Chapter 32 Final Strike Thirty-two
The little emperor sat alone in the imperial study, in fact, he felt very uncomfortable. Others thought that the little emperor didn't like the children, but in fact, the little emperor had begun to gradually accept the princess. In contrast, the little emperor doesn't like his son, and this son is not cute at all. This princess daughter has already begun to unfold and begin to smile cutely. The little emperor sometimes visited the princess alone, listening to the princess's babbling voice, and the little emperor felt like a father for the first time. The little emperor has even privately chosen a title for the princess. As the first daughter of the little emperor, although her mother's status is low, the little emperor does not want to treat her badly. The little emperor thought of a title called Rongguo, but he was worried that the ministers and the royal family would oppose it, so he didn't announce it directly. Unexpectedly, the princess couldn't wait for the title, and left at a young age, which made the little emperor have an urge to kill. Compared to this daughter, what is the eldest son of King Lu and King Lu, King Lu thinks about his bear child, and he doesn't want to think that the princess of the little emperor's family is gone. The little emperor wants to find the murderer more than anyone else, and the little emperor must avenge his daughter.
If a murder occurs in the palace, it should generally be handed over to the Criminal Division. The little emperor didn't believe in the Shen Criminal Division, so he asked Jin Yiwei and the people from Dongchang to handle the case together with the people from the Shen Criminal Division. Because the imperial doctor was the first to contact the patient, and these children were most likely suffering from food poisoning, the hospital also participated in the investigation of the case. The little emperor sat in the imperial study and waited for the results of the investigation, which was also a kind of pressure on these people.
Soon after, the new governor of Dongchang, Zhang Whale, reported to the little emperor that all the deceased children were preliminarily identified as poisoned. Because of the special status of these children, no one dared to do anything to their corpses. Because no leftover snacks were found, it is not certain whether the children were poisoned after eating the snacks. They had already interrogated the cooks and palace maids and eunuchs of Kunning Palace, but there seemed to be no clues.
The little emperor was very dissatisfied with this explanation, he did not know how the child died, he did not know what poison the child had been poisoned, he did not know where the child's poison came from, he did not know who poisoned him, he did not know the purpose of the person who poisoned him, and he did not know where the poisoner went. I don't know anything, I don't know anything, everything is possible, and nothing is impossible, this is the ability of Dongchang, Jinyiwei, and Shen Criminal Division.
Just when the little emperor didn't know how to get angry with Zhang Whale, the people from the criminal department asked to meet the little emperor. It turned out that the cabinet was in charge of the Criminal Department, and the squire of the Criminal Department was the nephew of the High Lord. Mrs. Gao's own grandson had an accident, and Mrs. Gao sent a letter to her husband privately in order to avenge her grandson. Master Gao is such a grandson, of course he is very popular. While inquiring about the situation in the palace, he called his own nephew, who knew how to do it. The nephew is worthy of being a waiter in the criminal department, and he has a little experience in handling cases, so he provides some views and speculations. Master Gao wanted to solve the case as soon as possible to avenge his grandson, and secondly, to help the little emperor share his worries, so he brought his nephew to meet the little emperor.
The little emperor originally didn't plan to let outsiders meddle in this case, but his own people were not able to handle the case, and the people from the Criminal Department were ready, so he had to agree to let the people from the Criminal Department assist in handling the case. The people of the Criminal Department have their own way of handling cases, which also allows the people of Jinyiwei and Dongchang to see the professionalism of the Criminal Department. The soldiers of the Criminal Department were divided into several routes, and all the way to re-interrogate all the palace maids and eunuchs. All the way to check the scene of Kunning Palace. All the way to the caravan with experienced servants to inspect the body. The last group of people rushed to the small kitchen of Kunning Palace to collect all the food ingredients and waste. The people of Jinyiwei and Dongchang also saw the carefulness of the people in the Criminal Department, and had to admit that the people in the Criminal Department were really better than them in some details. The people of Dongchang are good at interrogation and extorting confessions. The people of Jinyiwei have the most complete sources of information and information. The people in the criminal department are good at viewing the scene and restoring the scene. Together, this is the most complete case investigation in the Ming Dynasty.
Because of the lack of snacks, the people in the criminal department could not determine the name and characteristics of the poison for a while. It could have been resolved by physical dissection or by obtaining poison from the corpse's stomach. However, these children have special identities, whether it is the little emperor or King Lu and others, they will not allow anyone to touch the children's corpses. As for the dim sum residue on the scene, a brocade guard cleaned it up smartly. Some of these dim sum scraps were from the Queen's palace, some were brought by the children themselves, and some were leftover from the Queen's past. This not only greatly increases the difficulty, but also expands the scope of the investigation a lot. After Zhang Whale knew, he immediately taught this Jinyi Wei a good lesson, and it is estimated that this Jinyi Wei kid will be able to count from one to ten in the future.
When a princess was cleaning up, she accidentally found a small piece of snack in the princess's hand. He found that the princess was clutching to it and it was not easy to take it out, so he did not dare to make his own decisions. After the little emperor got the report, he rushed to the scene in person, and in front of the little emperor, he asked the people of the Shen Criminal Division to carefully take out the snacks. The people in the Shen Criminal Division also had a headache, if the little emperor didn't look at it, he could just take it out violently. Now that the little emperor is watching, as long as they start with a slight weight, the little emperor will be unhappy. It took them a lot of effort to finally take out the dim sum, and the imperial doctor and the people from the criminal department immediately took the dim sum and went to the laboratory for testing. The people of the Shen Criminal Division thought that they would be rewarded by the little emperor now, but they didn't expect the little emperor to let the people of Dongchang kill this person from the Shen Criminal Division. The reason is that this person from the Punishment Division has a heavy hand, which makes the princess uncomfortable and hurts the princess. The Shen Criminal Division really wanted to tell the little emperor that the princess was dead and didn't know the pain, and besides, he wouldn't hurt the child if he didn't do it seriously. It's a pity that the little emperor couldn't hear it, and the people in the Shen Criminal Division didn't have a chance, so he became the first person to die because of this case.
It may be because the dim sum has deteriorated for a long time, or it may be because the drug testing techniques at that time were not accurate enough, and it is more likely that the profession is not right. The dim sum was taken out and sent to the hospital and the criminal department as soon as possible, but the toxicity and drug name were still not found. The people from the Tai Hospital and the Criminal Department asked for further examination of the body, but in fact they demanded that the body be autopsied. At this time, the little emperor and King Lu were at the Empress Dowager Li's place together. When the Empress Dowager Li and King Lu heard that the child's body was going to be autopsied, Princess Lu passed out on the spot, King Lu was so angry that she wanted to kill, and the Empress Dowager Li was also trembling with anger. The bitterness in the little emperor's heart broke out all of a sudden, and he ordered all the people in the criminal department who suggested the autopsy and the imperial doctor of the Tai Hospital to be arrested. When everyone thought that the little emperor was just trying to calm the mood of Empress Dowager Li and King Lu, the little emperor directly issued a decision to behead him. For this case, another group of people died. This made everyone who was still investigating the case very uneasy. The palace maids and eunuchs of Kunning Palace are even more in danger, and they are worried that when the grumpy little emperor is unhappy, he will kill them all.
Sure enough, because Queen Wang interceded for several close palace maids, the little emperor instead ordered a group of palace maids and eunuchs from Kunning Palace to be executed. The queen's Kunning Palace has become a place where no one dares to approach and discuss. Even Empress Dowager Chen, who usually said a few good words to Empress Zongwei, did not dare to mention Empress Wang in front of the little emperor. King Lu and his wife were originally making a lot of trouble, but when they saw that the little emperor was unhappy, they killed people, and King Lu and his wife did not dare to offend the little emperor at this time. Princess Lu knew that the little emperor had a bad temper, so she took the initiative to persuade her husband to avoid the little emperor and not to meet the little emperor at this time.
In this way, the case happened five days ago, six children died, and hundreds of lives were implicated, but the case still could not be solved. The people from Dongchang, Jinyiwei, Shen Criminal Division, and Criminal Department, who had sworn an oath, did not dare to speak now. Even if he had the courage to give the little emperor a deadline, he was dismissed by the little emperor's nephew. The case just stopped, but can it really be closed? No, King Lu will not agree, Lord Gao will not agree, the people of the royal family will not agree, and the court will not agree. The little emperor has received information from all sides, and the ministers of the DPRK and China have jointly requested that they be investigated to the end. The royal family asked the little emperor to give a reasonable and legal answer that satisfied everyone. Empress Dowager Li and King Lu also need an explanation. Even Jinyi Wei secretly reported that some ministers had secretly contacted some clan relatives, preparing to use this case to force the little emperor into the palace.
In this case, Empress Dowager Li thought of Qin Tai. Empress Dowager Li originally didn't want Qin Tai to interfere, and every time Qin Tai interfered in a case, it would bring a certain degree of trust crisis to the royal family. But this kind of case does not have a master like Qin Tai, and no one can solve the case. For the sake of face and dignity, she can sacrifice Qin Tai, but for the sake of status and her son's throne, she can not want her own face and dignity. Empress Dowager Li recommended Qin Tai to her son, the Little Emperor, who vetoed it almost without thinking. But Empress Dowager Li did not give up, because if this case was not handled well, King Lu and his clan relatives would be dissatisfied with the little emperor, and even overthrow the little emperor. Empress Dowager Li didn't want to see the little emperor and the Lu Wang brothers turn against each other, so she took the initiative to find the Empress Dowager Chen, hoping that the Empress Dowager Chen would persuade the little emperor. For the sake of her own status and future, Empress Dowager Chen also felt that it was most beneficial for her to be the little emperor as the emperor, so she promised Empress Dowager Li to do a good job of persuading the little emperor. Empress Dowager Chen came to the little emperor, closed the door and persuaded the little emperor alone, and the little emperor was finally convinced. That's why the little emperor is willing to enable Qin Tai and let Qin Tai be the host of this case. In order to make Qin Tai willing to take over, in order to let Qin Tai go all out to solve the case, Empress Dowager Li suggested that Feng Bao go to invite Qin Tai. Feng Bao is not only Qin Tai's friend, but also Qin Tai's benefactor, so only Feng Bao can invite Qin Tai. In order to let Feng Bao willingly persuade Qin Tai, the little emperor made a bloody effort to make Feng Bao tempted.