Chapter 251

Qing Ling's face was as usual, not angry, and not compromising. The unyielding and unhumbled answer made Xu Xunsi not know how to answer for a while.

"What do you want to do?" A man with blue eyes flew forward, and Hu Xi'ang blocked in front of the Seventh Princess's corpse. He was originally a martial general. In extreme anger, he couldn't care about anything else and roared directly, "The princess was clearly poisoned intentionally in the hall, and poison was also found in the wine. You don't go to investigate the murderer, but instead want to come and humiliate the princess's corpse. Don't bully Beiqi too much!"

"Then how does the Third Prince want to handle it?"

Xu Xunsi finally turned back, facing him, and said righteously, "Single Criminal Justice Official can examine with clothes on, can just look like this. After looking, I want to send Seventh Sister back to the country. No matter what, you, a big man, must not examine Seventh Sister naked."

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely heavy. If Hu Xi'ang had weapons on him, he would have already lit them up.

Can't force an autopsy? But if you don't autopsy, how can you break the case? Shan Yulan fell into deep thought. Suddenly, a flash of strange color flashed in his eyes. When he raised his head again, Shan Yulan was full of clarity and asked, "Men can't, women can always touch, right?"

"Women?"

As soon as this remark came out, the whole hall was shocked. Who had heard of a female coroner?

"Women?" Xu Xunsi's brows tightened and asked, "Does Qiongyue still have female coroners?"

For Xu Xunsi's question, Shan Yulan didn't answer, only insisting on asking, "The Third Prince just needs to say yes or no."

It seemed that this autopsy was really necessary for them. Xu Xunsi thought for a while and finally nodded, "Okay, if it's a woman, she can examine on her behalf."

Having received an affirmative answer, Shan Yulan turned back and walked straight toward the position where Lou Xiyan was. Lou Xiyan flicked his fingers, his face was calm and leisurely.

Everyone was waiting for what woman Shan Yulan found to perform the autopsy, or if he secretly accepted a female apprentice. Only to see him bypass Lou Xiyan, walk to a tall blue-eyed man, bow slightly, and say, "Lady Qing, please help examine the princess."

In the hall, there was an uproar again. That was clearly a big man, where was any lady?

Qingfeng's eyes widened in shock. Did Shan Yulan find Eldest Sister? But why did she want to call Eldest Sister to perform an autopsy? Eldest Sister was most afraid of blood on weekdays, let alone performing an autopsy, just the scene of the Seventh Princess passing away just now must have already scared her.

The hall was silent, and no lady responded. Shan Yulan didn't step forward again, only saying loudly, "If the princess's corpse cannot be examined today, and no new clues and evidence can be found, everyone involved in this case will not be able to escape the crime of poisoning the Beiqi princess, and will be even harder to escape death."

What did Shan Yulan mean? Was this a threat? Why did he want to do this? And why did he hold onto Eldest Sister and not let go! Eldest Sister couldn't...

"I will examine." Just when Qingfeng was secretly guessing, a female voice like a low moan sounded slowly, and a slender figure stood out from behind the tall man.

That was a woman dressed in the clothes of Prime Minister Lou's servant. Yes, a woman. Even if her long hair was combed into a bun and she wore a loose outer robe, if you looked carefully at her fair and stunning face, no one would doubt that she was a woman.

Clang~

A crisp sound of a cup falling to the ground. Everyone looked at the place where the sound came from. Only to see the cup on the long table in front of the Emperor tilted to the ground, and the fine wine splashed on the gold silk carpet drop by drop along the edge of the table. The Emperor stared at the woman who suddenly appeared with his black eyes. The ministers secretly guessed the woman's identity, only because the emotions contained in the Emperor's eyes when looking at her were too complex, seeming to be unbelievable, and also seeming to be full of deep affection, but anyone could see the obvious anger.

Qingfeng's bright eyes flashed slightly. Yan Hongtian's expression was too strange. Could it be that he knew Eldest Sister? That was why he insisted on Eldest Sister entering the palace, and why he asked who she was the first time he saw her? Because he had long known that she was not Qing Ling at all.

Qingfeng looked at Eldest Sister standing quietly on the side without a trace. Only to see that she was also stunned, and finally turned her head away impatiently. It seemed that Eldest Sister didn't know Yan Hongtian. Qingfeng cursed secretly. Yan Hongtian must have coveted Eldest Sister for many years. This time he wanted to taste his wish. Heaven really had eyes, and didn't let Eldest Sister fall into his hands.

Her palms were sweating involuntarily. Qingfeng stared at the sister in the hall nervously, her chest pain reminding her of the brutality of this man. He wouldn't know how to show mercy. Fortunately, Yan Hongtian didn't do anything. He picked up a glass of wine again, and everything just now seemed as if nothing had happened.

In the hall, everyone held their breath and didn't dare to be presumptuous, except for Qing Ling, who ignored Yan Hongtian's ugly face and walked to the Seventh Princess's side. Xu Xunsi sized her up and asked, "She is?"

"This is?" After coming back to his senses, Shan Yulan looked at Lou Xiyan before saying again, "Prime Minister Lou's family member, who knows some simple autopsy methods. Is there any objection to her examining the princess?"

"Prime Minister Lou?" This woman was very beautiful, but she was in a guard uniform, and her right cheek was disfigured. Could she be Lou Xiyan's family member?

Xu Xunsi looked at Lou Xiyan for verification. Lou Xiyan got up generously, walked to her side, gently took Qing Ling's hand, looked at her with his usual gentle smile and full of deep affection, and said, "She is indeed Lou's wife."

Wife?

Not only did Qingfeng's heart skip a beat, but the ministers all gasped. The word "wife" couldn't be used indiscriminately. The stimulation the civil and military officials received tonight was really one after another!

The eunuch who poured wine for the Emperor had a thin layer of sweat on his forehead, and his hands were shaking slightly. Qingfeng saw the veins on Yan Hongtian's hand holding the wine cup bulging, and the wine cup was also squeezed by him with a creaking sound, and the corners of his mouth curled up involuntarily. She could see the entanglement between Yan Hongtian and Eldest Sister, and Lou Xiyan naturally couldn't be so blind as not to see it, and he actually dared to announce in public that Eldest Sister was his wife. This man was a bit interesting.

Lou Prime Minister's wife personally examined Seventh Sister, what else could he say? Xu Xunsi could only reply, "Since it is Prime Minister Lou's wife, this king naturally has no objection."

"Where to examine?" Qing Ling's cold voice sounded faintly.

"Examine in the hall!" Yan Hongtian's face was cold and he said without objection, "Someone, pull up the curtains."

In the hall? Autopsy?

Damn Yan Hongtian, actually wanting to perform an autopsy in the hall, he was making things difficult for Eldest Sister! Qingfeng was anxious, Eldest Sister was kind-hearted, she must have been forced to agree to the autopsy because she was afraid of her suffering. What should she do now?

Just when Qingfeng was uneasy, four palace maids had already taken a piece of plain white cotton cloth two feet high and walked onto the main hall. The four surrounded the Seventh Princess's corpse in the middle, forming a square, but the cloth was only half the height of a person, just enough to cover the corpse lying on the ground. Several eunuchs brought another piece of light gauze, and eight people pulled the light gauze open, surrounding the square formed by the four palace maids. The light gauze was lifted over their heads, and under the two layers of separation, the corpse lying on the ground could no longer be seen.

Under Qingfeng's worried gaze, Qing Ling lifted the curtain with a calm and cold face, without a trace of panic.

"The deceased is female, between sixteen and twenty-two years old. The body has not shown early corpse phenomena such as corpse spots and corpse stiffness, and the time of death is about half an hour ago. The deceased's complexion is blue-black, eyeballs protrude, mouth slightly open, and there is purple-black blood in the mouth, nose, and eyes." The clear and slightly cold voice sounded in the hall. The female voice was organized and the tone was determined. No matter how you listened, the person inside was confident. This made Qingfeng, who had been pulling her hands painfully, freeze there, simply unable to believe her ears.

"The skin of the deceased's body is light blue, fingers and nails are blue-black, and both feet and toenails are light blue. The deceased's throat is swollen, with obvious blue spots, and the abdomen shows no abnormalities. The back shows no abnormalities, and there are no obvious wounds on the skin surface."

The thin light gauze didn't play any role in separation at all. Every move of Qing Ling could be seen clearly by Qingfeng. This? Was she really the Eldest Sister she had lived with for more than ten years? In the haziness, Qing Ling's expression was cold and arrogant, and her words were loud and clear, but Qingfeng began to feel confused and uneasy.

After waiting for a long time, the person in the curtain didn't speak for a long time. Xu Xunsi said impatiently, "Finished examining, right?!"

Unfortunately, no one in the whole hall answered him. Everyone's eyes were staring at that blurred and serious beautiful shadow in the thin gauze.

No one paid attention to him. Xu Xunsi coughed awkwardly and said, "Alright, you've finished examining, this king wants to take Seventh Sister's corpse back to the country."

Just as Xu Xunsi finished speaking, the cold female voice sounded again in the curtain: "Wait." Carefully lifting the hair behind the deceased's head, the female voice continued calmly: "A small needle wound was found one inch above the deceased's hairline. The edges of the wound are neat, and the surrounding scalp is blue-black. Pressing it reveals a small amount of black pus and blood."

Why was there a needle hole behind the head?

Qing Ling inserted the silver needle for a while, and the silver needle turned black immediately. Qing Ling analyzed calmly: "The silver needle turned black quickly after being inserted into the wound, and the poison reaction is obvious. Judging from the location of the wound and the characteristics of the poison, I suspect that what caused the deceased's death was not the poisonous wine, but this wound on the back of the head. The poisonous wine was just to divert attention."

Xu Xunsi scoffed and questioned, "You just found a needle hole and made such a conclusion, which is too arbitrary?" What kind of autopsy, it was clearly Qiongyue wanting to shirk responsibility!

Qing Ling walked out of the curtain, met Xu Xunsi's questioning gaze, and said loudly, "First, every wound on the deceased is very important, and it may be a fatal wound, especially for those who died of poison; second, I didn't conclude that the deceased died of this wound, but suspected it, so I suggest doing a further autopsy."

(End of chapter)