Chapter 62: Life hangs by a thread
Le Yu was shocked beyond measure, such a long and painful past turned in front of her. I haven't heard any rumors in all these years. Le Yu muttered: "That means that the current King of Anshun County is the grandnephew of his grandmother. But how come we've never heard of it?"
Gu Shi was also very confused, "I also heard from your father about this matter, our family and the Anshun County Royal Mansion never moved, and the old lady never mentioned it." Maybe it's to avoid suspicion?"
Le Yu felt as if she had fallen into a fog, and there was a faint flash of inspiration, but she couldn't catch it when she wanted to.
When Chopard came back, Le Xian also came over to Cheng Huan's knees, and the family of four sat around for dinner. The dinner was very rich, with shredded chicken and cucumbers, Longjing bamboo sun, roasted hare in sauce, bergamot golden rolls, hydrangea scallops, fish fillets in milk sauce, almond tofu, coral cabbage, and a dazzling array of dishes.
Leyu was still thinking about the affairs of the Anshun County Palace, so she was a little unappetizing, and only used a few mouthfuls of cucumbers, and even her favorite Longjing Zhusun didn't stretch out her chopsticks. However, Gu Shi ate a few bites, and then gave it to Le Yu, "Eat more, don't you like to eat the most?" Although there is a faint bitter taste today, I think it is also because of the extra tea. “
Le Yu took a bite absentmindedly, and sure enough, there was a faint bitter taste, a little astringent, and like a tea taste. Le Yu frowned and took out the dishes in the bowl again. Choparin said lightly: "If you don't do well, let's withdraw, let the cook be more vigilant, and serve the master without any care." “
As he spoke, Gu Shi frowned, and there was a flash of pain on his face. Le Xian tonight is no different from the past, she can eat when she should say it, but at this time, she was the first to see it, and said with concern: "Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Shi only felt a dull pain in his stomach, which became more and more intense, and he couldn't help but let out an "ouch". Chopard Wei and Le Yu had already noticed that something was wrong, and they all got up to support Gu: "Mother, what's wrong with you?"
Gu Shi was so painful that cold sweat broke out on his forehead, and his stomach and abdomen were like a steel knife stirring, and he couldn't stop screaming, and a wisp of dark red blood slowly flowed down from his lips. Le Yu was excited, and immediately knew that it was not good, so she hugged Gu and called out repeatedly, and Choparin Wei shouted: "Hurry up and ask the doctor, quickly!"
Le Yu's eyes were red, Gu was obviously poisoned, and it was all fine just now, Le Yu's mind raced, and she remembered the plate of bamboo sunflower with a faint bitter taste, and shouted: "Qingmei, look at that plate of bamboo sun!" Fangzi, let people take care of the table, no one is allowed to move!"
Chopard Wei had already picked up Gu and moved him to the bed in the inner room, and he was anxious to hold Gu's hand: "Wanbi, Wanbi." He was in a high position and everyone was in awe when they saw him, but at this moment he was panicked like a sixteen or seventeen-year-old boy, his heart was pounding, and his hands were trembling.
Le Xian also followed, leaning on the end of the bed and calling out mournfully: "Mother, what's wrong with you, mother?" Le Yu saw that her father was sad and lost her mind, she gritted her teeth fiercely, and suddenly remembered the detoxification effect of mung bean soup, and hurriedly said: "Fangjing, go and cook some mung bean soup to pour it for your mother, go quickly.
I couldn't bear the panic and sadness and stepped forward and pulled Le Xian, "Sister, let my father accompany my mother, I will stay here, my grandmother will ask my sister to explain gently, others are afraid of making a fuss and shocking my grandmother, only my sister, I can rest assured." Gu's poisoning for no reason, she was suspicious of Le Xian in her heart, but she felt that Le Xian was not so mindless, but she had to separate her first.
The masters and slaves in the house were all messed up into a pot of porridge, and when they saw that Le Yu was calm and commanded, they gradually quieted down and performed their duties. Fang Zi separated the entire dining table with chairs, and looked at the still steaming meal herself, but Qingmei dipped her hand in the plate of bamboo sunflower and put it in her mouth to taste it, frowning.
The hot mung bean soup was brought in, and several girls took turns pouring out the mung bean soup back and forth with several large basins to change the pots to cool, and when it was not too hot, Fangjing brought it in, and a few people pinched Gu's nose and forcibly poured it in.
The spittoon had already been prepared at the head of the bed, and the green mung bean soup was spit out with some dark and red-like things, Le Yu's tense heartstrings were quietly loosened, and Chopard Wei also calmed down, hugged Gu Shi and let her lie on his lap, seeing that the mung bean soup was effective, he said sharply: "Fill it again!"
Yaohuaju was so busy that many people's hearts were filled with dark clouds. The old lady had already received the news. Hearing Le Xian hurriedly come to report, the old lady couldn't believe her ears, when did the Xiao family actually poison her? Thinking of what she thought about the last time Zhou poisoned herself, the old lady couldn't help but shiver, and was stunned for a while before asking, "You said that your mother was eating and suddenly had abdominal pain and vomited blood?"
Le Xian took a handkerchief to wipe her tears, and the handkerchief dipped in cool peppermint oil was full of tears as soon as she touched her eyes, "Yes, grandmother." The old lady remembered that her son and two granddaughters were also eating together, and almost immediately jumped up and said angrily: "Quick, go to Yaohuaju!"
Le Xian had to persuade again: "Grandmother take care of your body, there are many people over there to help, even if you go, you can only do it in a hurry.
The old lady paused, obviously really anxious, "Silly girl, you are all eating at the same table, I don't know which dish is poisonous, you and your father are only afraid that they will be poisoned, but it will be lighter, where can I put it if I don't sit down?"
said that he was in a hurry to be supported by Han's mother Yuban and left, and the doctor just happened to enter the door.
Doctor Hu twisted his beard and took out the silver needles and tried them one by one, and sure enough, he found the source of poison in the Longjing Bamboo Sun, and faced a few eager and anxious faces, and said slowly and logically: "The eldest lady is poisoned by arsenic, the source is this plate of Bamboo Sun, fortunately, the intake is not to death, and I used mung bean soup to induce vomiting in advance, my life is safe, and I will be fine if I take a few medicines to recuperate for a few days."
Le Yu's heart fell, the weather in August was hard to break out in a cold sweat, Chopin Wei also breathed a sigh of relief, seeing Gu's appearance before, he really didn't know what to do, he just felt like falling into an ice cave, shivering all over his body.
Chopard didn't like to eat bamboo sun, he didn't get a bite of it, and he saw that there was no poison in other dishes, so he politely declined, but Le Yu and Le Xian both ate a chopstick, and Imperial Doctor Hu took the pulse and smiled: "The two young ladies are blessed with all the sky, it's no big deal, just take some medicine."
The old lady was still uneasy, and asked, "But this is arsenic!" Imperial Physician Hu patiently explained: "The eldest princess doesn't know, although arsenic is a poison is more common, but the toxicity is not as violent as we imagined, the amount in this dish is enough to poison two people, so much arsenic If you pour it into a cup of tea, you naturally can't wait for the next official to come, but it can be mixed into such a large dish, unless you eat half of the dish, it will not be fatal, of course, it will be poisoned if you can't finish eating."
Everyone was stunned, with strange expressions as if they couldn't cry or laugh.Le Xian was even more annoyed and scolded in her heart, stupid, the next poison will make such a big mistake, it's really muddy and can't get on the wall!
Since the matter has happened, it is natural that the aftermath must be dealt with.Leaving the Gu family to have a good rest, the others went to the old lady's Hening Hall, Le Yu wanted to stay and take care of the Gu family was also stopped by Chopinwei, he himself stayed in Yaohuaju, and he was also afraid that people would take advantage of the chaos to attack again.
There is only one object that everyone suspects about this matter, that is, Zhou's Le Xian said timidly: "Longjing Zhusun is the fourth sister's favorite dish, and my mother specially ordered the kitchen to make it."
The old lady also doubted the Zhou family in her heart, and it was almost certain that she did it, but the family had its own rules for doing things, and the old lady patiently brought up the kitchen people one by one to ask.
Mrs. Huang knelt on the ground and trembled, crying out in her heart that she was unlucky, the kitchen had business trips one after another, and she was only afraid that she would do it, and she hated those who made her bad intentions affect her more and more, and said tremblingly: "Old lady, several chefs in the big kitchen have their own strengths, Longjing Zhusun because the four girls love to eat, and they have always been made by Master Cai, who is good at light dishes, and today is no exception."
The old lady slapped the table heavily, the bracelet was knocked, and Le Yu felt pain for her hand: "Take Master Cai." Ge Jin came in with an ugly face, knelt down and said: "The old lady is angry, I have searched all over the house, but I can't see Master Cai.
The master of the Xiao family's kitchen who is really good is different from the next person, most of them have not signed a deed of sale, this Master Cai is like this, he still has a small family, and he usually comes early and leaves late, and lives outside the house.
The old lady was shocked, her face was very ugly, the Xiao family is a top famous family, when has there ever been such a thing without a king's law? The more she thought about it, the more she hated, she spit out a few words from between her teeth, with a cold chill: "Go and invite the second master, the second lady."
The old lady doesn't like to be surrounded by children and grandchildren when she eats, so she eats in her own room in each room of the Xiao family, and then goes to ask for peace after the meal. Seeing that the old lady's face was not good, Choparin did not hesitate, and knelt down when she entered the door and said: "Mother, my sister-in-law's poisoning son already knows, I don't know what to do, please ask my mother to give orders."