"Yes...it's my sister Ling'er..." the little palace maid cried
"Where is she working? Why is she looking for you?" Just after Mo Li asked, the guard at the door came in.
When Dugu Chen saw the guard coming back, he asked, "Have you found it?"
"Back to the emperor, we found Cui'er's body in an abandoned well at the end of the corridor..." the guard said
When the servants in the palace heard this, they all exclaimed in low voices. Dugu Chen frowned and said, "In the well? What's going on?!"
"Just now, my subordinates have sent people to fish out Cui'er's body and found that there were traces of blunt force trauma on her chest. Moreover, my subordinates also found this on her skirt..." As he said that, the guard took the
Hand over a piece of rag
Li Li took the rag and glanced at it, his eyes trembled slightly, he frowned, stepped forward and handed the rag to Dugu Chen
Dugu Chen looked at Mo Li's expression and had a bad premonition in his heart. He took the rag and saw a word crookedly drawn on it with blood. Although it was blurry, it was not difficult to see that it was the word "太".
Tai...there is no concubine or prince in the palace, only the Queen Mother
Dugu Chen suddenly clenched his fists and closed his eyes coldly. Li Li took a breath and continued to ask: "Tell me, where is your sister working and why is she looking for you?"
When the little palace maid heard the news of Cui'er's death, she was so frightened that she said with a trembling voice: "She... she works in Cining Palace... Today she came to give the slave some freshly picked flowers for her hair...
"
Cining Palace, oh, it is indeed Cining Palace
Dugu Chen took a deep breath, slowly opened his eyes, looked at the maid in the palace coldly, and asked coldly, "Where are those flowers?"
"Here...here..." The little palace maid picked a white flower from her head and handed it to Mo Li
Mo Li took the white flower and walked up to it, handing it to Dugu Chen
Dugu Chen looked at the white flower in his hand. The stamens were covered with white pollen. A chill flashed in his eyes. He tilted the flower in his hand slightly, and the pollen from the stamens fluttered out and fell to his feet.
Dugu Chen's eyes became colder and he said: "Take this flower and show it to Junjie."
Li Dehai took the flowers and ran towards the sleeping hall on the side. Dugu Chen continued: "Mo Li"
"I'm here," Mo Li nodded.
"Take people to thoroughly investigate the harem. Anyone who planted this flower will not be allowed to step out of the palace gate, waiting for trial."
"Yes!" Mo Li ordered, turned around and led the guards away.
At this time, Li Dehai hurried back and said: "Back to the emperor, Master Junjie said that this flower is a kind of silver musk deer, and the pollen of the flower head just now contains a large amount of arsenic..."
Hearing this, the little palace maid screamed: "No...impossible...Your Majesty, this slave has been wronged! Your Majesty! This slave really doesn't know anything. This slave did not poison..."
"Come here, take her down and lock her up. No one is allowed to visit without my order."
"yes!"
The guards received the order and stepped forward to grab the little maid. The little maid cried: "Your Majesty is aware that this matter has nothing to do with this slave. Someone must have used my sister to frame this slave, Your Majesty..."
The little palace maid was dragged down. The rest of the people were no longer suspected and bowed and left.
For a moment, only Dugu Chen and Li Dehai were left in the palace.
Silence, cold deathly silence, Dugu Chen looked at the marble floor in the palace indifferently, remained silent for a long time, and asked lightly: "Li Dehai, you have been in the palace for almost thirty years?"