Chapter 416: The murderer is someone else
The Queen Mother said, "Many people saw you and Mu An going in the same direction."
"Princess Deyang even saw you and Mu An arguing nearby."
"The witnesses, the physical evidence, the motive are all there."
"Xie Yingmian, do you have anything else to say?"
Xie Yingmian said, "Yes."
"May I ask, Your Majesty, how can you be sure that these hairpins and handkerchiefs are mine?"
The Queen Mother angrily said, "Your name is written on the handkerchief."
"There's a word 'Sleep' carved on the gold hairpin."
"The evidence and witnesses all point to you, Xie Yingmian. It's useless even if you deny it."
Yu Lingye uttered a soft "huh".
The Queen Mother was already immersed in sorrow.
Hearing Yu Lingye's voice, his anger intensified: "Yu Lingye, don't think you can do whatever you want just because you have the late emperor's protection."
"Xie Yingmian is a murderer. Even if you bring up the late emperor, it will be useless."
"Killing someone means killing them. I will make her pay with blood."
Yu Lingye said in a deep voice, "Your Majesty the Queen Mother, you have misunderstood."
"I just want to tell you that you might have been set up."
"What do you mean?" The Queen Mother's face turned pale.
Yu Lingye looked at Xie Yingmian and asked for her opinion.
Xie Yingmian has a very clear alibi.
As long as we can provide an alibi, these accusations will be self-defeating.
Xie Yingmian had other ideas.
She said to Yu Lingye, "Let me tell you."
"Your Highness, I never write my name on my handkerchiefs. They are all purchased at a wholesale price and have the logo of the Affordable Clinic on them."
"The logo of the affordable medical clinic is a deformed Chinese character for 'ping', something like this."
Xie Yingmian took out her handkerchief and showed the trademark on it.
The Queen Mother saw the mark on Xie Yingmian's handkerchief and said, "Even so, it doesn't mean anything."
Xie Yingmian: "No."
"I often make medicine and come into contact with poisons, which consumes a lot of handkerchiefs. Therefore, my handkerchiefs are all custom-made in bulk. During the customization process, I will add some special potions to prevent contamination by poisons, so as to avoid accidental misuse and causing trouble."
"The evidence you think of, Empress Dowager, does not contain these potions. Any imperial physician can verify this."
“This is one of them.”
"Secondly, the name on the hairpin is the same. You, Empress Dowager, also know my life story."
"Before I married into Prince Ling's mansion, I didn't own any jewelry worth showing off. All my jewelry was given to me by His Royal Highness Prince Ling. He never engraved my name on the jewelry he gave me, only a fat bird."
Yu Lingye: ...
What does it mean to carve a fat bird?
That's the nightingale!
Yu Lingye’s night, Xie Yingmian’s oriole.
"It's Nightingale." Yu Lingye corrected.
Xie Yingmian raised his eyebrows.
It turns out that the fat bird that often appears on various objects is called a nightingale.
The dock gang in the Hedu District changed its name to Nightingales.
The jewelry and clothes given to her would also be engraved with nightingales.
It can be seen that Yu Lingye has a special liking for Nightingale.
When she gives Yu Lingye a gift, maybe she can start with Nightingale.
Xie Yingmian said, "I have definite evidence that these two pieces of evidence were forged."
The Queen Mother looked very unhappy.
It is indeed impossible to convict someone based on only two pieces of evidence.
But she has witnesses.
Xie Yingmian saw through the Queen Mother's thoughts: "As for the witness..."
"Your Majesty, I have a few questions for Princess Deyang."
The Queen Mother agreed.
Xie Yingmian looked at Princess Deyang and asked, "Excuse me, Princess Deyang, did you witness the argument between me and Miss Mu An?"
Princess Deyang clenched her hands: "Of course."
Xie Yingmian: "Then can you describe the scene at that time?"
"Since you saw it with your own eyes, you should be able to describe it, right?"
Princess Deyang broke out in a cold sweat on her back.
She made it all up.
If you ask her to describe it, how can she describe it?
Xie Yingmian laughed: "Can't tell?"
"Since you can't say it, can I suspect that you are slandering me?"
"How is that possible!" Princess Deyang said sharply, "I was just scared and it took me a while to adapt."
"I saw with my own eyes that you and Miss Mu An met."
"Miss Mu An spoke harshly to you, and you mocked her a few times. She became furious and tried to attack you. During the struggle, you pushed her into the water."
Xie Yingmian's lips curled up.
One lie requires countless lies to cover it up.
Princess Deyang was so anxious that she made many mistakes.
Xie Yingmian: "Princess Deyang, are you sure you remembered correctly? Are you sure you didn't see or hear it wrongly?"
Princess Deyang's scalp tingled.
She saw Xie Yingmian enter the Wutong Palace with her own eyes.
She had asked around, but there was no one in Wutong Palace, and no one could testify for Xie Yingmian.
The people around Xie Yingmian are not considered witnesses.
No one saw Mu An fall into the water.
so……
"I'm sure." Princess Deyang said, "I'm absolutely sure."
This was the sentence Xie Yingmian was waiting for.
She said to the Queen Mother, "Her Majesty the Queen Mother."
"I have a few questions."
"According to the testimony of the witness, Princess Deyang, I had a conflict with Miss Mu An and accidentally pushed her into the lake."
"Although there weren't many people attending the Peony Banquet, there were still quite a few. Someone who fell into the water would definitely call for help. It makes no sense that no one heard the cry for help."
"My first question is, why didn't Miss Mu An call for help when she fell into the water? Why didn't anyone hear the sound of Miss Mu An falling into the water?"
Princess Deyang's heart skipped a beat.
She lowered her head, frantically thinking about how to fill the gap.
Xie Yingmian continued, "The handkerchief and the gold hairpin were found on Miss Mu An."
"The handkerchief and the golden cicada appeared on Miss Mu An. A normal person would think that Miss Mu An grabbed the items from the murderer when she fell into the water, leaving behind evidence."
"This is my second question. These two pieces of evidence should be in Miss Mu An's hands. Why did the coroner search from her body?"
"The third question, and the most important one, is, since Princess Deyang saw Miss Mu An fall into the water with her own eyes, why did she turn a blind eye and allow Miss Mu An to drown?"
"Of course, Princess Deyang can be attributed to fear. Then, I have a fourth question. If Princess Deyang was so afraid, why did she take the initiative to report Miss Mu An after her death?"
These four questions hit the nail on the head.
Because Mu An and Xie Yingmian had a conflict, the Queen Mother had a preconceived notion that Xie Yingmian had a motive to attack Mu An.
After Xie Yingmian's analysis, she gradually calmed down.
Xie Yingmian looked at the change in the empress dowager's expression and knew that she had heard what she said.
She continued:
"Your Majesty, I reasonably speculate that the murderer first knocked Miss Mu An unconscious, and then placed the evidence on her."
"Because Miss Mu An was in a coma and couldn't clench her hands, the evidence naturally couldn't appear in her hands."
"Miss Mu An was still alive and breathing at the time, which is why the coroner diagnosed her as having died from drowning."
"If my speculation is correct, then Princess Deyang's testimony is full of loopholes."
"If my speculation is wrong, then please ask Princess Deyang to answer my four questions one by one."
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