Ni Yueshan sighed helplessly, "What do you mean by suing your own young lady? You're obviously here to sue me!"
Ni Yueshan snorted, then looked at Kang Xueyi: "Sir, we have witnesses now, but no physical evidence, and the Regent and I don't know they are here to sue us."
"When the servants in the mansion were summoned, we were sitting here. We didn't have a chance to pass the order to anyone. We killed that servant, but the servant died. Isn't this strange?"
Ni Yueshan stood up and looked at Kang Xueyi sitting in the court with full confidence.
Just like the first time he stepped into the Dali Temple, people admire Ni Yueshan's calmness and courage.
Kang Xueyi stroked his beard and said, "What the princess said does make some sense. If no one was sent, why did the servant die in the palace?"
The butler immediately spoke up: "Sir, this matter is simple!"
Kang Xueyi looked at the housekeeper with a suspicious expression: "Why?"
"Just because the princess and the prince are of noble status and they go out without guards doesn't mean they don't have shadow guards protecting them secretly. Naturally, if the shadow guards heard about the situation in the Dali Temple, they would go back and silence them. It wouldn't be difficult!"
This is completely reasonable and justifiable.
Ni Yueshan glanced at the housekeeper. She had no grudge against the housekeeper, but he insisted on biting her to death. Was this the housekeeper's instruction?
Ni Yueshan snorted, "Then let's wait for the results of the coroner's autopsy! If a shadow guard killed a servant, I think he must have killed him with a single blow!"
"I wonder how this servant died? When he was brought here, he was covered, so we really don't know the cause of death."
Kang Xueyi immediately sent someone to see how the servant in the palace died.
The coroner is still performing the autopsy, but the cause of death can probably be roughly determined at a glance. They need to know a general idea now.
The housekeeper and Miao Huitao had no choice but to kneel on the ground in silence and wait.
But Ni Yueshan covered her stomach and said, "My lord, my stomach hurts. I need to leave for a while. Your Highness, please watch over me here!"
Miao Huitao frowned but said nothing. The housekeeper frowned even more and wanted to say something, but he knew there was nothing he could do and could only let Ni Yueshan leave.
At this time, the coroner came over and said, "Greetings, sir. According to my current observation, the deceased was hanged from the beam and died of suffocation."
"Got it, go back and continue the inspection!"
"Yes!" The coroner left.
Kang Xueyi looked at the housekeeper and said, "Just now you suspected that the palace's shadow guards killed the servants to silence them. Can you give up that idea now? It's a bit ridiculous that the shadow guards killed people and used hanging as a method."
The butler retorted, "Perhaps the Shadow Guard knew. Killing him directly would be too obvious. Only hanging him would cover it up? Anything is possible, sir!"
Jing Yuchen, who was sitting nearby, chuckled softly, and the housekeeper looked at him in surprise.
Jing Yuchen asked curiously, "You understand Shadow Guard's thoughts so well, so who are you to Shadow Guard? Relative? Friend? Lover? Hmm?"
The housekeeper frowned when he saw Jing Yuchen's teasing expression, but he didn't dare to retort, so he had to shut up obediently.
Jing Yuchen looked at Kang Xueyi and said, "Sir, this servant is already dead. From the looks of it, he was hanged. No matter what the Miao family members say, everyone else has to listen. Without physical evidence, it's too pale!"
As he spoke, Jing Yuchen opened his folding fan, as if he was about to leave.
The housekeeper coughed at this moment. Miao Huitao, who had been silent, trembled and quickly said, "Sir, there may be another clue!"
"explain!"
Miao Huitao raised his head and guessed, "I didn't tell the servant directly about General Miao's whereabouts, but gave him a note. If the note is still there..."
Kang Xueyi immediately shouted: "Come here——"
But Jing Yuchen just laughed: "Sir, where do you plan to send people to search for the note?"
Kang Xueyi was stunned for a moment before responding, "Of course, we're going to the palace!"
Jing Yuchen shook his head. "That's strange. Why don't you destroy something like this after reading it? And what was Miss Miao thinking at the time? Can't you just describe it orally? Are you worried that the servants won't remember it?"
Miao Huitao frowned and immediately responded, "I was afraid I wouldn't remember! He came in the morning, and by the time I found out where my uncle was going, it was almost afternoon. I was worried my memory was too poor, and I was also worried that something might happen and I wouldn't be able to see him, so I wrote the address on a slip of paper and asked someone to pass it on when the time came."
"But I was free at the time, so I handed it to the palace's servant personally. After he left, I don't know where the note went. However, I don't have any evidence to prove that the palace is guilty, so I can only hope to search the palace first!"
Jing Yuchen chuckled and suggested, "Okay, then. Please, His Excellency, send someone to the palace to investigate. This will help us see how careless our princess is in destroying the evidence."
He opened his folding fan again, looking very patient.
Kang Xueyi felt helpless and sent people to the palace. They searched the palace quickly and came back with a report that there was no clue at all.
Miao Huitao fell silent. Kang Xueyi was about to declare that the case could not be established because there was no physical evidence, but the housekeeper reminded him, "There's still one place we haven't searched!"
Kang Xueyi said impatiently: "Speak!"
"On that servant! And on the prince and princess!"
He glanced around and said, "Is the princess's stomach a bit rough? She hasn't been seen for so long? Your Highness, why don't you go look for the princess?"
Jing Yuchen snorted: "I am here, are you afraid that the princess will run away?"
The butler withdrew his gaze, and Kang Xueyi ordered someone to search the body of the deceased.
The coroner had already stripped the deceased of his clothes, but left all his belongings aside without touching them. When the person who went to search came back with a note in his hand, Kang Xueyi was stunned for a moment, then took it in his hand and took a look at it.
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