Gu Xin and Zheng Qiu returned to the temple with Feng Shanzhang and the others, while Chen Pengyuan and Bai Yi continued their search in the woods.
Although Gu Xin had a feeling that this was also the scene of Feng Si's accident, it was too far away and unlikely, so she asked Bai Yi and the others to search again.
Back at the temple, the officials had finished their questioning. Almost all the worshippers and monks could accurately recount their movements from last night to this morning, and they seemed to have no suspicions whatsoever.
Gu Xin instructed Zheng Qiu to perform an autopsy on Miss Feng, while she herself questioned Miss Feng's two maids.
"This servant Cui'er (Liu'er) greets Your Highness, may Your Highness be well!" Feng Si's two maids were still pale-faced, but they did not make any mistakes in their manners.
"You may stand up and answer!" Gu Xin nodded, gesturing for the two to rise.
The two maids stood up, heads bowed, not daring to look at Gu Xin.
"What time this morning did you discover that Miss Feng had an accident?" Gu Xin asked.
"Your Highness, we entered the young lady's room at Chenshi (7-9 AM) this morning and found that something had happened to her. She's been confined to her quarters since entering, and no longer needs to wake up at specific times; she gets up around Chenshi. At Chenshi, Liu'er and I brought her washing clothes and went to her room. When we knocked, she didn't answer. We thought she wanted to sleep a little longer, so we waited for about 15 minutes. During this time, we changed the hot water once. After 15 minutes, she answered again, and we were worried she was sick, so we went in. Last night, when she went to sleep, she seemed unwell; her voice was a little hoarse," Cui'er replied.
She was the head maid in charge of the fourth young lady's daily life, just like Que'er was to the third young lady; she took her everywhere she went.
"Does Miss Feng also not have the habit of letting her maids sleep in the side rooms?" Gu Xin asked again.
“Your Highness, the young lady never lets us sleep in the side rooms,” Cui’er nodded.
"What time did Miss Feng fall asleep last night? Did she wake up after falling asleep?" Gu Xin asked again.
“Last night, after dark, Miss went back to her room to rest. She said she wasn’t feeling well and asked us not to disturb her. There was some noise in her room in the middle of the night, and I even got up to ask her, but she wouldn’t let me in. She just said she was going to get some water and then rest. Her voice was a little hoarse then. But I heard the sound of a cup being put down inside, and then I heard Miss getting into bed. After waiting for a while and not hearing any more noise, I went back to rest,” Cui’er said.
"Did you wake up in the middle of the night?" Gu Xin tapped her fingers on the table, then thought for a moment and asked, "Did your dog bark last night?"
Cui'er and Liu'er were both taken aback, then shook their heads.
"After discovering that Miss Feng Si had an accident, did you find anything else suspicious in the house?" Gu Xin asked again. She felt that the Feng family's dog was not well cared for. She didn't know that Miss Feng San was communicating with people, and she didn't know whether Miss Feng Si was killed and brought home or killed directly in the house. But there were always people coming and going, but the Feng family's dog didn't make a sound. Wasn't that a sign that it wasn't well cared for?
Cui'er and Liu'er both shook their heads. They were completely stunned when they saw the girl's body. They didn't know what to do except call for help. How could they have time to find anything else suspicious?
At this moment, Headmaster Feng stepped forward and said, "Princess, I have made some discoveries about this matter. After entering the room, I observed the room for a while."
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