And some other people?
When everyone heard Yu Jian say this, they were shocked and looked around at the people around them.
There were eight tables of female relatives in total, and just now even the table of Concubine Xian and Princess Rongyang was not spared. After questioning them one by one, how could some of them not be found?
Wait, the King of Yan said that some people were not found...
Someone couldn't help but say, "It's impossible. If they missed one or two people, it's possible. But everyone was watching just now, how could some people not be found? Could it be that everyone is blind?"
Emperor Jingming had a good temper, and it was a family dinner, with all those present being royal relatives, so he naturally spoke more casually.
After hearing this, Emperor Jingming looked at Yu Jian deeply, waiting for his explanation.
Yu Jin closed his eyes slightly, as if he was thinking.
Everyone in the hall was becoming increasingly impatient.
At this moment, Yu Jin pointed his finger and said coldly: "There are still some people who have not been investigated!"
Everyone was paying attention to his every move, and when they looked in the direction of his finger, they were shocked: the Prince of Yan was pointing at a woman with slightly exposed shoulders and a colorful skirt that trailed on the ground. She was the dancer who was there to entertain the banquet!
The dancer was pointed at by Yu Jian, and countless gazes were cast at her. She was so scared that she immediately fell to her knees, trembling with fear and not daring to say a word.
Emperor Jingming was a little surprised: "Seventh Brother, do you mean that the person who poisoned is among these dancers?"
These dancers were not recruited from the public, but were selected and trained in the palace from a young age. They usually performed dance and music to entertain the guests at banquets of all sizes in the palace.
It is really unbelievable to say that someone poisoned the dancers.
Most people's first reaction is disbelief.
Someone questioned: "These dancers are of low status, why would they want to harm the princess?"
Yu Jin looked at the person who was speaking and said calmly, "The motive for harming the princess is something we will consider later. What we need to do now is to find the murderer. As you have just said, we have questioned all the women at the eight tables one by one. There can't be any mistakes. But the murderer is a woman in this palace, so it is inevitable that it is no longer impossible."
As he spoke, his eyes slowly swept across the faces of everyone present, receiving a variety of looks.
"Who could be less suspicious than these dancers dancing in the palace, who have danced somewhere before?"
When Yu Jin asked this question, everyone was startled and felt a chill down their spine.
There is no need to recall that at every banquet, the dancers did not just dance in the center of the hall, but danced gracefully to the music to add color and liveliness.
Thinking about it this way, what the King of Yan said actually makes a lot of sense.
Anyone who leaves their seat at the banquet may be noticed, but these dancers are just moving as they dance, so they can pass by anywhere without attracting attention.
The things that are easiest to overlook are often the commonplace ones.
The dancers quickly knelt in a row, and Yu Jin walked slowly past them.
These dancers have similar hairstyles and clothes, and even their body shapes are not that different. It is obviously a very difficult task to kneel on the ground and tell who is facing who.
Even if the person who poisoned the girl is among these dancers, how can the King of Yan find him?
Everyone was very curious.
The royal family had little affection, and how many people were truly sad about the death of an unknown princess? When they were cleared of suspicion and kept out of the matter, the vast majority of people present were more excited and nervous, and even felt a little excited.
Yu Jin was still circling around the dancer.
This time, no one interrupted.
After an unknown amount of time, he paused and said, "I just observed that these dancers have high buns, colorful clothes, and bells tied to their ankles. Except for the lead dancer, they are all dressed the same. I was wondering, how did one of them manage to secretly poison the person?"
This question stumped many people. Some people had a flash of inspiration and vaguely thought of something, but they were like looking at flowers in the fog and couldn't put their finger on it.
Yes, how did the dancer manage to poison without being noticed?
Yu Jin smiled, his eyes cold as ice: "The action must be quick, and there must not be anything abnormal that people can see at a glance. So——"
He took a step forward and stopped in front of a dancer in his light boots embroidered with gold thread.
"So what? Seventh brother, stop keeping us in suspense!" Prince Lu couldn't help but shout.
A stern look swept over him, and King Lu immediately became obedient.
He couldn't even ask out of curiosity, because his father disliked him.
"So I guess that no matter where the poisoner hid the poison at first, he would most likely hide it in the fingernails at the moment of poisoning. In this way, with just a light flick, he could have poisoned the person without anyone noticing and escaped unscathed." Yu Jin said, tilting his head to ask the imperial physician, "If one of these dancers has poisonous powder left in her fingernails, can the imperial physician detect it?"
Several imperial doctors immediately agreed.
Yu Jin withdrew his gaze and looked at the dancers, saying indifferently: "Then please stretch out your hands now and let the imperial physician examine them, so that the innocent people can be spared from punishment."
When he said this, the dancers hesitated for a moment, and then several of them stretched out their slender hands. Seeing this, the others also stretched out their hands one after another.
Yu Jin's eyes were sharp and he immediately noticed the dancer kneeling sixth from the left.
The dancer was thinner than her companion, and at the moment, perhaps out of fear or guilt, her outstretched hand was shaking slightly.
Her fingertips were trembling, but not noticeably. It was obvious that she was trying hard not to show any abnormality.
Yu Jin strode over and stood in front of the dancer.
The dancer raised her eyes to look at him, then suddenly jumped up and rushed towards the pillar.
This sudden change happened so suddenly that when everyone reacted, they saw that the dancer's wrists had been firmly grasped by the King of Yan, and she could not move no matter how hard she struggled.
Yu Jinsi was not affected by this unexpected change at all, and said calmly: "The imperial physician can come over to check."
Several imperial doctors immediately came forward to examine the dancer's nails.
Not long after, a doctor exclaimed in surprise: "The fourth finger on the left hand!"
The fourth finger is the ring finger.
"Yes, there is some powder of scutellaria baicalensis left in the nail gap of the fourth finger of this dancer's left hand..."
"Bring it here!" Emperor Jingming said in a deep voice.
Immediately, two eunuchs dragged the dancer before Emperor Jingming.
Emperor Jingming looked at the graceful dancer and could not imagine why such a weak woman would do such a thing as poisoning the princess.
"I ask you, why did you poison the princess?"
The dancer's palm-sized face was pale and she was trembling and unable to speak.
Yu Jian came over at some point and asked coldly, "Who ordered you to do this?"
The murderer's target was Princess Fuqing, and the timing he chose was right after Princess Fuqing regained her sight. This is very intriguing. It is almost impossible to say that there was no one behind the dancer who was instructing her.
"No, no one ordered us to do this!" the dancer shouted excitedly.
Her shout confirmed Yu Jin's guess and he immediately looked at Emperor Jingming.
Emperor Jingming understood and called out "Pan Hai" angrily.
Pan Hai waved his hand, and immediately two eunuchs dragged the dancer out.