Concubine in power, prince, please respect yourself

Chapter 31 Examining the Corpse

"My lord, can I let the concubine see how the second lady died."

Not wanting to say any more, Qin Ziling directly asked Xuanyuan Yi.

"How did the second lady die, don't you know? Why are you acting here?"

Before Xuanyuanyi could speak, Qin Zishuang said impatiently, she didn't want to get the chance so hard and let Qin Ziling escape.

After speaking, Qin Zishuang glanced sideways at Xuanyuan Yi who had been silent all this time, but as soon as she turned her head, Qin Zishuang met Xuanyuan Yi's cold and angry eyes.

Trembling for a moment, Qin Zishuang panicked, but in order to cover it up, she stretched out her hand to wipe the corner of her eyes, using this to cover up, and tried hard to suppress the uneasy feeling in her heart.

"Come on, bring the second lady up."

Speaking coldly, Xuanyuan Yi's tone was tinged with exhaustion.

"The Empress is here!"

As soon as Xuanyuan Yi's words fell, there was a sharp sound outside the door, like the cry of a duck whose throat was locked, extremely ear-piercing.

Hearing the sound from outside, everyone's expressions changed instantly.

Qin Ziling didn't take it seriously, since she hadn't done such a thing anyway.

When Xuanyuan Yi heard that the queen was coming, his brows were deeply furrowed on his already indifferent face.

Although the gloating on the face of the brigade was not as obvious as that of Qin Zishuang, it could be seen that she was happy when the queen arrived.Even the embroidered handkerchief that she had been holding tightly was pinched coquettishly, and she even raised her hand to straighten her temples.

"The younger brother sees the empress." "The concubine sees the empress." "The empress is a thousand years old."

Seeing the woman who hurriedly walked into the main hall, everyone knelt down to pay respects to the queen.

The queen is a person in her thirties, because she is in the back position and has been raised in a deep palace for many years, her skin is very well maintained, she is not like a woman in her thirties at all.

Wearing a gorgeous queen's palace attire, her well-maintained face was full of anger.

She had heard a few days ago that Yuan Xianxian wanted to frame a concubine in Prince Rui's residence, but she didn't expect to lose a lot of money instead of stealing the chicken.But she also understood that matter clearly, it was originally Yuan Xianxian's fault, so Prince Rui disregarded her status as a queen, and restrained Yuan Xianxian, she didn't say anything, after all, the fault also lies with Yuan Xianxian, and Prince Rui He is also a high-ranking prince in the Tianxi Dynasty.

So after what happened last time, even if her father sent someone to find her and asked her to help her younger sister, otherwise their family would have nothing to do with Prince Rui's residence.Her father was extremely unwilling to lose such a backer as Prince Rui.She also turned a blind eye and didn't lower her status to find Xuanyuan Yi, lest even her relationship with Xuanyuan Yi would become very stiff in the end.

Unexpectedly, early this morning, her father sent someone to the palace to tell her that Yuan Xianxian was murdered to death.Now, no matter how much she could bear it, she couldn't sit still, and she must come to seek justice.

After all, Yuan Xianxian is her direct sister.

"Who killed my sister, Prince Rui, today, Bengong is here to seek justice for that poor sister!"

Sitting on the main seat where Qin Zishuang used to sit, the queen asked with deep anger.

Qin Zishuang knelt on the ground docilely, showing a feeling of being a housewife, and bowed her head to answer. "The concubine and the prince are investigating. Except for the third wife, everyone else has evidence that they were not there yesterday. Only the third wife has not seen anyone since last night."

It seemed that he was answering the question in a proper manner, but he pointed the finger at Qin Ziling at once.

"Who is the third lady!"

Looking at the kneeling crowd with sharp eyes, they finally fell on Qin Ziling and the eldest lady.

"You are the third lady?"

Looking at Qin Ziling, the queen asked uncertainly.

"Yes, the concubine is the third wife of Prince Rui's residence, Qin Ziling."

Kneeling and bowing again, Qin Ziling looked straight at the queen and replied.

"Do you have an alibi?"

asked with the majesty of a queen.Those who dare to do this are completely ignoring the face of the royal family.

"The concubine has no evidence of her alibi. The concubine returned to the palace in the middle of the night last night, and only the close maid saw the concubine coming back, and only the close maid kept guarding the concubine."

Qin Ziling lowered her head and answered truthfully, she really had no evidence of her alibi.

"So, the second lady's death has something to do with you?"

Seeing Qin Ziling admitting so readily, the queen was obviously relieved.Anyway, it's not a very good thing to freeze the relationship with the powerful Prince Rui.

Moreover, she also heard about the fact that Prince Rui doted on the Third Madam very much recently, in order to prevent the Third Madam from being overwhelmed, she was allowed to leave the residence.Not only that, but also let her stay in his room.It can be seen that the position of the third lady in his heart is very unusual. Qin Ziling admitted it himself, which avoided some unnecessary conflicts.

"Empress Mingjian, the concubine just said that there is no evidence of alibi, not that the concubine killed the second lady. Although the concubine had conflicts with the second lady during her lifetime, the concubine has never killed anyone Heart, I still hope that the empress will learn from her, and I will be innocent. Find the person who harmed the second lady, so that the soul of the second lady can be comforted by the spirit in heaven."

Qin Ziling knelt on the ground, and said neither humble nor overbearing, when she said the word "Second Lady's soul", she smiled strangely at Qin Zishuang while everyone was not paying attention.

Upon seeing Qin Ziling's weird smile, Qin Zishuang shuddered.

"My lord, the Marquis of Jingnan has arrived."

When the atmosphere in the main hall was stalemate, someone suddenly came to report that Jingnan Hou, Yuan Xianxian's father had arrived.

As soon as the words were spoken here, a man with a round figure and a woman in her fifties entered the main hall.

As soon as she saw the queen, the woman burst into tears in front of everyone, calling Yuan Xianxian's boudoir name all the time.

This woman is Yuan Xianxian and the queen's biological mother. Since she was a child, she has loved her two children very much. She also heard about the youngest daughter a few days ago, but she couldn't speak at that time, so she didn't come to the palace. In just a few days, good people just disappeared.

"See queen, my lord."

The fat man stood in the middle of the main hall, with a hint of pain and forbearance in his tone.

He was heartbroken, not only for the loss of his daughter, but also for the loss of the bridge he managed to build with Prince Rui's residence.

"Daddy."

The queen called out with a trace of helplessness.

"Has the lord found out who harmed Xianxian?"

Because of the pain of losing his daughter, Yuan Baijiang's tone carried a hint of questioning.

Xuanyuan Yi frowned, the current situation was getting more and more troublesome, he was afraid of the current situation, so he didn't immediately notify the Yuan family, nor did he report to the emperor.Then it was the people in the palace who leaked the news.

Glancing at Qin Zishuang who was standing beside him, Xuanyuan Yi knew that he had to settle this matter fairly.

Once again receiving Xuanyuan Yi's gaze, Qin Zishuang's heart skipped a beat, maybe the prince discovered something.After thinking about it for a while, I realized that it was the prince who knew that she had told the news of the death of Yuan Xianxian, a member of the Yuan family.It's okay, Qin Zishuang comforted herself in her heart, after a while, the prince will be completely hers, so she must not panic.

"The king is investigating, wait a moment..."

"My lord, there are three servant girls asking to see me, saying that they know who the murderer is."

Before Xuanyuan Yi finished speaking, another report came from outside.

"Let them in."

Upon hearing that someone had seen the murderer, everyone except Qin Zishuang looked curious.

"Slaves see the prince and queen."

The three servant girls knelt on the ground respectfully.

"You say you know who the murderer is, well, tell everyone here who the murderer is."

Looking at Qin Ziling proudly, Qin Zishuang asked the maid.

"A few days ago, my servant saw the third lady and her maid mysteriously leaving the palace. In a remote place, they gave a man a lot of money, and then took a bag of things from him."

The servant girl buried her head and replied respectfully.

"What you said is true!"

Hearing this, the Queen was so angry that her hands trembled.She questioned the servant girl in a sharp voice.

"What the slaves said is the truth. A few days ago, the slaves had to go out to buy some things, so they went out to the palace together. The two of them also saw that it was the third lady."

As soon as the maid finished speaking, the other two maids also nodded in agreement.

Hearing the servant girl's words, Qin Zishuang quickly said, "My lord, look, there are witnesses, and the third lady has no alibi, so it can be basically confirmed that the second lady was killed by the third lady."

"My lord, I hope that the murderer will be severely punished, and the murderer must not be allowed to go unpunished."

Fearing that Xuanyuan Yi would not be able to do anything because he loved Qin Ziling, the queen pressed her step by step.

"Queen, please give this concubine a chance to see the body of the second lady. You also said that the murderer must never be allowed to go unpunished. Let alone whether the concubine sneaked out of the mansion with a maid, from a stranger Buying things from a man, even if I buy it myself, how can I prove that I am the murderer, so, in order to clear my innocence, and to find the real murderer who killed the second wife, I ask the queen to give me a chance."

Kneeling on the ground, what Qin Ziling said was true.

After hearing Qin Ziling's request, the queen also fell into deep thought. At first, she also suspected that Qin Ziling had killed Xianxian, but looking at Qin Ziling's request now, it doesn't look like she did it.Because an ordinary murderer should panic when being testified, but Qin Ziling was not. She seemed particularly quiet.

Moreover, ordinary murderers would quibble, but Qin Ziling didn't either.She just wanted to see the second lady's body. With so many people, she had no choice but to destroy the evidence, but she felt like an investigator at the moment.

"Queen, this king also thinks that this matter is strange. Can you let everyone see the body of the second lady? I haven't seen it since I came back."

The queen who was still hesitating heard that Prince Rui had spoken, although she felt very uncomfortable that Prince Rui doted on a concubine so much, but she had no other choice, so she nodded and agreed.

After a while, a guard came in carrying the second lady who was covered with a white cloth.

(End of this chapter)