Father-in-law Cen was stunned by the question.

The summoning and questioning was inevitable, and he had already memorized the set of words he had prepared in advance. It's just that he calculated everything, but he didn't expect that the first sentence of the interrogation of the Lord of Long Live was to put the spearhead on him.

"Back to the emperor, the slave doesn't know!" Gonggong Cen knelt down suddenly, and almost his entire upper body fell to the ground, "The slave almost caused a catastrophe, begging the emperor to punish him!" ”

"I don't know...... the emperor raised his eyes, looked at the kneeling body on the ground, and raised his eyebrows, "So, it was your subordinates who poisoned it?" ”

"It was the minion's momentary negligence that gave the cowardly man a chance!" Gonggong Cen tilted his head, glanced in the direction of He Qingxian and Hua Mo, and then lowered his head and muttered, "Slaves, slaves are wronged, please let the emperor know!" ”

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that this means something.

"Wronged?" The Emperor quietly leaned back in his chair, "Say, where is the injustice?" ”

"Back to the emperor! The whole process, from the delivery of the rice products to the participants, to cooking, to the presentation to the saint, the slaves supervised the whole process, and each link has a witness! ”

Gonggong Cen finished the prepared lines in one breath, and finally regained some confidence. Seeing that the emperor was silent, he continued to fan the flames.

"Besides, if the insiders poisoned it, why did it only go to this bowl? Isn't it ......."

Gonggong Cen pretended to be halfway through his words, and he didn't dare to say more, which made the emperor extremely impatient.

"What is it? Say it. ”

"Back to the emperor! The slave dared to guess that it was not the owner of the rice products who prepared it, and he was plotting against it! ”

As soon as the words fell, the audience immediately became noisy. The melon-eating masses outside the venue began to speculate, who was so rampant, in broad daylight, who dared to poison the son of heaven?

"In my opinion, it must be the Xin family that won the second place every year, but the emperor always gave the first place to the He family, a related household!"

"No, no, no, the Wu family is the most suspicious."

"Do you have gossip? Let's talk about it! ”

"A few days earlier, his old man was investigated, and I heard that it was the person who tried to bribe the tasting group last year and has been sent to prison. Now his son has no choice but to take over, and he has to open up his eyes to continue to participate in this session. ”

"Give me all peace!"

There was a dragon rage, the scene was held, and the third aunt and six mothers-in-law, the second uncle and the fourth uncle immediately held their breath.

The emperor raised his left hand, and the meaning was clear: "Jiang Liushan, give me an investigation." ”

"Wow!" Gonggong Jiang, who had an extraordinary temperament, immediately bowed his head to receive the order, turned around and ordered, "Open the bamboo tube—!" ”

The four little eunuchs pried open the bamboo tube tied to the lid of the pot, took out the number paper inside, and placed them on the long table one by one. Even his father-in-law brought a booklet with the numbers corresponding to the gold bowls with different patterns.

"Cen Shu, go and see."

"Thank you, Lord Longne!"

Isn't that just what you're doing? Father-in-law Cen staggered to his feet, unable to hide his excitement as he looked through the information on the booklet, and his orchid fingers were cocked: "The third bowl is the phoenix pattern, which corresponds to the fourth number...... The He family! Your Majesty, this poisonous bowl belongs to the He family! ”

As soon as these words came out, the scene was noisy again. The people who eat melons can't guess that the relationship household, which ranks first every year, would do such a bold thing!

The He family and his wife, who were in the fourth position, suddenly became the focus of everyone.

"How did it end?" Hua Mo tugged at He Qingxian's sleeve and whispered, "Where's your rescuer?" Where is it? ”

It's not time to move out the rescuers yet. He Qingxian only glanced back at her, went straight past the square table in front of him, and arched his hand in the direction of the emperor: "Your Majesty, the He family has never done such a rebellious thing, ask the emperor to see it!" ”

"The facts are in front of you, and you still want to deny them?" Father-in-law Cen's role is gradually getting better, because at this point, it has been carried out exactly according to Xin Zhuo's expectations, so he is no longer panicked, "Your Majesty, please let the guards escort quickly!" ”

A burst of small and powerful footsteps came like a tide, and dozens of soldiers rushed onto the stage from the outfield, quickly surrounding He Qingxian and Hua Mo. The guards who took the lead stepped out of the ranks, holding their weapons high in front of their chests, leading the soldiers to bow their fists.

"Long live my emperor, long live, long live!"

Father-in-law Cen then lowered his head and used his sleeves to cover his face, lest he be seen with a thief's smile on his face. He looked in the direction of Xin Zhuo's position, received a knowing look, and looked away in avoidance.

Now, they only need to wait for the emperor's word to succeed.

The sword was against the cold light, Hua Mo felt her throat blocked in panic, and even her vocal cords trembled: "Big brother, calm down, do you have something to say......" She tried to arouse the pity of this group of ruthless little soldiers, but people didn't like her at all.

Strangely, on the dragon chair, there was no movement for a long time.

I don't know how long it took for the emperor to wave his hand and float out faintly: "Go down." ”

“…… Be! ”

The guard who took the lead paused for a few seconds, his expression was not very comfortable, and after reacting, he immediately retreated with the small soldiers. Father-in-law Cen was even more stunned, so he could only watch the soldiers step down, opening his mouth but unable to say a word.

"Jiang Liushan."

"Wow!"

As the roundworm in the emperor's stomach, Gonggong Jiang naturally knew the holy will.

Walking down the stone steps, he went to the long table to look at it for a while, and then turned back to the dragon chair, Gonggong Jiang covered his mouth, attached to the emperor's side and whispered a few words, and finally stood back in his original position.

"He Qingxian, now the evidence points to your He family, are you guilty?"

"Back to the emperor, this is someone deliberately trapping the He family at a disadvantage, we can prove our innocence and ask the emperor to learn from it!"

The Emperor moved his eyelids and did not pause for too long: "I, I only allow you one chance." Say. ”

"Your Majesty." He Qingxian put down his hands and looked sideways at Father-in-law Cen slightly, but he didn't look directly at the man. He walked to the long table, and he didn't even need to pick up the bowl of rice, he could be sure with just two eyes, "The rice has been replaced, this is not our rice." ”

"You're!" Gonggong Cen was very proud in his heart, so he waited for this sentence, "Your Majesty, Xiao Xiazi can be a testimony to prove that this bowl of rice is made of the He family's rice!" ”

The Emperor didn't speak, he raised his chin to the side, and Gonggong Jiang nodded.

"Xuan, Xiao Xiazi—"

Another young little eunuch, holding a paper bag in his arms, knelt down respectfully: "Long live the emperor, long live, long live." ”

"Flat. You, tell me, is this poisonous rice from the He family? ”

"Your Majesty." Xiao Xiazi got up, held the paper bag in his arms with both hands, bowed his head and said, "Back to the emperor, that's true." This bag is the rice handed over by the He family to the meeting. ”

Tear open the paper at the bottom of the package to reveal a "four".

The Emperor narrowed his eyes and glanced at him: "Imperial Doctor." ”

"Yes." The old lady got the order, grabbed a handful of rice from the paper bag, sniffed it for a while, and then put it into the water and inserted a silver needle, and finally confirmed, "Tell the emperor, rice is poisonous." ”

"Your Majesty, this bag of raw rice is not ours." Without waiting for others to react, He Qingxian walked directly to the side of the imperial doctor and pointed to the paper bag, "The rice grains in this bag are slightly flattened in the circle, and they are not the varieties prepared by the He family for the meeting." ”

Father-in-law Cen jumped out and objected: "The evidence is ironclad, are you still quibbling?" ”

"If your father-in-law doesn't believe it, you can take out the first round of rice ......"

"Your Majesty!" Father-in-law Cen directly blocked his words, "The He family intends to murder the dragon body, and they have ill intentions!" ”

"Father-in-law Cen forcibly imposed the charge on He to confuse the Sacred Heart, but I don't know what the purpose is?"

"Your Majesty, please punish the He family!"

The two argued until they were in a state of stalemate, and Hua Mo stretched her neck anxiously again, looking outside the field, and finally, let her see that familiar figure!

"Where did you go, boy?"

"Young lady!" Sanshui hurriedly ran towards her, panting breathlessly, and explained, "It's Uncle Cai, grab me and help Sister Lin." ”

I don't have time to despise Uncle Cai's inhumane behavior of the opposite sex, she only cares about one thing: "What about iodine wine?" ”

Sanshui opened the bag that was slung cross-body in front of him and took out a brown bottle: "Look, it's well kept." ”

"-Stop!"

At this moment, the dragon roared, and the earth returned to tranquility.

After all, it was a headache from this group of people, and the emperor rubbed his brows to calm down. Everyone didn't dare to exhale, waiting for the next command to come from the dragon chair. No one noticed that an arm was suddenly raised from table four with a slight tremble.

Belch...... It seems like...... No one sees?

Steady, don't panic! The owner of the arm swallowed and decided to speak with a slight tremor.

"Tell the emperor...... The people's daughter, uh, the people's woman, has a plan. ”

As soon as Hua Mo finished speaking, the Emperor put down his fingers to look at her, and she immediately hung her head in coercion.

"Let's take a step forward and speak." The tone is soft.

Cautiously looking up, he found that the Emperor was no longer looking at her, but staring at the jade wrench in his hand, rubbing back and forth.

"Your Majesty." took the iodine wine bottle handed to her by Sanshui and moved to He Qingxian's side, she was not so cowardly in an instant, and saluted, "Your Majesty, please allow the women to do an experiment." ”

"What is an experiment?"

"Back to the emperor, the experiment is ...... Two basins of clean water, two dry empty basins, and paper bag packaging for all the participants of the He family today. ”

"What's the use?"

"Prove that this bag of poisoned rice is not ours. Because ......" Hua Mo paused, turned to Grandpa Cen, and stared directly at those unkind eyes, "The rice bag of the He family made a mark. ”

"Nonsense!" Father-in-law Cen's voice couldn't help but become arrogant, with a contemptuous smile, "All the paper bags at this conference are uniformly packaged, Your Majesty, this Diao woman is delaying time, don't be deceived by her!" ”

"Hezhi, the meaning of the father-in-law's words is to be more aware of the autumn ...... than the saint" Before the word "milli" was finished, Hua Mo's hand was pulled suddenly, and he looked at Shang He Qingxian with a warning look.

Mom, did you say the wrong thing...... Fortunately, the Emperor didn't look like he was angry at the moment.

"The internal population does not choose to speak, please forgive the emperor." He Qingxian took a step forward and bowed his head to admit his mistake.

This apology, when the husband said it for her. But for the sake of safety, Hua Mo still decided to let her knees soften, and knelt down spinelessly: "The people don't have this intention, the emperor has a lot, please forgive the emperor!" ”

"Alright, alright, get up and speak." The Emperor waved his hand and gave orders, "Jiang Liushan, prepare something for her." ”

"Wow-"

"Emperor Xie!" Hua Mo stood up with He Qingxian's hand and looked at the two sinister villains proudly.

Xin Zhuo was very calm, still looking at her with a smile, and the other emotions were completely invisible, and he couldn't see the slightest unhappiness.

However, Grandpa Cen couldn't hold his face a little, and even his originally pale face was flushed with anger. I don't know what kind of medicine is sold in the opponent's gourd, but there is no other way. Since the emperor allowed this woman to do a bullshit experiment, how could he, a eunuch, dare to stop it again and again? Otherwise, he really responded to what he said without choosing words, offended Long Wei, and then he would end up with a small life.

Seeing that the little eunuchs brought water basins and rice bags, and the items needed for flower foam were placed on the long table, Father-in-law Cen crossed his arms and looked closer, and sarcastically sour: "What can these guys do?" What about children's play? ”

The left ear went in, the right ear went out, and the flower foam was not heard, and he silently despised it in his heart. Hmph, don't you play a trick, you have a good plan, I have a wall ladder, let's see! Chao Heqingxian glanced at her, she moved to the middle of the platform, and said, "Tell the emperor, the experiment has officially begun." ”

"Hmm."

Sensing that the Emperor's voice suddenly added a little laziness, she couldn't help but raise her eyes to peek. Good guy, people actually changed to a posture of leaning on the dragon chair again, looking unhurried.

Is this an experiment as a singing opera?

"Ma'am." A warm reminder and a fake smile from He Qingxian, the smile contains three questions-

When is it? What is the occasion? Don't be in a daze, okay?

Ahem, what, she cleared her throat and put the iodine bottle on the table, okay, it's all here!

He Qingxian stepped forward to check the two bags of raw rice in turn. The rice and packaging in the first link are all right, and they were copied after the black cloth was lifted just now. As for the second link, the bag brought by Xiao Xiazi has no need to look at it again. Before going out this morning, Hua Mo had already done his homework for him, explaining the steps and general principles.

He nodded at the foam, and the two of them tacitly picked up one of each and poured the rice into the dry basin. She reached out to check the temperature of the water and confirmed that it was cold. The two empty paper bags were quickly washed through the water first, and then taken out and placed flat on the table. In fact, at this point, the imprint can already show four or five points.

Holding the marked one to the palm of his hand, the flower foam gently pressed along the marks with the fingertips of his other hand at the same time, using his body temperature to melt the mark made of rice juice a little bit, and then put it back on the table. Unscrewed the lid of the iodine bottle, and was about to pour it down, when she suddenly remembered something and stopped.

"Tell the emperor, next! It's time to witness miracles! ”

With that, she tilted the bottle, poured down an appropriate amount of iodine, and evenly soaked the two paper bags.

No surprise, the paper bag brought by Xiao Natsuko has not changed anything. On the other paper bag, a pattern of small blue flowers is clearly presented.

"Tell the emperor, please take a look." Hua Mo unfolded the two paper bags for comparison, "The paper bag with small blue flowers is a mark drawn by the folk woman in advance with ground rice juice, and this belongs to the He family." As for the other one, there is no pattern, so it is certain that it was stolen by someone else. ”

"Your Majesty, this Diao woman must have used evil magic to make a fool of herself here!" Gonggong Cen, who witnessed the whole process up close, hurriedly jumped out to stop him, "The emperor is wise, he will definitely be able to see through this little trick!" ”

"You, shut up." The Emperor impatiently adjusted his sitting posture, "Lian Jin, present it." ”

"Wow!"

According to the instructions, Father-in-law Lian asked Huamo to put the paper bag on a wooden plate, and then respectfully sent it to the side of the dragon chair. The Emperor straightened up his upper body, approached the wooden plate and looked at it for a while, and suddenly stretched out his index finger and dipped the wet part.

"What is this?"

Hua Mo glanced at He Qingxian and replied, "Go back to the emperor, iodine wine." ”

"How?"

Oops, I didn't expect to be asked where it came from! She was suffocated in her heart, and she was still thinking about what source would be more appropriate, but He Qingxian replied directly.

"Back to the emperor, this thing was unintentionally obtained when developing rice wine." The face is not red and the heart is not beating, and he does not forget to emphasize the most important point, "It is really a failure of development, it is not as good as ordinary wine, and it must not be drunk." ”

Yes, yes, this teammate reacted quickly enough, and Flowerfoam gave him an appreciative look.

"Well...... "No wonder, the smell is unpleasant, and there is no smell of wine." The Emperor shrugged his nose and said in a slightly regretful tone, "Pull it off." ”

"Wow!"

"Say it, you two." The emperor let the little eunuch wipe his hands, but his eyes were on the He family and his wife, "Why do you want to mark the paper bag?" ”

"Back to the emperor." He Qingxian raised his head from the bottom to the top and arched his hand, "I can't hide it, we are afraid of being harmed by traitors, so we have to make this decision." ”

"Oh?" The Emperor raised his eyebrows, "As far as you can see, who is this 'traitor'?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the grass people are ignorant." He pretended not to understand, lowered his head and raised his eyebrows, "Everything is out of self-preservation, and I don't know who has such a deep hatred with the He family." ”

After listening to his words, Hua Mo felt a little unhappy in her heart. Especially when she turned her head and saw Xin Zhuo, the initiator, who was still calm and light-hearted, she was super invincible and wanted to expose the true face of this person on the spot! It's a pity that at most, they can only prove that they are innocent, but there is no evidence to identify who designed the frame!

"I'm so ignorant."

Okay, this boy, now that he is married to a bride, he is cunning. The corners of the Emperor's mouth pulled out a smile that no one noticed, glanced at He Qingxian, lowered his gaze, and turned to the side.

"Cen Shu, you have always been clever."

Gonggong Cen, who was already flustered, was suddenly praised by the emperor, and was so frightened that he forgot to answer for a while, and suddenly fell to his knees on the ground, not daring to raise his head.

"Do you know who the 'traitor' is?"