Contract Prince

Chapter 179 Detecting

Soon, the servants in the palace came over with a mask, and after Gu Yunjing took it, he followed Xiao Zhan to the imperial dining room.On the way, Gu Yunjing specifically asked Xiao Zhan not to reveal her identity in order to investigate the case.

The imperial chefs were all trembling, like frightened birds.Seeing His Royal Highness King An approaching, they were pale and trembling all over, thinking that Xiao Zhan let them go last time on a whim, and now they are here to settle a score with them.One by one knelt down on the ground, bowed their heads, and said in a trembling voice: "See Your Highness King An..."

Xiao Zhan casually glanced at the royal chefs: "Get up, I don't want to punish you, I'm here to investigate the case, and I still have a lot of details to ask you."

The imperial chefs listened to the order and got up one after another.

Xiao Zhan pointed to Gu Yunjing, and said to everyone: "Consort..."

Thinking of what Gu Yunjing asked, he immediately changed his words: "This is Mr. Fu, and he is now assisting the king in investigating the case. Whatever he asks, you can answer."

The crowd agreed in unison.

Gu Yunjing said: "The imperial dining room has something to do with the Queen's poisoning. But I heard His Highness Wang An said that there are people guarding the imperial dining room every day, which is very strange. How did the murderer poison it?"

She glanced at Shen Yun: "You are responsible for making snacks for the queen, right? During this process, did you really not leave a single step? Are you sure?"

Shen Yun nodded hurriedly: "Returning to Mr. Fu, the servant has never left. The making process of a small plate of dim sum is very complicated, and the requirements for the heat are extremely high. Therefore, the slave will never leave before the dim sum is finished. will leave."

Gu Yunjing thought for a while and asked, "Is it like this before?"

Shen Yun replied: "It's always been like this. I don't know why, but something happened this time? Hearing about the accident with the empress, the slave has been panicking all the time, and I want Mr. Fu to be able to see clearly!"

The son-in-law glanced around the imperial dining room, "How many people have come into contact with this dim sum?"

Shen Yun answered quickly, he really knew everything, and he was busy clearing up the grievances for himself and the imperial dining room, so he naturally told Gu Yunjing everything he knew.

"In this imperial dining room, there are three people who have access to dim sum. One is a slave, the other is Xiao Lizi who serves dim sum, and the third is a maid in charge of serving dim sum to the queen."

Before Gu Yunjing could ask a question, the imperial chef called Xiao Lizi hurriedly said, his voice trembling: "Mr. Fu, although this slave has been exposed to dim sum, he definitely has no guts to poison the queen's food."

A young man of eighteen or nineteen years old, with a slight greenness in his voice.

Gu Yunjing said: "In this case, there is something wrong with this maid named Xiao'e."

Xiao Zhan questioned Xiao'e yesterday, and also learned about the situation of this court lady from Luo Mei.She frowned slightly, and after thinking for a while, she said: "The king has already asked her yesterday, and this maid named Xiao'e should be fine."

"Your Highness, it's better to be more cautious in everything. Someone call this maid, and I want to ask her face to face."

Xiao Zhan felt that what the son-in-law said was reasonable, so he nodded quickly, and immediately delivered the oral order. After a while, Miss Xiao'e was invited.

Although Gu Yunjing was wearing a mask, through the gap in the mask, Xiao'e saw those eyes, which were extremely special eyes.Clear, without a trace of impurities, but it seems to be able to see everything in the world.

Facing such a gaze, the young palace maid felt a little fear in her heart.Although she had nothing to do with the poisoning of the queen, she always felt that as long as she was looked at by such eyes a few more times, all the secrets of her daughter's family hidden in her heart might be seen through.

Xiao'e couldn't help lowering her gaze.

Gu Yunjing said: "Raise your eyes. The imperial chefs here in the imperial dining room said that they had nothing to do with the Queen's poisoning, so obviously you are the one who has something to do with it."

Xiao'e was almost scared out of her wits, she shook her head hurriedly, because she was overly frightened, her articulate words were a little slurred: "It wasn't me...it wasn't me...I really didn't harm the Empress... Slaves... Slaves swear to God... "

"Bold slaves!" Gu Yunjing yelled loudly, and then pointed at a group of imperial cooks, "And you slaves! The queen's poisoning has nothing to do with you, is it related to ghosts? The murderer is one of you! I'm afraid you have to go to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice to suffer some crimes before you can confess!"

Gu Yunjing's voice frightened all the people present, even Xiao Zhan couldn't help being startled, he was used to the gentle concubine, and he had never seen Gu Yunjing scolding people so loudly .

"Your Highness, I suggest that all these people be sent to the prison of the Criminal Ministry!"

Xiao Zhan looked at Gu Yunjing hesitantly, but couldn't figure it out.Even he knew something was wrong, how could the smart and wise son-in-law not see it?Putting these people in the prison of the Ministry of Justice, wouldn't that be torture?

This approach is really wrong.Xiao Zhan is a kind and benevolent person, he absolutely can't understand it.Even though Gu Yunjing is the person he respects the most, he dare not agree with the son-in-law's opinion at this meeting.

"Doesn't this seem inappropriate? Sending these people to the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice before finding out what's going on, how is this different from torture?"

Gu Yunjing said unhurriedly: Your Highness, do you remember what you said? "

Xiao Zhan and Gu Yunjing said more than tens of thousands of sentences, he didn't know which sentence the son-in-law was referring to, so he asked, "Which sentence did you say?"

"You said that the case should be handed over to me. If that's the case, His Highness shouldn't stop me. Before the truth is revealed, everyone is suspicious, and those who have contact with Dim Sum are the most suspicious There is nothing wrong with putting them in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice for interrogation!"

Back when Xiao Zhan was forced to go to prison because of witchcraft, he also spent a few days in the prison of the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and he knew what it was like to be accompanied by loneliness and darkness every day.But he is a prince after all, he has not been tortured, trapped in a prison, the pain is only psychological and spiritual, as for the body has not been destroyed.

But the royal chefs are different from the court ladies, they are neither relatives of the emperor, nor are they high-ranking officials, so they can hardly bear the pain of flesh and blood when they are trapped in prison.Xiao Zhan's heart shuddered slightly when he thought of those bloody scenes of beatings.

"I have no objection to sending them to the Ministry of Punishment for trial. But if the matter is not investigated, they are put in the prison of the Ministry of Punishment, which I cannot agree to."

Looking at Xiao Zhan's expression, Gu Yunjing knew that His Highness Wang An would not compromise on this matter.If he rashly adopted a tough attitude, it might make the relationship between the two of them rigid.So Gu Yunjing made a step back.

"I thought about it, and what His Royal Highness Wang An said makes sense. I was the one who was abrupt just now."

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Xiao Zhan walked out of the imperial dining room with his sleeves flicked, he was probably still a little dissatisfied, but he couldn't get angry with Gu Yunjing, so he could only sulk himself.

Gu Yunjing knew this brother-in-law well, and naturally guessed what the other party was thinking, so she quickly followed.

"His Royal Highness, are you angry with me?"

Xiao Zhan stopped and said solemnly to Gu Yunjing: "My son-in-law, I have always respected you for your knowledge, wisdom, and thoughtfulness. When you were in Dali Temple, you rescued Tao Ce in front of many important officials, and taunted you with the father and son of the Lu family. How high-spirited you were at that time."

"Later, in the case of the Wanchun Building, although the million-dollar bank notes were not recovered, the murderer has been locked. The Wanchun Building is the location of a branch of a secret force. You can find out its details. My lord admires you The love has increased a lot compared to before. You are an amazingly talented person in my heart."

Xiao Zhan sighed: "Hey, I don't know why you will show such a side today? Even I can see that something is wrong, it is impossible for you not to see it."

Gu Yunjing smiled slightly: "Your Highness, what strange things have you noticed? You might as well tell me."

Xiao Zhan said: "First, the royal cooks in the imperial dining room have made snacks for the queen for decades, so many times without accidents, why did this happen only this time? If Shen Yun and others really wanted to harm the queen, why didn't they do it before?" Do it?"

"Snacks are specially provided by the imperial dining room. If something happens to the queen, the imperial dining room will definitely have nothing to do with it. Everyone knows this well. I don't believe that those imperial chefs will be so stupid. Empress, you should think of a more sophisticated countermeasure, which can not only harm people but also wipe out their motives for committing crimes."

"Similarly, this court lady named Xiao'e would not do this either. I checked her information. This court lady came from a poor family. After entering the palace as a slave, she was often bullied by the old people in the palace. It was the queen mother who happened to pass by and ran into this In the scene, she felt that Xiao'e was pitiful, and brought the girl back to Zhengyang Palace to make her a slave. Because Xiao'e was grateful for the kindness of her mother, she was extremely loyal to her mother, and this girl got along very well with her mother."

"This king has learned a little bit more. This girl is a kind-hearted person. She works as a servant in the palace, and her monthly silver is only five taels, but she basically divides the five taels of silver into two parts, of which four taels are taken. I went home to supplement the family, and one or two was donated to the homeless street children."

"My son-in-law, what do you think is the motive of such a court lady who wants to harm the queen mother?"

If Xiao'e is a powerful girl who is open to seeing money, then Xiao Zhan may think that he was used by the murderer to murder the queen.

However, this girl is a pure-hearted woman, Xiao Zhan really can't imagine that the Queen's poisoning has something to do with Xiao'e?

Gu Yunjing nodded with satisfaction: "Your Highness, the analysis is good. There are good reasons and logical thinking. You are really much stronger than before."

She paused and then said: "Have you ever thought about it, what if the ingredients for this dim sum have been tampered with? There are only three people who have come into contact with the queen's dim sum, but there should be many people who have come into contact with the ingredients for this dim sum." Well, what if there's something wrong with one of these people?"