Xie Lingqin nodded, without any modesty, "Yes, so you should give it a try."
Xie Danling took a step back, his face clearly showing some weakness.
He knew that this older sister was the type to act decisively and without hesitation, and he had experienced it firsthand.
only……
"That second sister, is she really not my second sister?" Xie Danling suddenly asked.
Xie Lingqin's eyes widened in surprise, and after a moment, she nodded, "Indeed."
"So all these years, I've been deceived by her?"
Xie Lingqin remained noncommittal, then smiled and said, "You can use your own head to think about it."
Xie Dan listened to Xie Lingqin's words, his expression growing increasingly grim, his lips clenched tightly. "But she has always been very good to me, unlike you."
"Is that so?" Xie Lingqin's smile was colder than the moonlight. She suddenly took a few steps forward and stopped in front of Xie Danling.
Its aura was inexplicably strong and cold.
Xie Danling instinctively tried to back away, but Xie Lingqin grabbed her shoulder.
"You, you, you... don't think you're some kind of tyrant now, I..."
"What do you mean, 'you'?" Xie Lingqin chuckled as she looked at Xie Danling, seemingly sizing him up. After a moment, she glanced at Zihe, a helpless expression on her face. "Zihe, my mother's eyes do have problems, but thankfully, she passed it all on to Xie Danling."
Zihe...
She dared not accept that.
After saying that, Xie Lingqin patted Xie Danling's shoulder in a good mood, "Take good care of your grandmother." Then she made a move to leave.
"I went to Elder Dong's place again today. Elder Dong torments me every day, making me do this and that. It must be you conspiring with him." Xie Danling was provoked by Xie Lingqin's overly indifferent attitude and said urgently.
Xie Lingqin turned around and glanced at him. "Really? That's good."
"you……"
"Shh." Xie Lingqin raised a finger to her lips, blinked, and said, "Xie Danling, what if my investigation leads me to find you guilty of murder? What do you say..."
"How dare you! You're threatening me! How can you be so wicked?"
"So, hurry up and go back to sleep, don't think about anything else." Xie Lingqin's expression turned serious, and she shouted.
Upon hearing this, Xie Dan's face fell. He felt that this older sister was incredibly cunning, but he couldn't outmaneuver her at the moment. He stomped his foot and angrily turned to head towards his own courtyard.
“Miss, the young master used to trust the second young lady so much. Now that he has been deceived, he must be feeling terrible. If you carefully guide him, perhaps he will understand and will not oppose you.”
Zihe saw that Xie Danling had walked away before she stepped forward and whispered.
Xie Lingqin's expression was cold, and her eyes were filled with icy light. "She has been influenced by Xie Lingqin for too long. There are some things that you can never accept unless you experience them yourself."
"Experienced it personally?" Zihe asked, puzzled.
Xie Lingqin raised an eyebrow and smiled faintly, then said nothing more.
...
The Prince Xian's Mansion.
It seemed that overnight, the entire prosperous atmosphere collapsed, and a deathly aura permeated the entire mansion.
The maids and servants were afraid to make a sound when they walked, lest they displease the prince and bring about their own demise.
After all, the prince had smashed countless things since returning from the palace, and his face, which used to be gentle and kind to the servants, making even men's hearts flutter, was now gloomy and terrifying.
At this moment, in the study of the Prince Xian's mansion, Yuwen Xian sat there with a gloomy expression, looking at Qingyi kneeling in front of him, his whole body shrouded in a layer of depression.
Qingyi had injuries on his face and looked defeated.
"Your Highness... When I was ordered by you to capture Miss Xie, I was intercepted. Moreover, I didn't even see who the other party was..." Qingyi said, not daring to raise his head.
"Bang!" Yuwen Xian pushed the teapot in front of him over, his anger undisguised. "So, that means that at that time, when Xie Lingyu broke into the inner hall of Hualuo Palace, the person I saw was not you."
Qingyi lowered his head, facing the sage king's anger, not daring to utter a sound.
“The palace is heavily guarded, and outsiders are not allowed to enter. The only one who can take action is the Crown Prince. Moreover, Yu Qingyi also entered the palace today, so he must be involved in this matter.” Yuwen Xian clenched his fists, his eyes bloodshot.
He was the envy of everyone since birth and has always been proud. Today's incident is an indelible disgrace for him.
"Your Highness..." After a moment, Qingyi whispered a reminder, "Could this matter also be related to Miss Xie?"
“Her status is awkward. Entering the palace this time is already fraught with danger, let alone the imperial palace. What can she do or scheme like this? She didn’t act strangely when the emperor issued the decree in the palace before. It must be the crown prince…” Suddenly thinking of something, Yuwen Xian slammed his hand heavily on the table, making the teacups on the table shatter.
“Back then, the bottle of medicine I gave Xie Lingqin was clearly tampered with, yet she didn’t fall for it. And the Crown Prince was there at the time, so it must have been the Crown Prince who did something.” Yuwen Xian gritted his teeth, his eyes filled with undisguised malice. “Yuwen Yao, all these years, I shouldn’t have kept you alive. I should have taken action the only time I found your weakness… and we wouldn’t be in this state.”
Yuwen Xian became increasingly frustrated as he spoke.
"Your Highness, the Emperor has entrusted Miss Xie with the investigation of Xiao's death. What if it turns out that the letter accusing her was written by you? Wouldn't that..."
"Does she have that ability? It's just that the Emperor sent her to investigate in order to appease the world."
"……yes."
"Nowadays, I can only go out on the first and fifteenth of the month, and I've even been stripped of my right to attend court meetings..."
Yuwen Xian grew angrier as he spoke, and after a moment, he let out a cold laugh, "However, I can do something in secret, and I will certainly not let Yuwen Yao be smug."
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