Su Yan could tell at a glance that Xie Yu liked the princess, but she knew that the case was extraordinary and that anger was not the best way to solve the problem, so she stepped forward to comfort him.
"Your Excellency, please remain calm. You are the backbone of the Supervisory Council. If you lose your composure, you will not only be unable to help the Princess, but you may also face utter ruin if you are not careful."
Su Yan's words quickly brought Xie Yu back to his senses from his anger. Indeed, in this situation, it was even more important to remain calm and rational.
"Su Yan, you're right. I should stay calm now."
Su Yan nodded with satisfaction, her gaze meeting Wenren Yi's. He was looking at her with a smile, his eyes full of kindness.
Su Yan was startled by Wenren Yi's sudden smile, her heart pounding with anxiety as she frantically wondered if she had said something wrong.
About half an hour later, Ulemu's door finally opened.
Everyone looked over and saw that the Imperial Concubine looked sad, with red eyes, as if she was trying her best to hold back her grief.
Since Aymu went in, not a single cry has been heard from the house. Those standing outside the door are learning for the first time that the absence of crying at the altar is a custom of the Joran people.
Aymu stood at the door, looking at the prince in the crowd, and said to Kurban beside her, "Teacher, let them in. This is Daliang, not Rouran. Even if the king were here today, he would agree (in Rouran)..."
Kurban listened with a complicated expression, but he also knew that this was no longer an ordinary murder case; it had become a matter of the future of two countries. He didn't say anything, but gestured for the Rouran people guarding outside the room to put down their knives.
Once the Rouran people left, the Crown Prince ordered the Dali Temple and the Surveillance Bureau to take over the scene.
Since it was inconvenient for Wenren Yi to be in a wheelchair, he asked Su Yan and Xie Yu behind him to investigate.
As Su Yan stepped across the threshold carrying her toolbox, a strong smell of blood hit her.
However, after looking around the house, no large amount of blood was found at the scene, which clearly indicated that it had been cleaned up.
Su Yan no longer expected to find any clues at the scene; she only hoped that the marks on the body would not be disturbed.
However, Su Yan's idea still failed.
Ulemu had already been wiped clean and was lying on the bed, dressed neatly, as if he were asleep.
It was a face with features that looked remarkably similar to those of Consort Aymu, but sadly, it was now a cold, lifeless corpse.
"What else can be detected at this level?" Xie Yu pressed.
Su Yan frowned. "It's hard to say, after all, the scene and the body have already been dealt with."
After saying that, Su Yan put down her tools and walked towards Ulemu, who was lying on the bed, and took off his clothes one by one.
Because the corpse had not yet developed rigor mortis, Su Yan quickly finished undressing.
All that could be seen was a slender body with fair skin. A deep hole was left in the chest where the heart should have been. The remaining bloodstains were still wet and dark red. The time of death was within two hours.
The only fatal wound on his body was on his chest, which was indeed caused by a sharp weapon, killing him instantly.
Su Yan compared the shape of the victim's wounds with the murder weapon, and they matched perfectly.
At this moment, Su Yan picked up the silver hairpin and examined it. The hairpin was made in the style of a peacock's tail feather, about the length of an adult's palm, and the front end had been rounded and was not sharp. Its sharpness was not even as good as a dagger.
Su Yan was puzzled. Logically speaking, it was difficult for a hairpin to cause a deep wound on the human body, especially since the deceased was still wearing clothes at the time.
"Thank you, Your Excellency. Does the Princess know martial arts?" Su Yan suddenly asked.
Xie Yu shook her head, "No..."
Upon hearing this, Su Yan seemed to understand something. "Since the princess doesn't know martial arts, the fact that she could kill the deceased with a hairpin means that only someone with high martial arts skills could do that. This indicates that there were more than two people in this room at the time..."
Xie Yu's eyes widened in surprise. "You're saying this was a premeditated murder?"
Su Yan nodded. "I think all of this is too coincidental. Whether it's the princess's encounter with the victim or the cleanup of the crime scene, it all feels like it was pre-planned, with the purpose of pinning the murder entirely on the princess."
"You mean the murderer deliberately provoked the conflict between Daliang and Rouran..."
"It's hard to say, after all, there is no evidence to prove the princess's innocence yet. In short, this is the first time I've encountered such a difficult case."
After listening, Xie Yu's expression was complicated. He knew that it was no longer possible for one person to save the situation.
This can be described as a dead end, which shows the ambition of the mastermind behind the scenes.
Su Yan could no longer extract any valuable clues from the corpse and felt utterly powerless in the face of the current situation, as if she had punched a cotton ball.
Su Yan had experienced countless crime scenes, but this time, she was filled with an unprecedented sense of frustration.
"Let's go report the situation to the dean first..." Su Yan said helplessly in a deep voice.
Xie Yu agreed to Su Yan's suggestion and went outside, leaving the Dali Temple staff to continue handling the matter.
At this moment, the Crown Prince, the Imperial Concubine, and Kurban were no longer in the courtyard of the post station. Only a few old ministers, the Minister of the Court of Judicial Review, and Wenren Yi remained at the scene.
When Wenren Yi saw the two of them come out, he pushed the wheelchair over, but seeing their furrowed brows, he knew that the situation was not good.
"What? You haven't found any clues at all..."
Su Yan looked distressed and said in a deep voice, "The scene and the body have been cleaned up, Dean. I did my best, but I deduce that there should have been another person at the scene when the incident occurred."
Before he could finish speaking, Xie Yu suddenly spoke up indignantly, "I think the Rouran people did it on purpose. What customs and beliefs? If they hadn't been cleared out beforehand, how could we not find a single clue?"
Despite Xie Yu's pent-up resentment, Wenren Yi wasn't angry. Instead, he looked at Su Yan curiously and asked, "Tell me what you think..."
"Dean, actually I have no clue at all, and I can't explain it."
Wenren Yi stroked his beard, looking at Su Yan with a kind expression. "Su Yan, there are some things you can't trust your eyes with, because they can deceive you. You have to use this to see..."
Wenren Yi pointed to his head.
After listening, Su Yan looked completely bewildered. Should she use her brain to figure it out?
Not only Su Yan couldn't understand it, but Xie Yu couldn't understand it either. The two of them looked at each other in bewilderment.
Because the case involved two countries, the Emperor entrusted it to the Crown Prince, and several hundred people were drawn from the Court of Judicial Review and the Supervisory Council alone.
Although Su Yan was also among them, she had the shortest stay and was only responsible for the autopsy; she couldn't participate in many other aspects.
However, this case can be described as one of the most difficult cases to judge in history. Many clues point to Princess Jingning as the murderer, but she is the only daughter of the Prince of Zhennan and the current emperor's niece.
However, the deceased was a prince of Rouran, and the Great Liang still needed to rely on Rouran to restrain the forces in the northern frontier.
From both a moral and logical standpoint, choosing to stand on either side would result in unbearable consequences.
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