Hua Yuanzhao knelt beside her. He felt cold all over after watching the scene and subconsciously reached out to feel her breath.

Wherever her fingertips touched, it was icy cold, and the already weak palace maid died suddenly.

Gu Changsu looked at Hua Yuanzhao in astonishment, as if he had not expected such a sudden change.

Prime Minister Hua was also startled and said angrily: "Evil creature! What tricks are you playing!"

"Father, Hua Yuanzhao is so bold that he dared to kill the palace maid in front of you! Please investigate it thoroughly!" Gu Changsu said sternly.

"Father, I think there is something fishy going on here. Please investigate it in detail!" Gu Changyan glanced at Gu Changsu and suddenly stood up to plead for mercy.

He had a stern face, like a black-faced god.

The emperor didn't say anything, so Gu Changyan turned sideways and looked at Gu Changsu, his words were extremely harsh.

"My brother is so heartless. Just to meet the three-day deadline given by our father to close the case, he is forcing his former fiancée to death!"

He said meaningfully, glancing at Prime Minister Hua who was trying hard to suppress his anger.

"This is so cold and indifferent, it really makes people feel chilled!"

If you choose to support such people, aren't you afraid of being abandoned or discarded?

Prime Minister Hua calmed down from his initial rage. He looked at his kneeling daughter and Gu Changsu with a blue face, and for the first time he doubted his choice.

Regardless of this daughter, doesn't the Third Prince know how great an impact it will have on the Prime Minister's Mansion if Hua Yuanzhao is charged with such a crime?

The Third Prince is neither the eldest nor the legitimate son. If Prime Minister Hua had not been impressed by his talents, why would he have chosen him?

"Killing someone in front of the emperor is really a bad act." The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo said coldly: "Your Majesty, I think this palace maid was obviously silenced..."

She changed the subject and continued, "The eldest daughter of the Hua family is powerless. The only possible way to kill someone is to use poison."

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo said cautiously: "I think we can ask the imperial physician to perform an autopsy!"

Whether he died of poisoning or not, we will know it by checking!

The emperor then looked up and nodded, "Approved."

"Thank you, Your Majesty." Lady Zhenguo continued, "I have another unwelcome request."

The emperor looked up tiredly and said, "Speak."

"Your Majesty, my daughter has been crazy for many days and can't bear it any longer. I beg Your Majesty to have pity on my kind heart as a mother..." The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo softened her posture and said this very slowly, with a lingering tail to the end of her words.

The emperor just found it funny: "Aren't you afraid that there is something wrong with her medicine?"

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo said hypocritically: "Your Majesty, I really can't bear to see my daughter getting thinner and thinner, so just treat it as a desperate attempt to find a cure..."

This child has great medical skills. If you don't trust her, are you going to trust those imperial doctors who haven't gotten any attention yet?

The imperial physician came quite quickly. When the white-bearded Imperial Physician Wu saw Hua Yuanzhao, his eyelids twitched noticeably.

This one again!

Doctor Wu bowed and then examined the patient in a very formal manner, his gray eyebrows knitted into a knot.

He examined it in a proper manner and said calmly, "Your Majesty, the deceased did not die of poisoning."

"What else could be the cause of death?" Gu Changsu asked patiently. Could it be that someone dared to kill someone in front of his father?

Doctor Wu took another look and shook his head slowly.

"I am stupid and cannot tell the cause of death..."

Hua Yuanzhao had a stern face and his eyes never left the palace maid.

This way of dying looks strangely familiar...

It looked a bit like the jailer who died suddenly that day, but also a bit like...

Han Yunlan!

After Doctor Wu finished speaking, he looked at Hua Yuanzhao eagerly, staring at her as if he wanted to say something but stopped.

It was not until Hua Yuanzhao noticed his gaze that he asked, "Miss Hua, could you see something wrong?"

Hua Yuanzhao blinked and said tentatively: "I have a guess..."

She said tactfully, "I think we can cut open her heart and see."

Doctor Wu looked stern and looked at the emperor solemnly: "Your Majesty, may I open the heart and perform an autopsy?"

Someone died in Huguo Temple before, and I heard that the cause of death seemed to be the heart being pierced by a silver needle?

The emperor closed his eyes and nodded, which was considered as his agreement.

Doctor Wu acted quickly and decisively. Blood flowed as the knife moved, but he didn't even blink.

"This...how could the imperial study be so bloody?" Gu Changsu couldn't bear to look at it.

As soon as he finished speaking, Doctor Wu had already taken out a silver needle with tweezers.

"Your Majesty, it was this thing that pierced the deceased's heart, causing him to die suddenly!"

But Hua Yuanzhao, who was kneeling next to the palace maid, definitely did not have such ability!

The wife of the Duke of Zhenguo looked around and laughed sarcastically: "So, the eldest daughter of the Hua family is really not the murderer!"

Hua Yuanzhao stared at the needle in Doctor Wu's hand, and his mind suddenly became clear.

She shuddered involuntarily when she thought of the bodies lying in the morgue with unknown causes of death.

——What if those people also died from long needles piercing their hearts?

What if the long needle breaks out of the body without leaving any trace?

Hua Yuanzhao glanced around stealthily, silently taking note of everyone's expressions.

There are not many people who can kill people silently with silver needles. Who could it be?