Chapter 400 - Ling Fengyan Died Suddenly in the Inner Yard (2/2)

“What’s the matter?” Feng Yuran seemed startled, sat up by the support of the coming little eunuch, and put on the robe. At that moment, Mo Xuetong also reacted to herself. She quickly took Feng Yuran’s jade belt at the folding screen and lowered her head to wear it for him. Her face turned pale with fright.

“I am not quite sure. I was so anxious to tell you and had no time to ask about the situation clearly. Was Xuetong there as well? Did she find any problems?” Feng Yuzhen turned to ask Mo Xuetong with a blank look, as if he knew nothing about it.

The descendants of the royal family were definitely not of the common sort. Mo Xuetong could not help but exclaiming inwardly that Feng Yuzhen was not only good at acting but also scrupulous and smart. He pretended to be ignorant of the matter. Obviously, he was s.h.i.+rking responsibility.

Just now, he stayed with Feng Yuxuan, so both of them got the news together. Even if Feng Yuxuan left in a hurry, based on Feng Yuzhen’s nature, how could he not inquire clearly? And Feng Yuzhen came to find Feng Yuran at the moment, merely wanting Feng Yuran, the c.o.xcomb, to be a witness.

In this way, Feng Yuzhen could easily get away with any suspect, who had the same idea as Mo Xuetong.

Or there was another plan in case that Mo Xuetong appeared suddenly so that Feng Yuzhen could push the blame onto Mo Xuetong. Since Ling Fengyan died in the inner yard, it must have something to do with the people in the inner manor. Ling Fengyan had her own maidservants and nannies, so anyone was unable to approach her, except Mo Xuetong and w.a.n.g Yueyue. In other words, Mo Xuetong and w.a.n.g Yueyue had become the most suspicious people.

In order to help w.a.n.g Yueyue get rid of this suspicion, Feng Yuzhen had to prove Mo Xuetong guilty. And it would be the best proof that Mo Xuetong could not prove her whereabouts during that period. That was why Feng Yuzhen rushed in without allowing the servants to report to Feng Yuran because he wanted to catch Feng Yuran unprepared.

“Feng Yuzhen was really full of guile!” thought Mo Xuetong.

“Just now, because I had to take care of Yuran’s rest, I left there early when the two sisters-in-law were talking merrily. Unlike me, they were old acquaintances, but I even could not join in their talks.” Mo Xuetong raised her head with clear eyes and asked nervously, “Did something bad happen to Fengyan? What happened?”

Mo Xuetong looked blank and totally ignorant of what was going on, even more innocent than Feng Yuzhen looked. As a matter of fact, before Feng Yuzhen’s coming, Feng Yuran had told her all: when seeing Mo Xuetong did not appear for a long time, Feng Yuran realized that the situation changed, so he asked a person wearing Mo Xuetong’s clothes to come around the backyard into this one. And it could serve as the strongest evidence.

A deep confusion came over Feng Yuzhen’s eyes because someone claimed to see Mo Xuetong in the inner yard when it happened, but how could she appear in Feng Yuran’s room in such a short time? Moreover, Mo Xuetong’s remarks just showed that the deep friends.h.i.+p between w.a.n.g Yueyue and Ling Fengyan, and that Mo Xuetong herself was just an outsider, even having no chance to talk.

“Cousin, stop saying anything more. Let’s go to see it together now.” Feng Yuran had prepared well, so he held the little eunuch’s hand and go first impatiently.

Feng Yuzhen had to keep up hurriedly. And Mo Xuetong, followed by Mo Lan and Mo Yu, walked at the end.

In the parlor, Feng Yuxuan held the pale and bleeding Ling Fengyan and cried anxiously, “Fengyan, Fengyan, wake up, please wake up.” All the Ling Fengyan’s maidservants and nannies were kneeling on the ground in the parlor. w.a.n.g Yueyue stood beside, her face pale with fright. But for being supported by her own maidservant, w.a.n.g Yueyue would have knelt on the ground with a scare.

Ling Fengyan died suddenly. The most suspicious person in this parlor was w.a.n.g Yueyue, so she had been frightened out of her wits and tried her best to pull Mo Xuetong with the hope that Mo Xuetong could serve as a witness for her. Based on her understanding of Ling Fengyan, w.a.n.g Yueyue knew that Ling Fengyan today was not normal as usual.

w.a.n.g Yueyue was always on guard against Ling Fengyan. Since Feng Yuxuan and Feng Yuzhen were incompatible like water and fire, w.a.n.g Yueyue did not dare to be close to Ling Fengyan as before. But w.a.n.g Yueyue did not expect that Ling Fengyan did not do harm to her, but instead, she was suspected of killing Ling Fengyan. But how could Ling Fengyan use her own life to frame up w.a.n.g Yueyue?

If w.a.n.g Yueyue was confirmed, she knew that she would have no way out, and not only Feng Yuzhen but also the whole w.a.n.g family would be incriminated. At the thought, w.a.n.g Yueyue felt paralyzed as if she was falling down, and twitched with a scare. Her stomach twitched in pain, but she did not dare to cry out.

She was the most suspicious, so how dare she add trouble now?

On the other side, Princess Royal frowned and nodded to the manor doctor who just came in. The manor doctor crouched down and put his hand on Ling Fengyan’s wrist. Just one take of the pulse, he knew that Ling Fengyan’s pulse did not beat any longer, so he stood up and shook his head at Princess Royal.

“Yuxuan, put down Fengyan. She has pa.s.sed away. You should calm yourself down. Let me see what the matter is! No one is allowed to leave unless it is clear.” Princess Royal was rather angry with a gloomy expression. No one would be happy when such a thing happened in his/her manor. Particularly, it was Princess Royal who invited Ling Fengyan to the manor.

And Ling Fengyan just died in Princess Royal’s manor. It was impossible to say that Princess Royal had no responsibility.

“Who dared to carry out the murder in my manor? How dare! ” Princess Royal thought.

“Aunt, what happened?” Feng Yuran and Feng Yuzhen came into the door together. Mo Xuetong came behind them and got shocked at the sight in the parlor.

Feng Yuxuan stood up and tottered back. His legs were so weak that he had to take a seat beside him. His eyes were red and sadly staring at Ling Fengyan, and the corners of his lips were stained with dark red blood. He did not say a word.

“You’ve just come in time. Take a seat.” Princess Royal said grimly.

“Your Highness! Your Highness!” w.a.n.g Yueyue screamed when her terrified eyes spotted Feng Yuzhen, as if finding her rea.s.suring medicine. She rose at once and threw herself into Feng Yuzhen. She was scared, extremely scared, not knowing what to do, because the situation was completely beyond her father and Feng Yuzhen’s calculation!

Her sharp screams rang in the cold parlor. The stupefied Feng Yuxuan finally s.h.i.+fted his eyes from Ling Fengyan to w.a.n.g Yueyue, and then, the eyes turned chilly. As w.a.n.g Yueyue looked at Feng Yuzhen, Feng Yuxuan said coldly, “Cousin, please serve the justice for me today.”

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