Peach Blossom.

Shen Hui was wearing a pomegranate red dress, a red coral bead hairpin in her bun, ruby ​​earrings on her temples, cinnabar jade bracelets on her wrists, and even bright red high-toothed clogs on her feet. Her red lips were as bright as blood, and she looked particularly eye-catching next to this solemn and dignified tomb.

"Shouldn't I do the whole thing when I want to silence someone? I dared to kill the wife and daughter of a first-rank tutor, so why would I keep two little slaves as witnesses?"

Shen Hui looked at the two women with a sarcastic expression and a smile that was very calm.

Both women seemed frightened and dared not say a word, holding the paper with their confessions.

Secretary Chen looked at Shen Hui, who was dressed in red from head to toe, and said in admiration, "Boss Shen shouldn't be dressed like this in front of your mother's tomb."

Shen Hui looked at Chen Mi with a charming look on her face. There seemed to be a hint of resentment on her face, but she spoke softly and coquettishly: "Your Excellency is such a joke! When I got up early in the morning and got dressed, how could I have known that I would be in my mother's tomb today? The officials sent by your Excellency are in such a hurry, are they waiting for me to go back and change clothes?"

Whenever Chen Ji heard this tone of voice, he got goose bumps all over his body.

Secretary Chen couldn't help but laugh after hearing this, and his laugh was quite helpless: "This is actually my fault."

"Your Excellency is right. The current Minister is willing to personally interrogate a mere two servants. This shows how much your Excellency loves the people like his own children and treats everyone equally, regardless of their status!" Shen Hui smiled like a flower and waved a small fan. She looked so relaxed and did not look like a suspect awaiting trial at all.

"Thank you, thank you." Secretary Chen raised his head and looked outside. Sure enough, he saw another woman of similar age to Shen Hui standing among the maids. The woman was dressed in plain clothes and looked very reserved. She must be Shen Meng's second wife, Xiao Yuan.

Secretary Chen did not dare to ask Xiao Yuan and Shen Hui to kneel down to listen to the trial. He just asked them to put away the signed confession and said politely: "Since Mrs. Shen and Boss Shen are here, please identify the plaintiff."

Secretary Chen pointed at Zhang and asked Xiao Yuan, "Madam Shen, do you recognize this maid who claims to be your sister's personal maid?"

Little Yuan stood a little far away, looking a little timid, not daring to approach. She shook her head and replied softly, "I don't recognize him."

Secretary Chen pointed at He and said to Shen Hui, "Do you recognize this wet nurse who claims to be the daughter of the Grand Tutor, Shen Hui?"

Shen Hui replied calmly: "I haven't seen it."

"You two are putting me in a difficult position..." Secretary Chen said with a half-smile, and sighed, "In this case, I can only open the coffin and conduct an autopsy. If there is only one body in the coffin, I will charge the plaintiff with false accusation, but if there are two bodies..."

Secretary Chen glanced at Shen Meng, Shen Hui and other members of the Shen family, smiling: "Please explain it to me."

After saying this, Secretary Chen stood up from his chair and bowed to Shen Meng, Xiao Yuan, Shen Hui, and Shen Yuan: "Please ask Master Shen, Madam Shen, Boss Shen, and Miss Shen to come over and watch, so as not to wrongly accuse me of doing something wrong."

Shen Hui followed Secretary Chen openly, along with a group of officers and soldiers, over the collapsed wall, down the stairs, and into Yuan's tomb.

Little Yuan didn't move. She lowered her head and just clenched the handkerchief in both hands.

Shen Yuan looked unconvinced and took Xiao Yuan's arm, "Grandma, let's go over and take a look. I don't believe it. How could there be two bodies in the coffin? Unless it was the one named Chen who stuffed it in last night!"

"Ms. Shen, you can eat whatever you want but you can't say whatever you want. The nails that were nailed in twenty years ago and the nails that were nailed in last night can be distinguished at a glance." Secretary Chen stood beside the coffin, looking up at Xiao Yuan and Shen Yuan outside and laughing.

Little Yuan didn't say anything, but was pushed down to the tomb by Shen Yuan.

Secretary Chen said to Xiao Yuanshi, Shen Hui, and Shen Yuan, "Everyone, please take a good look. This coffin is completely old. There is not a trace of new carving at all."

Shen Yuan let go of Xiao Yuan's arm and looked around the coffin carefully. Indeed, all the nails were rusty and it didn't look like it had been touched.

"I'm sorry." Secretary Chen bowed to the Shen family again, and then gave an order: "Open the coffin!"

Chen Liang, Chen Chong, Chen Xin, Chen Wei and others came over from the outside, stood at the collapsed wall of the tomb, and looked down at the coffin that was being pried open.

Si Rong couldn't help but stand up and go to watch. She had a vague feeling that the corpse in the coffin seemed to be closely related to her mother.

Chen Ji had no choice but to stand up and walk over with Si Rong, and Chen Liang and others hurriedly made room for them.

The sky gradually became darker, and continuous dark clouds began to gather from all directions, like a giant beast wandering in the sky, making the earth become gray little by little, and people's vision became unclear.

The dark clouds grew thicker and thicker, as if ink in an ink tray was coloring the sky. The originally green mountains around seemed so depressing against the backdrop of the black clouds.

In the distance, there seemed to be a loud thunder.

But there was a loud cracking sound, smoke and dust rose in the tomb, the coffin lid was instantly opened, and everyone opened their eyes wide.

Shen Yuan screamed in horror: "Two corpses! They are really two corpses!"

Before he could finish his words, one of the skeletons suddenly sat up in full view of everyone.

Everyone moved away from the coffin in fear, except Shen Hui who remained standing.

Little Yuan also screamed and stepped back, but her legs went weak and she staggered and fell down, her whole body limp and unable to move.

Si Rong above was so frightened that she almost fell down, and Chen Ji hurriedly supported her.

A bright light flashed in the air, and the white bones turned their heads the moment they were illuminated, facing Xiao Yuan. Then there was a deafening sound of thunder.

"Sister...sister..." A cold and terrifying trembling voice echoed in the tomb, but no one could tell where the source of the sound came from.

"Ah..." Little Yuan almost screamed and her voice broke, but her arms and legs were out of control and she could not get away from the gloomy skeleton no matter what.

The trembling voice continued: "You have caused me so much pain... I want your children to pay for the lives of my children..."

When talking about her children, the fear on Little Yuan's face intensified. She trembled all over and screamed, "No... My children are innocent... It was Shen Yan who killed you! Not me!"

While saying these words, Xiao Yuan closed her eyes and just kept shaking her head and howling wildly.

However, everyone witnessed that after Xiao Yuan said those words, the skeleton lay back down again.

"Mother." Shen Hui took two steps and slowly reached out to support little Yuan.

"It's not me! It's not me!" Little Yuan was still screaming.

Shen Hui just held Xiao Yuan's hand. When Xiao Yuan felt the body temperature, she suddenly opened her eyes and saw a living person in front of her, but no bones could be seen. She slowly came to her senses.

Little Yuan was finally helped up by Shen Hui.

The sky was still overcast, but the tomb had returned to calm.

Secretary Chen walked up to Xiao Yuanshi and Shen Hui, with a strange smile on his face: "Mrs. Shen, Boss Shen, do you want to give a reasonable explanation?"

Shen Hui's eyebrows trembled, and she slowly approached the coffin. She stretched one hand into the air above the coffin, as if she was pinching something with two fingers and slowly pulling it.

Then, the skeleton sat up again under everyone's eyes.

Chen Liang, Chen Chong and others were watching. Shen Hui threw away the fan, raised her other hand, pinched something with two fingers in mid-air, and pulled it into her arms.

Then the skeleton turned its head.

Then, Shen Hui shook a few times without moving her mouth, but a trembling voice came from the tomb: "Sister, Minister Chen often goes to Meixiang Pavilion to fool around with a woman named Lanyue in the name of official business. If you have time, you might as well tell his wife, so he won't have time to "haunt" here!"

As the voice fell, Shen Hui loosened his hands and the skeleton lay down again.

The next thing everyone saw was Shen Hui's loud laughter and the embarrassment written all over the faces of Secretary Chen and Xiao Yuan.

However, Shen Hui quickly stopped laughing and explained to everyone around him: "The reasonable explanation is that Minister Chen led people to blow up the tomb last night and found a skilled craftsman to poke a very small hole in the coffin lid. From the hole, they confirmed that there were two skeletons in the coffin. Then they put in very thin wires and tied the skeletons... and invited a ventriloquist to infiltrate the soldiers and play tricks here."

"What a coincidence! I just happened to have learned ventriloquism, so I couldn't help showing off a few times. Unfortunately, I didn't learn it very well, and I'm not as good as the expert you invited. I hope you can forgive me." While talking and laughing, Shen Hui had already walked to Secretary Chen and gave him a charming smile.

Secretary Chen also smiled brightly and said slowly, "Even though Boss Shen is very intelligent, it is an indisputable fact that there are two bodies in one coffin. Moreover, Madam Shen has just admitted that the two were murdered, not died of illness. And the murderer's name is... Shen Yan, did this subordinate hear it correctly?"

Shen Hui chuckled and said calmly, "Whether you heard it wrong or not, I don't know. But... who is Shen Yan? Where is she?"

"I remember that the name of Chengzong's queen seemed to be Shen Yan? Is this a coincidence? Or are they the same person?" Secretary Chen raised the corner of his mouth and asked Shen Hui.

Shen Hui smiled faintly, as if nothing had happened.

Si Rong, who was standing there, had a tense face. She had sensed something but didn't dare to believe it.

"I just asked the plaintiff, how could an ordinary crazy woman enter the inner house of the Shen family? So I believe that it is the same person. Shen Yan is the eldest daughter of the Shen family, of course she can enter the inner house of the Shen family. Shen Yan and Shen Hui are sisters, and they are close in age, so they naturally have similar looks, and it is best to impersonate. Right?" Secretary Chen poked his head again and asked Shen Hui.

Shen Hui remained silent.

Si Rong's heart was in her throat.

"I am not lucky enough to have never met Chengzong's queen, and most of my colleagues do not have this blessing either. However... General Shang Yunshang is Chengzong's most trusted person. He has been in and out of Chengzong's residence when he was a prince in Beijing countless times. I wonder how many times he has met Chengzong's queen?" Secretary Chen looked at Shen Hui with a sly smile on his face.

Shen Hui remained silent.

Secretary Chen suddenly called out, "General Shang, please."

Si Rong turned around and saw Shang Yun walking up the mountain slowly. He had a serious expression on his face and it was obvious that he was reluctant to come here. It was also obvious that he had been invited here for a long time.

"I'm Shang Yun, your humble servant. I'm honored to meet the Emperor and the Princess." Shang Yun bowed to Chen Ji and Si Rong.

"I'm really sorry to bother General Shang, but there's nothing we can do. No one has ever seen the Queen of King Chengzong, so we can only ask you to identify her." Secretary Chen walked out of the tomb and bowed to Shang Yun with a smile.

Shang Yun ignored Secretary Chen.

Secretary Chen just continued to say to Shang Yun: "In front of the emperor, please ask General Shang to identify this boss Shen. Is it the Empress Shen Yan of Chengzong or the Empress Shen Hui of Xiaozong?"

Shang Yun hesitated for a moment, but still didn't say anything. He knew very well that admitting that the person in front of him was Shen Yan was equivalent to identifying the person in front of him as the murderer.

"If you lie... General Shang, that would be a crime of deceiving the emperor... your entire family will be executed..." Secretary Chen smiled and reminded Shang Yun again.

Shang Yun raised his head and moved his lips, but then lowered his head again.

"General Shang, don't be embarrassed." The person in the red skirt slowly walked out of the tomb, walked in front of Chen Ji, Si Rong, Shang Yun, Chen Mi and others, and frankly admitted: "I am Shen Yan."