Xi Ruo went to check on the person farthest away for her. To be precise, it couldn't be called a person, just an outline.

There were some pearl hairpins scattered beside the body with a burned face. The hairpins still retained their original appearance and were obviously the jewelry used by the princess.

That figure... is very similar to Princess Zhaoning.

Xi Ruo took a step forward and after seeing it clearly, she couldn't help but gasp.

"Could it be...Princess Zhaoning committed suicide?"

After Princess Zhaoning learned about this, she did not leave the palace but cried all day long.

If she wanted to follow him out of deep brotherly love and let the palace ladies be buried with him, it is not impossible.

Hearing this speculation, Fei Wan looked over.

Princess Zhaoning has no enemies. If it was an enemy's assassination, the imperial guards have been patrolling the palace recently, so it is impossible for that person to cause such a big commotion.

Suicide... that made sense, but she always felt there was something fishy about it.

Princess Zhaoning, who only sees Xiao Heng a few times a year, Fei Wan doesn't think she would die for Xiao Heng.

A servant beside Fei Wan advised her, "Empress, please don't stay here too long."

After all, such a horrifying scene would give one nightmares if one were in it. Many people who followed in could not bear to watch it and wanted to escape.

But since Fei Wan didn't leave, they didn't dare to leave.

A courageous palace servant had already gone to confirm the identity of the corpse, and finally said with his head down, "Judging from the clothes and the figure, it must be Princess Zhaoning..."

The palace maids all showed expressions of regret. It was indeed unfortunate that a princess of a country died in such a tragic way in a sea of ​​fire.

Fei Wan walked over and did it himself.

Seeing her reaching out her hand, the palace people screamed and tried to stop her.

"Your Majesty, the Queen, cannot do that."

However, no one dared to stop Fei Wan, so they could only let her go and check it out.

Fei Wan turned the body over, but there was no mark on the back of the neck.

Even if one is really prepared to die, the instinct before death will always be to protect oneself, and the most important part is the neck.

Even though there were burn marks all over his body, there was a patch of intact skin on the back of his neck.

In the Xiao Dynasty, there was a custom for women to apply Shougongsha on the back of their necks before getting married, and even princesses were no exception.

Shougongsha is made of geckos and cinnabar. Cinnabar will change color when burned, but will quickly return to red at room temperature.

The spot where the toad's blood should be is now blank.

Fei Wan stood up and came to a conclusion.

"She is not Princess Zhaoning."

Xi Ruo was surprised: "This..."

The person who replaced the body probably didn't expect that someone would be so disrespectful to the princess's body and would just touch it directly.

"Could Princess Zhaoning have been abducted by thieves?"

Xi Ruo asked, "I will send someone to search for the princess right away."

In fact, Fei Wan and Xi Ruo both knew very well that with the tight security in the palace, there was no possibility that Princess Zhaoning would be abducted.

Only if Princess Zhaoning colluded with others could she not only kill the maid Fei Wan'an had placed next to her, but also escape from the palace during the chaos.

Fei Wan recalled that in the original plot, Princess Zhaoning had neither chosen a husband nor become a tool for political marriage when she reached the age. She did have some abilities.

Back then, the late emperor had only spared Xiao Yue, and Xiao Heng had left no room for anyone else in his quest for the throne. Now, both of them were dead, leaving no other royal bloodline.

Isn't this just stupid...

Fei Wan guessed the reason, but she couldn't let others know the truth, so she had to put on a show.

She gave orders to search for the princess and make sure she was safe.

After she entered her own palace, Fei Wan turned around and asked Xi Ruo to close the door.

Now that there were only the two of them left, Fei Wan lowered his voice, but looked at Xi Ruo with an extremely serious look.

"Xi Ruo, are you willing to do something for me?"