The emperor just doesn't treat everyone equally, and it's none of my business!

Everyone knew that what Concubine Wang said was false. If she was really such a tolerant and generous person, she would not have had a conflict with Concubine Wen.

But what she said was also right. If she wanted to kill He Ye, why did she kill her own palace maids as well and take the initiative to bring Gu Shijin in?

To put it bluntly, if a palace maid was killed, it would be difficult for Concubine Wen to find out who killed her.

"Yunzhi, go and tell me if any palace servants have seen anything nearby today." Shangguan Yan said.

In ancient times, there were no cameras, so witnesses and physical evidence were the important basis for investigating a case. However, Gu Shijin estimated that no one would come. This was a completely thankless task. The palace servants were not stupid, so who would come and cause trouble?

"Yes, your majesty." Yunzhi did as she was told.

"Empress, she seems to have something in her hand." Gu Shijin pointed at the left hand of Wang Guiren's personal maid. Her left hand was clenched tightly, forming a sharp contrast with her right hand. It really looked like there was something.

"Yunhua." Shangguan Yan raised his head towards Yunhua.

Yunhua walked over and tried to pry the palace maid's hands open, but he couldn't get them open the first time. Then he had to use a lot of strength to finally pry them open, and the things inside were revealed to everyone.

It was a small blue pendant, very small, probably only as big as the thumb nail, and the quality of the jade was not very good.

"My queen, this doesn't look like it belongs to the masters." Xiao Linzi whispered beside Gu Shijin.

Gu Shijin did not answer. She felt that it was not necessarily the case. Not everyone liked gorgeous and expensive things. Perhaps this pendant had a different meaning to the person it belonged to.

Just when everyone was paying attention to what the palace maid was holding in her hand, Gu Shijin looked around at the expressions of everyone present. Everyone was very normal and not panicked at all. If it wasn't for their excellent acting skills, it would mean that the death of the two palace maids really had nothing to do with these people.

"Empress, I seem to recognize this pendant." At this time, Concubine Rong, who had not spoken much since she came to Fengyi Palace, said.

"Oh, Concubine Rong knows who it belongs to?" Shangguan Yan looked at Concubine Rong in surprise.

Concubine Rong has been particularly well-behaved in the past two years, focusing most of her energy on the eldest prince, to the point that the queen almost forgot about her.

Concubine Rong smiled softly and said, "Your Majesty, I actually don't know who this belongs to, but I have seen it somewhere."

The Queen was very cooperative with Concubine Rong and asked, "Oh? Where is it?"

"I have seen it in Concubine Wen's palace."

"Before, I took the eldest prince to Yonghe Palace to play with the second princess. The two children liked to run around, so they ran to the east side hall of Yonghe Palace. I saw this pendant on a eunuch in the east side hall."

"The pendant was hanging around the eunuch's waist at the time, so I noticed it."

Everyone knows that the main seat of Yonghe Palace is Concubine De, the one living in the west hall is Concubine Zhang Weimo, and the one living in the east hall is Concubine Wen.

As it now seems, it is very likely that someone in her own palace killed her personal maid.

All of a sudden, everyone looked at Concubine Wen.

"Empress, I don't know about this, and I don't know the eunuch who has this pendant." Concubine Wen was still relatively calm. Even though Concubine Rong had caught her with a hint of evidence, there was no panic on her face. If she really did it, then this person's psychological endurance must be quite good.

Queen: "Concubine Rong, do you still remember what that eunuch looked like?"

"Your Majesty, I still have some impression of him because it happened not long ago. If that person stood in front of me, I should be able to recognize him."

The queen nodded with satisfaction.

At this time, Concubine Ming also came over with the eunuch.

"This concubine greets Her Majesty the Queen."

"Get up."

Mingpin probably also heard what had happened. When the queen asked her whether Wenpin's personal maid He Ye had gone to see her, she told her the whole story.

Wenpin's personal maid did go to Mingpin's palace to deliver something, but she was fine when she left. Everyone in Mingpin's palace could testify to this.

Moreover, He Ye was very happy when she left. She met a young eunuch at the gate of Mingbin Palace, and the two of them left together, talking and laughing.

Many people saw this, but the little eunuch kept his head down, so no one could see what he looked like.

"So the person who killed these two palace maids was that little eunuch?" said the queen.

Gu Shijin thought for a moment and said, "My Queen, why did this young eunuch want to kill He Ye?"

From what these people said, He Ye obviously knew the young eunuch, and they must have a good relationship, otherwise they wouldn't be talking and laughing so much.

"I think this little eunuch is most likely the same person as the little eunuch that Sister Rong Fei has met." Gu Shijin continued. They are both from the same palace, so it is not surprising that they know each other.

There are not many people serving in the palace of a concubine. There are only ten eunuchs in Concubine Wen's palace. These are all recorded in the files of the Ministry of Internal Affairs and are easy to check.

But in the end, only nine eunuchs came, and the eunuch named Huazi was missing.

"Has any of you seen Hua Zi?" asked the Queen.

The nine eunuchs lowered their heads and said nothing. Some of them looked up and glanced at Concubine Wen. The queen naturally saw the eunuchs' little movements. She slapped the table with her hand and asked sternly, "Did you see it?!"

"Reply... reply to the Queen... Your servant... Your servant saw Huazi and Miss Heye go out together." A young eunuch stood up and said tremblingly.

"you sure?"

"The servant is sure."

Hua Zi is a eunuch in Concubine Wen's palace. Although he is not the head eunuch in her palace, he is also someone Concubine Wen trusts more. Naturally, everyone's attention is on Concubine Wen again.

"Princess Wen, what do you say?" asked the Queen.

"Your Majesty, I really didn't know about this. I didn't even know that Hua Zi and He Ye had such a good relationship. Normally, they didn't have much interaction with each other."

"What Concubine Wen said is funny. They are in the same palace, and both of them are people you trust. How could they have no intersection?" Concubine Wang finally caught Concubine Wen's handle and hurried forward to add insult to injury.

"What do you mean, Concubine Wang? Do you mean that I ordered my own eunuchs to kill my personal maid?" Concubine Wen suddenly became angry and questioned Concubine Wang.

"Who knows?" Concubine Wang whispered.

"Alright!" the queen scolded, "What kind of place is this? You guys are just making a fuss here. The most urgent thing now is to find Huazi first!"

"I have helped the Queen find the person she wants."

As soon as the queen finished speaking, Lu Junze walked in.