"It's ...... Bullets? ”

In the room, while chatting with Gin, Shirakawa found two bullets rolling down there and not being cleaned up in a corner under a table.

"What's wrong? Found a clue? Behind him, Gin, still leaning against the wall, asked.

The room where the two are currently located is the former queen's bedroom before her death.

At this time, it has been half a month since the former queen and the eldest prince were killed in a hunting activity, because the former queen has not been buried, and there have been people in the kingdom who have questioned the truth of the "killing", so this room has not been touched by anyone so far, and it still maintains the appearance of the former queen before she was killed.

If it weren't for Bai Hejing's current identity as Princess Mira, and with the help of Count Chis, she probably wouldn't have been able to get in so easily.

"Two artificially disassembled bullets were found, which look like shotgun bullets."

Bai Hejing said this, as if she had thought of something, and stood up and pulled open all the drawers of this table.

Sure enough, in one of the drawers, she found at least dozens of bullets that had been artificially dismantled like this in a small cloth bag, but she couldn't find the shells.

[I see......]

Fingers stroking the little powder left in a corner of the table, smelling the pungent smell of gunpowder, Bai Hejing instantly realized the truth of the hunting accident half a month ago.

[Are you really murdered......]

"Looks like you've found the truth?" Behind him, Gin spoke again.

"Well, the deaths of the former queen and the eldest prince were not an accident, but someone's orchestrated murder."

Bai Hejing said, turning his head to look at the wall beside him.

On this wall of the room, there are numerous framed photographs, most of which are pictures of the former queen holding different trophies.

Combined with the trophies of the various shooting competitions in the room, it is enough to show that the former queen was a good shooter during her lifetime, and her strength was quite good.

With such a person's knowledge of firearms, it is completely enough to explain the origin of those bullets she just found.

However, among those photos are also some photos of the former queen and her three children.

Among them, there are more of the eldest princes, and most of them are group photos at baseball games.

It seems that His Royal Highness the eldest prince should have enjoyed baseball very much during his lifetime.

【…… Well? 】

Looking at these photos, Bai Hejing suddenly frowned.

"What's wrong?" Gin asked.

"The late Great Prince, His Royal Highness, was a left-hander." Bai Hejing replied.

She judged this from the various movements of the eldest prince holding a baseball bat in the photo.

"Isn't that the same as you?" Gin replied that Bai Hejing was also good at using his left hand.

"When I investigated before, I saw a photo of His Royal Highness the eldest prince when he committed suicide."

"What's going on?"

"In the photo, he committed suicide with a gun in his right hand."

After saying this, Bai Hejing turned around and left the room.

"Qin, I'm going to go to the gun hangar in the palace next to look for clues, I'll go and lure His Royal Highness the second prince away first, and when I come back, I'll go directly to his room to search the list."

"Okay."

“……”

"Chis, I want to bring forward the enthronement ceremony of Her Royal Highness the Princess."

That afternoon, in another luxurious room in the palace, a middle-aged man who looked rather majestic leaned back on the sofa and looked at the Count of Chis, who was standing in front of him.

"Duke Kirard, is there any reason why you have to do this?" Count Chiss bowed his head slightly and asked, his attitude looking quite respectful.

After all, the man in front of him at this time was the former queen's own brother, Duke Kilard, who had considerable power in the kingdom.

"I received news that my restless nephew, Adams, seems to be unable to wait to make a move on Her Royal Highness." Duke Kilard said.

The second prince, Adams, the sick son of the royal palace, has always been obsessed with the throne, and he seems to have cooperated with Duke Girard in the murder of the former queen and the eldest prince.

However, in the life-and-death power struggle, there are no permanent friends, and although the two have cooperated, both sides have the idea of killing each other at the same time.

At this point, both Kirard and Adams are like this, especially before, after Gin revealed to Duke Kirard that Adams had quietly transported a batch of weapons into the palace yesterday and tried to launch an armed coup d'état, Duke Kirard couldn't sit still.

"I didn't expect His Royal Highness the Second Prince to have such thoughts...... So what is the Duke going to do? ”

Even though he knew what kind of character the man in front of him was, Count Chiss still had to continue to play the play that should be played at the moment.

In his opinion, for the stability of the kingdom and for Princess Mira to ascend the throne smoothly, whether it is Kirard or Adams, these two must be taken, but now is not the time, because his allies are not yet fully in place.

"Her Royal Highness the Princess's enthronement ceremony must be advanced, but before that...... Chis, I've been hearing lately that there are rumors in the kingdom that there is some conspiracy behind the murder of my sister and eldest nephew? Isn't that so? Duke Kilard suddenly spoke of it.

"This ...... That's true, but it's just some good people chewing their tongues behind their backs. ”

"Chis, you can't say that."

As if he was dissatisfied with Count Chis's answer, Duke Killard deliberately kept a straight face and said in a serious tone:

"Since the people have doubts, we must solve their doubts, this is the duty of the royal family, how can you fool the people casually?"

"Yes, Lord Duke is right, I didn't think it through." The Earl of Chiss hastened to admit his mistake, and his attitude was called a respect.

"It's good to know."

With a cold snort, Duke Kilard raised his hand and touched the beard on his lips, and continued:

"For the murder of my sister, it is best to give an explanation to the people before the princess ascends the throne, so as to calm the people's ......"

"What do you mean, Lord Duke?"

"In fact, I have always had doubts about this matter, and during this time, I have also asked people to investigate carefully, and it is not until these two days that I finally found some evidence......

The people's speculation is not groundless, the death of my sister and eldest nephew is really related to my second nephew.

Of course, don't let the news of this matter leak now, I think, just wait until a little this evening...... You arrange for someone to call Her Royal Highness the princess and the second prince to the place in the Huxin Pavilion behind the palace.

I will be there, in front of everyone, to expose the true face of my second nephew! ”

[Tonight...... Is it finally time for the final showdown? 】

Of course, Count Chis knows that what Duke Kilard wants to deal with in this move must be more than the second prince Adams, and the so-called revelation of the truth is a cover, he probably wants to take this opportunity to solve the second prince and Princess Mira together......

As long as he can become the last heir to the throne, the throne will naturally fall to him.

How will I let you succeed? 】

"Yes, I'll arrange it."

After bowing respectfully, Count Chiss turned and left the room.

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(End of chapter)

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