The news spread like wildfire that assassins infiltrated the palace of Daxia and killed the emperor, queen, concubine and prince within one day.

Although, the news spread to the outside world was that the emperor died suddenly of an old illness. The queen and concubine had a deep love for the late emperor and went with him in grief.

The prince was shocked to hear the bad news and was extremely sad. He was bedridden and fell into a coma. The affairs of the court were temporarily taken care of by King Ji.

Of course, these official words can only deceive the common people. Civil and military officials have their own news channels in the palace.

Before the death of the late emperor, King Ji fought against the prince. Now that the prince is dead, the other princes are no longer in power. Anyone with a discerning eye knows that the power has fallen into the hands of Ying Quan.

However, if Yingquan wants to inherit the throne legitimately, he must investigate this shocking case.

Otherwise it will be difficult to convince hundreds of officials.

Because this assassination case was so big, the officials were so angry that no matter how much energy they had to win power, they could not hold on.

Yingquan made a prompt decision and selected a representative from all parties to form an investigation team to accompany the entire investigation. He also transferred an official from the Ministry of Punishment named Bao Zheng to be responsible for the actual investigation.

This bag is known for its ability to solve cases and has a reputation among the people.

Unfortunately, this person was too upright and selfless. When investigating the case, he only cared about pursuing the truth and did not care about political favors. He offended many people, so he stayed in the Ministry of Justice as a minor official and was not allowed to be promoted.

The case was decided by him, and no one objected.

The matter involved the death of the emperor's concubine and the prince, and the winning power was given to Bao Zheng with a golden medal and an arrow. Anyone who dared to take advantage of others and did not cooperate to obstruct the resolution of the case would be shot without mercy.

Without these twists and turns, Bao Zheng's efficiency was very high, and Qi Yun's crime process was quickly investigated.

Not only that, Bao Zheng also followed the clues and found out the death case of Rui'er and the affair between Fang Qing and Jiang Qingyuan.

This major case was heard publicly in the Great Xia Palace. All the important figures from the former dynasty and the harem gathered here to listen.

"There are two murderers in this case, one is Princess Ji Jiang Qingyuan, and the other is Fuqing Palace Maid Rui'er."

"Nonsense, Rui'er died eight years ago." One person retorted.

"Yes, Rui'er did die eight years ago."

Bao Zheng admitted.

The retort was immediately choked up.

Ying Quan looked at the man coldly and said, "Did I ask you a question?"

The rebuttal was immediately frightened and remained silent.

Bao Zhengdao: "Your Highness, if we want to explain the ins and outs of this case, we need to start with an old incident eight years ago."

Yingquan said: "But it doesn't matter."

"Eight years ago, the palace maid Rui'er of Fuqing Palace and the guard Zhang Tie fell in love. The two privately agreed to elope on the night of September 11th. The agreed place was by the Qianqiu Pond near Leng Palace."

"Tonight, Rui'er came to attend an appointment. Who would have expected that she would accidentally bump into the imperial concubine who was secretly meeting someone outside the palace."

"What nonsense!"

Yan Situ interrupted angrily.

"Situ is so obstructive, could it be that you were the one responsible for the assassination?" Ying Quan asked coldly.

"Of course the case must be investigated, but the imperial concubine is my biological sister, and I will never tolerate slander!"

Ying Quan said calmly: "Slander or not, you will know after listening to it. If Yan Situ doesn't want to know the truth, he can leave here."

The other party suddenly fell silent.

Bao Zhengdao: "Bring someone to witness Xiao Liuzi."

Soon, an eunuch was brought up. It was the same eunuch who stabbed Qi Yun in the back in the first week.

"Tell me everything you know."

Xiao Liuzi said: "Yes, the slave is the eunuch in the palace of the imperial concubine. The imperial concubine has a lot of expenses in the palace, and Master Yan has to subsidize it from outside the palace every month. On that day, it was the slave who accompanied the imperial concubine to the back of the Qianqiu Pond rockery. I met the informant, but unexpectedly, when I was leaving, I bumped into a little palace maid."

"In order to prevent the news from leaking out, the imperial concubine ordered her servants to kill her."

"The minion knocked her unconscious and pinned her down in the Qianqiu Pond. After she died, she threw her into the well in the cold palace and pretended to commit suicide. But the minion never expected that Rui'er at that time would actually reappear. He came back alive and came before the late emperor to speak for the Ninth Prince who was still in the cold palace."

"The imperial concubine brought her to her side to serve her, and ordered her servants to kill her. Just in case, she also carried her body and burned it."

"The person was killed by Rui'er. She is very evil. She is back to seek revenge on the imperial concubine!"

The more Xiao Liuzi talked, the more he became crazy. Bao Zheng ordered people to take him down.

"I found a female body underground in the cold palace..."

Bao Zheng waved, and his men carried a badly decomposed corpse to the hall. He pointed to the location of the finger bones on his left hand, "Everyone, please take a look."

The corpse's left hand, ring finger and little finger, had no phalanges.

"When Rui'er first entered the palace, she offended a nobleman and was ordered to cut off the little finger and ring finger of her left hand, and was ordered to sweep the floor of Fuqing Palace. The corpse with missing phalanges of the little finger and ring finger of her left hand was Rui'er, the palace maid of Fuqing Palace. "

"Rui'er died on the night of September 11th. On September 13th, in front of the late emperor, he was the one who spoke upright and outspoken for His Highness King Ji, but there was actually someone else."

"This person is proficient in the art of disguise. He sneaked into the palace and discovered Rui'er's body by chance. After burying her, he disguised himself as Rui'er and assumed her identity to stay in the palace."

"But before she could achieve her goal, she was discovered by the imperial concubine and taken to Huanyi Palace to be killed."

Bao Zhengdao: "And what happens next will come eight years later."

"This second bizarre thing happened to Grand Master Jiang's daughter, Princess Ji, Jiang Qingyuan."

"Before Jiang Qingyuan got married, she had a lover named Fang Qing. The two of them had pledged themselves to each other for life."

Ah, this...

Everyone looked at Yingquan sitting in the middle in unison.

[Everyone’s os: If you want to live a decent life...]

Right to win: "..."

"Fart! Slander!"

This time, it was Taishi Jiang's turn to be unable to sit still.

"Your Highness, I believe that Bao Zheng, who talks nonsense, should be taken out and beheaded in public."

"I second the proposal."

It was a rare occasion for Yan Situ to agree with Grand Master Jiang.

Ying Quan slammed the table, stood up, and said with anger in his voice: "You are responsible for investigating the case, and now you ask me to kill the person who investigated the case. What do you think of me as the king? What do you think of the court?" If anyone makes any noise again, they will all be tied up and will be punished."

"Yes!"

The guards on both sides shouted immediately.

Only then did everyone realize that the King Ji in front of them was no longer the King Ji before.

The emperor's concubine and the prince died, and he was about to become the master of this great country.

Moreover, this kid didn't know when he had gained the allegiance of several generals in the military who held real power.

It's just and legitimate, and it still holds military power in its hands, who can compete with it?

Now he is willing to patiently investigate the case, but he is forced by the general trend.

After all, I can't hide it anymore. If I find out the truth, I can give an explanation to all the forces.

Bao Zheng continued: "On the second day of the wedding between Princess Ji and King Ji, Fang Qing hanged himself from the beam at home..."

When he said this, Bao Zheng glanced at Yingquan.

When he investigated the case, he deduced that Fang Qing did not commit suicide but committed suicide.

But all evidence has been destroyed.

A person who has such ability and attacks Fang Qing will not think twice except to win the power.

Moreover, the motive for the murder was very obvious. Fang Qing was the one who cheated on him, and the reason why he had the right to kill him was simply not too reasonable.

Bao Zheng hesitated for a moment, and finally hid the matter.

He finally didn't go too far, offending the current winning power for a little heartless person.

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