Chapter 15 Asking About Secrets

　　In the past, Xie Jin Yan had purchased many residences on the outskirts of the city for the convenience of handling cases.

　　This dilapidated house was not the most hidden, but it was the most remote.

　　The house was old, but relatively clean.

　　Xie Jin Yan entered the door and sat behind the curtain.

　　Feng Yuan removed the sacks from the heads of the three women.

　　Two of them were servant girls who had been close to Qin Yi Liu for more than ten years, but for some reason, Qin Yi Liu had punished them to do rough work five years ago.

　　As for the woman, she was Qin Yi Liu's elder sister, Qin Xiang Xiang. It was said that she was very successful in her family, but for some reason, she was suddenly disliked by her father five years ago, who casually married her off to a minor official and expelled her from the Yingguo Duke's mansion.

　　"Where is this! Who are you?" As soon as Feng Yuan uncovered the sack, Qin Xiang Xiang began to curse angrily.

　　The two servant girls looked at each other, then at Qin Xiang Xiang, and then at Feng Yuan, who was holding a knife. Their faces changed drastically. Before Feng Yuan could answer, they looked frightened and questioned Feng Yuan in horror, "You... did Second Miss send you here! Did Second Miss send you to kill us and silence us?"

　　Hearing this, Qin Xiang Xiang seemed to suddenly come to her senses. After staring at the two servant girls for a moment, she immediately became convinced that Qin Yi Liu had sent someone to kidnap her here.

　　After all, apart from Qin Yi Liu, that white-eyed wolf, who else could hate her and the two servant girls, Xiao Cui and Xiao Xi, so much?

　　But wasn't Qin Yi Liu still in prison?

　　Ha, she had forgotten that although that little bitch was in prison, she still had many admirers outside, and even her own brother was busy saving this little fox spirit.

　　Thinking of this, Qin Xiang Xiang couldn't help grinding her teeth, and sarcastically mocked Feng Yuan, "Did that slut Qin Yi Liu send you here? I really didn't expect that this little bitch is in prison, but she still has lovers willing to work hard for her. Such charm is really admirable!"

　　"I don't know who you are, but before you fall in love with this little bitch, do you know about her dirty secrets? This bitch seduced her foster brother before she got married, and after she got married, she got involved with her younger uncle. I don't know how many men have been under her skirt. Are you sure that such a slut is worth committing a crime like kidnapping for her?"

　　Qin Xiang Xiang's face was full of resentment, and she revealed all of Qin Yi Liu's dirty secrets.

　　Xie Jin Yan sat behind the curtain, feeling speechless.

　　Why did these so-called noble ladies like to talk about these things?

　　He frowned, uninterested in listening to Qin Xiang Xiang talk about their internal strife in the back house, trivial matters of the size of sesame seeds.

　　"Gag her mouth."

　　He ordered Feng Yuan impatiently, his face slightly sinking.

　　When Qin Xiang Xiang heard that her mouth was going to be gagged, she was even more convinced that Xie Jin Yan was sent by Qin Yi Liu. She opened her mouth and wanted to say something, but Feng Yuan immediately gagged her mouth.

　　Then, he glanced coldly at the two servant girls kneeling on the ground and trembling, and said in a deep voice, "You two young ladies don't need to be afraid. We have invited you here today just to ask you some questions about Qin Yi Liu. After we finish asking, we will naturally let you go back."

　　Xiao Cui and Xiao Xi, who were originally frightened, immediately breathed a sigh of relief and nodded repeatedly in agreement, "Don't worry, sir, we will tell you everything we know."

　　Hearing this, Feng Yuan didn't respond, just nodded and quickly began to ask, "I'll ask you, you have served Qin Yi Liu since you were young. Have you noticed anything unusual about her?"

　　"Anything unusual?" The two servant girls frowned and thought seriously.

　　After a while, Xiao Xi looked embarrassed and stammered, "Um... sir, does Second Miss liking to associate with married men count as abnormal?"

　　"Who told you to say that? I'm asking you, I'm asking you, does Qin Yi Liu usually have any unusual talents, such as... predicting the future or something?" Feng Yuan's face darkened. Seeing that they were talking about the matters between men and women, he couldn't help but remind them.

　　At that moment, Qin Xiang Xiang suddenly cried out, as if she had thought of something.

　　Feng Yuan frowned at her, pulled the rag from her mouth, and said seriously, "Don't say those messy things, get to the point."

　　Qin Xiang Xiang had just heard Feng Yuan say that they would be released after the questioning, and she suddenly realized that the person in front of her was not sent by Qin Yi Liu, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief.

　　She glanced secretly behind the curtain, and said with hatred, "Speaking of Qin Yi Liu, that little bitch, there is indeed something unusual about her. Before the age of fifteen, she was originally just an adopted daughter of our Qin family. I wouldn't say she was so outstanding, but she was still cautious. Whether she was facing me or the other sisters, she was respectful. But since she had a serious illness five years ago, she woke up as if she had become a different person."

　　"Not only did she inexplicably learn many skills that she didn't know before, but she also seemed to be able to predict the future. It was by this that she calculated against me everywhere, and hated my father and brother everywhere, and harmed me to become like this..."

　　"Even her personality is not as cautious as before. She has become two-faced and tries to please my father and brother every day. Originally, she was just a distant relative of our family. My mother saw that she was pitiful, so she brought her back and placed her under the name of a concubine. But since she recovered from her illness five years ago, she has been trying to please my father in every way, and finally jumped from an adopted daughter to the Second Miss of the direct line. Not only did she harm me, but also because of her ambiguous relationship with my brother, she made my mother sick, and within half a year, my mother died of illness."

　　"Who knew that after my mother died, that bitch not only had no remorse, but also ruined my mother's reputation, so that my mother couldn't even enter the ancestral grave after her death..."

　　As Qin Xiang Xiang spoke, she couldn't help but shed tears.

　　Xiao Xi seemed to have thought of something, and immediately interjected, "Now that Eldest Miss says so, I also remember that Second Miss's words and deeds have been very different since she recovered from her serious illness. Although the former Second Miss couldn't be said to be very kind, she wasn't bad to us either. But since she had a serious illness, she found us unpleasant in every way."

　　"And... and she often liked to dress up as a man and go out with the young masters in the capital to play. When Xiao Cui and I reminded her twice, she flew into a rage, saying... that we didn't have the ability to change our fate, but we still wanted to drag her down."

　　"Later, she found an excuse to accuse us of stealing things and sent us to do odd jobs."

　　"We really couldn't stand her outrageous behavior, so we told the madam, but who knew that the madam only reprimanded her a few times, and she tried to commit suicide and made a scene in front of the Duke. The Duke didn't know why, but he still protected her."

　　I don't know why, perhaps, because of her ability to predict the future?

　　Xie Jin Yan sneered in his heart, already guessing a bit.

　　After a moment of silence, he said coldly, "I'll ask you, does Qin Yi Liu have any grudges with the Crown Princess?"