Chapter 431 Not Suicide
Zhan Beiheng said expressionlessly: "She deserves to die!"
Nan Jiao had no sympathy at all, "She really deserves to die."
But she didn't expect that the queen would commit suicide.
I thought she was such a proud person and would never do such a thing.
Perhaps, she chose to self-immolate in order to make her father show mercy to Prince Rui and the Fifth Princess.
The news of the fire in the cold palace quickly spread throughout the palace.
More and more people came to put out the fire, and it didn't take long before the fire in the palace was put out.
A moment later.
The guards found a charred body inside.
Nan Jiao went over to check.
The face could no longer be seen, but from the skeleton she could tell that it was indeed a woman. She checked other parts and found that it was indeed the queen.
But when she examined her hand bones, she felt something strange.
Zhan Beiheng quickly had the empress's charred corpse carried away. As for how to bury her, he would have to ask his father, but it certainly would not be buried in the imperial mausoleum.
After all, she is already the deposed queen.
Nan Jiao stared in the direction the guard left.
"Is there a problem?" Zhan Beiheng asked, looking at her solemn face.
"Because the body was burnt, I couldn't examine it properly, but I felt that the queen was killed first and then burned." Nan Jiao said thoughtfully.
If that's the case.
No wonder the Queen reminded her to be careful of the people around her.
The fact that he was able to kill her silently in such a short time and set a fire also proved that the other party was in the palace.
Zhan Beiheng's face suddenly darkened, "I'll arrange for someone to check it out."
Nan Jiao held his hand and said, "You and I are the only ones who know about this matter. You can tell Father and Big Brother, but you can't let anyone else know, so as not to alarm others."
The palace is truly full of hidden talents.
After the queen left, there was someone even more hidden.
Zhan Beiheng pursed his lips and said, "I'll go talk to my father first."
"You go ahead, I'll take a look around here." Nan Jiao wanted to go to other places in the cold palace to see if she could find some clues.
"Be careful, I'll come find you later." Zhan Beiheng reminded.
"I should be able to finish the examination here soon. You can go to the Royal Grandfather's place to find me later." Nan Jiao said. She didn't plan to stay in the cold palace for too long.
Zhan Beiheng nodded and left.
Nan Jiao took a casual stroll around the cold palace and left without staying too long.
On the way to Deokshou Palace.
From a distance one could see the palace maids and eunuchs whispering to each other, probably discussing the Empress. After seeing Nan Jiao, they all hurriedly went about their own business.
Nan Jiao thought about it and went to Yongfu Palace.
Everyone in the Queen's palace was under surveillance. After all, they were the Queen's people, so their fate would naturally not be good.
After arriving at Yongfu Palace.
Nan Jiao only saw the nanny who was personally in charge of the queen.
When Aunt Yao saw Nan Jiao, she immediately walked towards her and said, "Princess Jin, I heard someone shouting outside that there was a fire. What happened?"
"Do you think your master will burn himself to death?" Nan Jiao looked at her and asked.
"What did you say? How could the queen set herself on fire? No, she would definitely not do such a thing." Aunt Yao's face changed drastically and she kept muttering.
She didn't believe that the queen would set herself on fire.
Although she did lose.
Nan Jiao reached out and touched her chin. "Are you sure she wouldn't burn herself? The palace where she was staying caught fire. After the fire was put out, a charred body was found. It was the queen."
Nanny Yao's face turned pale, her legs went limp and she knelt on the ground, her eyes turned red and tears instantly flowed like rain. She had watched the empress grow up.
It can be said that no one in the palace knows the Queen better than her.
To her, the Queen is like her family.
For so many years, she had done her best for her and hoped that she would get better and better, but she never expected that the queen was gone.
Still burned to a charred corpse.
"No, no, Your Majesty will never burn herself." Aunt Yao said firmly, and then she crawled towards Nan Jiao with a pleading look on her face.
"Princess Jin, please, I understand the queen. She would never burn herself to death. She was murdered by someone."
Nan Jiao stared at her, "Are you so sure she won't set herself on fire?"
Madam Yao nodded continuously, tears streaming down her face as she said, "The Queen has two children in her heart. She will not abandon Prince Rui and the Fifth Princess and leave."
"How long have you been with the Queen?" Nan Jiao asked.
"I have been serving the Majesty since she was born, and then followed her into the palace. I know the Majesty's character very well. Even if she wants to commit suicide, she won't do it today."
Nanny Yao said with certainty that at least she would wait until Prince Rui and the Fifth Princess left the capital.
"I understand." Nan Jiao was now very sure that the queen did not commit suicide by burning herself, but was killed by someone who set the fire. The other party was quite cruel.
"Princess Jin, please give the Queen justice." Nanny Yao begged.
"Whether we can give her justice depends on whether Aunt Yao cooperates. The other party was eager to kill her, probably to silence her. I interrogated her before the fire started."
Nan Jiao said slowly.
The other party must have known that she had been sent to the cold palace for interrogation, and thought that the queen would not say anything at the time, so they were in a hurry to kill her.
Unfortunately, the queen told her something.
But she wasn't sure whether she had told him everything.
"Did the queen say anything to you?" asked Aunt Yao.
Nan Jiao did not hide anything and told her everything the Queen had told her, and of course she also told her to be careful of the people around her.
"The queen did not lie, and these old servants all know it." said Madam Yao.
"Do you know anything else?" Nan Jiao asked.
"I know where the letters between the Queen and the Grand Princess of Miaojiang are. As for the letters between her and the Wei Kingdom, they were always burned." Nanny Yao said truthfully.
"She was silenced by someone in the palace. Who do you think it was?" Nan Jiao asked directly.
Madam Yao had a thoughtful expression on her face. "I don't know either."
"Which concubines in the harem is she close to?"
"This old slave knows."
Afterwards, Nanny Yao told some of the things that happened between the Empress and other concubines.
Nan Jiao left after hearing this.
When she arrived at Deokshou Palace, the retired emperor was playing with Yoyo-boo. The garden was filled with their laughter and joy. She stood in the distance and watched.
I just feel that the picture is warm and beautiful, which makes people feel relaxed and happy.
Nan Jiao walked over.
The Emperor gestured for her to sit down and asked with a smile, "Do you regret marrying Bei Heng?"
Nan Jiao shook her head without hesitation, "No regrets."
She knew why her grandfather asked this, because too many things had happened recently and they had not lived a peaceful life, and there would be more such things in the future.
After all, wherever there are people, there is the world.
Where there is power, there is struggle.
The emperor looked appreciative, "Fortunately he married you, so you can walk side by side with him."
For example, this time I went to Xian'an City.
They were able to return safely.
If the brat married a pampered noblewoman, she would probably have to wait for him to come back in the palace.
Nan Jiao smiled with a smile on her face and said, "We are the most suitable people for each other."
"I still have the best vision." The emperor stroked his beard and laughed heartily.
Nan Jiao's lips twitched slightly, "Grandfather, Bei Heng and I found that secret passage. Did the royal family really not know about it before?"
She was very confused.
A secret passage leading from the imperial palace to outside the capital city. This is a huge project. It is impossible that the Qin royal family did not know about it.
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