Shen Ruojiao made a lot of calculations, but miscalculated Bai Zhen's reaction.

After listening to Empress Chen's accusation, Bai Zhen's eyes fell on Lu Daimei, who was lying on her stomach, for a moment, and then looked straight at Shen Ruojiao.

"The queen is reasonable, since Shen Guifei thinks that this matter is suspicious, then she will work hard Shen Guifei, so she will investigate and give the queen an explanation. ”

Bai Zhen's voice was clear and gentle, but it was extremely harsh to Shen Ruojiao's ears.

Sure enough, she still overestimated Lu Daimei's status in Bai Zhen's heart.

is unkind, but a qualified emperor.

Shen Ruojiao's mind turned a thousand times, but his face remained calm, and he lowered his head and leaned over: "Ruojiao will not disgrace his life." ”

Bai Zhen looked at her quietly, and a trace of imperceptible tenderness flashed in her eyes.

It's been a long time, such a serious Shen Ruojiao.

Bai Zhen was worried about political affairs, and he didn't stay long before leaving Jingchun Palace.

In Shen Ruojiao's eyes, he didn't seem to be here for Lu Daimei, but like he was here to block her, and Shen Ruojiao's prejudice against Bai Zhen deepened a little.

Investigating the case is to peel off the cocoons from the existing human and physical evidence, follow the vine, eliminate all impossibilities, and finally arrive at the truth.

The investigation itself is not difficult, but the difficult thing is the two-day period given by Empress Chen.

When time is tight, it's easy to overlook a lot of details.

Lu Daimei was temporarily confined to the dormitory, and all the palace people in Jingchun Palace were not allowed to step out of the palace gate for half a step, waiting for Shen Ruojiao's interrogation at any time.

Shen Ruojiao came to the palace maid's room, and the palace maid's body was placed in the open space in the courtyard and covered with a layer of white cloth.

There were two rows of palace people standing next to him, all with their heads bowed, silent.

They have different looks, some panic, some anxious, and some dissatisfied.

Perhaps in the eyes of most people, this is just a dead palace maid, why bother so much.

How can the life of a palace maid be a fortune teller.

In this high wall, every corner may be stained with blood, every inch of land may be buried with corpses, and life here is like grass mustard, just something to be used.

If it weren't for Empress Chen's insistence on pursuing it, no one would have tracked down the death of a palace maid, she would have been thrown into a mass grave without dignity like most of the palace maids who died in vain, and her body would have been eaten by wild wolves, and for others, it was just one less person in the palace.

However, everyone knows that this is a place where people eat people and don't spit out bones, and there are always people who sharpen their heads and want to come in.

Shen Ruojiao sighed a little heavily, squatted down, and lifted the white cloth with gentle movements.

This palace maid's name is Tanhua, she just turned fourteen years old last month, and it has been a year since she entered the palace.

If it weren't for this catastrophe, she should have infinite possibilities, maybe she got the opportunity to soar, maybe she waited in obscurity until she was twenty years old to get married, in short, not like now, lying there quietly, losing her vitality.

Shen Ruojiao's eyes fell on Sandalwood's neck, and the two strangulation marks, one deep and one shallow, overlapped together, as long as you looked closely, you could find the mystery.

The sandalwood flowers were clearly strangled to death first, and then hung on the beams of the house.

His eyes wandered to Sandalwood's hand, Shen Ruojiao frowned, held up one of Sandalwood's palms, and looked carefully, there were abrasion marks on his index finger and ring finger, and there were crumbs left in his nails.

The so-called fornication incident in the previous life was arranged by people with a heart.

Sandalwood really died unjustly.

Shen Ruojiao stood up, her eyes wandering over the palace people waiting on one side.

Seeing that the palace people lowered their heads a little more, they slowly spoke: "Who was the first to find the body?"

In the corner of the second row, a little palace maid with a round face raised her hand timidly, and there was visible uneasiness in her big wet eyes: "Yes...... It's a slave. ”

Seeing Shen Ruojiao looking at her, the little palace maid hurriedly walked out of the queue and knelt down with a plop.

Shen Ruojiao motioned for the moon to help the person up, and said softly: "Don't be afraid, what this palace asks you, you answer truthfully." ”

Only then did the little palace maid raise her head and bump into Shen Ruoyao's calm eyes, which were like magic, dispelling the fear and anxiety in her heart.

Since Tanhua's death is man-made, there must be cause and effect, and cause and effect are difficult to find, but from the people around you, it is often not wrong, which is also the first thing Shen Ruojiao needs to know, so she pondered for a moment and asked, "What is your name, and what is the relationship with Sandalwood?"

Although the little palace maid was no longer frightened, she was still flustered in her heart, and her voice trembled a little: "Slave Xun'er, I live in the same room as Sandalwood." ”

"Oh?" Shen Ruojiao's tail rose and continued to ask, "Tell me about the situation you found Sandalwood's corpse." ”

Even if you live together, you should be able to detect some abnormalities.

Xun'er's mood that had quickly calmed down became flustered again, and fine beads of sweat appeared on her forehead: "Last night, the slave maid was temporarily transferred to the palace gate on duty, and the sandalwood was fine when she left, and when she returned to the room, she found that she had hanged herself." ”

That is to say, last night Sandalwood was alone in the room, and someone sneaked into Jingchun Palace silently, killed Sandalwood, disguised herself as a hanger, and left Jingchun Palace before Mao Shi.

Shen Ruojiao frowned, in order to do this, it is necessary to clearly know the situation of Jingchun Palace on duty, in addition, it is also necessary to know the rotation time of the guards of the night patrol in the palace, otherwise, it is almost impossible to be so clean and neat when there are people patrolling inside and outside Jingchun Palace.

Moreover, Kaoru, who lives with Sandalwood, was temporarily transferred to duty.

Shen Ruojiao turned around, faced the two rows of palace people, and asked in a cold voice, "Who is the steward of Jingchun Palace?"

On the far left of the first row, an elderly grandmother stood up and saluted Shen Ruojiao: "Slave maid Huayue is the head of Jingchun Palace." ”

The heads of each palace and hall are all the henchmen of the masters in the palace, and Lu Daimei entered the Jingchun Palace alone, as the head of Jingchun Palace, Mama Hua naturally attracted Shen Ruojiao's attention.

Shen Ruojiao looked Mama Hua up and down, unlike Xun'er's nervousness and panic, Mama Hua was calm and calm, her face was calm, but the calmer she was, the more suspicious Shen Ruojiao felt.

In front of him is the corpse of Sandalwood, everyone is afraid that this life lawsuit will have something to do with him, which palace person is not shrinking his head and leaning his body, but Mama Hua's face does not change, not so much a clear conscience, but like a ...... Trained.

Shen Ruojiao was suspicious in her heart, but her face was still gentle and calm, and she couldn't see the clue: "The guard of Jingchun Palace is arranged by Mama Hua?"

Mama Hua nodded: "It's the slave." ”

Shen Ruojiao looked at Xun'er, Xun'er's head lowered and lowered, and then turned to Mama Hua again: "Xun'er shouldn't have been on duty last night, Mama Hua took Xun'er away when she was a child, why is this?"

Shen Ruojiao deliberately bit the word "take away" very hard, causing all the palace people to look sideways at Mama Hua, their eyes full of suspicion.

Mama Hua's face remained unchanged, and her expression was calm: "Wan'er, the palace maid who was supposed to be on duty last night, suddenly fell ill, and the slave maid temporarily transferred palace people to replace her, not intentionally supporting Xun'er. ”

Shen Ruojiao swept to where the palace people were standing, and said in a loud voice, "Wan'er is there?"

And no one answered.

Shen Ruojiao frowned, looked at Mama Hua perceptively, only to see the corners of Mama Hua's mouth raised, and said calmly: "Since you are infected with a vicious disease, you naturally have to send people out of the palace, otherwise if you collide with the nobles in the palace, even ten lives will not be worth it." ”

Shen Ruojiao sneered in her heart, no wonder Mama Hua acted so undisguised, it turned out that Wan'er had been sent out of the palace overnight, presumably all the palace people involved in this matter should have been dealt with, this is sure that there is no proof of death.

It's just that I don't know who is behind this flower mama, Queen Chen is so obsessed with this matter, could it be that Queen Chen is planning it.

Glancing at Mama Hua, Shen Ruojiao said in a deep voice: "Mama Hua knows that Yan Guo will also leave traces, and everything that happens in the world will be presented to the public one day." ”

Mama Hua smiled indifferently, and did not hide the light in her eyes: "The slave doesn't understand what the concubine means." ”

Shen Ruojiao had a cold face and no longer paid attention to Mama Hua.

She has seen a lot of bad things like Mama Hua in this palace, she has seen a lot, she will do whatever it takes for her future, she has spent most of her life working hard for the lord behind her, doing evil things, and she has a simple and innocent moon by her side, and she looks down on such a person.

She whispered to Xun'er, "Take me to your room." ”

Xun'er even claimed that it was, leading the way for Shen Ruojiao.

The palace people continued to be left in the courtyard, and Shen Ruojiao asked Yuyue to keep an eye on them, especially the flower grandmother.

Kaoru and Sandalwood's room was small, with two beds placed side by side against the wall, taking up half of the space, and there was only one table with a bamboo basket on top of it, in which embroidery thread rested, and an unfinished purse.

Shen Ruojiao picked up the pink and blue purse, this purse embroidery is exquisite, the stitching is fine, the embroiderer must be ingenious, she raised the purse in her hand, and asked Xun'er: "This is what you embroidered?"

Xun'er shook her head: "This is sandalwood embroidery, and this embroidery method is a secret technique of her hometown." ”

Speaking of sandalwood, Xun'er still shivered with some fear.

Shen Ruojiao put the purse in the basket with some regret.

On one side of the table was a solid wood stool that had fallen to the ground, and above the round stool, a knotted rope hung in the air, and the door was open, and the cold wind poured in, and the rope swayed gently with the wind, which was a little weird.

Shen Ruojiao leaned over and stood up the stool.

She turned sideways and pointed the stool against the door, taking advantage of the sunlight, Shen Ruojiao clearly saw that the surface of the wooden stool was clean and spotless.

These palace people were sent by orders during the day, running around, and the soles of their shoes were naturally unclean, but the wooden bench was clean, and there was no trace of being stepped on.

It's just that all the evidence at the moment can only show that Tanhua was killed, but there is no clue about the murderer, and the only suspicious Mama Hua is full of self-satisfaction, as if she is sure that she can't find evidence.

Shen Ruojiao's willow eyebrows narrowed slightly, and she unfolded again, she remembered a very key person, perhaps, he could be used as a breakthrough.