Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 956

Hearing Yun Shang's words, Pei Lan knew that she might have done something wrong, so she stood there awkwardly and uneasily.

Luo Qingyan frowned and said, "I think the maid who cleaned the room is suspicious."

Hearing Luo Qingyan's words, Yun Shang also realized that if as Pei Lan said, the servant came in to clean the vase, and she should only wiped it with a cloth. How could she bring out the plum blossoms in the bottle? And it happened to be the moment Yun Shang left after she found the secret of the plum blossom. Such a coincidence was too obvious.

"Do you remember who the maid is?" Yun Shang asked softly.

Pei Lan thought for a while and shook her head, "I can't remember it."

Yun Shang frowned. Was there anyone else in the Weiyang Palace watching her besides Chen Ke? And the other one was probably not as simple as Chen Ke, who was just staring at her. Although she didn't know what was in the vase, it was not a good thing. That person must want her life.

But Pei Lan didn't remember what the servant looked like. There were many servants in the Weiyang Palace, so it would be difficult to investigate. What she could do now was just to guard herself against it. Yun Shang smiled and asked Pei Lan to leave. Then she raised her head and said gently, "It doesn't matter. A fox will show its tail."

Two days later, Li Fuhua's corpse was found in a well in a very remote palace. The corpse had been soaked and swollen. It must have been there for quite a while. When the servant came to report this, Yun Shang couldn't help but frown. "It's new year's Eve. What a bad luck! Go and ask Li Qianmo to have a look."

The guard obeyed. Yun Shang thought for a while and finally stood up, "Let's go. Let's have a look."

The palace was in the east of the Imperial Palace, and was in the other end of the palace, so that day Li Fuhua should have run across the whole Imperial Palace to escape from the Neishi Bureau. When Yun Shang arrived at the gate of the shabby palace where Li Fuhua's corpse was found, she noticed that the palace was in ruins. Even the plaque at the gate fell to the ground, and it was covered with vines.

"Watch out, your majesty!" Qin Yi hurried forward and helped Yun Shang up, "The steps are covered with moss. It has snowed for two days, and the ground is wet and slippery."

Yun Shang nodded and went into the yard. The yard was also overgrown with weeds, and some of them were so tall that they almost reached her waist. Because of the accident, there were many palace guards standing in the yard to watch. Yun Shang frowned and said, "Why is this place so broken? Why didn't anyone clean it? "

Flearing this, a madam answered in a hurry, "Your Majesty, there is something you don't know. This yard was originally sealed by His Former Majesty, and then it was gradually forgotten. If it weren't for such a thing, I'm afraid no one would remember this place."

A flicker of doubt flashed through Yun Shang's eyes, but it didn't last long before she walked towards the crowd.

"Excuse me. Her majesty is here," the guards aside raised their voices, and the surrounding people quickly moved aside.

The well where Li Fuhua's corpse was found was hidden in the half human tall wormwood. Li Fuhuaj's corpse had been picked up and placed on the open space beside the well, covered with a shabby white cloth.

Yun Shang didn't look at Li Fuhua's corpse. She just walked around the well. Although the well was covered by the wormwood, there was a prominent platform about three feet around the well. The surroundings of the well were also very old, covered with moss, and there were messy footprints on the moss, but no marks of someone slipping down.

Yun Shang looked around and returned to the corpse of Li Fuhua. The guards immediately uncovered the white cloth covering the corpse. Yun Shang looked at the corpse and frowned. The corpse was soaked and swollen, but his clothes and shoes were neat, and there were no obvious scars on his body.

Yun Shang stood still and frowned. It was obvious that Li Fuhua didn't fall down by accident, but who was the murderer?

After standing by the well for a while, Yun Shang turned to the guards and said, "I'm afraid people from the Ministry of Justice will be here soon. Ask the servants who have come here in recent days. Let them wait aside. When Master Li comes, he should ask them."

The guard answered in a low voice. Yun Shang continued, "Whoever finds Li Fuhua's corpse first, ask him to stand aside. Lord Li will definitely question him when he comes." The guards immediately went to gather all the servants who were watching in the yard and asked them to stand aside.

After giving the order, Yun Shangwent daon the stairs and said, "Let's go back to the Weiyang Palace." After returning to the Weiyang Palace, Yun Shang took a book and sat on the couch, but she was lost in thought. She kept thinking about the three words "Luoxue Pavilion" on the plaque, and many things were still unkown. Yun Shang felt a little annoyed and sighed, without saying anything for a long time.

After taking a nap, she woke up and heard someone outside reporting that Li Qianmo had come.

Yun Shang stood up and walked out of the inner hall. Seeing that Li Qianmo was standing in the hall, she asked, "How's the investigation going? Do you have any clue?"

Li Qianmo quickly turned around and bowed to Yun Shang before saying, "The coroner examined the corpse. Li Fuhua didn't die from drowning, but died before he was thrown into the well. He found a tiny object nearby, a silk thread and a tiny jade bead. They might have fallen from the murderer's body. No one has been to that yard for a long time, and we can't find any other clues for the time being."

Yun Shang nodded slightly, stood up and said, "Let's go. Follow me to the Imperial Garden. I want to hear your opinion on the case."

Li Qianmo agreed and followed Yun Shang out of the Weiyang Palace. They went to the Imperial Garden. There were many servants coming and going there. Yun Shang stopped in the Pavilion by the lake and turned to look at Li Qianmo, "Now you are in charge of this case. You should try to search the Luoxue Pavilion in the present scene."

Li Qianmo, who had just come over, naturally knew where the Luoxue Pavilion was mentioned by Yun Shang. He was stunned and asked, "Your majesty, what do you want to search?"

Yun Shang kept silent for a long time and then said, "Some time ago, I got some clues about the identity of the seventh Prince Xia Houjing. Those clues showed that Xia Houjing was not Lady Liu's child. Xia Houjing's biological mother was a daughter of the Cao clan, a famous clan in the State of Xia. Back then, Xia Houjing's biological mother lived in the Luoxue Pavilion in the name of a eunuch. The former lady of the Luoxue Pavilion was the cousin of Xia Houjing's biological mother. I want to know the specific identity of Xia Houjing's mother and whether Xia Houjing is the child of Xia Huanyu or not. Up till now, I am not sure if there is any clue left in the Luoxue Pavilion. You just need to keep it in your mind. If you find anything suspicious, you just send it here secretly."

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Translator: Jean