"That's true." After the palace maid replied, Qingyun explained, "Because it was not sure how many people would come here to dine with His Majesty and the queen mother, the slaves and maids did not line up in advance to pass the dishes.

"When they returned to the back kitchen, something happened to be ready, and they told them to carry it to the front hall."

"As soon as you say that, Bengong remembers..."Chi Xinian touched his chin and thought, "The few times you brought tea and food to Your Majesty and Bengong are not the same person!" ”

"That's the thing." Yan Chujing also nodded thoughtfully.

Because they also saw that the palace maids who came to serve the food were different every time, yes, they didn't doubt what Qingyun said.

But if the steps of passing the dishes are indeed as Qingyun said, then the problem can only be at the time of making tea or after the tea is served.

Chi Xinian and Yan Chujing glanced at each other, and they both understood this meaning from each other's eyes.

"When you are cooking or making tea, are there people watching from the sidelines? Especially those two teas, is it possible to be manipulated in the back kitchen? Yan Chujing was the first to ask.

After the tea is served, only the two people at the same table have the opportunity to touch, and the people sitting together are the best people on weekdays.

It is unlikely that they will make a move, so the most likely place to go wrong is the back kitchen.

Yan Chujingfeng's eyes narrowed slightly, carefully observing the changes in the expressions of everyone in the back kitchen.

At the same time, Qingyun also seriously recalled: "The tea was made by the slave and the maid and Xiaoqin together, and because all the ingredients and tea cups were placed in one place, the slave and the maid were never separated. ”

"But..."After hesitating for a moment, Qingyun frowned again, "But in the middle, because of the lack of boiling water, the slave maid left about half a cup of tea, and at that time, only Xiaoqin was guarding the tea cup." ”

"Oh?" Yan Chujing glared at Xiaoqin, "Is that what she said?" ”

"Yes, but, but the slave was not poisoned!" After being glanced at by Yan Chujing, Xiaoqin panicked, "The slave maid has been preparing tea for each lady according to the recipe from beginning to end, and she is too busy to be busy, how can she be distracted and poisoned?!"

"Besides, the slave maid is Chen Meiren's person, what good is it to kill Chen Meiren?"

She hurriedly tried to prove that she had not been poisoned, and those justifications sounded reasonable, but it was a fact that she had guarded the teacup alone, and her mouth alone could not prove her innocence.

"Search first." Yan Chujing thought about it and made a decision.

As soon as his voice fell, two grandmothers immediately stepped forward and took the small piano rack to the side hall to search him.

If she was poisoned, she may not have disposed of the poison hidden in her body in a short period of time, and if she searches, she may be able to find clues.

But Yan Chujing didn't have much hope, because he didn't think Xiaoqin was the one who poisoned him.

As she said, daring to take the risk of doing such a headless thing must be because there is a high return, and she can't benefit from it, so why poison it?

But the result of the search was unexpected - the two grandmothers really found a bag of powder of unknown origin on Xiaoqin's body.

And it has been verified that this is the kind of poison that poisons Chen Meiren and Zhou Guiren!

"Your Majesty, the evidence is conclusive, do you want to deal with people?" The excessively smooth exploration process made everyone a little confused, and even Li Fusheng, the chief administrator of the Imperial Palace, hesitated at this moment.

He brought the person who should be dragged down directly to be executed back to Yan Chujing, and hesitated to ask for instructions.