sbdcsierra Chapter 807 has become another useless clue.
Chapter 807 has become another useless clue.
Lu Yangyang left the courtyard and returned to Ying Xun's residence. Ying Xun had not yet resigned from his post, and Hongyu was already waiting for her.
"Miss, I haven't seen the second young master. The shopkeeper said he went out of the city. I left a note, and the shopkeeper said he would send it to the second young master as soon as possible. If it's in time, the second young master should receive the message tonight."
Lu Yangyang nodded. "I already know. Tomorrow morning, go find Jiaojiao and ask her to investigate Consort Xu's family background. Tell her that I can't see her for the next few days and we'll talk about it in a few more days."
Hongyu nodded, "Yes."
Lu Yangyang then told her about Xiao Liu, telling her to go directly to Xiao Liu for help if she needed anything.
Lu Yangyang waited until Hai Shi (9-11 PM) before Ying Xun finally returned home.
Upon returning to his residence, Ying Xun learned that Lu Yangyang was still waiting for him. He immediately invited Lu Yangyang to his study and handed her a stack of papers: "This is the complete case file. It has been reorganized and copied. Thank you for your help today, Miss. If you hadn't discovered the cause of the Tenth Prince's death, this case would probably have been closed."
Ying Xun hadn't expected the case to make such a big progress today. He had originally planned to show the case file to Lu Yangyang at the Dali Temple after the autopsy, as he had promised yesterday. However, he couldn't manage it during the day, so he had someone make a copy and bring it back to Lu Yangyang.
Lu Yangyang took the file and immediately began reading. She had already learned the general details of the case from Lu Wei. The file Ying Xun brought contained the account of the incident, as well as testimonies from palace servants. The most important of these was the testimony of Sixi, the Tenth Prince's personal eunuch. Sixi said that the Tenth Prince had been experiencing occasional headaches this month and hadn't been resting well. He had consulted the imperial physician, who prescribed some sedatives, but they hadn't been very effective.
Ying Xun stood aside, looking at the confession that Lu Yangyang had spread out on the table, and said with emotion, "It was because of this confession that we also consulted the imperial physician and confirmed that there was nothing wrong with the Tenth Prince's body. The imperial physician's diagnosis was that the Tenth Prince was probably under pressure from his studies and couldn't sleep well, so he was prescribed a calming medicine. There were no other findings."
Before the Tenth Prince died suddenly, he had been suffering from headaches for a period of time. After discussing it with the imperial physician, they naturally concluded that the Tenth Prince died of illness.
Lu Yangyang remained silent, continuing to peruse the case files. She came across another testimony from a wet nurse named Chen who served the young prince at Guanju Palace. The wet nurse said that the prince had been ill for some time and would occasionally wake up startled at night. They told Consort Duan, who suggested summoning the imperial physician. However, the physician said the prince was too young for much medication and recommended placing a calming sachet by his pillow. Consort Duan told them to prepare one themselves. The wet nurse embroidered a sachet and placed it by the prince's pillow, but for some reason, it disappeared after the incident.
Lu Yangyang handed the confession to Ying Xun, who explained to her, "Based on this wet nurse Chen's confession, we searched all over Guanju Palace but couldn't find any calming sachet. Therefore, we suspected that there might have been something in the sachet that caused the Tenth Prince's sudden death, but we asked everyone in the palace and couldn't find the sachet. We also asked Consort Duan, but she said that such a trivial matter didn't involve her, that she didn't know anything about it, and that she had never seen any sachet. Even the nannies and maids around Consort Duan said they didn't know anything about it either."
Ying Xun said helplessly, "So this has become another useless clue."
Xue Wanyue was merely the young prince's foster mother. As for Xue Wanyue, she was well aware of the situation of her so-called favored concubine. Raising the young prince in her palace was not a good thing; on the contrary, it was a troublesome situation that put her in a difficult position. She might not want to get involved in this trouble, so naturally, she could not care about the young prince in every way.
Therefore, it's impossible for these calming sachets to have passed through her hands, and she certainly wouldn't have paid attention to whether there were any sachets.
However, the presence of the sachet raised suspicions about Xue Wanyue.
If the Tenth Prince's sudden death was indeed related to the sachet, then the missing sachet precisely indicates that there is a problem with Guanju Palace, and Xue Wanyue cannot escape blame.
Lu Yangyang finished reviewing the remaining records and picked out these two separately.
Ying Xun quickly asked, "Now that we've discovered the cause of the Tenth Prince's death, if we ask Sixi to confirm who the Tenth Prince saw during the days when he first started having headaches, we might be able to find out who did it. But could this sachet be related?"
Lu Yangyang shook her head: "It's not certain. The Tenth Prince was secretly needled, and he already had a terrible headache. If he were stimulated by certain smells, it's possible that he would lose control. Besides, smells dissipate quickly. As long as the sachet is hidden in time, you won't find any trace when you investigate again. Secondly, if there's nothing wrong with the sachet itself, then why did it disappear? Who took it? So much time has passed. If there was something wrong with the sachet, it should have been destroyed long ago. But I think we still need to find out how the sachet came to be."
Ying Xun replied, “What you said makes sense. When we were looking for the sachet, we also suspected its origin. But Nurse Chen said she made it herself and that the spices inside were from the Imperial Hospital, which also has records. However, the young prince has three wet nurses and more than a dozen palace servants serving him. At least half of the palace servants in Guanju Palace have contact with the young prince. So Nurse Chen said she couldn’t be sure if anyone had touched the sachet. She didn’t notice anything unusual about the sachet during the days she took care of the young prince.”
“If that’s the case, then there’s even more of a problem with this sachet,” Lu Yangyang said.
“There are indeed suspicious points. Tomorrow I will have someone interrogate the palace servants of Guanju Palace and Heming Palace again to see who has seen this sachet. Although there are many palace servants who have contact with the young prince, not many of them could have tampered with the sachet. We should be able to find some clues.” Ying Xun nodded, looking at Lu Yangyang with increasing admiration. “It’s really all thanks to you. Otherwise, I wouldn’t have been able to find a clue in this case.”
Lu Yangyang hurriedly waved her hand: "Lord Ying, you flatter me. I don't know anything about investigating cases. It's only after finding out the cause of the Tenth Prince's death that I was able to deduce some suspicious points. As for how to investigate in detail, it still depends on the investigation by the Dali Temple."
"Please don't be modest, young lady. I am indebted to you this time. If you need anything from me, please don't hesitate to ask. As long as it doesn't violate my principles, I will do my best to help you," Ying Xun said with a hearty laugh.
Lu Yangyang smiled, thinking that it was much easier to talk to smart people.
"To be honest, there is indeed something I need Lord Ying's help with," Lu Yangyang said. "I would like to see the case file of the Duke of Rong's treason case from back then."