Concubine Zhao seemed to be frightened by her cold eyes and said no more, and the whole group walked to the other end of the imperial garden.
Mo Xuetong followed the ladies and gentlemen without saying a word.
Everyone followed the palace maid around several rockeries and came to a remote place. Just next to the lake in the rockery, a female corpse was lying. There was wind in that place and it originally felt cool, but now because of the female corpse, It makes the whole place feel windy and scary for no reason.
A few brave eunuchs went over, pulled up the female body, and laid it flat on the ground. However, they heard the palace maid who had just discovered the body cover her mouth and scream, then suddenly threw herself on the female body and shouted in panic. : "The Queen, this is Feihuan."
"Flying Ring?" The Queen was stunned for a moment, as if she hadn't thought of it, and frowned.
Nanny Lin next to her took two steps forward and looked at the face of the female corpse. She was also trembling with fright. She hurriedly took two steps back to the queen and said with a white face: "Your Majesty, you are the third class in Tianfeng Palace." The palace maid, named Fei Huan, just now you asked her to serve drinks for all ladies and ladies in the imperial garden."
The queen was stunned, as if she didn't expect that she was actually from Tianfeng Palace. She looked a little ugly, frowned and asked, "Who was the last person to see this palace maid just now?"
Regardless of her status as a queen or her status as the master of Tianfeng Palace, the queen has to intervene in this matter.
"Queen, slave, slave came out with Fei Huan just now. Later, slave saw a little maid waving to Fei Huan in front. Then Fei Huan told slave that something happened and asked slave to go first. slave was thinking about Fei Huan. Maybe I met someone I knew, so I ignored her and left. Unexpectedly, just a while later, Fei Huan, she, she... "
The palace maid who threw herself on Fei Huan burst into tears: "Queen, you must make the decision for Fei Huan. Fei Huan is devoted to you. You cannot let the murderer go unpunished."
"Go up and have a look." The queen nodded to a eunuch standing next to her. He was a master of guarding the queen in the inner palace, and was also the interrogation eunuch of Ouchi. He was in charge of the interrogation matters in the inner palace. He went over and stretched out his two hands. He poked his fingers around the palace maid's neck, then stood up and shook his head, indicating that he was out of breath. Then he squatted next to the body, inspected it for a while, and then came over to report to the queen.
"Mother, this body was strangled to death. There are pinch marks on her neck and her fingers are thick. She is obviously a man. From the looks of it, she is quick and accurate. She is a practitioner. If she does not have more than ten years of skill, , would never kill him with such a pinch."
The eunuch Xing Wen replied concisely.
"But who wants to harm Fei Huan? Fei Huan is usually very nice to people and never gets angry with others." The palace maid cried.
"There's something there, look." Suddenly someone pointed at the place where the body had just been picked up and screamed.
Everyone looked back and saw that there was a piece of cloth stuck in the gap of the rockery. Eunuch Xingwen went over and quickly took out the cloth wrapped inside. Only then did everyone realize that it was actually a piece of cloth, because Most of it was entangled inside, so it was just a piece of cloth that fell from the murderer's body.
"This must be the veil that fell from the murderer's body!" someone was asking.
"No, this veil is so pink in color and has embroidery on it. It should belong to a young lady. Look at the pinch marks on her neck. It's clearly a man's. How could it be the murderer's?" Someone else was confused. asked.
Someone retorted on the spot and said, "Maybe this is the veil that the murderer hid in his arms. There must be a woman related to the murderer, so this veil would appear in his arms, and then be pulled away by the palace maid before she died." "Hey, the reason why I didn't take it away may be because I was short of time and didn't notice it."
"Your Majesty, this... something like this happened, but we must investigate it." Upon hearing this, Concubine Yu, who was standing aside, had deep worry in her eyes and said in fear, clutching her stomach.
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The queen looked at the corpse coldly, and the tone from her thin lips was cold and stern: "If you kill people in the palace, of course you must find out carefully."
When they heard that a thorough investigation was required, everyone was a little more hesitant. This was the palace, and there was a murder case. Naturally, it was possible that anyone would come here today. If this investigation failed, would they be able to stay here and be searched? This is a waste of time, and if one person is not good enough, as time goes by, it is easy for others to blame him.
Who wants to be locked up and searched
"Let me take a look at this veil." An old lady stood up first, stretched out her hand and said to eunuch Xing Wen. She was the mother of Marquis Luofeng.
The eunuch Xingwen looked at the queen, who nodded slightly, and then the eunuch respectfully presented the veil to Mrs. Luofenghou.
Madam Luofenghou picked up the handkerchief and looked at the light. She frowned and looked at the people on her left and right. Her face showed some doubts, but she was also a little undecided.
After a while, Ling Rui'er turned to one side and asked, "Princess Chu, can I borrow your handkerchief to take a look?"
"My handkerchief?" Ling Ruier actually panicked when she saw this handkerchief. She stretched out her hand to take out her own handkerchief to compare it, only to realize that her own handkerchief disappeared unexpectedly. , her face turned pale in panic. She had just come back not long ago. She originally wanted to watch the excitement, but she never expected that something would happen to her.
After hearing Mrs. Luofenghou ask about Ling Rui'er, a few sharp-eyed people immediately noticed that the left and right corners of the handkerchief in Mrs. Luofenghou's hand were actually embroidered with two words, "Ling" on the left and "Rui" on the right. Together, it was clearly Ling Ruier, why didn't this shock everyone.
This scarf turned out to be Ling Ruier's.
"Rui'er, where is your handkerchief?" The queen turned her head, with a flash of anger in her eyes. She looked at Ling Rui'er and asked displeasedly. If something goes wrong today, it will be all because of this idiot Ling Rui'er. Yes, why don't she feel angry
"Queen, the maid just spilled watermelon juice on my dress, so I went to change my clothes, and then the scarf disappeared." Ling Ruier said anxiously, she didn't know what her scarf was. When did he disappear, but it is a fact that the veil on his body is in the hands of this palace maid.
"Yes, the palace maid just now deliberately poured watermelon juice on Third Sister. It turned out that she was trying to steal Third Sister's handkerchief. I don't know who wanted her to harm Third Sister." Ling Yu, who was following her An idea struck him and he hurriedly defended her. If it was really discovered that Ling Rui'er had the palace maid killed because of such a trivial matter, Ling's daughter would not have to marry again. Who would dare to marry such a vicious family? Home girl.
For the sake of his own reputation, Ling Yu couldn't let anything happen to Ling Ruier.
These words reminded everyone, and then they remembered that there was indeed such an incident just now. Maybe this maid really framed Ling Ruier on purpose. Otherwise, she was standing well just now, why would she hit Ling Ruier, and Her dress got wet and she had to change into another set of clothes. This was enough for someone to kill this palace maid. If Ling Ruier's veil was really taken off first, then It's really possible that someone framed Ling Ruier.
Or the King of Chu who framed her behind her.
Concubine Zhao suddenly came over and asked with a slightly suspicious look on her face: "What kind of incense does Princess Chu use for her veil?"
Indeed, the veil was exuding a faint strange fragrance. Although it was soaked in water, it was still fragrant, which showed that it was a top-quality fragrance.
This reminded Ling Rui'er, and she hurriedly said: "The incense I use there is not an ordinary incense. It was rewarded to me by the Queen Mother. It is said to be a tribute. I am the only one in the entire Qin Dynasty who has it, and there is no one else." ”
Ling Rui'er just wanted to prove her innocence this time, so she couldn't care less about anything else.
"The ten-mile incense that Princess Chu said can be offered as tribute to the Queen Mother?" Eunuch Xing Wen's eyes lit up, and then he asked: "If this is true, the fragrance will last for a long time. It is said that it lasts for ten days, right? "
There was something strange in Ling Ruier's eyes, and then she nodded vigorously and said, "Yes, yes."
"Princess Chu, do you think this fragrance will linger when it comes into contact with other clothes?" Eunuch Xing Wen asked again.
"This fragrance is very strong. As long as you touch it with your hands, it will not dissipate for a while." Ling Ruier replied firmly.
"That's very good." Eunuch Xing Wen squatted down in front of the body again, turned over the clothes of the palace maid Fei Huan, and smelled it with his nose. After a while, he raised his eyebrows and said: "Queen, this palace maid once had something hidden in her arms. The veil, it seems that she indeed stole Princess Chu’s veil and hid it, but was later assassinated, and the veil was left here intentionally.”
"Bitch, you really want to harm me." Ling Ruier breathed a sigh of relief and cursed fiercely at the palace maid Fei Huan.
"Since that person flipped the veil, shouldn't there be fragrance left on him?" the queen asked coldly.
The eunuch raised his lips and smiled, nodding: "Your Majesty is absolutely right. Since that piece of handkerchief was placed there intentionally, the man must have moved it. Please bring the torture dog."
"Go, convey my decree and ask the guards to bring the torture dogs." The queen nodded, her eyes sliding across Mo Xuetong's face with a faint sneer. The torture dogs are specially used by the Ministry of Punishment to investigate cases, and their noses are more sensitive than ordinary dogs. A hundred times over, no matter who is doing it today, it will be impossible for them to be good.
Concubine Zhao standing aside, although she lowered her eyes, a deep sense of pride flashed across the corner of her eyes, and a somewhat sinister smile appeared on her face unconsciously. Although things were somewhat different from what she had expected, fortunately, she was still Go in your original direction.
After a while, a small torture dog was brought in front of everyone. Several imperial guards stood on both sides and arranged for everyone to stand in two rows. The torture eunuch brought the veil to the dog's nose, sniffed it, and then took it away. The handkerchiefs were asked to be sniffed one by one. After sniffing two, the torture dog pounced on them. If the eunuch hadn't reacted quickly and grabbed them, Ling Ruier would have been knocked down.
Even so, she was so frightened that she almost couldn't speak.
She was originally the owner of the handkerchief. She had been holding the handkerchief for a while. The scent on her body was of course very strong. The eunuch forced the torture dog back and continued walking back. Behind Ling Ruier was Mo Xuetong. Mo Xuetong stood there quietly holding Mo Ye's hand. The torture dog went up and circled twice before going down again.
It was obvious that this matter had nothing to do with Mo Xuetong.
The Queen, who was standing in the main seat, frowned slightly and looked at Mo Xuetong suspiciously.
The torture dog walked under everyone's feet, sniffing from time to time. Everyone was nervous and scared, especially most of them were young ladies. They were trembling with fear. Suddenly, the torture dog barked wildly and charged fiercely. A maid standing behind a young lady rushed over, biting the maid's calf with a big mouth full of fangs, and dragged the maid out.
The Ouchi guards on both sides who had been preparing for their attack swarmed out, pounced like wolves and tigers, captured the man, searched out all the items in his pockets, and placed them in front of everyone. (To be continued)