Chapter Sixty-Nine: Sparse Shadows
"Liu Yanxin, why are you persecuting Miss Ning so much!"
At this time, Qin Xuanyi took the lead in asking questions, and as soon as he came up, he already had a preconceived idea of Yan Xin as a murderer.
Yan Xin didn't panic, after all, she had already expected such a situation: "His Royal Highness the Prince, what did Yan Xin do?" ”
"Isn't it wrong to force Ning Shuying to die?"
Qin Xuanyi's ugly face was at a glance, he just wanted to use this matter to eradicate Yan Xin.
At this time, King Pingnan noticed something, and quickly raised his head to listen to how Yanxin was going to explain. It's not that he doesn't know that his daughter is implicated in these people, Shuying really hates the Liu family sisters, but who would kill them like this.
"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, Yan Xin was assassinated today, and he has been cultivating in the camp tent, and the two princes and King Pingnan can testify to this matter. Besides, there is no reason for Yanxin to want Miss Ning's life, but there are some people who have good reasons and are ruthless. ”
Yan Xin said that she turned over the white cloth on Ning Shuying's corpse, and began to check whether she had any external injuries on her body......
"Liu Yanxin! How dare you be disrespectful to the dead! ”
Liu Tang'er was extremely anxious, and hurriedly stepped forward to stop Yanxin from continuing to check.
Yan Xin patted Liu Tang'er and checked her dress today by the way, the bright clothes were obviously just changed, but the makeup or anything was not repaired.
"Now that I haven't come yet, I want to convict me without looking at the corpse, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is inevitably too authoritarian, I'm afraid this is not the legislation that the prince should teach."
She took out the prestige that a prince should have to suppress Qin Xuanyi, so that he didn't dare to dispose of Yanxin at will, if such a thing was spread, it would be difficult for him to inherit the throne without impact.
Qin Xuanyi was not in a hurry, as if he had already arranged everything, he looked at this banquet with a little playfulness, and was not moved by Ning Shuying's death.
"Dare to quibble, since the Mid-Autumn Festival, you have been attacking Miss Ning's family, and today you have insulted Miss Ning several times during the hunt, which made Miss Ning unable to think about it for a while...... "This is obviously trying to blame yourself, what kind of words to attack, it is obvious that Liu Tang'er is looking for opportunities to persecute three times and twice."
Yan Xin caught a glimpse of the strangulation marks on Ning Shuying's neck, and some new red scratches on her arms, if she wanted to hang herself, why did she have to harm herself before.
"If it was really me who humiliated Miss Ning during the hunt, then how would Sister Tang'er explain the slap marks on her face? Could it be that when I taught Miss Ning a lesson, my sister and the prince were also present? The two of you didn't get any benefit from me when you joined forces? ”
This series of questions is just the conclusion that Yan Xin came to after only checking Ning Shuying's injuries, if he wants to catch the murderer, he has to go to Ning Shuying's room to take a good look.
"You ......"
Liu Tang'er was speechless, and wanted to continue to refute it, but was stopped as soon as she made a sound.
"I can testify for Miss Yanxin, it was indeed Liu Tang'er who bumped into Miss Ning at the time of the hunt, so he was slapped in the face, and the royal brother saw it before he stood up for Liu Tang'er and said two words to Miss Ning."
It was really time for Qin Xuanlang to appear, he was slowly walked in from the outside with the help of others, this looked like a real illness had been drawn, with chapped lips, a pale face, and slightly messy hair.
With Qin Xuanlang's words, King Pingnan had even greater doubts about Ning Shuying's death.
"Just now before I came, I had already found a few guards to go to Miss Ning's room to check, the rope hanging from herself was very high, and a woman alone could not reach it, and there were broken items in the room, there must be a dispute."
Qin Xuanlang brought up the maid who had come to inform King Pingnan before, and the maid had a solemn face, as if she had finally recovered from her fright.
His question is reasonable, and his eyes are still resolute in such a scene, giving people the illusion of not being arrogant or impatient.
"As Miss Ning's personal maid, how can you let your young lady be alone in the house for so long, can't you hear the sound of her kicking off the bench and breaking things?"
The maid shirked it cleanly, and kept waving her hand, refusing to say a word, or throwing the evidence at anyone.
"Miss Xiao said that she was in a bad mood and asked us to step down, so we didn't know anything......"
Qin Xuanlang ordered someone to pick up the maid's arm, there were a lot of bruises from the whipping, and there were also prints of slapping with the back of the knife on the back of the neck, as if he had been knocked unconscious before.
"You're lying, someone must have gone to your lady's room tonight, otherwise what's the matter with your injuries?"
He was calm, as if the truth of everything was known, and he was just waiting for the maid to admit it.
Under the nose of Yan Xin, Liu Tang'er gave the maid a look, and she didn't know what it meant, but the maid understood it and hurriedly denied it.
"Yes...... It was the young lady who was angry and scolded the slave maid, so she ......"
"Shuying treats you the best on weekdays, treats you as a good sister, and everything good is for you, you actually say such things, come on!"
King Pingnan couldn't sit still, how could such illusory words be convincing.
"Drag it down and beat it until she tells the truth, or if not, kill it on the spot!"
For this kind of slave and maid who betrayed his master, he had no life in the first place, especially when King Pingnan was already angry.
No one around came out to stop her, and the maid saw that Liu Tang'er and the prince didn't take any action, so she hurriedly struggled and snored.
"Lord Wang! The prince spares his life! Slaves and maids also have troubles! ”
After she screamed twice, she was invited to the spot, and she saw that the matter might be exposed, and the prince had no intention of protecting himself, so she relented.
"The slave knows that she is sorry for the young lady, but someone wants to kill the young lady, and threatens the lives of the slave and the maid's family......"
As soon as these words came out, Liu Tang'er took a cool breath, and then held Qin Xuanyi's hand and asked for shelter.
King Pingnan ordered someone to let her down, and when he was all out with her, he looked at everyone's faces with Yan Xin, and he didn't stop his movements.
This made Yan Xin begin to doubt, Liu Tang'er can do whatever she wants with the prince's liking, but there are too many things that happened today, and she didn't have the big news in advance, so the plan failed.
Miss Ye was indeed unable to sleep because of Miss Liu Er's slander, and she said that she would write a letter to tell Madame, so that Madame could have a good talk with the concubines. It didn't take long for Miss Liu Er to come to meet her, and they quarreled in the house, and the slave maid was choked as soon as she wanted to go in......"
The maid stepped back as she spoke, as if she was afraid that Liu Tang'er would suddenly pounce on her and eat her alive.
"Later...... Afterward...... I went in and looked at it, only to find that the young lady was already dead! ”
With this confession, Liu Tang'er was in a catastrophe, and Yan Xin couldn't help but feel that today's things were like divine help.
The maid finished speaking tremblingly, tears were already on her face, she betrayed her master, and betrayed the prince, even if she could avoid the death penalty, this flesh and skin suffering was inevitable.
"Take her down and watch her carefully, and if something goes wrong, don't spare it."
The prince connived at the woman he liked to do such a thing, this is a hard-won trick, and he must take good care of this witness.
"Okay, Second Miss Liu, it's your turn to give us an explanation."
Qin Xuanlang stared at Liu Tang'er, but in fact, he was attacking the prince.
In just a few moments, Liu Tang'er's mind has flashed countless solutions.
If you ask for the prince's help at this time, you will undoubtedly be sitting on your own plan, and you may implicate the prince to cause an unnecessary situation, in case you provoke the prince's disgust, everything today will be in vain.
The second prince is obviously protecting the banquet heart, and he has no chance of winning in such entanglement.
"I did enter Ning Shuying's tent, but I haven't done this murder, I just went to let Miss Ning fulfill my friendship with the prince, but who knows that not only did she not want to, but she also broke the cup."
She stepped forward slowly, her tone full of wrongs, as if she was the real victim.
In a few words, he also confirmed his relationship with the prince, so that the prince could not withdraw so quickly, if he really ignored it, I am afraid that the rumors outside would be even more unpleasant.
"Besides, I'm a weak woman, how can I kill Miss Ning by myself and hang her to such a high place."
According to Liu Tang'er's usual style, it is estimated that tears will come down after two more words, and then the sinner will become himself again.
"It's all my fault for this matter, if it weren't for the fact that I was moved by His Royal Highness the Prince, it wouldn't have hurt Miss Ning, if the second prince thought that I did it, then it would be."
Sure enough, she had already given up explaining, and with a look of wronging me if you wanted to be wronged, she kept conveying her thoughts to the prince.
At this time, he couldn't stand it anymore and broke the deadlock.
"Back to the second prince, Miss Ning was indeed strangled to death before hanging on the beam, and there were scars on her wrists, which must have been a conflict with someone before her death, and Miss Ning had some flesh and blood left in her nails...... I don't know if I can look at Miss Liu Er's hands. ”
Liu Yanxin didn't give her any chance to pretend to be dead, she directly reached out and pulled her over, and raised her hands in front of her.
The scratches on the back of her hand and index finger were clear, and she couldn't argue anymore.
The attendant who saw the scene of Ning Shuying's tent together boldly speculated.
"Looking at this injury, it must be Miss Liu Er who choked Miss Ning's neck, and Miss Ning choked her hand in the resistance."
"This wound was only left in the course of the dispute, can it be convicted by this alone?"
The prince was finally moved by Liu Tang'er's tenderness, and stood up to defend her.
Seeing that she was about to fall into a dilemma, Liu Yanxin hurriedly made a decision as the daughter of the Liu family and the eldest sister of Liu Tang'er.
"Even if she can't be convicted, she can't be proved innocent, so it's better to ask the state pastor to investigate this matter, in order to prove the innocence of my Liu family, it is recommended that the sister be detained first, if it is true, the Liu family will not tolerate it."
The position of this sentence is clear enough, she wants to make King Pingnan believe in the sincerity of the Liu family, and she also wants to make sure that Liu Tang'er cannot be spared because of the relationship between the prince.
King Pingnan nodded, and his tone seemed to be warning.
"If the matter is really related to the Liu family, Hugh blames the king for suing His Majesty, and this matter will never be settled."