Chapter 88: Further Investigation At The Lotus Pond

Although this fragrance was extremely light, even if it seemed to be absent, it made Zhao Ling, who has always had a keen sense of smell, have a familiar feeling. She picked up the black cloth and put it in front of her nose and smelled it carefully.

That was right, the aroma came from this strip of cloth. And she must have smelled this fragrance somewhere else. She had always been sensitive to smells and couldn't go wrong. In this, she had full confidence.

Her eyebrows were furrowed involuntarily, which was her habitual behaviour when she was thinking.

Lu Ziqing felt that he must have been working overtime for days and was confused. Seeing Zhao Ling's furrowing brows, he had the urge to reach out and smooth them out.

Just as he was trying his best to control his abnormal impulse, Zhao Ling suddenly cried out as if he had an epiphany: "Yes, I see!"

Lu Ziqing was startled, and quickly shook his head, and asked calmly, "What did Princess Xuan find?"

Seeing Zhao Ling's bright eyes and her pretty face glowing at this moment, Lu Ziqing felt his heart beating faster, and he couldn't take his eyes away from her.

Zhao Ling naturally didn't know Lu Ziqing's mind, so she wasn't concerned with this. She was only worried about her discovery.

How many people in the harem would be implicated by this discovery, and what kind of impact it would have on the palace, she really had no idea. But as a professional forensic doctor, all she has to do was to speak for the deceased. Any discovery was an important clue and must not be concealed at all.

Due to the importance of the matter, it would be too much for people to leak the news. Zhao Ling leaned close to Lu Ziqing's ear and said softly, "The fragrance on this cloth is the same as the fragrance on Concubine Li's body."

As the soft voice of Zhao Ling sounded beside his ears, and her faint fragrance drifted into his nose, Lu Ziqing only felt a booming surge of blood in his body, even his ears were hot.

He swore that he really used his greatest self-control to resist this casual temptation, but his hands were still uncontrollably trying to wrap around Zhao Ling's waist.

"Ling'er!"

At this moment, a low cry came from not far away, with obvious displeasure, as if trying to suppress an anger.

It was the voice of King Xuan!

Lu Ziqing's face froze, he calmly put down his hands. He quickly made fists with both hands, and hid them in the wide sleeves of the official uniform to hide his gaffe.

Zhao Ling was overjoyed when she heard the familiar voice, and turned to look at the source of the voice.

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A man in mysterious clothes, cold as jade, cold and arrogant, but domineering, was sitting in a wheelchair, glaring at her angrily, with a dark face.

What was wrong with this guy? Zhao Ling couldn't help laughing when she saw his awkward appearance. It was inexplicable.

Since the corpse was salvaged, the footprints at the scene were messy, and there was no need for rubbing. The Royal Forest Army carried out a comprehensive salvage and search of the lotus pond and its vicinity, but did not find the head of the deceased. 

The body had also been transported to the Ministry of Justice, and the next step was to conduct an autopsy on the body.

It could be said that the on-site investigation has basically been completed, so Zhao Ling proposed to Lu Ziqing. "Lord Lu, it's done here. Can we go?"

"Of course, Princess Xuan, please." Luckily, Lu Ziqing was extremely self-controlled. He tried his best to adjust his emotions, and he was basically back to normal.

Zhao Ling nodded and took the lead in walking towards Meng Yuan's direction. After standing in front of him, she squatted down and looked at him.

Seeing that his handsome face was tense and seemed to be uncontrollably angry, Zhao Ling raised her hand to cover his hand holding the wheelchair. His hands were as cold as before, so she rubbed the back of his hand a few times with some distress, and said helplessly. "What's wrong?"

Meng Yuan was really angry. It was useless for him to be angry with himself, and he involved her in the mess around him time and time again.

He would never forget the scene where she was suffering from snake venom and could only self-mutilate in the Wuji Sect cave. When he found her, she trusted him with all her heart and whispered "Take me away". That was just one of those scenes. He always brought her such dangers, but she always believed in him, followed him, comforted him, and helped him.

He had sworn that he would protect her well in the future, and never let her fall into any danger. But now, he had lost some confidence, and he didn't know if he still had this qualification of confidence because there were some things that even he didn't know how to deal with.

To him, both Feng Ze and Lu Ziqing seemed to be better choices for her than himself, but he couldn't do it. No matter what, he couldn't let her go. Without Ling'er's company, he believed he couldn't live at all.

Despite seeing the angry look on King Xuan's face, Lu Ziqing could only eat a humble pie and bow his head in salute. "Xiaguan Lu Ziqing has met Lord Xuan."

Meng Yuan glared at him coldly. "Lord Lu, you'd better remember your own identity."

Hmph, did he think this king couldn't see it? When Ling'er was talking to him just now, he was obviously lost in his own thought, that he forgot about his own hands.

The moment he saw Zhao Ling and Lu Ziqing whispering in their ears, he seemed to have the urge to kill.. If he hadn't believed in Ling'er, Lu Ziqing would have been crushed to ashes at this moment.

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