"Your Majesty, something terrible has happened. Something terrible has happened in the morgue." A young eunuch ran towards Gu Qing, fell down, and hurriedly stood up and continued running.

A hint of uneasiness flashed through Gu Qingluo's heart, until the thin little eunuch knelt down in front of her, and the uneasiness in her heart came true.

"Your Majesty... Oh, Your Majesty, a lot of rats have entered the morgue where Concubine Zhao was kept. They are all swarming over Concubine Zhao and climbing onto her body!"

"What's even more bizarre is Lady Zhao's belly..."

Before the young eunuch could finish his words, Gu Qingluo had already raised his foot and ran towards the morgue.

The silver light stung her eyes again. She narrowed her eyes and walked towards the morgue.

Ji Yanchen remained calm and followed slowly, while Qin Hean flew to Gu Qingluo like a rocket and asked all sorts of confusing and disturbing questions when Gu Qingluo was upset.

"Your Majesty, the murderer has returned to the scene and released rats to gnaw on Lady Zhao's body in an attempt to destroy the evidence, right?"

"Your Majesty, since the murderer hates Lady Zhao so much, then Lady Zhao must have done something evil to her, otherwise the murderer would not be so cruel."

"Your Majesty, after we pass by, there may be only a skeleton left of Lady Zhao's body."

Gu Qingluo could no longer bear it and shouted in a low voice: "Shut up! From now on, if I hear one more word from you, I will feed you to the rats!"

Qin Hean was a little stunned. He touched his nose and followed Gu Qingluo quietly, not daring to ask any more questions.

When he arrived at the door of the morgue, he rushed in.

When they saw Concubine Zhao lying on the bed with her belly bulging high, what was even more strange was that the corpse was strangely intact, even though the young eunuch had just said that there were rats eating the corpse.

Gu Qingluo put on gloves and checked the area around the corpse with great care.

When she found rat hairs on Concubine Zhao's lips and eyebrows, it seemed that what the young eunuch said was not false. A rat had indeed been on Concubine Zhao's body.

[How did they consistently find Lady Zhao's body without biting it? ]

[Why did they disappear without a trace before they arrived? ]

[It seems like someone has specially trained them. ]

[But looking around the world, which idiot has the talent to train a group of well-trained rats? ]

[There are very few of them even in modern times, let alone in ancient times. ]

[These rats are so organized, the murderer must have used some evil means. ]

【This case is becoming more and more confusing. 】

[Lady Zhao, who is harming you? Please give me some clues with your corpse.]

Gu Qingluo lowered his head and walked around the corpse, taking a closer look from time to time. Despite the close contact with the corpse, Gu Qingluo was not afraid at all and became more serious.

Gu Qingluo slowly squatted down, took off his gloves and wiped them on the ground. There was a layer of white powder on his fingers. Gu Qingluo smelled it and it had a fragrance and the smell of sesame oil.

Gu Qingluo picked up some and put them into a small jar and handed it to the stunned little Lianzi: "Go find the imperial physician and find out what these powders are made of."

"I need to know the result immediately!"

"Yes, Your Majesty!"

Gu Qingluo put on her gloves again: "Master Qin, please help me tie my apron."

Qin Hean showed a look of delight, glanced at Ji Yanchen proudly, smiled, and walked over to take the apron to help Gu Qingluo tie it.

Ji Yanchen, who was standing by, saw this and a cold light flashed in his eyes. He walked over and pulled Qin Hean away, then grabbed the apron and tied it on for Gu Qingluo.

After tying it, he looked at Qin Hean with a smug look, as if to say, "You? Are you worthy?"

Qin Hean looked up at Ji Yanchen with a complicated expression.

It’s not that serious. You have to fight with him for just tying an apron. If others don’t know, they will think you are His Majesty’s personal dog.

Gu Qingluo raised an eyebrow, picked up the scissors, lifted up Lady Zhao's shirt, revealing her round belly, which, as expected, had the same centipede stitches as Ling'er's, so densely packed that it looked extremely horrifying.

She was just about to pick up the thread when she thought of Qin Hean, who had just been vomiting in the pavilion next to her, and remembered to give instructions.

"Whoever of you is afraid of blood, turn around."

"Master Qin, please don't faint in front of me. I'm afraid I'll give you a pair of scissors if you do."

Qin Hean patted his chest and assured: "Don't worry, after what happened just now, I have become as brave as a tiger!"

Gu Qingluo cut the thread and replied: "Don't get slapped in the face when the time comes."

As everyone held their breath, Gu Qingluo untied the thread, reached his hand into Lady Zhao's belly, and fiddled with something.

Under the astonished gaze of the crowd, he took out three mice that were covered in blood and still twisting their bodies. Gu Qingluo rummaged inside again and took out several pieces of jewelry.

Qin Hean, who had just been swearing, turned pale, groaned, and rushed out of the morgue.

Gu Qingluo opened his belly and explained: "The liver inside the belly has been half eaten by rats, and the skin and flesh turned outward are covered with bite marks and scratches. The rat was trapped in a tight space and couldn't escape. It could only bite the belly to break open and break out."

Gu Qingluo wondered to herself, "Why did the murderer return to the morgue and deliberately put three mice into Lady Zhao's belly?"

"Did she use the mouse to represent something?"

"And what's the purpose of that silver bracelet?"

[What was the murderer's purpose? Why didn't she stuff the rat into Lady Zhao's stomach after killing her? Instead, she waited until Ling'er was stuffed with the rat before stuffing it into Lady Zhao's stomach? ]

[Could it be that the murderer has obsessive-compulsive disorder? Can't stand his work not being perfect? ​​]

[Or is the act of stuffing the mouse in the mouth a description of what Lady Zhao and Ling'er had done? ]

"Your Majesty, is this murderer trying to provoke us?" Ji Yanchen's voice was calm and emotionless, as if he was stating a fact.

Hearing this, Gu Qingluo suddenly became confused.

[Yes, why didn't I think of this? Isn't the murderer's brutal behavior a provocation to the royal family? ]

[If the murderer is not caught, she will become more aggressive and hurt other people. Or maybe the people around me have been targeted and have become the next target of the rat. If the murderer is not found, it will undoubtedly increase her arrogance. ]

Ji Yanchen analyzed every word: "Your Majesty, I think the murderer's behavior seems to attract people's attention and let us know her existence."

"Or is she trying to attract your attention? Her actions all show that she wants to have a special place in your heart."

[This murderer is really perverted. She wants to attract my attention in this way. What is her purpose? What is she trying to do? Is it for fun? ]

Ji Yanchen chuckled: "Your Majesty, think about who in the palace wants to attract your attention more? She especially wants you to know her existence, while that person has the lowest presence in the palace and rarely communicates with others."

"Perhaps you have met this murderer several times, but you ignored her because she was a minor character?"

Gu Qingluo suddenly had an idea and blurted out, "The concubines in the palace."

"The palace maids and eunuchs we have come into contact with."

Ji Yanchen nodded in agreement and whispered, "Start with checking the concubines in the palace, especially those who have had conflicts with Lady Zhao and Ling'er, and pay close attention to them."

Jun Lingyue interrupted unexpectedly: "Such a big thing has happened, why is Concubine Ling, who had an argument with Concubine Zhao yesterday, nowhere to be seen?"

"Could it be that she has something to hide? Did she kill Lady Zhao?"

Gu Qingluo's pupils shrank slightly, and her cold eyes like black jade stared straight at Jun Lingyue and refuted him: "Impossible, although Concubine Ling is a little spoiled, she is not to the point of killing people to silence them!"

"The person behind the scenes wants me to suspect Concubine Ling!"

Ji Yanchen's eyes were calm and deep: "Your Majesty, you should just listen to the words of the Regent and ignore them."

"What good ideas can a person who can't spit out ivory have? He is just trying to sow discord between you and Concubine Ling."

A strong sense of oppression burst out from Jun Lingyue's body: "Ji Yanchen, you are looking for death!"

"Shut up, don't disturb my thinking!"

"I seem to have overlooked something!"

"What is it?" Gu Qingluo's eyes dimmed, and the fingertips hanging by his side curled up unconsciously.

[Silver bracelets, various jewelry, mice, medicinal powder...]

[Silver bracelet? Silver, dazzling.]

A fragment flashed through Gu Qingluo's mind, and his eyes turned cold in an instant, filled with chilling murderous intent.

Ji Yanchen stared quietly at Gu Qingluo's slightly wrinkled face as he thought seriously. The light flowing between his brows seemed to be gathering the gentle moonlight, full of tenderness.

The more Jun Ling saw Ji Yanchen like this, the more his eyes narrowed, as if a chill was spreading in his eyes.

Ji Yanchen, you dare to covet my things, then you can only blame me for disregarding the friendship between my colleagues.

"Your Majesty, where are you going? Watch your step!"

When Eunuch Su shouted, Gu Qingluo had already run out.

As Gu Qingluo felt more and more uneasy, a little palace maid ran over with tears in her eyes and knelt down in front of her, unable to speak: "Your Majesty, Concubine Ling is missing!"

Gu Qingluo remained silent. She looked coldly at the little palace maid kneeling in front of her and ordered, "Catch her and take her to Concubine Ling!"

The little maid was horrified: "Your Majesty, the disappearance of Concubine Ling has nothing to do with me!"

"Your Majesty, I am innocent!"

"Heh, whether it's unfair or not, we'll tell you after we go to Concubine Ling's palace!"

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