“Whenever Yan Wang came to our room, he never allowed the lights to be on.”
"Yes, he didn't favor us during the day either."
"You'd have to ask Yan Wang's wife about that; they also indulge in pleasure during the day."
"..."
After listening to the concubine and the maidservant, Chen Yu looked at Master Bai beside her and instructed, "Go and invite Madam Yu to come and examine the body."
Hongyu wanted to become empress, but fearing she would displease the emperor, she naturally refused to go and examine the corpse.
Master Bai leaned closer to Hongyu and whispered, "Madam Yu, Mu Chenyu said we all fell for Yan Wang's trick of escaping unscathed."
Hongyu was terrified. If Prince Yan was not dead, he would surely seek revenge on her. She rushed to Prince Yan's residence to examine the body.
Shen Yu and Lord He were already waiting outside the morgue.
Master Bai pushed open the door and led Hongyu into the morgue to examine the body.
A moment later, Hongyu ran out, covering her mouth, and repeatedly retched towards the corner of the wall, "Ugh..."
Shen Yu stepped forward and asked, "Madam Yu, is that corpse Prince Yan? What markings does it have?"
Hongyu nodded, covered her mouth and said, "Yan Wang has a black mole the size of a soybean on his abdomen. You haven't seen the black mole on his abdomen, so don't you recognize his face? You even lied to me to come and examine the body."
After saying this, Hongyu covered her mouth and left angrily.
Shen Yu was skeptical: the fingerprints on the jade pendant and the official document matched those on the corpse, suggesting that Hong Yu had married Yan Wang's stand-in, and even Kang'er was the stand-in's child; otherwise, Yan Wang wouldn't have been so ruthless.
At this moment, Gu Erlang came running up, panting, and reported to Lord He, "Lord He, Lord Bao found a male corpse in the river outside the East City. The jade thumb ring on the thumb is engraved with the character 'Mu'. Lord Bao has summoned the Mu family to the yamen to identify the body and also asked Miss Chenyu to go."
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