Chapter IV
"Father, can you let Wanxiao take a look at the breakfast that the eldest lady ate?" Shen Wanxiao asked. She wanted to check Shen Yuying's breakfast in person, if she could find evidence that Pei'er was not poisoned, Pei'er wouldn't have to be locked in a cold firewood room, and she Shen Wanxiao would also have an explanation for the dead former heroine.
"Someone, bring the breakfast that the eldest lady ate." General Shen said to his subordinates.
"Master, the eldest lady's breakfast has been delivered." Butler Shen Zhu preached.
Tsk, too corrupt. Cantaloupe shrimp cup, braised lion's head, crab porridge, chicken pith shoots, rouge goose breast, lotus root powder osmanthus sugar cake, sweet and sour fish, and three kinds of side dishes. Emma, is this breakfast? I've only drunk half a bowl of porridge since I woke up, and it's still cold.
Poverty limits my imagination! Even I, a veteran foodie, admire the five-body throw. A person who eats so much is alive without being strutted to death. It's a miracle! Look at this figure again, it should be convex and convex, it should be concave and concave, it is really the right place for nutrition. Look at me again, before and after, a horse and a flat river. It's really more people than people have to die, and goods are still better than goods.
Xuan Ming looked at the woman in front of him intently, his facial expression was tense for a while, happy for a while, depressed for a while, and envious for a while. Interesting, very interesting.
"Sister Yuying, may I ask if you feel unwell after breakfast? How can you tell if it's poisoning? "Forbearance doesn't mean admitting defeat, acting? Who wouldn't?
Shen Yuying was stunned at first, and muttered in her heart: When did this little girl change her personality? Mouth suddenly so sweet? Got smarter? Is it my delusion? Shen Yuying thought so, and always had a shallow smile on her face. In addition, the face looks a little pale, which gives people an urge to protect.
"Sister Wanxiao, my sister suddenly felt sick to her stomach and stomach after breakfast, and, moreover, and always went to the toilet. At first, my sister thought she had eaten something bad, but then she checked it with a special silverware, and the silverware immediately turned black. Shen Yuying's face was slightly red after speaking, and her eyes kept looking down.
One thing is for sure, Shen Yuying is not poisoned, but simply diarrhea. Were all ancient people illiterate? It is impossible to distinguish between diarrhea and poisoning.
I remember the teacher said that there are three reasons why silverware turns black: first, the silverware is not pure, and the silverware worn is silver-plated, and the mercury on the surface will reveal the black metal inside after a long time. Second, the silver jewelry worn is real silver, and blackening is a kind of normal oxidation. Because silver reacts chemically with sulfur in the air for a long time to form black silver, silver sulfide causes silver jewelry to gradually turn black. Third, it is related to people's physique. Some people have too much acidic substances in the body, or they are sick, as well as some cosmetics, perfumes and sweat that they usually wear, will corrode the surface of silver jewelry, forming what people usually call silver dirt or silver mold, turning black, seriously affecting the surface color and luster of silver jewelry.
The first two require the silverware to be exposed for a long time, which is not logical. Therefore, the third possibility is more likely. The question is, how to say it? Ancient people didn't study chemistry either!
With that, Shen Wanxiao walked up to Shen Yuying, bowed slightly, and asked, "What kind of rouge gouache has my sister used recently?" And which dish did my sister use when she tested the poison with silverware? ”
Shen Yuying didn't know Shen Wanxiao's purpose for doing this, so she said truthfully: "I recently used a spice of cyclamen and colored leaf grass to smoke my clothes, and my face was rubbed with the incense powder of lilies and narcissus. Sister, what's wrong? ”
Well, that's right. Both cyclamen and coleus are moderately acidic substances that can be stained with sweat on hot days and on silverware placed in clothing. Over time, it will turn black. The next thing to do is prove it.
"Sister, can you lend my sister some of the spices you used to smoke your clothes and the incense powder for wiping your face?"
"What stupid things my sister said, what she didn't borrow, put on my dresser. Go and fetch it. ”
"Thank you, Sister Yuying."
"Shen, father, can you borrow a new silverware and a basin for clean water?"
Shen Xuanjun waved his hand, and someone brought in the silverware and water basin.
Shen Wanxiao put all Shen Yuying's spices and incense powder in the basin, and then put the silverware in it. Before the time for a cup of tea arrived, I saw that the silverware had slowly turned black. Everyone in the Merry Hall couldn't help but exclaim.
"Sister Yuying, my sister's experiment is done. My sister felt that my sister was not necessarily poisoned. It's just a weakness caused by going to the toilet too many times. My sister might as well ask the doctor to take the pulse again. In the diagnosis and treatment. How is it? ”
"Okay, thank you sister for investigating the matter for my sister, otherwise the conscience of the good sister will be disturbed." After Shen Yuying finished speaking, she gently wiped the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief.
pretended, just now I didn't know who didn't give me a chance to investigate the truth, and insisted that Pei'er was the murderer. Shen Wanxiao thought so, and her face was still unchanged calm.
Shen Wanxiao turned around and saluted Shen Xuanjun and asked, "Father, since the matter is clear, should Pei'er be acquitted?" ”
"Come on, let the second lady's maid go."
"Yes, sir."
Xuan Mingsu watched all this from the side, thinking that the little girl in front of him would not be able to handle it, but he still underestimated her. He looked at her carefully, he was obviously weak and pitiful, but he was stubborn, without the flattery of ordinary ladies, and he didn't see him as a high-ranking prince, as well as his own cleverness and quick response. Thinking about the lack of expression on his face, Xuan Mingsu smiled shallowly. This scene was watched by the shadow of the personal guard who came with him. If he hadn't followed the prince since he was a child, he would have thought he was wrong. The master has never been smiling, but today he laughed several times, still because of the same woman, and when he returned home, he had to share it with that brother. The 10,000-year-old iceberg has finally melted.