"Who on earth wants to harm me... and the Princess of England?" Liu Lanxin sat on the chair, her eyes coldly falling on the maid in front of her.
The maid was lying on the ground. She was wearing the clothes from the Prince's mansion, but they were torn in several places and there were a lot of blood and flesh on her body. Because they were farther away that day, Liu Lanxin didn't actually see clearly what the maid who led the way looked like. Now she only looked somewhat similar.
The maid tried to open her mouth, but no sound came out. There was a deep mark on her throat, and the rest of her neck looked red and swollen.
This is a maid who was beaten to death.
The maid closed her eyes and opened her mouth, but no sound came out.
"Who ordered you to do this? I'll ask you a question, and you just need to nod and say yes." Liu Lanxin said coldly, looking coldly at the maid who was beaten to the point of only having one breath left.
The maid moved her neck weakly, which looked like a nod, but also not quite.
"Is it the British princess?" Liu Lanxin asked directly.
The maid didn't move at all, and lay there breathless.
"Crown Princess?" Liu Lanxin asked again. Actually, she didn't think it was Qu Moying. She just asked before.
The maid moved her eyelids slightly, but it was not a big movement.
"Concubine Ji?" Liu Lanxin asked tentatively again.
This time the maid made a louder noise and struggled desperately, but she only moved her mouth slightly and looked like she wanted to say something, but she couldn't utter a word.
"Since Concubine Ji ordered you around, the Crown Princess should also be involved, right?" Liu Lanxin slammed the table with her hand, extremely angry.
This time the maid moved, stretched out her hand weakly, but finally fell down.
"Miss, she has something in her hand." Haihua had her eyes closed, and she immediately saw that there seemed to be something in the maid's clenched fist.
Her fist was originally clenched tightly, perhaps because all the strength in her body was concentrated there. But when she was about to move forward, there was a tiny gap, which happened to be facing the direction of Haihua.
"Take it off." Liu Lanxin said coldly.
Hai Qing stepped forward, grabbed the maid's hand and twisted it hard. She was very strong to begin with, so how could she compare to a maid who was beaten to death
"Miss, it's an earring." Hai Qing took it out and said.
An exquisite pearl earring, not big, with a small agate on it and three small pearls hanging on the back. Each of them looks round and colorful.
Haiqing presented it to Liu Lanxin, who took it and examined it carefully. Then he went to the window to shine a light on it before he said with certainty, "This is a top-quality colored bead, a tribute. I heard that it is not available in our Great Zhou either. The top-quality ones will reflect colorful patterns when facing the sunlight. They are extremely beautiful, and they show different colors under different light."
"Miss, what kind of person would have such an earring?" Hai Qing took a breath of cold air. Needless to say, this earring was not something that this maid could have.
It is also impossible that this was given to the maid by the person behind the scenes.
"Since it's a tribute, the royal family must have it. I don't know about the new Crown Princess, but the concubine Ji must be the most likely one. She was in the East Palace before, and I heard that she was just a little bit away from being promoted. With the influence of the previous Crown Princess, the Crown Prince should not be reluctant to leave such a good thing to her!"
Liu Lanxin sneered. She had never cared about these concubines or concubines before, no matter if they were from the Crown Prince's Mansion or the Prince Jing's Mansion.
It's just a toy. When you like it, pamper it. When you don't like it, just throw it aside.
Unexpectedly, the concubine in Prince Jing's mansion did not dare to make any move on her, but the concubine in the rival prince's East Palace actually made a move on her.
"Is Concubine Ji crazy? Why does she want to target the young lady?" Haihua asked in surprise.
"It's very simple, actually. This concubine Ji just wants to pick a fight between the Crown Princess and me. She'd better take advantage of the situation and get the biggest benefit." Liu Lanxin only thought about it for a moment, and immediately understood the meaning, sneering.
Although she is also the daughter of a military general, how can she be compared to Ji Hanyue? This concubine Ji really thinks of herself as Ji Hanyue.
"Where is the Crown Princess?" Hai Qing felt that there was more to the story.
"I'm afraid the Crown Princess is not clean either. Who wouldn't do something to go with the flow?" Liu Lanxin glared at the maid with a gloomy face and said hatefully.
"Miss, don't be angry. They are all jealous of you and are afraid that you will get the benefits in the end." Seeing her like this, Haihua hurriedly comforted Liu Lanxin.
"Miss, what should we do with this maid now?" Hai Qing kicked the maid in the face. After a while, the maid fainted. The ginseng that she had just been given to drink to save her life was in vain.
"Throw it on the mass grave!" Liu Lanxin pinched the earring in her hand and said coldly, "Put this earring in her hand as well. More people must see this earring!"
"Miss, do you want people to see this maid?" Hai Qing didn't understand what Liu Lanxin meant for a moment.
"Of course more people have to see it. Don't you want to suppress the matter of this maid? Then let people see how this maid became like this." Liu Lanxin curled her lips proudly. When she was at the border, no young lady dared to mess with her. Those who really messed with her were basically dead.
It had only been a short time since she came to Beijing, but she had already been framed. She had always been the one to deal with others, so when would it be someone else's turn to deal with her? Even if she couldn't go directly to the Eastern Palace, she could draw one or two conclusions from the Eastern Palace's reaction, which would let her know more clearly who had framed her. After all, it was not impossible that Liu Jingyu...
The two maids obeyed the order, one holding one of the girl's hands, and skillfully pulled her out, first throwing her into an empty yard. Someone would throw the girl out at night.
Something happened at the mass grave, and it was a big incident.
It is said that a female corpse appeared in a mass grave, holding a priceless earring in her hand. This was seen by three gangsters, who started a quarrel among themselves. However, there was only one item and they could not divide it. Then, they did not know how they started fighting, which attracted more people to fight for it.
It was originally a fight between three people, but in the end it became a fight between a bunch of people, and whoever got the thing would be beaten and had to be thrown out.
Someone reported the matter to the authorities, and the matter was suppressed only after people from the yamen came. However, when they saw the pearl earrings presented to them, the people in the yamen could no longer sit still.
This may seem like a trivial matter of robbery by a gangster, but it is no small matter when it comes to the royal family.
The earrings were presented up the chain of command, and finally arrived in front of the Minister of Justice. Looking at the earrings in front of him, the Minister frowned. This matter was both easy and difficult to handle.
When they found her, they said she was dead. But who was she and why was she holding an earring? There is no one who killed her. We can only say that she must have bought a death contract. Most of the princes' palaces have this kind of contract.
Servant.
No matter how you look at it, you have to ask the princes about this matter.
The Minister of Justice did not want to get involved in such matters, but he had to. He had no choice but to occasionally meet the princes. He did not want to do anything to these princes, but at least he had to make them quiet down. It did not matter if he made a mess in the mansion, as it would always be too embarrassing in the eyes of the people.
The Minister of Justice was just feeling thankful that no victim came to report the case when he heard someone say that the maid's sister-in-law had been found.
Is this the victim found
The Minister of Justice had a bitter look on his face. There really was a victim in this kind of situation. Who found the victim? How could it be such a coincidence that the victim appeared as soon as something happened
If someone said that no one had tampered with this, the Minister of Justice would never believe it.
He didn't want to take sides, he just wanted to be the Minister of Justice quietly, and he was even more unwilling to choose between the Crown Prince and King Jing.
He is the Minister of Justice, and he often sees the Crown Prince and Prince Jing in the Imperial Study. The Crown Prince looks kind, but always a little gloomy, and he seems a little unfeeling about the affairs of the Ling'an Marquis's Mansion. As for Prince Jing, he has talent and knowledge, but he is too high-profile, which does not seem to be a long-term solution. Besides, there is a difference between legitimate and illegitimate children, and the status of the eldest legitimate son cannot be maintained unless the Crown Prince commits a serious mistake.
But what big mistake could the prince make
The Minister of Justice didn't dare to think about it, nor did he want to think about it. He clicked his tongue, his mouth full of bitterness, but he couldn't say it. In the end, he could only slam the table hard in hatred. No matter who they were, no matter who wanted to do, he was in the Ministry of Justice and he had to handle official business impartially. As for the rest, it was none of his business.
The Minister of Justice was angry and wanted to ask for culpability, and Qu Moying also met the people sent by Liu Jingyu.
It was an old woman. She was quite respectful when she came in, but what she said was not very pleasant.
"My Lady Princess, our Crown Princess said that the maid was given to you. If you don't like her, just send her back. Our Eastern Palace doesn't need a coffin for her. Now that something like this has happened, it will be embarrassing for everyone. The Crown Princess wants Princess Ying to bring her back and bury her. What do you think?"
"This matter has nothing to do with me. Go find Miss Liu from the General's Mansion." Qu Moying raised his eyes, glanced at the old woman from the East Palace, and frowned.
"Miss Liu from the General's Mansion?" The old woman was stunned and asked hurriedly.
"What our princess meant was that this matter has nothing to do with us. Before, Miss Liu came to our house and asked for this maid, saying that this maid had harmed her. Our princess originally wanted to send her back, and since Miss Liu wanted her, she was returned to her. I don't know who made this maid into this state, so there's no use in sending her over." After Nanny Zhou looked the old woman up and down, she took over the conversation.
"How...how could it be like this?" The old woman didn't expect there would be such a thing, and asked anxiously.
"So the subsequent matters have nothing to do with our princess. If the Crown Princess wants to know clearly, please go find Miss Liu." Nanny Zhou said bluntly.
What the old woman said before was too unpleasant to hear. She had wanted to speak for a long time, but when she saw that her master wanted her to speak, she quickly stood up and spoke.
Looking at the anxious old woman below, Qu Moying curled her lips sarcastically. Liu Jingyu wanted to use a dying maid to exchange himself for going to the Duke of Qi's Mansion.
I can also do this myself. The maid's sister-in-law was sent over by her on purpose to add fuel to the fire for Liu Lanxin...
Now it's time to go to the Duke of Qi's Mansion...