Chapter 40 Who poisoned the hand?
Aoi bit her tender lips, and her beauty frowned tightly, and her whole body trembled with fear. "Sister Qianfei, what happened last time was very disrespectful to you. Cangjing knows that she is deeply guilty and has reflected on it. After all, I am the prince's woman. Even if I am wrong, I should be punished by the prince, but my sister did this to me..." Halfway through her words seemed to be speechless.
Amazed and puzzle flashed in Qingzhu's eyes. In the end, there was only contempt left. What kind of trick is this Dongying woman doing?
"Little Quanzi, let's see what's going on?" Qin Zhengwei was a little suspicious and said in a condensed voice, "Feng Yang, go and call the slaughter father!"
"Yes," the eunuch Xiao Quanzi bowed to the cat's waist and walked to the table where Cangjing was located without hurry. He observed for a while and said, "Your Majesty, the two bowls of soup are indeed different. One bowl of clarification and one bowl of dark is not like a drink."
"Take me to have a look!" Qin Zheng seemed to not give up or believe it. When Xiao Quanzi brought over the two porcelain bowls, he looked carefully for a while, snorted, and a violent and gloomy face was full of gloomy coldness.
He knew that the women in the royal palace shouted kindly on their faces, and their backs were full of cold knives, but so far no one has used such a sinister means. If the poisoned person is found today, he will not be able to keep her, and an anger will rise to his heart in an instant.
Qingzhu's heart thumped and secretly shouted that it was not good. Cangjing seemed to want to plant it.
"Here are two bowls of sour plum soup, one bowl is rewarded by Sister Zhu, and the other bowl is stewed by Qiu Ting. Cang waiter see which bowl is which bowl?" Meifei said righteously, "I will accuse thousands of concubines, and dare to slander others without evidence. I think you don't want to live. Not to mention that the prince can't spare you, even Prime Minister Lu will definitely not let go of those who want to frame you."
"It's okay for so many people to drink. How can you make a mistake when you come here?" Qin Zheng threw anger and contempt at her, "It's not a trap dug by himself. Wait for others to fall into the pit!"
Cangjing looked at the prince and Concubine Mei aggrievedly, and tears fell, "Your Majesty, Sister Mei, Cangjing is really wronged. My sisters and I haven't had a holiday. How can we deliberately frame others and not be afraid of losing our lives in case of failure? Besides, I have never touched these two bowls of soup before. How can I have a chance to do it in full view of the public?
Her defense was also quite reasonable, so all the women looked at Qingzhu with frightening eyes.
Soon, the father came with Feng Yang.
After parting with his father in the morning, Qingzhu and he met again today with a smile on his face. After testing two bowls of soup with silver needles, he pointed to one of the white bowls and said, "There is a red crane in it. Fortunately, I didn't drink it, otherwise the consequences would be unimaginable."
There was a wave of sobs at the scene.
"Your Majesty, you must find the murderer and can't tolerate it. If such a cruel woman still stays in the royal palace, I'm afraid there will be a lot of disasters in the future." Concubine Lan pleaded with a worried face, but in fact, her heart was happy. Today, no matter who was removed, it was a pleasure. Qianfei, Qiu Ting or Cangjing, each of them looked unpleasant. It was best to drive Qingzhu out of the palace, which was a good result.
"Yes, prince, you must find out this matter. Sisters don't want to be afraid!" The women urged with expectant faces.
Qin Zheng didn't say anything for half a day, stabilized his mind, and quickly hid his emotions. To be honest, he was really afraid that the person who poisoned was Qingzhu, because she had always been jealous of Aoi, and her talented behavior was very suspicious, so he hesitated.
"Cangjing, can you tell which of these two bowls of soup is a reward from Qianfei?" Concubine Lan asked and didn't want to miss a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity.
Cangjing raised her eyes to face Qin Zheng, and was a little nervous. She knew that the poisonous bowl was given by Qiu Ting, and Fang deliberately wronged Qianfei. She and Qingzhu had old sorrows. She happened to take advantage of this reason to use a knife to kill people, but the prince's gloomy expression was frightened. If he deliberately favored, he could not beat the fox. The beaver is coquettish, and it's better to protect yourself. "My sister didn't see it clearly."
The big guy is in trouble. Even if it is confirmed that the sour plum soup is poisonous, he can't tell who is the murderer.
Concubine Lan said, "Since it can't be determined, it's better to arrest Qianfei and Qiu's waiter first. After a clear investigation, we will severely punish the real murderer and release them innocent."
"I don't think this is appropriate. Although it is the safest way to deal with it, it is bound to be unfair to innocent people." Jufei has always been timid and never makes objections. Today, I don't know where the courage came out and openly resisted Lanfei.
The women in the courtyard expressed their opinions and had mixed discussions, buzzing like flies.
"Sisters, be quiet, I think what Sister Ju said is reasonable," Mei Fei looked at Qin Zheng. "Let the prince make the decision on everything!"
After thinking about it for a long time, Qin Zheng's thin lips had an impenetrable smile, "Wang, who cooked these desserts tonight?"
Ms. Wang was afraid that she would be involved and hurriedly replied, "Your Majesty, is Zhang Fang, the chef of the kitchen and dining room."
Qin Zheng's handsome face was uncertain and motioned Feng Yang, "Bring him here."
After a moment, Zhang Fang rushed to Dingxiang Garden from the dining room. Early this morning, the girl Xiaojuan ordered him to stew some supplements for Qiu Ting, and secretly stuffed a small paper bag into his hand without anyone else. At this, it was finally clear that he smiled bitterly and had a place to use it. Unfortunately, the end was about to happen. Arrived.
Qiu Ting once wrote a letter to explain the whole thing clearly. Zhang Fang knew that he also had children and was going to be a father, which was happy and frightened. Because she instructed him to secretly poison Cangjing, and also told him that if the matter was exposed, he must not reveal himself. He should be considerable and take care of the small one regardless of the big one.
Zhang Fang is a coward. He has no courage to be a thief. He doesn't realize that he got on the thief's boat. How much he regrets now, he can't make up for it. From the moment he came in, Qiu Ting's big face twitched, while Qingzhu dealt with it calmly. These Qin Zheng looked at it and made a conclusion in his heart.
"Bold slave, how dares to poison and harm his master? I don't think you want to live." Lanfeihu shouted angrily, "I know you are not so bold. Why don't you explain your accomplice as soon as possible, or you will die."
His black face was as white as silk paper, and he couldn't help trembling all over. His upper and lower teeth collided with each other and knocked out a rhythmic sound. Zhang Fang suddenly collapsed on the ground and lowered his head and dared not raise his eyes. "Your Majesty, I don't understand what you mean!"
"How dare you install garlic!" Lanfei's roar went up one after another, "Don't you know that the woman who hurt the prince is a felony of the nine clan?"
As soon as he heard about the nine clans, Zhang Fang trembled more and looked up and pleaded, "Zhang Fang was wronged. The mother in the family is old and has not lived for a few days. The prince is kind and gives her a good beginning and a good end."
The father looked at the man sitting on the ground with a happy face and said, "Why are you wrong? I have checked it just now. The sour plum soup itself is not toxic, but someone painted the inside of the bowl with a red roof. You filled the soup from the kitchen and then handed it over to the maids. Qianfei and the autumn waiter had no time to commit a crime. , the most suspected person is you!"
Zhang Fang's face has turned green. He is naturally cowardly, and now he is so panicked that he has no idea. Qiu Ting trembled, and there was no trace of blood on her cheeks. She was afraid that he would confess herself.
"Zhang Fang, if you can explain clearly today, I will spare your mother's life." Qin Zheng closed his eyes to refresh his mind, and he didn't say a word.
The cook squinted at Qiu Ting and wanted to say something, but she was so scared that her heart beat and almost fainted. When Yu people saw this scene, they all had their own thoughts. Some were watching the play and some were looking forward to something.
"Dog slave, how dares to frame my young lady? Don't you know that the waiter is pregnant with a child now? If you really want to have a long and two short life, that is, one corpse and two lives!" Qiu Ting's maidservant Xiaojuan deliberately mentioned the child, which made Zhang Fang sober. She is a girl who does great things, but it's a pity that she followed the wrong master. The threat of such words is to excuse the master. She is afraid that the matter will be exposed and her life will be lost.
Zhang Fang swallowed everything he was going to say and couldn't say it again. He was willing to give up his life for his son.
"I still refuse to admit it. I don't see that you don't see the coffin and don't cry." Seeing that Qin Zheng did not say anything, Lanfei ordered bluntly, relying on her current supervisor in the backyard, "Little Quanzi, serve the family law!"
Xiao Quanzi didn't want to take the order. He turned around and stared at Qin Zheng. Seeing that he still closed his eyes and did not object, he led a team of little men to take action. Several servants brought a bench, took off the chef's trousers and forcibly pressed them. They waved the whip and wanted to pat their buttocks. At this time, with a "pop", a red bag fell down. Zhang Fang cherished it very much and had been sewn in his underwear. If it hadn't been for these people't heavy hands, they wouldn't have pulled them off.
"What is that?" Mei Fei said.
Xiao Quanzi picked up his waist and opened it immediately. "There are two letters, some silver, and... It seems to be some medicinal materials. It seems to be this boy's private money."
Concubine Mei frowned and said, "He is not married. There is no need to hide private money. Open the letter and have a look."
"I don't want it!" Zhang Fang shouted and his voice was torn.
Xiao Quanzi opened the letter paper and said loudly, "Filial piety is commendable, touching the world, and treating old mother well, there must be God's blessing. This is a thousand-year-old ice lotus, which can be equipped with good medicine to save people's lives and 20 taels of silver for a rainy day.
"Is it snowy?" The father was very unhappy when he heard the words and snorted, "The bamboo is really generous. It's hard for me to buy this medicinal herb. You can ask for it!"
"What? Did the Empress Qianfei write this letter? Zhang Fang's melancholy eyes flashed in surprise and puzzled. He didn't recognize a few words. After waking up that morning, he had been quietly hiding the letter and understood the general content. He thought that it was a beautiful figure like a fairy in the snow. Unexpectedly, he was a beautiful figure like a fairy in front of him.