Xu Qingqing neither nodded nor shook his head: "Your Highness will find out the real culprit first, but if you can't do it, you can't help but make people laugh." ”

Lin Hongyi didn't even have "you" this time, didn't say a word, and walked away angrily.

When galloping on the battlefield, the enemy provoked in every way, and he did not move, but he did not expect to be angry with such a woman.

Mu Zhao on the side hurriedly followed.

can make the prince angry like this, the princess really has a hundred guts......

"Zilu, come in." Xu Qingqing said towards the door.

Zilu pushed the door in, and couldn't hold back the surprise in her heart: "Niangniang......"

She was waiting outside, listening to all the conversations between Xu Qingqing and Lin Hongyi, frightened, for fear that Xu Qingqing would be taken off by Lin Hongyi, but she didn't expect to be safe in the end.

"His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince is too slow to do things." Xu Qingqing said.

Zilu knew what she was talking about, and her face was sneering: "Slave maid...... The slave will tell His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince......"

"No need." Xu Qingqing shook her head.

The matter has come to this point, and it is useless to let Lin Huaian make a move, it is better to let him owe this favor first, and then slowly calculate it in the future......

"Niangniang, you haven't eaten today, the little maid just sent a meal, you can eat a little first, don't be hungry." Zilu said, asking the little maid to bring in a basket of meals.

The food had been blowing in the cold wind, and it was already a little cold.

Zilu instructed the little maid, "Go and fetch the stove." ”

The little maid answered the call and quickly fetched the stove.

Zilu put the food by the stove and simmered, and after a while, it was steaming.

Although the rice in the temple is light, it is not rough, and it tastes delicious, Xu Qingqing smelled the fragrance, and unconsciously became a little hungry.

It is not an easy thing to quarrel with the iceberg, she didn't have breakfast, her stomach was empty, and the temple of the five internal organs suddenly gurgled, which made the little girl purse her lips and chuckle: "Niangniang, eat quickly." ”

Xu Qingqing picked up the chopsticks and was about to pick up the vegetables, when there was a sudden "meow" outside, it was the raccoon cat.

Before the door opened, the tanuki cat jumped in from the window and jumped into Xu Qingqing's arms.

The cat was quietly brought in in the luggage, the temple has the rules of the temple, although it does not kill, but it is not allowed to cats and dogs to enter and exit at will, but Xu Qingqing was worried that the raccoon cat would be bullied by Na Wenyao in Prince Hong's mansion, so he brought it over.

The tanuki cat also seems to know that this is not the place where he should be, he is very well-behaved on weekdays, and he never makes a sound in the corner, and he has not called the novices in the temple to find out, but he doesn't know why he suddenly changed his temper so much today.

Zilu hurriedly glanced outside, but fortunately there were no monks passing outside, otherwise if she saw it, she would definitely drive the cat out.

"Those small temples in the slave's hometown have no such rules, I really don't know why this hidden spirit temple is so strict." She couldn't help but complain.

"The Hidden Spirit Temple is a national temple, which is naturally different from a small temple." Xu Qingqing said.

She gently rubbed the tanuki's round head, and her onion-like fingers looked white and slender in the orange hair.

The tanuki cat "meowed", but instead of looking at her, he looked at the food on the table with wide eyes.

"The slave maid has just fed it, and in the blink of an eye, she is hungry again." Azusa is disgusted.

Xu Qingqing picked up the chopsticks and wanted to clip some shredded tofu to feed it, but as soon as she raised her hand, the tanuki cat slapped her wrist with a paw.

The chopsticks fell to the ground with a crisp sound, and Zilu was startled: "Niangniang......"

Although the civet cat's claw was strong, it was the tip of the claw, and it did not leave blood marks on Xu Qingqing's hand, only slapping the whole dish to the ground.

Zilu saw that the master was not injured, and her heart fell to the ground slightly, and she couldn't help but scold the civet cat: "It's really a thing that doesn't know what to do, the mother gives you food and gives you a place to live, and you repay the mother like this?" ”

And when he spoke, he was to drive it out, lest it cause any more trouble.

Looking at the tanuki cat's amber eyes, Xu Qingqing's heart suddenly moved slightly: "Slow." ”

Zilu was puzzled: "Niangniang ......"

"Who brought this food?" Xu Qingqing asked.

Zilu looked at the tofu shreds scattered all over the ground, and suddenly understood, and her eyes changed suddenly: "Niangniang, you mean ......?"

"Go get the silver needle." Xu Qingqing commanded.

The silver needle was also brought out from Prince Hong's mansion, Xu Qingqing grew up in the palace since she was a child, and she heard a lot of deceit between concubines and palace maids, so she naturally took precautions.

Zilu took the needle and examined it on the plate of tofu silk, and the originally clear needle tip became extremely black in the blink of an eye.

Her hands trembled involuntarily: "Niangniang, this meal has been poisoned!" ”

The abbot of the temple was soon invited, and Lin Hongyi came with him.

Angry is angry, but Xu Qingqing is his concubine after all, and he can't put her life away.

"Who brought the food?" Lin Hongyi asked coldly.

"Yes...... It's a slave maid......" a little maid stood up tremblingly.

"Who are you, why haven't I seen you before?" Yurui asked.

"The slave's name is Shu Yun, and she came from Prince Hong's mansion with His Royal Highness." The little girl's eyes flickered, and she didn't dare to look into everyone's eyes.

Yu Rui felt strange: "Wasn't it Sizhu who delivered meals before, why did it suddenly change to you?" ”

Shu Yun still lowered her head and lowered her eyes: "Sister Sizhu is a little uncomfortable, so she asked the slave maid to replace her, so ...... So the slave and the maid ......"

"So you poisoned my food?" Xu Qingqing asked.

Shu Yun was so frightened that she quickly knelt on the ground: "The slave doesn't dare, how dare the slave dare to murder the princess?" ”

"It's not you, who is that? Could it be the little novice in the temple? Xu Qingqing asked.

The abbot on the side looked calm, and Amitabha Buddha said: "Princess Niangniang, in the Hidden Spirit Temple, there will never be such a bold monk." ”

Shu Yun trembled and did not speak.

"Drag it down, hit it, hit it until she says it." Lin Hongyi coldly ordered.

"Yes!" Mu Zhao led the order forward.

"Your Highness, Your Highness spares your life, it's really not a slave, a slave is wronged......" Shu Yun's pear blossoms brought rain, crying with shock and fear.

Lin Hongyi didn't pity Xiang Xiang at all: "Still unwilling to tell the truth? ”

"Yes...... It's Sister Wen Yao, the slave maid was waiting in the small kitchen before, and she was in a hurry, but it happened that Sister Wen Yao came over, so she helped the slave maid pick up the dishes and chopsticks...... "Where did Shu Yun dare to hide it, and said while sobbing quietly.

Lin Hongyi's eyes became extremely calm: "Do you know what happens if you lie in front of this king?" ”

Shu Yun hurriedly shook her head: "The slave doesn't dare to lie, the princess has always been generous to the slave and the maid, how could the slave and the maid be so vicious?" ”

"I don't think she's telling a lie." Xu Qingqing said.

She originally didn't want to interject, but Wen Yao is the big girl next to Lin Hongyi, God knows what kind of things this iceberg will do if she protects it in the short term, if Shu Yun, the only witness, kills people, how can she question Wen Yao face to face?

"You saw her poisoned?" Lin Hongyi asked.

Shu Yun shook her head again: "The slave didn't see it, but ...... But ......"

"But what?" Lin Hongyi's tone was extremely low.

"But when Sister Wen Yao came out of the small kitchen, the slave saw her holding a small paper bag in her hand......" Shu Yun stammered.

Lin Hongyi naturally could see that she was not lying, but he couldn't imagine that Wen Yao, who had grown up with him since childhood, would do such a foolish thing.

"Someone, pass on Wen Yao!" His eyebrows tightened.

As soon as Wen Yao came, when she saw that everyone was there, her face couldn't help but change: "Your Highness, you called the slave and maid, what is the matter?" ”

She was hit by that Gu, but she was forced out by Lin Hongyi's medicine, and now she can speak, but the Gu poison has not dissipated, and the whole person looks very weak, which is quite pitiful.

"You poisoned it?" Lin Hongyi asked.

Instead, the question is straightforward, and there is no beating around the bush at all.

"What is Your Highness talking about, how could a slave do such a thing?" Wen Yao hurriedly defended herself, "There are many people in this temple, and there are a lot of people coming in and out of the kitchen, maybe some assassin has been mixed in, and he wants to marry the life of the princess, just like taking the life of the former court maid last time......

"You're pretty good at choreographing." Xu Qingqing said.

Wen Yao's eyes were not good: "Princess Niangniang, what do you mean?" What evidence do you have to prove that I did it? ”

"If you hadn't done it, how would you know that the poison was in the food?" Xu Qingqing asked.

Wen Yao's face changed.

She said it quickly for a while, but she actually said that she had leaked her mouth.

But she quickly came back to her senses, rolled her eyes, and glanced at the tofu shreds that had been knocked over on the ground: "The slave maid guessed, if it wasn't for someone poisoning the food, how could the princess knock over the dishes and call the little novice who was working in the kitchen?" ”

At first glance, it seemed that this was indeed the case, and the little novice was standing by at this time.

"How do you know this little novice is working in the kitchen?" Xu Qingqing asked again.

"This ......" Wen Yao stammered.

She was a big maid, and it stands to reason that she didn't have to go to rough places like the kitchen, so she wouldn't know the monks who worked in the kitchen.

The reason why I recognized this monk must be because I had been there today.

As for what it was going to do, a discerning person can guess it......

"Tell me, what did you do?" Xu Qingqing asked.

"I ...... I'm a little hungry and I'm going to get some food. Wen Yao said hesitantly.

Those strange eyes have already betrayed that she has a ghost in her heart.

Xu Qingqing was too lazy to waste any more time, and instructed Zilu: "Search her body." ”

Wen Yao retreated again and again when she heard this: "Princess Niangniang, you have to tell the evidence when you do things, I didn't do anything, why should I search my body?" If you find out something, that's it, if you can't find anything, won't the slave and maid just knock out the front teeth and swallow it in the stomach? No, it's too unfair to the slaves......"

"Wen Yao!" Lin Hongyi, who barely said a word, finally scolded coldly.

"Temple...... Your Highness ......" Wen Yao looked at him, and his gaze couldn't help but dodge.

"This king asks again, is it you?" Lin Hongyi's sword frowned.

In his eyes, although Wen Yao is a little arrogant, he is not a vicious person, and it is impossible to do anything that hurts people's lives.

But it turned out that he was wrong, Wen Yao's stammering and secretive appearance was enough to prove that she had something to do with the matter.

"Your Highness, it's really not a slave...... Wen Yao bit her lip and said.

Zilu stepped forward and searched her in front of everyone without saying a word.

However, unexpectedly, Wen Yao did not have any small paper bags on her.

Just when Zilu was surprised, and Wen Yao had already choked aggrievedly, it was called a pear blossom with rain, Chu Chu was pitiful: "I said that I am not a slave...... Your Highness, how can you misunderstand the slave so much? ”

"Where has she been?" Xu Qingqing asked.

This time it was not Wen Yao who asked, but a few guards on the side.

Lin Hongyi came to the Hidden Spirit Temple, and the accompanying guards naturally did not dare to slack off.

On the day when King Yao usurped the throne, Prince Hong was the first person to lead the rebels into the city, and many people hated him to the bone, hating the rebels under him for killing people like hemp, making the blood flow inside and outside the capital.

If someone waits for an opportunity to reward Lin Hongyi and kills him in the Hidden Spirit Temple, how can the guards deal with him?

Therefore, they are loyal to their duties one by one, keeping a firm eye on the people in the temple, for fear of any accidents.

Xu Qingqing asked them, and indeed asked the right person, and one of them stepped forward and said: "Back to the princess, my subordinates saw Miss Wen Yao stay in the grass outside the temple for a while. ”

"Oh?" Xu Qingqing raised her eyebrows slightly, "Go and search in the grass." ”

"Yes." The guards gave their hands to the order.

Wen Yao's face was already blue and white.

She never expected that Xu Qingqing was not only not poisoned, but also realized that she had done it so quickly.

"Wen Yao, it's still too late for you to admit it." Xu Qingqing said.

"Is there time for anything, time to be punished by you?" The hatred in Wen Yao's eyes was as thick as poisonous juice.

As soon as these words came out, there was a gasping sound all around, and several maids looked at her in surprise, all of them couldn't believe that she had done it.

"So, you admit it?" Xu Qingqing asked.

"What about me, if you can make me dumb, I can't poison you?" Wen Yao hated it so much.

That day, she took the pearl jade dew pill sent by Xu Qingqing, and suddenly felt cold at night, like an ice cellar, and even her teeth couldn't help shaking.

Immediately afterwards, the vision also became blurred, as if covered with an invisible veil, and not only that, but it was also surprisingly painful, as if there were countless silver needles piercing ......

She stumbled out of the room, and the more she walked, the darker it became, so dark that she couldn't even see the lights in the house......

Fortunately, the night patrol found out in time and carried her back to the room.

The little guy invited a doctor, and the doctor checked his pulse for a long time, but he couldn't diagnose what the disease was.

The next day, the matter reached Lin Hongyi's ears, and he soon found out that Wen Yao had been infiltrated by Gu worms.

Knowing that Xu Qingqing entered the palace to see Xu Shuhuai, how could Lin Hongyi not understand what was going on?

Originally, he planned to punish Xu Qingqing well, but for some reason, he felt that instead of punishing this woman after the Hidden Spirit Temple, he also promised her to find out the real murderer of Zilu as soon as possible......

Lin Hongyi felt that he seemed to be too tolerant of Xu Qingqing.

When facing the poisoned Wen Yao, he couldn't show any mercy.