Chapter 86: A Murder In The Palace? Let's Summon Zhao Ling [I]

It was a palace maid who died. The body of the palace maid was found in the lotus pond in the imperial garden.

This was one of the most remote lotus ponds in the Royal Garden, and few people usually pass by. Due to lack of care, the water in the pool was turbid all the year round. If it weren't for the heavy rain last night, the body would not have been found so quickly.

For the palace, the death of one or two palace maids was not a problem at all, but the death of this palace maid caused an uproar, which made the women in the palace panic, and also made Emperor Ming, who had just recovered some spirits, almost startled.

Because the death of this palace maid wa.s too cruel and terrifying.

She was in ragged clothes, her entire head was cut off at the neck, and her head was nowhere to be found. Five crooked blood-red words were engraved on her chest.

GIVE ME BACK MY LIFE.

This clearly showed that someone maliciously murdered, was trying to create chaos and make the people in the palace uneasy.

Emperor Ming was furious, and ordered the case to be handed over to the Ministry of Justice for a thorough investigation.

The Minister of Justice, Dong Runnian, was already a veteran of the three dynasties. He just submitted a letter to the court a few days ago, asking for his return to his hometown. 

The next popular candidate for the Minister of Justice was the current assistant Lu Ziqing, who had been acting as the Minister of Justice for a while now. Because during this period of time, Dong Runnian had gradually relegated himself to the second line, and had not been involved in the affairs of the Justice Department. Lu Ziqing was solely responsible for everything.

When Lu Ziqing received this case, his always dark and handsome face was even uglier.

Not long after he came back from Wuji Island, day and night, the backlog of documents in the Ministry of Justice was like a hill, and he couldn't breathe. The old fox Dong Runnian was now a hands-off shopkeeper, and he didn't care about it at all, so he had been working overtime every day these days, and he was in a bad mood.

Now, it was worse than bad for him. Even the death of a maid in the palace required him to take care of it. Did they think he was not busy enough? Were all those old and immortal people in Dali Temple take their salaries for nothing?

Moreover, the murder happened in the inner courtyard of the palace where the female relatives lived together, and the officers of the Ministry of Justice were all big men, so it would be highly inconvenient and very troublesome to investigate the case.

And he was really afraid of trouble.

Inside the Palace of Diligence and Administration.

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Since Emperor Ming's body had not yet recovered, he issued an oral decree and handed over the matter to the eldest prince, Meng Tianluo.

Lu Ziqing stood in the center of the hall with his head lowered, and he raised his concerns to the eldest prince Meng Tianluo on the grounds that all the officers in the Ministry of Justice were men and it was inconvenient to enter the harem to investigate cases.

In fact, his original intention was to say that it was best not to leave this matter to the Ministry of Justice. Wasn't there a Dali Temple here? The Dali Temple Minister was in a panic, so he had to find something to do for him, or he would be very sorry for him every time. Those white flowers that the month took.

Meng Tianluo thought for a while after hearing this, and his eyes flashed, and he said calmly, "Lord Lu's concerns are not without reason. It's really inconvenient for the officers to enter and leave the harem. Well, this king heard that, the future princess Xuan is erudite and knowledgeable, and the people in the capital say that she is omnipotent, and she happens to be in the palace at this time. Why not let her help Lord Lu regarding the harem?"

Why was Zhao Ling in the palace? Lu Ziqing was stunned for a moment. To have her help, of course, he could ask for it. It was just the Xuan Wang's side...

Thinking of King Xuan's almost perverted desire for protection and exclusiveness towards Zhao Ling, he was not sure whether Meng Yuan would agree to let his future princess intervene in the mess of the inner courtyard of the palace.

"Why, is Master Lu worried that King Xuan will disagree?" Meng Tianluo seemed to see Lu Ziqing's concerns, smiled grimly, and said, "Don't worry, Master Lu, this king will go and ask the emperor for an order, please forgive. King Xuan will not disobey the will."

However, who was Meng Yuan, of course he could do anything against the decree. After learning about Meng Tianluo's intentions, he immediately sent someone to send Zhao Ling, who was still waiting for Emperor Ming's summons, out of the palace without saying a word.

What a joke, his Ling'er wasn't used for your role in the Ministry of Justice.

But Meng Tianluo sent the decree who ran all the way, stopped Zhao Ling on the way, and read out the imperial decree of Emperor Ming on the spot.

The eunuch Xuanzhi held emperor Ming Huang's imperial decree, read the contents of the imperial decree with his characteristic sharp voice, and then said condescendingly to Zhao Ling, who was kneeling on the ground: "Miss Zhao, accept the decree."

After listening to a lot of obscure ancient texts, Zhao Ling finally understood what Emperor Ming meant. It turned out that she was asked to assist the Ministry of Justice in investigating the murder of a maid in the palace today.

She couldn't help but sigh. A good human word, you have to make it so complicated, old emperor, you were really something! The decree also said that she was erudite, intelligent and so on, and she didn't have to say it in such a high-sounding manner.

She also knew why Meng Yuan suddenly rushed to send her out of the palace. He definitely didn't want her to be involved in the mess of the harem.

But looking at the imperial decree handed in front of her, she felt as if she no longer had the right to choose.. So he had to turn back to the palace again and was taken to see Meng Tianluo at the Qinzheng Hall.

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