As the guards approached, they immediately smelled a foul odor, a stench like that of a rotting corpse...
It was just that it was covered with wooden boards and pressed down with stones, so the smell was not too obvious.
Now when it is opened, the stench of fermented corpses is overwhelming.
When Concubine Duan saw the well opened, in order to act more realistically, she acted as if she had suffered some huge blow and stumbled over. However, because the odor was too smelly, she didn't dare to get any closer as soon as she was within the range where she could smell the odor. She had to pretend that she couldn't accept the reality and sat down on the ground.
She didn't want to lie on a rotting corpse and cry, otherwise she would vomit before she could even cry...
After the guards opened the bag and checked, they found that it was indeed a palace maid. The body had turned hard, blue, rotten and smelled bad.
Looks like he's been dead for some time.
The face could still be vaguely seen, it was indeed Caixia from Concubine Duan's palace.
Jiang Ziyi was also a little surprised. Ah Xin and Ah Qing hadn't specifically reported this to her, so when she smelled some strange odors these past two days, she thought it was a dead mouse. She didn't expect there was actually a dead person in her own yard. This was too unlucky...
After the guard reported back, Ji Chenan's face became a little solemn. There was a dead person in the palace, and they wanted to blame it on Jiang Ziyi. The air pressure around him became low, and Eunuch Lin hurried out to take charge of the situation.
"Move this away immediately! It's unbecoming in front of His Majesty!"
"Wait a minute." Ji Chenan spoke slowly.
Eunuch Lin was startled. Could it be that His Majesty wanted to make the decision personally?
Concubine Duan was delighted. She had been afraid that the corpse would be removed, so she would have no place to make a fuss. His Majesty actually spoke up. It seemed that he also believed that the woman was a vicious person. His Majesty still had her own heart! Concubine Duan was very happy.
Ji Chenan turned to face Concubine Duan and said, "Go and see, it's your missing maid."
Since His Majesty had spoken, Concubine Duan had to move over to take a look even if it was just for show. She took a few steps forward with difficulty, and the guard opened the bag again. She took a quick look and quickly looked away. Although she was the one who ordered the man to be beaten to death, she was still a little afraid that Caixia's ghost would haunt her when she suddenly saw the discolored corpse.
"Your Majesty, this is my maid Caixia. Please, Your Majesty, please do something for me!" After saying this, she started crying again, crying so heartbrokenly.
But Ji Chenan ignored it directly. He turned to look at Jiang Ziyi, "What do you say?"
Jiang Ziyi said indifferently, "I believe that Your Majesty has a clear mind."
After all, Axin and Aqing were assigned by him to be by her side. If Ji Chenan wanted to know the truth, he could find out by asking.
He is still here and hasn't exposed it, probably to give Concubine Duan one last chance. Unfortunately, Concubine Duan seems to be unaware of it and is still trying to throw dirty water on her. She is really hopelessly stupid.
Concubine Duan said firmly, "The physical evidence is all there. The person was found in your palace. Do you still want to deny it?" She felt that she had already won the battle. After all, the body was indeed found in the well in Cangjiao Palace. She didn't believe that Jiang Ziyi could have any excuse to deny it.
Ji Chenan finally lost his patience. He looked at Ah Xin beside Jiang Ziyi and asked, "Where did this corpse come from?"
Only then did Concubine Duan notice that the palace maid standing next to Jiang Ziyi seemed unfamiliar, but she did not look eye-catching in the clothes of an ordinary palace maid.
"Your Majesty, this body has nothing to do with Your Highness. It was brought in from outside the palace in the middle of the night a few days ago. I saw it with my own eyes."
"Oh?" Ji Chenan made an intriguing sound.
Concubine Duan immediately started cursing excitedly, "You are just a little palace maid, and you dare to lie! You are obviously saying this to protect your master! This man is Jiang Ziyi's killer..."
Before she could finish, Ji Chenan interrupted her rudely, "Shut up!"
"Axin is the person I placed by her side." There was obvious impatience in the emperor's tone.
At this moment, Concubine Duan felt as if a thunderbolt had struck her heart. She was stunned for a moment. She had thought that no one would notice when she came to dispose of the body late at night. The two eunuchs had clearly said that they had avoided the eyes and ears of Jiang Ziyi's palace, and they had not encountered any suspicious people along the way...
This palace maid was actually the one placed by His Majesty by her side, and she did not call herself a slave, but a subordinate. Could she be... a secret guard?
This guess made her feel disappointed. She had planned everything, but she had never expected that His Majesty would actually send secret guards to guard her just for a little princess from an enemy country.
The uneasiness in her heart was growing. She thought that it was a cage she made and Jiang Ziyi could not fly out of her palm, but she did not expect that at this moment, she was trapped in her own cocoon.
Concubine Duan still did not give up, "But Your Majesty, Caidie and Caiwei were just passing by the Cangjiao Palace today and were knocked unconscious! There is no news from Caidie now, and I don't know if she has..."
Concubine Duan wanted to know if Caidie had been killed.
In other words, Concubine Duan actually hoped that Caidie had been killed.
"Do you want me to kill her?" Jiang Ziyi looked at Concubine Duan with a smile.
Seeing that her vicious thoughts were guessed, Concubine Duan was speechless for a moment, "You! You..."
She really hoped that Jiang Ziyi would kill Caidie, so that her farce today would be tenable, but even if Caidie was not dead, she believed that Caidie would not expose her, because Caidie's family was in the hands of her family.
Thinking of this, she felt relieved again.
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