All the ancestors in the capital begged me to be a substitute

The wound was located two inches above the heart and one inch below the shoulder.

It's not too big, but it's very deep, and it can be seen that a lot of strength has been used.

It's just that such a wound, and that location, is a penetrating wound that can only lose blood, and it won't be fatal in a short time.

Shen Lingxi could tell at a glance that this was the injury caused by the hairpin piercing into the flesh.

Mu Huai'an winked at her, signaling her to keep silent.

Shen Lingxi frowned, full of doubts, put down the hand that lifted the skirt of the corpse, and fell silent.

Seeing that she stopped talking, Dong Lixin guessed that the corpse had already been seen through experience, and then said to Chu Yan: "Your Highness, there are still some details about this case. Please move to Yuxiu Palace, Your Highness."

Upon hearing this, Mrs. Zhou straightened up and said, "Deputy Commander Dong, is there a new suspect? I heard that my daughter had an argument with Xu Ziyao, the daughter of Lord Zhen Guo, and Li Yuejiao, the daughter of Marquis Yiyang, at dusk yesterday. , if I want to interrogate them, I will go too, I have to ask them why they are embarrassing my daughter."

Shen Lingxi looked at her strangely.

This mother-in-law really has no one.

She really doesn't know what kind of virtue her daughter has outside, does she?
Mu Xue'e is thankful if she doesn't embarrass others, who would have nothing to do to embarrass her.

"Madam, please forgive me. During the investigation, the family members have to stay away." Dong Lixin said in a good voice, "Don't say it's you, even Mu Shaoqing, can't intervene in the investigation."

Mrs. Zhou raised her eyebrows, "Then I'll go find the Empress..."

"Okay!" Mu Tiangang interrupted her, and scolded in a deep voice, "Your Highness, there is no place for you to speak. Your Highness is thinking of you and my bereaved daughter, and has repeatedly ignored you, but it will teach you to push yourself! If you keep pestering me , I will have someone send you back to Beijing!"

As he said, he bowed respectfully to Chu Yan, "My wife is innocent, please forgive me, Your Highness."

"Cheng Engong should really restrain Mrs. Ling." Chu Yan said in a very cold voice.

He looked up at Shen Lingxi, "Miaoling Daoist, go to Yuxiu Palace with Gu."

Shen Lingxi saluted, went to the side to clean her hands carefully, and then left with Chu Yan.

After the two left, Mrs. Zhou wiped her tears and looked at Cheng Engong, "Master, you just saw that Taoist Miaoling is such a coquettish girl, so you can take her with you wherever you go. Knowing this, the concubine will not let Xue'e come to the palace no matter what, and she will not die because of it..."

"Mother is so forgetful."

Mu Huai'an, who was on the side, looked at her mockingly, "Yesterday His Highness threw the third sister out of Anhua Palace, how did you tell your father? Saying that His Highness doesn't throw anyone else, but throws the third sister, is to look at the third sister differently. In the name of my father, I ran to the empress and said this to let the third sister fight for the position of empress dowager and grandson concubine, why now that my sister is in such a catastrophe, she forgets what she said?"

It's fine if he didn't say this, but when he heard this, Mu Tiangang's face instantly became extremely gloomy.

Mrs. Zhou saw that the situation was not good, her face changed slightly, and she hurriedly said, "Da Lang, I didn't see you shed a single tear in front of Xue'e's body, but you always spoke for that foxy Taoist nun. Back then, you wanted to marry that Taoist nun." However, they plotted to marry her useless younger sister to Erlang. I still thought she was some kind of immortal fairy. I didn't realize that she had already climbed up to the high branch of the emperor's grandson, and she didn't look down on our country at all. The family status of the government."

As she spoke, she burst into tears again.

This time, Cheng Engong didn't reprimand her anymore, instead he looked at Mu Huai'an, "Your mother's words are serious? Is the daughter of Shen Ji, the one you asked to marry earlier?"

Mu Huai'an's brows and eyes darkened slightly, and he responded, not forgetting to justify Shen Lingxi's name, "She is a celestial master bestowed by the emperor, with profound Taoism, noble character, and a pure heart. The empress dowager is full of praise for her, It is definitely not the kind of woman that the mother said. Moreover, there is no ambiguous relationship between her and His Royal Highness the Emperor Taisun. I also ask the father to restrain the mother and be careful in his words and deeds in the future. Her. If there is a next time, please forgive my son for being unfilial, and I must go to my aunt, and ask my aunt to uphold justice."

Mrs. Zhou was even more shocked when she heard this.

"She stayed with the emperor's grandson all night, is she innocent? Such a foxy girl with a heart higher than the sky, you don't care about the face of Duke Cheng'en's house, and you just rush to stick to her. What do I do?" Mother, I'm ashamed for you."

As he spoke, he began to wipe his tears again, "My son Xue'e is also pitiful, a well-behaved lady, she is the most important candidate for the Queen Mother and Empress Dowager, I don't know who is in the way... In my opinion, it is probably She did it, and she is still doing an autopsy for Xue'e in a hypocritical manner, I want to see what they can find out."

"Okay, don't say a few words!" Mu Tiangang shouted in a deep voice: "I think that girl knows how to measure and understand the general situation. If Dalang can ask her to marry her, he will be able to hand over the Duke's Mansion to them and his wife in the future. Take it to the next level. Today, the girl is kindly helping, and you are not allowed to say anything about her in the future, do you hear?"

When Mu Huai'an heard this, his eyebrows drooped slightly, and his expression finally eased a little.

Madam Zhou looked at her husband in disbelief with teary eyes.

She moved her lips, wanting to question him face to face, her daughter just suffered a tragic accident, her bones are not cold yet, as a father, she is not sad, but she still remembers Da Lang's marriage... They are both her own children, why did she treat Huai Jie and Xue'e like this heart of stone...

But when the words came to her mouth, Mrs. Zhou thought that although she had no daughter now, but still had a son, she still had to fight for the position of the son of the Duke's mansion. After all, she didn't express the anger and unwillingness in her heart, and she bowed down aggrievedly. The first should come down.

It's just that when thinking of Shen Lingxi, a dark light flashed in his eyes because of Cheng Engong's words, "If Dalang can marry her, the Duke's Mansion will be handed over to them and his wife in the future".

*
When Shen Lingxi left the Dizang Palace with Chu Yan, the dark night had already lightened a lot.

The wind was calm and the rain was resting, except that there was still water and mud on the ground, it seemed that the violent storm last night had never happened at all.

Together with Dong Lixin, they walked towards Yuxiu Palace.

Along the way, Dong Lixin revealed the hidden truth of the case——
"When the inner guard found the body, there were two unconscious women at the scene, Xu Ziyao, the daughter of the Duke of Zhen, and Li Yuejiao, the daughter of the Marquis of Yiyang. The emperor didn't want to cause trouble, so he specially asked us to hide this matter from Cheng Engong. We can only make a decision when the truth comes out.”

Shen Lingxi suddenly realized, no wonder no one mentioned this matter just now.

Just imagine, if Mrs. Zhou knew that there were these two people at the scene of the crime, there would be a lot of trouble and everyone would know about it.

At that time, the reputation of these two girls will be difficult to maintain, so how can Duke Zhen Guo and Marquis Yiyang give up.

Thinking about it is a mess.

"Have Xu Ziyao and Li Yuejiao ever said why they are in the Dizang Palace?" Chu Yan asked in a deep voice.

Dong Lixin: "Xu Ziyao said that after she went to bed at night, she didn't know anything. On the contrary, Li Yuejiao... said in front of the emperor that she was blindfolded and tied to a place. She didn't see clearly who tied her up." Who is it, but in order to defend herself, she used the silver hairpin she carried to impale two people, and then she was knocked out."

When Shen Lingxi heard this, her almond eyes raised slightly.

The silver hairpin pierced someone——
Isn't that wound on Mu Xue'e's body?