Chapter 252: Lin Ningkun Died
“During this time, I also investigated. Your fate and Jiang Ruanxi’s fate were both swapped by my junior brother. As for where he is now, I haven’t found out yet. That person values power greatly. If you want to investigate him, he has a heart-shaped scar on his wrist. And he has an indestructible body. If you want to kill him, there’s only one way, which is his soft spot, that is… “
He didn’t finish his last sentence before Master Wuming directly stopped breathing.
Wei Chang stared blankly at Master Wuming who had stopped breathing in front of him.
His head was slightly lowered, not knowing what he was thinking.
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Capital, Crown Prince’s Manor.
Jiang Ruanxi, who had just gotten up, felt her chest tight today. Her brows furrowed slightly, and she couldn’t help but lift her hand to rub her chest.
Seeing this, Yushui couldn’t help but ask with concern, “Crown Princess, what’s wrong? Are you unwell? This servant will go call the Imperial Physician for you.”
Thinking of the matters that had happened during this time, Yushui’s steps toward the door couldn’t help but quicken a lot.
“Yushui, come back. I’m fine. It’s just that my chest feels a bit tight. I have a feeling that something bad is about to happen.”
Hearing her say she was fine, Yushui breathed a sigh of relief.
While walking back, she comforted her, “Crown Princess, don’t overthink it. Maybe it’s because your sleeping position last night was wrong.”
Jiang Ruanxi thought about it and felt she was overthinking it.
During this time, her body had improved a lot. After washing up, since there was some sunshine today, she had Yushui bring a chair to the window and took a book, quietly reading it.
But for some reason, today she couldn’t focus no matter what, feeling inexplicably irritable inside.
She casually put the book aside.
“Crown Princess, what’s wrong?”
Jiang Ruanxi was very unusual today. Yushui had been paying attention to her movements. Seeing her like this, she poured her a cup of tea and handed it to her.
Jiang Ruanxi took the tea and drank it all in one gulp, and the irritability in her heart subsided quite a bit.
“The Crown Prince has been to Lingnan for several days now, right?” Jiang Ruanxi changed the topic.
Hearing this, Yushui was stunned.
Thinking of today’s various signs, Yushui seemed to understand something, a smile on her lips. “Replying to the Crown Princess, the Crown Prince has been to Lingnan for over half a month already. If the Crown Princess misses the Crown Prince, why don’t you write a letter to him? This servant will send someone to deliver it.”
Listening to Yushui’s teasing, Jiang Ruanxi knew she had misunderstood her meaning, but she was also half right.
She really did miss him.
Her face couldn’t help but flush slightly.
“Don’t talk nonsense. He is there to attend to official business.”
“If the Crown Prince receives your letter, he will definitely be even more motivated to complete the matters.” Yushui took the cup from which she had drunk the tea.
Not having received any news from him for so long, Yushui’s words made Jiang Ruanxi a bit tempted.
Suddenly, a sound came from outside the door.
“The Crown Princess is in high spirits today. It seems her injury has almost healed. Congratulations to the Crown Princess.”
Following that, Wan Qing in bright red clothing and Sun Tina in plain clothing entered.
Jiang Ruanxi looked at the two, her brows furrowing slightly.
Ever since Wei Chang left, she had sent people to tell them not to come pay respects anymore.
She had enjoyed a period of peace, but she didn’t expect both of them to come today.
“Mm, if you have something.” Jiang Ruanxi said indifferently.
Wan Qing was stunned, not expecting Jiang Ruanxi to be so indifferent. Her face immediately darkened.
Sun Tina took over the conversation, “We just haven’t seen the Crown Princess for a long time and wanted to come see if the Crown Princess needs any help, and also to check on the Crown Princess’s health.”
“No need. If there’s nothing else, I want to rest. You can go back.”
For some reason, the smell emanating from Sun Tina today was pungent and pungent again. She picked up a handkerchief, pretending to wipe her mouth, covered her nose, and gave Yushui a look.
Yushui immediately understood, stepped forward to bring chairs for Sun Tina and Wan Qing, placing them far away from Jiang Ruanxi.
“Concubine Sun, Wan Zhaoxun, please sit. The Crown Princess’s body is weak, so to avoid infecting you, please sit farther away, which is also good for your health.”
Sun Tina and Wan Qing looked at the chairs in front of them, which were half a living room away from where Jiang Ruanxi sat.
Their faces looked very unpleasant.
The words were said one by one for their own good, but Jiang Ruanxi had suffered a knife wound, what did it have to do with infection.
This was clearly disdain for them.
But even if they felt uncomfortable inside, since Jiang Ruanxi was the Crown Princess, even someone as arrogant as Wan Qing didn’t dare to vent her temper directly.
Because now that Jiang Ruanxi was injured, if they made any rash moves, they would be the ones suspected in the end.
Sun Tina sat down first, “Yushui is right. The Crown Princess is in the recovery stage right now, so sitting farther away is pretty good.”
Yushui couldn’t help but show sarcasm in her heart.
If she hadn’t seen the hand by her side clenched tightly, and the things she had done, she would have believed her hypocrisy.
Since Sun Tina had sat down, Wan Qing had no choice but to sit beside her as well.
Seeing that Jiang Ruanxi’s complexion was much better than during this time, she felt even more uncomfortable inside and said sarcastically, “Not seeing each other for a while, the Crown Princess’s body has really improved a lot. I just don’t know if the Crown Princess’s appetite has improved?”
After saying that, she looked meaningfully at her belly.
Jiang Ruanxi’s gaze tightened, immediately understanding that they had guessed she was pregnant.
She pretended to be calm, “Much better. You didn’t come today just to see me, did you? If you have something to say, say it.”
Jiang Ruanxi changed the topic.
“Now that the Crown Prince is away, the Crown Princess has been bored in the room for so long. This concubine just wanted to come accompany the Crown Princess to chat.” Sun Tina said.
Wan Qing also chimed in, “Concubine is right. The Crown Princess hasn’t gone out during this time, so she probably doesn’t know about all the things happening in the Capital, right?”
“What happened?” Jiang Ruanxi followed her words.
“I heard that the Fifth Princess’s former male concubine Young Master Jin is actually the former Marquis of Dingning Manor Marquis Lin Ningkun?”
Jiang Ruanxi was slightly surprised that they knew.
From the situation when Lin Ningkun came to see him, it was impossible for him to expose his identity so quickly.
Wan Qing quickly resolved her doubts.
“Last time when he was hung at the City Gate, people from Lin Manor recognized him, so they secretly went to find him, but for some reason, Lin Ningkun fell out with the people from Lin Manor, and Lin Manor directly exposed the matter. Now the entire Capital is talking about it.”
Jiang Ruanxi was a bit suspicious. Were they really recognized by people from Lin Manor?
The matter of Lin Ningkun being hung on the city wall had been a long time ago, and Lin Manor hadn’t recognized him during this time. Suddenly they recognized him?
“I also heard an even more shocking thing. Lin Ningkun couldn’t accept that his ugly side was known and he became a rat everyone wanted to beat, so he directly drank crane’s top red and died yesterday.”
Jiang Ruanxi was stunned. Lin Ningkun had died just like that.
