"Zhao Ang, tell me, what is going on here?"
"I... I do not know, I was only ordered to go out and make purchases."
Mr. Zhao’s words were pale, repetitively echoing the same statement.
"Seventh, you are the Commander of the Imperial Army, such an incident occurred in the Imperial Palace, you should thoroughly investigate it."
Dongfang Qi did not dare to rashly deal with Zhao Ang, due to his special status as an eunuch serving the Empress.
Among the eunuchs of the Imperial Palace, Mr. Li is the foremost, then Zhao Ang is the second.
"This third brother, clearly wants to trap me."
Dongfang Li was also at his wits’ end, he could only order someone to notify the Empress.
However, after waiting for a moment, the Empress had not yet arrived, but instead, the Eldest Prince Dongfang Cheng came first.
"Zhao Ang, what a good job you’ve done. Tell me, what’s the deal with these bones?"
Upon seeing Zhao Ang, Dongfang Cheng came forward and kicked him right in the chest.
Zhao Ang’s head kept knocking on the ground.
"Eldest Prince, I have been framed. I know nothing; the horse carriage was prepared by the Internal Affairs Bureau, I must have been framed by someone."
Dongfang Cheng’s expression slightly eased.
"Third brother, Seventh, this matter is strange, in my opinion, we should first detain Zhao Ang, and after the investigation is clear, then we can make a decision."
"These skeletons have moss on them, if I’m not mistaken, the moss looks identical to the one in the fish pond. This morning, the Crown Princess Consort fell into the fish pond, which has piranhas, and the fish in the pond were ordered to be poisoned. Mr. Li was going to fish them out, but Mr. Zhao came to stop him, even using the excuse that the Empress wanted to perform rituals for the fish. Now it seems, it might not be just the fish that needed rituals."
Dongfang Li and Dongfang Qi looked at the skeletons again, indeed there was moss on them.
Zhao Ang was hasty in dredging the bodies; he didn’t even manage the skeletons before hurriedly sending them out of the palace, unaware of Dugu Wu’s keen observation.
"Prince Wu, do not spit blood."
Zhao Ang became anxious.
"Prince Wu, are you implying that my mother also knows about this? You’ve got some nerve, daring to suspect my mother!"
Dongfang Cheng rebuked.
"Eldest Prince, I did not say that. The Empress is benevolent and maternal, known both within the palace and by the common people. How could she be linked to these skeletons? I simply kindly remind you, don’t be deceived by Zhao Ang. The urgent task is to thoroughly investigate the identities of these skeletons."
"Prince Wu is right, actually, checking the identities of these skeletons isn’t hard."
Just then, Feng Bailing came over supporting the Empress.
As soon as he saw the Empress, Mr. Zhao straightened his back.
But who knew the Empress’s face was filled with anger.
"Cheng’er, take Zhao Ang away, throw him in the Heavenly Prison."
The Eldest Prince stepped forward and pinned Mr. Zhao to the ground.
"Silence, dog slave!"
Dongfang Cheng delivered a hand chop, and Mr. Zhao was rendered unconscious.
"Ah Ling, did you just say that investigating these people’s identities is not difficult?"
Dongfang Li looked towards Feng Bailing, his eyes filled with delight.
"It’s easy to say, these bones are from years ago, even the palace coroners can’t make heads or tails of it, let alone you?"
Dongfang Cheng sneered.
Merely relying on the light of Hong Haoran saving Emperor Yongye, does this Feng Bailing think he is a reborn Hua Tuo?
"The security in the Imperial Palace is strict, and the personnel coming and going are carefully screened; these corpses, at a glance, are women. I have a method to test their bone age at the time of death, whether they have given birth, and combined with the palace’s missing personnel, we can roughly guess their identities."
Feng Bailing spoke confidently.