Prequel: Chapter 13: The Autopsy
"What are you pulling me for, check early and call it a day early." Gan Shunhua was unhappy, because she began to miss Yin Zijue, so she couldn't wait for this task to be completed.
"It's so late today, if you don't rest, people have to rest, don't you hear that people are driving people?" Yu Zhi was a little helpless.
"I-"
"Don't talk about this yet, who do you want to favor in this investigation?"
"Naturally, it's Miss Ning Nuoyou." Guogong appeared behind Yu Zhi and answered for him.
"Who else is this investigation biased into?" Gan Shunhua was very surprised, could the murderer be determined by himself?
"Think about it, if the murderer is Ning Nuoye, he will be executed, and the position of the Spirit King will fall to Miss Ning Nuoyou, isn't this exactly what Your Majesty wants? And the dead are the most reliable, and there will be no mess in the future. ”
"Wronged Miss Ning......" Gan Shunhua was a little incredulous: "This is not good." ”
"Originally, this time it was a formality, even if it was His Royal Highness King Ning." Guogong's face was expressionless: "You are the future Empress Your Majesty." However, there are some things that you overthink. ”
"I thought of it." Yu Zhi slapped the table with a smile.
Gan Shunhua looked at him suspiciously, and Guogong also wanted to hear his countermeasures.
"The Spirit King has been dead for so many days, and it is impossible to start with the death of the Spirit King. So—" He began to deliberately sell off.
"Say—"
"Do you remember that we met the Assassin when we came, and found the token of Ningnuoye from the Assassin?"
"Oh, that's what you said! At a glance, I knew that it wasn't Ning Nuoye's hand, someone must have planted it-" Gan Shunhua was halfway through his speech, and thought of Yu Zhi's intention: "You won't-"
"Yes, you must know that the crime of assassinating Her Royal Highness is not easy to bear."
"Wouldn't it be too far-fetched?" Gan Shunhua touched his nose, a little weak-hearted, Ning Nuoye looked like a hairy boy with no power and no power, and it was the first time he met him, how could he murder himself? Even if it's a blame, it's too unrealistic!
"It's getting late, it's time for you to go back to your room and rest." Yu Zhi slowly stood up, took Gan Shunhua's hand, and walked towards her room.
The sentence for no reason made Xiao Guogong and Gan Shunhua stunned. Immediately, Gan Shunhua wanted to shake off his hand, but Yu Zhi's strength was greater than hers, shackled her, and forcibly pulled her back to the room.
"You let go of me, what are you doing?" Gan Shunhua's hair was a little disheveled, and she had never been treated so violently, and she angrily pushed Yu Zhi away. glared at him.
"Listen to me." Yu Zhi became serious, and Gan Shunhua felt strange and listened to him.
"This investigation was originally from King Nuo'an, and the purpose is very clear, in addition to helping Ning Nuo to inherit the position of the Spirit King, and more importantly, to marry Ning Nuoye to her." Yu Zhi saw that Gan Shunhua's face was getting more and more wrong, so he continued: "So how could Her Majesty the Empress let Ning Nuoye die, I really don't know what Xiao Guogong means?" ”
"Shut up—" Gan Shunhua was annoyed and angry, and slapped Yu Zhi in the face.
Yu Zhi means that Xiao Guogong knows that he does not report it, I am afraid that there is an element of conspiracy, Yu Zhi thought of these smartly, but he did not expect the friendship between Gan Shunhua and Xiao Guogong.
Xiao Guogong is her first Taifu and her enlightenment teacher. In her eyes, Xiao Guogong is dignified and generous, intelligent, and easy-going. He never punished himself. Always be kind to your own teachings. Later, the mother emperor was afraid that she would have too much power in the court, so she made him the prince of the country, and then she stepped down from the post of the prince, but Gan Shunhua always remembered her good.
She is the most supportive person in the old school, defending herself everywhere in the court, and her trust in her has reached the extreme, how dare she let others say that she is not.
"I just don't say it." Yu Zhi covered his face and fell sideways on Gan Shunhua's bed.
"What are you doing here? Hongu is going to rest. ”
"I'm the only little attendant you brought out, so the eldest lady of the Nuo family didn't find anyone to serve me, so I could serve you better." Yu Yiyi grabbed the pillow thrown by Gan Shunhua with his hand and continued: "There is nowhere else, if you don't like it, I will sleep on the ground." He lay down on the ground.
"I'm too lazy to care about you." Gan Shunhua muttered angrily. If Gan Shunhua had been in the past, he might have given him half of the bed, but what Yu Zhi did today really made him angry, so he ignored him angrily and fell asleep under the quilt in his own nest.
When she woke up the next day, the first thing Gan Shunhua thought of was to check under the bed and see that Yu was not there. Somehow, she felt a little inexplicably lost in her heart, but then, she ordered the maid to bathe and change her clothes. Today is the day when she agreed with the Nuo family to investigate the case, and she has to go to the Ning family ancestral hall to find out.
The Spirit King lying in the coffin in the ancestral hall of the Ning family looked the same as when he was alive, and it seemed that he was just asleep.
"With all due respect, the cause of the death of the Spirit King ....... Can you still find out? Gan Shunhua hesitated.
"Back to Your Highness." Ning Nuoyou knelt on one knee and said with remorse: "My father died a strange death, there are no scars on his body, and the doctor Lang Zhong has never seen the poisoning, so he has been putting this matter on hold. ”
"Why don't you open the coffin for an autopsy?" Yu Zhi on the side asked.
"How can this be done, my father is also a prince, and the autopsy is a great disrespect to his old man." A coquettish voice came, Ning Nuoye objected, and suddenly cried: "I died unexplained before I was born, and I was treated like this after I died, how could my father be so miserable——"
"Shut up, what kind of system will you become in front of Her Royal Highness!" Ning Nuo Yu scolded and asked the servant to pull Ning Nuoye, who had just knelt down, up.
"See Your Highness." Xiao Guogong saluted Gan Shunhua, frowned, and said: "I deeply regret the death of the Spirit King, but His Royal Highness has investigated this case, and there is no clue at all. Can't even this little request be satisfied? ”
Xiao Guogong obviously forced the Ning family to open the coffin for an autopsy, even if Gan Shunhua did not express his position, he now had to echo the request.
"What Lord Guogong said is very true, I don't know how to be flexible, please come here next time, please wait for a while." The corners of Ning Nuo's mouth were quietly hooked, and Xiao Guogong was invited into the inner room, and the maid was called to serve tea. Let your men come and ask them to come.
"No need, I explained the matter to the magistrate early in the morning, and invited someone over." Xiao Guogong flashed, and saw a middle-aged man in a white hat and black clothes behind him hanging his head and leading a big yellow dog, appearing in front of everyone.
He bowed to the princess and Yu, and then saluted in turn. It was not until the end of the ceremony that the incense was lit and everyone was invited to wait outside.