Chapter 545 - Who Killed Ming Xia? (2/2)

Mo Xuetong slightly smiled and didn’t fight against her. Instead, she said in a soft voice. “Consort Zhao, you’re overthinking. I didn’t mean anything. I just noticed that her face is similar to yours. Your Highness, this girl is Ming Xia and there is the other girl named Ming Yu. They both look similar to you.” Then she looked at Consort Zhao again as if she really felt strange.

Her gaze made Consort Zhao feel the veins in her forehead throb. However, she knew that she could not fall out with Mo Xuetong now. She gritted her teeth forcefully and a gentle smile appeared on her face. She asked in confusion, “I also think the maid looks similar to me. What a coincidence!”

“It’s indeed a coincidence. When I came here with Elder Brother just now, I saw a eunuch holding something and sending it to the Mingyue Palace. Seeing the eunuch act secretively, we asked people to arrest him. I didn’t expect that he had two selling indentures. And the two happened to be the maids who fled to my manor. I’m really curious.”

Feng Yuran waved his hand as he spoke. A eunuch handed over an open box respectfully. Everyone looked into the box and saw that there were two selling indentures with the government seal on them.

“Ming Yu, Ming Xia.” Someone read the names on it. It was a voice that was neither too loud nor too small, but everyone could hear it.

Consort Zhao’s face was as pale as a sheet of paper that could be blown away and torn apart at any time when she saw the box. She looked at the paper and then at Feng Yuxuan and Feng Yuran. Then, she suddenly forced a smile and asked, “Where’s the eunuch?”

She was certain that she hadn’t asked Lian An to send her the selling indentures, so someone must have done something to harm her. Her years of experience with the palace fight told her that she couldn’t be affected now.

“The eunuch died in the same way she did. Somebody, come and see if the marks on the female corpse are made by the hands of that eunuch?” Feng Yuran smiled evilly and stretched out his hand. The crowd parted and he saw a guard dragging a eunuch’s corpse from outside.

The timid young ladies in the crowd let out short screams. There were dead people one after another, and there were two lying on the spot. At this time, another was dragged over. It appeared chilling no matter how one looked at it. The young ladies trembled.

The guard pulled the dead eunuch to the side of the dead palace maid and picked up his feeble hand and made a gesture on the palace maid’s neck. Then he stood up and reported respectfully, “Your Highness, the palace maid was pinched by him, and the mark on his hands are exactly the same as that on her neck.”

Hearing the report, everyone was in an uproar. Just now, they all made an issue of the maid named Ming Xia. Now they found that the accidental link seemed to have nothing to do with the previous murder. What did the palace maid mean? Everyone’s eyes were focused on the palace maid kneeling beside the palace maid Fei Huan.

This maid was supposed to be from the Empress’ palace, wasn’t she?

“The palace maid was threatened by that eunuch to steal Consort Chu’s handkerchief, and then was killed by him. He walked with the palace maid all the way, and maybe he said he was afraid. But since it was the matter of the master in this palace, the palace maid didn’t dare to say anything about it. Later, she died an unnatural death. In the end, she blamed it on my wife. Now, the most important thing is to find out which palace the eunuch belongs to. Then we might be able to find his master.”

Every word of Feng Yuran pointed to the loophole in the matter just now. In fact, besides that, everyone just now was only paying attention to the maid Ming Xia and had forgotten that the interrogating eunuch had once told them that the murderer was a man. How could such a weak woman like Ming Xia kill a palace maid who was about the same age as her?

Hearing his words, the maid kneeling on the ground was sweating profusely and did not dare to lift her head. She could sense the Empress’ cold glare on her head and did not dare to move. What she said was told by the Empress in order to make people suspect Mo Xuetong. However, the situation had changed and she did not know how to deal with it. As such, she lowered her head and pretended to be sad. She ignored the matter no matter what Feng Yuran said.

Which palace did the eunuch come from? No matter which palace he came from, he must be from the palace. The consorts following the Empress were all stunned. They had just been watching the scene of bustle and now they found that it was possible for them to be framed. So their faces turned pale.

No matter who got involved in this kind of thing, it would not be good.

“The eunuch was going to send a gift box to Consort Zhao’s Mingyue Palace. Of course, he is Consort Zhao’s people. Will he come from the other consorts’ palace? If no one received this gift box, he would still be exposed. It means that there is someone in the Mingyue Palace to receive it,” Consort Yu said lazily.

With her pregnancy, she normally did not have much energy, so she was the least likely to be the culprit. Now she directed at Consort Zhao, without considering her dignity. She listened happily. No matter what, this matter was related to Consort Zhao. She had long suspected that Consort Zhao had some sort of connection with Lian’s Manor, so of course she wanted to add insult to injury.

“That’s right. I heard that Consort Zhao’s family had once had a good relations.h.i.+p with Minister Lian, and that Consort Zhao’s relations.h.i.+p with Minister Lian was also quite good. So what if he gave her two maids’ selling indentures?” In order to get rid of her suspicion, another imperial consort smiled charmingly and pushed the matter onto Consort Zhao.

“Needless to say, the second miss of the He family was Minister Lian’s mistress. I heard that he had made a big scene because of it. In this case, even Minister Lian could be considered Consort Zhao’s niece’s husband. It really isn’t a big deal to give her a gift.”

“You’re right. I heard that Second Miss He is Consort Yu’s brother’s fiancée. She eloped with Minister Lian now. Minister Lian seemed to be quite decent at ordinary times, but unexpectedly, he couldn’t control himself in the carriage that day. He and Second Miss He… Many people saw it in the capital along the way. It’s, really…”

The imperial consort who was speaking looked shy, but she made it clear what she wanted to express.

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