Chapter 148 Murder and Assassination
The moon is bright and the stars are sparse. Although it is late autumn, the moonlight is bright enough tonight and you can see things.

After meeting His Majesty, Song Zhao, accompanied by the Embroidered Uniform Guard, carefully surveyed the area around the Fish and Dragon Pond.

More than ten Jinyiwei stood around, holding torches, illuminating the place as bright as day.

Zheng Yi sat under the pavilion, with a palace maid gently massaging his shoulders, and watched Song Zhao's movements carefully.

The same was true for the eunuchs and palace maids around, and there were many people in the distance looking over here.

As soon as he learned that the Queen had accidentally fallen in the Fish and Dragon Pond, Zheng Yi ordered his men to cordon off the entire area. Even the eunuchs and palace maids who managed the Imperial Garden were all under surveillance, waiting to find evidence and foul play.

If it was an accident, it would be fine. We can only blame Lu Lin'er for being unlucky and accidentally slipping.

But if someone were to assassinate him, Zheng Yi would never let him go!

In just half a day, Zheng Yi believed that if the murderer really did it, he would inevitably leave some clues.

What he has to do now is to grasp this clue.

Song Zhao first walked around the Fish and Dragon Pond, and then carefully checked the three roads leading to other directions. Soon he was sweating profusely.

Although he is good at solving cases, he still needs at least witnesses and physical evidence.

It's really difficult for him to go to the pool to investigate the case so late at night.

And most importantly, this matter is definitely related to the royal struggle.

Whether he finds out or not, it will be bad for him.

However, feeling the emperor's occasional gaze from behind him, Song Zhao couldn't help but feel more nervous.

He swallowed, and even felt a little dizzy after seeing so much.

In the end, he even threw himself on the ground without caring about his image, using all four limbs to survey the surroundings.

Finally, he lay down on the place where Lu Lin'er slipped and began to search carefully.

Soon, his eyes lit up and he suddenly grabbed two pebbles.

"Your Majesty! I found it!"

"Oh? Come on, tell me."

"promise!"

Song Zhao walked up quickly and handed the two pebbles respectfully to Zheng Yi.

"Your Majesty, look, there is a faint layer of grease on the sides of these two pebbles, and it was this that caused the Queen to slip and fall to the ground."

"grease?"

Zheng Yi took it, looked at it, stretched out his hand and pinched it, and sure enough, he felt a sticky layer on his hand.

Song Zhao said: "Your Majesty, according to my humble opinion, this should be the evidence left by the murderer."

"The murderer had already discovered the Queen's movements, so he secretly smeared a layer of grease on these two pebbles."

"After the queen accidentally slipped, this person took advantage of the panic in the harem to wipe off the grease on this layer."

"But what this person didn't expect was that although it was already late autumn, the sun was shining brightly today, making the temperature in the park higher. The grease melted a little and flowed into the gap between the two pebbles, leaving a trace of it behind."

"Your Majesty was farsighted and sealed off the crime scene in time, so the grease was successfully left behind and discovered by me."

Zheng Yi said: "No need to flatter me, it's your contribution, I will never forget it."

Song Zhao looked a little embarrassed and said, "Everything is up to your Majesty's orders."

"If we follow your speculation, how should we proceed?"

"It's simple. All the eunuchs and maids who manage the Imperial Gardens will be detained and interrogated in batches to find out who worked at the Fish and Dragon Pond today and stayed around it."

Song Zhao said: "This grease should be lard. According to the time calculation, the murderer is very likely to have committed the crime around midnight to noon today. We just need to focus on investigating the people coming and going at this time to find out."

"Liu Chengen!"

"promise!"

Liu Chengen waved his hand, and immediately a group of palace guards came over, escorting a group of eunuchs and palace maids.

"Your Majesty, the Imperial Garden Director and others have been brought here."

"It's unfair, Your Majesty!"

"I know nothing, Your Majesty."

"His Majesty……"

"Shut up, everyone!"

Liu Chengen shouted coldly, and then said to Zheng Yi respectfully: "Your Majesty, bring all the servants of the Imperial Garden Supervisor, a total of thirty-two people."

"Among them, there are twenty-four eunuchs and eight palace maids."

"Who is the director of the Duyuan Supervisor?"

"Your servant Bao Dahai greets His Majesty. May our emperor live long and long!"

A fat man knelt down and took two steps, kowtowing repeatedly.

"Have all the servants of the Metropolitan Garden Supervisor arrived today?"

"Your Majesty, everyone is here."

"Don't worry. I just need to find out the working hours, areas, and contents of each person in the Metropolitan Garden today, and each person must have two people to testify."

"If you can't prove it, then we'll conduct a strict interrogation. Do you understand?"

"promise!"

"Take them all away and interrogate them strictly."

"promise!"

A team of Jinyiwei rushed out immediately, took all the people from Duyuanjian to a secluded place, and began to interrogate them in batches.

At this time, Song Zhao suddenly said, "Your Majesty, the eunuchs and maids in the Imperial Garden don't have much money. If the murderer wants to bribe them, he must spend a lot of gold, silver or jewels."

"Your Majesty, you can order people to search the places where the eunuchs and palace maids live in the Duyuanjian. Perhaps there will be unexpected gains."

"Tangcheng."

"The humble position is here."

"You personally lead the search, and make sure not to miss any corner."

"promise!"

Tang Cheng waved his hand, and more than a dozen fierce Jinyiwei rushed to the place where the eunuchs and palace maids of Duyuanjian lived and began to search.

At this time, there is no such thing as fairness, justice, or privacy.

As long as the mastermind behind the scenes can be found, what does the privacy of some eunuchs and palace maids matter?
Many eunuchs, palace maids, and guards were waiting here, and Zheng Yi closed his eyes and thought, wondering in his mind who would do this.

Concubine Duan Xu Qingluan?
possible.

Now in the entire palace, only she and the queen are pregnant.

If something happened to the queen, and two lives were lost, she would of course be the one to benefit the most.

But at this time, Xu Mujun had just dealt with Xu Xuanwu's rebellion, so he should have been more humble. How could he easily provoke the queen?
Defei Li Changle?
She and Xu Qingluan were indeed close, but her personality was rather peaceful. She had always been doing her duty over the years and had not done or said anything excessive.

Then... Concubine Cui?

It is impossible...

Like Zheng Yi, Yuechan and Yuheng Zhenren, she is a cultivator with the hope of immortality. How could she be involved in the disputes among concubines in the harem?

Is that... Concubine Wan Zhu Wanwan?

Qingpin? Miaopin?

Or...Bipin?
Bipin was Zheng Yi's first woman, but she was from the White Lotus Sect.

She has been doing her job well for so many years, but her identity is a stain after all.

Now that the White Lotus Sect has rebelled again, is it inevitable that Concubine Bi will do something to murder the royal heir?
Or...the daughters of those noble families? !
Soon, Tang Cheng and his men came back quickly and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, we found it!"

He held it up with both hands, but found that it was a cloth bag in his hands. When he tipped it over, more than a dozen gold pieces and two lush green hairpins fell out.

Zheng Yi picked it up and looked at it, frowning.

It was very ordinary gold, produced by the Imperial Household Department, and it had the Imperial Household Department’s seal on it.

It was usually a reward given by the concubines in the palace to servants who had made great contributions.

Even Zheng Yi himself received a lot of rewards.

But these two hairpins are obviously valuable items and are not something these eunuchs and palace maids are qualified to own.

"who's stuff?"

"Bed No. 3 in Bed A. I asked the people in the Imperial Courtyard, and they said this bed belongs to a palace maid named Dujuan."

"Bring Dujuan!"

"promise!"

Soon, a short, ordinary-looking palace maid in her twenties was brought up.

At this moment, her face was full of panic. When she saw the gold and hairpin under Zheng Yi's feet, she was so scared that she trembled all over.

"Your Majesty...it wasn't me, it wasn't me who did this!"

Zheng Yi said coldly: "You are just an ordinary palace maid, and you work in a department as clean as the Imperial Garden. How did you get so many gold and jade hairpins?"

"To be honest, I might be able to spare your life, otherwise..."

"Woooooooo..."

Du Juan suddenly started crying, and knelt on the ground, saying in a hoarse voice: "Your Majesty, this has nothing to do with me. Someone gave me so much gold and asked me to pour the lard there."

"I don't know anything, and I don't know where the Queen will appear..."

"How dare you! How dare you delay His Majesty's request!"

Liu Chengen suddenly cursed: "Ever since the Queen became pregnant, she has come to the Fish Dragon Pond to relax almost every few days, and this has been going on for more than half a year."

"As a maid cleaning the imperial garden, how could I not know where the Empress is?
"We think you are trying to murder the Queen and the heir to the throne. Aren't you afraid of having your entire clan executed?!"

"Please spare me, Your Majesty, please spare me!"

Du Juan was so frightened that she kowtowed repeatedly, until her forehead was bleeding.

"Yes, it was Aunt Siling who asked me to do this. Wuwuwu, she gave me a lot of gold and said that she had arrested my brother and said that if I didn't listen to her, she would castrate my brother and send him to the palace to be a eunuch."

"Wow, my family rescued my brother, a boy, and nothing can happen to him. Also, my father and mother are both controlled by her..."

"Aunt Siling? Who is that?"

Zheng Yi said in a strange tone, it seemed that there was no such person in his memory.

Liu Chengen, who was standing by, suddenly said, "Your Majesty, I remember now."

"Aunt Siling seems to be the head maid of Jinxiu Palace, and also the personal maid brought by Concubine Wang when she entered the palace."

"Jinxiu Palace? Concubine Wang?" Zheng Yi asked curiously, "Which Concubine Wang?"

"Your Majesty, Wang Chan of the Wang family, because of her family's request for mercy, Your Majesty will exterminate all three clans and demote her to a beauty."

"Wang Family... Wang Chan... It turned out to be you!"

"Go to Jinxiu Palace!"

"promise!"

The group walked towards the Jinxiu Palace. Along the way, many eunuchs and palace maids were silent and no one spoke.

The eunuchs and palace maids who were in charge of the imperial garden were not released either, and were still being strictly interrogated to see if there were any accomplices hiding among them.

Soon, Zheng Yi brought his men to Jinxiu Palace.

"Your Majesty has arrived~!"

Before the palace servants from Jinxiu Palace came up to greet him, Zheng Yi strode in.

"See Your Majesty!"

"See Your Majesty!"

The eunuchs and palace maids all knelt down nervously to greet him.

Zheng Yi glanced at the eunuchs kneeling beside him, but didn't pay any attention to them and walked towards the main hall.

At this time, Wang Chan also ran out in a hurry. She didn't even have any hair accessories on her head, but this still made her look young and beautiful.

"I see you, Your Majesty."

Wang Chan hurriedly bowed and said, "Your Majesty, why didn't you tell someone in advance that you were coming? I haven't even had time to wash up yet."

"No need."

Zheng Yi didn't even enter the palace, and asked in a serious tone: "My beloved concubine, where is Si Ling, the maid in charge of Jinxiu Palace?"

"Looking for Aunt Siling?"

Wang Chan was surprised and said, "It's strange, Aunt Siling didn't seem to come to serve us today, Juan'er, go find Aunt Siling."

"Yes, beautiful."

A little palace maid quickly stood up and walked towards the side hall.

Liu Chengen gave a look and Tang Cheng followed him.

Wang Chan said again: "Your Majesty, it's late at night and the dew is heavy, let's go in."

"No need, just wait here."

Soon, a palace maid named Juan'er suddenly ran over in panic.

"Beauty! No, it's bad, Aunt Siling hanged herself!"

"Ah? Aunt?"

Wang Chan's face changed drastically, and she hurriedly ran towards the side hall: "Aunt~!"

Tang Cheng walked over and whispered, "Your Majesty, Aunt Siling is indeed dead."

"I have checked and it is true that he committed suicide. He was not forced by anyone."

"Afraid of committing suicide?"

Zheng Yi frowned and said, "Song Zhao."

"Wei Chen is here."

"Go check and see if you can find any clues."

"promise!"

The group walked towards the side hall. When they passed the two eunuchs who were still kneeling on the ground, the Blood Moon Gu in Zheng Yi's arms suddenly moved, and Zheng Yi's heart was also alarmed. He suddenly turned sideways and looked back.

One of the two kneeling eunuchs suddenly drew out a soft sword and stabbed it towards Zheng Yi's throat!

　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　Asking for a monthly ticket~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)