In the plate of pastries that Tan Shiting gave her, counting the one she ate just now, there were actually four pieces with half a needle!

Nianzhen has now fully understood that this plate of pastries was "specially prepared" for her by Tan Shiting.

Nianzhen was shocked, she asked herself if she had no grievances with Tan Shiting, why did Tan Shiting treat her like this?

Nianzhen looked at Tan Shiting again, but Tan Shiting seemed to be looking at a person who was writing poetry intently, and showed an expression of appreciation.

"You ......" Nianzhen wanted to call her, but the words came to her mouth and swallowed.

Wan Zhang didn't name the emperor, the poetry process was over, Wan Zhang finally relaxed, and he couldn't talk to Nianzhen.

"Lady ......"

Wan Zhang saw at a glance the bird's nest poria cake that was broken by her in front of Nianzhen, and four truncated embroidery needles appeared on the plate, one of which seemed to have a little blood.

"How can there be needles in this?" Wan Chang was taken aback.

Nianzhen glanced at Tan Shiting slightly, and whispered in Wan Zhang's ear: "She gave me this plate of dim sum." ”

Wan Zhang immediately sensed something and asked vigilantly, "What the hell is going on?" ”

Nianzhen told her and Fu Xiaojiu how they met Tan Shiting yesterday.

But after listening to Nianzhen's story, Wan Zhang didn't understand it even more.

"You don't have any conflict, is she doing this to you? Lady, is there anything else you haven't told me? Tell me everything, and I'll be angry for you! ”

Nianzhen said helplessly: "I really didn't hide anything from you, and I don't know where I offended her." ”

Nianzhen's tongue was still hurting, and she always endured the pain and spoke, not wanting Wan Zhang to worry, but Wan Chang still heard that something was wrong.

"Lady, are you hurt?"

Nianzhen saw that she couldn't hide it from him, so she didn't deny it anymore, "Well, I was pricked by a needle when I ate the first piece of snack, but fortunately it was my tongue that was pricked, and I didn't swallow the needle into my stomach." ”

"What? Did you really get stabbed? ”

Knowing that Nian Zhen was injured, Wan Zhang's tone couldn't help but raise a little.

It just so happened that there was no one composing poetry at this time, and there were no cabaret performances, and the audience was the quietest moment.

The emperor was about to choose one of his favorite among these twelve poems, when he heard Wan Zhang's angry exclamation.

Everyone's eyes were immediately focused on him, but Wan Chang was still immersed in annoyance, not noticing that he had become the focus of the audience.

Nianzhen noticed the awkwardness of the atmosphere at this time, and hurriedly reminded: "Xianggong, don't talk about it, everyone is watching you." ”

Wan Zhang remembered that he was still in the palace banquet, and immediately closed his mouth.

But it's too late for him to shut up now.

"Wan Aiqing, what did you say that you were pierced?"

The emperor looked at Wan Zhang seriously and asked.

Wan Zhang hesitated for a moment, but decided to tell the matter.

"Your Majesty, the minister's lady found four and a half sections of embroidery needles in the bird's nest poria cake."

"What?"

As soon as Wan Zhang's words came out, the emperor's face immediately changed.

Everyone else also showed incredible expressions, but the "murderer" had an indifferent look that did not change.

Tan Shiting did a lot of moral things when she was in her hometown, and she also exercised her cheekiness and strong psychological quality.

The preparation of the food for the palace banquet was the responsibility of the queen, and this was the first palace banquet she attended, wouldn't such a thing be a slap in her face?

The queen's face changed a few times, and she said to Nianzhen with a slightly cold face: "Wan Zhangniang, tell me what is going on." ”

It wasn't until the queen asked that Tan Shiting felt a little scared, but she thought that even if Nianzhen said that the pastry was given by her, there was no evidence to prove that the needle in it had anything to do with her.

Nianzhen stood up with her waist and answered the queen's question, it was impossible for her not to be nervous at all.

Nianzhen first took a deep breath, and then said as calmly as possible: "The concubine finished eating the bird's nest poria cake on her plate before, and this plate of bird's nest poria cake with embroidery needles was given to me by Tan Shiting. ”

After Nianzhen finished speaking, she looked at Tan Shiting.

Everyone understood what Nianzhen meant, Tan Shiting immediately stood up, and hurriedly defended herself: "The concubine is wronged!" The concubine saw that she liked to eat this, and the concubine couldn't eat sweet with a toothache, so she was afraid of wasting the food, so she gave her a plate of bird's nest poria cake to eat. The concubine doesn't know where the needle in the pastry came from! ”

Nian Zhen expected that she would quibble, but she was not in a hurry to argue with her, and said to the queen: "Queen Mother, the concubine really doesn't know where the needle in this pastry came from, but the concubine's body was just pierced by the needle, and it is not a big deal, so it is better to forget about this matter." ”

Nianzhen's "tolerance and generosity" is much more effective than not being relenting.

As soon as her words fell, the queen was ignited with anger, "How can this matter be settled like this? There are needles in the pastries of the palace banquet, so do you still have it? What if this needle appears in the pastry that His Majesty eats and injures the dragon's body? Hongu must find out who exactly hid these needles in the pastry! ”

Such a thing happened at the good Qionglin banquet, and the emperor was also very angry.

He knew that there were many rights and wrongs where there were many women, but he didn't expect that someone would be so bold as to dare to do such a vicious thing in front of the emperor and queen!

The emperor's face was already gloomy, and even if he didn't speak, he could feel the anger in his heart.

Fu Xiaojiu secretly held Wan Lin's hand under the table, and asked nervously, "How can there be such a thing?" Your Majesty and the Queen Mother shouldn't punish Nianzhen, right? ”

Wan Lin said affirmatively: "Don't worry, Nianzhen will be fine, but it will not be easy to find evidence." ”

Fu Xiaojiu looked at Tan Shiting and found that an unnatural expression appeared on Tan Shiting's face.

As soon as the queen's angry words came out, everyone lowered their heads, and Tan Shiting's face became even more ugly after lowering her head.

Her father-in-law, Liu Yan, hurriedly squeezed her hand and asked in a low voice, "Lady, did you put the needle?" ”

Tan Shiting impatiently shook off his hand, "Of course it's not me, who knows where those needles came from?" ”

Liu Yan understands what kind of person Tan Shiting is, he is used to being bullied by this eldest lady at home, and now the title of the gold list can finally raise his head, but he never thought that Tan Shiting was so bold that she dared to secretly poison others at the palace banquet!

Liu Yan stopped talking to her and was prepared for the worst.

After the queen said that she must find out about this matter just now, several eunuchs and palace maids inspected the various pastries on everyone's tables in turn, except for the plate in front of Nianzhen, the pastries on the other people's plates did not find half an embroidery needle.

After learning about this situation, the queen said: "It seems that only the pastries on Wan Zhang's plate have hidden needles, and sure enough, someone specially poisoned her!" Fortunately, she didn't swallow the needle in her stomach, otherwise the consequences would be really unimaginable. ”

After the queen finished speaking, the emperor leaned over to her and asked in a low voice, "But where did the four embroidery needles come from?" ”

The queen asked rhetorically, "What does Your Majesty mean?" ”

A hint of gloom flashed in the emperor's eyes, and then he said to Liu Yan: "Liu Yan, since this plate of bird's nest poria cake was your lady's before, then tell me if someone wants to harm your mother?" But I didn't expect your lady to give a favor and give this plate of dim sum to Wanzhang's lady. ”

Liu Yan replied without thinking: "The minister's lady is the first time to come to the capital to come to the palace, she has no grievances with others, and no one will harm her." ”

Liu Yan's words seem to be defending Tan Shiting, but they are explaining from the side that if someone is not going to harm Tan Shiting, then the most suspicious person is Tan Shiting, the "victim".

Tan Shiting didn't hear the meaning of Liu Yan's words, and immediately said: "The concubine has always been kind and kind, and she has never had a holiday with anyone, and she also asks Your Majesty and Niangniang to be the master of the concubine!" ”

Speaking of this, Tan Shiting raised her head and said aggrievedly: "The concubine is really out of kindness to give her snacks to Nianzhen to eat, and the concubine really doesn't know that there will be needles in it!" ”

Tan Shiting's sophistry made Nianzhen feel extremely ridiculous, and Nianzhen could only hope for the emperor and queen, hoping that they could find out the truth as soon as possible.

Fu Xiaojiu couldn't bear it anymore after listening to it for a long time, and he had the courage to salute the emperor and queen, and said: "Your Majesty, the queen mother, the concubine feels that this matter is too strange. The embroidery needle is hidden in this pastry, does it mean that the person who hid the needle carried the needle with him? The concubine begged His Majesty and the Empress to search each of us, and maybe we could find the handle of the person who hid the needle! ”

The emperor and the queen both have this meaning, but in the face of a group of young talents, they are not embarrassed to say the method of body search.

Since Fu Xiaojiu made this suggestion, the emperor pushed the boat and said: "I see that your idea is good, queen, what do you think?" ”

The queen also immediately said: "The idea of this palace to see the rich man is good. Then everyone is wronged and wronged, in order to catch that wicked person, everyone should cooperate. ”

"Yes!"

Where does anyone dare to object, and "the body is not afraid of shadows", even if it is a body search, it is not a big deal.

So the Qionglin banquet became a "body search banquet." ”

The eunuch and the palace maid searched separately, Tan Shiting's sewing kit was hidden in her belt, her face was no longer bloodless, and she prayed that her sewing kit would not be searched.

However, her prayers failed, and the maid who searched her body soon found out that her belt was abnormal, and took out a sewing kit from her belt.

"Queen Qiyu, the slave maid found a sewing kit on this lady's body!"

Tan Shiting's brain went blank in an instant, and the blood all over her body was about to coagulate.

"Sewing kit?" The queen frowned at the crescent moon and asked strangely, "Other ladies all carry sachets on their bodies, why do you carry a sewing kit on your body?" ”

Tan Shiting hurriedly knelt on the ground and explained tremblingly: "Concubines, concubines have liked female celebrities since childhood, so they like to carry a sewing kit with them." I hope the queen will check clearly! ”

"Oh? That's why you carry your sewing kit with you? ”

The queen did not believe her words.

When the queen was questioning Tan Shiting, Lu Qianying suddenly said: "Niangniang, the concubine has something to say!" ”

"What are you going to say?" The queen still frowned.

Lu Qianying pointed at Fu Xiaojiu and said: "Niangniang, the concubine feels that carrying a sewing kit with her can't explain anything, the concubine saw Fu Xiaojiu and Nianzhen sneaking around in the thatched house, and the needle in the pastry may have been put in by the two of them themselves!" ”