Capítulo 718: Chapter 718: The Incredibly Sharp Nose “Xinmei, your return is all thanks to both Your Highnesses and the General!” Mi Xinrong said happily, but when his gaze shifted to his “sister,” he noticed not only was her head wrapped in gauze, but her clothes were also dirty. He couldn’t help frowning as he asked, “Did you encounter villains?” Lai Manting dared not meet Leng Yu Yan’s eyes. She raised her hand, pretending to cry and appearing frail, but suddenly realized that tears would affect the wounds on her face, so she just nodded meekly with lowered eyes. Leng Yu Yan’s nostrils flared slightly, smelling several different scents. There was the smell of blood, the stench of fish, and even the smell of anesthesia from Ximo. The anesthetics from Ximo contain components harmful to human nerves. The most direct manifestation is unnatural twitching of the face. Therefore, aside from the black market in Ximo, no other doctors would use such anesthesia. Nᴇw novel chapters are publɪshed on 𝓷𝓸𝓿𝓮𝓵※𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮※𝓷𝓮𝓽 Compared to Leng Yu Yan’s sense of smell, which was above average, Ye Yiheng and Leng Yuqing both had a severe obsession with cleanliness. The two men sat in chairs and simultaneously leaned back slightly, for the “Mi Xinmei” in front of them was too dirty; they truly did not wish to look at such a filthy woman. Leng Yu Yan lightly touched the tip of her nose with her knuckle, the faint, almost imperceptible fishy stench emanating from the woman before her… This scent was very familiar, reminding her of one person. Leng Yu Yan slowly rose from the chair and suddenly ordered coldly, “Seize this woman!” Mi Xinrong blocked in front of “Mi Xinmei.” “Crown Princess Consort, what are you doing?” Lai Manting was panicked but even more puzzled. She hadn’t spoken yet; why did Leng Yu Yan react this way? Seeing Mi Xinrong defending her, she realized that her impersonation of Mi Xinmei had been somewhat successful. Thinking of this, she weakly leaned against Mi Xinrong’s back. Mi Xinrong turned his head to the woman behind him and said, “Xinmei, don’t be afraid. The Crown Princess Consort has helped a lot in searching for you; there must be some misunderstanding.” Gao Yuan was puzzled. It was he who had found the woman, and now, with an order from the Crown Princess Consort, he hesitated for a moment but still personally tied the person up. Two people entered the dining hall from outside and, seeing Gao Yuan had already tied the person up, they then exited the doorway. Although Leng Yuqing didn’t like seeing dirty people, his sister had tied someone up, and he was very curious about the reason and thus asked, “Sister, why is this?” Ye Yiheng was slightly raising his eyebrows, preempting with, “I found this person quite displeasing to the eye.” The implication was clear: Yanyan wanted to tie her up, so she did; who needs so many reasons? That particular Mi Xinmei was not any good, and if it weren’t for Yanyan’s sake, he wouldn’t have sent the Eastern Palace Dark Guard to help find the person. Leng Yu Yan sat back down, smoothing her skirt methodically, and spoke indifferently, “This woman is not Xinmei.” Upon hearing this, Gao Yuan was shocked—it was he who had found the person, could it be that he had made a mistake? But the woman’s face really did look like Mi Xinmei’s; where could the error be? Mi Xinrong turned around and grabbed “Mi Xinmei’s” shoulders, allowing Leng Yu Yan to look closely. “Crown Princess Consort, please look carefully, this face is indeed my sister Xinmei’s!” Leng Yu Yan pinched her delicate fingers and said coolly, “This woman indeed has Xinmei’s face, but she is not her!” “Why?” Mi Xinrong asked excitedly, then, realizing his tone was hostile, he bowed his head in shame and softened his voice, “Crown Princess Consort, I am truly sorry, my sister had disagreements with you, but she is unmistakably my sister!” Next to her, Miao Zhu knew that whenever her Commandery Princess pinched her fingers, it was time to teach someone a lesson. She quickly walked over to Leng Yu Yan’s side, bowed, and asked, “Does the Crown Princess Consort want to hit someone? Let the maid do it for you.” “There is a smell on this woman that I don’t know if you all can smell, but I definitely can,” Leng Yu Yan said lightly, lifting her hand and gently touching her nose with her knuckles. Immediately, Miao Zhu explained, “My Crown Princess Consort’s nose is very sensitive, even more than wolves and dogs…” Her pride in saying that made Chun Liu and Mo Chen frown. Mo Chen could not help but elbow her lightly and rebuke, “What are you saying?” Chun Liu shot a glare at Miao Zhu, who then covered her mouth and bowed her head to Leng Yu Yan, saying, “Crown Princess Consort, I misspoke.” “It doesn’t matter,” Leng Yu Yan chuckled, “because you described it correctly.” Her nose was indeed more sensitive than that of wolves or dogs. For instance, she could distinguish the scents of different people at that moment. Hearing this, Lai Manting panicked and resisted the pain in her mouth and face, calling out to Mi Xinrong, “Big brother, I was hurt by bad people, there’s a smell of blood on me. Because I shouted too much, my throat is also damaged. Please help me explain this to the Crown Princess Consort!” Hearing a different voice from his sister, Mi Xinrong furrowed his brows and after hearing about the throat injury, he sighed heavily and then said to Leng Yu Yan, “My sister was captured by bad people, and only barely escaped with her life. It’s normal for her to have some strange smells on her. Please, Crown Princess Consort, do not mind it and definitely do not say she is not my sister based on the smell.” Ye Yiheng shook his head; he had already understood what his Crown Princess Consort meant. Alas, the room was full of fools, especially Mi Xinrong, who could not even recognize whether the woman before him was his own sister or not. Leng Yu Yan’s expression turned grave as she stated solemnly, “Firstly, there is a smell of blood on this woman, which suggests that she has wounds on her body that are still bleeding; secondly, there’s a rancid smell that has penetrated deep into her flesh, affecting her whole body, a scent unique to Lai Manting; and thirdly, she took anesthetic not long ago—the involuntary twitching of her mouth corners is the best proof, and this anesthetic was also applied on the surface of her wounds, mixing with the blood, which is extremely disgusting.” After elaborating her points, Leng Yu Yan concluded, “The woman standing before you is not Mi Xinmei, but Lai Manting.” Although Mi Xinrong said this, his feet involuntarily stepped back three steps as he stared incredulously at the woman who shared the same face as his sister. Leng Yu Yan smiled faintly, “Lai Manting has rotten flesh breeding maggots on her face, and she is most desperate to switch faces with someone. She abducted Lai Jiajia before, but Lai Jiajia managed to escape by slashing her own face. And now…” she addressed her directly, “Lai Manting, I don’t know what medicines you used to slim down considerably, which prevented Mi Xinrong from recognizing you by your figure, but the desire to switch faces- I am well aware of that.” In the eyes of Lai Manting, Leng Yu Yan was full of tricks, but she had not expected that without doing or saying anything obvious, her intentions had been revealed. Still, Mi Xinrong believed in her, and with that in mind, Lai Manting turned her head, enduring the burning pain on her face, and hoarsely called out to Mi Xinrong again, “Big brother, please speak for me.” Leng Yu Yan looked towards Gao Yuan, “Remove the gauze from her face.” Gao Yuan acknowledged and stepped forward a few paces. Despite her shaking her head and dodging, he unwound all the gauze from around her head and face. Leng Yu Yan moved to the side, squinted her eyes, and then declared, “Everyone, look at her forehead and temples, the skin shows severe sutures with her facial skin.”