Outside the Xue Mansion, Xue Ziyi was called out by a servant and walked into a secluded alley.
He asked suspiciously, "Mother, didn't you leave with the Crown Princess? Why are you back again?"
Before Mrs. Guo could answer him, a slap came towards his cheek. Xue Ziyi looked at Mrs. Guo in surprise, obviously not understanding why she slapped him for no reason.
"Mom, what are you doing?"
Mrs. Guo looked at him angrily. "What are you doing? Don't you know what immoral things you've done? Why are you asking me?"
Because she was too angry, the fetus in her belly was affected, causing her to frown in pain, holding her stomach, and her face gradually changed.
Ni Yueshan, who was waiting not far away, saw that Mrs. Guo was in a bad condition, so she ran over and supported her: "Mom, you are pregnant, you can't get angry. Go back and rest first, I'll take care of it!"
Ni Yueshan's expression was extremely firm, and he looked at Mrs. Guo intently.
Xue Ziyi also reached out his hand worriedly, wanting to support Mrs. Guo, but Mrs. Guo glared at him fiercely. However, due to the severe pain in her abdomen, she had no strength to support herself and continue speaking. She had a pale face and let people support her and walk away.
Xue Ziyi watched with a worried look as Mrs. Guo was helped away. Then his gaze fell on Ni Yueshan and he asked doubtfully, "Crown Princess, what exactly happened? Why did you leave and come back? I really don't know. Please tell me clearly."
Ni Yueshan looked at him sharply, with a hint of inquiry: "Are you really as gentle as jade, or are you really just pretending?"
This sentence made Xue Ziyi even more surprised.
"Okay, I'll tell you straight up. You sent someone to assassinate the coroner in an attempt to silence him, but the assassination failed and he was rescued by my people!"
Ni Yueshan clapped his hands, and the coroner was brought over by Qingfeng and Qingluan and stood in front of Xue Ziyi.
Although Ni Yueshan was a head shorter than Xue Ziyi, his temperament was no less impressive than his. He looked at him with sharp, cold eyes and demanded, "How else can you defend yourself?"
The coroner looked at Xue Ziyi angrily and shouted, "I shouldn't have coveted your money and given false testimony based on what you said! You are the real murderer of my father!"
Xue Ziyi narrowed his eyes slightly, a puzzled look on his face: "When did I ever give you money? When did I ever send someone to assassinate you? It's unfair!"
He looked at Ni Yueshan with an anxious yet innocent look on his face: "Crown Princess, you deliberately asked Concubine Bian to send someone to invite a coroner in order to prove it to Concubine Bian! This coroner was not hired by me, so how could I have paid him to give false testimony for me? Please investigate this matter, Crown Princess!"
The coroner was furious. "You're still trying to quibble? I'm your man. I was paid to stay near the Xue family. That concubine's maid just left the house and ran into me not long after. So she brought me to the Xue residence!"
Then he dug in his pocket and took out a purse: "You gave it to me!"
Then he threw it on the ground with an angry expression.
"My people? I never sent anyone! You are talking nonsense!" Xue Ziyi denied it and was unwilling to admit it.
Ni Yueshan felt a headache listening to the two people arguing.
"Mr. Xue, as an innocent man and the son of Master Xue, your first reaction shouldn't be to question the coroner, asking why he gave false testimony. You should ask, why did he give false testimony? Didn't your father fall to his death? Why would he give false testimony? Your reaction is very suspicious..."
Ni Yueshan's words made Xue Ziyi's face pale a little. He took a few steps back and shook his head vigorously: "No, no, I didn't do it, I didn't do anything..."
Ni Yueshan narrowed her eyes slightly and looked at him, her gaze growing increasingly cold and sharp. "If it weren't for the fact that my mother is your mother, I would definitely... report you to the police right now and have you arrested first, instead of wasting time arguing with you here. How long are you going to keep quibbling?"
Ni Yueshan's expression was too cold, and that arrogant and chilling aura made Xue Ziyi feel a little oppressed.
His head was pale, and he shook his head vigorously: "I didn't, I didn't kill my father. Mr. Coroner, the result of your examination should be that my father was stabbed in the back of the neck by a hairpin? How could I have a hairpin? I had an ordinary headband on my head..."
The coroner snorted, "There's no such thing as a hairpin piercing the body. It was clearly just a piece of wine jar!"
Xue Ziyi was stunned and surprised: "Impossible, it's obviously a hairpin!"
"Really? Why did you tell me back then that your father fell to his death? Xue Ziyi, I thought you were a gentle and refined person, but now it seems you're truly a hidden talent!"
Knowing he was exposed, Xue Ziyi's expression changed, but he finally said firmly: "I didn't kill my father!"
"According to what you said, your father should have been stabbed by a hairpin. Who is the owner of the hairpin?" Ni Yueshan narrowed his eyes slightly and looked at him sharply, waiting for him to reveal more of the truth.
Xue Ziyi's expression changed greatly, and he didn't even think about telling the truth.
Ni Yueshan sighed, "You are helping the criminals to cover up the truth. This evil act of yours is no less evil than patricide!"
The coroner said angrily, "Crown Princess, what are you waiting for? This kind of person will not confess unless he is taken to the government office and severely tortured."
Ni Yueshan ignored him and looked at Xue Ziyi coldly: "Who do you want to protect? The woman with the hairpin?"
Ni Yueshan narrowed her eyes slightly and speculated, "Who could be the woman walking back and forth in Master Xue's study, and appearing so late at night?"
Xue Ziyi clenched his fists and said nothing.
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