Chapter 216: Seeing With Your Own Eyes
The envoy from the Western Regions came to Li to pay tribute, which was a major event, related to the friendly relations between the two countries, in this matter, the emperor gave full authority to Li Han, which was naturally his trust in her, but now that this kind of thing has happened, even if she is the eldest princess, it is difficult to escape the blame.
Lu Li is also very worried, he also knows Li Han's temperament, although she usually babbles, but she is still very serious and responsible in doing things, these chefs and dishes in Huayun Pavilion are carefully selected by her, there will be no problems.
Moreover, Li Han and Tuoba Yun also met for the first time today, there is no grudge or grudge, and she has no reason to frame her, if there is really any grudge between them that he doesn't know, according to Li Han's mind, he will not be stupid enough to target it in front of the emperor and the envoys of the Western Regions and many concubines and officials at a grand banquet.
Therefore, Lu Li still has doubts in his heart, there must be some misunderstanding in this matter, if it is not for the carelessness of the people in the imperial dining room or someone deliberately frames Li Han, Lu Li is still more inclined to the latter, after all, people will always be jealous in the upper position.
Now Li Han is also the most favored princess in front of the emperor, and she is the eldest princess, it will inevitably make people blush, the palace is full of some human spirits, in addition to those who want to hug their thighs, there are naturally unhappy people who will make trouble behind their backs, and these ugly things are not a few in the deep palace.
As soon as the incident happened, Lu Li immediately brought a small team of people to the imperial dining room and surrounded the entire imperial dining room, in order to prevent anyone from escaping.
After all, he was still in the palace, and Lu Li naturally didn't dare to use the army directly, otherwise it would be bad if he was misunderstood and regarded as a thief, and he would be charged in the name of forcing the palace.
After Lu Li came to the imperial dining room, he called out all the people in the imperial dining room, from the chief steward to the little eunuch who poured swill, and checked the registered roster one by one, so that they were all lined up in the courtyard.
"What happened at the banquet for the envoys of the Western Regions today, you all know it, the third princess of the Western Regions ate the dish that took away the lemon, and then became allergic, who did this, hurry up and get out of here?" Lu Li yelled at the people in the courtyard menacingly.
After all, Lu Li was born as a general, and his methods were ruthless and the people in the palace knew it, looking at General Lu Li in front of him so angry, exuding a cold air all over his body, these little palace maids and little eunuchs who had never seen a big scene were all frightened and weak, and they knelt on the ground with a "poof", and said in unison: "General, wronged!" ”
"Wronged?" Lu Li snorted coldly: "Then why is there a lemon in the food given to the three princesses of the Western Regions, there are only a few of you in the entire imperial dining room, is it a hell?" ”
The steward of the imperial dining room said: "General, we really don't know what's going on, before preparing the dishes, the eldest princess told us not to put lemons, not at all, and let us check them carefully before serving, no problem, we really don't know anything!" ”
The steward of the imperial dining room kowtowed to Lu Lilian a few times: "General Lu, we are all old men in the palace, even if we lend us a few more guts, we don't dare to be confused in this kind of thing, please ask General Lu to believe us!" ”
Looking at the nervous and timid appearance of the steward of the imperial dining room and the person kneeling all over the courtyard, Lu Li knew that they didn't have the courage to do such a thing, but Lu Li still felt that something was wrong, why did there be more lemons in good dishes: "Have you seen any suspicious people today?" ”
Everyone in the courtyard shook their heads, and the steward of the imperial dining room said: "General, all the old people in this imperial dining room have been working for decades, and even the little eunuch who delivers swill is the big one I have seen with my own eyes, and it is impossible to do such a hurtful thing, but ......" The steward paused, and his eyes glanced to the side: "But the people brought in by the princess are not necessarily!" ”
The person the steward said was the chef of Huayun Pavilion that Li Han brought into the palace for this banquet.
Lu Li frowned, knowing that this steward was connotating that today's matter was done by the people of Huayun Pavilion, Lu Li said coldly: "Today's dishes are all made by you, but do you put lemons in the dishes?" ”
The people of Huayun Pavilion hurriedly shook their heads: "General, the princess has specially ordered not to put lemons before, we must not forget, we will never betray Her Royal Highness!" ”
Compared with the people in the palace, Lu Li still believes in the people of Huayun Pavilion more, although Lu Li doesn't know these people, but Lu Li believes in Li Han, and believes that she can't just pick some people and send them to the palace, since she has entered the palace, she must also be the person she believes, and Li Han is impossible to be confused at this point.
Lu Li was in trouble at this time, she knew that this lemon must have nothing to do with Li Han, but now all the signs pointed to Li Han, which made Lu Li not know what to do for a while.
After Hua Yunyun completed Shen Lingli's plan, she took An Shizi out again, and Shen Lingli's person answered her halfway, and the two of them should cooperate with each other, thinking that the cooperation was seamless, but there is no impermeable wall in the world.
Hua Yunyun's previous plans were very cautious, but it was a pity that Shen Yuan'er, who happened to pass by, saw the whole thing.
Shen Yuan'er vaguely saw Shen Lingli, at first she didn't believe her eyes, she felt that she was dazzled, until she quietly walked to the small corner on the side to take a closer look, and was sure that the person in front of her was really Shen Lingli.
"Shen Lingli, why are you here now?" Shen Yuan'er muttered softly to herself.
Shen Yuan'er felt a little surprised, she didn't expect that Shen Yuan'er, who was supposed to be at the border, actually came to the capital secretly, no wonder Li Han would ask her if she had seen Shen Lingli before.
Although she didn't know why Shen Yuan'er came back and how she came back, she knew that Shen Yuan'er's appearance was absolutely nothing good, so she watched Shen Lingli escape, and in order to avoid startling the snake, she didn't continue to follow and left quietly.
When Shen Yuan'er learned that Li Han was locked up by the emperor because she was allergic to lemons in the food for the three princesses of the Western Regions, she was also anxious, and suddenly thought that she had seen Shen Lingli in the palace before, and knew that Li Han must have been wronged, and this must be Shen Lingli's ghost.
Although she knew that Li Han was wronged, with Shen Yuan'er's current power, no one would believe her, so she had to be in a hurry in the house alone, and suddenly, she thought of someone, Lu Li!
Shen Yuan'er hurriedly ran to the General's Mansion, and after finding Lu Li, she pulled him and said, "Han'er was wronged, all this was done by Shen Lingli, I saw it with my own eyes!" ”