"As expected, you still don't welcome me, so I have no choice but not to disturb you."
The fourth prince did not persist, which was beyond Tang Wan'er's expectation, but the matter was irreversible, so she did not take the initiative to ask for it.
That night, Tang Wan'er camped near the question area.
Although the fourth prince said he would not help, in fact he was secretly watching from a distance. Of course, he thought he was monitoring Tang Wan'er's every move in accordance with his master's orders, rather than worrying about Tang Wan'er's safety.
Nothing was found that night.
But the murder finally happened.
The victim was a young and beautiful palace maid who worked as an errand in a palace in the palace. The entire palace was under the direct control of Yule Zhengtong, and the affairs in the palace were handed over to the eunuch in charge. Eunuch Pei, the eunuch in charge, felt that the death of a little palace lady was really inappropriate.
Le Zheng, who had the right to know, was not informed of any major events.
Tang Wan'er arrived at the scene in time.
Because the place where the crime occurred was also within the scope of Tang Wan'er's investigation, she strongly suspected that this incident was related to the incident of the innocent soul of Concubine Chen.
The victim was lying next to the peonies, covered by the flowers, and was discovered by a passing eunuch when he was about to move the flowerpot.
Tang Wan'er checked and found that there were three blood marks on the victim's face, which looked a bit like marks scratched by a cat.
Could it be these three blood stains that caused death?
If the blood volume is large, it is very possible.
She continued to observe and found a little black spots on her neck.
The bodies were scattered among the flowers, so it could not be suicide. The possibility of homicide is quite high.
So, is this indiscriminate killing, or robbery of sex? Or robbery of wealth?
Logically speaking, no one in the palace is so bold. Even a little palace maid, as long as she is in the palace for one day, she is the emperor's woman.
At that time, Tang Gaozu Li Yuan, the father of Emperor Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, was in panic all day long because he had a maid of Emperor Yang Guang of the Sui Dynasty. He was afraid that Yang Guang would kill him because of this.
Therefore, the crime of teasing a palace maid has always been quite serious.
So there should be hatred?
Tang Wan'er checked it out and found that there was nothing to check, so she was ready to check the victim's background and interpersonal relationships.
Then, she found a white hair some distance away from the peonies.
And when Tang Wan'er went over to investigate, Eunuch Pei also looked indifferent.
"Yu Jing has come under the secret order of Empress Jieyu to investigate matters related to the ghosts in the palace. I would like to ask my father-in-law for your convenience."
Eunuch Pei didn't want to give Tang Wan'er face. He turned his nostrils to the sky and said unconvincingly: "Don't say it's Empress Jieyu's secret order, even if it's the Empress's secret order, it doesn't matter. Do you know that the Queen Mother's birthday is the same?
Almost there? We are very busy here! We have no time to care whether the little palace maid is missing or dead. If something goes wrong and the Queen Mother is angry, can you afford it? The Sa family has not blamed the little palace maid for dying and bringing it to the Sa family.
There’s trouble coming!”
Tang Wan'er shook her head and mentally reprimanded Eunuch Pei for being selfish and cold-blooded, but it was hard to say so openly.
"Although the Queen Mother will be furious, there is no guarantee that if you don't do things well for Empress Jieyu, if word reaches the ears of the Empress Dowager, won't you also be able to escape the blame?"
Eunuch Pei was stunned for a moment. He was also a little shaken in his heart. After all, Eunuch Pei was as smart as he had been in the harem for so many years, and he knew that Empress Jieyu was the Queen Mother.
"I would like to ask Eunuch Pei to go out and delay for a while."
As she spoke, Tang Wan'er stuffed money into Eunuch Pei's hand.