The Cannon Fodder Female Supporting Character's Sickly Prince Strategy Manual

"Okay, since that's the case, let's do an autopsy!" Lord He gave the order.

Soon, the corpse was slowly carried up. Its face was severely swollen from being soaked in water, like a pig's head, and it was impossible to identify its original appearance.

The woman pointed to the clothes the corpse was wearing with a shaking hand and cried, "Sir, this is the clothes my daughter usually wears. There is no doubt about it."

The young man next to him also hurriedly said: "The woman I saw that day was also wearing this dress."

"Since both of them were so sure that the body was Zi Lan's, the coroner had the body carried into the inner palace and began the autopsy."

Everyone waited anxiously outside the hall. Two hours later, the autopsy report finally came out.

Holding the autopsy report in his hand, Lord He asked the young man sharply, "You said you witnessed Miss Yun stabbing Zi Lan with your own eyes?"

"Yes." The young man answered without hesitation.

"But this corpse has no sword wounds at all." Lord He raised his voice slightly.

The young man was horrified and shouted in disbelief: "This is impossible."

Lord He slammed the hall wood and shouted angrily: "How dare you! Are you questioning me?"

The young man shrank back in fear and said quickly, "I don't dare."

At this time, the woman still gritted her teeth and insisted: "This dress belongs to Zi Lan. Regardless of whether there is a sword wound or not, it must be this woman who killed my daughter."

"I will investigate whether this is true. A handkerchief was found on the corpse. Do you recognize it?" Lord He said as he handed the handkerchief to the three men for inspection.

Yun Shang shook her head, and the woman followed suit. The young man stared at the handkerchief for a long time before slowly saying, "There seems to be a word embroidered on this handkerchief."

Lord He naturally knew that there were words embroidered on the handkerchief, and he said impatiently: "Since none of you recognize this handkerchief, and now the body cannot be identified, this case will be postponed for the time being, and you can leave."

The young man was unwilling to give up, and said anxiously: "Sir, this is embroidered with words, you can compare it. Miss Yun's house also has embroidery, and it will be clear if we compare it."

"There are no sword wounds on the body, how can you be sure it's mine?" Yun Chang angrily retorted, "Besides, I never embroider the word 'Ning' on handkerchiefs, how can I compare?"

The young man stood there in a daze, thinking to himself, wasn’t it the word “cloud”?

Lord He slammed the wooden clapper again and shouted, "Silence, leave the court."

This interrogation took half a day, but the only result was a handkerchief embroidered with the word "Ning" (Ning) on ​​it. There was a lot of discussion outside the hall.

"This corpse is definitely not that concubine's. It doesn't match!"

"Besides, neither the Huo family nor the Yun family has any relatives or friends with the surname Ning."

"I am. Maybe this corpse belongs to someone named Ning?"

"But this dress, my concubine's mother said it belonged to me."

"Clothes, can we have the same style?"

Everyone expressed their opinions one by one.

However, Huo Beixuan, who had been listening to the trial nearby, was very clear in his mind. He knew very well that this must be Ning Xue's handkerchief.

Ning Xue killed Zi Lan and tried to put the blame on Yun Shang, but she didn't expect that in the panic, the handkerchief was grabbed by Zi Lan and put away.

It must be like this, what a cruel woman!

Huo Beixuan was extremely angry. He wanted to step into the court, reveal his thoughts and defend Yun Shang.

However, Ning Xue might not be to be feared, but her father was the Shangshu, a person whom he would never dare to offend. He could only think so in his heart and dared not to put it into actual action.

With an embroidered handkerchief with the word "Ning" on it and a fabricated sword wound, Yun Shang returned to the Yun Mansion safely.

This made Ning Xue furious. She really couldn't understand why it was replaced when it was clearly Zi Lan's body? The word "Ning" was embroidered on the handkerchief. Could it be that Yun Shang wanted to frame her?

"You should secretly send someone to search the river and make sure to find Zilan's body." Ning Xue ordered with gritted teeth.

She absolutely did not believe that the moat was so wide, Yunchang had never been out, and there was no one to help her, how could she have fished out the body? As long as the body was found, a new round of rumors would surely devour Yunchang, and the government would definitely not let her off easily.

If I had known this, I would not have let anyone throw the body into the moat. It would have been easier to just abandon it in the alley.

Ever since the floating corpse appeared, Father Yun and Father Huo have been keeping an eye out for the latest news.

Father Huo pondered for a long time, his frown slowly relaxed, and he called Huo Beixuan to his side.

"Dad!" Huo Beixuan called respectfully.

"Do you still want to cancel the engagement?" Father Huo stared at him with sharp eyes.

"Of course not." Huo Beixuan looked solemn.

"Dad, is there any way?" A glimmer of hope flashed in Huo Beixuan's eyes, and his originally sad face instantly glowed with energy.

Father Huo waved his sleeves and said seriously, "You caused this trouble yourself, don't you know what's going on? What can I do?"

Seeing Huo Beixuan's instantly gloomy expression, Huo Yuanzhong's tone changed and became gentle, "Although I can't do anything, but you can."

When Huo Beixuan heard that there was a turn for the better, he immediately perked up and said anxiously, "Please give me some advice, Dad."

He looked at Huo Yuanzhong with burning eyes, hoping that his father could point him in the right direction so that he could resolve his current predicament and regain his engagement with Yun Shang.

"Didn't the government declare that the handkerchief had the word 'Ning' embroidered on it?" Huo Yuanzhong slowly guided Huo Beixuan: "Go find Miss Yun and tell her that you have a handkerchief embroidered by her with the word 'Ning' embroidered on it..."

"Dad, you are clearly asking me to threaten Yun'er!" Huo Beixuan interrupted his father angrily.

Huo Yuanzhong remained calm and composed: "If you want to achieve great things, you should not be bound by trivial matters. Miss Yun is kind-hearted and timid. You don't need to scare her too much. Just talk to her properly. Besides, Miss Yun is angry at the moment and just listened to her parents. She will inevitably regret it in the future. You are giving her a way out by doing this, making her seem to compromise under pressure. Maybe Miss Yun is just missing such an opportunity."

Huo Beixuan continued to shake his head: "I, I need to think about it."

"Then you should think carefully about it. However, this is a rare opportunity, so don't think about it for too long."

Huo Yuanzhong said coldly, "How true are your feelings for Miss Yun? I know it very well in my heart."

"Since we are all using it, why not seek the greatest benefit for ourselves?" After Huo Yuanzhong finished speaking, he waved his hand to signal Huo Beixuan to leave.

He knew in his heart that although Huo Beixuan seemed to be resisting on the surface, he had actually made up his mind. His son was cold-hearted by nature, just like his mother.

After Huo Beixuan left the study, he pondered for a long time.

Yun'er is now troubled by rumors, and it is probably difficult for her to have a happy marriage in the future. He is using coercion and inducement at the moment, and he will just give her more compensation in the future.

Thinking of this, he no longer hesitated and immediately ordered the steward to call the embroiderer in the mansion and have the embroiderer embroider a piece according to the style he had seen from afar in the court. After he had the embroidered handkerchief embroidered in his arms, he left the mansion.

While Huo Beixuan was communicating with the embroiderer, Huo Yuanzhong quietly went out. He knew very well that after Huo Beixuan took action, he was afraid that he was not ruthless enough and the threat would not work, so he made double preparations.

Huo Yuanzhong would do anything to achieve his goal, without any regard for other people's feelings and consequences, and only cared about his own interests.

Huo Beixuan hesitated between interests and emotions, and finally leaned towards interests, but he didn't know what consequences his actions would cause.