Chapter 93: Not Safe!

Not Safe!

Yin Fengzhan spoke in a low voice with an unmoved expression. At this moment, hearing this, Nie Jinxuan, who was lowering her head to eat, paused and looked up instantly,

"Found? Who?"

Lady Tong's corpse was discovered yesterday, examined in the afternoon, and now only a day and a night had passed, and the murderer had been found?!

Nie Jinxuan was very surprised. But afterward, she calmed down and turned to Xiao Xiu, who was serving beside her,

"Xiao Xiu, you've been busy all day, go down and rest, clean up the things tomorrow morning."

"Uh... yes, this servant knows!"

Listening to Nie Jinxuan's instructions, Xiao Xiu responded after a moment of being stunned. Afterward, she couldn't help but look at Nie Jinxuan, but in the end, Xiao Xiu didn't say anything and turned and walked out.

Once Xiao Xiu left, Nie Jinxuan looked at the man in front of her with a gloomy gaze,

"What's going on? It's only been a day and a night, and the murderer has been found?"

"En!"

"Who?"

"Bi Yao!"

Yin Fengzhan still had an unmoved expression, his pursed lips and lowered eyes making it impossible to see any joy or anger. Afterward, he reached out and picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip. Upon hearing this, Nie Jinxuan was stunned,

"Bi Yao?! Who is that?"

"The palace maid who served Lady Tong."

Saying this, Yin Fengzhan put the teacup in his hand aside,

"I heard that when Eunuch Gao was investigating, he discovered that although Lady Tong was punished by the Empress to close her door and reflect, even if Lady Tong didn't leave her room or see anyone, she still had to eat, drink, and bathe every day. And if Lady Tong was not in the room at that time, the servants couldn't have failed to notice."

"So, this morning, Eunuch Gao brought all the servants who served Lady Tong and interrogated them one by one. Finally, he discovered that a palace maid named Bi Yao was very suspicious during these three days! Because she was Lady Tong's personal maid, all the food and drink sent to Lady Tong's room during these three days passed through her hands. But she was completely unaware of Lady Tong's disappearance."

Yin Fengzhan simply stated some news he heard this afternoon. Nie Jinxuan nodded slightly, but afterward, she couldn't help but frown,

"En, if that's what was said, it's correct... but this is not right either, this can only mean that Bi Yao is suspicious, but to say that the murderer is Bi Yao is a bit inappropriate, after all, there is no evidence!"

Actually, Nie Jinxuan had thought about this matter before. After all, even if Lady Tong was punished by Empress Duan to close her door and reflect, she was still a fourth-rank Lady. The people below naturally wouldn't dare to be negligent. Therefore, Lady Tong had been missing for three days, and it was impossible that no one had discovered anything strange!

But just like that, it wasn't until Lady Tong's corpse was discovered that they knew Lady Tong was not in the room, which was a bit unreasonable. Therefore, there were only two ways to not let people discover Lady Tong's disappearance for three days: one was that someone impersonated Lady Tong in the room for three days. And the other was that the people around her concealed the truth and deceived everyone!

But even so, this could only become a breakthrough in the case, or that Bi Yao was suspicious. But to say that Bi Yao was the murderer was a bit far-fetched. At least with the existing evidence, it was very difficult to convict Bi Yao!

"There is no evidence or not, the other party confessed."

"What?"

Nie Jinxuan raised a doubt. But Yin Fengzhan seemed to have expected her to ask this, lowered his eyes, and answered her question directly. Upon hearing this, Nie Jinxuan was surprised,

"Confessed?! How is that possible? Could it be a forced confession?"

"I'm not clear about forced confession, but it is a fact that Bi Yao herself admitted to the murder."

"Then the motive? What is Bi Yao's motive?!"

Bi Yao could become Lady Tong's personal maid, so she naturally had served Lady Tong for quite some time. But if that was the relationship, what grudge did Bi Yao have with Lady Tong to treat her so cruelly?!

Could it be that Bi Yao entered the palace to take revenge on Lady Tong?! But if that were the case, why choose to take action during the spring festival? And why be so eye-catching? Wasn't this clearly making Emperor Shuncheng angry? And what good result would this bring to the murderer?!

Nie Jinxuan felt that the matter was not as simple as it appeared on the surface, and Yin Fengzhan naturally understood Nie Jinxuan's meaning. So, upon hearing this, Yin Fengzhan narrowed his eyes, but didn't say anything.

The room fell into silence, and seeing Yin Fengzhan not speaking, Nie Jinxuan didn't want to talk to him anymore, so she stood up... But just at this moment, just as Nie Jinxuan wanted to turn and leave, she heard a voice from outside the room,

"Prince Chen, Consort, I am here on the Emperor's oral decree to send wine to the Prince and Consort."

……

The person speaking outside the room was Gao Caiyong. At this moment, hearing Gao Caiyong come again, Nie Jinxuan, who was about to turn, paused, turned to look at Yin Fengzhan, and then came to the door and opened it.

Nie Jinxuan's movements were unhurried, and as soon as she opened the door, she saw Gao Caiyong standing at the door with a smile, followed by a little eunuch holding a wine pot.

"Heh heh~, Consort, I'm disturbing you again."

Gao Caiyong spoke first, hearing this, Nie Jinxuan smiled,

"Not at all, Eunuch Gao, you are too polite."

"Heh heh, this is what I should do, the Consort treats me as someone, so you are polite to me, I understand~."

Gao Caiyong, as the chief eunuch of the Imperial Palace and a favorite beside Emperor Shuncheng, always spoke very pleasantly. At this moment, after finishing, Gao Caiyong turned to give a wink to the little eunuch behind him, and then the little eunuch stepped forward and brought a silver wine pot filled with wine to Nie Jinxuan.

Seeing this, Nie Jinxuan naturally didn't be polite, took the wine pot with both hands, and smiled slightly at Gao Caiyong,

"Hey, you say this makes me not know what to say to you, Eunuch Gao, not only did I trouble you to run personally last night, but today this..."

Nie Jinxuan made a gesture of being unable to refuse, and upon hearing this, Gao Caiyong waved his hands repeatedly,

"Not at all, Consort, please don't say that... Hey, actually this is the Emperor's kindness, didn't I take wine from Yuzhenfang and send it to the Prince and Consort yesterday, so just now, when the Emperor was talking to me, I mentioned this matter, and the Emperor, upon hearing this, didn't say a word and let me send another pot to the Prince and Consort... So, if you want to thank someone, thank the Emperor, I'm just running an errand!"

Speaking with a smile, afterward Gao Caiyong didn't say anything, bowed to Nie Jinxuan, and after saying a few polite words, turned and left. Watching Gao Caiyong leave with the little eunuch, Nie Jinxuan closed the door and walked in with the wine pot.

"Looks like we passed the test last night?"

Nie Jinxuan said in a low voice, put the wine pot on the table, and sat down.

Emperor Shuncheng sending Gao Caiyong to send wine today was not as simple as it appeared on the surface. But based on the situation last night and some progress during the day, Nie Jinxuan had reason to believe that Emperor Shuncheng's arrangement tonight was to eliminate Yin Fengzhan's guard!

Nie Jinxuan thought in her heart, but after finishing, she couldn't help but look at the wine pot on the table, and her face sank. At this moment, hearing Nie Jinxuan's words, Yin Fengzhan just stared at the pot of wine, silent.

Yin Fengzhan didn't make a sound again, seeing him like this, Nie Jinxuan didn't want to talk to him anymore, so she was about to stand up... But just at this moment, Yin Fengzhan, who was sitting opposite, suddenly moved, and actually reached out and pushed the pot of wine to Nie Jinxuan.

Yin Fengzhan didn't speak, but the meaning was already very obvious. At this moment, seeing the wine pushed in front of her, Nie Jinxuan widened her eyes in disbelief, and then looked up at the man opposite,

"Yin Fengzhan, what do you mean?"

"Drink!"

"Why?"

An inexplicable pain crossed her heart again, Nie Jinxuan couldn't help but ask loudly. Her eyes were fixed on Yin Fengzhan in front of her without blinking. Facing Nie Jinxuan's eyes filled with inexplicable anger, Yin Fengzhan just frowned and said in a low voice,

"It is not safe."

Nie Jinxuan did not know exactly what Yin Fengzhan meant by "not safe," but she intuitively felt he was saying that because her wound had not yet healed, drinking alcohol was not safe. Therefore, as soon as Yin Fengzhan's voice fell, Nie Jinxuan immediately curled her lips into a cold smile.

"Not safe? Right, I did tell you that you couldn't drink, so because you feel it's not safe for you to drink, you want me to drink it instead?! Yin Fengzhan, you really do have a clever scheme!"

Rather than being angry, at this very moment, Nie Jinxuan felt more chilled to the bone! So, as soon as she finished speaking, Nie Jinxuan stood up directly, then made a move as if to walk out...

Nie Jinxuan's expression was gloomy and filled with anger, and seeing her like this, Yin Fengzhan, who was sitting in his seat, could not help but knit his brows even tighter, then grabbed her.

"What are you doing?"

"Leave!"

"Where are you going?"

"That is none of your business!"

She spoke coldly. After she finished, Nie Jinxuan shook Yin Fengzhan off, then turned to the side, lowered her eyes, and looked straight into his eyes as she said:

"Yin Fengzhan, I told you before that you and I are like bridges and roads—we go our separate ways—so where I go now is none of your concern! As for this pot of wine, you had better drink it yourself! Of course, you can also find someone else to drink it for you, but unfortunately, that person will not be me!"

Having said that, Nie Jinxuan did not wait for Yin Fengzhan to speak and turned to leave... But just at this moment, she saw Yin Fengzhan's expression sink violently; he reached out, grabbed the pot of wine, took a fierce gulp, then pulled Nie Jinxuan over and kissed her directly...

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