Chapter 760 I love watching barbarian female battles the most.
"oh?"
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Ye's eyes flickered slightly.
Immediately, she heard Shang Ruyi's breathing become heavy—she originally didn't want to involve Yuwen Ye in this matter, so she tried to speak as soon as she entered the Liangyi Hall. However, she didn't expect that Yuwen Ye would interrupt at this moment. Especially since Aunt Hui was about to talk about the 'cause of death', she couldn't hold back and immediately wanted to take over.
But Yuwen Ye clearly understood her better than she understood herself.
Before Shang Ruyi could even open her mouth, he had already said, "Then, did the coroner find out what caused the palace maid's death?"
Upon hearing him speak, Aunt Hui's breath hitched, and she hesitated for a moment before saying, "The coroner found that the palace maid's cause of death was a broken neck, that is, her neck was broken."
"Oh, the neck is broken,"
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Ye deliberately repeated those words slowly and deliberately, then said, "Then she fell into the dry well—"
Seeing that he was about to make a final judgment, Aunt Hui immediately said, "However, in addition to the broken neck, the coroner also found a bruise on the neck of the corpse."
At that moment, Shang Ruyi's heart skipped a beat.
It wasn't because Aunt Hui revealed this discovery, nor because she interrupted Yuwen Ye to say it, but rather because of Yuwen Ye's appearance that Aunt Hui split Jian Chun's cause of death into two parts—
Having your neck twisted and broken, along with a fractured cervical bone and bruises on your neck, can be seen as a cause-and-effect relationship, but they can also be two separate events.
At this moment, Shang Ruyi finally understood why Yuwen Ye insisted on speaking first when it came time for Aunt Hui to talk about the cause of death. It was because if she spoke first, Aunt Hui would be facing her directly, and even though she had followed Yuwen Ye to the battlefield, the corpses she had seen and the manners of their deaths were limited. Aunt Hui had enough confidence in facing her, and this confidence would allow her to fearlessly reveal the cause of Jianchun's death directly.
But Yuwen Ye was different.
He had followed Yuwen Yuan to the battlefield since he was a child, and had seen as many corpses as he had seen people. Therefore, he was much more familiar with corpses and causes of death than he was with people.
Even though she had considered everything carefully, Aunt Hui couldn't help but feel a little afraid when facing him.
Therefore, she was not so certain when she revealed the cause of death.
That is, the neck was broken, resulting in a fractured cervical bone and bruises on the neck.
It's just this tiny difference!
Thinking of this, Shang Ruyi's heart pounded, but she still tried her best to suppress her emotions, her mind racing to think of a solution. At the same time, she carefully looked up at Yuwen Yuan—although the emperor's gaze was somewhat gloomy, he did not show any obvious anger. It was clear that Aunt Hui had already reported the matter, but at this moment, he had deeper considerations about the cause of death, the people involved, and the cause and effect.
At this point, Aunt Hui continued, "If it really was just an accidental fall into a dry well that led to death, there shouldn't be that bruise."
"..."
"Most importantly, after checking, I found out she was a palace maid from Jin Yu Yuan. This is—"
Shang Ruyi asked, "Are there any special palace maids in Jinyu Garden?"
Aunt Hui smiled and said, "There's nothing special about it, but I heard that a few days ago, Madam Chu from Jinyuyuan came to Qianqiu Palace with a group of people, looking very angry. I wonder if this is true."
Shang Ruyi's face darkened.
Sure enough, she's about to get involved in this matter!
Shang Ruyi took a deep breath and calmly said, "Yes."
"That--"
Normally, even when they were alone, Aunt Hui would continue asking questions. But at this moment, especially with the Emperor in front of her, she dared not interrogate Princess Qin. However, after uttering that word, she immediately looked at the Emperor, clearly wanting to know the cause and effect but not daring to overstep her bounds.
Yuwen Yuan summoned the two of them to find out the cause and effect.
So he asked, "Ruyi, did Chu Ruoyan go to Qianqiu Palace to find you? Is there something you need?"
Shang Ruyi immediately turned to him and said respectfully, "Your Majesty, Ruoyan came to Qianqiu Palace because she gave me a box of hawthorn cakes before, but—I threw away the hawthorn cakes."
"oh?"
Upon hearing this, Yuwen Yuan's gaze suddenly sharpened, and he asked, "Why did you throw away what she gave you?"
Staring at her with those sharp eyes felt like an invisible sword piercing her body in an instant. Shang Ruyi felt as if every part of her body was being scrutinized, and her heart sank.
Meanwhile, in the main hall of the Yu residence, Yu Mingyue seemed to feel an indescribable sense of oppression creeping into her heart, making it hard for her to breathe. She immediately walked to the door, looked at the somewhat gloomy sky outside, and a cold smile appeared on her lips.
By this time, Aunt Hui should have already reported the matter to the Emperor, and the Emperor had already summoned the Prince of Qin and his princess for questioning.
A lowly palace maid, her life was as worthless as grass.
But if she knew that her death might affect the future of the Great Sheng Dynasty, then the moment her neck was broken probably wouldn't have hurt so much.
Thinking of this, Yu Mingyue couldn't help but frown.
For some reason, she suddenly recalled the villagers in the village where she had grown up at the foot of Banyan Temple Mountain. They had been kind to her when she was sick and weak, and some of them even brought her medicine and took care of her. But as soon as they heard her frantically tell them about her origins, they immediately turned hostile and called her a demon. They tied her to a wooden frame and were about to burn her alive.
At that moment, she struggled and screamed, but someone stuffed a piece of cloth into her mouth and gagged her.
How desperate she must have been at that moment!
And Jian Chun, in the moment before someone strangled her and broke her neck, was she just like herself back then, filled with fear, dread, and desperately struggling?
But she—
Thinking of this, Yu Mingyue shook her head violently, as if trying to forget the terrifying scene that had terrified her when she first arrived in this almost barbaric feudal era from civilized society. Then she gritted her teeth and said, "I am different from them."
"..."
"I am different from everyone else."
"Mingyue, what are you saying?"
Just as she was muttering to herself nervously, Yu Dingxing's voice sounded behind her. Yu Mingyue wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, glanced back at this "father," and then calmed down, saying calmly, "It's nothing. I was just wondering where the emperor is at right now?"
"..."
"Did you ask about the Princess Consort and the concubine of the Prince of Qin?"
"..."
"It's a pity I can't witness it in person,"
With that, she sneered, "I love watching barbarian females compete."
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