After the imperial doctor finished speaking, the emperor immediately looked at the two palace maids who were waiting for the concubine and reprimanded, "How did you serve the concubine?" How could Ding Concubine come into contact with something like safflower? ”

The two palace maids were so frightened that they knelt on the ground, "The emperor forgives the sin, the slave and maid really don't know!" On weekdays, the concubines and mothers eat are carefully checked, and there will be no problems! ”

"That's right." One of the palace maids seemed to remember something, but because she was afraid, she stopped talking again.

"If you think of something, you can say it quickly." The emperor reprimanded impatiently.

"This morning, Concubine Ding Niangniang had no appetite and only drank half a bowl of clear porridge. The rest, all that was a few pieces of dim sum from the queen's palace. ”

"The dim sum in the queen's palace is delicious, this is a well-known thing in the harem. The concubine had no appetite in the morning and ate less. When I got to the queen's mother, I had an appetite when I saw the pastries, so I ate a few more pieces, but I didn't expect it, I didn't expect it to be like this. After the palace maid finished speaking, she lowered her head directly, knelt on the ground honestly, and didn't dare to raise her head again.

She herself understood that at such a time, she would inevitably offend the queen by saying this.

Sure enough, the palace maid beside the queen mother was unwilling, and said angrily, "Bold slave, in order to shirk responsibility, you dare to slander the queen mother." "The palace maid in charge of the queen's side is not a vegetarian, and in front of the emperor and the queen, she reprimanded the palace maid.

The palace maid was frightened and cried, "The slave doesn't dare to slander the queen, the slave is just guessing." It's unclear if there's a problem with the pastry. Even if there is a problem with the pastry, it may be that the kitchen person has made the wrong ingredient! ”

"The slave and maid boldly speculated, and asked the queen to forgive her sins." The palace maid kept kowtowing to the queen and pleading guilty.

The queen mother understands that if she does not come up with evidence to prove her innocence, even if the emperor believes her, the concubines in the harem will deliberately guess.

So the queen immediately made a decision and immediately ordered, "Manager Yin, please follow this maid and bring over the pastries that the concubine has just eaten." Ask a doctor for examination. ”

"Xue Yan, you go with you." The queen mother instructed the palace maids beside her.

Regarding the queen's arrangement, the emperor was noncommittal.

And after the imperial doctor carefully examined the pastries, his expression became shocked.

Finally, under the attention of everyone, he replied to the emperor in fear, "Your Majesty, safflower juice is indeed added to this pastry." ”

"What?" The queen mother was shocked and looked incredulous.

Seeing the emperor looking at her with a puzzled face, the queen mother panicked in her heart, and immediately expressed her attitude to the emperor, "Your Majesty, the concubine really doesn't have the intention of harming the concubine?" Why did the pastry go wrong, and the concubine really didn't know! ”

The emperor reassured the queen and said, "The matter has not been clarified yet, so don't worry about it first." Sit down first and don't hurt the child in your belly. ”

"Yes, the concubines thank the emperor for his trust."

"The twists and turns in the harem, I know in my heart that even if the pastry in question comes from the queen's palace, it may not be the queen's hands and feet." When the emperor said this, he meant to appease the queen.

The queen is very grateful to the emperor for his trust in her.

The emperor said this, and also looked at all the concubines in the harem with warnings. After making sure that no one was weak-hearted, he said to Manager Yin, "Go and investigate, you must find out." ”

Manager Yin knew that the emperor was really moving, so he didn't dare to be careless immediately, and went to investigate with trepidation.

It's no wonder that the emperor is angry, last night, Concubine Li suddenly had a miscarriage, and the prime minister said that Concubine Li was assassinated, and the emperor must investigate the truth.

But the emperor sent someone to investigate, but nothing was found at all. It's just that Concubine Li herself was careless and didn't stand firm.

For this reason, although the prime minister dared to be angry but did not dare to speak, there was a gap between him and the emperor.

Today, there are people who want to harm the concubine? This concubine, now the emperor values it? Who would dare to move the person the emperor wants to protect?

The emperor also guessed whether it was the queen's hands and feet. After all, the birth of Concubine Li and Concubine Ding's children may pose a threat to the queen.

But the emperor understands the queen, and the queen is not so cruel to hurt others. And with the queen's ability, it is impossible to do this without revealing the slightest clue.

In this way, it should be someone who wants to remove the child in the womb of Concubine Li and Concubine Ding. And they want to bring disaster to the east. The blame is placed on the queen.

Who wants to do that? For the people in the harem, the position of queen is indeed a great temptation.

But not anyone will think about it, only when they reach a certain level of ability, will they take the risk to do these things for the position of queen.

The emperor filtered all the concubines in the harem, and he couldn't imagine who had such great ambition and ability.

Manager Yin has already gone to check, and the emperor and the harem concubines are waiting for news. And the queen was restless.

The queen herself really didn't do such a thing, but she couldn't guarantee that her mother's good brother and sister-in-law would not cut first and then play.

The queen has secretly scolded her brother and sister-in-law thousands of times in her heart.

If they don't let them do it, they just don't listen. Even if you do, wipe your butt clean!

In the harem, there are ways to harm people, but they want to drug pastries, or on this occasion. Isn't this a clear indication that there is evidence for people to arrest?

It's stupid. This time it's really going to kill them!

Thinking of this, the queen quietly glanced at the palace maid Xue Yin beside her. Ask Xue Yin with his eyes.

Xue Yin shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't know. The queen was relieved.

As long as it wasn't her brother and sister-in-law who did it, then she didn't have to worry about being framed. Because the emperor will definitely investigate clearly.

The queen mother has two personal palace maids by her side, and Xue Yan has followed her since she was a child. And Xue Yin was arranged for her by her brother and sister-in-law before she got married.

Xue Yin is highly trained and proficient in pharmacology, and she is brought with her to protect her from being assassinated by ingredients and medicines.

Because Xueyin was arranged by her brother and sister-in-law, sometimes, what she said was not as useful as her brother's sister-in-law's orders.

This is also the reason why Xue Yin, even if he has the ability, cannot replace Xue Yan. Because of Xue Yin, he didn't have enough loyalty to her.

What Xue Yin is loyal to is the glory of the Guogong Mansion.

In the restless waiting of the queen mother, Manager Yin finally clarified the matter.

Those plates of pastries were indeed made by the chef in the queen's palace, but the raw materials were all prepared by the chef's helpers. Because of the helpers in the kitchen, there are six people in total. So for a while, I couldn't find out who did it.

Manager Yin has already brought all the people from the kitchen over, and he will wait for the emperor to interrogate before making a decision.

I have to say that this Chief Yin is really smart and leaves the right to make decisions to the emperor, so no matter what the results of the investigation are, he will not offend people.

This harem concubine, favor and neglect, ups and downs are common. But no matter how the concubines in the harem are, they can't be changed, the fact that they are all from famous families.

Among those famous families, which one of them can be offended by a small manager like Mr. Yin?

All he can rely on is the emperor's trust.

The people in the kitchen all knelt in a row, waiting for the emperor's interrogation.

Before the emperor could interrogate, one of the helpers trembled into a sieve in fear.

When the emperor saw the little eunuch who was shaking all over, he laughed directly.

Laugh at the eunuch, "So gutsless!" ”

Then he instructed Mr. Yin, "Ask me something." ”

Mr. Yin bowed, "Yes." ”

Then he went up and kicked the little eunuch, "Say, the pastries in the kitchen, did you move your hands and feet?" ”

The little eunuch was still trembling, and he was too frightened to say a word.

Manager Yin kicked a few more times in succession, and the little eunuch fell to the ground directly.

The emperor raised his hand to signal, and Manager Yin stopped.

The emperor personally asked the little eunuch, "Who instructed you, as long as you recruit from the truth, I can spare your family." If you don't say it, just for the crime of murdering the emperor's heir, I can issue an order to punish you all over the nine clans. ”

At this time, Xue Yan in the palace of the queen also found a booklet that recorded the family background of the eunuchs and palace maids in the palace.

Xue Yan held the booklet and read, "Xiao Yinzi, formerly known as Zhou Yin, a native of Handan, Hebei, has an old mother at home, five brothers and sisters-in-law, brother and sister-in-law, and an old mother in the year Xiao Yinzi entered the palace, and he has moved to a house in the capital. and three younger sisters..."

Before Xue Yan finished reading, the little Yinzi directly recruited, "The slave said everything, the slave deserves death, whether it is Ling Chi to death, a thousand knives, or five horses divided into corpses, the slave is willing to endure, and please ask the emperor to forgive the slave's family." They really don't know anything! ”

"Since I said it, I will definitely do it, you can rest assured!" The emperor gave Xiao Yinzi a promise.

"Yes, thank you, minion, Your Majesty."

"The minion has no way to do this. Last night, the slave was convenient at the base of the wall, and suddenly someone covered the slave's mouth, dragged the slave to a no-man's land on the side of the garden rockery, and said that when the harem concubine came to ask the queen mother to say goodbye, he used his hands and feet in the pastry, and gave the slave a bottle of potion. The minion didn't dare to do such a thing, but the small silver lock of the minion's nephew was in the man's hand. The silver lock was bought by the slave himself for his nephew, and the slave recognized it. The man threatened the minion that if he did not listen to him, he would kill the minion's nephew. The minion really has no choice! ”

"What does that person look like, can you see it clearly?" Mr. Yin asked.

That person was also wearing the clothes of a eunuch, but with his face covered, the slave couldn't see it at all. He is tall and strong, and he is very powerful. Otherwise, the minions would not have been subdued by him. ”

"That bottle of potion, but it's still in your hand?" Manager Yin asked again.

"Here in the minion, the minion has not had time to dispose of it, and it is in the minion's cabinet." That little Yinzi confessed all in one breath.

Manager Yin sent someone to search, and sure enough, the porcelain vase was ordinary, and he didn't see anything wrong, and it was difficult to find out for a while, which palace this porcelain vase came from.