Lu Jiangli's eyes were slightly red, he endured his grief, took a deep breath, and neatly put on his gloves and began to examine the corpse.

"The deceased had no obvious external injuries to the skin of his body, his legs and kneecaps were broken, and his wrist was marked with a bracelet with his name engraved...... White beads. Depending on the degree of decomposition of the body, the time of death is about seven days. ”

On the side, he stroked his beard in agreement: "Can the princess check the way the deceased died?" ”

Lu Jiangli took out the silver needle and gently stabbed it into the throat of the corpse: "The silver needle has not changed color, which proves that the deceased did not die of poisoning." Then it could be suffocation! ”

He nodded, turned to the emperor and said, "Your Majesty, what the princess said is true. Judging from the corpse, these clues can basically only be judged. ”

Lu Jiangli disagreed, and carefully removed a strand of hair and skin fragments from the corpse and kept them as samples.

Then he carefully looked at the hands of the corpse, although the corpse was partially decomposed, but the hands were still relatively intact; And although these hands were rough, they were not calloused, which made her wonder for a moment.

But when she examined the corpse's legs again, there were still no flaws, and the legs were not newly fallen......

At this time, the emperor's face turned cold, and he ordered majestically: "Since he died in about seven days, then in these seven days, something unusual has happened in Fengqi Palace!" ”

At this time, all the palace people of Fengqi Palace were taken to the garden and stood in two rows neatly.

Everyone hung their heads in fear, not daring to say anything.

Since everyone didn't speak, the emperor's cold and sharp gaze swept to the palace maid who first found the corpse: "Since you found the corpse, when did you find out that this peony began to wither?" ”

The palace maid's slender body trembled for a moment, and said tremblingly: "Back to the emperor, the slave maid found that this flower began to wither three days ago, and at first thought it was caused by the hot weather, and poured water on it, but it didn't get better before thinking about pruning it." ”

The emperor held his hands behind his shoulders, his face was majestic, and just a casual look exuded an emperor-like deterrent: "Since you are in charge of flowers and plants, what unusual people or things have you found in the past few days?" ”

The palace maid was stunned, and her eyes obviously became evasive: "No, no." ”

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, and Concubine Li was afraid that the emperor had missed something, so she said fiercely: "No? So what are you dodging? This palace looks at you and you are weak-hearted! If you know something, just say it, and the emperor will definitely make decisions for you. If you don't report it, this case won't be investigated, and everyone will be arrested and tortured in the dungeon! It's serious to connect the nine clans! You've figured it out! ”

The palace maid's face turned pale, as if she was frightened, and immediately knelt on the ground: "Go back to the emperor, Niangniang!" A few nights ago, when the slave and maid were out of Gonggong, they did see a few figures sneakily doing something in the garden. But at that time, the slave and maid were in a hurry, so they didn't take a closer look, and when the slave and maid came back, the figures were gone. Seeing that nothing had been lost in the garden, the slave went back to sleep. ”

"Your Majesty, what the slave said is true! The slaves and maids really didn't see the murderer's appearance clearly, but vaguely saw them wearing palace people's clothes, and one of them was very similar to Mama Su's......"

Mama Su......

Suddenly, the emperor, Concubine Li, and even the empress and others all looked at Mama Su in shock.

This Mama Su is the big celebrity next to the queen, and she is also the maid who grew up with the queen in the Su family.

Mama Su also panicked, and hurriedly knelt down and shook her hand: "The emperor, Niangniang, the old slave is wronged." The queen mother can't sleep well for a while, and the old slave stays by the mother's side every night, for fear that something will go wrong. The queen can testify for the old slave in this matter. ”

The queen knew Mama Su's personality very well, and she also knelt down and pleaded: "Your Majesty, what Mama Su said is true. There are countless grandmothers in this palace, and most of them are similar to Mama Su, how can they be judged by a back? The emperor is discerning! ”

The queen grabbed the corner of the emperor's dragon robe and pleaded, but the emperor coldly avoided her touch and asked coldly: "Apart from the queen, who else can prove it for Mama Su?" ”

The rest of the palace people shook their heads for fear of being affected.

At this time, one of them trembled and raised his hand, "Your Majesty, a few days ago, the night before, the little one also saw a strange scene. It was the eldest prince and two guards who pushed a heavy box into Fengqi Palace. At that time, the little one was still very curious, thinking that the box contained some gold, silver and jewelry, so he took a second look, only to see the eldest prince carry the box into the queen's bedroom, and then after a while, there was a sound of the teacup breaking from the mother's bedroom, and then there was no movement. ”

"When I went to sweep the yard the next day, I found that there were a few drops of reddish-brown blood along the gravel road where the eldest prince passed yesterday...... The little one had no power in the palace, and he was afraid of causing trouble, so he pretended not to see it and didn't tell anyone. ”

Now all the evidence, all point to the queen.

The queen's face was ruthless, and she stared at the maid and the little eunuch viciously, "What nonsense! What a big box, what a box this palace never received! Yu'er has never sent a box either! Your Majesty, these two people deliberately framed their concubines! If the emperor does not believe it, he can send someone to ask the eldest prince to testify. ”

As soon as her voice fell, she said Cao Cao, and Cao Cao arrived.

The eldest prince heard that something was going on in the palace, so he hurried over slowly: "The son has seen his father and the queen mother!" ”

The emperor's face was cold, and he pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "Yu'er came just in time, look at it, do you know this person?" ”

The eldest prince only glanced at the corpse, covered his mouth and nose, and subconsciously took a step back, "Back to my father, I don't know my son." Why is there a corpse in the mother's garden? ”

The Emperor snorted coldly, "I'm also curious! Then I ask you again, have you ever sent a big box to your queen mother in the past few days and nights? ”

The eldest prince's face was full of doubts, "Father Mingjian, the sons and daughters have been busy improving themselves these days, except for coming to the palace in the morning to greet the queen mother, almost all the rest of the time is in the palace to review." There is no night to enter the palace to deliver boxes! These must be the villain's frames! ”

After speaking, Concubine Li laughed weirdly: "The eldest prince and the queen are really licking calves!" The queen mother protects the eldest prince, and the eldest prince in turn protects the queen mother! This mother-son relationship is really enviable! But the emperor, the queen and the eldest prince are mother-son relationships whose blood is thicker than water, if their testimony is adopted, will others say that they cover each other? ”

The queen's eyes were crossed, and she reprimanded coldly: "Concubine Li, why do you say that we are protecting each other? You know, you have to pay attention to evidence in everything! If the emperor listens to the words of two ambiguous palace people, he will suspect the concubine, or wronged the concubine, and the concubine will not accept it! ”

"Dissatisfied, right? Someone, go search the queen's bedchamber! House-by-house search! I don't believe the queen would do such a bad thing! Only in this way can the queen be innocent! ”