"Who's?"

"Where's the kid?"

Concubine Li and Concubine Mo asked at the same time. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

"The slave doesn't know who the biological father is. Mama Mi replied to Concubine Li first, and then sighed to Concubine Mo: "The child is only three or four months old and has been stillborn. ”

"General Lee. Concubine Deng looked at Commander Li Shao.

General Li immediately knelt down and said: "Back to Niangniang, the palace guards are not allowed to enter and leave the harem at will, and they are not allowed to go alone whenever they patrol and sentry. The last general can be a head guarantee, whether it is the death of this woman or the fetus in her womb, it has nothing to do with the last general's subordinates. ”

"Hey, look at what you said, who else can ...... in this harem besides your guards" Concubine Li stopped in the middle of speaking, her face was not good-looking.

"Sisters. Concubine Deng smiled and said, "Do you still want to investigate this case?"

The concubines were silent, but Concubine Yan nodded and said, "Check! Then she turned and walked away.

"Where are you going?" asked Concubine Deng with a smile.

"The Imperial Study. ”

Seeing that the upright Concubine Yan went to confront the emperor, the other ladies did not dare to follow.

Concubine Deng walked to the female corpse, stretched out her hand to investigate without any taboos, and then thought about it: "I am pregnant for April, but no outsiders have entered the palace before April. Mama Mi, who else knows about this woman's pregnancy?"

Mama Mi shook her head and said, "This woman takes care of flowers and plants, and she rarely sees people on weekdays." Fang Cai's slave maid had tortured her fellow eunuch and palace maid together with Commander Li, but no one knew that she was pregnant. ”

"In this way, the only one who knows that she is pregnant may be the biological father of the child?"

"In order to protect herself, so she killed her mouth before the scandal was revealed?" Concubine Li suddenly realized, and immediately ordered Mama Mi and Commander Li: "Go and call all the men who have had contact with her, and Concubine Ben will interrogate her personally." ”

"Tsk. The commander of the guards and the chief of the palace maid led the way and accompanied Concubine Li to inquire about the suspect.

"It's pathetic. Concubine Mo squatted beside the female corpse, looked at her lower abdomen and sighed.

"Well, it's pathetic. But in the palace, there is no way to do it. With that, Concubine Deng got up and wanted to leave.

"Where are you going?" Concubine Du asked lightly.

"Since a person is dead, she has to report to her family and send her daughter to the palace, but she ends up in a violent death, and she must be the saddest one is her mother. The people in the palace also have to give an explanation, and they can't let rumors breed. ”

The concubines also left soon after, and those who remained at the scene of the crime, except for the palace guards who were guarding in the distance, were only Du and Mo Erfei.

"What are you still doing here?" asked Concubine Du.

"Sister, I want to recite a scripture to help her be born. Concubine Mo replied.

Concubine Du pursed her lips, and then she didn't say a word, standing silently behind her sister.

"Huh, sister, look. Concubine Mo stretched out her hand and pointed to the throat wound of the palace maid and said: "Although it was injured by a short weapon, the wound was precise and decisive, and it killed with one blow, and there were no other external injuries on the body." ”

As she spoke, she looked through the fingers of the female corpse, "There was no blood in the nails, and she didn't even have time to struggle to defend herself." ”

She got up again, took two steps back, looked at the blood on the ground, and said, "The bloodstain spray arc is very complete. It was obviously a frontal kill, but the murderer himself did not get any blood, he not only knew kung fu, but also was a master. ”

After that, she carefully observed the wound again, "Judging from the height of this woman and the wound, the murderer is tall...... Sister, is this ......?"

The corners of Concubine Du's mouth curled: "Got it, then you have to tell Your Majesty directly, or do you want to interrogate it first?"

"I ...... I listen to my sister. Concubine Mo said in a low voice.

"Do you want to be the queen?" Concubine Du asked abruptly.

"I don't want to, I just want to stay with my sister. ”

"Oh, then leave it alone. ”

After dinner, Yinzhen summoned the eight concubines to the imperial study again.

"How's it going?" the emperor tasted the ginseng tea and said lightly.

"It will take some time for the concubine to learn more clues about the case. Concubine Yan replied.

Yinzhen chuckled: "You are this temper, I want you to investigate the case, not to find out." ”

"Isn't this the same thing...... Concubine Yan was puzzled, but the emperor shook his head and asked Du and Mo Erfei, "What about you?"

Concubine Mo looked at her sister, and Concubine Du said lightly: "I'm too lazy to say." ”

"Hmm. Yinzhen was not annoyed after hearing this, but just nodded and said, "Then who can be diligent and tell me?"

"Long live the princess! Concubine Li stepped forward and said: "This case is confusing, but it is in the ...... of the concubine."

"Hehe, Concubine Li will talk if she has something to say, and she will naturally be the queen if she is right. The Emperor interrupted her with a smile.

"Yes, Your Majesty, the murderer is ...... She!" Concubine Li pointed to someone in the room.

"Oh, are you sure?" the Emperor asked with a smile.

"Sure. Concubine Li nodded, and it was difficult to hide the smug look in her eyes.

"Okay, Concubine Deng, what do you have to say?"

"It wasn't the concubine's doing. Concubine Deng smiled calmly.

"You didn't do it, but you sent someone to kill it. Concubine Li's expression instantly changed from humble to ruthless, and she pointed at Concubine Deng and said, "Although I didn't find out the concubine of that cheap maid, I noticed you." You knew that the had flesh and bones!"

The emperor said, "How can you see it?"

Concubine Li's face returned to humility and charm: "In the process of interrogating the suspect, the concubine suddenly learned that the cheap maid was pregnant for four months but no one noticed it, this is a strange thing, how did she hide it, and the pregnant woman would inevitably have a physical abnormality." ”

"In this harem, this kind of thing is particularly sensitive, and if you can deceive others, you must take medicine! So, the concubine immediately interrogated the imperial doctor, but it turned out that Concubine Deng had asked for a lot of medicinal materials in recent months, although it was not a fetal one, but ......"

"Concubine Deng, who is from a medical family, can naturally regulate pharmacology and help that cheap maid cover up her pregnancy!"

The more Concubine Li spoke, the more proud she became: "Your Majesty, do you know that Concubine Deng has already told Mama Mi many times that there is a shortage of people in her room, and she needs more palace maids who take care of flowers and plants." ”

"Hmph, I guess Concubine Deng wants to bring that into the room and secretly help her give birth!"

"Nope. Hearing this, Concubine Deng finally denied it, "It's too dangerous to give birth in the palace, I want to find an opportunity to drive her out of the palace to have a child." ”

"Ha! It's good if you admit it! Long live the lord, please Mingjian!" Concubine Li was full of joy and asked the emperor for credit.

"Oh, Concubine Deng knew beforehand. But how can it be proved that she sent someone to kill her?" the emperor drank ginseng tea again, and did not make a judgment on this.

"This ...... Who else but her? Only she knows......"

"If I want to kill her, why bother to help her get pregnant? Why do I need to send someone to cut her throat with a sharp weapon, wouldn't it be better to poison her directly?"

Concubine Deng shook her head and said: "I went to the Imperial Garden a few months ago, and I did see at a glance that the palace maid was pregnant, and after asking about it, I felt that it was better to keep this matter quiet, so I wanted to cover up the past secretly, and asked Your Majesty to punish her." ”

Yinzhen looked at the concubine who was kneeling on the ground, and his smile grew: "Oh? So you know who your biological father is?"

"Yes. ”

"Who?"

"Long live the punishment of the concubines for bullying the king. ”

"Isn't it convenient to say it here?"

"Yes. ”

"Okay, stand aside. Yinzhen waved his hand, shook his head at the concubines, and said, "I only asked you to find out who killed someone, but none of them could give me an explanation." Hehe, I'm very disappointed. ”

"That's it, let's all step down, Concubine Deng, Concubine Du, and Concubine Mo stay. ”

"Long live the lord......" Concubine Li wanted to say something, but the emperor waved his hand at her coldly.

After all the ladies retreated, Yinzhen said to the eunuch Xiao Zhu beside him: "Commander Xuan Li." ”

"Tsk. ”

Commander Li walked into the imperial study.

Yinzhen asked Concubine Deng, "Tell me, whose child?" ”

"Big brother. ”

"Does he know?"

"Know, but ......"

"Hmm. The emperor nodded, and then asked Concubine Mo, "Hongshi sent someone to kill him?"

Concubine Mo shook her head.

The emperor laughed, and then said to Major General Li: "Say, why kill people." ”

General Li was stunned for a moment, and then knelt down and said, "Your Majesty, the last general has been wronged......"

"Concubine Du, explain it to him. The emperor bowed his head and drank his tea, not caring in the slightest that the murderer was in front of him.

"It's really troublesome...... Concubine Du pouted, "After Yuying's autopsy, it was concluded that the murderer was a tall man with extraordinary martial arts. ”

"But the last general ......" Li Shao still wanted to defend, but the emperor shook his hand, "Shut up and listen." ”

Concubine Du continued: "There are indeed more than General Li in the palace who are tall and have extraordinary martial arts, but there are too many doubts about the death of the deceased. ”

"Why do you have to attack from the front when you can easily attack and kill from behind, this shows that the murderer wants to watch her die. ”

"After death, the body was rearranged in a kneeling position, indicating that the murderer wanted to make him suffer and die. ”

"The crime of the deceased is the desolate harem, and those who learned about it were Deng Xue, Big Brother, and ...... Li Shao, who often patrols the palace, has as advanced martial arts as him, and it is not difficult to see that the deceased is pregnant, right?

Concubine Mo nodded and said, "Yes, if it were me, if I saw the deceased's appearance before his death, I could also detect the abnormality of his qi and blood in a few eyes, and I could even vaguely hear the baby's heartbeat." ”

"But it's possible that Hongshi did it. Yinzhen said with a smile.

"Do you need to ask?"

Concubine Du pouted impatiently and said, "Deng Xue, you can say it." With that, she stood aside and said no more.

"Oh, Concubine Deng knows, too?" the Emperor asked with a smile raising his eyebrows.

"Yes, the concubine knows. Deng Xue nodded and smiled, "If the eldest brother kills someone, he will definitely destroy the corpse and destroy the traces, and no one will know that he is pregnant." ”

"Then why can't it be the other guards?"

Deng Xue continued to explain: "General Li was very strict with his subordinates, and he especially hated those who violated immorality. He reprimanded a guard for standing guard and napping, and a guard was flogged and maimed by him for throwing away the chaff. Before entering the palace, in the place where he lived, there were many cases of morally corrupt people being beheaded, and the victim's death was similar to that of the palace maid......"

"Well, Li Shao, do you have anything else to say?" the emperor nodded, looking at the commander of the guards who were kneeling on the ground.

"......" Li Shao bowed his head and said nothing, his fists clenched.

"Hehe, what's the matter?