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Chapter 31 The Princess Takes the Blame and is Granted Death (31)

"If there are too many coincidences, I'm afraid it's no longer a coincidence."

Zhai Hongxia's sudden attack undoubtedly made Doctor Wang even more panicked. His face turned pale and he was at a loss as to what to do.

But the next second, there was a turning point.

Because Zhai Hongxia quickly continued:

"I think it's unlikely that Doctor Wang is the real culprit behind this. Although everything sounds quite coincidental, I think there might be another possibility.

That means the person who cursed King Lu was right there.

When Doctor Wang was performing acupuncture on Prince Lu, the person who cursed him might have been there and hadn't left. She was also likely a soft-hearted woman, willing only to take revenge on Prince Lu and not to implicate any innocent people. When she realized that Doctor Wang might be killed because of her curse, the King of Lu might take his anger out on her and she might panic for a moment.

But for some reason, he could not kill King Lu directly, or curse him to death directly.

Only some other curses can be added.

Use a pig's tongue to block Prince Lu's mouth, and make Prince Lu unable to walk. Oh, no, maybe it's not to make Prince Lu unable to walk, but to make Prince Lu unable to write.

If Prince Lu had not threatened to kill Doctor Wang, perhaps the situation would have been better, with only spots appearing on his body.

After this analysis, isn't it quite reasonable?"

A person who could pass the imperial examination and climb to the position of county magistrate in his forties could not be stupid. Even though too much necessary information was missing, it did not prevent Zhai Hongxia from boldly guessing a lot of truth based on the existing information.

"Could it be that a maid in the palace did it?"

"Why don't we arrest them all and interrogate them? I was there at the time and I still remember them, so I should be able to find them all."

No matter what, it’s good to have a direction.

Dong Huaide immediately said in a good mood.

"Ask them, and investigate their identities, backgrounds, and family situations. But I can't guarantee that they're among the maids present. It's not impossible that someone with such special abilities might know some magic like transformation and invisibility."

Although she had an idea and a direction for investigation, Zhai Hongxia did not think that the case could be resolved quickly. After all, even if the murderer might not be smart and decisive, he knew some unorthodox magic, which was enough to make up for her shortcomings in these aspects.

So he added a patch.

To put it in a more trendy way, it should be called a disclaimer.

However, Dong Huaide was not in a hurry to order people to look for the maids who had appeared in the Prince of Lu's bedroom before. Instead, he suddenly had an idea and asked:
"Since the murderer behind this might be a bit soft-hearted and soft-hearted, then can we hang up those maids and whip them, then kill one of them every once in a while to force the murderer to reveal himself? If that works, wouldn't it save us a lot of trouble?"

As soon as these words came out, everyone looked at him in surprise.

It was as if they had met him for the first time. Although they were not familiar with him, when they saw him say such words, many people immediately realized that this beast was not worth making friends with.

No, it's not worth associating with at all.

I've only been in Prince Lu's mansion for a few days and I've been infected by Prince Lu?

Or is it just human nature?
Zhai Hongxia's face immediately fell, and he said with dissatisfaction: "The maids in the palace are not private slaves. Even if they are private slaves, there is no reason to beat them to death at will. Even palace maids can leave the palace after entering the palace and reaching the age, but eunuchs are different.

Eunuchs are the real royal private slaves.

How can you take human life so lightly? "

The reality was definitely different. Whether it was palace maids or eunuchs, or even handmaidens in the royal palace, they could be beaten or executed, and there was no real chance of official prosecution. However, according to the law, palace maids did have more personal rights than eunuchs. Unless a master took a fancy to them and forced them to stay, it was easy for them to leave the palace when they reached a certain age. Eunuchs, on the other hand, were generally unable to work and were often driven out, which was why they were particularly greedy for money and adopted sons.

I just hope I’m old and can’t work anymore.

Having someone to support you in your old age, or having money to support you in your old age.

Of course, this refers to ordinary eunuchs. If they are powerful eunuchs, they can also go to guard the body of the late emperor. If nothing unexpected happens, they should be able to eat royal meals until their death.

It's a stable job, a guaranteed one.

As Zhai Hongxia said, the maids in the prince's mansion and the palace maids in the imperial palace were not private slaves. This was only true in theory, but someone had to actually implement it according to the theory in order for it to be possible.

When Dong Huaide heard Zhai Hongxia say that eunuchs were different and that they were the true royal private slaves, he did not feel humiliated. Instead, he felt very pleased. After all, adding "royal" before "private slave" was like gilding the veil:

"Don't worry, who would dare to punish King Lu?"

"But you are not King Lu!"

Doctor Wang, who had just been frightened to death, was sitting next to them and suddenly said this fatal sentence.

Yes, Prince Lu beat everyone in the palace to death, and no one would dare to cause trouble for Prince Lu, but Dong Huaide was only the general manager of the palace, and he had not received any orders from Prince Lu yet.

How can the Dharma tolerate such delusions?
"And the murderer behind the scenes might not be here right now. Even if she is, she's not stupid. How could she sacrifice herself for someone else's life? Most importantly, if we really anger her, I think she'll turn us into what King Lu is like now, or even make us even worse off than King Lu, turning us directly into pigs or even other livestock.

I'm afraid it's not difficult. What should we do?"

Zhou Hui, who had just returned, interjected these words in time, which poured a basin of cold water on Dong Huaide, who was so angry that he flushed red, because of what Doctor Wang had just said, "But you are not the King of Lu." This made him calm down quickly and secretly feel scared.

Yes, if the murderer behind the scenes really wanted to take revenge on Prince Lu for his actions, and turned Prince Lu's hands and feet into pig's trotters because he was afraid that Prince Lu would kill Doctor Wang, then what's the difference between him wanting to use the lives of those maids to lure the murderer out and seeking his own death?
Could it be that the murderer did this because his status was too low?

He's just a eunuch, so why don't you touch him because it's dirty?
But even so, he still said stubbornly:

"If you say so, then how are we supposed to find the murderer? If we try to find her now, won't it annoy her? Ha, what a joke!"

"Well, no matter what, I will not allow you to use the method you just mentioned to find the murderer. Let's discuss this after the search results come out."

At this time, it was obviously impossible to completely break up with Dong Huaide just because of a few words, so Zhai Hongxia remained silent after saying this. The others had nothing to say either, and they all remained silent and waited for the result.

About an hour later.

The search personnel came over to report:

"Sir, we have basically searched all the places that can be searched. In the alchemy room, apart from some prohibited items, there are no bones or pig remains. In addition, we have searched two basements and three secret rooms.

There are more than a hundred armors and crossbows in a basement.

There are many golden relics in a basement.

There are three secret rooms, one is empty, one contains two pregnant women who died of starvation or miscarriage, and the other contains a lot of fabricated human hearts and other things.

But there were no bones or pig remains.”

"It's not certain whether there are any other secret rooms or basements that haven't been found. Apart from that, the only things left to search are Prince Lu's bedroom and the princess's coffin."

(End of this chapter)