The princess was ordained by Heaven.

Chapter 176 Bad Luck

In their eyes, this was the first time Zheng Xun had met this woman.

Most people don't know that she was Princess Yuanjia, and naturally they don't know about her extraordinary abilities.

Therefore, in their eyes, Zheng Xun must have lost his mind to say such absurd things.

Erect a monument?

What right did that woman have?

Zheng Xun couldn't tell them the reason, nor did she intend to explain.

Zheng Jiu asked respectfully, "Princess, what is inscribed on the stele?"

"Don't carve anything."

Zheng Jiuli readily agreed and then turned to carry out his duties.

Zheng Xun had no intention of explaining anything. She told the bailiffs to drive the woman away and lowered her head to begin tidying up the woman's appearance.

Zheng Shi was incredibly curious.

The woman looked quite ordinary, her clothes weren't made of any good material, and the calluses on her hands proved that her family wasn't wealthy.

Princesses live in luxury and have no connection with people like this.

So, did the princess learn something through the system?

But for some reason, as time went by, she inexplicably began to feel frustrated and wanted to cry.

Her hands didn't stop moving at all, but her eyes slowly reddened.

Zheng Xun asked in surprise, "Why are you crying?"

"I don't know. The princess's expression makes me sad. Princess, please don't be sad."

Zheng Xun let out a barely audible sigh: "I'm not sad."

Zheng Shi made it clear that he didn't believe her.

Zheng Xun lowered his head, looking at the woman's face: "Well, a little. I just feel like I couldn't save her..."

Seeing that she was no longer shrouded in grief as before, Zheng Shi gently comforted her, "But her passing was so sudden; no one expected it."

Zheng Xun shook his head: "It's not sudden, it was expected."

Zheng Shi hesitated for a moment before finally asking the question that had been bothering him: "Princess, how did she die?"

"It's fate."

Zheng Shi was stunned.

She used to think that the princess's claim of being able to tell fortunes was just an excuse to tell everyone the truth.

However, the word "fate" is indeed quite mysterious.

She didn't understand what it meant and could only guess that the princess might really be able to tell fortunes.

Zheng Xun didn't pay attention to her thoughts and said to himself, "Fate wants her to die. It's already very difficult for her to hold on until this point. I can't save her, and no one can save her."

Zheng Shi felt that these words were like an elusive fog, and she simply couldn't understand them.

However, the princess always had her reasons for doing things, and she wouldn't question them.

Le Zhenghong and Zheng Jiu didn't return so quickly because there weren't any large markets nearby, so they had to turn back to the capital to find what Zheng Xun needed.

Two more days passed in this round trip.

Fortunately, the weather has turned cooler, so the body hasn't gone bad.

The innkeeper knew that Zheng Xun was no ordinary person, so he didn't say a word about her leaving a corpse in the room. He did his best to help Zheng Xun whenever she needed anything.

But not everyone knows how to read between the lines.

The next day, new guests checked in and, having overheard some rumors, felt that the inn was unlucky because of the corpse, and immediately wanted to cause trouble.

Zheng Xun didn't really want to get involved in such a trivial matter, since the inn could easily handle the small amount of influence behind the other party.

However, the other party's ability to cause trouble is even more formidable than Zhao Xiulan's before.

Zheng Xun was annoyed by the noise, so he instructed Zheng Shi to guard the woman's body before going downstairs.

“This is a place where the living live, not some mass grave. If corpses are placed on your head, how can you eat and sleep in peace? Don’t you find it unlucky?”

She heard this as soon as she came downstairs. She stepped forward and sized up the troublemaker: "Bad luck? You're complaining about bad luck now? When you pushed your most talented cousin into the pond out of jealousy, didn't you complain about bad luck?"

She started with zero frames and immediately unleashed her ultimate, not intending to waste any time on him.

So, after dropping this bombshell, she turned to look at the middle-aged man next to the troublemaking youth.

The middle-aged man immediately raised his voice and scolded, "Young lady, who taught you to talk such nonsense?"

"Do I need to be taught? You know perfectly well whether what I say is true or false. Bluster won't work."

The middle-aged man raised his hand, seemingly signaling the guards behind him to come forward.

Zheng Xun said calmly, "Don't you know what he did? You do know, but your family has lost the person who had the best chance of succeeding in the next imperial examination, so you're pinning your hopes on this murderer."

Yes, the imperial court had not yet announced the upcoming special imperial examination, so their trip to the capital was actually to smooth things over in advance and prepare for the next examination.

The troublemaking youth was caught off guard when Zheng Xun brought up this old story, and he panicked instantly.

However, he wasn't afraid of paying for his crime with his life; he was afraid that his uncle would blame him for it.

Therefore, he showed no remorse or guilt whatsoever, but instead looked nervously at his uncle.

Zheng Xun leaned back slightly against the railing and said casually, "Let's not even talk about whether this guy can pass the exam. Even if he can, given your family's values, he's destined not to be valued. Even if he manages to become a local official by some stroke of luck, he'll still be a predator who preys on the people."

The more she spoke, the more distraught the person opposite her became.

Because her words were not just insults, but curses.

Zheng Xun was not afraid of them taking action and calmly watched them from where he stood.

She wasn't saying that she wouldn't even need to lift a finger when facing them; the defense system would take care of it on its own.

The young and middle-aged men did not make any further moves.

The fact that she wasn't intimidated by so many of them suggests that she was either naive or overconfident.

Zheng Xun was clearly not the former, so they became wary of him.

The middle-aged man's tone softened slightly: "Since this young lady knows that we've come to the capital for the imperial examinations, she must understand our feelings. My nephew has studied diligently for many years, waiting for this day, so he's hoping for a good omen..."

He downplayed the incident of pushing someone into the water, pretending not to have heard it.

His feigned pitifulness was effective; some families with educated members were moved by his words and couldn't help but show their agreement.

Zheng Xun crossed his arms: "Avoiding the important and focusing on the trivial? The imperial examinations? A murderer wants to take the imperial examinations? Do you think the imperial court is a latrine or a garbage can? Accepting anything dirty and smelly?"

The two people opposite him instantly lost their composure and could no longer maintain their feigned friendliness.

“Once is fine, but this young lady keeps spouting nonsense. I wonder which teacher taught her to do this,” the middle-aged man said sternly, a hint of ruthlessness flashing in his eyes. “Young lady, let me give you a piece of advice: don’t be so arrogant just because you’re young. You might bring trouble upon your family.”

Zheng Xun: "Oh, so you're threatening me now?"

"Hmph, ignorant brat! You should remember that you are the one who ruined your family!"

Zheng Xun suddenly had the illusion that she had stumbled into a wish-fulfillment novel. If she didn't know that his family was not a big family, she probably would have really believed his bluffing threats.

"Oh? Is that so? What do you want?" Zheng Xun deliberately put on a serious expression.

Perhaps he had become addicted to pretending, because the middle-aged man actually thought he was a very important person.

"Hmph, if I want you dead by midnight, you won't live past dawn."

Zheng Xun smiled: "Okay, King Yan Lin."

Before the middle-aged man could say anything more, Zheng Xun had already lost patience with him: "I will hand over the evidence to Le Zheng Hong. You can talk to him about anything else."

After saying this, she turned to the innkeeper and said, "However, he made a good point. If someone finds a corpse unlucky, I can understand that."

She took out a stack of silver: "I'll book your inn for the next few days. I'm not an unreasonable person. If you don't mind the bad luck, you can continue to stay here. If you really feel uncomfortable, you can leave on your own."

The middle-aged man's expression became quite interesting after hearing Zheng Xun's address as "this palace".

It was obvious that he initially suspected Zheng Xun had gone mad.

But later, he realized that there was a big problem.

He glanced at the young man beside him and suddenly shouted, "You really attacked your cousin?"

The young man, who was still in shock, blinked in confusion.

Before he could recover from the shock of learning Zheng Xun's identity, he saw his uncle, who had just defended him, change his expression.

What else doesn't he understand?

But his uncle could abandon him, but he could not abandon himself.

So he forced a smile and said, "What is Uncle Seven talking about? I don't understand."

"Don't you understand?" Uncle Lin's eyebrows shot up. "Do you know who the person in front of you is? This is Princess Yuanjia! If the princess says you killed someone, then you must have killed someone!"

His words were cleverly worded, as if the charges against the young man were imposed on him by Zheng Xun.

However, despite his careful planning, he underestimated Zheng Xun's influence in the vicinity of the capital.

After learning Zheng Xun's identity, almost no one around believed that the young man was innocent.

Just kidding. The princess is the princess of Dayong, she represents the destiny of Dayong. The princess has already figured out that he is a bad person, so how could he be anything good?

Someone immediately spoke up: "Tch! The princess has already said there's evidence, why aren't you concerned about what that evidence is, instead of being sarcastic and sarcastic."

"That's right, the princess couldn't possibly be lying!"

"When the evidence is presented, we will make our own judgment."

"As if he could see right through his little schemes."

……

Uncle Lin's subtle verbal traps, if unspoken, can easily leave a lingering resentment in people's hearts, but once someone's intentions are openly pointed out...

Then everyone will realize that he is indeed not very presentable.

Uncle Lin clenched his fist, then suddenly slapped the young man next to him across the face.

"Lin Yuan! Our Lin family has a pure and upright tradition, how could we produce such a disgrace as you? I trusted you so much, even when the princess said you had done evil deeds, I refused to believe it. How could you betray my trust?!"

He stared fiercely at the young man, his disappointment evident in his expression.

Lin Yuan wanted to ask sarcastically, "Doesn't he know what he's done?"

He is guilty, but is it not wrong for him to protect him?

But he saw the threat in Uncle Lin's eyes.

Yes, he was born into the Lin family, so his future is entirely in their hands. Now that his family wants him to sacrifice himself, can he still run away?