Chapter 115 The Most Suspected
Yu Chan felt both sympathy and relief. "Evildoers are truly punished. I never thought Su Ying would end up like this! She was so arrogant back then, yet she still had the nerve to ask the Empress to take her in. I really don't know how she dared."
Xu Lanshan smiled faintly and said, "For someone like her, as long as there's profit to be gained, there's nothing she wouldn't do. You guys should be careful these few days, and don't let her get in."
"Yes, Master, don't worry."
No words were spoken that night.
Xu Lanshan never expected that the world would change so dramatically overnight...
Su Ying died in a small garden not far from Yilan Palace. She had a fatal wound on the back of her head.
In other words, she was attacked from behind and hit on the head, which killed her.
Originally, tomorrow was the day to pay respects to the Empress, but when Xu Lanshan was about to have breakfast, Ruyue, the head maid of Fengwu Palace, came and said, "Chen Zhaoyi, the Empress requests you to come over."
Xu Lanshan was quite surprised and said with a smile, "Miss Ruyue, do you know why the Queen wants me to talk? It's so early now, won't I disturb the Queen?"
At this time, neither Xu Lanshan nor anyone in the entire Lianyi Palace knew that Su Ying had died.
As the Empress's senior maid, Ruyue was given some respect by even Consort Lian and Consort Yu. How could she take Xu Lanshan seriously? If she had been favored in the past and the Empress valued her, she would have answered whatever she asked. But now, why would she tell her?
"I am here on the orders of the Empress to invite Consort Chen. Consort Chen will understand once she arrives."
"Okay, let's go."
Seeing that Ruyue showed no willingness to compromise, Xu Lanshan stopped talking and even skipped breakfast. She happily followed her and took Yuchan with her.
In Fengwu Palace, in addition to the Queen, Concubine Lian, Concubine Yu, Concubine Shu were also present, as were Concubine Lin, Concubine Mo, and others. Xu Lanshan was very surprised and felt that something seemed wrong, but she couldn't figure out what it was after thinking about it.
Is it because she hit Concubine Feng yesterday? That shouldn't be the case...
Concubine Feng is not capable enough to alarm so many important figures in the harem.
"I pay my respects to the Empress and greet all the ladies!"
The Queen sighed softly: "Get up, Concubine Chen, sit down and talk."
Concubine Lian sneered, "Your Majesty, how can a criminal like you have the right to sit down? Now that they're here, Your Majesty, please get started."
If Concubine Lian had not said this last sentence, the Queen might have been too lazy to argue with her, but this last sentence really made people feel unhappy.
What does this mean? So, as the Queen, she has to listen to Concubine Lian's orders? Too crazy!
The queen did not show her expression, but she was unhappy in her heart. She had originally regarded Xu Lanshan as an abandoned pawn, but now she changed her mind. She still wanted to take a gamble and see if Xu Lanshan had the luck to escape.
Concubine Lian was too arrogant. It was such a pity to finally have a concubine who could fight with her and was easy to control. She died like this.
The Queen made up her mind. She glanced at Concubine Lian and smiled faintly, "Concubine Lian, be careful with your words. I summoned Concubine Chen to question her. Concubine Lian said it was too early to question the person who was guilty. We must ask her the truth first."
Concubine Lian sneered, "It's obvious, why bother asking? According to me, I should have sent Concubine Chen to the Ministry of Punishment. Keeping her there for a while would reveal the truth. There's no need to go through so much trouble!"
The Queen's expression was icy. "Concubine Lian has a lot of ideas. How about letting Concubine Lian be the Queen and make all the decisions about the harem?"
Concubine Lian was startled, then realized she had overstepped her bounds. She quickly stood up and said, "Please forgive me, Queen. I meant no harm. I was simply enraged by the tragic loss of life in the palace, and I couldn't help but say a few words. How could I possibly understand anything? The Queen has the final say."
The Queen hummed, "Sit down."
"yes......"
"Chen Zhaoyi, you sit down too."
"Thank you, Queen!"
Xu Lanshan sat down and raised her head with a confused and serious look on her face. "Your Majesty, has there been a tragic murder in this palace? I just heard about it. Could it be that I am involved in this matter?"
As they were talking, Concubine Bai, Concubine Feng, Concubine Rou and others arrived one by one. Except for Concubine Mei, all the concubines in the harem were present. Even Concubine Fang came to watch the fun.
Since he had come, the queen couldn't chase him away, so she ordered him to take a seat.
With so many people here, the atmosphere was mixed and the previous cold and depressing atmosphere had long since disappeared.
Concubine Yu glanced at Concubine Lian coldly. If it weren't for this brainless person who insisted on interfering, she would have started the interrogation long ago. Why would she wait until now?
After a while, everyone was seated. The Queen looked at Xu Lanshan and asked, "Did Su Ying from the laundry department come to see you yesterday?"
Xu Lanshan's heart sank, and her face changed as she asked, "Could it be that Su Ying was the one who died?"
Concubine Lian couldn't help but scold: "Chen Zhaoyi, you just answer whatever the Queen asks you! What's the point of pretending like this? Oh, you really know how to pretend!"
Xu Lanshan suddenly had a bad feeling in her heart and secretly groaned. This was bad. Su Ying had indeed looked for her last night, but now she was dead. She and Su Ying had an old grudge...
No matter where you start, she is the biggest suspect.
"To reply to the Queen, Suying did go to Lianyi Palace last night. I asked the palace maids to drive her away, but she refused to leave. So I went out to see her and asked her to leave. She refused at first, but I said that if she didn't leave, I would ask Xiao Fuzi to go to the Shanggong Bureau to call for help. Only then did she leave. Afterwards, I ordered the palace gates to be closed and I went to bed. Until this morning when Ruyue came to invite me over, the palace gates had not been opened. As for what happened to Suying afterwards, I don't know..."
Concubine Lian sneered repeatedly and opened her mouth to speak again.
This time, Concubine Yu, who had been staring at her, could no longer tolerate it and interrupted her as she opened her mouth: "Sister Lianfei, the Empress is questioning us, so we should just listen. Even if you have something to say, you should wait until the Empress has clarified it."
Concubine Shu smiled and said, "That's right, Sister Lian Fei, please wait a moment!"
Concubine Lian was secretly angry, but it was not easy to go against them, so she just snorted and gave up.
The Queen looked at Xu Lanshan and said, "Su Ying was found dead early this morning in the small garden in the northeast corner of Lianyi Palace. Nanny Yan, please tell us."
"Yes, my lady."
Nanny Yan immediately recounted in detail how Su Ying was discovered and how the people from the Ministry of Punishment determined the cause of death after investigation.
The Queen asked, "Chen Zhaoyi, Suying came looking for you. She died near Lianyi Palace. The cause of death was a blow to the head from behind. There was an old grudge between you two. Does her death have anything to do with you?"
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