The coroner and the concubine doctor pursue the murderer in the Dali Temple

After entering the palace, the two parted ways. Xiao Mubei went to court, while Chu Yunxi went to Yongshou Palace.

Bai Yu now follows Chu Yunxi all the time. Xiao Mubei has instructed that Chu Yunxi must not be allowed to get into trouble again, so even when entering the palace, Bai Yu will not leave her side.

To go to Yongshou Palace, one needs to pass through the Imperial Garden. Chu Yunxi is not in a hurry today and simply wants to stroll around the Imperial Garden. She doesn't have this opportunity on weekdays.

She strolled leisurely as if she was taking a leisurely walk in a garden. The Imperial Garden really lived up to its name, with colorful flowers and fragrant smells. All kinds of rare flowers that are rarely seen outside can be seen here. Chu Yunxi seldom appreciates flowers, so at this moment she had the rare interest to do so, so she walked slowly while looking at the flowers.

A patch of red and white camellia caught Chu Yunxi's attention. This variety was very rare, but there was a large patch of it planted here. Each plant was lush and leafy, with some flowers just blooming and some about to bloom. They were growing very well.

As I was watching intently, a child's voice suddenly asked, "Who are you?"

Chu Yunxi didn't notice when she saw a little boy of seven or eight years old squatting next to the camellia. She was startled. When she looked closely, she saw a little boy with red lips and white teeth squatting there with a sad face. Although his clothes were luxurious, they were still not as good as those of the princes in the palace. He should not be a prince.

She squatted down, looked at the little boy with interest, and asked, "Who are you?"

"I am Wan Boyu, the study companion of the Thirteenth Prince."

"Why are you here alone so early in the morning? Are you lost?"

"No, I'm very familiar with the Imperial Garden." Wan Boyu raised his head, but then shrank back, "I...I, I have nothing to do in the morning, so I came to the Imperial Garden to play."

When he said this, his eyes flickered, and he didn't even dare to look at Chu Yunxi. Chu Yunxi ruthlessly exposed him, "You are lying."

Wan Boyu paused for a moment, then became angry and said: "Who are you? I don't even know you, why do you care about me?"

"I'm Chu Yunxi, the concubine of Prince Dingbei. Since I've met you, I can naturally take care of you," Chu Yunxi said in a pretended stern manner, "You've been sneaking around so early in the morning. You must be doing something bad. If you don't tell me, I'll tell Concubine Li and ask her to send you home, so as not to lead the Thirteenth Prince astray."

The biological mother of the Thirteenth Prince is Concubine Li.

Wan Boyu's face was puffed up with tears in his big eyes, but he refused to let them fall. He said angrily, "I didn't do anything bad. Two days ago, Thirteen and I were playing here. A black cat came from somewhere. We happened to see a cooked fish over there on the rockery. I don't know which eunuch hid it, so we took it and fed it to the cat. But the cat didn't leave after eating it, so it kept digging here and dug out this..."

He tremblingly took out a bone from the camellia bushes. When Chu Yunxi saw it, her face immediately changed and she said, "Bai Yu, notify the guards to seal off this place first."

Bai Yu went there immediately. Chu Yunxi picked up the bone and looked at it carefully. It was a human tibia. It was covered with mud at the moment, but Chu Yunxi could still tell it at a glance. After all, this was her specialty.

Wan Boyu was trembling with fear. Chu Yunxi slowed down her tone and asked, "Since you discovered it two days ago, why didn't you tell Concubine Li or the Imperial Guards?"

Wan Boyu's voice was filled with tears. "I dare not say it. Something happened to the emperor when we returned that day. Thirteen and I were terrified and didn't dare to say anything. But the more I thought about it these past two days, the more scared I became. I couldn't sleep this morning, so I thought about coming back to have a look."

"What about the black cat? Did it leave after digging this out?"

"Well," Wan Boyu thought for a moment, "the cat was trying to gnaw on the bone, and suddenly seemed to hear something, raised its head and listened for a while before leaving. Thirteen and I originally thought that someone had secretly gnawed on the bone and left it here, but...but we saw that person," he pointed at the bushes with a trembling hand, "we were scared and ran away."

Chu Yunxi looked inside and saw the bones of a palm hidden inside.

The Imperial Guards arrived soon, and the palace maids and eunuchs passing by began to point and talk, guessing what had happened. After a while, Concubine Li and the Thirteenth Prince hurried over, and after a while, the Queen also came, and finally Emperor Sui Ming and Xiao Mubei, who had just left the court.

Emperor Sui Ming had just issued an edict of guilt in the court, and was in a bad mood. When he heard that something happened in the harem again, he was very upset. When he got here, he first said to the empress: "What is going on in the harem recently? If the empress is unable to cope with it, you can tell me and I will find someone to share the burden for you."

These were very harsh words. Not only did they blame the Queen for her poor management of the harem, they also meant to remove her from management authority over the harem. Moreover, they were said in front of so many people, leaving the Queen no face at all.

Empress Yuan was filled with hatred, but she still looked humble and docile. "It was my poor management that allowed the bad guys to take advantage of it. I will definitely strengthen management and not let Your Majesty worry about the affairs of the harem anymore."

It's really the thief crying "stop thief". Chu Yunxi and Xiao Mubei looked at each other and understood the meaning from each other's eyes.

Emperor Sui Ming came to Chu Yunxi and asked, "I heard that you found the human bones?"

Chu Yunxi lowered her eyebrows and looked submissive, "To answer your Majesty, it was not discovered by me, your Majesty, but by this young Master Wan. He said that the Thirteenth Prince also discovered it at the same time."

Emperor Sui Ming looked at Wan Boyu and the Thirteenth Prince, one kneeling on the ground and the other trembling in Concubine Li's arms.

Emperor Sui Ming waved his hand and said, "Dig this place up."

The Imperial Guards took action immediately, and Emperor Sui Ming went to ask Wan Boyu and the Thirteenth Prince, and the explanation he got was the same as what Wan Boyu had just told Chu Yunxi.

When he heard that it was the black cat that dug it out, his brows frowned even more and he didn't say anything for a long time.

The camellia flowers were dug up, and Chu Yunxi thought to herself that it was no wonder that these camellia flowers grew so well. With human fertilizer, how could they not grow well?

After a while, a skeleton appeared in front of everyone. The timid Concubine Li and the two children had already hidden far away. Although the Queen did not hide, she covered her mouth and nose with a handkerchief and dared not look over here.

Chu Yunxi squatted down to examine it calmly and said, "This is the skeleton of a woman. She died about nine years ago. There is a dent on her skull. She was hit on the back of the head by a heavy object and died. She is about five feet tall and thin."

Xiao Mubei's face changed slightly. Nine years, isn't that about the same time as his mother left the palace?

Emperor Sui Ming was silent for a while, and said, "I didn't expect that the side princess is not only good at medicine, but also knows how to perform autopsies. In this case, let the matter be handed over to the eighth elder to investigate. Make sure to find out the cause of death of this body, and don't betray my trust again."

Xiao Mubei knelt down to accept the order, and Emperor Sui Ming walked to Empress Yuan and said calmly: "Queen, please assist me and report the progress of the case to me in a timely manner."

"I obey your command." The queen bowed.