This scream was so terrible!
It was as if the panic had reached its extreme. Everyone present, whether they were drinking and playing games, singing and playing music, or those in heated arguments, were all stunned.
The Qionglin Banquet, which had been extremely noisy a moment ago, suddenly became silent.
Not to mention occasions like today, even in the imperial palace on ordinary days, the rules are strict and no one would shout "Oh no" like that even if something big happened.
"What's going on?" Emperor Jing frowned slightly.
Immediately, eunuchs went to look for the palace maid in the direction of her screams. Although they did not know what had happened, they knew that Princess Ningyang had been behaving a little crazy since she had lost her tongue. They wondered in their hearts whether she had fallen into the water again, or beaten someone, or suddenly gone crazy.
However, when the eunuch found the screaming maid and saw the scene in front of him, he was so horrified that he stepped back and almost stumbled! Not to mention the maid who fell to the ground and had no idea what was going on!
The guards nearby just happened to rush over at this moment. When they saw the situation on the ground, they were all horrified and immediately turned their backs.
After all, the eunuch worked for Emperor Jing. Although he was still trembling with fear, he tried his best to control himself and stay calm. He checked Princess Ningyang's breath on the ground, then shuddered with fear and ran back quickly.
"Your Majesty...Princess Ningyang...she..."
The eunuch was really at a loss for words, so Emperor Jing said in a deep voice, "What happened to Ningyang?"
"Her Highness, she..."
Emperor Jing, who rarely lost his temper, became angry when he saw him hesitating like that. "Useless thing! Lead the way, I'll go and see for myself!"
The eunuch immediately fell to his knees and kowtowed, "Your Majesty, you can't go!" He gritted his teeth, "Her Royal Highness, she, she, is naked, covered with wounds, her lower body... her lower body is covered with blood... She is... she is dead!"
When these words were spoken, everyone in the audience was shocked.
The expression on Emperor Jing's face was blank for a few seconds, then emotions gradually appeared in his eyes, and his raised fingers began to tremble.
"Asshole! Asshole! Call the Ministry of Justice and the imperial physician!!
The people from the Ministry of Justice and the imperial doctors came one after another. And no one present at the Qionglin Banquet, whether they were court officials or candidates taking the imperial examinations, made a sound.
Soon, the Royal Guards came and surrounded everyone in the venue!
Many young ladies from official families and newly-appointed scholars became a little nervous after seeing this incident. After all, they were not as experienced as the court officials.
Ling Duannian lowered her voice and said, "Sister, this Princess Ningyang, when you went to see the Queen Mother before, did you ever meet her?"
"I met you."
Encountered? Ling Duannian's clear and beautiful eyes flashed with a bit of unfathomable, "It doesn't feel good..." After all, this Princess Ningyang and my elder sister had a conflict at the Spring Hunting, and that's how Princess Ningyang's tongue was cut off.
It was indeed not good. Ning Yang was actually dead? Although the guards patrolling the palace had places they could not take care of, there were gaps in their shifts. But it was just a little more time? Ning Yang was dead? And the way he died was so... subtle?
Although she and Ning Yang had a little grudge, she didn't want to see her die. If Ning Yang died, she wouldn't laugh at her, but she didn't feel emotional or compassionate.
Oh, no matter if this is a coincidence or something else, since it has happened, let’s just wait and see.
He said calmly, "Wait and see what happens."
Today, Mu Qing's father and the Minister Wang from the Ministry of Justice were both on business trips to handle cases, so they did not attend the Qionglin Banquet. It was another assistant minister who brought people to investigate.
The people in the Ministry of Justice were famous for only focusing on the case. At this moment, the Left Vice Minister of the Ministry of Justice returned to the Qionglin Banquet with his men and said in a serious tone, "Your Majesty, according to my humble opinion, the princess was... raped and murdered."
What? ?
Rape and murder!
In the palace, a princess was raped and murdered in broad daylight? Is there anything more horrible and unbelievable than this?
Although the people present felt that Princess Ningyang's death was a little strange after hearing what the eunuch said, no one would think of the words rape and murder even if they had a thousand brains!
Emperor Jing fell down on the dragon throne, his face dark and his veins exposed!
Not to mention that he is the emperor, even an ordinary man would hear that his daughter was raped and murdered... raped and murdered... "Investigate! Investigate! If anyone finds out, exterminate all nine generations of his family! Draw him into pieces!! I will draw him into pieces!!"
When the emperor is angry, millions of people will die!
At present, there are no millions of corpses lying on the ground, and the court officials all said, "Your Majesty, calm down and take care of your health!"
But no man could calm down this kind of anger, not even the emperor.
Originally, since it was such a death, as a princess, whether for the dignity of the princess or the dignity of the emperor and the royal family, the person should be taken down first, and it is best to investigate privately. Generally speaking, the murderer will be silenced afterwards, and other reasons will be found for his punishment. There is no reason to investigate in public like this, after all, it concerns the face of the royal family.
But Emperor Jing was so angry that he looked up several words in a row.
They had a simple tent built quickly to barely hold Princess Ningyang in. In the tent, there were only people from the Ministry of Justice and the coroner.
Most people present quietly glanced at the simple shed not far away, not daring to make a sound.
Until a female voice screamed miserably, "Ningyang!! Ningyang!!"
That was Concubine Shu, who had woken up from a coma and came here to look for Princess Ningyang. There was blood stains on her clothes from her previous vomiting. She rushed into the shed like a madman, regardless of anything.
A series of miserable cuckoo-like cries rang out, "Ningyang~Ningyang, what's wrong with you!"
In order not to disturb the coroner of the Ministry of Justice, Emperor Jing waved his hand and Concubine Shu was carried out by the guards.
“Ningyang~! Your Majesty! Your Majesty! Your concubine Ningyang… Your concubine Ningyang… Please let me go!! Ningyang…!”
The coroner from the Ministry of Justice was almost the best coroner in the entire Dajing. Soon, the coroner came forward with a tray.
"Your Majesty, I have further confirmed that there are traces of blood and flesh under the princess's fingernails, which should have been scratched from the murderer. There is male body fluid in the princess's body, which is indeed... and there are multiple lacerations in her lower body. As for the cause of death, judging from the marks on her neck, she died of suffocation. In addition, this is the embroidered handkerchief that the princess was holding tightly in her hand. According to my speculation, this embroidered handkerchief is unlikely to be the princess's own, and it is possible that she was pulled off the murderer."
After all, when a person is in danger, he may have anything in his hand that can fight back. There is no reason for him to hold on to his handkerchief tightly during the process of being... killed.
Unless the handkerchief has a special meaning to her. So the coroner still did his job and said calmly, "However, we still need to ask the Concubine Shu or the palace servants serving Her Royal Highness the Princess to confirm whether this handkerchief belongs to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
As for Su Yi and Yin Huan, who had been standing behind Baili Feiyue, Yin Huan just frowned slightly, while Su Yi trembled all over when she saw the embroidered handkerchief.
This... this belongs to the lady!
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