Ever since he provoked the state teacher of Shangyue State, Mo Xun couldn't sleep at night and had very poor sleep. But after encountering this Albizia Julibrissin tree, Mo Xun’s insomnia was inexplicably cured.
Shen Wei didn't ask any more questions. There are many weird people in the world, and each has their own strange habits.
Chen Wei took Mo Xun and went to the Ye Ting in a low-key manner.
Ye Ting was where palace maids who had committed crimes served.
In a remote utility room, Cai Ping spread out two rolls of straw mats, and two horrific corpses came into view.
Mo Xun covered his face with a handkerchief soaked in white vinegar, put on gloves made of sheepskin intestines, picked up a knife, and while examining the body he muttered, "I am an imperial physician, not a coroner. I am not very interested in dissecting corpses. Next time there is such a good thing, please ask the Empress Chen to hire a coroner."
Shen Wei has always been good at talking. She stood outside the house and said, "In this palace, I only trust you."
Mo Xun curled the corners of his lips and performed the autopsy more carefully.
After a moment, Mo Xun walked out of the utility room. She took off her bloody and smelly gloves and told Shen Wei: "The two bodies were brutally tortured, whipped, and stabbed before death. The cause of death of one body was that the throat was cut, and the fatal cause of death of the other body was that the heart was stabbed."
"The murderer should be young, of average strength, and ruthless and brutal. His methods are insane, and the injuries are random. I think he is a bit hysterical."
Shen Wei was silent.
The murderer is almost certain to be the second prince Li Chengzhen. Although Li Chengzhen is young and has a strange and cruel personality, he is the queen's only son after all, and is not easy to deal with.
The prince brutally murdered several servants, and when the news got out, his reputation was almost ruined. But Li Chengzhen would not be sentenced to death, as his status as a prince was enough to save his life.
In this era, there is a distinction between the high and the low. The life of the prince is the life, but no one cares about the life of the servants.
Chen Wei sighed deeply and asked Cai Ping to send Mo Xun back to the Imperial Hospital. After much thought, Shen Wei decided to tell the Queen Mother about Li Chengzhen and let her make a decision.
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Cining Palace.
The jade ruyi in the empress dowager's hand fell to the ground with a thud, and the fine mutton-fat jade broke into several pieces. The Queen Mother was stunned: "Is this true?"
Chen Wei nodded: "Really. I wanted to tell the emperor, but I was worried that the emperor would think that I was slandering the prince. Mother, please give me some advice."
The Queen Mother remained silent.
The Queen Mother had to admit that she was not kind to Li Chengzhen. Even ten fingers have different lengths, so the love of elders is bound to be biased.
Elders often prefer grandchildren who are obedient, sensible, smart and well-behaved. Li Chengzhen had been with the queen for a long time and was educated to be cowardly, perverted, paranoid and jealous. The Queen Mother disliked the Queen, and as a result, she became increasingly distant from her grandson Li Chengzhen.
But the Queen Mother never expected that Li Chengzhen would be so vicious.
The Queen Mother closed her eyes and said slowly: "I will handle this matter. After all, it is a royal scandal..."
Chen Wei nodded and stopped interfering in the matter. She went to the backyard to play with Le You and the others for a while before leaving the Cining Palace.
The Queen Mother believed Shen Wei’s words. The Queen Mother sent people to secretly monitor Li Chengzhen's movements in the palace.
A few days later, late at night, the stalkers brought news that screams were heard in the Second Prince's palace.
The night gradually swept across the Daqing harem. After her grandchildren fell asleep, the empress dowager put on a black cloak and left the Cining Palace in a low-key manner with two old maids and two eunuchs.
The midsummer night was windy and extremely hot. The Queen Mother walked quickly, and the night wind made a corner of her cloak rustle. When they met the patrolling imperial guards along the way, the old nanny took out her badge and said that she was doing urgent matters for the empress dowager. The imperial guards made a note of it and did not ask any more questions.
Arrived at the palace where the second prince Li Chengzhen rested.
The palace gates were closed.
Nanny Qian, who was following the Queen Mother, knocked on the door, and a guard opened the door impatiently: "What's the matter?"
The palace gate opened, and the Queen Mother's exclusive bronze and gold waist badge came into view. The guard's face was instantly panicked. He mistakenly thought that the person who came was the old maid from the Queen Mother's Palace. He stammered, "It's late at night. What can I do for you, maids?"
Nanny Qian moved aside, and the empress dowager appeared in a black cloak.
The guards were stunned and kowtowed repeatedly to greet him.
Another guard ran away and wanted to report the incident. The Queen Mother shouted in a low voice: "Stop, kneel at the door and don't make a sound."
The two guards fell to the ground, trembling.
The Queen Mother stepped into the yard. Li Chengzhen was the eldest prince and did not live with the queen. Li Yuanjing gave him a luxurious palace to live in. It was late at night and the sky was covered with dark clouds. Nanny Qian held a palace lantern in her hand and carefully helped the Empress Dowager to light the way.
The pale light from the palace lanterns illuminated the dark path. The lights in the main house and the study were off, only Li Chengzhen's bedroom was brightly lit.
There was an elderly maid guarding the door. When she heard the footsteps of the empress dowager and her group, she angrily scolded, "Stupid thing, I told you not to come to the bedroom to serve tonight! Get out of here! Tell Old Li to prepare the straw mats for tomorrow morning."
The palace lanterns illuminated the Queen Mother’s cold face.
The old maid who was on night watch was terrified and screamed, "Mother, Mother! I pay my respects to the Queen Mother!"
It seemed like he was paying his respects, but in fact he was reminding Li Chengzhen who was committing torture in the bedroom.
The Queen Mother said nothing. Nanny Qian pushed away the old woman who was keeping watch and slammed open the tightly closed palace door.
A strong smell of blood filled the air. The Queen Mother tiptoed over the threshold and the bloody scene in the room came into view.
There was a little eunuch lying on the ground, his life or death unknown, and there was a little eunuch lying on the bed, tangled in ropes. Li Chengzhen sat on the bed, naked, holding a bloody bayonet in his hand, with the sobbing eunuch beneath him...
Seeing the Queen Mother suddenly appear, Li Chengzhen was stunned and the knife in his hand fell to the ground with a click. He opened his mouth, his eyes slowly cleared up: "Grandmother...Grandmother..."
Half an hour later.
The injured eunuch was sent for treatment. Li Chengzhen put on his clothes tremblingly and knelt in the hall. The ugliest side of her was revealed, and Li Chengzhen felt ashamed and embarrassed, with all kinds of emotions lingering in her heart.
In the main hall, candles burned slowly. The Queen Mother sat in a chair and looked at this strange yet familiar grandson. In the past, Li Chengzhen was simple and shy. She always kept her head down and followed her elder brother Li Chengke.
Later, Li Chengke died suddenly, and Li Chengzhen's personality changed drastically. He became jealous, cruel, and cunning.
Li Chengzhen's tears fell. He raised his head and asked, "Grandmother, are you going to kill your grandson? I... I don't know why this happened. I feel so bad. Only by treating them like this can I feel better..."
"I'm very lonely... My mother ignores me, my father always scolds me, Sister Yao ignores me, and my brother never comes to me in my dreams... No one likes me... They always want to take away my things..."
Sometimes Li Chengzhen felt like a rat in the gutter, unable to see the sun.
He was in pain, struggling in the mire, his breath being taken away bit by bit.
The Queen Mother stood up and lovingly touched Li Chengzhen's head, saying calmly: "You should have a good rest these few days. You don't have to go to the Imperial College to study, and you don't have to go to the Anguo Temple to learn riding and archery... I asked the imperial physician to prescribe some soothing medicine for you."
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