Chapter 211 Her Selfishness

"The chief constable of Jingzhao Prefecture, Jian Liang." Cui Wen didn't understand what he meant, but he repeated it anyway.

Xie Zhuoning murmured, "How could it be him?"

If Cui Wen really gave the list to Jian Liang, then things would become difficult.

Seeing her big reaction, Cui Wen thought she was worried about her friend's character, and quickly explained, "Don't worry, Jian Liang and I are like brothers, and he is an upright person. He will definitely not leak the list!"

Xie Zhuoning naturally believed this. How could a dead person leak information?

She raised her head and bit the corner of her lip, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself from saying it.

After hesitating for a moment, he finally made up his mind, "Captain Jian...got drunk and fell into the moat not long ago and has drowned!"

"What?" Cui Wen's eyes widened, his chest heaving, and he was breathing rapidly, looking totally incredulous.

He knew that he was under surveillance during this period, so he did not dare to have any contact with Jian Liang, for fear that others would suspect him.

That day, the two men were determined and agreed to eradicate the cancer in the court and restore peace to Daye.

But I never expected that the next time I heard from him, it was the news of his death!

He covered his face with his hands, and two lines of hot tears flowed out from between his fingers.

He burst into tears, "He was never a heavy drinker and was very good with water. How could he have gotten drunk and drowned? I ruined him, I ruined him!"

If he hadn't insisted on investigating, how could he have dragged all his relatives and friends into it?

It's his fault, it's all his fault!

He had just woken up and was already feeling weak, and coupled with his emotional agitation, he passed out as soon as he closed his eyes.

Xiao Cui rushed over and called loudly for his father.

Ling Xiao also hurriedly called a doctor to examine Cui Wen.

Fortunately, he just fainted from excessive grief and anger, and everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Coming out of the house, Xiao Jinxuan raised his eyebrows slightly and looked at her sideways, "Did you also make up stories about Jian Liang's death?"

Xie Zhuoning twitched his lips speechlessly.

The last time he asked himself how he knew Cui Wen committed suicide out of fear of crime, he said "I just guessed it", but he still remembers it now.

"Congratulations, Your Highness Prince Xuan. I guessed wrong. This time it's not a blind guess."

She briefly recounted how she was invited to the banquet, but inexplicably went to Yihonglou with Yang Yijun to catch her brother committing adultery, and how she rescued Lord Yang Fangwen, who was on the verge of losing his innocence, from Hongxiu's hands. In the end, she learned that Lord Yang suspected something was wrong with the death of Captain Jian, so he secretly went to Yihonglou to investigate.

In other words, what Yang Fangwen wants to investigate is very likely the same thing as what they want to investigate!

Xiao Jinxuanjian lowered his eyebrows and pondered for a moment, "It looks like I have to go to Jingzhao Prefecture."

Xie Zhuoning was very excited, "I want to go too!"

Unexpectedly, when they arrived at Jingzhao Prefecture, they learned that Yang Fangwen had gone to Yihong Tower again.

"It's been so long, and Lord Yang still hasn't managed to pry open Hong Xiu's mouth. Looks like we have to go and lend him a helping hand."

After Xie Zhuoning finished speaking, he was about to walk towards Yihongyuan.

However, Xiao Jinxuan grabbed him by the back of his neck and dragged him back, "You are not allowed to go."

"Why!" The little girl was quite unconvinced.

The veins on Xiao Jinxuan's forehead jumped twice. "Is that a place you, a girl, should go to?"

She even asked why?!

Xie Zhuoning puffed up his cheeks and said angrily, "I took great pains to wake Cui Wen up, but you came back and destroyed me. How can this be justified?"

Every accusation in his voice was filled with resentment, as if he had suffered a great injustice.

Xiao Jinxuan's eyes were as bright as torches, and he looked at her without hesitation, "Give me a reason."

Give him a reason why she must get involved in this case.

The expression on Xie Zhuoning's face changed again and again, his eyes narrowed, and his drooping fingers curled up slightly.

Why do you have to get involved?

Because the moment she knew that the Crown Prince and Prince Yong had condescended to come to the Yufu Division to force Xiao Jinxuan to close the case, she had a bold guess -

Who wants the case to be closed? Who wants Cui Wen to die? Who doesn't want Xiao Jinxuan to continue investigating?

It must be the real mastermind behind this!

In other words, the Crown Prince and Prince Yong are most likely involved in this matter!

How could she miss such a good opportunity?

If the mastermind behind this was the prince, she could just prove to Xiao Jinxuan that the prince was not a wise ruler, thereby winning the bet!

And if it was Prince Yong who was causing trouble, this case would have serious implications, and once it was exposed, it would definitely shake his foundation!

So no matter who the case is traced to in the end, it will be a good thing for her.

It's just that her selfishness cannot be exposed in front of others.

Xie Zhuoning gently pulled up the corner of Xiao Jinxuan's clothes and whispered, "Actually, I just wanted to help you. I couldn't bear to see you suffer so much."

"You're lying." Xiao Jinxuan exposed her mercilessly.

If one plan fails, come up with another one.

"You have to force me to tell you, right? Fine, I'll tell you then." She closed her eyes, looking determined, "I'm afraid you'll be dazzled by those courtesans in the brothel, so I'm worried about you not following me and keeping an eye on you, okay?"

So, it was because of jealousy?

With a strange expression on his face for a moment, Xiao Jinxuan covered his lips and coughed softly, "I was just investigating a case, I wouldn't look around."

Therefore, she need not be confused.

"Don't you know what you look like? If you don't look around randomly, can you guarantee that others won't look around randomly? What if someone falls in love with you at first sight? What if they insist on chasing you and promising themselves to you? What will happen to me and my child in the future?"

Xie Zhuoning's words became more and more fluent and outrageous as he spoke.

Xiao Jinxuan couldn't bear to listen any more, "Where did you get this child from?"

"Cui Shuo, I'm your son, I just adopted you." Xie Zhuoning said this without hesitation, and immediately pulled him like a rogue, using both his hands and feet to tangle him, "Just decide whether you will take me with you or not."

Xiao Jinxuan: “…”

She is almost hanging on him, what else can he do if he doesn't take her with him?

But she could go there, but he had a condition: Xia Ju had to disguise her as a man.

Xie Zhuoning agreed immediately.

But when she looked at herself in the mirror, with her big nose, small eyes, slightly curled mustache, and petite figure, she looked so... disgusting!

She regretted it.

But in order to follow Xiao Jinxuan to investigate the case, she endured it!

As soon as the two of them entered Yihong Courtyard, a large number of girls flocked to them like butterflies.

Xiao Jinxuan stepped back and did not let any smell of makeup stick to the corners of his clothes.

When I looked up, I saw Xie Zhuoning hugging one person on his left and leaning against another on his right, smiling like a flower.

"Sister, you smell so good, what kind of perfume do you use?"

"My sister is really pretty. Are you eighteen this year?"

"I have a connection with you from the moment I saw you. Did I pass you by five hundred times in my previous life?"

Looking at the scene in front of him, Xiao Jinxuan narrowed his eyes dangerously, like clouds and waves.

So who was it that the courtesan narrowed her eyes?

She has more ways to coax them than to coax herself!