Chapter 111
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Empress Cao thought for a moment and said, "You mean, someone mistook Lan Xiang for the dead Niinu, so they set up such a big trap and killed her to silence her?"
Ning Shu nodded and said firmly, "Yes, that's exactly it!"
Empress Cao asked, "Then, who is the terrifying murderer?"
Ning Shu raised her head and quietly looked at the calm, almost frightening person on the high platform. She said word by word, "That person is —"
"It's me!"
A voice suddenly cut in, interrupting Ning Shu's next words. Everyone turned around and looked in the direction of the voice. They saw the origin of these two stories, Yun Ruohui, silently appear at the end of the crowd. He was still wearing that hazy, unfathomable ink-colored robe.
However, in the past, he was as gentle as jade in people's mouths. Now, he was as heartless as he was disgusting.
Exposed under thousands of torch-like eyes, Yun Ruohui took a deep breath, lowered his head and gritted his teeth. "Since Lady Ning has already exposed the plot of the female ghost's bloody letter, then I have nothing to hide. All of this was planned by me. I killed Lan Xiang and burned her body. The instigator of the Phoenix Terrace case was me, Yun Ruohui."
"You?" Empress Cao frowned slightly and asked, "Why did you kill Lan Xiang?"
Yun Ruohui laughed self-deprecatingly and said, "It's very simple. Just as Lady Ning said, I thought she was Niinu, the Niinu who knew that Yu Zao and I had a private vow to be together. Even though I, Yun Ruohui, am not a relative of the royal family, I am a talent that even the current Prime Minister has praised. I have an indescribably bright future ahead of me. On the other hand, Yu Zao is a lowly brothel girl, as lowly as a speck of dust. If anyone were to know that I had such an unbearable past with her, then my future as an official would be completely ruined! Therefore, I would never allow her to stay in the capital any longer. I would never allow her to get acquainted with more famous people in the capital and become a weakness that could be used against me in the future. Thus, I warned her in private, but I didn't think that she would not know what was good for her and stubbornly persisted.
I was afraid that she would expose what happened in the past and then my reputation would be completely ruined! Therefore, I planned everything and secretly lured her out. I lured her into Phoenix Terrace and killed her in one blow. Then I disfigured her and burned her corpse. That way, no one would be able to recognize who she was.
Then, I quickly rushed back to Moon Luring Lake and pretended to be looking for someone, making up an alibi. That way, no one would suspect me. Only, I never thought that Cloud Leaf would appear at Moon Luring Lake that night. I also never thought that he would have a conflict with the Ruan Family's young master and be thrown into Phoenix Terrace to see the entire process of me committing the crime!
Although he was drunk at the time, who could guarantee that he wouldn't suddenly remember it one day? The great fear made it difficult for me to eat or sleep. Thus, in my desperation, I made the decision to poison him! Because at the time, he was busy with his marriage with Lady Ning Shu and the name of your curse had already spread throughout the capital, it became the best cover for me to act! As expected, not long after, his body became worse and worse. Coincidentally, on the day of your wedding, he spat out a large mouthful of blood in front of everyone, becoming the proof that he was cursed by you! "
Ning Shu's cold gaze fell onto his body as she questioned, "Then why did you create this scene of a female ghost writing a blood letter in the Yun Family?"
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