Chapter Twenty-Three: Murder by the Sword
Shen Yunxi walked into the hall, and when he touched the figure in the hall that was kneeling on the ground and rubbing the ground with a painful expression, his clear eyes narrowed slightly, and he whispered: "Yuan Xiang? ”
Yuan Xiang paused in the action of wiping the floor, then raised his head, looked at Shen Yunxi who was standing in front of her, and Qiaoyu who followed behind her, and couldn't help but be a little surprised: "Princess? Qiaoyu? ”
"Yuanxiang, don't you still have injuries on your feet? Why is Miss Jingxian so willing to let you wipe the floor?! Qiaoyu stepped forward and asked in astonishment.
Yuan Xiang couldn't help but smile bitterly, without words, her low-hanging hand subconsciously pulled the rag in her hand.
"Qiaoyu, help Yuanxiang get up and sit down." Shen Yunxi's expression froze, and he commanded. It was only at this time that she knew Jingxian's name, and she only knew her person, but she didn't know her name.
Qiaoyu responded and helped Yuanxiang to stand up, but for a moment, Yuanxiang's face was overflowing with beads of sweat, and it was not difficult to imagine that the injury on her leg had worsened.
As soon as he helped Yuan Xiang to sit down on the chair on the side, he saw Jing Xian wearing a pink long skirt and walking out of the inner hall with a swaying posture, and said sarcastically to Shen Yunxi, who was already sitting on the high seat: "The princess and noble are busy, but there is something important to come to my Jing Ya Garden?" ”
As she spoke, her sharp gaze fell on Yuanxiang's body over there, and then without waiting for Shen Yunxi to answer, she said to herself: "The princess came here today, won't it be for Yuanxiang's girl again?" ”
Seeing this, Yuanxiang couldn't help but swallow her saliva in fear, while Shuang'er stared at Jingxian hatefully, displeased her very much, but only stopped at her eyes.
Shen Yunxi squinted at Jingxian coldly, and said coldly: "Not just now, now there is more of this." ”
Jingxian frowned, and asked with interest, "Oh?" So what the hell is the princess doing? As he spoke, he sat down on the chair next to Shen Yunxi, looked up and ordered Shen Yunxi's broom-wielding maid: "Yanan, don't go and pour tea yet." ”
Yanan looked at Shen Yunxi cautiously, saw that she only bowed her head slightly, knocked lightly on the table, and then whispered: "Yes, Miss." ”
Seeing that Yanan was so careful, Jing Xian said disdainfully: "It's really useless." ”
"Jingxian." Shen Yunxi screamed lightly, but she still lowered her head.
Hearing this, Jingxian turned her head and glanced at her, pretending to wave the silk silk in her hand, her face with heavy makeup was full of perfunctory, and she said, "Princess, if you have anything to say, I'll listen." ”
With Jing Xian's wave, a strong fragrance suddenly filled the entire hall, making Shen Yunxi frown, looked up at her, and asked with a cold expression, "You must have known about Ning Meng's death?" Jing Xian pursed her lips and didn't say much, Shen Yunxi continued to ask, "So, did you see any suspicious people when you went to the lake last night?" ”
Jingxian snorted lightly and said, "It's dark in the middle of the night, I can see anyone." ”
At this time, Yanan walked in with tea, cautiously took a cup of tea and put it beside Shen Yunxi, "Princess, please use tea." Then, Fang Cai brought another cup and put it next to Jingxian, this action inevitably affected Jingxian's face again.
"Where are you? What are you doing? Shen Yunxi sat lazily, resting his hands on the table casually, pointing and tapping gently on the table in a rhythmic manner. On the surface, she seemed to do whatever she wanted, but her shrewd eyes were tightly locked on Jingxian's body, observing her every move.
Jingxian took a sip of tea, listened to her words, and at first didn't care, then reacted, put the teacup on the table, and suddenly stood up and said loudly to Shen Yunxi: "Shen Yunxi, what do you mean?" Are you suspecting that I killed Ning Meng?! ”
Pointing and stopping, Shen Yunxi lifted his eyes and swept towards the angry Jingxian in front of him, his eyes were cold: "A few days ago, you had a conflict with Ning Meng in front of Yingyue Pavilion, and you still said that you would not let her go." And the time when you appeared by the small lake last night happened to be the time when Ning Meng was killed, and in addition, before a cup of tea, Shuang'er came to ask you to talk to Sha Yuxuan, but your maid said that you were still sleeping......"
Speaking of this, she paused, looked up and down at Jingxian's cumbersome dress, and then continued: "Seeing your outfit at this moment, it can be seen that you are not sleeping. This is enough to show that you are lying a lot. How do you explain this?! After speaking, his eyes stared sharply at Jing Xian.
Shuang'er stared at Jingxian hatefully on the side, displeased her very much.
"Shen Yunxi, you are a communiqué personal vendetta! Slander! Jingxian glared at her angrily, her face was red with anger, and she gritted her teeth and said, "You want me to explain?!" Good! I'll explain it to you! Ning Meng stole my hairpin, I scolded her for it, I said that I didn't let her go because I was impulsive. As for the fact that I will appear by the small lake that day, you should know the reason, I went to find Yuanxiang's stinky girl. ”
"And today I asked Yanan to say that I don't like to be disturbed when I'm sleeping, because I hate you, and I don't want to see you! Why, you can get the love of the prince just for one day in the palace, I have been by his side for so many years, he doesn't even look at it, so I hate you, hate you! ”
Before the last word fell, Jing Xian felt the figure in front of her flicker, and in the next second, her neck was shackled in Shen Yunxi's palm, she suddenly felt panicked, but she still did not show weakness on her mouth: "What?" The princess is angry? You want to execute me in private so soon? ”
But her trembling voice revealed the panic and helplessness in her heart.
Shen Yunxi raised her head slightly and looked at Jing Xian, her eyes were as cold as ice, without a trace of temperature at all, she said: "I just want to tell you, if I want to kill you, it will only be in the blink of an eye, without any effort." Borrowing a knife to kill people, announcing personal vendettas, I am not rare at all! ”
When the words fell, the hand was removed from her neck, Jingxian was caught off guard, and fell to the ground suddenly, Yanan stood aside, looking at it with anxiety, not daring to step forward for half a minute, and her heart was desperate to the extreme.
She...... How could she be so eyeless that she dared to wave a broom at the princess!
Is this what she calls 'self-inflicted sin and cannot live'?!
Yanan was thinking about it, when he heard a hurried footsteps outside the hall, obviously, the other people in the hall also heard it, looked up, and saw Long Jiu walking into the hall like the wind, coming to Shen Yunxi, and arching his hand: "My subordinates have seen the princess." ”
"No courtesy." Shen Yunxi whispered, the coldness in the depths of his eyes slowly faded, "The dragon guards came to Jingyayuan, but there are other important things?" ”
Back to the princess, the princess said that when the princess first arrived in the palace, she was busy investigating the murder case, lest someone in the palace would not take the princess in her eyes, in order to be disrespectful to the princess, so he asked his subordinates to rush over to protect the princess and let the princess be dispatched. If necessary, the sword in your hand can be unsheathed at any time! Long Jiu replied sonorously, and as he spoke, his sharp gaze did not forget to glance at Jing Xian, who had already stood up, and at the same time, his hand reached for the scabbard held at his waist, as if to warn her.