Xue Ziyi snorted disdainfully: "Instead of arguing with me here, why not go find my second brother right away!"
Seeing that he was still unwilling to admit it, Bian Shan was a little anxious, "You, you, then tell me, besides you, who else is there!"
Xue Ziyi was impatient: "I said, if there is no, then there is no!"
He felt that Bian Shan was being unreasonable and was about to leave. Bian Shan clenched her fists and left angrily.
The people from the Xue Mansion searched for Xue Ting for most of the night but couldn't find him. Bian Shan was almost on the verge of collapse.
"Has any ransom note been delivered?"
The maid shook her head, and Bian Shan sighed and paced back and forth.
"Mrs. Bian, you should go and get some rest. If it's really a kidnapping, they'll send a letter!"
"No need to wait, child, this prince has brought it back to you!"
A voice sounded not far away. Aunt Bian turned around and saw Jing Yuchen coming back holding the sleeping child.
Bian Shan stepped forward excitedly, then remembered the other party's identity and bowed politely: "Greetings, Your Highness."
She raised her head to look at Xue Ting, and Jing Yuchen took the initiative to explain: "He is fine, there is nothing serious!"
"However, this prince used some methods to find out from him whether Aunt Bian was at the scene of Master Xue's crime..."
Bian Shan's expression changed, and finally she just said coldly: "If the prince wants to know the truth, he can just come and interrogate me. Why embarrass a child?"
She looked unhappy, but Jing Yuchen didn't care much.
"Really? Will you confess honestly?"
Bian Shan was just feeling annoyed, and finally didn't care about anything else. She quickly ran to Jing Yuchen and snatched Xue Ting back into her arms.
Only then did she see that Xue Ting was holding a candied haws in his hand. Could it be that the method Jing Yuchen mentioned was to use food as a temptation?
Her expression remained calm as she handed the child to the servant beside her: "Take the Second Young Master away!"
After Xue Ting was carried away, the other two slowly approached from a distance. Ni Yueshan couldn't help but sigh, "I heard your conversation with Xue Ziyi. What do you want to tell me?"
Ni Yueshan originally wanted to hide nearby and eavesdrop on the conversation between the two to find out some inside information, but she didn't expect that the two would quarrel with each other. They only exchanged a few words without any important information, and then left, so she had to give up.
Bian Shan's expression changed, and she glanced at Xue Ziyi. Xue Ziyi's expression was solemn, and finally, as if he couldn't bear it any longer, he said, "You once said that my father was stabbed to death by a hairpin, but... the results of the two coroners' autopsy showed that my father was not stabbed to death by a hairpin at all. Aunt Bian, why did you lie?"
"It seems that there are many misunderstandings between us. Believe it or not, I have never lied to you!"
Xue Ziyi obviously didn't want to listen any further, and said coldly: "Since the Crown Prince has heard the information revealed by my second brother, this case will be judged by you, the Crown Prince!"
As he said this, he sat down aside, looking very disappointed with Bian Shan and not wanting to care about her life or death.
The servants around them also dispersed. In the courtyard, Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen sat down. Jing Yuchen spoke first, "Xue Ting revealed that your concubine Bian was not in the room the night Master Xue died. I guess it was you who spent the night with Master Xue!"
"Your body is covered with scars, all caused by Master Xue. Did you harbor a grudge and decide to kill him?"
Bian Shan's expression changed, and finally she just chuckled: "Killing means paying with one's life, that's all. Just say it. He, Xue Rong, after Zheng Rouer betrayed me, suspected that I had betrayed him too, and even suspected that Ting'er was not his own flesh and blood!"
"If he had just beaten and scolded me, I wouldn't have resisted at all, but he wanted to have Ting'er called in. He wanted to beat and scold Ting'er as well!"
As she spoke, she began to wipe away her tears, her face full of indignation, without a trace of regret or shame.
"So, when he was about to return to his seat, I pulled out my hairpin and stabbed him in the back of the neck..."
"After that, he collapsed, bleeding profusely. I was truly terrified, but I didn't expect my maid to call the Young Master. Not only did the Young Master not think of arresting me, but he was actually trying to conceal the evidence for my crime..."
She raised her head and looked at Xue Ziyi: "It's my fault. I actually suspected you and kidnapped Ting'er!"
"Now, everyone is responsible for their own actions. I was the one who killed the master!"
"But, the coroner said the murder weapon was not a hairpin!" Xue Ziyi looked at Bian Shan in confusion. It was obvious that he couldn't understand this!
Bian Shan shook her head, "I didn't lie!"
Jing Yuchen, who had been silent the entire time, spoke up at this moment: "The murderer was Concubine Bian, and the Young Master covered it up for her? Do you hate Master Xue so much?"
Bian Shan and Xue Ziyi both had resentful expressions on their faces. When they mentioned Xue Rong, they were filled with rage and even held a bit of hatred. Although the man was dead, the hatred in their hearts was hard to dispel.
Before Bian Shan could answer, she knelt on the ground and looked at Jing Yuchen, pleading, "I killed the master. If you want to punish me, just arrest me. Ting'er is innocent!"
After she finished speaking, she looked at Xue Ziyi and said, "After I go to prison, please take good care of Ting'er!"
Then she began to kowtow vigorously to Xue Ziyi. Xue Ziyi frowned at her and quickly stepped forward to support her: "Madam Bian, please get up quickly. You and I are both responsible for this matter. If I had been called there that night, perhaps I would have taken action as well!"
Bian Shan knelt on the ground and shook her head: "No, I can't get up. You have to promise me that you will take good care of Ting'er!"
"Ting'er is my second brother, how can I ignore him?"
Finally, Xue Ziyi had no choice but to kneel on the ground and look at Ni Yueshan and Jing Yuchen: "Crown Prince, Crown Princess, please don't arrest Aunt Bian. We have all been brutalized by our father and we can't endure it any longer!"
Ni Yueshan remained silent. Jing Yuchen, standing by, looked grave, "So, why are the coroner's autopsy results inconsistent with what Aunt Bian said?"
Bian Shan fell silent.
Xue Ziyi didn't know how to respond.
Ni Yueshan sat aside, his hand supporting his forehead, hesitant, "Could there be a third murderer?"
Xue Ziyi and Bian Shan were both surprised. The third murderer!
Ni Yueshan analyzed: "If Master Xue didn't die because of the hairpin, then he didn't die because of you, Aunt Bian. When Master Xue arrived, Master Xue was already dead, so he didn't die because of Master Xue either. So there must be a third person, right?"
Ni Yueshan's analysis sounds somewhat reasonable, but when you think about it carefully, it seems a bit terrifying.
Jing Yuchen continued: "If we find this person, maybe the murder of Mr. Xue was committed by a third person, and Aunt Bian and Master Xue are innocent!"
Ni Yueshan nodded: "That's understandable, so I need the two of you to explain everything clearly, without missing a single word!"
Xue Ziyi and Bian Shan looked at each other. They didn’t expect things to turn out like this?
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