Rebirth of the Phoenix Princess novel Chapter 736

Qian Zhuo is missing. It was really a euphemism. What the officer from the Neishi Bureau said was that Qian Yin escaped from punishment and she even killed the eunuchs who was guarding.

With a bitter look on his face, Qi Ruihai, who was sitting opposite Yun Shang, didn't dare to look up at her. He kept repeating, "Your Highness, I didn't apply lynching. Qian Zhuo is a suspect, so she must be imprisoned in prison. But I prepared the best prison for her, and even the quilt she used was the best. I worried that it would be cold at night, so I even prepared a spare quilt for her.

Tapping on the armrest gently, Yun Shang stared at Qi Ruihai. She looked so calm that it was hard to tell what she was thinking. "So, Lord Qi means that she, a maid who knows a little kung fu for self-defense, killed several guards after breaking the lock of the prison, and then disappeared in the heavily guarded Palace?"

Qi Ruihai was stunned and didn't retort.

Yun Shang smiled faintly, "Does His Majesty that know the guards in the inner Palace are so weak? I'll go to see His Majesty later and tell him about it. If the Palace hasn't been guarded strictly, His Majesty might be in danger at any time. His Majesty's safety is related to the whole country."

Qi Ruihai felt a little embarrassed and said, "I don't know either. Maybe Qian Zhuo is very familiar with the situation in the inner Palace and has hidden somewhere? Or maybe there is someone in the inner Palace who could help her?" Hearing what Qi Ruihai said, Yun Shang couldn't help laughing. Qi Ruihai looked at her with confusion. After a long time, Yun Shang raised her head and said, "Lord Qi, are you sure that the person you are talking about is a maid of mine? If that's the case, then I have to admire her for that she could know the inner Palace so well after coming to the Palace for just several times. She is just a maid in my mansion, how could she has someone in the inner Palace to aid her?"

Qi Ruihai was choked by Qi Ruihai's words. He kept silent for a long time before he said, "Your Highness, what do you think it should be?"

Yun Shang looked out of the palace. The sky was blue and clear after the rain. After a long silence, Yun Shang asked softly, "Did anyone witness that Qian Zhuo opened the door herself and killed the prison guards?"

Qi Ruihai paused and shook his head. "No."

Yun Shang then looked away and said, "So, what you said to me just now was all your wild speculations? Why can't it be that the real murderer who killed Lady Liu took Qian Zhuo away from the prison in order to create the illusion that Qian Zhuo escaped from punishment?"

Qi Ruihai was stunned again, but he couldn't find a good word to refute Yun Shang. He had to keep silent and lower his head.

Yun Shang took a look at Qi Ruihai and stood up. "Lord Qi, why don't you take me to the prison and see if there is any useful clue?"

Seeinhg Qi Ruihai was hesitating, Yun Shang said with a cold face, "Oh, I forgot that I'm also a suspect of Lady Liu's death. Lord Qi definitely can't alow me. Do I need to ask for His Majesty's permission?"

Qi Ruihai hurriedly shook his head and said, "No, no. Your Highness could go to check at any time. I was just thinking that it might not be good for Your Highness to go to such a place as you've been pregnant."

Yun Shang ignored him and went out directly.

The Neishi Bureau was on the west of the inner Palace. Qi Ruihai led Yun Shang straight into it. A passing through the inner hall and a yard, they came inside a room in which there were steps leading to the underground, which should be the prison.

"Have you seen any footprint outside?" Yun Shang asked softly.

Qi Ruihai shook his head and sighed, "It was rainning all night. Everything has been washed clean, and there are no footprints left."

Yun Shang nodded slightly. When she went downstairs, she saw that a room was brightly lit. It should be the interrogation hall. There were all kinds of implements of torture, a table and two chairs.

Noticing that Yun Shang's eyes fell on the implements of torture, Qi Ruihai hurriedly added, "I have never punished Qian Zhuo, not at all."

Yun Shang nodded without saying anything.

Then Qi Ruihai took Yun Shang inside. There were cells on both sides, but they were all empty. There were still a few corpses on the passage, which hadn't be cleared for keeping the scene.

Yun Shang squatted down and examined them carefully. There were four people who were killed by sharp blades. The wounds of two of them were in front of them, and the wounds of another two were at their back. They were all killed by a blade with one strike.

Yun Shang stood up in silence and followed Qi Ruihai to a cell. "Here, this is the cell where Qian Zhuo is imprisoned." The cell was indeed much cleaner. There were dry straws at the corner, and the quilts was on the straws. Yun Shang saw a few straws was scattered on the ground.

Judging from the even fracture, the lock was undoubtedly cut open.

Yun Shang glanced at the cell casually and said, "Well, I'm done checking. I'll go back to the Zhaoxia Palace."

Qi Ruihai was stunned and looked at Yun Shang in surprise. "Do you have any clue, Your Highness?"