Lu Mubai held his breath and stared at the two coroners intently.
The two coroners' eyes became frightened and nervous, and Lu Mubai's hands began to tremble slightly.
Shang Yuanshan came close to Lu Mubai. "King Kang, why do you look unhappy today?"
When Lu Mubai saw Shang Yuanshan's face approaching, he took a step back in fright, and his face turned even paler in an instant.
Shang Yuanshan reached out and supported Lu Mubai. "King Kang, is there something wrong with your body?"
"I'm fine, so Lord Shang, please don't worry about me." Lu Mubai pulled his arm out of Shang Yuanshan's hand.
Shang Yuanshan didn't intend to let him go, he moved closer to Lu Mubai. "King Kang, did you notice that the two coroners looked even paler, their fingers were shaking, and there was cold sweat on their faces? King Kang, do you think they found something?"
"I don't know." King Kang really didn't want to say anything at this moment.
"I heard that you, Prince Kang, have a good relationship with the Queen Mother's brother and sister-in-law. You must not let your sadness over the Queen Mother's death hurt your body. You must take care of your health."
Lu Mubai looked at Shang Yuanshan expressionlessly. "No need to bother Lord Shang with that."
Shang Yuanshan took out a small porcelain bottle of tranquilizing pills from his arms. "King Kang, would you like to take one? I feel like your complexion is getting worse and worse."
Lu Mubai was upset by Shang Yuanshan's nagging. He gritted his teeth and said, "No need."
"Oh, okay." Shang Yuanshan reached out and gently patted Lu Mubai on the back. Lu Mubai was frightened and hid to the side. "Lord Shang, what are you going to do?"
"King Kang, I just saw that you were in a bad mood, so I wanted to comfort you."
Lu Mubai let out a long sigh, then raised the corners of his mouth slightly and looked at Shang Yuanshan with a forced smile. "Lord Shang, I'm really fine. I won't bother you to worry about me, okay?"
"Okay, don't be angry and I won't talk anymore."
Lu Mubai walked a few steps to the side and saw that the two coroners stopped what they were doing. They both looked at everyone in horror.
Seeing this, Lu Mubai's heart trembled and he covered his chest with his hands.
Li Taishi: "Is there anything wrong with the Queen Mother's body?"
Both coroners lowered their heads, stammering and unable to speak.
This made Li Taishi even more certain that there was something wrong. "Hurry up and tell me. If you hide anything, your entire family will be executed."
The two coroners were trembling all over and looked to Duke Shang for help.
Duke Shang cleared his throat and said, "Don't worry, the emperor won't convict you for telling the truth."
"Okay." The two coroners looked at each other. "After our examination, we found that the Queen Mother was stabbed three times, and the weapon was the same as the one found in Yu Changzai's hand. The force of the knife stabbing was not caused by someone with great internal strength, which is consistent with Yu Changzai's testimony before he bit his tongue to commit suicide, and there was no sign of poisoning."
Grand Tutor Li frowned, "If that's the case, why are you two so nervous? Are you hiding something?"
The two coroners turned around and knelt on the ground.
When Li Taishi saw the two men like this, he angrily shouted, "What are you doing?"
Duke Shang stopped Li Taishi who was about to step forward. "Be patient."
"Let me go." At this moment, Master Li's eyes were spitting fire, as if he was about to bite Duke Shang.
The two coroners knelt down and kowtowed three times in front of the late empress dowager's coffin, and then they stood up.
Li Taishi: "What are you doing? If you have something to say, why don't you just say it directly? Why are you trying to be mysterious here?"
Coroner Zhang stepped forward and sighed, "I have discovered that the Queen Mother is at least two and a half months pregnant."
After these words were spoken, the officials present felt their breath skipped a beat and stared at the coroner in disbelief.
Some people have already regretted getting involved today. They have heard all the royal scandals and are not far from death.
Lu Mubai looked extremely calm, but his hands in his sleeves were clenched into fists.
When Li Taishi heard this, he felt like he was struck by lightning. He cursed loudly: "Bullshit, you bitch."
Coroner Liu stepped forward and said, "Master Li, what we said is true. If you don't believe it, you can ask someone else to check it. If what we said is wrong, Master Li, you can deal with it."
"Impossible, then why didn't the female official say it before?" As soon as Grand Tutor Li finished speaking, he saw Eunuch Li walking outside.
"I am here to greet you, my Lords. I will help you solve your doubts." Then Eunuch Li slowly said, "When the Queen Mother died, the female officials had already discovered that she was pregnant. The Emperor also knew about this. But he and the Queen Mother had a deep relationship as mother and son, and he didn't want the Queen Mother to die.
I had to bear such a bad reputation, so I kept it secret. "
"The truth of the investigation by the Chicheng Army that day was that Xiao Dingzi was someone the Queen Mother met after arriving at Ziyun Temple. The investigation showed that the Queen Mother rarely showed up after arriving at Ziyun Temple, and a monk saw a man entering and leaving the Queen Mother's meditation room. The monk did not disclose the matter out of consideration for the Queen Mother's identity."
Eunuch Li looked at the panicked Li Taishi and said in a louder voice: "There were obvious signs of a fight in the room on the day when the Queen Mother died. According to the testimony of the maids in the Cining Palace, the Queen Mother and three others had an argument that day, and Hou Yuchang was using a knife to attack. When the Imperial Guards heard the noise and rushed over, the fake eunuch fought desperately and was shot to death on the spot.
Yu Changzai was captured alive, and it was only during the interrogation that it was discovered that it was the Queen Mother who ordered her to plant a love poison in the Emperor so that the Queen Mother could control the Emperor.
As for the people in the Empress Dowager's palace, the Emperor did not want this matter to be spread, so he executed them all."
After Eunuch Li finished speaking, he sighed and looked up at the sky with deep eyes. "But since you, Grand Tutor Li, want to investigate thoroughly, the Emperor can't help the Queen Mother hide it."
Master Li was already shaking, but he kept repeating, "No, no."
At this time, the mourning hall was very quiet, with only the voice of Grand Tutor Li. "No, I don't believe it. You must have lied to me."
Master Li rushed to the ice jade coffin and looked at Li Qingye in the coffin. "That's not right, right? That's not right."
Duke Shang: "Mr. Zhang, since Grand Tutor Li doesn't believe it, then you tell me how to tell if the Queen Mother is pregnant."
Coroner Zhang walked to the ice jade coffin. "Master Li, you can put your hand on the empress dowager's abdomen. You can feel a clear bulge."
Master Li put his trembling hand on Li Qingye's lower abdomen. He felt the bulge there. A moment later, Master Li collapsed and shouted, "That doesn't prove that she is pregnant. How can you prove that the Queen Mother is pregnant without seeing the child? You are insulting the Queen Mother's innocence. Take them all down and chop them off."
Coroner Zhang testified anxiously, "The raised abdomen indicates pregnancy. Our examination cannot be wrong, and the female official's examination is consistent with ours."
"No, no, no, absolutely not."
Eunuch Li stepped forward. "Since Grand Tutor Li doesn't believe it, we can only see it with our own eyes."
Master Li immediately looked at Eunuch Li. "What do you mean?"
"The Emperor has ordered that if the truth is revealed and there are still people who don't believe it, then they will be forced to cut open the caesarean section and take the baby."
Master Li covered his chest with his hands, unable to speak for a moment.
The expressions of the officials present were stunned, followed by an uproar.
Lu Mubai, who was standing in the distance, kept winking at Master Li, asking him to stop his stupid behavior.
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