C48 Part1

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Shen Zhiyan's face was filled with doubts,

'Why did Concubine An assassinate Your Majesty?

More than ten years ago, Concubine An was beaten to maimed legs and was later demoted as a commoner and thrown into the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard.

Therefore, she was resentful, thinking about revenge all the time for more than ten years? But now her legs are intact,....

What is going on?'

He touched his chin playfully, feeling that there must be something behind this.

Murong Ci stared at Concubine An, and asked with a smile:

"Concubine An, what happened recently,

the Blood Jade from Heaven,

the Blood Rain from the Qingyuan Hall,

the case of Sun Yumei in the Luo River,

the case of Xiaolu in the Xiaoyue Pond,

all that was arranged by you, wasn't it?

You were the one who spread the Moonlight Ballad around the city, weren't you?"

"Your Royal Highness do you have any evidences?"

Concubine An smiled coldly.

Her eyebrows were stiff, like a withered rose that had been maimed by the harsh sunlight of midsummer.

"There really is no evidence in this Prince's hands."

Murong Ci said coldly,

"Your layout was quite clever and subtle, and it left no trace."

"The assassination of His Majesty is a heinous crime, enough for her to be condemned to the death penalty of the five-horses-division."

Murong Yu remarked while sipping tea, elegantly like a cloud,

"The layout might have been subtle, but there will always be a way to crack it out.

Your Royal Highness testifies that Concubine An is the person behind the scenes.

And I believe Your Highness has seen through those layouts.

This King really wants to hear how Your Highness has seen through the recent suspicious and murder cases."

"Your Royal Highness, please explain."

Master Gu Huai resigned, quite ashamed.

After investigating for so many days, he had found nothing, but His Highness had detected the culprit behind everything.

"Very well...First is the Blood Jade from the Fengtian Hall."

Shen Zhiyan raised his eyebrows in excitement.

"Concubine An killed Concubine Bai and Concubine Mo in the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard first, drained their blood, and then immediately sent the blood to the Fengtian Hall, hiding it in one place.

A hidden corner.

Jin Sheng and Xiao Yin always cleaned the Fengtian Hall every morning.

Xiao Yin took the bucket of human blood when Jin Sheng was not paying attention, and quickly poured human blood and Blood Jade onto the blue bricks in front of the temple.

Xiao Yin confessed everything before committing suicide."

"In this scorching summer, human blood will soon change color and solidify."

Master Gu Huai asked,

"When this humble official saw the blood, it hadn't completely solidified."

"The Blood Jade from Heaven happened at around 7 a.m....

Concubine An took advantage of the early morning lowly guarded Palace road close to the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard.

She took Concubine Bai and Concubine Mo to a hidden corner and killed them in secret."

Murong Ci raised her eyebrows,

"Concubine An has done an extraordinary work.

It was not difficult for her to come to the Fengtian Hall with that bucket of human blood evading the guards on guard in the early morning."

Concubine An's face was calm, as if none of these things had anything to do with her.

Murong Yu's eyes were certain, and he asked:

"Blood Jade is extremely rare.

There are not so many Blood Jade in the Palace.

Where did Concubine An get the Blood Jade?"

Murong resigned:

"Now I have to ask her directly."

Concubine An's mouth was filled with ridicule and she didn't answer.

Master Gu Huai pondered:

"She made it so that the Blood Jade from Heaven and the Blood Jade in that Ballad appeared to coincide with each other.

How could Concubine An spread that Ballad around?"

Shen Zhiyan was very excited, and said with flying eyes:

"My Lord, I went to the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard to personally inspect the place.

Outside the backyard wall of the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard there is a Palace road, and outside that Palace road is the outermost Palace wall of the Imperial Palace.

In other words, the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard is very close to the Imperial Palace walls.

Concubine An with her light movements and martial arts skill, walked in and out of the Imperial Palace from the Spring Wuyuan Courtyard, as if walking on the ground without anyone noticing it.

She could fly out of the Palace in disguise and spread that Ballad easily."

Master Gu Huai was even more puzzled,

"Weren't Concubine An's legs beaten up and became atrophied?

Why is she as good as ever?

And she was a harem Concubine more than ten years ago.

When did she practice martial arts?"

"I'll talk about these things later."

Murong Ci stared at Concubine An, who was still as calm as an old monk entering the temple.

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END of CHAPTER 48 PART 1

.....................to be continued