I wish Scarlett is still thinking about eating? Since she entered the palace, isn't Duan Yun'er the only one who has disappeared in the palace?
The female corpse in the lake may be the long-missing girl Yun'er.
It was about the aunt in the middle section of Tai Chi Palace. Yan Xiu looked cold and stern as he walked out of Changle Palace with Zhu Sijia.
A lot of people had gathered outside Yuxin Palace. Most of them came to watch the excitement after hearing about the incident, rather than sincerely feeling sorry for the female corpse.
The soaked body was placed on the open space by the lake, and the coroner was inspecting it in public.
"This is too scary, what has happened to my hair."
"This is the first time I've seen a corpse since I was a kid."
"This smell is really..."
Yang Bixue and Fang Xinyue stood aside, covering their noses with fans and talking quietly.
Du Xian gave them both a hard look: "Don't you two understand the principle of respecting the deceased? If you say another word, be careful and you will be the next person in trouble."
Yang Bixue put her hands on her hips and said, "Looking at the way she is dressed, she is just a palace maid. Does it deserve the word respect to be applied to her? If it is you, Du Bazi, who drowns, I will consider respecting you."
Fang Xinyue tugged on her sleeves, hinting her not to continue talking.
Du Xian rushed up with a quick stride, grabbed Yang Bixue's collar and lifted her to the lake:
"Oh? Really? I'm curious about Changshi Yang's water properties. Don't sleep too hard at night. Not to mention such a large lake, I can drown you even with the washbasin in your dormitory."
This posture frightened everyone in the palace and quickly stepped forward to break up the fight.
Yang Bixue didn't expect Du Xian to be so courageous. She was dragged by Du Xian until her clothes were in a mess, so she had to admit her mistake and ask for help, but Du Xian's hand became stronger and stronger.
Zhang Wanyao and others arrived late and joined in the melee to break up the fight. The farce didn't end until Yu Xin scolded "Stop it" with a cold face.
After all, this is the land in front of her palace. She is the master of this Acacia Palace, so she cannot allow others to act arrogantly.
Besides, the autopsy is still being conducted, so why are they so noisy?
Zhang Wanyao secretly glanced at the female corpse. When she saw the corpse's face, which was so badly soaked, she was shocked and frightened, and almost vomited.
I didn’t expect that Duan Yun’er’s body would be kept so intact after more than half a year! There were no traces of fish or shrimp eating or decay at all. It was probably because she encountered heavy snow shortly after her death and the lake froze, so it was preserved.
Fortunately, she had thought of a countermeasure in advance, otherwise this move would have been extremely dangerous.
Zhang Wanyao took the lead and said: "How come it's so normal that this female corpse appears in the Xiangsi Palace? And you look at the iron chains and stones tied to her body, it's so scary..."
Fang Xinyue picked up what she said: "Yes, instead of arguing over trivial matters here, it would be better to send someone to carefully investigate the origin of this female corpse."
Hearing this, An Ge ordered his two personal maids: "Go to Tai Chi Palace to find Aunt Duan and ask her to come over; you go to Shangyi Bureau to invite Tian Shanggong."
Yang Bixue covered her mouth in surprise: "Young Envoy An, what you mean is that this female corpse is the girl Yun'er from the Shangyi Bureau who made a huge fuss in the palace last year and spent all the power of the imperial guards to search for her?"
An Ge: "I'm not sure about my identity, so I don't dare to make any judgments."
Zhang Wanyao excused herself and wiped her tears with a handkerchief: "I have seen Miss Yun'er before. She is such a beautiful girl. She was obviously harmed by someone. Who dared to treat her in the palace?" This is a vicious attack."
Rumors have been circulating in the palace recently about Yu Xin's harsh treatment of the palace maids. Before the matter was clarified in time, the female body was found in front of her palace gate. Everyone looked at Yu Xin in tacit understanding.
Yu Xin's expression remained unchanged: "Oh? You mean I did it? Do you dare to ask me what my motive is?"
Yang Mixue looked at Yu Xin with suspicion:
"I heard that before Yu Changshi entered the palace, she was a eccentric and rebellious noblewoman. After entering the palace, she hated the palace for some reasons. Any palace servant who accidentally touches your bad luck will be abused by you. corporal punishment."
Zhang Wanyao looked at Yu Xin as if he were the real murderer:
"It turns out that the rumors are true. No wonder everyone says that about you. I didn't believe it at first, but I didn't expect that Yu Changshi is really that kind of person."
Although Yu Xin is well-read, she still acted in a clear-minded way. She was framed in public, and she was so anxious that she didn’t know how to defend herself:
"What does it matter to you whether I am ancient or not? What happened today was clearly framed by someone deliberately! Those who are clean will clean themselves up. I dare to swear a poisonous oath to the dead. If I am really the murderer, I will die violently within three days. If you die, I ask you if you dare?"
She pointed to the sky with three fingers and made an oath. She heard Hu Shunhai's voice coming from behind the crowd:
"Your Majesty has arrived, and Empress Zhaoyi has arrived."
Everyone knelt down and saluted.
Yan Xiu led Zhu Sijia and walked over to Wu Zuo, ignoring him and asking, "How?"
The young man had just been irritated by the noise of these women and had already quietly stuffed cotton wool in his ears. When he saw Yan Xiu's dragon-patterned hem, he took out the cotton ball and hurriedly saluted: "I have met Your Majesty, Zhaoyi."
"Your Majesty, judging from the death condition, it is preliminarily determined that the cause of death of the female corpse was drowning; and it can be inferred from the scars on her knees that she had knelt for a long time before her death, at least for no less than two hours. She left such traces; judging from the decomposition of the body and her clothing, it is inferred that she died last winter."
When the word "kneeling for a long time" was mentioned, everyone's eyes turned to Yu Xin again.
Drown?
Zhang Wanyao's heart was beating like a drum. Wasn't Duan Yun'er frozen to death? Wasn't she already out of breath? How could he become drowned?
In order to ensure that her body would sink to the bottom of the lake, Zhang Wanyao even ordered people to tie chains and stones to her body. Could it be that she personally killed a person who still had a chance of survival?
Aunt Duan and Tian Shanggong also arrived at the Acacia Hall.
With just a glance from a distance, without even having to step forward to identify it carefully, Aunt Duan and Tian Shanggong recognized the female corpse at a glance as that of Duan Yun'er who had disappeared for a long time.
Although Aunt Duan had long accepted the fact that Duan Yun'er might not be alive, she still couldn't help crying silently when she saw Duan Yun'er's gray-white body with her own eyes.
Zhenzhen stood next to her and kindly handed her a handkerchief.
Tian Shanggong walked directly to Wu Zuo and knelt in front of Duan Yun'er's body. His hands were trembling. He stretched out his hands but did not dare to touch them. Her mind went blank:
"How could it be...how could it really be Yun'er? Yun'er was raised by my slave."
Yan Xiu ordered people to carry Yun'er's body down for further inspection, and then directly pulled Zhu Sijia into the Acacia Hall:
"According to my decree, the palace maid Duan Yun'er will be granted the honorary title of Fifth Grade Shang Yi and she will be buried with the honors of a female official. Tian Shang Palace, summon the maids of the Shangyi Bureau to come to the Xiangsi Palace immediately."
It seemed that he was going to be interrogated on the spot at Yu Xin's Acacia Palace.
No one expected that a little palace maid could attract so much attention from Yan Xiu. It was probably because of Aunt Duan that he cared so much for his confidant in the Tai Chi Palace.
For such a big event, all the concubines must be present.
