Chapter 58: Missing a key witness
When Xie Yingmian saw the concubine looking at her, her expression did not change.
She bowed slightly and said, "Your Highness, Madam Fang is right. Nanny Jiang may have died. We should go and salvage her."
"However, I am more inclined to believe that Nanny Jiang is absconding out of fear of punishment. After all, Nanny Jiang has been exposed..."
"You're talking nonsense!" Madam Fang thought Xie Yingmian was talking about Madam Jiang being bribed by the Fang family, so she rudely interrupted Xie Yingmian.
"The gatekeeper at Fengzaoyuan has never seen Nanny Jiang. Why did Nanny Jiang flee out of fear of punishment?"
"Even if Nanny Jiang has a way to leave Fengzaoyuan, the guards of Prince Ling's Mansion are not just for show. Unless she has three heads and six arms, there is no way she can escape."
Xie Yingmian said, "I haven't even finished what I was saying, why are you so anxious, Madam Fang?"
Mrs. Fang: "Which eye of yours saw that I was anxious?"
"Xie Yingmian, stop slandering me."
Xie Yingmian mocked: "The premise of slandering someone is that the target is a person. It's not certain whether I'm slandering Madam Fang or not."
Mrs. Fang: “You!”
"You are such an uneducated thing! How dare you scold me? I will tear your mouth apart."
As Mrs. Fang said this, she was about to hit Xie Yingmian.
Xie Yingmian's eyes flashed, and he subconsciously made a counterattack gesture.
"Stop it, everyone!" The concubine was annoyed and shouted angrily.
"Anyone who quarrels again, get out."
Madam Fang and Xie Yingmian both kept silent.
The servants who are good at water have all arrived.
Some of the servants went into the water, while others drove four small boats to salvage in the lake.
The house fell into a brief silence.
The concubine had a gloomy face and said nothing, and no one else dared to speak.
Everyone held their breath.
The atmosphere in the house was so depressing that you could hear a pin drop.
Fang Yilin had just woken up and his head was still a little dazed.
Seeing the tit-for-tat confrontation between her mother and Xie Yingmian, even though she was confused, she realized that something was wrong.
Xie Yingmian must have said something that distorted right and wrong while she was unconscious, putting her in an unfavorable situation.
Fang Yilin looked at Mrs. Fang and weakly called out "Mom".
Madam Fang hugged Fang Yilin and said, "Don't be afraid, Lin'er. I will definitely help you clear your name and see justice done."
Fang Yilin's heart skipped a beat.
It turned out that Xie Yingmian was turning the tables.
Fang Yilin was almost mad with anger.
How could things turn out like this!
She was first injured by Xie Yingmian and lost two skilled maids, Chunfeng and Chunyu.
Xie Yingmian plotted against him again, and he had a quarrel with the imperial concubine, so he was sent back home.
After returning home, she became more and more angry the more she thought about it, and the more she couldn't swallow this anger, so she made a foolproof revenge plan overnight.
The plan went very smoothly.
The heroine seriously injured Xie Yingmian, leaving her unable to fight back.
She also dragged Xie Yingmian into the lake as she wished.
But she had never expected that Xie Yingmian could plot against her in that situation.
It’s clearly the last step.
She was just one step away from success.
Fang Yilin almost vomited blood in anger.
"Aunt Toffee..." She looked at the Toffee with tears in her eyes.
The Concubine Dowager did not meet Fang Yilin's eyes.
Her voice was much colder than usual: "Don't talk for now, wait for news."
The room fell silent again.
The lake is not big.
More than a dozen people and four boats worked together on the salvage operation, and the results came out quickly.
Nanny Chang brought someone to report: "Report to the Concubine, no bodies were found in the lake."
"We also didn't find any clothing or jewelry for Nanny Jiang. We initially concluded that Nanny Jiang was not in the lake."
Mrs. Fang could no longer sit still.
She stood up and asked, "How is that possible? Did you overlook it?"
"I heard that if a body is caught in a crack in the rocks, it's easy to miss."
Nanny Chang reminded her, "This lake was dug by humans, there are no stones."
"More than a dozen people who could swim went into the water and searched it, and four boats also searched it, but they didn't find any bodies. Unless the bodies were buried at the bottom of the lake, it would be impossible not to find them."
Mrs. Fang: "Yes, maybe it's buried at the bottom of the lake."
Nanny Chang glanced at Madam Fang and said indifferently, "If Princess Ling didn't have supernatural powers, she wouldn't be able to do such a thing."
Mrs. Fang was immediately furious: "How dare you teach me a lesson!"
Nanny Chang bowed her head and said, "I dare not. I am only seeking truth from facts."
She asked the Concubine: "Concubine, do you want to continue the salvage?"
The concubine waved her hand: "No need."
Nanny Chang agreed and went out to dismiss the salvage team.
Nanny Jiang is missing, and the key witness is missing.
The situation was at an impasse again as to which of Xie Yingmian's and Fang Yilin's statements were true or false.
Toffee had a headache.
She hated Fang Yilin. He had to apologize for no reason. It would have been fine if he had just apologized, but he also caused trouble.
She also hated Xie Yingmian.
Only five days after Xie Yingmian entered the palace, four people died in Prince Ling's mansion, and the life or death of another was unknown.
These five people all died directly or indirectly at the hands of Xie Yingmian.
Wherever Xie Ying sleeps, there must be a dead person. It is really a worry.
The concubine asked Xie Yingmian in an unhappy tone: "Besides Nanny Jiang, what evidence do you have?"
Xie Yingmian said, "Yes."
"As long as Imperial Physician Cui takes my pulse, the truth will be revealed."
The Concubine Dowager and Madam Fang were both stunned.
Toffee frowned: "What are you talking about?"
Xie Yingmian repeated, "The Queen Dowager only needs to ask Imperial Physician Cui to take my pulse, and the truth will be revealed."
The Toffee was confused.
Mrs. Fang and Fang Yilin had different expressions.
Fang Yilin was nervous.
Although the heroine repeatedly assured her that Xie Yingmian's injuries were all internal, no matter how skilled the doctor was, he would not be able to diagnose them by taking her pulse.
But, Xie Yingmian herself is a bit weird.
What if I can get it out?
Mrs. Fang didn't know that Xie Yingmian was seriously injured.
She thought that Xie Yingmian asked the imperial physician to check her pulse because of the matter of leaving an heir.
She has received the news.
On the wedding night, Prince Ling's life hangs by a thread.
The Queen Mother originally wanted Xie Yingmian to be buried with her, but Xie Yingmian said that there was a way to leave an heir for Prince Ling, so she was spared.
This time, I'm afraid heirs will be used as an excuse again.
Madam Fang scoffed, "Princess Ling, you don't think that you can tell whether you have children by taking your pulse in just five days, do you?"
"It's not that easy for a woman to get pregnant. You have such a lame excuse. You can fool yourself, but to fool the Concubine and me is simply ridiculous."
The Toffee was a little embarrassed.
She is a woman who has given birth, how could she not know that a woman's pregnancy requires the right time, place and people?
The reason she agreed to Xie Yingmian's ridiculous request at that time was just to take a gamble.
What if?
What if God has mercy on me and I can really succeed?
She couldn't bear the pain of seeing her loved one die before her. If Xie Yingmian was lucky enough to leave Ye'er with a boy or girl, she would have something to rely on for the rest of her life.
When Mrs. Fang brought up this matter in public, it was like opening a scar alive.
Xie Yingmian took in the concubine's expression.
She understood the concubine's embarrassment.
"Your Highness, matters of offspring are all determined by fate," Xie Yingmian said softly. "Prince Ling suddenly fell critically ill on our wedding night. There was nothing we could do."
"Prince Ling's health is gradually improving. Sooner or later, there will be an opportunity. Don't worry."
"I asked Imperial Doctor Cui to take my pulse. It wasn't about the offspring, but because I discovered Nanny Jiang's secret."
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