Zu An smiled and said, "I think she's not as pretty as Qian'er."
"Pah, you smooth talker." Sang Qian spat, but she wasn't angry at all. Instead, the corners of her lips turned up slightly, clearly showing that women like to hear compliments.
Sigh, how could my older brother, with his chauvinistic attitude, possibly win against him? No wonder my sister-in-law...
As she lifted the concubine's hand, she began to offer her assessment: "When a person drowns, due to the tension before death, they struggle frantically, grabbing wildly with their hands, and water plants, mud, and other debris will get stuck under their fingernails. But she didn't have any of that. Of course, it's also possible that the people in the palace washed it off when preparing her body for burial. However, I just checked her mouth and nose, and I didn't see any red foam, which is one of the most prominent characteristics of a drowned person."
As she spoke, she began to undress Qi Wang's concubine. Halfway through, she suddenly realized something and turned to look at Zu An.
Zuan understood and immediately turned around. He didn't have necrophilia and didn't want to see the body of a dead person, even if the person still looked as beautiful as when they were alive.
After a while, Sang Qian's voice came again: "Although his palms, soles, and skin were wrinkled and turned white, it wasn't too serious. He probably hadn't been in the water for very long. In addition, there was almost no mud or sand in his mouth and nose. So, based on all the evidence, she was thrown into the pool after she had died to make it look like she had drowned."
“Unsurprisingly,” Zuan nodded, “so what was the real cause of her death?”
Sang Qian replied, "I examined her entire body and found no external injuries or signs of poisoning. However, there was bleeding in her eyes, which suggests that she suffered a head injury, and that someone used a gentle force to directly injure her brain. But how could someone kill a concubine of the Prince of Qi in such a heavily guarded place?"
Zuan sighed: "Actually, only that person could do this."
Just as Sang Qian was about to say something, Zu An's expression suddenly changed: "A group of guards is coming this way."
"Have we been discovered?" Sang Qian asked in horror.
“It shouldn’t be.” Zu An shook his head. Seeing that Sang Qian was in a hurry to escape through the other window, he quickly grabbed her. “It’s too late.”
After saying that, he pulled her directly into the coffin. Almost the instant the coffin lid closed, the people outside entered the room.
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