The Queen Doesn't Want to Die
Chapter 144
A beautiful woman approached Pei Zhang Xi as she wiped the tears in the corner of her eyes with her handkerchief. Her white nose turned red after crying. Pei Zhang Xi had already changed his work uniform at the Yunguang bureau in white clothes like the others. He had just come and had finished paying his last respects before standing beside the tough-looking Pei Qin Yang.
"Greetings Your Highness the crown prince." The woman bowed respectfully.
"Wake Concubine Yue." One of Pei Qin Yang's concubines. He also entered the palace along with Queen Zhu and concubine Su as well as three other concubines.
"Your Majesty, if you don't mind I want to ask you something."
"About what?"
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I heard that you were the one who examined Ms. Zhu's death."
"Yes. Then?"
"Look, Servant is really curious whether this death was natural or deliberate by someone?"
"Why indeed?" Pei Zhang Xi furrowed his brows.
"Your Majesty, Miss Zhu has indeed just received a sentence. But the punishment was only twenty lashes. Twenty lashes can make someone die,,..." Everyone glanced at Concubine Yue. They were all curious and thought the same thing. Moreover, concubine Yue was a concubine who understood a little bit about medicine.
"Like her concubine Yue had an opinion regarding this matter. Please give me an explanation."
"Hamba looked at Miss Zhu's neck there was a hole similar to a pinhole. I know that with a needle alone I can't kill someone. But after the events of the crown princess in the palace that day, the servant's view regarding the needle changed completely. Somehow the crown princess kills by using a needle, but I feel the crown princess must be very good at her."
"So, did Consort Yue accuse my empress of killing Miss Zhu?" Pei Zhang Xi's eyebrows docked as he heard what Consort Yue said. He had expected this before, but the moment someone deliberately accused Lu Jing Yu of committing a crime in front of him made his heart feel pain.
"No-no. Servants are not brave. It's just that I was just thinking, who else in this empire has the ability to kill using a needle other than the crown princess?" Concubine Yue dodged quickly. But do not forget to give the bait before.
"Miss Zhu's death was intentional. But how could concubine Yue deduce if that person used a needle to kill Miss Zhu? Needle scars on a woman's neck are not unusual. A woman wears a wide variety of embellishments that use needles or something that has a needle-like pointed tip that often accidentally injures her neck. So what makes concubine Yue so sure that the weapons used to kill Miss Zhu?" Pei Zhang Xi narrowed his eyes looking at Concubine Yue suspiciously.
Concubine Yue felt her own neck involuntarily and only realized that there was indeed a needle-induced scar on her neck.
"I... L'm... I'm just guessing. I don't. I don't..." Concubine Yue immediately panicked. "I'm just very curious about the ability of the Crown Princess. I only gave a fleeting glance when I remembered the Crown Princess' great ability. I'm not saying that Miss Zhu was killed by people with needles."
"I... I'm not nervous. I'm just scared to remember the mysterious death of Miss Zhu."
"Well, you're not nervous. But Yue concubine's guess was correct. Miss Zhu was killed by a needle."
"Aah!" Everyone was surprised. They all saw there was a needle mark on Zhu Man Xie's neck and began to think of the possibility of the same manner of killing that Lu Jing Yu had once committed. Then it became even more certain upon hearing what Concubine Yue had said to everyone before Pei Zhang Xi came.
"Then... Who killed him? In this empire who else has the ability to kill someone using a needle?" Discussion happened again. Talks began to develop into the infinite murder problem that became the first case.
"Having this kind of ability is terrifying. If it could train a single army capable of doing so, it would definitely be an invincible formidable army."
"That's right. The crown princess had already killed people that way. If the crown prince..." Concubine Yue was just silently watching the developments happening. But his heart smiled in satisfaction after hearing which direction the conversation was heading. In accordance with what he expected.
Whatever his status, the crime of rebellion is unforgivable. Although the rebellion was carried out by a crown prince who would later become emperor, rebelling was also not justified. Even if one has something that leads to the crime of rebellion, this is also unjustified.
"Shhh.... Careful. Don't talk shit."
"But I really wonder who such a great person is."
"Why is it so noisy here? Did no one look at the Zhu family anymore so that everyone made a fuss during the tribute ceremony for the Zhu family members?" Zhu Yao Yan's voice made everyone shut up instantly. Hearing the surname Zhu alone made everyone take care of themselves especially if the one concerned was Zhu Yao Yan who was the head of the Zhu family who was highly respected.
Zhu Yao Yan did not prolong the matter and nodded faintly at Pei Zhang Xi as a gesture. Her flat face as usual had ripples in her eyes that seemed to harbor emotions. Pei Zhang Xi nodded instead.
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