back to his senses, pursed his lips, and sank his eyes.

"You are scolding me for having no brain?"

"Whether you have a brain or not, you know it yourself, but for you, I guess it doesn't make any difference whether you have it or not, anyway, you don't use it!"

"You..."

Yin Fengzhan was rarely angered by Nie Jinxuan to the point of not being able to speak. So after staring at the woman under him for a long time, Yin Fengzhan then let go of her with a big hand, and at the same time sat up from the bed.

And at this time, seeing Yin Fengzhan let go, Nie Jinxuan also turned over and sat up, originally wanting to stand up and leave, but after thinking about it slightly, Nie Jinxuan still calmed down her mood, and then asked in a low voice:

"Speak, what are you looking for me for? It won't be just to question me why I meddled in other people's business!"

Although Yin Fengzhan was a very unreasonable man. But Nie Jinxuan knew clearly that he wouldn't be so bored as to specifically ask Gu Hong to call her over, and then just to roar at her. And upon hearing this, sure enough, Yin Fengzhan, who was sitting on the other side of the bed, turned his eyes and glanced at her.

"Is Aunt okay?"

Yin Fengzhan's voice was still low, but there was no sinister and dangerous feeling in his words. So upon hearing this, Nie Jinxuan didn't sell it, and answered directly.

"Hmm, still okay. Later it was proven that Noble Consort Niangniang was framed, and the Emperor didn't say anything."

"Besides these, what else did the Emperor say?"

"What did he say... didn't say anything, just let Noble Consort Niangniang return to the palace to rest more, and let the Empress continue to investigate this matter, that's all."

"Didn't ask you anything?"

"Ask me? Ask me what?"

Confused by Yin Fengzhan's questioning, Nie Jinxuan then raised her head and looked at Yin Fengzhan, but the moment she raised her head, she met Yin Fengzhan's deep eyes like ink, and then Nie Jinxuan understood immediately.

"Oh, you mean the autopsy matter? No, the Emperor didn't ask me, and it's not just that the Emperor didn't ask me, I originally thought that after returning to the palace, Noble Consort Niangniang would ask me, but Noble Consort Niangniang didn't ask either."

Facing Yin Fengzhan, Nie Jinxuan had nothing to hide. Therefore, Nie Jinxuan didn't care how much Yin Fengzhan knew, and told the story of what happened after Yin Fengzhan left last night from beginning to end.

Nie Jinxuan told it in detail, Yin Fengzhan didn't make a sound, but it could be seen that he listened very seriously. Then after Nie Jinxuan finished speaking, she exhaled slightly.

"That's about it, anyway, in my opinion, the person who instigated Zhou Dexing to set a fire and then frame Noble Consort Niangniang, even if it wasn't the Empress, it definitely had something to do with her. It's just that this matter, I always feel a bit strange..."

Saying this, Nie Jinxuan turned her head to look at Yin Fengzhan, and then frowned and said earnestly:

"Yin Fengzhan, you say that with the Empress's brain, if she really wanted to frame Noble Consort Niangniang, why would she think of such a simple method?! After all, whether it was the big fire at Rongxin Yuan or Talent Lan's death, there were too many loopholes in it, so many that as long as you think about it a little, even if you can't find evidence, you can see that there is a problem. But the Empress just did it, so don't you feel strange?"

"After all, although I didn't know the Empress before, based on my observation of her last night, I don't feel that she is a simple-minded person. But if this is the case, then the Empress knew that the framing trick she used couldn't topple Noble Consort Niangniang, why did the Empress still do it?"

Nie Jinxuan was very curious, but this time, Yin Fengzhan next to her just looked at her, and then instantly raised his eyebrows.

"Then what do you think?"

"Me? How would I know?"

She truly felt that Yin Fengzhan was a very bastard man, but Nie Jinxuan still suppressed her temper and thought for a while.

"Hmm... but you say, is the Empress's intention not in the wine? Or from the very beginning, the Empress's goal was not to topple Noble Consort Niangniang, but somewhere else?"

Nie Jinxuan thought thoughtfully while speaking. But this time, Yin Fengzhan didn't answer, and there wasn't even a ripple on his serious face.

For a time, between the square bed curtains, neither Yin Fengzhan nor Nie Jinxuan spoke, the quiet atmosphere flowed between the two, peaceful but also faintly revealing a few indescribable strangeness.

However, at this time, Nie Jinxuan didn't pay attention to these, and thought about Empress Duan's mind. But then after thinking for a long time, she didn't come up with a reason.

Seeing her like this, Yin Fengzhan next to her finally broke the silence first and said:

"You'd better meddle less in the palace's affairs! In addition, I can not pursue last night's matter with you, but you must remember, there can't be a next time. Especially not allowed to perform an autopsy in front of outsiders, do you remember?!"

Yin Fengzhan spoke domineeringly again, and Nie Jinxuan, who was originally in a calm mood, became angry upon hearing this.

"Then even if Noble Consort Niangniang is in trouble in the future, I can't help?"

"Aunt has been in the palace for more than twenty years, naturally she will have her own way to turn bad luck into good luck, so you don't need to meddle in other people's business!"

"You..."

Nie Jinxuan was angered to the point of widening her eyes, but then before she could refute, she saw Yin Fengzhan turn over and lie back on the bed, and at the same time ordered in a low voice:

"Change the medicine for me!"

Yin Fengzhan's words were always low and cold. But hearing this, Nie Jinxuan 'stood up' from the side of the bed.

"Change what medicine? Yin Fengzhan, can you not always be so taken for granted?"

Couldn't help but roar at the man lying on the bed like a master, then Nie Jinxuan turned and left. But after walking two steps, Nie Jinxuan stopped again, turned her head to look at the medicine that seemed to have been prepared for her on the square table by the bed, Nie Jinxuan muttered in a low voice:

"What a bastard!"

Although Nie Jinxuan scolded, she still helped Yin Fengzhan apply the medicine again! After all, Nie Jinxuan also knew clearly that if it weren't for the injury on Yin Fengzhan's leg that couldn't be known to others, I guess this iron-faced man wouldn't have specifically asked her to come over to apply the medicine for him.

But in the end, Nie Jinxuan still had a soft heart. And after helping Yin Fengzhan re-bandage the wound, Nie Jinxuan glared at the person lying on the bed, and then left without looking back!

But then, after Nie Jinxuan left, Yin Fengzhan, who was lying on the bed, suddenly opened his eyes.

"Gu Hong!"

"This old servant is here!"

A soft call, and then Gu Hong, the steward, was seen pushing the door and walking in quietly. And after Gu Hong walked close, Yin Fengzhan then ordered in a low voice:

"Immediately notify Meng Xian that the human skull will explode under the high temperature of the fire, unless the skull was already damaged before the deceased was burned by the fire, it will not explode."

Yin Fengzhan's order was very inexplicable. Even Gu Hong was stunned when he heard it. But Gu Hong had been by Yin Fengzhan's side for not just one or two days, so although he didn't understand in his heart, he still kept Yin Fengzhan's words in mind.

"Yes, this old servant will notify him."

Responding respectfully, Gu Hong then turned and left. But Gu Hong had only walked two steps when he was stopped by Yin Fengzhan.

"Wait, at the same time tell Meng Xian, if anyone asks, just say that the Princess Consort once privately learned the art of autopsy from him, but very few people know about this, not outsiders."

"Yes, this old servant understands."

Yin Fengzhan was secretly helping Nie Jinxuan cover up the truth. On the other hand, Nie Jinxuan, who was full of anger in Wangyueju, returned to her courtyard as soon as she came out.

After all, from last night until now, Nie Jinxuan was really tired. But originally thinking that she could have a good rest after returning to the room, what Nie Jinxuan didn't expect was that just as she entered her Ningxiang Yuan, she saw Han Luoxue, Qin Yuxia, and Bai Meilan waiting for her in the courtyard.

Instantly, looking at the three people sitting in her courtyard, Nie Jinxuan was stunned. And at this time, perhaps hearing the footsteps, Han Luoxue turned her head first, and then hurriedly stood up from the position in the courtyard and greeted her.

"Hehe~ Princess Consort sister, you are back, you have worked hard~!"

Han Luoxue was still smiling like a flower, her soft and beautiful face faintly glowing softly in the warm sun of the spring afternoon. And after Han Luoxue finished speaking, Qin Yuxia and Bai Meilan behind also followed.

"Princess Consort sister, you are back, this concubine has been waiting for you for a long time."

"Princess Consort sister has worked hard."

Qin Yuxia and Bai Meilan bowed, and obviously compared to Qin Yuxia's flattery, Bai Meilan was much more peaceful.

But at this time, looking at the three women in front of her, Nie Jinxuan, who was exhausted, instantly felt her eyes twitch.

"Are the few waiting for me? I wonder if there is anything?"

Nie Jinxuan asked directly, because at this very moment, she really didn't want to toss with these three women anymore. And upon hearing this, Han Luoxue was the first to see Nie Jinxuan's impatience, and then smiled gently.

"Hehe~, Princess Consort sister has overthought, we don't have anything else, just want to come over and see Princess Consort sister. After all, Princess Consort sister entered the palace yesterday and didn't return for a whole night, we sisters didn't know what was going on, so we came over to see..."

Han Luoxue said softly, but when she reached this point, she changed the subject.

"However, looking at Princess Consort sister's appearance, I guess you are tired too. Sigh, the palace is not like our mansion, there are many rules, I guess you didn't rest well after staying for a night. So we won't disturb you, Princess Consort sister should go into the room to rest first. Let's talk later!... By the way, I have prepared some wine and dishes in the courtyard tonight, you must come over to enjoy it~!"

It had to be said that Han Luoxue was really good at looking at people's faces, and at the same time, after finishing these words, she bowed politely and left. And after seeing Han Luoxue leave, the remaining Qin Yuxia and Bai Meilan naturally wouldn't stay long, and then bowed and walked away slowly.

In the blink of an eye, the three women were all gone, which made Nie Jinxuan breathe a sigh of relief. But after a while, Nie Jinxuan frowned again, then turned to look at the backs of the three women leaving, and then couldn't help but purse her lips slightly.

Nie Jinxuan didn't know why the three women came, but in short, it wouldn't be as simple as just looking. But even so, that evening, Nie Jinxuan still arrived at Shuyu Xuan on time.

After resting for an afternoon, Nie Jinxuan finally recovered her spirit, but when she arrived at Shuyu Xuan, Han Luoxue, Qin Yuxia, and Bai Meilan were already sitting in the room talking. Seeing this, Nie Jinxuan smiled gently and walked in.

"Let the three wait for a long time."

"Yo, Princess Consort sister is here, sit down quickly."

"Nothing long waiting, we just arrived, Princess Consort sister is too serious."

"Yes, yes."

Nie Jinxuan didn't say much, but Han Luoxue and the others were very enthusiastic. Then Nie Jinxuan didn't stand on ceremony with them, and sat directly in the main seat.

And after Nie Jinxuan sat down, the three of them started talking to Nie Jinxuan enthusiastically. And at the beginning, it was okay, but as they talked, Nie Jinxuan understood that the reason why the three were so polite to her today was actually to ask about the palace's affairs from her mouth, and at the same time, they were very concerned about Noble Consort Zhang's recent situation, preferences, temperament, and other things.

Especially Qin Yuxia, who asked one question after another quite directly. On the contrary, Bai Meilan didn't say much, and although Han Luoxue didn't ask much, she always paid attention to Nie Jinxuan and didn't forget to smooth things over from time to time.

Therefore, looking at the three like this, Nie Jinxuan felt it was funny, but still simply said the questions they cared about, but in her words, Nie Jinxuan didn't say the big fire at Rongxin Yuan last night, Talent Lan's death, and Noble Consort Zhang being framed, of course, she wouldn't say that Yin Fengzhan broke into the harem in the middle of the night and was injured.

But just when the three women in the room were asking Nie Jinxuan the most happily, Yin Fengzhan walked in from outside.

Yin Fengzhan's appearance made the women present stunned, but then they hurriedly stood up and bowed.

"Greetings, Prince."

The three women had smiles on their faces, and it could be seen that Yin Fengzhan's unexpected arrival made them very happy. But at this time, looking at the man who suddenly appeared, Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but frown, then looked down, and fixed her gaze on his leg.

Nie Jinxuan didn't speak. But obviously, Yin Fengzhan noticed her gaze. So he raised his eyes and glanced at her, then said in a low voice:

"Why are you all here?"

Yin Fengzhan said this to Han Luoxue, but his eyes were always on Nie Jinxuan. And at this time, hearing this, Han Luoxue responded with a smile:

"Replying to the Prince, today the Princess Consort returned from the palace, so this concubine and the sisters wanted to ask about Noble Consort Niangniang's recent situation, after all, we can't enter the palace to pay respects to Noble Consort Niangniang like the Princess Consort, so we had to ask from the Princess Consort~!"

Han Luoxue's words were three parts true and three parts false, which didn't make people hear any mistakes. Therefore, Yin Fengzhan nodded slightly.

"Hmm, Noble Consort Niangniang is very well."

"Is that so, then this concubine and the sisters can rest assured... oh, by the way, this concubine prepared some wine and dishes for the Princess Consort today, if it were usually, this concubine wouldn't dare to disturb the Prince, but since the Prince is here today, stay and have a meal together."

Han Luoxue said it quite sincerely, hearing this, Yin Fengzhan lowered his eyes and looked at her, then looked at Nie Jinxuan, and then nodded silently.

Yin Fengzhan's sudden arrival, and then staying for dinner, made Han Luoxue, Qin Yuxia, and Bai Meilan very happy. When talking, they didn't forget to keep smiles on their faces, which made Nie Jinxuan next to them frown.

And then, after saying a few words, everyone went to the next room to eat, but sitting down, and looking at the colorful, delicious dishes in front of her, Nie Jinxuan's eyes twitched.

It turned out that the dishes on the table in front of her, although seemingly delicious, five of the ten dishes were things that someone couldn't eat!

But Nie Jinxuan knew this in her heart, while others didn't. Therefore, at this very moment, although Nie Jinxuan really wanted to say to take these dishes away, she couldn't speak directly. Otherwise, if someone found out that Yin Fengzhan was injured, it would be troublesome!

After all, Yin Fengzhan came over specifically today, the purpose was also not to let others suspect. But now, in the situation where Nie Jinxuan couldn't determine whether Yin Fengzhan knew what he could eat and what he couldn't, she really broke into a cold sweat for him!

But then Nie Jinxuan calmed down again, after all, Yin Fengzhan was not a child, he should know some simple basic common sense. So she felt relieved. But what Nie Jinxuan didn't expect was that just when everyone picked up their chopsticks to eat, Yin Fengzhan, who was sitting next to him, actually wanted to pick up the pickled fish first!

Pickled fish, a seriously fishy and spicy thing, if this is eaten...

Instantly, Nie Jinxuan was startled, and then wanted to speak to remind him, but held it back. But then looking at Yin Fengzhan who had already picked up a small piece of pickled fish into the bowl, Nie Jinxuan next to her suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and then said loudly:

"Xiao Xiu, bring an empty plate."

Nie Jinxuan's voice was absolutely sudden, hearing this, it made the few people sitting around the dining table stunned. And Han Luoxue, who was sitting on the other side of Yin Fengzhan, asked incomprehensibly:

"Princess Consort sister, what do you want an empty plate for? Is it because this concubine didn't prepare well?"

"Hehe, Han Ce-fei has misunderstood, it's not that Han Ce-fei didn't prepare well, but that I want to serve dishes for the Prince." ===== CHAPTER 72 =====