Chapter 340

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Xiao Juan did not obtain any useful information from Empress Dowager Deng.

He left the Biquan Palace empty-handed.

As Empress Dowager Deng raised her hand to her forehead and frowned slightly, her eyes were filled with worry.

Granny Yi asked with concern, “Your Highness, are you feeling unwell? Do you want to call a physician over to take a look at you?”

Empress Dowager Deng waved her hand. “No need. I just feel annoyed.”

Granny Yi was someone Empress Dowager Deng had brought from her family. She had followed Empress Dowager Deng for many years and knew Empress

Dowager Deng’s temper ana personality very well.

Hearing Empress Dowager Deng say this, Granny Yi immediately understood the reason.

“Are you troubled by Noble Consort Shu?”

Queen Mother Deng said slowly, “Today, Yurong suddenly sent someone to the Biquan Palace. She said that the Startling Palace doesn’t have enough people and needs to borrow a palace maid from the Crystal Spring Palace.”

“They also asked that she had to be around seventeen or eighteen years old. At that time, I felt that something was wrong, but I did not think too much about it. I agreed to her request and lent Anlan to her.”

“In the end, An Lan never returned. Now, even Duke Lang had come looking for her. Tell me, what is Yurong trying to do?”

Yurong was Noble Consort Shu’s maiden name. Now, only Empress Dowager Deng would call her that.

Granny Yi placed a cup of calming tea beside Empress Dowager Deng and comforted her gently.

“Don’t think too much. Noble Consort Shu is your niece. She can’t harm you.”

Empress Dowager Deng sighed. “I was afraid that she would take things too hard and do something she shouldn’t.”

Granny Yi thought for a moment and suggested.

“When Noble Consort Shu is released, you can call her over and have a good talk with her. Noble Consort Shu has always respected you. She will definitely be willing to listen to you.”

Empress Dowager Deng picked up her teacup, the worry in her eyes lingering.

“I hope so.”

Xiao Juan returned to the Justice Department.

He told Yu Niaoniao the results of the investigation.

“The truth is not as you expected. Anlan is indeed from the Crystal Spring

“However, Empress Dowager Deng insisted that she was seriously ill and was sent out of the palace. She never mentioned her appearance in the Startling

Palace.”

“The Empress Dowager said that she did not know anything about Yunque.”

To put it bluntly, Empress Dowager Deng was determined to protect Noble Consort Shu. However, she had a noble status. Even Xiao Juan could not do anything to her.

Seeing that he was frowning, Yu Niaoniao comforted him.

“Don’t think about the Empress Dowager for now. From the current clues, we could basically confirm that the Yunque we saw was Anlan in disguise.”

“Noble Consort Shu had done this deliberately. She clearly did not want us to see the real Yunque. This also proved Noble Consort Shu’s guilty conscience. The real Yunque must be the palace maid who secretly hooked up with Wangfu. ”

Xiao Juan agreed with her guess.

“The real Yunque hasn’t shown up yet. She’s probably been silenced.”

The palace was neither big nor small. It was not difficult to hide a corpse.

If Xiao Juan wanted to find the real Yunque, he had to turn the entire palace upside down. The emperor would definitely not agree to him doing this. He could only give up the clue of the Yunque for the time being.

At this moment, Lo Pingsha came looking for him.

“Your Highness, Princess Consort, look at this.”

He handed over a dagger.

As soon as Yu Niaoniao saw the dagger, she immediately remembered.

“Isn’t this the dagger that the fake palace maid was holding?!”

Xiao Juan took the dagger and took a closer look. Soon, he remembered that on the first day of the Lunar New Year, Yu Niaoniao was assassinated in the palace. The dagger in the hand of the fake palace maid who wanted to assassinate her looked exactly the same as the dagger in front of him.

Xiao Juan asked, “Where did you get this dagger?”

Lo Pingsha replied truthfully.

“Meng Xizhou brought back two people today. One is Anlan, and the other is the masked killer who killed Anlan. And this dagger is the murder weapon that killed Anlan. ”

Yu Niaoniao blinked. “How can there be such a coincidence in the world?”

The two killers happened to use the same type of dagger. This probability was probably enough to buy a winning lottery ticket.

Xiao Juan said slowly, “This shouldn’t be a coincidence.”

Yu Niaoniao looked at him. “If it’s not a coincidence, these two must know each other.”

“Not only do they know each other, but they might be in cahoots.”

At this point, Xiao Juan looked at Lo Pingsha. “Take me to the killer.”

Yu Niaoniao immediately said, “I’ll go too.”

When they reached the morgue, they realized that Meng Xizhou was also there.

Meng Xizhou had already changed into clean clothes, but he was still a little dispirited. He should still be blaming himself for what happened with Anlan.

He bowed to Xiao Juan and Yu Niaoniao. “Greetings, Your Highness and Princess Consort.”

Xiao Juan asked, “Why are you here?”

Meng Xizhou said, “I heard that Little Lo has found out the identity of the person who killed Anlan, so I specially came to ask him about the situation.”

Lo Pingsha pointed to the man lying on the bed.

“This is the man who killed Anlan.”

The cloth had been removed from the man’s face, revealing his entire face.

His facial features looked very ordinary; it was the type of face that would be difficult to find in a crowd.

Such people had a low presence, and this was better for them to hide their identities and not be discovered.

Lo Pingsha spoke frankly.

“He committed suicide by taking poison. I’m not sure what poison it was. All I knew was that it was a very strong poison. As long as he took it, the poison would immediately flare up and he would die quickly.”

“Usually, people who can use this poison are professional killers.” Meng Xizhou recalled the process of fighting the masked man and said.

“When this person saw us appear, not only did he not escape, he even killed Anlan in front of us. It was obvious how purposeful he was.”

“His martial arts moves were mainly about killing people. Every move was aimed at the other party’s vital points. He was straightforward and ruthless, not showing any mercy. He did not even know how to defend himself. After confirming that he could not escape, he did not hesitate to kill himself with poison. ”

“In every way, he fits the killer’s style very well.”

Xiao Juan said slowly, “That fake palace maid was a professional assassin like him.”

Lo Pingsha asked, “Who hired a professional assassin to deal with the County

Princess?”

Yu Niaoniao recalled carefully. She had indeed offended many people, but it was not to the extent of making someone specially hire professional killers to kill her.

Xiao Juan put away the dagger and said calmly.

“We still have to find out who it is, but one thing is certain.”

Everyone was puzzled.

Xiao Juan continued, “We can contirm that the take palace maid who assassinated Niaoniao is also an assassin. When I report this matter to the emperor, Niaoniao’s crime of killing for no reason will be cleared.”

“A professional assassin had killed countless people in the past. Such a person deserved to die. Killing her was naturally not a crime.”

Only then did Yu Niaoniao realize that she had been accidentally proven innocent!

She smiled at Meng Xizhou.

“It’s all thanks to Little Meng!”

Meng Xizhou was very confused. He thought he had messed up. He did not expect to be able to clear the County Princess’s name..