After everyone sat down, the atmosphere gradually warmed up, and many nobles who went to the banquet came forward to toast one after another, and the people who tasted the incense also carefully paid attention to Ruan Mianmian's mood, for fear that she would be a little unhappy.

Who knew that Ruan Mianmian had dealt with everything properly, and returned the salute appropriately, with both the noble frame of the county lord and the kindness and kindness, and he had done enough etiquette rules, and there was nothing wrong at all.

When the banquet was at its most lively, everyone had no worries at the beginning, and several maids side by side brought up some home-cooked food held by golden cups, which were a little too ordinary in a table of delicacies from the mountains and seas, but no one underestimated these foods, they were all sent by the people when Ruan Mianmian arrived in Ruliang today, representing Ruan Mianmian's premier prestige in Ruliang City and the people's love for her.

Ruan Mianmian raised his eyes and looked over, most of these foods were pasta dishes such as oil cake buns, as well as soup dumplings and sweet cakes, and more careful people wrapped the same green Qingtuan with big green leaves, and the Qingtuan could faintly see the oily golden salted egg yolk, which was really fresh and delicious.

Qingtuan is a unique dessert in the south, and everyone living in the north is naturally unheard of and unseen, so they pay special attention to this strange delicacy, Ruan Mianmian can't help but want to grab it with her hand to take a closer look, or Jiang Xinyue quietly held her under the table, so she didn't make a joke.

The people present at this meal were not Yipinxiang's own people, so the pomp and circumstance were still done, so the little maids went down after serving the table, and changed to two clean little maids who specialized in tasting dishes and testing drugs, and then tried the newly served dishes on the table one by one with silver needles, and cut a small piece with a silver knife and put it in their mouths, and after half an hour nothing happened, they would let Ruan Mianmian and them enter.

This method of testing poison is also modeled after the palace, although it is far less rigorous than the search and inspection of the layers of checkpoints in the palace, but it can also avoid most of the poisons that can be tested with silver needles, so as not to poison the nobles at the banquet.

Waiting for these little guys to taste the food, Ruan Mianmian ate a few more bites of the osmanthus cake in front of her, which was made by Uncle Hua himself, even the osmanthus powder was brought from Yipinxiang, and it was not robbed by those people when it was put on Ruan Bai, it was sweet and not greasy, dense and mellow, and the ones sold outside couldn't be compared, eating this, her mood was a little better, and she was a little curious to see that the little guy was cutting a piece of Qingtuan with a small dining knife, and the egg yolk inside seemed to be dissolved after it was exposed, making people wonder how this was done.

After half an hour the servants were all right, and after the luggage was withdrawn, the dishes were divided among the maids and placed in front of them, and the guests at the other tables had the good fortune to share the gifts of the people.

Ruan Mianmian is the master, so she naturally moves the chopsticks first, so she was the first to put a piece of Qingtuan in her mouth, feeling the soft and elastic teeth, fragrant grass and wood ash-like strange taste, squinting her eyes happily, and feeling extremely comfortable.

In the past, Ruan Mianmian won the love of the people in the capital by eating and broadcasting, so her eating appearance must be excellent, gentle and cute and will not appear deliberate and exaggerated, even the size of the opening and closing of the corners of the mouth and the curvature of the smile at the corners of the eyes are perfect, and now it is naturally pleasing to the eye in the eyes of everyone, and I can't help but move my index finger.

Everyone picked up the chopsticks and picked up their favorite food to taste, the folk food may not taste as good as the flavor made by the chefs in the aristocracy's house, but it is more expensive, not to mention that the young ladies who grew up in the world and did not go out of the door may not have eaten the folk staple food of oil rolls or mixed noodles steamed buns, but they feel fresh.

Ruan Mianmian swallowed the Qingtuan in his mouth with satisfaction, and suddenly heard a bang on the table next to him, it seemed that the dishes had fallen to the ground, I thought it was a young lady who accidentally broke it, but when I looked over, I saw a young lady who was full of cold sweat, her two brows were tightened, and she sat with her head half bowed, and seemed to be a little uncomfortable.

Everyone at the main table looked sideways, Jiang Xinyue got up and went over to ask what was going on, and arranged for someone to call the doctor, Liu Xin'er took the opportunity to walk behind Ruan Mianmian, and said something in her ear with a solemn face, Ruan Mianmian's expression also changed, and there was more exploration in the eyes of the girl, and she glanced at Lu Gui and Mu Ruqing, and whispered in a voice that only they heard: "Don't you think that this young lady's appearance looks like she has been poisoned by that kind of medicine?" ”

Lu Guituo frowned and wondered: "It shouldn't be, then why are the first two tasters fine, but when they get to the table, something happened, could it be that those two little guys have been poisoned by this medicine before?" ”

Thinking of this, they all knew that although the matter was inconclusive, they couldn't just wait, so Ruan Mianmian ordered the young lady and the doctor to be taken to the apse to observe and treat, and the rest of the people stayed still, and called someone to call the little guy who had just tasted the food back to wait for the examination.

This matter was done vigorously, and if someone wanted to harm someone, he would not find a chance to sell the stolen goods. If the young lady is only sick due to her own reasons, it will not have any big consequences, but if someone really uses the kind of medicine that does not show on the silver needle and has a very fast attack, he can also control all the suspects at the first time, and there is a way out.

The food sent by these people was received by Ruan Mianmian's own people, and after he came back, he didn't put it in the kitchen, but brought it directly to this side to prepare for the table, and even the people who put it on the plate were all palace maids who were trusted by Zhu En, so if there was really a problem in the dish, the two little guys who tasted the dishes would definitely not be able to escape.

Ruan Mianmian got up and walked to the table, looked at the empty chairs, and asked, "Which lady is that, and what kind of food did she eat last?" ”

Immediately, a maid saluted and said: "Back to the county lord, my young lady is the eldest lady of the Ruliang Liu family, and the last thing to eat is the egg yolk Qingtuan in her bowl." ”

Following the maid's hand, Ruan Mianmian saw that there was a bitten piece of Qingtuan in the small dish, the yolk of the egg had been eaten, and only the soft blue-green skin remained.

At this moment, Jiang Xinyue quickly walked out of the apse and nodded towards Ruan Mianmian: "I found out, it is indeed that kind of medicine, but it is not from us." ”

Ruan Mianmian said in her heart, it is indeed the medicine in Liu Xi'er's blood, but after she commits suicide, who can still hold such a strange thing in her hands, and the things at the palace banquet will never be passed on, so someone like Wei Xunyi can only listen to a rough idea, let alone get Liu Xi'er's blood.

To appease the uninformed, Ruan Mianmian took advantage of Jiang Xinyue's cover, pricked a drop of blood from his finger with a silver needle, and dripped it into the bowl hidden by Jiang Xinyue's sleeve, Jiang Xinyue immediately went to the apse and fed the antidote to the innocent Miss Liu, so as not to suffer more.

The two little maids who tasted the food were also escorted into the side hall, Ruan Bai and Duan Yan went to guard it in person, and all the food sent by the people was taken back by Liu Xin'er, and she used her method to test it again, and soon learned that only this plate of Qingtuan was mixed with that kind of medicine, but the amount of medicine was very small and it was not easy to distinguish.

Ruan Mianmian walked to everyone's table and said, "Don't panic, guests, has anyone eaten this plate of Qingtuan like Miss Liu?" ”

The guests shook their heads, the dessert of the Youth League is the most common in the spring in the south, everyone has ready-made, and it is the most dispensable dish at this banquet, only Ruan Mianmian and those who have just come from the north will be interested in the Youth League. Locals try the flower rolls and steamed cakes the most.

Ruan Mian slept clearly, sure enough, this is a bureau, and it is carefully designed for himself and a pint of incense, the people who set up the bureau know that no one will touch the Youth League and the people who will taste a pint of incense will taste it because of curiosity, and the first person who will suffer from poison is the first to taste it!

It's just that he did everything he could, and sent it in through the hands of the people, he was indeed unaware, and he avoided many eyes and examinations, but he didn't want to be hit again if he was in this medicine once, otherwise, I am afraid that Ruan Mianmian will have a seizure if he eats it.

Ruan Mianmian left the others to maintain order, and he went to the side hall with Zhu En to personally interrogate the two food tasting boys.

The two little servants knelt on the ground, looked at Ruan Mianmian and Zhu En who walked in with some fear, lowered their heads in fear, bowed down and saluted: "See Lord Ruliang, see Princess Zhu En." ”

"Oh? Do you still know that I am the lord of Ruliang? Then why do you want to help others harm my name and my reputation? Ruan Mianmian couldn't hear joy or anger in his voice, but he sat down upright, with no expression on his face.

"It's... The little ones didn't know what they had done wrong, so they begged the county lord to make it clear. One of the boys looked up blankly, as if he didn't know anything.

"Which of you tasted that egg yolk green ball?" After Ruan Mianmian finished speaking, he stared at the reactions of the two people, not letting go of any clues.

Another servant who didn't speak just now spoke: "Back to the county master, it was a slave who tasted it, but... It's not unusual. ”

"Nothing out of the ordinary? So it's no surprise who instructed it, and how much benefit did it give you? ”

"It's... The minions don't know what you're talking about! The little guy looked dazed and said with a blank face.

"It seems that this little brother is a noble man who has forgotten a lot of things, and has forgotten the cause and effect of this incident, this princess will help you recall your memories." As he spoke, Zhu En took out a small sachet dyed red with maple leaves from his sleeve and shook it in front of the little guy, and suddenly a strange fragrance emanated.

"This is our strange medicine in Mobei, mainly used for torture to extract confessions, whenever you meet a stubborn criminal, just pour him a little, he will have a rotten stomach, pain, skin all over his body, it is simply better to live than to die." Zhu En lowered his eyebrows, as if he didn't care about his life, beckoned someone to bring water, and was about to pour it into his mouth.

The little girl's face turned pale, and he knelt back in horror and took a few steps back, his eyes flashing and kowtowing again and again: "Please let the princess spare the slave, the slave doesn't know!" ”