Chapter 155 A Clean Death
"So, the Queen deliberately sent her subordinates away and came out to seek death?"
Xiao Yu still felt that this was abnormal.
If the queen really wanted to commit suicide, she could have just used a dagger or a piece of white silk to end it. Why would she go so far and choose this pool?
What does this energy pool mean to her?
"Has the Queen behaved abnormally recently? Who has she met? Where has she been?" he asked again.
Shao Mingjie pulled out a stack of papers from his sleeve. "This is what I found out from interrogating the senior palace maids about the Queen's schedule for the past two weeks. They all said roughly the same thing. Some of it is a little mixed up, but it doesn't matter because it's all worthless."
Xiao Yu took it and looked through it carefully. The paper recorded the time when the queen got up, met with concubines, practiced calligraphy, read books, rested, etc.
Except for meeting the sister of Minister Bai of the Ministry of Revenue five days ago and the wife of Minister Xia of the Ministry of War ten days ago, these two days were a little special, but the rest of the time he lived a very normal and regular life.
"But this is too regular." Xu Chuchu also read the Queen's schedule. "Every morning she meets with concubines, reads, and practices calligraphy in the afternoon... It's like this every day. Doesn't the Queen have any entertainment? Watching plays or something? Or does she not have to deal with the affairs of the six palaces?"
The pattern is as if someone had arranged it in advance.
"The Queen always talks about frugality and doesn't like to organize events," Shao Mingjie explained in a low voice. "Her mind must be mainly focused on the previous dynasty. Since two years ago, all the trivial matters of the six palaces have been handed over to Concubine Zhao, and the Queen only supervises major matters."
After saying this, he paused and said, "After this period of time is over, I'm afraid that Concubine Zhao will take over the throne of Queen."
"Are you doubting Concubine Zhao?" Xiao Yu shook his head. "She's unlikely. Concubine Zhao is ambitious but timid. She can enjoy the best of everything by relying on the Empress. On her own, she's no match for the others."
He looked over the Queen's recent schedule again, quickly memorized it, and then returned it to Shao Mingjie.
"What about the autopsy results? Are they out yet?" he asked again.
"He's out." Shao Mingjie said, "He just drowned, nothing else."
Xiao Yu frowned: "Nothing else? No autopsy?"
"Autopsy?" Shao Mingjie looked like he'd eaten shit. "Brother, this is the queen. How dare you dissect her body?"
"But how can we find other clues without an autopsy?" Xiao Yu said, "The queen's own physical condition and whether she's been drugged are key."
"Then, then, go ask the emperor for instructions."
"Well, forget it."
The three of them looked at each other in silence. After asking so many questions, they seemed to have reached a deadlock again.
Speaking of the autopsy, Xu Chuchu subconsciously felt something was strange. But she couldn't put her finger on what exactly was strange.
When I saw the body, I was so anxious to rescue it that I didn't have the time or energy to pay attention to any abnormalities.
"Is there any way I can see the Queen's body again?" she suddenly asked. "I won't perform an autopsy, I'll just look at it."
"Have you thought of anything?" Xiao Yu asked immediately.
Xu Chuchu pursed her lips and said, "When I pulled her up... her body was very cold."
"It's so cold, it's normal to be cold when you take it out of the water, right?" Shao Mingjie continued, "It's almost snowing in a few days."
"No, it's not just the coldness from being soaked in water. She had just died..." Xu Chuchu recalled the scene at that time, but it still felt a little fuzzy. "I'm not sure now. I need to watch it again."
"But now the Queen's body is in the mourning hall, and the princes and concubines are all crying around her!" Shao Mingjie said, "They sent it there right after the autopsy. How can we watch it?"
Xu Chuchu nodded in disappointment, but Xiao Yu smiled gently at Shao Mingjie.
"If you want to solve the case, then find a way." His tone left no room for doubt.
Shao Mingjie: "..."
This guy is trying to pick up girls, and he has to find a way? Is there any justice in the world!
"Okay, okay." He scratched his hair in annoyance. "Later, when there are fewer people, I'll find a reason to carry the body out. How about after dark? It's really inconvenient now."
"Okay." Xu Chuchu smiled brightly.
"Let's go." Xiao Yu showed her affection, feeling happy in her heart, "Let's go to the Queen's Palace and take a look."
At this time, all the people in the Queen's Palace had evacuated, and the remaining people from the Dali Temple took over. Under Shao Mingjie's arrangement, it was very easy to sneak in.
From a distance, the Queen's Palace appears to be more spacious and imposing than other ordinary palaces. Just at the entrance, there is an elegant and exquisite stone sculpture of a phoenix, which is obviously of great value.
But once you enter the palace, you can't help but feel that the decoration is too plain.
The room had a table and a chair, it was clean and tidy, without any decorations, even more monotonous than Xiao Yu's straight man's bedroom.
The books that the queen read were neatly placed on the shelf, and the words she wrote on a daily basis were stacked in the same size, as regular as tofu blocks.
"Either the Queen has obsessive-compulsive disorder, or the palace maids have it." Xu Chuchu muttered softly.
Xiao Yu hummed, "Actually, this current queen is very diligent, frugal, and competent. Apart from her single-minded focus on helping her son succeed to the throne, there's nothing to criticize about her."
The two searched the entire palace, even under the beds and behind the cabinets, but still found no clues.
The entire palace is as clean as a high-end inn with new guests every day.
"It seems the Queen has already taken care of all her affairs." Xiao Yu narrowed his eyes. "Even her death has to be so secretive?"
"It seems the only clue is the corpse." Xu Chuchu thought, "I now suspect that the energy pool is the same as the Dragon King sacrifice in Tailing County, where people are killed in exchange for energy."
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