The weak princess is super fierce

Chapter 581 Concubine Tong

As expected, Envoy Du did not go directly to the East Palace. Instead, he first walked around among the concubines in the harem and asked for their pulses.

Of course, there were only five concubines in the entire harem whose pulse could be checked personally by the chief official of the Imperial Medical Bureau - the Empress and the Four Concubines.

Emperor Zong originally had a noble concubine who was above the four concubines. Unfortunately, the noble concubine Tong, who was once the most favored and glorious concubine, died for unknown reasons a year after being named a noble concubine.

"Noble Concubine Tong was the only noble concubine that Your Majesty was given after the Empress was promoted from noble concubine to Empress Dowager. Unfortunately, she met with an accident and died young." Envoy Du took Chang'an to visit the palaces of the Empress Dowager and the four concubines, checked their pulses, and outside the palace told Chang'an that there was another noble concubine named Tong.

This was also something that Lou Yuanpan was originally unaware of.

It can be seen that it is quite old.

Chang'an nodded and glanced secretly at Meng Shisan behind him.

Meng Shisan winked.

Changan then asked, "I wonder what the accident was?"

"In a well." Du Yuanshi stroked his white beard and replied. Chang'an didn't need to ask which well it was. He continued to explain in detail, "It's the well in the Chuanxin Hall, which is on the east side of the Benren Hall, the east side hall of the Wenhua Hall. It's the Dabao Well."

Chang'an seemed a little confused, and so was Meng Shisan. It was the first time for both the master and the servant to enter the palace, and they were very unfamiliar with the palaces inside.

Just by listening to the names of the temples one after another like a string, they were dizzy.

It is not difficult to remember it word for word. After carefully checking the location later, they will know which well Envoy Du was talking about.

Meng Shisan gestured to Chang'an to continue asking.

"Why did Concubine Tong go to that well? She was a healthy and grown-up person, and a favored concubine. She must have been surrounded by servants. How could she have fallen into the well and died? Was there no one around her when she fell into the well?" Chang'an kept asking questions in his mind.

Judge Du was talking about this with Judge Lou at the beginning, and he didn't know where they were talking just now, but suddenly this old story came to his mind: "After Concubine Tong was fished out, I saw her body with my own eyes... Nine of her ten fingers were missing."

Missing finger?

Meng Shisan suddenly felt that this passage was slightly familiar, and then he thought of his family members who disappeared during the spring festival and also had severed fingers left.

"Nine out of ten fingers are missing?" Chang'an is a monster, but she is a vegetarian. She generally doesn't eat humans or animals. Of course, if someone makes her angry, she will pounce on him, open her bloody mouth wide, and tear off a large piece of the other person's flesh and blood. It is not impossible for her to do so.

During the long nine hundred years, she had actually done such a thing.

At that time, my mouth was full of bright red.

However, how could a mortal concubine who fell into a well lose nine fingers after being pulled out of the well?
When Du Yuanshi recalled it, his face was still solemn: "Except for the nine missing fingers, the rest of Concubine Tong's body was fine. The cause of death was drowning."

He has not yet answered Changan's other questions.

As if he was considering whether to say it or not, and as if he was thinking about how to say it, he walked along the corridor, walked down the stone steps, and walked towards the direction of the East Palace. Meng Shisan looked at the direction that Du Yuanshi wanted to go, and Chang'an naturally looked at it as well, but because they were dressed as Lou Yuanpan, who knew the location of the East Palace, neither of them could ask where they were going.

The master and servant could only guess roughly in their minds that after entering the palace and making such a long detour, it was time to go to the East Palace. Otherwise, if they delayed any further at this time, it might be dark by then.

That was a correct guess.

When they were almost at the East Palace, Envoy Du Yuan said to Chang'an earnestly, "Even your majesty has concluded that Concubine Tong died by accident after falling into a well, but everyone knows, including your majesty, that Concubine Tong was murdered. After all, even you didn't hear about it at the time, but you can raise so many questions just by listening to me now. The Jinyiwei who were responsible for investigating the case at that time could see all these clues. However, no matter how the Jinyiwei investigated at that time, they could not find out who was the murderer. Not only did they drown Concubine Tong to death, but they also cruelly bit off all nine of her fingers, so that even if Concubine Tong was buried in peace, she would not have a complete body."

He sighed, "What a deep hatred this must be."

Changan probably understood.

When Meng Shisan understood, she noticed the word "hissing" said by Du Yuanshi, and she motioned Chang'an to ask again.

Fortunately, Chang'an also had doubts about the bite, and immediately understood what Meng Shisan meant by the look he gave her. She immediately asked Du Yuanshi: "My lord, you just said bite, is it really a bite?"

"How could the conclusion made by the commander of the Imperial Guards back then be false?" Du Yuanshi sighed, "It's been ten years now."

"What kind of bite was that?" Chang An had no idea what the Jinyiwei commander was like back then. "Was it human? Or animal?"

Meng Shisan only knew that the current commander of the Jinyiwei was Cheng Xin, and he had no idea who was the commander of the Jinyiwei ten years ago.

Envoy Du raised his eyebrows, stroked his white beard, and glanced at Chang'an with admiration: "You are quite perceptive. Commander Wang at that time put a lot of effort into finding out this. I heard that he came to a conclusion, but I don't know."

Changan was disappointed that he was stuck here, and asked again: "Commander Wang?"

"Wang Laien, the former commander of the Jinyiwei, is the old superior of the current commander Cheng." Du Yuanshi knew but did not say anything. "I don't know the reason at that time. I only know that after the case of Concubine Tong's death was closed, Commander Wang also resigned from the position of the highest leader of the Jinyiwei, and then the most capable Cheng Xin took over."

The commander of the Embroidered Uniform Guard ten years ago was named Wang Laien.

Meng Shisan knew about it and had a name, so if he investigated it later, he would have some clues to follow.

Concubine Tong was murdered and nine of her fingers were bitten off, so her body could not be buried intact. Later, Wang Laien was ordered to investigate the case thoroughly, but he resigned after the case was closed and was replaced by the current incumbent Cheng Xin.

Although many years have passed, this case is still worth mentioning.

Especially the nine fingers of Concubine Tong that were bitten off without a trace. She wanted to know what had bitten them off. Since Envoy Du said that Wang Lai'en had found out the truth, the Jinyiwei Yamen must have relevant records.

She could find the answer by looking it up as soon as she got a chance.

"I didn't know any of this." Chang'an sighed tentatively.

Upon hearing this, Du Yuanshi laughed and said, "The case was kept secret at that time. Not to mention you, even among all the doctors in the Imperial Hospital today, only a handful of people know about this case."