boyutpedia Chapter 252 Old things
Chapter 252 Old things
"Your Majesty will know when the time comes." Xu Yingying said with a faint smile on her lips.
After hearing this, the emperor felt too embarrassed to ask any more questions.
After a night of thinking, the emperor finally made up his mind to open the imperial tomb.
"But Your Majesty, in this case, the body of the late Queen must be kept properly."
Soon, a minister pointed out the crux of the problem.
"Your Majesty, I beg you to think twice. I have never opened the imperial mausoleum for a hundred years. If you rashly open the mausoleum, it may disturb the imperial family's feng shui, which will be unfavorable to future generations."
"I second the proposal."
"Yes! I hope Your Majesty can think twice!"
……
Many ministers opposed the emperor's opinion.
The emperor looked around majestically and said calmly, "My dear ministers, there is no need to persuade me anymore. I have made up my mind."
The emperor paused and continued, "As for the safekeeping of the late queen's body, I have also made up my mind. I will send the late queen's body to the palace first."
Some ministers wanted to raise objections on the spot, but they were rejected one by one by the emperor.
Early the next morning, officials from the Ministry of Rites prepared everything according to the emperor's instructions to welcome the late queen's body back to the palace.
The body of the late queen was preserved in a coffin in the imperial mausoleum. In order to maintain the integrity of the body and preserve its long-lasting appearance, the emperor sent special personnel to handle the body when the late queen died.
The late queen's body has been buried in the coffin for so many years, and it may not be easy to move the body this time.
The official in charge of this task reported to the emperor all the difficulties encountered in the ceremony of bringing the late queen's body into the palace.
"What's the point of me keeping you bunch of useless people? Can't you handle such a small matter?"
The emperor was so furious that the official in charge of the matter immediately bowed down.
"Your Majesty, I do have a way to transport the late queen's body back to the palace, but this project will consume a large amount of national treasury funds. If this happens, the national treasury will be empty. If there is another natural disaster or man-made disaster in other places, I am afraid that the court will find it difficult to cope with it."
"Snapped!"
The emperor threw the memorial to the ground heavily. "You are the official responsible for transporting the late queen's body, not the official in charge of war or disaster relief."
"All right!"
The emperor waved his hand helplessly, "Opening the imperial mausoleum is now the most important matter for our dynasty. You should transport the late queen's body back to the palace as soon as possible and don't delay this matter."
"The minister obeys the order."
Seeing that the emperor had made up his mind, the minister in charge of this matter had no choice but to obey his order.
The minister then seemed to have mobilized all the funds in the national treasury and spent three months transporting the queen's body back to the palace.
Only after this task was completed was the imperial tomb opened.
Soon the body of the late queen was returned to the palace, and the emperor urgently summoned all the people who had been there at the time, and after properly preserving the body, he buried it in Fengkun Palace.
Fengkun Palace was the palace where the late queen lived before her death.
"Do you know? The former queen's foot was bitten off by a big fish."
"How is this possible?"
"You haven't seen the late queen's severed feet. They are really scary."
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Ever since the body of the late queen was brought back to the palace, rumors have been spreading in the palace.
Some palace maids and eunuchs who were unaware of what happened that year were already frightened out of their wits.
This matter soon reached the emperor's ears.
"Come here, punish all those servants who dared to gossip about the late queen to do hard labor."
The emperor was furious. The former queen and the emperor were a young couple and childhood sweethearts.
Moreover, the late queen died when the emperor loved her the most, so naturally her status in the emperor's mind was different.
How could the emperor tolerate palace maids and eunuchs making irresponsible remarks about the late queen?
All those in the harem who were involved in the rumors were severely punished, but even so, it was difficult to quell the rumors in the harem.
Li Siqi soon informed Xu Yingying of this matter.
Xu Yingying sighed slightly and said helplessly: "It has been so many years since the late queen passed away. It may not be easy to find out what happened back then.
"But now rumors are spreading in the palace, and there are more and more negative comments about my mother, which is damaging to my mother's reputation. We must hurry up and find out the real murderer who killed my mother." Li Siqi said anxiously.
"I understand your anxiety." Xu Yingying comforted her.
"Then I will go to the palace to check the body tomorrow."
In fact, Xu Yingying was not completely sure about this matter and could only take it one step at a time.
Early the next morning, Xu Yingying came to the palace, to Jingren Palace.
The originally quiet palace is now guarded by three layers of imperial guards inside and outside because it stores the remains of the late queen, which is enough to show how much the emperor values the remains of the late queen.
Xu Yingying went straight into the hall and came to the body of the new queen.
Xu Yingying slowly opened the coffin and carefully observed the wounds on the late queen's feet.
"It definitely wasn't bitten off by a big fish. It must have been injured by a sharp weapon."
Xu Yingying looked at the smooth wound and fell into deep thought.
"How could such an obvious clue be overlooked? Could it be that there was some other hidden reason behind the death of the late queen?"
Xu Yingying muttered to herself, and at the same time, her brows furrowed even more tightly.
Xu Yingying felt that this was a very useful clue and she had to discuss it with Li Siqi immediately, so she immediately returned to her mansion.
Li Siqi got up early in the morning and waited in the study for Xu Yingying to return.
"Yingying, how was your checkup?"
"What did you find?" Li Siqi asked anxiously.
Xu Yingying quickly said, "The broken parts of your mother's legs are flat, they were not bitten off by a big fish at all. I always feel that there is something else going on. You should recall the details carefully and don't miss anything."
"How could this happen? What happened back then was clearly..."
Li Siqi frowned slightly after hearing Xu Yingying's analysis. He tried hard to recall what happened that year, hoping to find more clues from it.
"In fact, my mother died outside the palace that year." Li Siqi said helplessly.
"Ah? Outside the palace?" Xu Yingying asked in surprise.
Li Siqi recalled what happened back then, sighed slightly and continued, "Back then, my mother accompanied my father on a secret tour. When they passed by a small river, my mother accidentally fell into the water."
"At the time, my father was accompanied by a eunuch and a guard. When my mother fell into the water, everyone rushed to rescue her, but by the time they were rescued, she had already died."
"Why is this different from the information we collected before?"
Xu Yingying frowned slightly, and then raised a new question: "So the information in the file is inconsistent? Then our previous direction was wrong?"
"It was raining heavily on the day when my mother was killed. My father was short-handed and due to the weather, he was unable to rescue my mother in time." Li Siqi explained helplessly.
"So that's how it is." Xu Yingying nodded to show that she understood.
"Don't worry too much. Since we are investigating the case, I believe the truth will come out soon."
Xu Yingying looked at the dejected Li Siqi and spoke to comfort him.
"Okay." Li Siqi nodded.
In the study room.
Camellia looked at Xu Yingying as arrogantly as ever.
Xu Yingying looked at her miserable appearance without feet and felt sympathy for her.