Mu Jiaren pointed to the dim sum and continued: "The filling fried in the dim sum made by the slave maid did not add soybean flour, this Zhong Sishan and the imperial doctor have already checked it, and there is soybean flour in the filling. Vertex x 23 U S"

Concubine Xian shook her head: "You can do two things to cover people's eyes." ”

"Niangniang is right, if I have the heart, I can do this, but from lunch to just now, the slave maid has not left the imperial dining room, if there is fried filling, there must be a surplus, and the slave and maid cannot control the amount so well."

"Qin Shanggong, is that so?"

Qin Shanggong looked at Zhong Sishan, Zhong Sishan got up and replied: "Xia Zhu really didn't leave the imperial dining room. ”

"Then let's go search first."

"Yes."

Concubine Xian looked at Xia Zhu: "Even if you can't find the filling, you can't prove that you are not suspicious." ”

"This is only one aspect, almond sprinkling gold crisp is not a difficult dim sum, so it is relatively easy for someone to imitate, but everyone's technique is different, and I also asked Zhong Sishan to bring the kitchen utensils used by the slaves."

Then Zhong Sishan brought all the things that Mu Jiaren had used.

She took a piece of almond crisp and put it on the table, and with her own knife, the puff pastry on the outside was broken, and it looked very unsightly.

"Not long after the slave maid entered the palace, she didn't bring her own knife, this knife is already blunt, if it is used to cut almond cake, it will be broken, and it will not be so neat."

"Zhong Sishan, are these all used by Xia Zhu?"

Zhong Sishan nodded: "Yes." ”

"In that case, how do you do the snacks you sent to other palaces?"

"With a thin silver wire." Mu Jiaren demonstrated how to wrap silver wire around her fingers, straighten it and cut it from top to bottom, and then you can cut out a complete puff pastry.

Shiso and Bai Peony both sighed: "No wonder the almond puff pastry you made is so complete." ”

At this time, the person sent to look for the filling also returned, saying that he had not found it.

Concubine Xian looked at Bai Peony and Shiso on the side.

"But the two of you?"

The two knelt on the ground.

"Which palace the snacks made by the slaves and maids are sent to, they are all recorded, and there are palace people to testify."

After checking this, Qin Shanggong and Zhong Sishan were relieved, fortunately they were not their people.

"There are a lot of people who will make this almond sprinkle with gold crisp, if it weren't for your dining room, who would it be? This palace came to check, and naturally asked for a result. ”

After Concubine Xian finished speaking, Qin Shanggong got up and asked.

"Everyone's itinerary is clear today."

"Yes."

Mu Jiaren kowtowed: "Concubine Xian, Qin Shanggong, the slave maid has an idea, you can find out who changed the pastry." ”

Concubine Xian nodded in agreement: "You can tell me and listen to it." ”

"Although there are many people who can make this pastry, the sweet almonds used are not everywhere, only the three of us have used it today, and no one else has come in, so the replacement dim sum should come from the palace with a kitchen."

After speaking, Zhong Sishan also nodded: "Sweet almonds and bitter almonds are not easy to distinguish from the appearance, but the taste and medicinal properties are different, the almonds distributed in the palace are all recorded, and each one is cut off a little at the tip, so as to taste whether it is a sweet almond." ”

After Zhong Sishan finished speaking, Concubine Xian asked him to go to the Internal Affairs Office to find out which palaces had received almonds.

At this moment, the palace people came over to spread the word, saying that Wu Meiren had died of illness because she had eaten dim sum by mistake.

Concubine Xian and Qin Shanggong realized the seriousness of the matter, so they urged the palace people to inquire quickly.

After Mu Jiaren proved her innocence, Tao Ran helped her get up and walked aside, she didn't show a smile, but was thinking about how to find out the real murderer.

This time the matter is nothing more than to target her, Wu Meiren died in vain, but the person who wants to fix her is not only Hong Yuchu, she knows who she is, if this identity is exposed, the queen mother or even the emperor may do it.

When the palace people came with the eunuchs of the Internal Affairs Office, the palace people from the queen also came to learn about the situation.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs took out a booklet, which recorded the palace that had received almonds during this time.

There are not many palaces with small kitchens in the palace, except for the pregnant concubine and the queen who doesn't like almonds, there are six places that have received almonds, including the Queen Mother's Yongning Palace.

Concubine Xian ordered someone to arrest all the palace people who sent snacks to Wu Meiren today, and asked who changed the pastries halfway.

Mu Jiaren looked at the plate of pastries, reached out and licked the powdered sugar on it, which was very finely ground.

The people in the dining room left with Qin Shanggong and prepared to return to the imperial dining room.

After dinner, Linglong said that Concubine Xian found out that Concubine Li's palace maid and Wei Zhaoyi's palace maid had seen the palace maid who delivered snacks, and these two masters had small kitchens.

Concubine Li was naturally extremely wronged, and Wei Zhaoyi also said that she didn't do it herself.

"That's it?" Tao Ran asked curiously.

"I don't know, I haven't found a reason on either side, but fortunately it's not our dining room." Linglong breathed a sigh of relief, and then looked at Mu Jiaren.

"You really have to be careful in the future, it's good that you can clear your grievances this time, otherwise, Wu Meiren's life will be counted on your head."

Linglong gives everyone the feeling of being straight, so what to say.

"Thank you for the reminder." Mu Jiaren didn't care about this, she was right, it was for her, and judging from the current results, the possibility of Concubine Li is too great, but there is no evidence, and being a concubine is not so easy to be punished.

"I remember that Wei Zhaoyi and Wu Meiren entered the palace at the same time, I don't know if the two of them have any festivals." A palace maid said.

Everyone shook their heads, not knowing what would happen.

At this time, a father-in-law outside came to pass the word, saying that he was looking for Mu Jia and Bai Shao Shisu to question.

The people in the dining room were nervous.

"You won't say it's us again, you must make it clear!" Tao Ran pulled Mu Jiaren and said.

Linglong snorted lightly: "What have you all done, make it clear, don't always think about coming out, and don't think about the dining room." ”

When she said it, she kept looking at Mu Jiaren, in her opinion, Mu Jiaren was an outsider, and since she came, things have been going on in the dining room.

Mu Jiaren sighed, she was also innocent in this matter.

The three of them were called to Concubine Xian.

Concubine Li sat on the side crying pear blossoms with rain, and Wei Zhaoyi knelt on the ground and sobbed quietly.

After the three of them knelt down and saluted, Concubine Li pointed at them and said, "Maybe they did it, but they pushed it to us!" ”

Concubine Xian did not answer, the five concubines, Concubine Shu is pregnant, Concubine De is not in good health, rarely shows up, she is a concubine early, and there is a daughter under her knees, except for Concubine De, the status is relatively high, and Concubine Li and Concubine Chen were the first last year, and they have been making trouble.

Concubine Xian had no good feelings for either of them.

"Tell me about today's events again."

The three of them recounted the incident, and there was nothing wrong with it.

"Concubine Xian, the slave thinks of something, I don't know if it's useful."

"Say it." Concubine Xian no longer doubts Mu Jiaren, she is a palace maid, and she can't harm a beauty, unless she has a master behind her, but after checking for an afternoon, Mu Jia has only been in the palace for a few days, and she is still a woman from the people, powerless.

"Grinding powdered sugar needs to use a clean stone mortar, if there is water on the mortar, the powdered sugar will melt, so the person who does it must grind the powdered sugar first, and then make almonds and bean flour, and these have smells, and the stone mortar should not be exposed to the sun, otherwise it will crack, if there is a stone mortar in the master's palace is wet or has almond fragrance, bean fragrance, you can be sure that you have made almond cake today."

After Mu Jiaren finished speaking, Concubine Xian's eyes lit up, and she turned her head to look at the palace people around her and asked them to fetch the stone mortar.