A raincoat wind and snow to the small garden

Chapter 27 Snowy Villa ()

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Xiang Xiaoyuan had an idea and she tugged at Huaiyu's sleeve.

"Brother, I'll go find His Highness."

Huaiyu frowned in confusion and asked, "Why?"

Xiang Xiaoyuan: "Now that there's progress in the case, I should report it to His Highness."

Huaiyu glanced down at her without saying anything. He thought to himself, Xiang Xiaoyuan really understood the principle of sharing everything equally.

Xiang Xiaoyuan sent Ruyi back to work, packed up his things, and went straight to the courtyard where the crown prince lived.

When she arrived, Eunuch Fusheng stopped Xiang Xiaoyuan and said that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince was still resting and that he would only let Xiang Xiaoyuan in after the palace servants informed her.

Perhaps fearing Xiang Xiaoyuan would be discouraged, Fusheng coughed and said, "Even if, even if Coroner Xiang and Your Highness have such a relationship, you still have to respect Your Highness. As an experienced person, I'm not sure if I should say something, but as an old man in the palace and a friend of Coroner Xiang, I should still give you some advice."

He pretended to listen attentively to Xiaoyuan.

Fusheng: "As the saying goes, beauty fades and love fades. Now that you've just been together, everything is new to you. If you're bolder with the coroner, His Highness will think you're different. But as time goes by, he'll see more and more of everything, and your unruly and capricious behavior won't be tolerated anymore. If His Highness gets angry, he'll definitely punish you. It's better to respect you and keep your distance from me from the beginning. As the saying goes, a wife is not as good as a concubine, and a concubine is not as good as a mistress..."

Before Fusheng could finish his instructions, a voice suddenly came from the distance: "So, according to Eunuch Fusheng, the Crown Prince is such a person that he will try anything new, even if it's fresh, even if it's hungry or cold?"

Fusheng was calm and composed: "That's not wrong..."

He had just finished showing off his great principles when he looked up and saw Xiang Xiaoyuan looking at him tremblingly.

Fusheng felt a tingling sensation on his spine when he thought of the clear and cold voice just now.

He broke out in a cold sweat, turned around, and smiled awkwardly: "Slave, slave, I am talking nonsense, this slave is guilty of death, Your Highness, please don't be angry!"

Xie Yunxue raised her eyes and glanced at him coldly: "Since you know you are guilty of a capital crime, why don't you accept the punishment?"

The punishment is death, Fusheng is not that stupid.

He suddenly collapsed, falling to Xiang Xiaoyuan's feet, sobbing, "Coroner Xiang, please save me!"

Although Xiang Xiaoyuan didn't understand Fusheng's instructions, she knew that his lengthy speech was definitely for her own good. Therefore, the girl was very righteous and immediately said, "Your Highness, please calm down. Eunuch Fusheng is only thinking about me, which is why he is teaching me so earnestly."

Xie Yunxue sneered: "Since it's teaching, tell me, what did you learn?"

Xiang Xiaoyuan watched as the prince calmly sat down in the armchair, obviously ready to listen to her sophistry.

Although the young man had a sneer on his lips, his eyes were as cold as frost, as if to imply that if she couldn't give him a clear answer, then she would be exiled to Ningguta along with Fusheng.

Xiang Xiaoyuan stuttered for a moment and said, "Eunuch, what you mean is that I must serve His Highness attentively and make him feel at ease, at home, and relaxed both physically and mentally..."

"Stop." Xie Yunxue interrupted her with a headache. He waved his hand and said, "Forget it, let's get down to business."

Seeing that Xie Yunxue had no intention of punishing Xiang Xiaoyuan, Fusheng looked up at his master with tears streaming down his face.

After hearing the master's command of "get out", Fusheng immediately ran away.

I just want you to get out of here, I won’t lose my head or behead you. Your Highness the Crown Prince is truly merciful!
After Fusheng left, Xie Yunxue sighed softly and asked, "Why are you looking for me so late at night?"

Xiang Xiaoyuan: "Your Highness, I have found the evil spirit that harmed the Zheng family's maids. However, I need your help to make it appear."

"explain."

"I want Your Highness to be the bait for once."

...At three o'clock in the morning, the roar of "Catch the assassin" was heard in the huge villa. More than ten fire dragons jumped up from all directions, with smoke and black smoke billowing. The people coming and going were all guards holding torches and wearing scimitars on their waists.

Assassinating the royal heir is a serious crime, not to mention that the person living in the side courtyard is not just a prince, but the crown prince of Wei!

Even if all the officials in the villa were killed, Emperor Xie Zhen would probably just sigh, "Everything happens for a reason," and then try his best to save his son.

It wasn't that difficult for Xie Yunxue to capture a woman who was not on the list of guests and attendants.

Soon, under the order of the Crown Prince, the secret guard Ah Qi threw a woman in black in front of everyone.

The black clothes she was wearing were uneven in color, with patches of color here and there.

Xiang Xiaoyuan took a closer look and realized that it was not a black robe, but a white robe splashed with blood, which turned dark brown over time.

The woman was afraid of the fire. She curled up in the snow, hugged her arms, and cried while mumbling, "Fourth Brother, Mother, Fifth Mother is so scared, so scared..."

She was so stupid and foolish that she didn't know how to avoid the blades. She just knelt on the ground and shed a string of tears.

If her face wasn't covered in blood, which looked horrifying, she would have had a kind of pureness that made me feel pity for her.

He held up the apple to Xiaoyuan and handed it to her: "Take a bite. If it wasn't you who did it, I will let you go."

Wu Niang looked at Xiaoyuan in confusion. She picked up the apple that had rolled on the snow and took a bite.

Comparing the tooth marks with Xiaoyuan, they are exactly the same.

She held up the bitten fruit and the scroll with the tooth marks and said to everyone, "The deceased maid was indeed injured by her. This woman is the murderer!"

However, before Xiang Xiaoyuan could finish, the old lady of the Zheng family suddenly stopped Wu Niangzi with her cane in hand, and said sternly, "It's just a maid who died. How can you blame my son for anything? A maid who signed a death contract has sold her life to the master. Let alone biting her to death, even if she beats her to death, my son won't bear the blame!"

Madam Zheng's words actually made sense. Official families, for example, had to be strict in their governance, and naturally, they had to resort to some drastic measures. Which official's wife hadn't beaten a few servants to death? They were just slaves, lowly people. Did she really expect her master to kill her?

The atmosphere was depressing and solemn. There was complete silence all around, with only the heavy snow falling.

Seeing that Xiang Xiaoyuan's accusation was untenable, a servant in a coarse robe suddenly squeezed out from the crowd.

He took off his hat, revealing his young and tender eyes.

The young man knelt before Xie Yunxue, kowtowed deeply, and said, "I can prove that the Fifth Lady of the Zheng family not only brutally murdered the slaves who signed the death contract, but also used cruel and brutal means. With the help of the Fourth Master of the Zheng family, she also killed my parents and even abandoned their bodies in the wilderness. Such a wicked woman deserves death, so how can she escape the charges and return home? I know my status is lowly, and I dare not ask for even a ten-thousandth of mercy from Your Highness, but I ask Your Highness to investigate this case thoroughly and not let the tiger return to the mountain."

Xiang Xiaoyuan looked at the young man kneeling and kowtowing, and suddenly an idea struck him. He asked, "Since you have a grudge against the Fourth Master of the Zheng family, then his death..."

The young man nodded: "I did it. I killed the Fourth Master."

As soon as these words were spoken, Madam Zheng's cane struck the young man hard on the back. She staggered two steps in anger and cursed, "You lowly slave! How dare you hurt your master!"

The young man took the blow without a word.

Xiang Xiaoyuan was afraid that the old lady would not hold back and beat the suspect to death, so she was about to step forward to stop her.

At this moment, Zheng Sirou suddenly ran into the wind and snow. She rushed towards the young man, her scarlet cloak trembling in the snow.

The little girl slid down on her knees, hugged her brother on the ground, and tears rolled down her face.

"My brother, my brother is a good man, please don't punish him!"

From then on, everyone knew that the man kneeling on the ground was the son of Zheng Sirou's adoptive parents and her adopted brother.

(End of this chapter)