"Thank you for your trust, Queen, but we still need to know why the eldest prince died. Mr. Coroner, how is your investigation going?"

Gu Yunru turned to the main topic. The coroner had handled cases in the government office for more than ten years and was very experienced. Looking at the body parts on the table, he said, "To answer your question, Princess, most of these body parts were cut off with blunt instruments, and this person must have been very strong. An ordinary person cannot cut them off with a knife, unless they are martial artists or people who work hard all year round!"

Rong Zhen brought a severed hand close to his nose and sniffed it. It seemed that some spices had been applied on it, so the body would not rot. He chose the day of the flower banquet specifically to dump it near Yongning Palace. This person's mind was extremely deep and difficult to figure out.

"A Zhao, have you made any new discoveries?" Gu Yunru walked up to him and saw that he was thinking about something. She thought he had made a new discovery, but he shook his head with confusion in his deep eyes.

"This body has dried, which means it was preserved by some spices. The bloodstains are completely gone, but the skin and flesh are very tender, as if it was smoked and roasted with something..." Rong Zhen deduced it in one sentence. The coroner bowed and said, "Your Highness is still foresighted. Indeed, this body was smoked and roasted by someone with ulterior motives, but they must have killed it first and then roasted it."

"Kill first, then roast..." Gu Yunru pondered these four words. The Queen also looked a little sleepy at this time. "I would like to trouble the prince and Princess Zhang to catch the real culprit as soon as possible so that we can give an explanation to Concubine Duan."

"Of course, Queen, please go back to Qixiang Palace and rest first. Leave this to us." Gu Yunru asked someone to send them to the door first. She turned around and looked at the large and small pieces of corpses. She looked at Ji Heng and the coroner and others curiously and said, "Where is the eldest prince's head!"

"Here..." A guard brought a wooden box. The head of the eldest prince was well preserved inside. There were no signs of being smoked. The neck also seemed to be cut. It seemed that the murderer had cut it into eight pieces in one go. What deep hatred did he have against him that made him so cruel? "A Zhao... I feel a little nauseous. I'll leave first."

"Okay." Gu Yunru walked to the door and took a deep breath. She didn't know who was so cruel and perverted. Although Yin Zhi was not a person of high moral character, he didn't do anything wrong. There was no connection with what happened in the past few days...

On the other side, the Queen rushed to the vicinity of Qixiang Palace and saw the Left Prime Minister giving her medicine. Concubine Duan's face was extremely pale, and hot tears rolled down from her eyes. She sobbed uncontrollably and looked very sad.

"Empress..." Concubine Duan was stunned when she saw the queen, then she quickly stepped forward, grabbed her hand and asked, "Have you found the murderer who killed Zhi'er?"

The Queen looked at the Left Prime Minister standing aside, her eyes were evasive, while Concubine Duan was so worried about Yin Zhi's matter that she hadn't even taken a sip of water or a bite of food.

"No, such a strange and supernatural thing happened in the palace, so I naturally have to investigate it thoroughly. However, the person was not killed in the palace, but was killed outside the palace, and the body was sent back soon after. It can be seen that this person is very cunning and not so easy to find."

"Then... Then my Zhi'er feels this way..." Concubine Duan was crying so hard that she couldn't speak. The Left Prime Minister stopped at the side and thought for a while before walking forward and saying, "Empress, Concubine Duan really misses the eldest prince too much and is very depressed. She just asked the imperial physician to come and see him. Please pay more attention to her, Empress. I have something else to do, so I'll take my leave now."

"I understand. Then I won't send you off."

The queen stared at the figure of the left prime minister with a smile on her face. After he left, she pushed Concubine Duan away with a palm. Concubine Duan was startled and hurriedly wiped her tears and said, "Queen, what's wrong with you?"

Before he finished speaking, the queen slapped him domineeringly and majestically. Concubine Duan's eyes were full of confusion. Why did she do this? "Your Highness, what did I do wrong? Why do you treat me like this?"

"It was only one night and you behaved so intimately with the ministers in the court. I have long felt that something was wrong between you and the Left Prime Minister. I deliberately kept the two of you in Qixiang Palace so that the people around you could go to Yongning Palace to investigate. Take a look at what this is?!"

After that, the maidservant beside the queen placed several bellybands, sachets, and jade pendants on the table...

The items above are all the correspondence between him and the Left Prime Minister. They have been communicating for such a long time that there must be some evidence left.

"Your Majesty, I really don't know what to do with these things. Last night, didn't you ask the Left Prime Minister to send me to Qixiang Palace to rest? Your Majesty, is it possible that you are forgetful?"

"You don't have to act in front of me. If you were to act, Concubine Cao would be first, and you wouldn't even be second. Come on, bring Yue Nu forward!"

"yes."

Yue Nu was a servant of Concubine Duan. She had been staying in Yongning Palace last night and had not left. Yue Nu was kneeling on the ground, her palm-sized face filled with misery.

"Tell me everything you know. You have been serving in Yongning Palace for ten years."

"yes."

Yue Nu silently raised her head and looked at Concubine Duan's majestic expression. She felt a little scared, but she had been with Concubine Duan for so long and knew how she treated her very well. If she was really a good master, she would not betray her for a little bribe.

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"That day, I heard the conversation between Concubine Duan and the eldest prince. She said that the Left Prime Minister and Concubine Duan had been in contact for a long time, and the eldest prince was not the son of the emperor and Concubine Duan..."

When Concubine Duan heard this, she was furious and shouted at her, "What nonsense are you talking about, you lowly maid? Do you believe that I will pull out your tongue today?"

Yue Nu hid in fear behind the Queen. When Concubine Duan saw the Queen in front of her, who seemed like a mountain standing in front of her, she couldn't help but withdraw her hand in fear.

"Empress, please don't listen to this bitch's nonsense. Yue Nu, I have treated you well, why did you frame me?"

"Every word I say is true. If there is even one word that I fabricated, I will be struck by lightning and die a miserable death. Please judge for yourself, Your Majesty."

Yue Nu had said so much, and Concubine Duan knew that she was about to face a disaster. Looking at the queen in front of her, if she really wanted to expose her affair with the left prime minister, she would not have said it in Qixiang Palace. This matter... could still be turned around. She knelt down in front of her with a plop, "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, listen to me, things are not what you think."