The upright forensic doctor bumped into the drama prince

"A Ling, you are no longer a teenager, why do you still love to act like a baby? If others see this, they will not laugh at you."

Fu Nanling's face collapsed immediately, and he said, "Ah Lan dislikes me for being old?"

Seeing this, Ji Linglan couldn't help being amused, and said, "You're only in your twenties, how can you be old?"

"Then Ah Lan likes me when I was a teenager, or me now?"

"It's not all about you, what's the difference?"

Fu Nanling looked at Ji Linglan and sighed in his heart, he already knew there was no difference, he was obviously asking 'do you like me', but the one in front of him was a straight piece of wood.

Fu Nanling simply asked directly, "Then does Ah Lan like me?"

"I like it." Ji Linglan blurted out almost without thinking.

Seeing this, Fu Nanling didn't feel any joy. He understood that the liking that Ji Linglan said was pure liking, not the liking between lovers that he wanted at all.Fu Nanling smiled wryly in his heart. Three years had passed, and the relationship between them seemed to be stuck in the same place, with no progress at all, but his time was running out.

Footsteps sounded, and Xiao Lizi walked in from outside the hall, saying: "Master, everything is ready."

Because of previous experience, Xiao Lizi knew what to prepare even without asking.

"Prepare clean sheets and move the corpse carefully." The conditions here are not allowed, so Ji Linglan can only keep it simple.

Xiao Lizi called two young eunuchs, and according to Ji Linglan's instructions, they wrapped up the body and carried it out.

Followed Xiao Lizi to a small room in the side hall, turned around and said to Fu Nanling: "My lord, please wait outside."

Fu Nanling nodded, and exited the room with the others.

Ji Linglan closed the doors and windows, walked into the autopsy room, picked up the tools and reappeared in the room, put on the protective clothing and started the autopsy.After more than an hour, Ji Linglan walked out of the room.

Xiao Lizi was waiting outside the door, but Fu Nanling was nowhere to be seen. Seeing him coming out, he quickly said: "Master Ji, the master is talking with King Ping in the main hall, so let the servants wait for you here."

Ji Linglan nodded and said, "Then take me to the inner hall, and I'll see if I can find any clues."

Xiao Lizi bowed and said: "My lord, let's go together when the master is free."

Ji Linglan was taken aback, then remembered her identity, and said, "It's because I didn't think carefully."

"Young master, please come with the servant."

Ji Linglan followed Xiao Lizi suspiciously and came to another room.

Xiao Lizi bowed and said: "Young master, this is the meal that the master specially ordered for you. It's past noon, and it's time for you to eat."

Ji Linglan's heart warmed, and she said, "Thank you, my lord, for me."

"My lord, take it easy. The servant is right outside the door. If there is an order, let me know."

Ji Linglan responded, walked to the basin stand aside, washed up briefly, and then sat down to eat. I didn't think it was just now, but now smelling the aroma of the food, I was really hungry.

As soon as Ji Linglan picked up the chopsticks, she heard footsteps. Fu Nanling walked in from the door, went straight to the table and sat down, and said, "Ah Lan, why did you come out so late?"

"An autopsy is a delicate job, so naturally it has to be slow. There is no need to speculate on the time of death of the deceased this time, which has saved a lot of energy, otherwise it would be much later. Has Ah Ling ever had lunch?"

"I'm not full, I want to save my stomach to eat with Alan."

Just now he wondered why he prepared two sets of bowls and chopsticks. After hearing what Fu Nanling said, Ji Linglan understood, and said with a smile, "Ah Ling was just here to accompany King Ping?"

"No, it's used alone. I feel disgusted when I see him. I'm not in the mood to eat with him." Fu Nanling changed the subject and said, "Ah Lan, did you find anything on Li Guangli's body?"

"His mouth was damaged, his vomit was bloody, his kidneys and liver were damaged, and in his intestines..." Ji Linglan looked at the food in front of him, then changed his voice, and said, "In short, he should have taken it too, The cause of death was respiratory depression. It takes time for the poison to take effect, and he should have taken the poison before being held accountable."

Fu Nanling sneered and said: "This is really determined to die, and I don't know what enmity I have with him, but I let him do it so decisively."

"Not necessarily, maybe it's for the sake of profit, or maybe it's in someone else's hands." Ji Linglan paused, and asked, "A Ling, who is that Concubine Lan, and why do I always feel that she has bad intentions for you?"

Fu Nanling smiled contemptuously, and said: "She is Fu Nanping's mother and concubine, and she is used to putting on airs, but it is all superficial skills, which is far behind Fu Nanping."

Ji Linglan looked around and asked in a low voice: "I heard from her that Fu Nanping seems to have participated in the government affairs. Does the emperor intend to let him be the crown prince?"

Fu Nanping sighed, and said: "Father's health is sometimes good and sometimes bad, even if he doesn't want to let go of power, he is also powerless. More than half of the ministers in the court recommended Fu Nanping as the crown prince. , helpless."

Ji Linglan nodded thoughtfully, put some vegetables into Fu Nanling's bowl, and said, "Hurry up and eat, after eating, go and see if there are any clues from Concubine Lin Gui."

The two stopped talking, finished their meal quietly, and then went to the inner hall where Concubine Lin was.Ji Linglan wandered around, then returned to the bed, looked at the corpse on the bed, and kept sighing.

"A Ling, let Qiuniang come in, I have a few questions for her."

Fu Nanling turned his head to look at Xiao Lizi, Xiao Lizi understood and bowed to leave the hall.

Seeing Ji Linglan's eyes staring at Concubine Lin Gui all the time, Fu Nanling felt a little uncomfortable, and asked, "What is Ah Lan looking at?"

Ji Linglan said truthfully: "Look at the corpse, but it's a pity we can't do an autopsy."

For a forensic doctor, having a dead body in front of him but not being able to examine it is like being hungry for three days and not being able to eat a roast chicken. It's the same feeling.

Fu Nanling couldn't understand Ji Linglan's obsession with the corpse, and asked, "Ah Lan, what can you see?"

"I just said what I saw." Ji Linglan turned her gaze away and searched by the bed, but found nothing.

At this moment, footsteps sounded, and Xiao Lizi walked into the hall with Qiuniang.

"Master, people have brought it."

Seeing this, Qiuniang fell to her knees and said, "Old slave Qiuniang, I have seen the prince."

Fu Nanling said aloud: "Qiu Niang, Mr. Ji has something to ask you, you have to answer truthfully, can you hear me clearly?"

Qiu Niang quickly responded, "Yes, this old servant obeys."

Ji Linglan asked aloud: "Nurse, may I ask who cleaned up your vomit, and where is it now?"

Qiuniang replied truthfully: "It's Qiaolan, the maid beside the empress. After the old slave tidied up the empress, he ordered her to take out the filth."

"Who is taking care of your mother's usual diet?"

"The three meals a day of the empress are all taken care of by the old slave. The empress is pregnant with the dragon seed, and the emperor attaches great importance to it. He authorized a small kitchen and let the servants take care of the empress's food. The old slave took care of everything by himself. The old slave really couldn’t figure out what went wrong.”

"What did you eat yesterday?"

"Which meal is the young master asking?"

"Three meals yesterday."

Qiuniang thought for a while, and said: "For breakfast, I ate some bird's nest porridge, some light dishes, and some sweet-scented osmanthus cakes. For lunch, I ate mixed belly shreds, fried fish slices, pot-roasted cabbage, and sesame seeds. Butter rolls, and smoked duck feet, the other dishes were left untouched. The dinner lady only drank a bowl of white fungus and lotus seed soup, and ate some assorted tofu."

"Before the abdominal pain, did your mother mention other discomforts, such as burning mouth?"

"The old slave is ignorant. I don't know what kind of disease is burning mouth?"

Ji Linglan was taken aback, and then explained: "It's a pain between the lips and tongue, with a burning sensation."

"Yes, my mother said it last night, so I ate very little at night."

"About what time?"

"Young lady usually eats dinner at the time of You."

"You also cooked yesterday's lunch?"

"It's not what the old slave did, but the old slave has been watching in the kitchen and didn't find anything wrong."

"How many people are in charge of the kitchenette? Who made lunch yesterday?"

"There are two cooks, and there are three maids serving as assistants. The lunch I ate yesterday was made by two cooks."

"Where is the kitchenette, show me."

"Yes."

Qiuniang got up to lead the way, and Ji Linglan and the other three followed behind.

Fu Nanling approached Ji Linglan and asked aloud, "What did Ah Lan think of?"

Ji Linglan patiently explained: "According to the speculation of the symptoms of poisoning, the murderer should have poisoned during lunch, and it is very likely that the cooking oil was replaced with castor oil, and it was added to the stir-fried pork belly. Because it will destroy its toxins after being heated, it is best to put it in cold dishes."

"I see, Ah Lan knows a lot.

Ji Linglan was startled for a moment, but then she felt relieved. Anyway, she has exposed a lot in the past three years, which is not bad.

While talking, the two of them had already come to the door of the small kitchen, because everyone in Concubine Lin's palace was under guard, so there was no one inside.

Ji Linglan went straight in, inspecting the things on the table and case, her eyes fell on those bottles and jars, she opened them one by one, and there were three jars containing oil, one of which was sesame oil, smell it Taste will be able to determine.The other two cans of Ji Linglan did not smell different, but the color was slightly different.

Ji Linglan pointed to the two cans of oil and asked, "What are these two cans of oil for?"

Qiuniang replied: "The one on the left of these two cans of oil is cold oil, which is used for cooking, and the one on the right is scallion oil, which is used for mixing vegetables."

Ji Linglan picked up the oil tank, let Qiuniang look at it, and said, "Is the amount of oil filled accurate?"

Qiuniang was startled, but then came back to her senses, took the oil tank from Ji Linglan's hand, walked to the door and looked at it, and said, "It seems to be a little too much."

"you sure?"

"Sure, after the daily meals are prepared, the old slave will check the amount to prevent slaves with unclean hands and feet from stealing food. Because there was no vegetable mix last night, the amount of scallion oil is the same as at noon, but now it seems to be too much Some, and the oil doesn't have the onion flavor."

Ji Linglan's brows stretched, and she didn't smell the difference just now, because someone tampered here.

"Has this oil tank been changed?"

"The bottles and jars in this kitchen are all marked, and this old servant is sure that this oil jar has never been replaced." Qiu Niang replied confidently.

Ji Linglan nodded, and then asked: "Who are the cooks and helpers in this kitchen?"

"There are two cooks, one is called Chunping and the other is called Qiuyi, and the helpers are Chuntao, Xiahe, and Qiuju."

Ji Linglan turned to look at Xiao Lizi, and said, "Please trouble Eunuch Li to find him."

Xiao Lizi responded, turned around and left the small kitchen.

Ji Linglan looked at Qiuniang at the side, and said, "Is there wine in this kitchen?"

Qiu Niang nodded and said, "Sometimes I need it for cooking, so I always save some, but it's just some spirits."

"Pour me two bowls of wine."

Castor oil is soluble in ethanol, but most edible oils are insoluble in ethanol. There is no pure ethanol here, so Ji Linglan can only try whether white wine is feasible.

"Yes." Although Qiuniang was a little puzzled, she still followed Ji Linglan's instructions to pour the wine.

Fu Nanling was a little puzzled, and asked, "Why does Ah Lan want wine?"

Ji Linglan couldn't explain clearly, so she simply said perfunctorily: "I just want to do an experiment."

Qiu Niang brought over the two bowls of wine that had been poured, and Ji Linglan scooped a spoonful out of a jar of ordinary cooking oil with a spoon and put it into the wine. The cooking oil floated on the surface of the wine without any sign of dissolving.He stirred the scallion oil jar with a spoon for a while, then poured a spoonful of oil into another wine bowl, and then picked up the wine bowl to observe carefully.Although the changes were subtle, Ji Linglan still saw the dissolution phenomenon.

Ji Linglan couldn't help being overjoyed. He glanced around and found a cage in the corner of the kitchen with two rabbits inside.He took another bowl and poured some of the oil in, took a cabbage from the stove, tore off some cabbage leaves, dipped them in the oil bowl, and finally put the oil bowl into the cage.

Fu Nanling said aloud: "What A Lan did was to test poison with this rabbit?"

Ji Linglan nodded and said, "Yes. But because the castor oil in it has been diluted with cooking oil, the amount of poison is reduced, and it will take longer for the poison to develop, so we need to wait patiently."

"Then what A Lan did just now, is it confirmed that the oil tank is poisonous?" Although he didn't understand the reason why Ji Linglan did that just now, Fu Nanling's mentality had already guessed the result from the conversation just now.

Ji Linglan smiled, and said, "That depends on whether the rabbit is poisoned or not, and how it reacts after the poisoning."

While talking, Xiao Lizi brought the people over, and they all knelt down in front of Fu Nanling, saying: "Your Majesty the Mausoleum will see you."

Ji Linglan said aloud, "Report your names separately."

"Slave Chuntao."

"Slave Qiu Ju."

"Slave Xia He."

"Slave servant Chunping."

"Slave servant Qiuyi."

The girl in pink was the first to speak out, and several others reported their names one after another upon seeing this.Chunping and Qiuyi are slightly older, looking about 25 or [-] years old.

Ji Linglan looked at a few people, and asked bluntly, "Which of you went into the kitchen after dinner yesterday?"

Several people looked at each other, and Chunping said aloud, "My lord, after dinner last night, we cleaned up the kitchen and went back to the bedroom to rest. Later, Mother Qiu said that the mother would like to drink sugar water, and the maidservant and Chuntao went back to the kitchen Prepare. Later, the empress had abdominal pain and was about to give birth, and the five servants went back to the kitchen to prepare hot water, and made ginseng soup according to the imperial doctor's order."

Ji Linglan pointed to the oil tank on the table, and said, "After dinner, which one of you touched the tank with scallion oil?"

Chunping replied, "Because I haven't used it after dinner, so the servants have not touched it."

"So, none of you have ever stayed alone in the kitchen after dinner?" Seeing that everyone was silent, Ji Linglan reminded: "This matter involves the death of the Empress and the Ninth Prince, I advise you to tell the truth, otherwise If you really ask about responsibility, I'm afraid none of you will survive."

This is definitely not alarmist talk. Once it is determined that the deaths of Concubine Lin Gui and the Ninth Prince are related to this kitchen, it would be fine if anyone is found out. If not, they will most likely be executed together.

There was panic on the faces of the five people, Chuntao suddenly turned her head and glanced to the left, bit her lip slightly, as if hesitating.

Ji Linglan had a panoramic view of everything, and said: "Murdering the concubine and the prince is a crime of confiscating the family and exterminating the family. You should think about it carefully."

The hesitation on Chuntao's face was even worse, and she lowered her head and said, "My lord, after dinner last night, the servant girl and Aunt Chunping were ordered to prepare sugar water for the empress. During... the servant girl went to the toilet."

"Oh? How long have you been away?"

"About one stick of incense, when I came back, there was only Aunt Chunping in the kitchen."

When Chunping heard the words, she quickly defended, "My lord, it was true that there was only a servant girl at that time, but the servant girl had never done anything, so please check it out!"

Ji Linglan frowned slightly, and said, "Who made the stir-fried belly dish for lunch yesterday?"

Qiuyi looked at Chunping and said aloud, "Yes... Chunping did it."

Qiuniang on the side looked at Chunping angrily, and said sternly, "Chunping, Your Majesty has treated you well in the past. Your natal family is in trouble, and Your Majesty even helps out. You are cruel and cruel to Your Majesty. You are so ungrateful!"

"No, this servant did not harm your mother, this servant did not." Chunping shook her head desperately, and said anxiously: "My lord, this servant did not harm your mother. The slave made the belly stir-fry, but this servant did not poison you. With so many pairs of eyes watching, how dare the servants poison the dishes they cook. My lord, the servants were wronged, so I ask you to learn from me!"

"At lunch, besides the tripe dish, which dish uses scallion oil?"

Qiuniang replied, "Scallion oil is never used in other dishes."

"Besides Chunping, who else touched the scallion oil jar before and after lunch?"

Everyone fell silent, and they now realized the problem.

Chunping suddenly said: "My lord, the feeling of autumn has moved, and this scallion oil is fried in autumn."

Qiu Yi quickly explained: "This scallion oil is made by the slaves, but they were all there when the scallion oil was fried. If the slaves have tampered with it, how could they not be aware of it?"

Ji Linglan was not affected in the slightest, and then asked: "Is there a rule for the meals that the empress eats every day?"

Qiu Niang replied: "If it comes out of the imperial dining room, then there is a rule. But the empress is pregnant with the dragon seed, and the emperor hangs the curtain, so the empress can do whatever she wants to eat."

"So, the menu is all ordered by the mother?"

Qiu Niang then replied: "The menu is made by the old slave according to the dishes assigned every day, and then the empress will review it. If the empress has no objection, then follow the menu."

Ji Linglan looked at Chunping and said, "Chunping, you made the tripe mix. After dinner, you stayed alone in the kitchen. All signs are against you. What else do you have to say?"

Chunping argued anxiously after hearing the words: "My lord, it's true that the servants did the tripe mixing, but others have also had contact with it. The tripe was washed by Chuntao. And the scallion oil, the scallion oil was fried in the autumn. , they are all suspect. Your lord, you must investigate clearly, even if you give the servants ten courages, the servants will not dare to poison the empress."

"The poison did not fall on the tripe, but something went wrong with the scallion oil."

"That's also autumn, the scallion oil is fried in autumn, it has nothing to do with slaves."

Qiu Yi's face changed when she heard that, and she said: "My lord, it's true that the servant girl fried the scallion oil, but the servant girl didn't poison it, how could the servant girl be so stupid as to poison the scallion oil she fried, please check it out. "

Qiuniang said with a gloomy expression: "My lord, I'm sure you won't be able to ask anything like this. Since the suspicion is on these two slaves, please ask your lord to hand them over to the old slave. The old slave has plenty of ways to make them speak."

Chunping and Qiuyi seemed to have thought of something, their faces turned pale, and their eyes were full of fear.

"My lord, the servants are wronged, really wronged, please check it out, check it out!" Chunping's voice was choked with sobs.

Qiuyi glanced at Qiuniang, gritted her teeth and said, "My lord, after breakfast yesterday, the servants saw Mother Qiu enter the small kitchen, and there was no one in the kitchen at that time."

"After breakfast?"

After the words had been spoken, Qiu Yi didn't hesitate, and said: "Yes, this scallion oil was fried for breakfast by the servants. If there is something wrong with the scallion oil, then Mother Qiu is also suspicious."

As soon as Qiu Niang heard that her face changed, she stepped forward and gave Qiu Yi a kick, and said angrily: "You little rascal, you can frame me too, see if I don't beat you to death!"

Seeing Fu Nanling frown, Xiao Lizi scolded: "Stop! How can you allow such a slave to be so presumptuous in front of the prince!"

Qiuniang paused, and quickly knelt down on the ground, saying: "My lord, this old slave was also angry for a while, so please forgive me."

Fu Nanling said in a light tone: "Nurse Qiu, you really have a big temper, but you have a good master and you have such an arrogant temper."

Qiu Niang's heart tightened, and she quickly said: "My lord, forgive me, but this old slave dare not. It's really because this little... Qiu Yi is too rampant to frame this old slave. This old slave is the mother's nanny, how can he do harm? For the matter of the empress, I also ask the prince to be the master of the old slave."

"Then you said that after breakfast, did you go into the kitchen alone?"

"The old slave didn't. After breakfast, the old slave was always by Madam's side."

"Never left for a moment?"

Qiu Niang hesitated for a moment, and said: "At the end of the day, the old slave saw that the lotus in the mother's room was not fresh, so he went to the imperial garden to pick some, and left for about half an hour."

Ji Linglan looked at Qiu Yi and asked, "After breakfast yesterday, when did you see Mother Qiu enter the small kitchen? What kind of clothes is she wearing?"

The panic on Qiu Yi's face faded away, and she calmly replied: "My lord, around the beginning of this hour, Mother Qiu is wearing a navy blue dress with patterns of hibiscus flowers embroidered on the skirt."

"You're lying." Qiu Niang glared at Qiu Yi angrily, and said: "My lord, Qiu Yi obviously made up a lie after listening to the old slave's reply, my lord must not listen to it."

Qiuniang knew Ji Linglan's identity, although she was a little respectful on the surface, she looked down on her in her heart, so every time she replied, she actually replied to Fu Nanling.

Ji Linglan ignored Qiu Niang, and continued to ask: "Qiu Yi, when Mother Qiu entered the small kitchen, what was she holding in her hand?"

Qiu Yi replied: "Nurse Qiu is holding a celadon vase and a few lotus flowers in bud."

Ji Linglan frowned slightly, and asked, "Are the lotus buds in the vase?"

Qiu Yi thought for a while, shook her head and said, "No."

"If you see that vase again, will you still recognize it?"

"I recognize it. It is the celadon vase that is often used to arrange flowers in the empress's room."

Although Ji Linglan couldn't see Qiuniang's expression clearly, she saw her stiff body, then looked at Xiao Lizi, and said, "Please trouble Eunuch Li to send someone to bring that vase, and Mother Qiu's navy blue hibiscus dress." floral dress."

"Yes." Xiao Lizi bowed and exited the kitchen.

Qiuniang looked up at Ji Linglan, and said, "Master, why don't you believe in this old servant, but believe in Qiu Yi? The old servant is the closest person to the empress, and the old servant is the one who calls for grievances for the empress. The son is so partial to trust and listen to me. But what does it have to do with this autumn mood?"

Without waiting for Ji Linglan to speak, Fu Nanling kicked Qiuniang to the ground, and said in a cold voice: "What are you, you dare to speak like this in front of this king, you really deserve to die!"

If anyone is bad, it's Ji Linglan; if it's bad, it's Ji Linglan having an affair with someone else.This was obviously hitting Fu Nanling's muzzle, and he deserved it if he died.