Chapter 254 All Suspects
Zhou Qingli continued to accuse, "I suspect the murderer is the prince's wife and her brother. The brother used the banquet to give the prince's wife poison. In order to consolidate the prince's wife's position in the palace, the two conspired to kill the concubine."
[It seems to make sense.]
[But Sister Song didn't send anything to the concubine. How did the poison get into the concubine's hands and poison her?]
I still support Zhou Qingli. I think the palace maid is the most likely person. She served the concubine closely and could poison her at any time. On the contrary, the palace maid is anxious to blame Sister Song in order to help herself get rid of suspicion.
[My personal intuition suggests that Sister Song is unlikely.]
[This is Sister Song's first time playing this kind of game. If she really got the murderer's script, she definitely wouldn't be so calm.]
[How do we explain the poison in the top star's hand? The princess and her brother must have a motive for committing the crime.]
[The eldest prince also has a motive for committing the crime.]
As netizens in the live broadcast room were arguing over the murderer, Song Zhiwei stood up and explained, "I do feel sorry for the prince's wife because she was treated coldly by the eldest prince in the palace because she was a concubine."
As he spoke, Song Zhiwei's eyes swept over Shen Jingmo, and he continued, "I also wanted to kill the concubine to consolidate the prince's wife's position in the palace, but before I could do it, the concubine was already dead, and my poison was never touched at all."
[Although it's just a script, looking at the top star's eyes, it doesn't seem like he wants to kill the princess, but more like he wants to kill the prince.]
Song Zhiwei stepped forward and took the poison that Zhou Qingli had collected and showed it to everyone. The seal on it was still there, and the poison had indeed not been touched.
Although the two had a motive to kill, the evidence is currently insufficient to accuse them of being the murderer.
[Now it seems that Zhou Qingli was too eager to jump into Sister Song and the top star, which actually makes her a bit suspicious.]
Is there a possibility that Zhou Qingli's "Sister Song" dance was all due to personal emotions?
"The princess and her brother are the most likely suspects." Chen Zhe put all the evidence into the evidence box.
Just as Zhou Qingli sat down, Song Zhiyuan stood up with the evidence in hand. "I checked two rooms in total. The guard's room was spotless and no suspicious items were found."
The guards only appeared as witnesses.
"But I did find two suspicious items in the residence of the deceased and the palace maid." Song Zhiyuan placed a book and a jade bracelet on the table.
“This book records the method of making Bai Qinglan, which was discovered in a palace maid’s wardrobe.
When examining the deceased, I unexpectedly discovered that one of the jade bracelets she was wearing was missing. This jade bracelet was exactly the same as the one she was wearing, and the jade bracelet was found on the bed of a palace maid.
Cheng Yuhan reacted quickly and took the jade bracelet from Song Zhiyuan. He hurried to the deceased's side and compared it with the jade bracelet on her wrist. He exclaimed, "It's exactly the same. Sister Qingli, the murderer can't really be you."
"A jade bracelet is enough to prove that I am the murderer."
Everyone's eyes fell on Zhou Qingli.
Zhou Qingli immediately explained anxiously, "The jade bracelet is indeed the concubine's, but it was given to me by the concubine as a reward to treat my mother's illness."
Song Zhiyuan continued to question, "The concubine gave you the jade bracelet as a reward, so why did you research poison and want to kill her?"
"Because the concubine often treated us servants harshly, beating and scolding us at every turn, if the concubine could have rewarded us earlier, my mother would not have died, so I wanted to get rid of the concubine, but I just thought about it and didn't do it."
The more Zhou Qingli explains, the more suspicious he becomes. I want to vote for him this time.
After Song Zhiyuan finished speaking, Bai Qing added, "I also checked the murderer's room and found poisoned walnut cakes inside. I remember that this walnut cake was sent by Concubine Rong."
Zhang Rong immediately admitted, "I was indeed the one who sent the poisoned walnut cake. On the surface, I wanted to make peace with the deceased, but in reality, I wanted to poison Concubine Rong. However, Concubine Rong didn't eat the walnut cake, which means I had nothing to do with Concubine Rong's death."
Zhang Rong distanced herself from the evidence she found.
Zhou Qingli chimed in, "My concubine has a poor appetite. She didn't even touch the cakes that Concubine Rong sent."
Zhou Qingli's explanation proves that there is nothing wrong with Zhang Rong's remarks.
Su Qian and Lin Yu'an checked Zhang Rong's room together and did not find any poison in her room, so Lin Yu'an raised this question.
Zhang Rong explained, "I stole the poison from the Grand Prince's room."
Since Song Zhiwei and Song Zhiyuan were searching for evidence together, their clues were the same. Now only Cheng Yuhan and Shen Jingmo had not made any comments.
"Teacher Shen, why don't I go first?" Cheng Yuhan asked politely.
Shen Jingmo nodded in acquiescence.
"I was checking Eunuch Su's residence. There, I found a dagger and a figurine with the concubine's name written on it. The figurine was covered with needles, which was enough to show Eunuch Su's hatred for the concubine."
Cheng Yuhan asked, "I don't know why Eunuch Su hates the concubine so much."
"Ever since the concubine became the housekeeper, she has often treated us servants harshly. Previously, because I didn't do my job well, she humiliated and punished me in public. Since then, I have hated her to the core.
But I only cursed the concubine secretly, and I didn't intend to kill her."
Apart from the things used for swearing, Cheng Yuhan did not find anything else useful in Su Qian's room.
If curses work, what's the point of laws?
Now only Shen Jingmo is left.
Shen Jingmo laid out the evidence he had found on the table. "I checked the residences of the staff and the Second Prince separately, and found some letters exchanged between them in their rooms."
In the correspondence between the two, the staff mentioned the throne many times. Not only that, the staff also mentioned getting rid of the concubine in the letter to the Second Prince, in order to sow discord between the First Prince and the General's Mansion.
In this way, the Second Prince will be able to reap the benefits.
"That's right. The staff are chess pieces I arranged around His Highness in order to monitor His Highness's every move." Cheng Yuhan explained without any concealment.
In addition to these letters, Shen Jingmo took out a porcelain bottle and said, "In addition, I also found a bottle of used poison under the Second Prince's desk."
"I was planning to use the poison to murder the Crown Prince's wife. Eliminating a concubine won't hurt Your Highness, so it's better to eliminate the Crown Prince's wife," Cheng Yuhan said, then added, "The Crown Prince's wife is also the daughter of an important official. If you eliminate her, her mother's family will not let Your Highness have an easy time."
Although it was just a game, when Song Zhiwei and Shen Jingmo heard that Cheng Yuhan wanted to murder his sister, they both looked over.
Cheng Yuhan only felt a chill on his back.
I originally thought what the newbie said was a bit nonsense, but after feeling the gaze of the top star, I realized what he said made a lot of sense.
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