Chapter 178 Your Argument Is Interesting

Li Xuan and Yu'er were shocked at the same time.

Following the strokes of Princess Ankang, they did find the corresponding words on the ice.

However, there was no special pattern between these words, and they looked like a random order.

I really don't know if Princess Ankang was too sharp or too lucky to find such a piece of information in such a pile of words.

After Princess Ankang pointed out these words, Li Xuan and Yu'er couldn't move their eyes away.

There were many words all over the ice, but at this time, there was only one sentence in their eyes.

"Whoever catches the real murderer wins!"

It seems that there is a hidden condition that can win directly in today's competition.

"The real murderer?"

Li Xuan muttered these two words silently and looked at the situation in the ice cellar.

In addition to the royal heirs participating in the competition, there are also their attendants.

In addition, there is only Zhao Feng.

Li Xuan suddenly discovered that there was not even a flowery eunuch in the venue of today's competition.

The person responsible for hosting the competition and maintaining order on the scene was only Zhao Feng.

Looking back at the tightly closed iron door of the ice cellar, Li Xuan couldn't help but guess:

"Could the murderer be in here?"

Only the guess made Li Xuan startled, and Yu'er beside him also became nervous. It was obvious that she had thought of this matter.

"Your Highness, doesn't that mean..."

Yu'er swallowed her saliva and asked Princess Ankang quietly.

Princess Ankang was not afraid, and nodded calmly.

Li Xuan thought about it and felt that it would definitely not be the princes and princesses.

If one of them is the murderer, then it will have a great advantage in this game.

It should be said that it is just the life of a palace maid. If the winning condition is only to catch the real murderer, I am afraid that someone would have reported me by now.

Of course, maybe the murderer has different winning conditions.

But no matter what, just the identity of the murderer has a lot of advantages over others.

And Li Xuan thinks that the murderer may be among their attendants and Zhao Feng.

After all, this is more reasonable.

But in this case, don't we still have to look for clues and make inferences?

At this time, the princes and princesses who were surrounding the maid dispersed and went to other places in the ice cellar to look for clues.

After the previous chaos, there were fewer naughty children making trouble, and it was much calmer.

"Sister Yu'er, let's go and take a look."

Princess Ankang took the initiative to say.

It seems that she is also interested in the murder case in front of her.

Yu'er pushed Princess Ankang forward and walked towards the body of the maid.

The other princes and princesses seemed to be focused on the things at hand, but when they noticed that Princess Ankang was taking action, they couldn't help but be distracted by her.

Princess Ankang came to the side of the body and looked down.

The maid's face was full of frost, and her face was almost invisible.

But it was still vaguely distinguishable that she was very young, and looked to be in her early twenties.

The clothes on her body were frozen with her, and there was no sign of mess.

The maid lay straight on the ground like a popsicle.

It is a pity that such a young life was frozen to death in the ice cellar.

Li Xuan sighed and felt sorry for the maid.

At this time, Princess Ankang took out her handkerchief, unfolded it and gently covered the maid's face.

This action made the others who were observing Princess Ankang frown.

Especially the older princesses, who barely concealed their disgust for Princess Ankang.

"What kind of person are you pretending to be!"

"..."

The whispers pretending to gossip behind her were clearly heard by Princess Ankang, and naturally could not be hidden from Li Xuan and Yu'er.

Li Xuan coldly glanced at the princesses who spoke and memorized their appearance.

Sometimes, they would pretend to gossip behind others, saying their most sincere and vicious words to hurt others.

The harm caused by words is no less than that of fists, and even more so in many cases.

But Princess Ankang has gotten used to it and naturally ignored those words.

She gently stroked Li Xuan in her arms and said softly, "Ah Xuan, my mother told me before that when a person dies, he must close his eyes to return to the night sky and turn into a star."

"If you still look at this world, you will be reluctant to leave because you are attached to the world."

"I hope the maid sister can also turn into a star."

Li Xuan stood up from Princess Ankang's arms and rubbed her cheek.

He knew that Princess Ankang must have thought of Concubine Xiao.

"No wonder she is not afraid of the dead..."

The first dead person Princess Ankang saw was the one she loved most in the world.

Perhaps, she felt that the maid in front of her was also someone's lifelong longing.

My heart is cicada and I miss you, my soul is attached but I die alone.

"Sister Yu'er, let's take a walk here and then say goodbye to Manager Zhao."

Princess Ankang no longer had any interest. She just wanted to take a look at the ice cellar and then leave.

Those little kids were driven out of the ice cellar, so it shouldn't matter if she voluntarily gave up.

"Okay, Your Highness."

Yu'er nodded and responded happily.

She didn't want Princess Ankang to stay here for long.

Not to mention that it was so cold here, there was a corpse next to it, which was really not suitable to stay.

Seeing that Princess Ankang had no interest in the competition today, many people, including the eldest prince, breathed a sigh of relief.

The first two times Princess Ankang won twice in a muddle, which was enough to make them feel distressed.

They must win this competition and get the final prize.

So far, only the eldest prince and Princess Ankang have won the prize of Emperor Yongyuan.

And the eldest prince received the prize together with Princess Ankang.

Seeing the preferential treatment that Princess Ankang received when she first received the prize, others were naturally jealous.

Zhao Feng stood on the ice cube, looked at the handkerchief covering the maid's face, and then looked at Princess Ankang and her group strolling leisurely, and couldn't help but reveal a gentle smile on his face.

But then, he couldn't help but sigh.

Li Xuan huddled in Princess Ankang's arms, warming her while visiting the ice cellar together.

The ice cellar was very large, and all the ice cubes were neatly stacked.

The place where they were before was located in the center of the ice cellar.

After walking for a long time, they walked to the wall of the ice cellar.

Li Xuan turned around and estimated the distance.

He found that the space of the ice cellar was as large as one or two football fields.

In other words, the entire underground of the Juhan Palace was the space of the ice cellar.

"No wonder it was so cold outside."

And this was just one of the many ice cellars in the palace.

This shows how luxurious the royal life was.

Just to keep the royal family out of the heat, it takes a lot of manpower every winter to save so much ice.

Only then did Li Xuan understand that refrigerators and air conditioners in ancient times were so luxurious.

"If technology is not enough, resources will make up for it."

Whether it is people or ice, there is not much difference to the royal family, they are just resources in their hands.

Today, the body of the palace maid can be a part of the competition openly, probably for this reason.

When Li Xuan was sighing about the evil feudal society, he suddenly seemed to catch a glimpse of something in the corner of his vision.

But when he turned his head and looked, there was nothing but ice.

"Huh?"

Li Xuan couldn't help but feel a little strange.

With his current strength, there is no possibility of seeing it wrong.

There was indeed something there just now, and it slipped away while he was not paying attention.

Princess Ankang found that Li Xuan in her arms was staring at one direction non-stop. As she followed him, she asked curiously:

"Ah Xuan, is there anything there?"

Li Xuan carefully checked the surroundings again, and indeed could not find anything strange. Finally, he could only shake his head helplessly.

Yu'er pushed them to continue to walk around the ice cellar.

But there was nothing to see except ice blocks here.

But the three little ones did not notice that in the gaps between the ice blocks, there was a pair of cold eyes staring at them.

In the end, the three little ones only turned half a circle in the ice cellar and returned to the center.

The entire huge ice cellar was divided into four areas, with a wide cross-shaped road in the middle, and many narrower roads neatly arranged.

The body of the palace maid was located in the center of the cross road.

After walking half a circle, Li Xuan realized that the probability of the palace maid freezing to death here was not high.

The high probability was that the body was thrown into the ice cellar.

First of all, the posture of the palace maid.

A person who died of freezing would not lie straight on the ground. In order to resist the cold as much as possible, he would curl up as much as possible to delay the loss of body heat.

Therefore, Xiaodouding's previous attempt was a failure.

Secondly, there was too much frost on the palace maid's body.

In order to prevent the ice from melting, the temperature in the ice cellar was indeed very low.

But it was far from that cold.

According to Li Xuan's expectation, if someone was trapped here wearing the clothes of the palace maid, it would most likely die from low temperature, rather than being frozen into an ice stick.

Li Xuan guessed that the palace maid might have stayed in a colder place before being transferred here.

The ice cellar only maintained the frost on the palace maid's body, not the reason for the formation of frost.

But Li Xuan had no idea how the palace maid died.

He was a little skeptical whether there were enough clues in the ice cellar to infer the cause of the palace maid's death.

When Yu'er pushed Princess Ankang and Li Xuan back, the eldest prince was giving his answer to Zhao Feng.

But unlike the little bean before, he covered his mouth with his hand, leaned close to Zhao Feng's ear, and lowered his voice so that others could not hear.

This is also reasonable. If others hear his reasoning and inspire others' thinking, it will be a wedding dress for others.

But this method seems to be unable to hide from Li Xuan.

Li Xuan is a cat, with extraordinary hearing, and can also understand human words.

Although he only heard the last few sentences because he came late, Li Xuan heard an interesting conclusion.

The eldest prince's answer turned out to be poisoning.

Li Xuan did not hear the eldest prince's previous words, but finally heard him say that the maid died of poisoning.

"This is rare."

Li Xuan looked at the maid who was frozen on the ground, and he could not tell that she died of poisoning.

But with the eldest prince's character, he must not be guessing randomly, and he must have his basis.

He looked at the eldest prince who fell from the square ice after telling Zhao Feng his answer, and he was immediately curious.

He was really curious about what the eldest prince's basis was.

Li Xuan jumped out of Princess Ankang's arms, but when he landed, he almost slipped on the ground because of the small cotton shoes on his feet. Fortunately, he was agile and stabilized his body.

It was just that these staggering steps were a bit funny, and several princes and princesses nearby were amused.

Regardless of whether they had ill intentions towards Princess Ankang, they were all very curious about Li Xuan, the little black cat.

Especially Princess Yuan'an, who had no interest in the game and just came to see Li Xuan, saw this scene and wanted to rub the little black cat on the ground into her arms.

As she thought so, the movement of her hands unconsciously increased, and Bai Xiao screamed in pain.

"Meow!"

Princess Yuan'an reacted and quickly apologized, coaxing Bai Xiao in her arms.

Li Xuan didn't care about other people's reactions.

He took two steps, got used to the small cotton shoes on his feet, and walked to the body of the palace maid.

The handkerchief on the corpse's face was untouched, and the clothes were frozen tightly, with no signs of autopsy at all.

"Hey, how did the eldest prince know that it was poisoned?"

Li Xuan looked carefully and found something.

He found two purple dots in the hairline behind the maid's ear.

The purple dots were the same size, arranged in a straight line, and hidden in the hair.

Fortunately, the maid's hair was frozen and fixed there, otherwise it would be difficult to find the two purple dots.

"Is this the basis for the eldest prince's judgment?"

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