Since Murong Zhao's burial, Dali Temple has finally been able to focus all its energy on the poisoning of the eldest princess.

Lord Liu reversed the direction of the investigation, no longer focusing on Gu Traitor, but focusing on the investigation of the things that poisoned the eldest princess.

As early as when investigating Gu Traitor's ministers before, Lord Liu had already checked with the imperial doctor who had treated the eldest princess before, and what poisoned the eldest princess was not the poison bought from the pharmacy, but someone added licorice to the eldest princess's fish soup.

Originally, carp soup and licorice were non-toxic, but once mixed, it would become poison, which shows the meticulousness of the person who poisoned it, however, although carp with licorice will be poisoned, it will not kill people, which is also a point that Lord Liu couldn't figure out before.

"Come on, prepare the car, and go to the eldest princess's mansion." After analyzing the situation, Lord Liu took the carriage and went to the eldest princess's mansion.

"Lord Liu." When the eldest princess's people saw him coming, they hurriedly welcomed him in.

After Lord Liu stepped into the eldest princess's mansion, he first went to meet the eldest princess, and then ordered someone to bring the shift book from the kitchen.

The kitchen is the important place of the eldest princess's mansion, so every day in and out, there will be a record on duty, after all, everything here is the entrance of things, and there will be problems if you are not careful.

After a while, Mama came back with the booklet and handed it to Lord Liu, who carefully checked the booklet, but found that there was obviously a problem with the record of the day when the eldest princess was poisoned.

Because he had heard the imperial doctor say that when the eldest princess was poisoned that day, it was the eldest princess's personal maid Xiaozhu who served the soup to the eldest princess, but there was no record of Xiaozhu going out of the kitchen on the booklet.

"Who's on this day?" After Lord Liu realized that something was wrong. So I asked the lady who sent the booklet.

Mama looked down, and then said, "I remember that Mama Zhang was on an errand." ”

"Are you sure?" After all, more than a month has passed, and Lord Liu has confirmed it with her again.

"Sure, it's Mama Zhang, that day she was on an errand and caused the eldest princess to be poisoned, and the eldest princess beat her ten boards angrily, the old slave won't be mistaken." The grandmother said in a colorful voice.

"Go and call Mama Zhang." Lord Liu commanded.

"Your Excellency." After the officers and soldiers brought Mama Zhang over, Mama Zhang knelt in front of Master Liu.

"Why is there an omission in the record for this day?" Master Liu threw the booklet in front of Mama Zhang and asked.

When Mama Zhang heard this, she hurriedly picked up the booklet, and sure enough, as Lord Liu said, there was no further record in this booklet.

"My lord, the old slave was unwell that day, and after Shen Shi, he was on an errand with Xiaohuan, as for why there was no record, the old slave really didn't know."

After Mama Zhang read the booklet, she cried out again and again.

Immediately afterwards, Lord Liu interrogated a group of subordinates in the princess's mansion and got the answer he wanted to know. Only then did Lord Liu return to Dali Temple.

"What do you think, sir?" The military advisor on the side accompanied Lord Liu to check today, and just returned to Dali Temple, he handed all the testimonies collected today to Lord Liu and asked.

"Hmph, one pushes the other, none of them tell the truth, what do you think of this official?" Lord Liu looked at the testimony in front of him and couldn't help but sneer.

The military advisor on the side was not surprised to hear this, and those maids couldn't believe all the words they said.

"However, these things are not really useless, you go and check, who else has touched this bowl of soup that day except Xiaozhu, especially to catch the person who put the licorice."

The emperor had ordered him to give a result, and he could only find out the truth of the incident little by little.

"Princess, now that the person surnamed Liu in this Dali Temple is digging deeper and deeper, I'm afraid that he will really find out something, so what can I do?" In the eldest princess's room, the man appeared again, he stood in the room, looked at the eldest princess on the bed, and couldn't help but ask worriedly.

"What are you afraid of, the soldiers will block, the water will cover up, since he wants to investigate, let's give him evidence for him to check." When the eldest princess heard this, a smile appeared on her face, but this smile was cautious, and there was a feeling of being cold in the abyss.

"What are you going to do?" The man asked.

"Didn't Gu Fu'an want to choose himself cleanly, and this palace didn't let him get his wish." Hearing this, the eldest princess's eyes narrowed slightly, and she said slowly.

A conspiracy was slowly born from the heart of the eldest princess.

Dali Temple investigated the case for about ten days, and finally found out the person behind the poison.

On this day, Lord Liu led his troops to the Eldest Princess's Mansion.

"Dali Temple handles the case, and the idle people retreat quickly."

With a token in his hand, Lord Liu went directly into the princess's mansion and brought out a maid named Xiaohuan.

"My lord, someone has caught it."

"Take it away." Lord Liu glanced at the woman who was pressed by the officers and soldiers, and ordered.

Subsequently, Xiaohuan was pressed to Dali Temple, where she knelt in the center, and Lord Liu interrogated her.

"Who's kneeling?"

"The slave Xiaohuan is the personal maid of the eldest princess." Xiaohuan replied truthfully.

"Let me ask you, where were you and what did you do on the day the eldest princess was poisoned?"

"Slave maid, slave maid was entrusted by Mama Zhang to help her work in the kitchen."

"Okay, since you admit that you were on an errand on the day the eldest princess was poisoned, then the official will ask you again, what is the licorice in your room for?" Lord Liu took the licorice in his hand and asked.

The moment Xiaohuan saw the licorice, his eyes were obviously very flustered, "Slave, slave ......"

She hesitated for a long time, but she didn't say a word.

"Since you can't say it, then this official will say it for you." Master Liu stood up as he spoke, holding the licorice in his hand, and approached Xiaohuan step by step.

"On the day the eldest princess was poisoned, you poisoned the eldest princess with the licorice in your official's hand."

Hearing this, Xiaohuan lowered his head in a panic, not daring to look at Lord Liu.

"That day, you knew that it was Mama Zhang who was on an errand, and first put crotons in Mama Zhang's meal, prompting Mama Zhang to leave, and you happened to help Mama Zhang take the shift, so you got the opportunity to put the licorice into the carp soup of the eldest princess, what the official said, right or not?"

"Slaves deserve to die. It was the slave maid's desire for profit, which harmed the eldest princess. In the face of Lord Liu's constant questioning, Xiaohuan finally pleaded guilty.

Say. Why poison the eldest princess? Seeing her confess, Lord Liu turned around and returned to his seat, where he sat upright and shouted.

"Yes. It was Gu Xiang, it was he who poisoned the slave maid, he said that as long as the slave maid killed the eldest princess, he would give the slave and maid a large sum of money. The slave maid was greedy for profit, so she did something stupid. ”

In the court, Xiaohuan accused Gu Fu'an of being the mastermind behind the scenes.