Chapter 278 Miss Ling Ordered This

There was no puffer fish in the menu of the banquet ordered by the Queen Mother.

But puffer fish was found in Song Sao's fish soup.

The imperial chef who was responsible for making the fish soup swore that he absolutely did not use puffer fish to make the fish soup.

Ning Chuyi and the Minister of Justice interrogated all the people in the imperial kitchen, as well as the maids and nannies who served at the banquet.

Finally, a suspect was found.

That person was one of the many kitchen servants in the imperial kitchen, and his surname was Xu.

According to the confession of Liao Yuchu, Zhou Yuchu was originally in charge of the side dishes, but he suddenly had a stomachache today. Xu Yuchu took the initiative to find Liao Yuchu and said that he had less responsibilities today and could replace Zhou Yuchu to help him.

Xu Yuchu was not a helpful person, but today he took the initiative to help, which Liao Yuchu originally thought was a bit strange. But Zhou Yuchu had a stomachache and could no longer help him with the side dishes.

Everyone else had their own responsibilities, and at this moment, he couldn't find anyone else to replace Chef Zhou.

When Liao Yuchu saw that Chef Xu was willing to help, he thanked him again and again.

At first, when Chef Xu was preparing the dishes, Liao Yuchu was worried and paid special attention to observe.

But seeing that he prepared the dishes in an orderly manner and his proficiency was not worse than Chef Zhou, Liao Yuchu was relieved and turned to concentrate on cooking.

But he didn't expect that Chef Xu dared to mix puffer fish skin into Song Sao's fish soup while preparing the dishes.

Chef Xu did not plead guilty to the accusation of Liao Yuchu.

He cried out in indignation, "Chef Liao, I saw that Chef Zhou was not feeling well, so I took the initiative to help you. It's okay if you don't appreciate it, but you actually wronged me. Have you eaten your conscience?"

Chef Xu swore to the sky that he did not tamper with Song Sao's fish soup. The Minister of Justice interrogated him for a long time, but he did not confess.

Seeing this, Ning Chuyi took over the interrogation personally.

As the commander of the Jinyiwei, Ning Chuyi's tactics are more ruthless than the Minister of Justice, and the title of God of Death is not just for fun.

When seeing him, Xu Chuyi was instinctively afraid.

During the interrogation, his words revealed his guilty conscience.

Ning Chuyi immediately ordered the torture.

Wei Feng did it himself.

Xu Chuyi was just an ordinary person, how could he withstand Wei Feng's methods.

But after a while, he cried and shouted to confess.

"Your Majesty, I was wrong, I deserve to die." Xu Chuyi kowtowed to the emperor, stood up, and pointed at Ling Chu, "It was Miss Ling... She gave me a hundred taels and instructed me to mix puffer fish skin into Song Sao's fish soup."

As soon as the words fell, everyone turned their heads and stared at Ling Chu.

Ling Chu's hand holding the tea did not move at all, and he even took a sip slowly before putting down the teacup.

He looked at Xu Yuchu dimly, waiting for him to continue.

Xu Yuchu was startled by her gaze and felt uneasy for some reason.

But now, he had no choice but to go all the way.

"Earlier in the Imperial Garden, Miss Xiao poisoned Miss Cao and the Queen's koi, but put the blame on Miss Ling.

Miss Ling believed that these things were instigated by Princess Pingyang. She resented Princess Pingyang for instructing Miss Xiao to frame her, so she asked me to mix puffer fish skin into the fish soup to teach Princess Guangping and Princess Pingyang a lesson."

Princess Guangping spent 50,000 taels to buy detoxification pills, and she was already unhappy.

Hearing what Xu the chef said, she was immediately furious.

"Ling Chu, you are such a jerk. First you ordered the kitchen servants to poison us, and then you sold us the antidote. You dared to ask for 150,000 taels for just three antidote pills.

It seems that the top beam is crooked, and the bottom beam is crooked. Your grandfather was greedy, and you, as a granddaughter, are just as greedy!"

"Your Majesty, a woman like Miss Ling who is vicious and greedy should be killed."

Ling Chu looked at Princess Guangping with a cold look. She really shouldn't have been soft-hearted and gave her the antidote pills. Such a person should be poisoned to death.

Ning Chuyi had a blank expression on his face, "Princess Guangping, you have convicted the case before the trial is over. Do I want you to take my position as the commander?"

Princess Guangping's face flushed and she was indignant. It can be seen that the emperor was looking at her with majesty, and she had to suppress her anger.

Princess Pingyang saw Ning Chuyi defending Ling Chu and wanted to scold her as a vixen, but she was afraid of damaging her image.

"Kitchen servant Xu, you said I told you to mix the puffer fish skin into the fish soup, then dare I ask when and where I gave you the puffer fish skin?"

"Shortly after the banquet started, you deliberately tripped the maid and soiled your clothes. You left the banquet under the pretext of changing clothes, sneaked into the imperial kitchen to find me, and gave me the puffer fish skin and banknotes."

Princess Dingyuan had been looking at Ling Chu worriedly, but suddenly she scolded Kitchen servant Xu, "You are lying. After Miss Ling left the banquet, I accompanied her to change clothes.

She I have never been to the imperial kitchen, so how could I have ordered you to mix puffer fish skin into the fish soup! "

Princess Jing followed up, "Yes, I saw Princess Dingyuan go to deliver clothes to Miss Ling. You, a kitchen servant, are so bold that you dare to frame Miss Ling."

"It is Miss Ling's first time to enter the palace today. She doesn't even know which direction the door of the imperial kitchen opens. How can she avoid so many palace maids and find the imperial kitchen?"

The kitchen servant was speechless after being refuted by Princess Dingyuan and Princess Jing.

Princess Guangping said sarcastically, "Princess Dingyuan, Miss Ling clearly left the banquet first, and you went to deliver clothes to her later. Maybe Miss Ling went to the imperial kitchen at that time, but you didn't see it. "

"It's impossible. When Miss Ling left, the palace maid was always with her. If she went to the imperial dining room, the palace maid would definitely know."

Ling Chu did not tell the Queen's steward about the incident in the side hall, and the maid was not punished.

She was grateful in her heart, and after hearing what Princess Dingyuan said, she hurriedly said, "When Miss Ling went to change clothes, the servant kept following her. It is true that she has never been to the imperial kitchen."

Chef Xu was so anxious that he was sweating profusely, but he couldn't think of how to defend himself.

Ling Chu looked at him coldly, "Tell me, I have no grievances against Princess Dingyuan and Princess Jing. Why did I ask you to kill them with blowfish poison?"

Chef Xu averted his eyes with a guilty conscience, and said casually, "This... the little one accidentally mixed the pufferfish skin into the whole pot of fish soup, and that's why they also ate it by mistake."

Ling Chu pressed forward, "Since the whole pot of fish soup is filled with pufferfish skin, why is it that everyone else is fine and only our table is poisoned?"

Chef Xu was speechless again.

Out of the corner of his eye, he saw the man above him glaring at him dissatisfied.

Chef Xu felt as if he had eaten coptis. At this point, he had no choice but to go all the way.

"The little one is stupid and can't speak, but the fact is that Miss Ling bribed the little one with money and forced the little one to mix pufferfish skin into the fish soup..."

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