"It's my order, what? My third daughter-in-law, do you want to resist the order?"
A majestic voice sounded, and then someone sang, "The Emperor is here!"
Jiang Lishi turned to look at the emperor, and immediately knelt down in front of the emperor in panic.
"Father, you have to make the decision for me! His Highness left us orphans and widowed mothers behind."
As she spoke, she pulled her son aside who had red eyes, "Si'er is only six years old. Without his father, how will he live in the future?"
"Si'er is my grandson, so naturally I won't ignore him."
The emperor looked at the crying mother and son and couldn't help but sigh.
Qin Rusi immediately stepped forward and hugged the emperor's thigh, "Grandfather, will your grandson have no father in the future?"
The emperor looked at the child and couldn't help but burst into tears. He touched the child's head and gently stroked the child's soft hair.
"Grandfather! My grandson is afraid. My grandson misses his father and wants to be with his grandfather."
Qin Rusi sobbed softly, hugging the emperor's thigh and refusing to let go.
"After the funeral of the third child is completed, let Si'er come to the palace to accompany me!"
The emperor only felt more distressed, thinking that it was nothing to teach a child, and it would not waste much energy.
Su Yizhao raised his eyebrows, and sure enough! Born in the royal family, even a six-year-old child cannot look down upon him.
"I would also like to ask your Majesty to allow me to conduct an autopsy." Su Yizhao stepped forward and bowed.
"Go! It's absolutely impossible for the third child to commit suicide out of fear of crime. I understand the third child."
Su Yizhao glanced at the third prince's concubine. She did not express her position, but just kept crying. This should be her tacit approval.
"Where's the work just now?"
Su Yizhao asked a guard of Jingzhao Mansion who was guarding the house. The guard pointed to the room next to him.
"The person is right over there and has not left."
Su Yizhao nodded and asked the guards to call him.
"You said that the third prince died of suffocation, but have you looked carefully at the strangulation marks on his neck? Are they consistent with the characteristics of a hanging beam?"
Su Yizhao walked around the third prince's body, finally took out a pair of five-finger leather gloves and began to examine the deceased's neck.
"My lord, I have checked and it is true that he committed suicide by hanging from a beam."
This workman is a new face, and he is different from the one he saw before.
"How do you know it's suicide? What if someone hangs him up?"
Wuzuo was speechless for a moment, and then he said after a moment: "But my official inspected the body and found that there were no signs of struggle."
"It's also possible that he was hanged up while he was sleeping. Why do you conclude so before doing an autopsy?"
Su Yizhao untied the third prince's clothes and found that they were intact, which meant that the widow had not been dissected.
"At that time, the third prince's concubine did not agree to the autopsy, and the subordinate officials did not dare to make the decision, so they could only make a conclusion from the superficial traces. There was no trace of other people in the house, and there were no abnormalities in the traces at the scene, so we made a preliminary conclusion."
Su Yizhao glanced at the corpse, then looked at the face of the deceased, but shook his head.
"He did not hang himself from the beam, but he regained consciousness before he died after being hung up."
Wu Zuo was shocked, "Why are you so sure, sir?"
"Look at his face, it doesn't fit the characteristics of someone who committed suicide by hanging from a beam." Su Yizhao pointed to the face of the corpse and spoke softly.
"If he hanged himself voluntarily, the appearance of the corpse will be clear, the tongue will be slightly purple and spit out, and the expression will be more peaceful. But his face will be a bit ferocious, the eyes will be protruding and bloodshot, and the tongue will be black and purple and elongated."
It must have been put down before the person was stiff, so no obvious features of the limbs could be seen.
Wu Zuo suddenly realized it, picked up his little notebook and started recording.
Su Yizhao asked Wu Zuo to come forward and take off the clothes, and then asked Wu Zuo to get his own tools.
"The emperor just granted permission for the autopsy, so don't worry, let's get started!"
When Wu Zuo heard this, he immediately picked up a pair of big scissors.
Xu Luo took the emperor into another wing to rest, but after the emperor sat down, he remained thoughtful.
"Xu Luo, do you think that if I didn't thoroughly investigate the armament case, Lao San would not have died? I believe that he did participate in some, but he definitely didn't know about it and was just used by others."
Xu Luo thought for a while and advised: "Your Majesty, this is not your fault! If someone took advantage of the third prince, then you should find out the truth and clear the third prince's innocence, and also the innocence of the royal family!"
The emperor was silent. In fact, he had just complained about Su Yizhao and Kang Shiwen.
But then I thought about it, and there was no reason to blame the two of them. They also performed their duties faithfully, so why should they be wrong?
"Among my sons, only the eldest and the third are the most honest. The third is also good at doing things, but one by one, they all get into trouble."
The emperor sighed deeply as he spoke, "Power is so fascinating after all. This is desire."
"Reporting to your Majesty, after another autopsy by Su Si Cheng and Wu Zuo, it has been concluded that the third prince was murdered."
Kang Shiwen's voice sounded outside, and the emperor immediately stood up from his armchair.
"I just said that it is impossible for the third child to commit suicide." The emperor walked towards the door.
He looked at Su Yizhao, who was already waiting in the yard, and asked hurriedly: "What should I say?"
When Wu Zuo saw the emperor, he immediately saluted. He was able to meet the emperor. This life was worth it for a low-ranking official like him.
"Your Majesty, the third prince inhaled a drug a quarter of an hour before his death. Someone hung him from the beam while he was unconscious. He was actually slightly conscious when he was dying."
"The time of death was around three quarters to the hour."
"Drug?" the emperor asked with a frown.
"Your Majesty, this poison should be the Qi'an flower produced in the Western Regions. If you inhale its pollen, you will fall into coma within a few breaths. However, this flower is not very toxic. If you inhale less, you will fall into coma after a quarter of an hour.
Will wake up."
"Do you know anything about this flower?" Su Yizhao looked at Wu Zuo. His autopsy skills were average, but he didn't expect to know these extraneous things.
Wuzuo was a little shy, "Xiaguan had lived in the border area for several years before, so he has some knowledge about this medicine."
"This medicine will be used to treat trauma. After making people unconscious, they will no longer know the pain, but it must be sufficient. But once it is overdosed, it will cause death."
When Su Yizhao heard what Wu Zuo said, he realized, isn't this a natural anesthetic?
Things are good things, but they are used to do bad things.
"Is this medicine very common?" Su Yizhao quickly asked, if it was used on border soldiers, wouldn't it become a good thing?
"Of course it's impossible. It's usually only used by the royal family in the Western Regions or the high-ranking officials and nobles in the court, because this flower is a bit difficult to grow."
The emperor and Su Yizhao fell into deep thought at the same time. Who could be able to afford this pollen?
"And if it is an appropriate amount, once the drug takes effect, it will be difficult to trace and it will not cause any damage to the body. Only within half an hour, there will be some residue in the nose."
After hearing this, Su Yizhao nodded with deep understanding, "It is true that no other abnormalities were found in the internal organs just now."