Chapter 439 The Princess's Private Seal
About a quarter of an hour later
Di Ran asked: "How?"
Qingyi took off his mask and gloves, looked respectful, and replied.
"Reporting to Your Majesty, the deceased's bone age is about 13 or 14 years old. The time of death was three days ago, between 7:00 pm and 2:00 pm. There was no fluid in the abdomen, so it is obvious that he did not drown before death."
"There were bruises on the body, palm prints on the face, and obvious finger marks on the neck. The body had resisted and struggled before death, so there was flesh tissue under the fingernails of the body, which was speculated to be grabbed from the murderer's arm during the struggle."
"Also, we found some straw scraps from weaving mats on the corpse's clothes. Although they were washed away by water, some of them were still on the cuffs and collars. It is speculated that the corpse had been buried carelessly."
"Based on the appeal, the deceased was strangled to death, and was wrapped in a straw mat and buried. However, it is unknown why the body was dumped in the lake."
Tsing Yi described the results of the autopsy in detail.
After hearing Qing Yi's words, everyone had different expressions.
Ji Yunfei and others were shocked, angry at the murderer's brutality, and sad for the young Ji Nianfu who was murdered.
Princess Ji Xuan's face also changed suddenly, looking extremely gloomy and ugly, and she was filled with fear.
Prefect Xue was also panicked.
"You mean my nephew scratched the murderer before he died?"
Ye Changlin grasped the key point of Qingyi's words, looked at Qingyi and asked nervously.
Qingyi nodded: "Yes, judging from the remnants of flesh and blood on the nails of the corpse, it is obviously impossible for it to be his own. It is even more impossible for a person to grab someone else after death. Excluding these two points, the most likely possibility is that it was left by the murderer."
"Oh, right."
Having said that, Qing Yi used tweezers to hold a thumb-sized seal and presented it to everyone.
"This is a seal found on the body's hand. It may have been pulled from the murderer by the deceased before he died."
"Send it up."
The bailiff took the seal and presented it to Di Ran.
Di Ran's eyebrows were cold. He raised his hand to pick up the seal. When he saw the words engraved underneath the seal, his eyes narrowed slightly.
His eyes swept across and fell on the panicked princess: "Princess, is this your private seal?"
Ji Xuan subconsciously touched the seal on her cuff, but found nothing, and felt a little panic. Di Ran's words startled everyone present.
Ji Huashang took the seal and took a look. Sure enough, the words "Prince's Seal" were engraved underneath. Her pupils shrank slightly.
"This……"
Now we have both witnesses and physical evidence, it's over.
Prefect Xue's face turned pale.
Ji Xuan's face looked grim, with panic flashing in her eyes, and she denied it with cunning arguments.
"I lost my private seal on the way to Liuzhou."
"You can't conclude that I was the one who did it just because the item was in the corpse's hand. Maybe someone else found it and wanted to frame me."
Ji Yunfei said sternly: "But you did take the person away. How do you explain this?"
No one expected that even with irrefutable evidence, Her Royal Highness the Crown Princess would still refuse to admit it.
Ye Changlin stared at Ji Xuan and said coldly, "Since Her Highness said he is not the murderer, would Her Highness dare to pull up his sleeves and let us see?"
Yes, didn’t they say that Jinianfu might have scratched the murderer before his death?
Ji Xuan's expression stiffened slightly, and she tightened her left sleeve slightly, saying angrily.
"Didn't you just check that there are only bite marks on my hands? You can't be unable to tell the difference between a bite and a scratch, right?"
Ye Tianjiao couldn't help but snorted: "Isn't there still one hand that you haven't seen?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Ji Xuan glared at her, and the fierce look scared her.
Ye Tianjiao, who had reacted, was also angry: "Why are you so fierce? You are so nervous, are you feeling guilty?"
Ji Xuan's face darkened: "..."
Di Ran's eyes turned slightly cold: "Someone, pull up the princess' sleeves."
"Who dares to touch this princess?"
Ji Xuan's face was gloomy, and she glanced at him angrily, gritting her teeth.
"There are scratches on my hands, but they were caused by that bitch. He scratched and bit me and then ran away. Is that okay?"
(End of this chapter)
