Empress Jinghua: The eunuch is nine thousand years old

Chapter 148

When Rongyu and Xia Zijin brought Xia Ziyan's body back to the palace, the maids of Lanzhi Garden burst into tears, and Yue Jing'an saw with her own eyes the cold and stiff corpse of Xia Ziyan who was not her own daughter but better than her own daughter, and immediately fainted from crying dead past.

No one thought that the seventh princess would die in Huangquan after only the second day of the mighty search.

What was supposed to be a happy event has become a funeral, and everyone in the palace is in panic. A few days ago, there were rumors about the marriage between the Seventh Princess and Prince Rong's son, but now white cloths are hanging everywhere, and the red wedding dress is hanging alone on the shelf in Lanzhi Garden On the dress, the golden embroidery thread is still full of brilliance, but it can no longer wait for the woman who has been thinking about it to put it on.

In the main hall of Qianqing Palace, everyone has a solemn expression.

Because to everyone's surprise, less than half an hour after the news of Seventh Princess' death spread, another even more shocking news came out.

Princess Xia Zijin of the Pearl and Prince Rong Rong Yu both identified the Fourth Princess Xia Ziqi as the culprit in the kidnapping and murder of the Seventh Princess Xia Ziyan.

In the main hall, Xia Zijin knelt on one side, and she bowed deeply to Emperor Ming with a plain expression on her face.

"Father, Seventh Sister died very painfully. When Erchen saw Seventh Sister, she was covered in bruises, and her original gentle face was also cruelly destroyed. Seventh Sister told Erchen with her last breath, yes The fourth sister killed her with her own hands, and it was also the fourth sister who bribed the gangsters to tie him out of the palace. Everything was a conspiracy carefully planned by the fourth sister. "

Xia Ziqi was kneeling on the other side. Listening to Xia Zijin's statement, a sharp look flashed in her eyes, but she immediately restrained herself, and bowed deeply to Ming Shengdi with an ignorant and bewildered expression.

"Father and Emperor Mingjian! I don't know what sister Zijin's words mean. Seventh sister was kidnapped and killed by gangsters. As a real sister, Erchen is also very heartbroken. Where do you start!"

Her shoulders trembled, feeling very wronged.

"During the few hours when Seventh Sister disappeared, Erchen was very worried about her. He sincerely prayed for her in front of the Buddha statue enshrined in the Qiluo Garden, and he never stepped out of the palace gate. If Erchen What you did was really unjust! Erchen knows that he and the seventh sister have some disagreements on weekdays, but it is just a petty dispute between women. There is a saying that blood is thicker than water, and the seventh sister is in danger. Erchen Even if she is so worried, how can she arbitrarily slander that it was done by my son-in-law!"

Xia Ziqi's voice was agitated and tinged with tears, and there was a deep calculation hidden under her hypocritical tears.But those calculations hurt Rong Yu's eyes deeply. He stared at Xia Ziqi, thinking of Xia Ziyan's miserable appearance before he died, he wished to tear Xia Ziqi's body to pieces.

"Your Majesty!" Rong Yu clasped his hands together and bowed deeply to Ming Shengdi, "The minister and Princess Mingzhu found the body of the seventh princess together, which can prove that what Princess Mingzhu said is true. In the hut where the seventh princess was found Here, all the villains have been killed."

"Although some people carefully disguised their corpses to look like gangsters killing each other, the neat way of killing each other with one knife is something that people with high martial arts skills can't do."

Looking at Rong Yu's resolute expression, Xia Ziqi flashed a trace of pain and unwillingness. Even if he didn't love Xia Ziyan, would he take such pains to avenge her?
"There is no other sect in Shangjing. The only method that can kill criminals with a single knife is the well-trained secret guards, plus the identification of the Seventh Princess before her death. Isn't it enough to explain that all of this is true?" Is it the conspiracy of the four princesses?"

Ming Shengdi's face was very ugly, he held the dragon chair tightly with both hands, and looked at Xia Ziqi suspiciously and probingly.

When Xia Ziqi touched the suspicion in Ming Shengdi's eyes, he immediately argued: "Father, the title of secret guard can be found everywhere in the world. Anyone with a little bit of status will have it. How can it be proved that it is my son's secret?" Where's David?"

Rong Yu sneered and said, "This son has carefully observed the corpses of those thieves. Their wounds are all extremely thin, which means that the blades of the weapons used to kill them are also extremely thin. Looking at the entire capital, only the hidden guards in the palace can Only with this kind of thin-edged knife can we have such a clean and neat technique."

He pointed to the main points every word and every word, and it is bound to find out the truth. Xia Ziqi gritted his teeth and said, "Even if it is a hidden guard in the palace. There are so many princes, princesses and concubines in the palace. Is it sure to prove that it is the princess?"

Both sides insisted on their opinions, no matter what evidence Xia Zijin and Rongyu gave, Xia Ziqi would always deny it.

Xia Ziqi cast a smug look at Xia Zijin from an angle that everyone couldn't see, even if they knew they did it, so what, without conclusive evidence, they couldn't do anything to her at all.

Her proud expression deeply stimulated Xia Zijin, and Xia Zijin thought of Xia Ziyan's dying appearance again. She was so kind in the past, but she couldn't avoid the fate of tragic death after all. All of this was thanks to Xia Ziqi. If he could avenge her, even he would not forgive himself.

When the balance in everyone's minds was on the other side, Xia Zijin immediately threw out another proof.

"As far as I know, because the seventh sister is about to marry the eldest son, she always sprinkles phosphorus powder on her body after bathing. This powder has a miraculous effect on skin care and beauty. Apply it on the body for seven days, and it will become fragrant all over the body."

"The son and the prince found the hut outside the palace by tracking the smell of the phosphorous incense powder with the keen sense of smell of the hunting dog. The fourth sister has been in contact with the seventh sister outside the palace for so long, and she must be stained with phosphorous incense Fan, as long as you lead the hunting dog of Shizi, you will know it by smelling it."

Xia Ziqi's heart skipped a beat when he said these words out of the blue, and then he became suspicious again. Why had she never heard of the custom of putting phosphorous powder on her body before marriage?

"...Sister Zijin is really becoming more and more inappropriate. This princess is a majestic golden branch and jade leaf. How can I use something as low as a hound to sniff my body?" She stared at Xia Zijin, secretly hating, This bitch has always been scheming, I don't know if she is blackmailing her!

Ming Shengdi had been a little suspicious of Xia Ziqi since just now, seeing her refusing to use hounds to verify, he said in a deep voice: "I don't think there is anything wrong, Ziqi, you want to prove your innocence, isn't this the easiest and most powerful way?" ?"

Xia Ziqi rolled his eyes back and forth, met the suspicious eyes of Ming Shengdi, lowered his eyes, lowered his head, and said aggrievedly: "Father doesn't believe in Erchen either, the death of Seventh Sister really has nothing to do with Erchen It doesn't matter, it is an extremely embarrassing insult to use a hound to sniff Erchen's body, how will Erchen hold his head up in front of others when word spreads in the future?"

Xia Zijin didn't wait for her to continue crying, and then said: "If the fourth sister cares about fame, this princess has another way. Because the phosphorous powder is made from the horn of the rhinoceros, it can be vivid in the night. As long as a little bit of star is glued on, it will be able to emit light in the dark. As long as the fourth sister takes off the embroidered shoes under her feet and puts them in a dark room to look after them, she can tell whether there is phosphorous powder or not."

In fact, as early as when Xia Ziqi was summoned to the hall, Xia Zijin noticed a little bit of Saturn on Xia Ziqi's embroidered shoes, and said that she really didn't leave the palace, so where did those Saturns come from?

Xia Ziqi was even more flustered after hearing this, and sweat began to break out on his forehead.

She hurried back to the palace after dealing with Xia Ziyan in the morning. She was only thinking about changing the blood-stained clothes, but forgot to change the embroidered shoes. Are you calling yourself...

She was flustered, and she even stammered in her tone of voice: "... Sister Zijin time and time again wants to take this opportunity to test what this princess is really up to. It doesn't matter, why do sister Zijin and Shizi keep biting each other?"

She questioned her back, trying to avoid the seriousness and ambiguity about Xia Zijin asking her to take off her embroidered shoes for verification, but Xia Zijin didn't make her happy.

"Fourth sister is the one who shirks again and again. If you really have a clear conscience, why don't you dare to test it? Hmph, it's the same root, so why rush it! Fourth sister did such a thing that annihilated conscience, In the future, if I dream back at midnight, won’t I have a guilty conscience.”

"you……"

Xia Ziqi was tongue-tied, and Xia Ziyan, who was completely unrecognizable, suddenly appeared in her mind. Thinking of her turning into a ghost to claim her life in the middle of the night, she felt a little terrified.

Ming Shengdi is so shrewd. Seeing Xia Ziqi trying to avoid verification, he already has an almost inseparable answer in his heart.

Even though he loves Xia Ziqi more than Xia Ziyan on weekdays, but despite his status as an emperor, as a father, he absolutely cannot accept Xia Ziqi's vicious murderous behavior.

"Xia Ziqi!" Ming Shengdi roared, "What are you afraid of? I order you to take off your embroidered shoes immediately to verify!"

He had a sense of luck that if Xia Ziqi dared to take off her embroidered shoes to verify, maybe he could still believe her sophistry.

But Xia Ziqi was overwhelmed by guilt and fear, she bit her lips tightly and refused to take off her embroidered shoes, because she knew that once verified, she would have solid evidence.

Her attitude of refusal to obey made Ming Shengdi cold, and his anger burned to the top of his head.

"You bastard, how long are you going to argue!"

Ming Shengdi's stern reprimand resounded through the hall, hitting Xia Ziqi's ears hard, she raised her head in panic, her lips pale.

(End of this chapter)