Murong Ci thought for a moment, and asked, "How long has that man been looking at you from the window?"
When Shen Zhili was imprisoned in the palace, he shouted for help. He shouted for a long time, so his voice became hoarse. "That man came to see him a few times, and each time it took about half a cup of tea."
Murong Ci asked again: "Do you think they are the same person?"
Shen Zhili replied: "It's not the same person. The first time the person was shorter, and the later one was taller. I think the first time person should be a court lady."
maid of honor
Murong Ci thought for a while, then asked: "During these few hours, is there anything else?"
Shen Zhili tried hard to think back, his charming clear eyes narrowed, "Other than that, there is nothing else."
Murong Ci looked at Murong Yu, and seeing that he did not intend to ask questions, he ordered Qin Ruo to personally escort her out of the palace and back to the residence.
When she turned around, Shen Zhili glanced at the man who only asked a question with affectionate glances. From his stern face, she couldn't see the slightest care and worry. Her heart was full of disappointment and grievance. She really wanted to confide the fear and panic in her heart to him, and wanted to snuggle into his arms to seek comfort and warmth, but he refused to let anyone go thousands of miles away.
Just earlier today, he ate the eucommia squab soup she made by herself and praised her craftsmanship. She thought she had already got his favor, but she didn't expect that at this critical moment of testing the relationship between men and women, he didn't have the slightest express. Even His Royal Highness is showing concern, why is he indifferent
what is wrong
However, if he wasn't worried about her safety, why would he go to find her with His Royal Highness personally and save her? He could have sent someone to find her.
Shen Zhili couldn't figure it out more and more. She couldn't understand or guess what Yu Wang was thinking.
Murong Ci could tell that before he left, Shen Zhili's look back, full of resentment, unwillingness and obsession, was all for Murong Yu.
"Such a delicate beauty has been imprisoned for so long, you should at least express it."
"meaning what"
"I care."
"You can express it, and you can also represent me."
"Ben Gong is Ben Gong, you are you, don't confuse them." She squinted at him.
"What's your opinion on Miss Shen's case?" Murong Yu asked carelessly.
"For the time being, the person who has no clue to commit the crime has left no clues in the palace. He acted very cautiously. I need to think about it." Murong Ci suddenly felt that his tongue was sluggish, his cheeks were slightly hot, and his eyes flickered slightly.
He laughed it off and didn't ask.
She rushed out in a hurry, and said: "It's getting late, I should go ahead."
He stood up, with a smile in his deep eyes, all clear.
Back in the East Palace, Murong Ci waited for more than half an hour, and Qin Ruo came back.
Ruyi asked anxiously: "Does Your Highness know who the person who kidnapped Miss Shen is?"
Qin Ruo looked at His Highness in surprise, "Your Highness, who is it?"
Murong Ci leaned against the big pillow, and said coldly: "Shen Zhili has no enmity with anyone in the palace, how could someone abduct her and lock her in a deserted remote palace?"
Ruyi's eyes lit up, and she said in amazement: "The servant knows, it was she who locked herself there, and the thief shouted "Stop the thief."
Qin Ruo rolled her eyes, "Your brain isn't filled with water, it's filled with shit."
"Hey, why are you scolding me like that?" Ruyi was angry and aggrieved, "Your Highness, she scolded the slave"
"Why does Shen Zhili call for a thief? Is he sick?" Qin Ruo was quite speechless.
"Shen Zhili wouldn't do that. The captors only punished her slightly, and didn't want to do anything to her. They just locked her up for a few hours." Murong Ci's bright eyes flashed a sharp cold light.
"Who is that person?" Qin Ruo asked.
Murong Ci didn't answer, his eyes were far away, and he said in his heart: Some people feel that Shen Zhili shouldn't like Murong Yu.
Murongci and Shen Zhiyan studied and sorted out the case in Dali Temple, but there was still no progress. Several headless female corpse cases may become unsolved cases.
As for the fact that Shen Zhili was locked in the deserted palace for several hours in the palace, he didn't know about it, she didn't tell him, she only said that she stayed in the East Palace for a few more hours.
Murong Ci was puzzled, why didn't Shen Zhili say that he was worried about causing unnecessary turmoil
However, since she didn't say anything, Murong Ci wouldn't say anything.
One day, she was chatting with Lan Mengse and Miss Huang when a servant rushed to Dali Temple. After hearing this, Qin Ruo came to deliver a message.
After entering the palace, she rushed to Yuxiu Palace, stepped into the gate of the palace, and saw all the palace people kneeling on the jade steps and weeping, the sound of grief filled the air.
Liu An, the chief servant, followed in, and he was quite surprised, "His Royal Highness, Concubine Qiao has really gone."
Murong Ci didn't answer, and went straight to the main hall.
There were no palace people in the main hall, and there were two court ladies kneeling and crying in front of the bed in the bedroom. Qin Ruo asked: "What's going on?"
The two maids turned around, saw His Highness the Crown Prince, and immediately cried, "Your Highness, Concubine Qiao has gone."
Murong Ci saw a deep palace woman lying on the bed, not breathing at all, he couldn't help feeling ups and downs, unbelievable.
"When did you find out?" Qin Ruo
ask.
"Half an hour ago." The maid named Sandalwood replied.
"Bring out all the things," Murong Ci said coldly.
"Your Highness, Concubine Qiao felt a little tired after lunch, and my servant waited on Concubine Qiao for her lunch break, and then the two servants waited outside the hall." The maid named Chen Xiang replied, "After about half an hour, the two servants came in Looking at Concubine Qiao, she found that Concubine Qiao was already whining."
"Your Highness, it is true that this servant and Chen Xiang serve Concubine Qiao closely." Tan Xiang kowtowed to the ground, weeping in fear, "I don't know why this happened, Concubine Qiao was fine when she rested."
"Your Highness, this matter has nothing to do with the servant, the servant doesn't know anything" Chen Xiang cried.
"The two of you didn't serve Concubine Qiao wholeheartedly. Now that Concubine Qiao has gone, you are so eager to shirk your responsibility and protect yourself wisely. It can be seen that you have not done your best to serve the master at all." Qin Ruo said sharply.
"It's not that this servant is loyal to Concubine Qiao, it's just that this servant doesn't want to die." Sandalwood cried and burst into tears.
"I still have my old mother and a few younger brothers to take care of, I don't want to die, please be kind to Your Highness" Chen Xiang wailed loudly.
"Get out" Murong Ci sternly yelled, hearing their cries made him upset.
Sandalwood and Chen Xiang rolled and crawled out, Qin Ruo said: "Your Highness, Mr. Shen should be here soon."
Murong Ci nodded, glanced at Concubine Qiao, and then checked every corner of the bedroom.
Qin Ruo went to the main hall and said to Liu An: "Director Liu, Your Highness has an order to detain all the palace servants of Yuxiu Palace. His Highness will personally interrogate."
Liu An didn't take the prince seriously at all, and he wouldn't carry out the prince's orders seriously, but recently Yu Wang treated the prince quite differently, he was good at adapting to the wind, he didn't dare to be like before, so he had to grit his teeth to pass orders.
Seeing Shen Zhiyan rushing over, Qin Ruo hurried forward, "Master Shen, His Highness is waiting for you."
He nodded and walked towards the hall.
Murong Ci heard footsteps and turned his head to look, "Zhiyan, you came so fast."
He pursed his lips and said, "As soon as Your Highness left, I went back to Dali Temple."
Immediately, Shen Zhiyan went to examine the corpse, and she and Qin Ruo stood aside.
Concubine Qiao was lying sideways on the bed, her body bent, her hands resting casually beside her head, and her right hand was holding a string of bracelets, which was tightly clenched.
It was a sandalwood bracelet, he took off the bracelet and handed it to His Highness, "Your Highness can recognize this bracelet"
Murong Ci nodded, "This bracelet belongs to Concubine Qiao."
"Why did Concubine Qiao wear a sandalwood bracelet before she died?" Qin Ruo asked suspiciously.
"The deceased, Concubine Qiao, had no cuts or bruises on her face, head, limbs, or body. The strange thing is that Concubine Qiao's entire face was black and blue, and there was faint blue bleeding from seven orifices on her neck, but the amount of blood was extremely small." He said in a deep voice, and then checked Concubine Qiao's left fingernails. "The nails on the index finger and middle finger of the left hand are a little bloody." He checked Concubine Qiao's head again and pulled the black hair away. "Concubine Qiao felt unstoppable pain before she died. Hey, Concubine Qiao's scalp is also black and blue."
"So, Concubine Qiao was poisoned to death." Qin Ruo couldn't figure it out even more.
"Generally speaking, poisoning is either inhaled through the mouth or inhaled through the nose. It's a bit unbelievable to be poisoned like Concubine Qiao." Murong Ci pondered.
"Your Highness is right. If the body of a poisoned person is black and blue, it will be on the face, neck, and body. I have never seen a person with only a face like Concubine Qiao." Shen Zhiyan was also puzzled.
Then, he took out a long and sterilized silver needle and pierced Concubine Qiao's neck.
Not long after, he took out the silver needle, but the silver needle did not turn black. The stomach was probed again, and it did not turn black.
He frowned and said, "This is strange. Why is Concubine Qiao's esophagus and stomach not poisoned?"
Murong Ci also felt strange, "It's really unbelievable. Is it still impossible to determine the cause of Concubine Qiao's fatal death?"
Furthermore, why did Concubine Qiao tightly hold the sandalwood bracelet before she died
Shen Zhiyan nodded, "I still need to check it in detail."
She was hesitating about one thing, whether to temporarily put Concubine Qiao's body in the side hall of Yuxiu Hall, or move it to another place
According to the usual practice, when a concubine in the harem dies, they are usually placed in the side hall of the dormitory where they lived first, and then the funeral is held later. However, Concubine Qiao died unexpectedly, and the funeral can only be arranged after finding out the truth. And it will take a few days to solve this case, if the corpse is kept in Yuxiu Palace, it will not be a problem.
Immediately, she ordered Qin Ruo to find some guards to move Concubine Qiao's body to Tingxue Pavilion.
"mother concubine mother concubine"
It was Murong Chang's mournful cry.
Murong Ci and Shen Zhiyan turned around, and Murong Chang rushed in, with a pale face, he rushed towards the bed, crying bitterly: "Mother Concubine!"
She lay on Concubine Qiao's body, crying loudly, "Concubine Mother, what's wrong with you, Concubine Mother, wake up quickly and don't leave Erchen alone, Concubine Mother, did you hear Concubine Concubine's cry, Concubine Mother, wake up?" wake up"
She wept bitterly, sincerely, and distraught.
Murong Ci sighed sadly, who could bear the sudden loss of his mother
She took two steps forward to comfort her and said: "Sister, my condolences have changed. Your mother and concubine have already passed away, so you can let her go with peace of mind."
"Brother Prince, why did the concubine mother die?"
Murong Chang asked sadly, tears blurred his eyes, his unpainted face was as pale as paper, and the tears flowed down.