Ye Qi pondered for a moment and said, "You mean she wasn't forced to commit suicide, but rather knew from the beginning when she was supposed to die?"
An Xin casually flipped open the corpse's palm and said, "The palm has thin calluses, which clearly indicates someone who practices martial arts regularly. The veins are purplish-black and slightly protruding, which precisely shows she was poisoned and that years of martial arts training caused her veins to bulge. Also, the human tongue isn't the length it appears on the surface; what we see is only about one-fifth or one-sixth of the total length. Once it's bitten off…"
"Wait!" Ye Qi suddenly interrupted An Xin, staring at her with a strange look. "What is 'one-fifth or one-sixth'?"
An Xin's lips twitched, and she froze. She'd accidentally uttered an unfamiliar word; she'd tried her best to say "blood vessels" instead of "vessels," but she'd still given herself away!
"If you don't understand, fine!" An Xin rolled her eyes, feigning composure, and continued, "Once bitten off, the severed tongue will block the airway, causing the person to suffocate and die. If it's not bitten off, then the mouth will definitely be full of blood, and the person will eventually bleed to death!"
Ye Qi gasped, "An Xin, I truly underestimated you."
An Xin said calmly, "That's perfect, I didn't think much of you anyway!"
Ye Qi: "..."
Yan Zhen smiled and said, "So, Song Li has been wronged?"
An Xin glanced at him, thinking that he probably already knew that Song Li had been wronged. Since the left wing was going to take action, they would definitely find a trigger, and that trigger was Song Li!
Using the pretext of forcibly abducting respectable women, the left prime minister could both win over the hearts of the people and take the opportunity to stir up trouble and bring down the right prime minister. Moreover, the woman's death was so clever. If it weren't for her, the right wing would have been severely tricked this time!
An Xin naturally wouldn't spell it out, only saying calmly, "But what I've said might not be convincing. We can't exactly have someone bite their tongue and commit suicide in front of everyone to demonstrate. To prove Song Li's innocence, we need to find irrefutable evidence!"
Ye Qi said, "So all of these were just your guesses!?"
An Xin thought to herself that she couldn't possibly say these things were common knowledge in her previous life, and that the gap in thought and civilization was insurmountable!
An Xin naturally ignored his question, raised her hand and placed it on the female corpse's clothes, saying indifferently: "Turn around, I'm going to take off her clothes!"
Yan Zhen shook her folding fan, glanced at Ye Qi, and said, "Didn't you hear what Xin'er said?"
Ye Qi choked: "What's so interesting about a female corpse? I can control myself."
An Xin's lips twitched, and she glared at Yan Zhen, saying, "You turn around too!"
Yan Zhen paused with his folding fan, covering the smile on his lips, and said, "Apart from Xin'er's, I don't mind looking at anyone else's."
An Xin roared angrily, "Why are you wasting your breath talking to me! Spin!"
Seeing that Yan Zhen obediently turned around, Ye Qi burst into exaggerated laughter. The next moment, a shoe sole hit him in the face...
An Xin stared at the corpse before her. She thought that the woman must have maintained an excellent figure due to years of martial arts training. If she were alive, she would definitely be a beauty. An Xin's gaze then fell on the woman's waist, and her eyes paused slightly—there was a wound, about the size of a palm, as if a piece had been gouged out. Although it had healed, the wound was still gruesome.
An Xin placed her palm on the wound, which was exactly the size of her palm. An Xin's eyes flickered. There should have been a birthmark or some kind of tissue symbol here, but it was probably deliberately removed by the deceased for some reason. If this speculation is reasonable, why would the deceased remove the symbol? Was it to hide their identity?
An Xin got up and helped the woman put on her clothes, saying calmly, "What kind of organizations are there secretly operating within the left wing?"
“The secret organizations of the left are our blind spot, and what we know now is not to be taken seriously.” Yan Zhen’s eyes flashed as she looked at An Xin and said with a smile, “Leftists? Xin’er’s way of saying those two words is truly beautiful.”
An Xin's lips twitched, and she frowned, saying, "To find clues, we need to know whether this woman's waist has a birthmark or an organizational symbol..." Since she had started working on this case, she would naturally investigate it to the end, even if the final result was not something she wanted to see. But in pursuit of the only truth, she was always persistent to the point of being obsessive.
"Let's go!" An Xin suddenly stretched and turned to walk outside.
Ye Qi's lips twitched. This guy's impulsive nature...
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An Xin stopped behind the artificial hill and heard a resentful voice say, "That bitch, I'll make sure she suffers a terrible death!"
"Princess, you're not the only one who wants her to die a horrible death. Miss Mingjiao from the Duke's family probably hates her even more than you do!"
"She should have died here last time. If someone hadn't secretly hit my hand with a pebble, she wouldn't be alive today!"
An Xin was suddenly stunned. Fu Ruyue must have been referring to the day she transmigrated. Transmigration must have been a technical feat. If this body had died, even if her soul had drifted over, she probably wouldn't have survived!
Who saved her that day?
"Isn't the Empress Dowager going to perform an exorcism in the palace tonight? Princess, why don't you..."
"You mean, take advantage of this opportunity?" Fu Ruyue's voice lowered.
"The exorcist was found by the master. Since the Empress Dowager wants to remove the evil spirits, the princess should go and remove them as well." The servant's voice clearly carried a sinister smile.
"...Hmph! Let's see how arrogant she is tonight..." Fu Ruyue's voice suddenly stopped, and her eyes widened in shock! The figure that suddenly appeared by the artificial hill sent chills down her spine!
An Xin was chewing on a willow leaf, leaning against the rockery wall, listening with great interest, when she was abruptly interrupted, which made her somewhat displeased.
The maidservant was startled and whispered, "Princess, what's wrong?" As she spoke, she subconsciously looked behind her and her expression changed drastically!
"Go on, I'm really enjoying this!" An Xin rubbed her wrist.
Fu Ruyue staggered back a step, staring at An Xin as if she had seen a ghost, and exclaimed in shock, "You, you..."
An Xin lazily straightened up and walked over step by step.
The maidservant's almond-shaped eyes widened, yet she still boldly stood in front of Fu Ruyue and loudly threatened, "An Xin, what are you doing?! If you dare to disrespect the princess, the Grand Tutor will not let you off!"
An Xin scoffed and threw a punch. The maid rolled her eyes and fainted.
Fu Ruyue screamed and turned to run away, but An Xin grabbed her hair and pulled her back sharply, laughing, "Why are you running, Princess? You didn't kill me last time, so isn't this your chance?"
Fu Ruyue was both shocked and terrified. Her scalp throbbed and her face twitched. She gritted her teeth and said, "An Xin, how dare you treat me like this! I will not let you get away with this!"
An Xin tried hard to recall, "How did I faint last time?" As she spoke, she pressed Fu Ruyue's head and slammed it hard against the artificial hill. Fu Ruyue screamed in pain, but An Xin stuffed her mouth with a handkerchief she had grabbed.
The delicate beauty had never suffered such pain before, and her eyes immediately filled with tears.
An Xin smiled coldly, "The princess probably won't be able to see the exorcism tonight. If you want to know the details, go ask the King of Hell!" Then, with a "bang," the pool behind the artificial hill suddenly splashed up a huge spray of water. Fu Ruyue stared wide-eyed in fear and struggled to climb up.