Chapter 438 (2/2)

Ning Yuxuan nodded. ”Be sure to get to the bottom of this and find the truth.”

Tanxiang collapsed onto the ground.

Doing the autopsy at the scene of the crime would get the most accurate results, so the coroner didn't delay. Most of the other servants were dismissed. Only Tanxiang, Marquis Moyu, and the servants holding Tanxiang back were left. The coroner removed enough of Wen Wan's clothes to slice open her abdomen and took out the remnants that were left in her stomach.

There was a smell in the air that made people feel like vomiting. Tanxiang couldn't resist covering up her nose and mouth. She wasn't able to keep crying.

”Once the examination is done, the poison can be determined,” said the coroner.

Ning Yuxuan nodded. He looked at Wen Wan one last time and covered her up with a nearby plain white cloth. ”Have her buried.”

”Understood,” said the other servants.

Seeing that Marquis Moyu's expression continue to remain unchanged, Tanxiang finally gave up. This man didn't have a heart. If he could act so heartless towards a woman that he once loved so much, how could you expect him to be willing to do something for love?

”It'll take a day to figure out what the poison is and it's origin. Miss Nie will have stay in jail tonight.” The coroner saluted Ning Yuxuan.

Ning Yuxuan indifferently said, ”That's fine. Just watch over her.”

The servants stood at the side and watched as Wen Wan's corpse was carried away and the coroner left with his belongings. When everyone from the local law enforcement was gone, the marquis finally let out a long sigh.

”It's best to not fell love,” he said, ”Love is the most malicious poison. It can burrow its way through anything.”

Not quite understanding, the other servants just nodded. Seeing Ning Yuxuan turned around, one of them asked, ”My lord, where are you going?”

”Jail.”

The other servants, ”...” Didn't he say that he wouldn't go see her?

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Because Ji Man was someone from Marquis Moyu's household, the constables didn't use torture to extort a confess from her. After she was asked a few questions, and the servants from Marquis Moyu's gave their testimonies, she was locked up in a prison cell.

She must truly have a fated connection with this place place. She was back here again shortly after being let out.

It was only that this time, there was no one in the neighboring cell to keep her company and chat with her. There was only a dirty prisoner that kept aguishly wailing at the window.

Ji Man felt less bored once she start reminiscing about everything that had happened when she first came here. However, once she started recollecting old memories, she actually thought about that wedding day in the hall, and Ning Yuxuan looking at her with loathing. And then, it was Qiangwei Courtyard, he had also looked at her disdainfully there too. After that it, it was scene after scene of his very attractive but also very dislikable face.

Translator Rambling: Given Wen Wan's lack of intelligence, I think Ning Yuxuan could have saved himself a lot of trouble if he had replaced Tanxiang with a servant that was loyal to him at the beginning of the story.