Chapter 230 Did she really die at the hands of Xiao Jinxuan?

"Sister Zhuoning, I remember that you like to eat snacks from Quanjulou the most. I just asked someone to buy this for you. It's just out of the oven and still fresh. Come and try it."

Looking at Xiao Bicheng who was at someone else's wedding banquet, not caring about others and only looking at him with expectation, Xie Zhuoning always felt that things were going wrong.

According to her and Xiao Jinxuan's previous speculation, the mastermind behind the case of selling official positions and titles was either Xiao Bicheng or Prince Yong.

Especially when we knew that the other party chose the Duke Zheng's Mansion as the transaction site, it became even more confusing.

Everyone knows that Duke Zheng is the uncle of Prince Yong. If Prince Yong was the mastermind behind this, would he be so stupid as to choose this place as the transaction location, and a place that is related to the rumors about Queen Mother Yin?

But if Xiao Bicheng was the mastermind behind this, why was he staring at himself and smiling so maliciously instead of thinking about the transaction?

But thinking that Xiao Jinxuan had already prepared for all these, she didn't have to worry about it. It was more important to do her business first.

After eating a snack, she curled her lips and said, "Not bad."

Xiao Bicheng said with affection, "Then I'll have someone buy Quanjulou and it will be for you alone. You can eat whenever you want."

"That's not necessary," Xie Zhuoning declined hastily. "So many people love Quanjulou's dim sum. If we can't eat it anymore, will we be sad?"

"Sister Zhuo Ning is still so kind, so just do as you wish."

After hearing this, Xie Zhuoning immediately turned his head away, revealing only his light pink earlobes, looking as if he was shy.

In reality, Xie Zhuoning was so angry that his face turned red.

She took a deep breath and then a deep breath, and smiled again, "Your Highness, I have recently become fascinated with archery, but I have never found a suitable master. I wonder if there is anyone around you who is good at archery and can give me some pointers?"

Among Xiao Bicheng's six skills, archery is the worst. Now he only regrets that he has not learned the skill well enough and cannot teach it personally.

But asking him to find another man to guide him, with his arm around his shoulder, would be even worse!

"Actually, it's very dangerous for girls to shoot arrows. It's easy to hurt yourself..."

He was halfway through his words when he heard a calm and reserved voice coming from the door.

"Since you want to learn archery, why don't you come to me, Miss Xie?"

Looking up, I saw Xiao Jinxuan walking towards me, with an alluring aura and a chilling air.

It seemed as if the whole house was going to be frozen into an ice cave.

Prince Yong was not afraid of the excitement and said, "Yes, Miss Xie, when it comes to archery, my Seventeenth Brother is the undisputed master!"

Sensing the sense of crisis, Xiao Bicheng immediately changed his tone, "My two uncles are busy with official duties, so please don't bother. Isn't it just teaching archery? I have an expert beside me who is good enough to teach Sister Zhuo Ning."

Prince Yong deliberately said in a defiance manner: "Why is the Crown Prince so anxious? Since Miss Xie wants to learn archery, she should be allowed to choose who to learn from."

The problem was immediately thrown into Xie Zhuoning's hands.

She subconsciously raised her head and looked at Xiao Jinxuan.

His gaze was dim, like a shroud of mist, and his eyes seemed to penetrate thousands of miles and see into her heart.

"Strange, what's going on with this inexplicable feeling of guilt?"

Muttering to herself, she quickly retracted her gaze and said, "I'm just learning for fun, how dare I trouble His Royal Highness Prince Xuan to come and teach me in person?"

After these words were spoken, the person who was most happy was Xiao Bicheng.

He had noticed before that his seventeenth uncle had different feelings for Xie Zhuoning, and was afraid that if he interfered, she would be shaken.

I didn't expect that sister Zhuoning would choose him without hesitation.

I couldn't help but feel a little proud for a moment, "It seems that Sister Zhuoning still trusts me more."

Xie Zhuoning: “Haha.”

Could he please stop talking about it?

Didn’t you see that Xiao Jinxuan was smiling?

Although the corners of his mouth were curved, his eyes were so cold that they seemed to be covered in snow.

The arc is so sharp that it can cut people.

She knew that Xiao Jinxuan would definitely be angry, but she had her reasons for choosing Xiao Bicheng.

When she was in the pacification department, she saw how Mr. Jiang Wu and Mr. Song Jian died, and the first thought that came to her mind was - they are so similar!

It's too similar to how she died in her previous life.

An arrow pierced the throat, so crisp and clean!

So when she was at the Song family at that time and saw clearly that Song Jian and his wife died in a similar way to herself, the shock she felt was beyond words.

So when Jiang Yao arrived, she subconsciously asked, where is Xiao Jinxuan?

But when she came to her senses, she realized how absurd her thoughts were.

In order to catch the mastermind behind the incident, Xiao Jinxuan has been planning around Duke Zheng's Mansion these days. How did he find the time to assassinate Song Jian and his wife?

Not to mention, why would he have any reason to kill Song Jian and his wife?

After she went to the Protection Department and checked the autopsy report of Mr. Jiang Wu, and confirmed that the archer next to Xiao Bicheng was the real murderer, she breathed a sigh of relief.

It’s not Xiao Jinxuan, that’s great.

But soon a bigger question came to my mind——

If the three of them were killed by the archers around Xiao Bicheng, then what about her?

Did she really die at the hands of Xiao Jinxuan in her previous life?

This matter is too important to her.

Therefore, even if it would cause Xiao Jinxuan to misunderstand, she had to find an opportunity to get close to the archer beside Xiao Bicheng and find out the truth!

…

At this moment, at the women's table in the flower hall.

Princess Jing'an, who came to attend the wedding banquet, sat in the center, surrounded by several ladies from noble families. Princess Qingyi's appearance, as bright as snow, became the only touch of elegance among this crowd of grace and splendor.

Someone started to praise her, "I haven't seen you for a few years. Princess Qingyi has become even more beautiful. No wonder the Empress Dowager was reluctant to let you go."

Princess Qingyi tucked her hair behind her ears, lowered her head and smiled shyly, "Madam Liu, you are joking. The old ancestor has always disliked me and said that I was always hanging around in front of her and she was tired of me."

Naturally, few people would take my humble words seriously.

The shrewd ladies looked at each other and laughed secretly, "In my opinion, the Empress Dowager wants you to marry His Royal Highness Prince Xuan as soon as possible so that she can hold her little great-grandson sooner!"

Unexpectedly, the flattering words hit the horse's hoof.

When Princess Qingyi heard this, she couldn't help biting her lip, a trace of embarrassment on her face.

Now everyone in the capital city knows that she now lives in Prince Xuan's Mansion and will marry His Royal Highness Prince Xuan in the future.

But that day, Brother Heng's attitude of keeping his distance from her and wishing to cut off all ties with her made her feel chilled.

Not to mention today when she and the others went to welcome the prince, she looked at his figure from afar, and when she was satisfied that he was the only one there, his eyes were only on another person...

If in the end, she was unable to marry Brother Heng as she wished, wouldn't she become the laughing stock of the entire capital?

Princess Jing'an tilted her head slightly, glanced at her inconspicuously, and understood.

He raised his hand, rubbed his brow, and said, "Alas, as I get older, I can't join in the fun. I get a headache easily when there are too many people around."

The ladies also became interested when they heard this and immediately found excuses to leave.

There were no outsiders around, so Princess Jing'an waved and asked Princess Qingyi to come closer. "You seem a little unhappy?"

"No." Princess Qingyi shook her head.

"Don't hide it from me. Is it related to Xuan'er?"

"Brother Heng... has someone else in his heart now, and he won't even let me call him brother."

The pink corners of her lips were bleeding from biting so hard, and Princess Qingyi grabbed the hem of Qianye Diehua's skirt tightly.

"Alas, you, child... You were raised too innocently by the Empress Dowager." Princess Jing'an sighed, "If you want something, go get it yourself. If necessary, you can use some tricks."

The stupidest thing to do is to do nothing and wait for a man to change his mind.

Princess Qingyi lowered her eyes, her eyes flickering, "Use some... tricks? But I'm afraid that Brother Heng will blame me."

"Don't be afraid." Princess Jing'an touched her head, her eyes deep, "I will help you."

No matter what method I use, I can't let Xuan'er be with the Xie family!