Mo Chuan turned around and held Shen Ning's hand and said, "Ning'er, you come with me."
He knew that she was smart and clever, and with her here, he would be able to find more clues.
Shen Ning nodded and said, "Okay."
The two came to the side hall and found that not only Ye Tingxuan was there, but the eldest princess, Xiaosi and Zhui Feng were also there.
There was a wet man lying on the ground, as if he had just been fished out of the water, but he was motionless.
As soon as the eldest princess saw Shen Ning, she immediately stepped forward and took her hand.
"Ning'er, it's all my fault! I'm all sorry for you. I came up with such a bad idea. I actually sent a snake into the palace. I wanted to scare the emperor, but it almost killed you! Ning'er, you are so cruel Scold me hard and beat me, so that I will feel better."
There were tears in her eyes, ashamed and ashamed.
Shen Ning wiped away her tears and comforted her: "Elder Princess, this matter has nothing to do with you. You must not feel guilty. I was bitten by the snake because I wanted to catch the snake for fun. , It’s really none of your business, not to mention that someone has evil intentions and wants to kill someone with a borrowed knife. Even if you give me other gifts, he will definitely come up with other ways. "
The eldest princess said bitterly: "It's all my fault that I trusted the wrong person. Ning'er, I never thought that the maid next to me would do such a thing. However, she has committed suicide in fear of crime. If she had not died, this princess would definitely Even if I peel off her skin and stretch her muscles, it won't be enough to vent the hatred in my heart!"
She pointed to the motionless person on the ground: "That's her!"
"Kill yourself out of fear of crime?" Shen Ning repeated, lowering her head to look at the maid.
The maid was about eighteen or nineteen years old, with a delicate appearance, but now her face was extremely pale and her hair was long, like a water ghost.
She remembered that the face of this maid was indeed the palace servant serving the eldest princess.
"Yes, the Queen." It was not the eldest princess who spoke, but Ye Tingxuan.
"Tingxuan told the eldest princess not to alert the snake, and asked her to take care of the maid after she found it. When I returned to the house for interrogation, I found out that the maid had disappeared when I returned to the house. We searched for it in the middle of the night and finally found her. The servant girl's floating body was found in the lotus pond. It must be that she was afraid that the matter would be exposed, so she threw herself into the lake to die. "
Ye Tingxuan stamped his feet in hatred: "Once she died, all the clues were lost, and now we can no longer find the real culprit behind the scenes!"
Mo Chuan looked at the dead maid and couldn't help but look up at Shen Ning, his eyes filled with shock and admiration.
Everything was exactly as she expected!
It's just like Ye Tingxuan said, once this maid died, they couldn't investigate even if they wanted to.
His face turned livid, his hands clenched into fists, and he had no way to vent the anger in his chest.
Shen Ning nodded, her face still calm, because this matter had been expected by her.
She squatted next to the maid, lowered her head and inspected it carefully. She inspected the maid's hands very carefully, and finally opened the maid's mouth to take a look.
Several people around him looked puzzled.
"She didn't throw herself into the lake out of fear of crime, she was murdered and silenced!" Shen Ning stood up and said with determination.
"Kill, kill and silence?" The eldest princess looked at her blankly, and a chill suddenly appeared on her back.
Everyone looked at Shen Ning, with expressions of surprise and doubt on their faces.