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Chapter 272 Finding out the identities of the six female corpses

"Miss Jiang, I did sew Xitang's mouth, but I really don't know anything else!" Although Nanny Chang was still trying to argue, she was actually panicking in her heart.

Anyway, she no longer had any relatives in this world, so death would be the end of everything. However, she absolutely could not betray Concubine Xiao, otherwise she would die without a burial place!

"Oh? Really? Since you refuse to tell the truth, don't blame me for being rude to you!" Jiang Yimo said to Nanny Chang with cold eyes.

After saying that, Jiang Yimo began to think, wanting to find something that could torture people from the small bag she carried with her.

Just then, Eunuch Li hurried back.

"Your Majesty, I have found a list of all the palace maids who have disappeared without reason in the past three years, and have also brought here the palace servants who used to work with them. Please take a look." Eunuch Li respectfully handed over a list and reported to the emperor.

The emperor took the list, flipped through it casually, and nodded with satisfaction: "Well, you did a good job. You are really thoughtful."

The emperor raised his hand and gently patted Eunuch Li on the shoulder to express his appreciation for him. At the same time, a hint of relief and trust was revealed in the emperor's eyes.

"Jiang girl, you come check this list and ask them to identify the names of these six female corpses."

"..."

The old emperor has so many capable people around him, why did he choose to let her come?

What a naughty operation this is.

However, the emperor's words were golden, and since he had asked her to find out the identities of these female corpses, she should just do it.

She carefully took the list from the old emperor, frowned slightly, and looked carefully at every name on the list.

Then, she slowly stood up and walked towards the six corpses with light but firm steps.

Standing in front of the corpses, she took a deep breath and scanned these once-living lives one by one.

After a moment's silence, she whispered, "Caiwei, the sweeping maid of the Liuli Palace, has been missing for two years and nine months according to records... Well, this must be the skeleton." After that, she squatted down and carefully examined the skeleton in front of her.

The skeleton was dressed in tattered palace maid's clothes, with its hair scattered messily to the side. But what was eye-catching was that there was an exquisite silver hairpin in its hair, on which was carefully carved a blooming peach blossom.

She gently took off the silver hairpin, held it in her hand and stared at it for a long time, as if she could see the appearance of the young woman through it.

"So, has anyone ever seen her before she was alive?" She turned to look at the people around her, with a hint of expectation in her eyes.

After he finished speaking, there was dead silence at the scene. No one dared to stand up and confirm the true identity of the owner of the silver hairpin.

Seeing this, Jiang Yimo couldn't help but feel a little confused and dissatisfied. She frowned and thought to herself, "Eunuch Li just said that he had gathered all the people on the list who had worked with the missing palace girl before! But why is there no one willing to come forward to claim her now?"

Just as she was thinking about it, she heard a whisper beside her: "Miss Jiang, Caiwei was indeed a second-class maid in charge of miscellaneous tasks in our Liuli Palace. But... I don't know what happened later..." The person who spoke seemed to be hesitant to speak, as if he had something to hide.

Jiang Yimo's heart tightened, and she quickly asked, "Just what? Tell me quickly!"

She knew very well that there must be some unknown secrets hidden in it, and these secrets might be the key to solving the whole mystery.

"It was just that one night when it was raining heavily, the servants were resting in the room, and Caiwei suddenly screamed in the middle of the night, and then she ran out like crazy."

"We never saw her come back. Caiwei disappeared on that night. I saw that before she disappeared, she was holding the silver plum blossom hairpin her mother gave her before she disappeared..."

The palace maid trembled as she told a story about picking wild vines.

"Then do you remember any abnormal behavior of Caiwei before the accident?"

After saying this, the little palace maid shook her head, her face looking a little nervous.

"It has been a long time, and I don't remember it clearly. I just vaguely remember that Caiwei rushed out of the house in a panic, shouting three times in a row: "Empress Xiao, please spare my life!" However, I didn't think deeply about the reason at that time.

After hearing this, Jiang Yimo showed a satisfied look and nodded slightly to express her gratitude. Then, she changed the subject and continued, "So it seems that the female corpse with the plum blossom silver hairpin is Caiwei. Who was so vicious and cruel to kill her? Let's continue the interrogation."

After she finished speaking, Jiang Yimo opened her red lips again and read out the name of another palace maid - Xiaoju.

This time, not long after, someone came forward to say that they recognized this person. It turned out that this palace maid named Xiaoju was a maid who helped in the imperial kitchen.

She disappeared mysteriously a month ago, so everyone in the imperial kitchen remembered her clearly.

As for Xiaoju's body, everyone knew which one it was among the six corpses without her saying anything. It was the one with black hair and maggots. Because the clothes and accessories on this female corpse were the same as those she wore before she disappeared, the people in the imperial kitchen recognized it at a glance.

Jiang Yimo stared at the people from the imperial kitchen who came to identify the body. Their eyes were fixed on the horrific, unrecognizable, rotten corpse. Everyone's face was extremely heavy, unable to hide the grief in their hearts.

Just by observing the expressions of these people, Jiang Yimo could conclude that this woman named Xiaoju must have very good popularity.

Faced with such a tragic scene, everyone had sad looks on their faces, and they obviously felt deep sympathy and regret for Xiaoju's experience.

Seeing this, Jiang Yimo let out a long sigh. She calmed down and asked, "You have a good relationship with this Miss Xiaoju, right? Do you remember what happened before Xiaoju disappeared?"

As soon as he finished speaking, a young chef hurriedly replied, "I remember, I remember. Xiaoju was distracted during those days and accidentally spilled a bowl of Concubine Rou's favorite soup. She even said to herself, 'Good thing it spilled, good thing it spilled, so I don't have to hurt her.' I didn't have much time to think about what I said to her at the time. I scolded her a few words and hurriedly made another bowl of Concubine Rou's favorite soup."

"Unexpectedly, she disappeared the next day. If I had paid more attention at the time, maybe she wouldn't have ended up like this."

The young chef said this with a guilty conscience.