Xiao Man hurriedly turned around and trotted to the kitchen, Gao Shiman saw that Li Ling was angry, and said softly: "Why are you angry?" It's just that the subordinates put more sugar, don't be angry with yourself. ”

Li Ling handed the box of blood swallows to her and said, "Take a look." ”

Gao Shiman opened it suspiciously, looked at it, and then looked at the bird's nest sent, and then realized that the original goods were not the right version, and she said in surprise: "Ah, there is such a bold servant in the palace...... The kitchen is a heavy place, if someone is not pure-minded and poisons your food......" Gao Shiman didn't dare to think about it anymore.

Li Ling became more and more annoyed when he heard this, so as not to scare her, he endured it and did not have a seizure.

Xiaoman went to the kitchen and asked Lin's mother: "Who is stewing bird's nest today?" ”

Mother Lin stepped forward and asked, "Isn't it stewed?" What's the problem with letting Qingya guard it today? ”

"What's the problem? Just follow me to know, the master lost his temper and said it was too sweet, Mother Lin, take Qingya and go with me! Xiao Man didn't dare to delay, he only knew that the master said that it was too sweet to let Gao Shiman eat it again, and he really didn't know what was going on.

Mother Lin glared at Qingya when she heard this and said, "You girl, did you put too much sugar?" Now the master is angry, you can go with me to receive the punishment! ”

Qingya was confused when she heard it, she didn't put much sugar, what was going on? She glanced at Xiao Man and said, "Isn't it?" I've been guarding it for now, and I've only put a little candy in it. ”

"Ouch, okay, it's useless to tell me, let's go!" Xiao Man urged the two to go with him.

Mother Lin had to follow Xiaoman to the study with Qingya, and Xiaoman came in and reported: "Mother Lin and Qingya are here." ”

Li Ling let them in, and as soon as they entered, they saw Gao Shiman sitting opposite Li Ling looking at them, and the two of them bowed together and said, "I've seen Your Highness and Miss Gao." ”

Gao Shiman looked at the two people in front of him, they were very clean and bright, and when he saw them saluting him, he smiled and nodded at them, she didn't know if it was these two people who moved their hands and feet, Li Ling was so angry, she could only sit aside and watch carefully.

Li Ling glanced at them coldly, and suddenly said, "Kneel down." ”

Mother Lin and Qingya were shocked, His Royal Highness never loses his temper easily on weekdays, but today he is about to attack the two of them because the bird's nest is too sweet, which is also too strange, the two of them dare not speak, and they both knelt down with a plop.

Li Ling saw that there was only strangeness on their faces, and they were not frightened, so he put away his anger and said in a deep voice: "Who stewed the bird's nest that Xiaoman took today?" ”

Mother Lin hurriedly raised her head and said, "Back to Your Highness, it was the old slave who arranged for Qingya to stew." ”

Qingya lowered her head and didn't dare to make a sound, Li Ling turned to Qingya and said, "Since Xiaoman gave you things, have you always guarded them?" ”

"Back to Your Highness", Qingya looked up, "Yes." ”

"Then why was the Blood Swallow replaced?" Li Ling stared at Qingya's eyes.

Gao Shiman also looked at the girl named Qingya, and when he saw that her eyes suddenly widened, he seemed to be extremely surprised, and then kowtowed again and again: "Your Highness clearly checked, how can the slave and maid have such the courage to change the master's things, wronged!" ”

Li Ling was silent, and Mother Lin timidly replied to Qingya: "Your Highness, Qingya, this girl is very honest, she has been following the old slave, what kind of character she is The old slave knows best, this bird's nest thing is something else?" He turned his head and asked Qingya: "When you soak the bird's nest, will someone change it?" ”

Qingya's brain was confused, and she said with a sad face: "There are only a few people in the kitchen, even if they want to change, they don't have bird's nest to change!" ”

Li Ling said loudly at this time: "What color will you make this bird's nest after soaking?" ”

Qingya thought for a while and said, "It seems to have a faint red." ”

"Get up, you guys come and see", Li Ling was sure that she was not lying, and her tone was better.

The two got up tremblingly, approached the desk together, and saw that the bird's nest was white and tender like clotted fat, where did it come from? Li Ling opened the box again, and the bird's nest in the box was red, and the two of them understood why Li Ling was angry.

Mother Lin's brain teaser turned and she pulled Qingya and said, "When you stewed bird's nest, didn't I ask you to help me for a while?" Could it be that something went wrong at that time? ”

Qingya listened to it and said, "Ah...... Mother He in the side concubine's room is also stewing bird's nest, she won't ......" she found that she was speechless, and hurriedly knelt down and said: "Your Royal Highness, when the bird's nest was about to be stewed, Mother Lin asked the slave maid to choose a dish for her, and the slave maid saw that Mother He was also guarding the stove, so she helped take care of it for a while, whether this bird's nest was replaced by her, the slave and maid really don't know!" ”

Li Ling looked at Xiao Man, Xiao Man hurriedly said, "The little one is going to call Mother He", and trotted out.

Xiaoman went to Concubine Cui and asked her to call Mother He out and said, "Mother He, Your Highness invites you over." ”

"Me?" Mother He's heart jumped, could it be that the matter was discovered? It shouldn't be, that Miss Gao is just a young lady from an ordinary official family, she can still eat this bird's nest, and her own side concubine can only eat it occasionally, what kind of thing is she? So like an ostrich, he was lucky, and said with a smile: "I don't know what His Highness called the old slave?" ”

Xiao Man said quietly: "I don't know, maybe His Highness has something to ask you." ”

Seeing that there was nothing unusual on his face, Mama He secretly said that she was too careful, and this highness might be thinking about asking the side concubine something, so she said, "Then let's go!" ”

Xiaoman took Mama He to the outside of the study, asked her to wait outside, and went in and said, "Master, Mama He is here." ”

"Let her kneel outside", Li Ling was sure what was going on, and said lightly.

Xiao Man raised his eyebrows, turned around and went out to Mama He, "Kneel here!" ”

Mother He was stunned for a moment, raised her head and wanted to ask again, but when she saw Xiao Man's face with disdain, her heart lifted, and she secretly said that it couldn't really be that matter that His Highness discovered, right? It can't be such a coincidence, so I had to kneel down with a heart.

Li Ling said to Lin Ma and Qingya in the room: "This bird's nest is rewarded for you, eat it." ”

Lin Ma and Qingya, look at me, I'll look at you again, each stepped forward and served a bowl of bird's nest, Lin Ma just tasted it, and almost spit it out, which one of these immoral ghosts did it, making it so sweet? No wonder His Royal Highness wants to reward himself and Qingya with this thing, this is a punishment for their failure to do their duty. Qingya is the same, although she thinks this bird's nest is too sweet when she eats it, but she has never eaten it as a slave, so she endured the greasy taste and took a bowl into her stomach.

Gao Shiman said: "Who is this mother? ”

Li Ling didn't make a sound, Mother Lin looked at his face, and said cautiously: "Miss Huigao, Mother He is Concubine Cui's nurse." ”

"Oh?" Gao Shiman was very strange in his heart, the people in the concubine's room would do this kind of thing, and he really lost the face of the concubine; But just let the old mother kneel outside like this, if the concubine knew about it, would she be angry with Li Ling? Thinking like this, she reached out and patted it on the table in front of Li Ling and said, "Your Highness, since you are the nurse of the side concubine, forget about this matter, anyway, it's not a big deal, it's always not good to kneel outside like this......"

Li Ling raised his eyes and said to Xiao Man: "Tell her to come in." ”

Xiaoman went out and brought in with Mama He, and as soon as Mama He came in, she knelt down and said, "Your Highness, somehow punish the old slave like this?" ”

Gao Shiman had some pity for this He Ma is the nurse of Concubine Cui, and she is old, so she opened her mouth to plead, and when she saw this He Ma coming in, she didn't regret it at all, and she couldn't help but feel a little disgusted in her heart.

Li Ling knew that Cui's was very indulgent to this nurse, and she was also a sideways figure in the mansion on weekdays, but seeing that she still did not repent, she questioned herself aggressively, and sneered: "Why did you change the bird's nest and add several times the sugar to this bird's nest?" ”

"Wronged, Your Highness, the old slave didn't do anything", even if he defended himself, this rhetoric seemed too pale and weak.

Li Ling was bored in his heart, and said to Mother Lin: "Go to the side concubine and bring her leftover bird's nest, if there is no leftover, ask her what color the bird's nest is." ”

Mother Lin nodded hurriedly, Mother He was a little relieved, the bird's nest was a little red today, and she forgot this detail in a panic, she knelt on the ground, and secretly prayed in her heart that the concubine must eat up the bird's nest, don't show any stuffing.

It's a pity that it backfired, and when the side concubine saw that Lin Ma came over to take the rest of the bird's nest, she was very strange in her heart, and asked Lin Ma, Lin Ma squeaked and didn't want to say it clearly, thinking that the nurse had just been called to Li Ling, she wanted to know more and more what happened, so she let Lin Ma take the remaining bird's nest with her, and she followed her to the study.

Poor Concubine Cui entered Li Ling's study for the first time, and as soon as she came in, she saw her grandmother kneeling on the ground, and she felt very uncomfortable, so she stepped forward and saluted and said to Gao Shiman with a smile: "Shiman is also there." ”

When Mama He saw that there was any leftover bird's nest, Mama Lin brought it over and put it on the table, and her face immediately turned like earth.

Gao Shiman got up and saluted the side concubine, she glanced at the mother He, saw that her face changed greatly, and said in her heart that she must have done it, so she stood aside with a smile. The side concubine is standing, how dare she sit?

Mother Lin pushed the bird's nest she took from the side concubine to Li Ling and said carefully, "Your Highness." ”

Li Ling looked at it, and sure enough, the bird's nest was a faint red, and he sneered and said, "What else do you have to say?" ”

Mother He was busy kowtowing and said: "The old slave is old, and he is a little confused, I think I accidentally served the wrong bird's nest, and I ask Your Highness to forgive me......"

Gao Shiman glanced at her, this old guy is not smart enough, and since he was discovered, he honestly admitted it, but he still thought about the wording and quibbles, which was really hateful.

Li Ling said lightly: "Why do you put so much sugar?" ”

Mama He was stunned for a moment, glanced at Gao Shiman and said, "The old slave's hands are heavier, so it's not sweet at all, right?" ”

Gao Shiman lowered his head, hehe, it doesn't matter if it's sweet at all, fortunately, it's not Du medicine, I really don't know how I offended this old guy.

"Drag it out, twenty boards", Li Ling suddenly broke the silence in the room.

"Your Highness!" Concubine Cui raised her voice in a hurry, she didn't understand what was going on, why did the twenty boards come down? "What mistake did the nurse make that you want to beat her like this?"

Li Ling glanced at Xiao Man, Xiao Man stood up and said: "Concubine He, Mother He has exchanged His Royal Highness and your bird's nest today, and she also put a lot of sugar in His Highness's bird's nest, and His Highness tasted it just now and almost got tired." "It's good to admit it earlier, but if you don't admit it, according to His Highness's temperament, it's good if you don't kill him.