This is the biggest secret of the Mu family, a secret that will be revealed by Qin Zeng in the near future. But now Mu Guifei doesn't know this, she still needs to hide it, and she doesn't dare to show her hatred for Li Qingyi, so she can only give her a little face for the death of a "niece".

Even with this little face, because the initiator of that incident was the fourth prince, he didn't dare to show it too much.

The emperor sat down, his eyes swept over the people below, and Cui Chun hurriedly stepped forward to report: "Your Majesty, this case is confusing, and the ministers have tried their best to track it down, and they have indeed gained something, but most of the mysteries in this case have been ascertained by Miss Li, and the ministers dare not take credit. Therefore, please allow Miss Li to state this case one by one."

Everyone's eyes fell on Li Qingyi, Mu Lan stood behind Mu Guifei, her face was faintly tense, and the corners of her lips were pursed.

The emperor's expression was still gloomy, he glanced at Cui Chun, and turned his gaze to Li Qingyi, "Did you find out the murderer?"

Cui Chun didn't dare to take credit, he obviously didn't know the bottom of his heart, and he was afraid of getting into trouble, so he pushed it all on Li Qingyi.

Li Qingyi didn't care what Cui Chun was thinking, she took a step forward and replied, "The courtiers are not talented, and they are willing to solve the mystery of this case for the emperor."

The emperor let out a deep "um" and said, "In that case, you can tell me who is so bold as to treat my concubines with such cruel means!"

Li Qingyi faced the emperor's anger, his tone was not chaotic at all, and he behaved as usual.

She looked around at the crowd and said, "Actually, this case is not one, but two."

"Two?"

Everyone present showed a look of surprise, and the emperor frowned slightly.

Li Qingyi did not go into details, but drew everyone's attention to the death of the good nobleman first: "The biggest mystery of this case is how the murderer killed the good nobleman in just one cup of tea without alarming anyone with such drastic means."

Everyone's eyes intertwined with each other, and they all showed curious looks.

Li Qingyi paused for a moment and said, "First of all, what we need to do is to delineate the scope of the murderer."

"At that time, the good nobleman returned to the Furong Hall from the palace banquet, and after ordering everyone to retreat, he suddenly wanted to use a walnut cheese, so Yucomb proposed to get the walnut cheese himself, and Linglong accompanied the good nobleman to talk in the inner hall. At this moment, there was a strange noise outside."

Li Qingyi's voice was clear and thorough, and his words were as clear as possible for everyone present to hear clearly. She said, "Since the good lady was pregnant, she often felt anxious, and when she heard the movement, she asked Linglong to go out and check on it."

"Linglong followed the sound to the atrium and saw a flower cat standing under a tree, next to a dead cub. Linglong was afraid of cats, and was frightened and didn't dare to move for a while. But she thought in her heart that her master was alone in the inner sanctum, so she forced herself to turn around, and the time to go back and forth was about a cup of tea."

"However, it was in this short time of tea that after Linglong returned to the inner hall, she found that the good nobleman had actually died in the temple and was brutally killed."

Everyone listened to her explain what happened that night, and that bloody picture appeared in their minds again, still making people feel cold and awe-inspiring, unable to make a sound for a while, and Linglong even weaked her legs and fell to her knees.

The emperor stared at Linglong indifferently and asked, "Is she the murderer?"

Li Qingyi said: "Although no one can prove what Linglong said, this is not enough to prove that she is the murderer."

She paused, and then said, "When Linglong found that the good nobleman was dead, she was so frightened that she crawled out of the inner hall. Just as Jade Comb came back with walnut cheese. The sound of the food box falling and Linglong's screams attracted the other palace people in the Furong Hall to come out and ask. Immediately afterwards, Linglong went to the palace banquet to report. So, during the period when Yucomb ran to report to the eldest princess, is it possible for the murderer to run out of the palace gate?"

The eldest princess of Deqing looked at everyone and said, "It's impossible, after the jade comb was reported, the palace immediately asked people to block the palace gate and began to check around for suspicious people and so on. At that time, it was just a stick of incense. The distance between the location of the Furong Hall and any palace gate is not close, and in such a short period of time, no matter how fast it is, it will not be able to arrive. Unless the murderer has wings and can fly over

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Li Qingyi nodded and said, "That's right, and if someone leaves the palace at that time, it will be too conspicuous, and it will inevitably be remembered by the guards guarding the door. Therefore, the murderer did not leave the palace, but quietly returned to his original location. Because of this, the guards in the palace can't find anything."

The eldest princess of Deqing said, "You mean, the murderer knew that he couldn't get out of Fanghua Palace, so he didn't plan to escape at all, but found a way to hide his crime."

Li Qingyi nodded: "That's right. At this point, it can be concluded that the murderer did not leave after the killing."

Everyone's faces couldn't help but become nervous, since the murderer was so bold and dared to assassinate the emperor's favorite concubine, who could guarantee that this person had no other purpose.

However, such a dangerous person is still hiding around.

If you disturb the holy driver, can you pay it back?

The emperor looked around at everyone's faces and said calmly, "Don't be nervous, my imperial guards are not vegetarians."

As soon as Cui Chun and the others heard this, they immediately got up and echoed the emperor's wisdom and martial arts, and expressed their willingness to go to the soup to ensure that they would not be able to do evil things again.

Li Qingyi calmly waited for them to finish complimenting them before he said, "The murder weapon that killed the good nobleman was a dagger, and it was confirmed that this dagger really belonged to the good nobleman."

The emperor said, "This dagger gem inlay, gorgeous and abnormal, was given to her by me, but I didn't expect it to become a sharp weapon for murderers."

Li Qingyi continued: "Since it was given by the emperor and it is properly collected on weekdays, who is it who knows where the dagger is placed so clearly and clearly, and stole it out in advance, ready to assassinate?"

The emperor's eyes narrowed slightly, looked at the people in the Furong Palace, and asked, "Who will keep the things of the good nobles on weekdays?"

Linglong was so frightened that she kept trembling, kowtowed desperately, and said in a trembling voice: "It was kept by the slave maid, but the slave and maid really didn't kill anyone, and the slave didn't know when the dagger was taken away...... Although this dagger was liked by the nobles, it was not used after all, so the nobles locked it up after a while......

Li Qingyi didn't look at Linglong, and said directly: "First of all, whether Linglong did it or not, the murderer must be familiar with the place where the good nobles put things, and he can easily take them out. Therefore, it can be determined that the murderer is a person who can freely enter and exit the inner sanctum of the Furong Hall and will not arouse suspicion."

When the servants and maids of the Furong Hall heard this, they were terrified, and they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy, claiming that they had not killed their master, and they were noisy for a while.

The emperor impatiently slapped the armrest on his side, and said angrily, "Shut up!"

Everyone was silent.

The emperor snorted coldly and motioned to Li Qingyi: "You go on!"

Li Qingyi turned his face to look at the slaves and maids of the Furong Palace, and said, "Then, on the night of the incident, in that short period of tea, who did not have evidence of an alibi?"

The maids looked at each other, and immediately you explained everything you said, and they all said that they had someone to prove.

Li Qingyi smiled: "That's right, because it was late that night, most of them went back to their rooms to rest, and the attendants who watched the night also watched the night together, and they were never separated...... They can all prove to each other. Only Linglong and Jade Comb, no one can prove what they were doing at that time."

As soon as these words came out, everyone's eyes fell on the faces of Linglong and Jade Comb, and Linglong was already paralyzed into a mess of mud with fright, unable to say a word.

And although the jade comb was frightened, she still managed to calm herself, and she was still able to defend herself: "What the slave said is true, and I dare not have the slightest falsehood."

Everyone immediately had a guess, some said it was a jade comb, some said it was Linglong.

Mu Guifei frowned impatiently and asked, "Then the two of them, who is the murderer?"

"It starts with the murderer's motives. A slave or maid who kills his master when he does all kinds of harm and no benefit, and may even accompany his own life, shows that it is not because of profit, but because of hatred."

Mu Guifei said coldly, "You determined who the murderer was, and you relied on this guess?"

"Back to the words of the noble concubine, in addition to reasonable speculation, the facts can also prove what the courtiers said."

Li Qingyi's gaze swept over the jade comb and Linglong, and said, "When the courtiers examined the corpses of the good nobles, they found a place worth paying attention to. That is the way of death of the good nobleman, it is very weird, it seems that the murderer's purpose is not only to let the good nobleman die, but also to vent his anger. At that time, the housekeeper and palace maid beside the eldest princess were also present, which can be proved."

Ling Qiu, the steward palace maid beside the eldest princess of Deqing, immediately bowed forward and said, "The slave can prove it. The murderer still refused to give up even though he stabbed him more than ten times, and he also cut the abdomen of the deceased and picked out the fetus that had already been formed, which is enough to show the murderer's deep hatred for the good nobleman. If the murderer only wants the life of a noble person, and when the other party faints, he will end up with a knife, why use such cruel means? It's just that the slave maid can't think of who these two palace maids are who have such a deep grudge against the good nobles."

Jade Comb and Linglong became the target of public criticism at this time, glanced at each other, and immediately said that they had been with their master since childhood, and they had never had any thoughts of betraying the master and killing people.

And the mother of the noble man, Tan, has already set her eyes on the jade comb.

The eldest princess of Deqing asked the doubts in everyone's hearts at this time: "Didn't the jade comb go to the small kitchen to get walnut cheese for the good nobles?" The food box fell to the ground, and the residue of walnut cheese was also seen by Hongu."

Jade Comb hurriedly followed this sentence and explained, "Yes, how could the slave go to the small kitchen to get walnut cheese and kill the master in such a short period of time?"

"Is it impossible?" Li Qingyi looked at her and said without hesitation, "What if the walnut cheese is something you have been preparing to hide somewhere?"