Chapter 405 - Chapter 405: Confession

Chapter 405: Confession

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Meng Xizhou originally only wanted to scare the other party casually. Seeing Ye Yin’s reaction, he immediately understood that Ye Yin was really hiding something.

He subconsciously looked at Duke Lang, who was standing beside him. Xiao Juan’s expression did not change, and his tone was as cold as ice.

“You only have one chance to tell the truth.”

Meng Xizhou took out the saber he carried with him and aimed the blade at Ye Yin’s cheek. He sneered and threatened.

“If you dare to lie, I’ll turn you into a flowery-faced man. You won’t have to put on makeup anymore when you go on stage to perform in the future. It’ll save you a lot of trouble.”

Ye Yin was so frightened that he cried. Tears and snot flowed down his face.

However, he did not bother to wipe it and hurriedly replied.

“I don’t dare to lie to the two officials!”

“Yesterday was the 60th birthday of the old madam of the Assistant Minister of Rites. In order to make the old madam happy, Assistant Minister Wei invited our opera troupe to the Wei residence to perform.”

“I went along.”

“Because I drank too much water, I needed to pee. As soon as I got off the stage,

I rushed to find the toilet. On the way, she happened to see Assistant Minister

Wei talking to someone by the window.”

“Because of the distance, I could not hear what they said. However, I saw the appearance of the person beside Assistant Minister Wei clearly. He looks very similar to the person on the wanted poster!”

Xiao Juan glanced at Meng Xizhou beside him.

Meng Xizhou sheathed his saber and took out a wanted order from his sleeve.

The man drawn on the wanted poster was the suspect on the run from the corruption and bribery case.

“Look closely. Is that him?”

Ye Yin hurriedly wiped his tears and craned his neck to stare at the wanted order. Then, he nodded vigorously. “That’s right, it’s him!”

Xiao Juan instructed in a low voice, “Bring people to Assistant Minister Wei’s residence.”

Meng Xizhou immediately turned around and left the cell.

Xiao Juan looked down at Ye Yin and continued to ask, “If you’ve seen the person on the wanted poster, why didn’t you say so?”

Ye Yin shrank his neck. “I’m just an actor. My status is low. All I want is to eat and wear warm clothes to live well. Assistant Minister Wei is a high-ranking official in the court. I can’t afford to offend him.

He was an actor. Not only did he have to know how to act, but he also had to play the game.

Yesterday, he saw Assistant Minister Wei talking to someone in the Wei Mansion. Although he did not know who that person was, he knew that he should be inconspicuous in such a matter.

Therefore, he only glanced at Assistant Minister Wei and that person from afar before quietly leaving.

After that, he hid this matter in his heart and told no one.

Even when the Eagle Guards posted the arrest warrant at the entrance of the Heavenly Oriole Garden, he did not say a word.

He had thought he had hidden it well. No one would know about him. He had not expected to end up in the hands of the Eagle Guards.

Ye Yin was puzzled. How did this happen?

Xiao Juan asked a few more questions about the suspect.

Ye Yin answered them one by one.

When there was really nothing else to ask, Xiao Juan knew that he could leave.

But he stood still.

He looked at the disheveled Ye Yin and was silent for a long time. In the end, he could not help but ask, “What did you talk about when you met?”

Ye Yin looked confused. “Who did I meet?”

Xiao Juan could not say her name and could only say, “A young woman. She is beautiful and has a good personality.”

Ye Yin was still very confused, not understanding who the other party was talking about.

Seeing him like this, Xiao Juan could not help feeling angry.

He was just an actor. It was already an honor to receive Niaoniao’s favor, but he actually could not remember her!

Xiao Juan turned around and left with a dark expression.

Ye Yin hurriedly shouted, “Sir, I’ve already explained everything. Can you let me go?”

Xiao Juan said without looking back.

“You’ll have to stay here until the suspect is caught.”

When he walked out of the cell, he instructed the Eagle Guard in charge of the cell.

“The person in here will have a meal every day.”

The Eagle Guard looked at the cell where Ye Yin was and replied in understanding, “I understand.”

Under normal circumstances, the persons in the cell would have two meals a day.

Xiao Juan gave Ye Yin a meal. Although he would not starve to death, he could still make Ye Yin feel uncomfortable for a while.

It did not matter if someone said that he was taking revenge or that he was narrow-minded.

He would admit it!

In any case, he did not want the actor called Ye Yin to have an easy time. He would be a villain for once!

When Xiao Juan returned to the Langjun Imperial Palace, it was already night.

Granny Xiu Yan said as she helped him take off his cloak.

“Dinner has just been prepared. Go to the dining hall first. I’ll inform the Princess Consort now.”

Xiao Juan asked casually, “What did she do today?”

Granny Xiu Yan told him everything.

“As soon as the Princess Consort returned today, she called all the embroiderers in the residence over and asked them to help embroider a pillowcase.”

“She said that she wanted to embroider a pillow about the height of a real person according to the portrait drawn by the princess consort!”

“After that, the Princess Consort went to the study and wrote for the entire afternoon. She hasn’t come out yet.”

Xiao Juan asked, “What did she write?”

Granny Xiu Yan shook her head. “I don’t know, but something that can make the Princess Consort write for an entire afternoon must be very important. It might be a letter or something.”

She wanted to hint to Duke Lang that the Princess Consort probably wanted to write to him to resolve the conflict between the two of them.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Juan recalled the Eagle Guards’ report.

Before the Eagle Guard said that Niaoniao left the Heavenly Oriole Garden, she had promised to prepare a gift for Ye Yin.

Now that she was making pillows and writing letters, it was very likely that they were all prepared for Ye Yin.

Seeing that Granny Xiu Yan was about to look for Niaoniao, Xiao Juan spoke.

“I’ll get her.”

As soon as he said that, he regretted it. Why did he offer to look for Niaoniao?

Did he want to see with his own eyes what a love letter Niaoniao gave to someone else looked like?

He was really afraid that he would not be able to resist tearing the letter apart on the spot.

Granny Xiu Yan misunderstood what he meant. She thought that he wanted to take the initiative to make peace with the County Princess, so she immediately beamed and hurriedly replied.

“Alright, alright, alright. The Princess Consort is in the study. Go quickly.”

He could not swallow the words he had said. Xiao Juan could only walk out step by step.

He walked to the study and raised his hand to knock.

A sound came from inside the room.

“Who is it?”

Xiao Juan said, “It’s me.”

There were hurried footsteps, and then the door was pulled open from the inside by Yu Niaoniao.

She looked at Xiao Juan in surprise.

“You’re back!”

Xiao Juan looked at the happy smile on her face and felt as if he had not seen her for a long time.

They had clearly met yesterday.

In the past, when he heard that a day apart felt like three years, he thought it was purely pretentious. Now that he had truly experienced this feeling, he knew the bitterness.

Xiao Juan said, “It’s time to eat.”

Yu Niaoniao said, “Alright, come in first. I have to tidy up the things on the table.”

Xiao Juan hesitated for a moment before walking in.

He immediately saw the stack of papers on the desk.

He couldn’t help but ask, ‘What are you writing?”

Yu Niaoniao said openly.

“You’ll know when you look..”