After checking the bed, Shen Lian came to the balcony where Concubine Ling fell again.

He saw that there was a gap in the originally neat guardrail, and the traces of the fracture were very new, and Concubine Ling fell from here.

Shen Lian squatted at the broken guardrail to take a closer look, and vaguely felt that something was wrong.

The guardrail is made of solid wood, very strong, without any signs of decay, and if it is broken, then the force from the human body must be very large.

Shen Lian glanced back at the scene in the room, and a picture began to form in his mind, reviewing the scene at that time.

The eldest prince entered Concubine Ling's boudoir after being drunk, made unreasonable demands, Concubine Ling did not comply, the two fought in the house, and then Concubine Ling was invincible, and was forcibly pulled to the bed by the eldest prince.

Wait, it's not.

If Concubine Ling is defiled, then the eldest prince is in sage mode afterwards, and he will definitely not make a move to push Concubine Ling downstairs, which will only cause more trouble for himself; The best way to deal with it is to threaten Concubine Ling and let her keep her mouth shut, after all, if this matter is known by the emperor, neither of them will survive, and the eldest prince can also bite Concubine Ling to seduce herself while she is drunk.

There were no traces left on the bed, so the concubine was most likely not defiled.

Things are right, after Concubine Ling was forcibly carried to the bed by the eldest prince, she struggled to resist and successfully escaped from the clutches of the devil, the eldest prince was worried that the matter would be revealed, killed people, and then returned to the tea pavilion, pretending to have just woken up.

But there are still two doubts, one is why is there no tea in the tea pavilion? The second is that the solid wood guardrail is very strong, even if the eldest prince tries his best to push the concubine, the latter may not be able to break the guardrail.

According to known information, the eldest prince is just an ordinary person and has no cultivation.

With a calculation in his heart, Shen Lian beckoned the three people behind him to leave Concubine Ling's boudoir and walked out of the main hall along the stairs.

"Is the broken guardrail still there?" When he went downstairs, Shen Lian asked.

"It's still there, it's been put in the warehouse at the corner of the first floor, and I ordered someone to take it out for Lord Shen." The female captain replied.

"Just by the way, I'll go and see." Shen Lian waved his hand and declined the kindness of the female captain.

There is a side window in the warehouse, and it is daytime, and the sun is shining in, and the view is very good.

Shen Lian carefully observed the broken guardrail in this section, and saw some unusual traces at the fracture, as if someone had touched it beforehand, weakening the strength of the guardrail.

His brow furrowed deeply, his heart surprised.

That's what makes it sour.

If the guardrails had been manipulated beforehand, there must have been a larger conspiracy behind this seemingly simple case.

"You help me gather all the people of Zhongcui Palace in the courtyard, I want to question." Shen Lian turned his head to look at the female captain.

The latter took the order and left.

Soon, all the subordinates of Zhongcui Palace were gathered.

Shen Lian stood in front of everyone, his eyes swept over the faces of these people one by one, trying to find something.

But alas, these people have nothing on their faces but blank.

"At the time of the crime, which of you was serving by Concubine Ling's side?" Shen Lian asked.

As the emperor's concubine, it is impossible not to have a personal maid.

Everyone, look at me, I look at you, and the last palace maid replied: "Back to my lord, at that time, the palace maid Li Skirt followed Niangniang." ”

"What about her? Not here today? Shen Lian asked.

"Lost.... Missing. The palace maid whispered.

Shen Lian frowned, missing?

"When did you go missing?"

"The slave didn't see her on the second day of the crime." The palace maid continued.

"Where were you then? There is only one personal maid by Concubine Ling's side? Shen Lian continued to ask.

"Back to my lord, Niangniang usually doesn't have a fight, and she gets along with us more like sisters, and rarely let us serve her in food, clothing, and daily life, so there is only one personal maid." The palace maid said.

At this time, the female captain came to Shen Lian's side and whispered: "I asked the three law divisions before, and they were indeed not at the scene at the time of the crime. ”

Shen Lian nodded, glanced back at the balcony where the guardrail was broken, and asked, "Does Concubine Ling often enjoy the cool on the balcony?" ”

"Well, Niangniang really likes to lean on the guardrail and watch the crescent moon lake in the distance." It was the palace maid who answered, and she seemed to be the leader of this group of subordinates.

Leaning on the guardrail and watching the crescent lake?

This crescent moon lake Shen Lian had some impressions, when he was searching the balcony just now, he once glanced at it from a distance, it was indeed very beautiful, shaped like a crescent moon, sparkling.

Wait, is there a possibility that Concubine Ling fell by herself, the room was deliberately messed up and disguised as the scene of the crime, and the eldest prince was wronged?

The guardrail was obviously tampered with, if the concubine leaned on it as usual and accidentally fell from the building........

Shen Lian didn't dare to think about it anymore, murdering the imperial concubine was going to punish the nine clans.

Who is so bold? And he also blamed a prince.

He called Yun Shuiyao to his side, leaned into the other party's ear and whispered a few words.

"I don't want it, you find someone else." After hearing this, Yun Shuiyao twisted her head to the side and refused.

"I can't believe others, what if the scene is destroyed, only a smart and capable woman like a fairy can complete this great task." Shen Lian coaxed her.

"Cut~~ Don't fool me, it's not a difficult thing, okay, seeing that you are so tired of solving the case, I'll help you." Yun Shui Yao walked arrogantly to the main hall and went to Concubine Ling's bedroom according to Shen Lian's request.

"This official asks you, did you hear Concubine Ling calling for help that day?" Shen Lian looked at the group of subordinates in front of him and said.

"No, I didn't hear that." Everyone shook their heads.

As soon as he finished speaking, there was a cry for help from the third floor.

"Help! Help me! ”

Except for Shen Lian, everyone was stunned.

"You are lying, your voice is so clear, how can you not hear it?" Shen Lian's voice raised by three points, and he shouted angrily: "If you don't report it, just go to the Shadow Secret Guard Yamen to explain to this official!" ”

The life-saving sound just now was made by Yun Shuiyao according to Shen Lian's request.

"My lord clearly observed, there was really no cry for help that day."

"yes, yes."

"We're telling the truth, we really don't."

As soon as they heard about the Shadow Secret Guard Yamen, these subordinates panicked and hurriedly explained, for fear that they would really be arrested.

Shen Lian nodded, did not continue to ask, thoughtfully.

According to common sense, if the eldest prince wants to do something wrong, Concubine Ling will definitely cry for help, since there is no call for help, there are only two possibilities.

One is that she was controlled by the eldest prince and had no chance to call for help.

The second is that she voluntarily had an affair with the eldest prince, and she didn't need to call for help at all.

But both of these points are contrary to the traces of the fight in the house.

In addition, the guardrail was manipulated and the personal palace maid Li skirt disappeared, which are also two major suspicions.

"Let's take a look at Concubine Ling's body."