bookrebus Chapter 495 What a beautiful thought
Chapter 495 What a beautiful thought
Since there was no problem with the cooking, Ye Jintang's eyes fell on Feng Chun. He was the one who brought the mung bean soup back from the imperial kitchen, and he was the only one who had the best chance to change it along the way.
"Feng Chun, is there anyone else on the road who touches the mung bean soup?"
Feng Chuncai had only been in the palace for three years, and happened to encounter major changes in the palace in the past three years. He had been scared out of his wits for a long time, and when he encountered such a thing today, his legs went weak and he knelt directly on the ground.
"Your Majesty, I have seen clearly that I have been carefully protecting the food box since I came here from the imperial kitchen. I have not allowed anyone to touch it, and I have never opened it."
Feng Chun was kneeling on the ground and trembling, and his tongue was not very obedient.
Seeing his useless appearance, Ye Jintang frowned secretly. Feng Chun looked like a coward. If he was asked to poison Xiao Mo, he probably wouldn't even be able to lift the bowl.
Then only the lotus leaves are left.
But Lian Ye has been serving Xiao Mo for at least 5 years. It can be said that the reason she was able to sit in the position of chief palace maid is that Xiao Mo still trusts her very much.
"Lian Ye, what about you? When you took the mung bean soup, what was inside it?"
"The mung bean soup I got contained unboiled mung beans. At that time, I thought that the imperial kitchen staff was too careless today and even skimmed off the mung bean skins."
When Lian Ye said this, Feng Chun was dumbfounded.
Even if he was a fool, he could tell there was something wrong.
"You're talking nonsense. I didn't even open the lunch box on the way to the Imperial Study. How could the mung bean soup inside be replaced? Lian Ye, you're trying to say that I replaced the mung bean soup. How can you be so vicious?"
"Please, Queen, make the decision for me. I really haven't touched the food box."
Lian Ye also knelt down hurriedly. She looked at Feng Chun very seriously, "Feng Chun, don't get excited. I'm just telling the truth."
"Feng Chun, I want to ask you, do you know if there is ice under the mung bean soup in the food box?"
"My lady, I didn't open the lunch box, but I bumped into it when I was walking. It was a little cold, so there must be ice in it."
"Madame Ding, tell me if there is any ice in the lunch box."
Ye Jintang's gaze fell on Nanny Ding again.
"The Empress has reminded you that even though the weather is hot, the Emperor should not be too greedy for coolness. Ice was put into the food box before use to remove the heat inside, but no ice was put into the mung bean soup."
"Well, Feng Chun guessed wrong, which means he didn't open the lunch box."
As Ye Jintang finished speaking, all eyes in the imperial study turned to Lian Ye.
Only these three people have come into contact with mung bean soup. Since the other two can prove that they did not tamper with the mung bean soup, Lian Ye is the only one left.
"I remember that there are four senior palace maids serving in the Imperial Study during the day. Who else has touched Green Bean or seen anything besides Lian Ye today?"
"Your Majesty, please be aware that I am loyal to Your Majesty and will never do anything to harm Him."
Lian Ye couldn't help but get nervous when she saw that Ye Jintang had put her in trouble with just a few words.
"Your Highness, I saw Lian Ye meet Miss Xia in private. When Feng Chun brought in the mung bean soup just now, there should have been two palace maids serving the emperor, but Lian Ye said she could do it alone, so she drove us out."
A girl named Juye stood up boldly.
She has been by Xiao Mo's side for many years, so she naturally knows Xiao Mo and Ye Jintang's tempers very well. If anyone dares to tamper with the mung bean soup today, it is a capital crime punishable by death. If something goes wrong, several palace maids on duty today will be in trouble.
Today she must tell everything she saw. As long as the murderer can be caught, their lives can be saved.
"Xia Ying?"
Ye Jintang then realized that Xia Ying, who was supposed to be under house arrest, was actually in the imperial study at this moment.
When she came in just now, all her attention was on Xiao Mo, and she didn't even notice Xia Ying.
Xia Ying, who had been silent, couldn't help but shrink her neck when she felt Ye Jintang's gaze.
Before meeting Ye Jintang, many people said that she looked like her, and she had always been very curious about how similar the two were.
As soon as they met today, Xia Ying knew that except for the love poison, Xiao Mo would not be attracted to her. Even if she worked hard all her life just relying on her looks, Xiao Mo would never even look at her.
At the same time, she finally understood what the difference between the two of them was like. The gap between them was really too big.
At this moment, Xia Ying felt a chill in her heart. She could only hope that Xiao Mo did not vomit out the lover's poison when he vomited just now.
"If I remember correctly, Xia Ying should be in Luoxia Pavilion and cannot move around freely. Who let you out and brought you to the Imperial Study?"
Ye Jintang's voice was like ice chips, and everyone present could tell that she was angry at the moment.
"Queen, please calm down. I have been imprisoned in Luoxia Pavilion for some time. The Emperor has not summoned me. I am still worried, so I sneaked out of Luoxia Pavilion."
Hearing Xia Ying say this, Ye Jintang's lips curled up slightly in a sarcastic smile.
"You think I'm a fool. I'll deal with your matter later."
As he spoke, Ye Jintang's gaze fell on Lian Ye again.
"Lian Ye, you have served the emperor for several years. You should be very clear about the tempers of the emperor and me. Now that so much evidence is in front of you, do you want to speak for yourself, or try the latest poison I developed, the Truth Pill?"
"There are a lot of rare medicinal materials added to the truth pills. I have tested the toxicity on mice. So far, the mice have not been poisoned to death, but it is hard to say what effect it will have on humans."
Lian Ye panicked when she heard that she was going to be used for drug testing. She naturally knew that Ye Jintang had many strange poisons in his hands. She had seen the horrifying scene of death row prisoners being tested with drugs before. She shuddered at the thought that she would also fall to the point of being tested with drugs.
Today is a dead end for Lian Ye. No matter what she does, the final outcome will be death.
She was filled with despair, and in order not to implicate other people, she took out a pill of poison and swallowed it immediately.
Everyone around was shocked, and the two maids beside her rushed forward to pick her mouth, trying to pick out the poison.
But the poison was also very powerful. Almost as soon as Lian Ye swallowed it, he started vomiting blood from his mouth.
"It's not that easy if you want to die."
Ye Jintang asked Luzhu to get a bottle of spring water and feed it directly to Lian Ye. Lian Ye's throat felt like it was on fire just now, but the symptoms disappeared immediately after she drank the spring water.
"It seems that you want to take the truth pill. Luzhu, give her one. I don't have that much patience to waste time here with a palace maid who sells out her master for fame."
"Yes."
The truth pill is actually a powerful poison. After taking it, people will appear in a hallucination, and they will answer any questions without thinking.