Chapter 556: Caught!
Translator: Lord bluefire
Shen Ruojing grabbed the forensic doctor’s hand that just took out the heart from the thorax.
As soon as she held the doctor’s hand, he became flustered. “Princess, what are you talking about?”
Princess Consort Yan also frowned. “Princess, what are you doing? Princess Consort Luo has been dissected. We want to restore her body quickly so that she can be reincarnated as a complete person in the next life. Please don’t obstruct the forensic doctor!”
Mother Luo became angry. “Princess, you don’t have to resort to such measures to avoid humiliation! How unfortunate is my daughter’s life! Even in death, she can’t be treated with respect...”
Only Father Luo remained calm, looking at Shen Ruojing. “Princess, have you discovered something?”
Ignoring the commotion around her, Shen Ruojing smirked at the forensic doctor, making him nervously swallow. His hand started trembling, but she didn’t let go.
Then, Shen Ruojing put on gloves, raised her hands, and rolled up her sleeves to show Father Luo that she had no chance to hide anything. She then carefully examined the heart held by the forensic doctor.
The bloody heart would make most people nauseous, but Shen Ruojing calmly touched it and suddenly brightened up. She then took a small knife from the side and made a cut in the heart.
Seeing this, Princess Consort Yan and Mother Luo’s faces changed dramatically.
Princess Consort Yan shouted, “Princess, don’t do this! If Princess Consort Luo is reincarnated, her heart will also have problems!’
Country A’s women were less educated and somewhat superstitious.
Mother Luo cried out, “Bullying, this is bullying us! ‘
However, Father Luo stepped forward and saw that Shen Ruojing was focused, ignoring their cries. After cutting open the heart and searching carefully, she found a very soft and fine silver needle!
The needle was tiny, only the length of a fingernail, and as thin as a hair. Even after dissecting the body, it would be difficult to see without careful examination.
But this did not include the forensic doctor.
The forensic doctor’s job was to find these things.
Shen Ruojing handed the silver needle to Father Luo. “Do you see this?”
Mother Luo was shocked and jumped up from the ground. She stared at the silver needle. ‘What is this? How did it get into my daughter’s heart?!”
Shen Ruojing slowly explained, “This silver needle was injected into her bloodstream, and with the flow of blood, it returned to the heart. This is the real cause of the heart attack!”
Mother Luo was stunned.
Father Luo stared at the silver needle, his expression incredulous. He quickly understood something and spoke hoarsely, “Using this silver needle to kill my daughter and make it appear as a heart attack... ‘
He yelled, ‘Who did it? Who killed my daughter?!’
Shen Ruojing sighed. “The murderer wants you to believe that my mother caused your daughter’s death. They want to tarnish my mother’s reputation and cause your Luo family to target my mother everywhere. In the end, who would benefit the most?”
Upon hearing this, Family Leader Luo suddenly turned his gaze to Princess Consort Yan. Everyone knew that Princess Consort Ji was the daughter of a concubine and had no chance of becoming the Queen. This left only Princess Consort Yan and Princess Consort Luo as contenders for the position.
King Jing Zhen, who was sitting above, suddenly spoke up, “Well, Princess
Consort Yan, so it turns out that all of this was your plot!”
Princess Consort Yan took a step back when the Family Leader Luo looked at her.
When she heard Jing Zhen’s words, she hurriedly waved her hands. “It wasn’t me, Your Majesty! How could I treat Sister Luo like this?!’
Shen Ruojing, however, looked at her with a half-smile. “Since the beginning, Princess Consort Yan has been trying to stop me from dissecting the body. Even when I approached, she tried to block me. If it wasn’t you, how do you explain this?!”
Princess Consort Yan bit her lips in anger. “I told you, if you damage Sister Luo’s heart, she will have a weak heart in her next life and won’t be able to reincarnate into a good family. I was doing it for Sister Luo!”
After finishing her words, Princess Consort Yan continued, “Princess, you insist it was me, but do you have any evidence? Moreover, after Sister Luo’s death, how did you know there was a silver needle in her heart? Silver needles...
aren’t they a part of Chinese acupuncture treatment? Are you trying to frame and trap me?!”
After saying this, Princess Consort Yan immediately knelt down in front of the Queen Dowager. “Queen Dowager, Aunt! You must stand up for me! I’ve been managing the harem for so many years, and I’ve never made such a mistake! But ever since Consort Shen returned, there have been constant troubles in the harem...”
She burst into tears. “And Family Leader Luo, don’t be deceived by the
Princess’s words. If the Princess hadn’t discovered the real cause of Sister Luo’s death, perhaps I would have been the ultimate beneficiary. But the Princess has found the cause of death and splashed the dirty water on our Yan family. The current beneficiary turns out to be the Princess!’
Family Leader Luo was stunned. When Shen Ruojing spoke earlier, he thought that he had been deceived by Princess Consort Yan, but now, Princess Consort Yan’s words also made sense!
Who could guarantee that this was not a plot within a plot?!
He furrowed his brows, looking at Shen Ruojing with suspicion. Shen Ruojing curled her lips. “Consort Yan is really sharp-tongued!”
In just a few words, she had implicated Shen Ruojing as well.
Princess Consort Yan looked at her. “Princess, I’m not sharp-tongued. It’s you who attacked me without evidence first. In that case, why can’t I defend myself and counterattack?”
Princess Consort Yan sighed. “Princess, you still haven’t answered my question. Do you know Chinese medicine? Is that silver needle related to you? We ordinary people only believe in the imperial doctor’s diagnosis, and just now the imperial doctors also said that the result of their pulse examination was that Sister Luo died of a heart attack, killed by anger. Princess, why are you so sure that Sister Luo was a victim? Could it be that your medical skills are even better than the imperial doctors’?”
Princess Consort Yan’s continuous questioning put Shen Ruojing at a disadvantage.
Family Leader Luo also stared at Shen Ruojing and no longer looked at Princess Consort Yan.
Obviously, his current target of suspicion was Shen Ruojing.
The situation suddenly turned against Shen Ruojing, becoming unfavorable for her. Mother Luo looked at Shen Ruojing, then at Consort Yan, and immediately burst into tears. “What on earth is going on?! Who is the real culprit?!”
Family Leader Luo also looked at Shen Ruojing and then asked, “Princess, since neither side has any evidence, tell me, how did you know there was a silver needle in my daughter’s heart?! ”
Shen Ruojing listened to their words and slightly curled her lips.. “Who said I don’t have any evidence?!”
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