Chapter 281 Smashing the Kitchen

The second prince looked at the maid who spoke in confusion.

The pink-clad palace maid took the opportunity to give him a look.

The second prince thought. This palace maid had always been his favorite. She was usually clever and smart, and she was the interpreter who understood him best.

Could it be that she took advantage of the chaos just now and dealt with the pufferfish meal?

He was suspicious in his heart, but with the emperor nearby, he couldn't ask.

"There are no pufferfish in Jinghua Palace? Miss Ling, could it be that your hexagram calculations are not accurate?"

"Queen, the divination of the folk girl is correct."

The palace maid in pink glanced at Concubine An, her mind spinning rapidly.

Although the second prince dotes on him, he is just greedy for her body. After a few days, if you get tired of it, you will discard it like a piece of shit.

If she helped the second prince avoid what happened today, there was no way Concubine An would ask the second prince to give her a title.

After making up her mind, the lady in pink said again, "Your Majesty, there is no pufferfish in Jinghua Palace, and the Second Prince would not take the risk of eating it knowing that it is poisonous."

The emperor glanced at the maid and waved his hand to Eunuch An.

Eunuch An turned around and entered the hall.

Facing the large table of rich meals, I identified them one by one.

The queen winked at Aunt Gui beside her.

The nanny immediately led the people straight to the imperial dining room of Jinghua Palace.

Not long after, Mr. An walked out of the hall waving a fly whisk.

The Queen took a look at Eunuch An, but didn't see anything on his face.

As the chief eunuch, naturally he would not let others see his inner thoughts easily.

He said respectfully, "Reporting to your Majesty, there is no puffer fish in the second prince's meal."

The second prince felt happy and glanced at the pink-clad palace maid with admiration.

Concubine An's hanging heart was half relieved.

Not long after, Grandma Gui led the people back.

One look at her face made the queen's heart sink.

Concubine An was relieved.

"Your Majesty, Mu'er has always been filial and obedient. How could he do anything with his body?" He glanced at Ling Chu with disdain, "It seems that Miss Ling has no master in mystical arts. She has been with Master Xuan Yi for many years, but she has fallen in love. I got the name of your master.”

The queen's face was sullen, and her heart was full of disappointment and anger towards Ling Chu.

Ling Chu ignored Concubine An's sarcasm.

"Your Majesty, is it possible for a civilian girl to hit you with a hammer in Jinghua Palace?"

The emperor frowned slightly, not understanding what she meant for a moment.

A smile flashed in Ning Chuyi's eyes.

Wei Feng on the side gave a thumbs up in his heart.

The second prince couldn't help but change his expression when he thought of what Ling Chu had smashed with a hammer in the Jinxiu Yuzhen Workshop.

"Bold, do you know where this place is!"

Ling Chu led people to break into Jinghua Palace and let the emperor see the second prince fooling around with the palace maid in broad daylight. Concubine An wanted to kill her with a stick.

How could she miss such a great opportunity?

While the second prince was speaking, he also shouted sharply, "How dare you, this is the palace, how can you be allowed to do whatever you want!"

The emperor was suspicious by nature, and he could see the nervousness of the second prince at a glance.

Ling Chu glanced at Concubine An and said nothing.

But he took out the small hammer from his sleeve pocket.

"Your Majesty, I will only hit you once, and I promise not to hit you more."

The emperor looked at the small and delicate hammer in her hand.

After a long while, he nodded.

"I will make an exception today and allow you to smash it."

The second prince's heart sank. He knew that his reaction just now meant that the emperor must have become suspicious.

Concubine An still wanted to stop her, but the emperor looked worried, so she could only swallow her words for fear that it would be counterproductive.

After receiving the emperor's permission, Ling Chu immediately walked to the dining room.

Ning Chuyi silently raised his heels.

The second prince was anxious, but he did not dare to make any move in front of the emperor.

Everyone in the imperial dining room stared at Ling Chu unkindly, wanting to kick her out.

But I didn't expect that the emperor would come over too.

Three royal chefs and a dozen kitchen servants were anxious to salute the emperor.

The leader of them, the imperial cook, felt uneasy when he saw Ling Chu looking around.

He said bravely, "There is no puffer fish in our dining room. Aunt Gui has already checked it before."

"Really not?"

The imperial chef was already feeling uneasy, but when he saw Ling Chu's dark eyes, he was even more shocked.

But in an instant, she despised herself again. She was just a little girl, what was there to be afraid of?

"If you don't believe it, girl, you can check it yourself."

As soon as Yu Chu finished speaking, Ling Chu waved his hand and hit the right wall with the small hammer.

The imperial chef's expression changed drastically. When he saw clearly that it was just a small and exquisite hammer, he quickly breathed a sigh of relief.

Only that breath was halfway relieved, and when he saw the collapsed secret door, his legs immediately went weak.

There were many people in the imperial dining room at the moment, but it was so quiet that you could hear a pin drop.

Aunt Gui and the maid beside her looked surprised.

They searched the dining room for a long time, but they didn't find a secret door in the wall.

The imperial cook and the handymen were kneeling on the ground, their faces ashen.

Concubine An and the second prince stared at Ling Chu, wishing they could eat her alive.

The Queen gave a wink to Aunt Gui.

Aunt Gui immediately led people into the darkroom.

Soon two palace maids came out carrying a large wooden barrel.

There were two pufferfish in the barrel, still alive, and they looked like they had just been brought into the palace.

Aunt Gui and another palace maid brought out a large wooden basin with ice cubes in it and three puffer fish frozen on top.

The palace maid who came out last held a large lotus leaf, which contained the eyes, skin and internal organs of the puffer fish.

The emperor's face was as black as ink.

The second prince ignored the pain in his foot and rushed over to kick the leading imperial chef, "You bastard, you are so bold that you dared to eat puffer fish secretly without telling me."

The imperial chef subconsciously wanted to explain, but seeing the sharp eyes of Concubine An, he could only kowtow to the emperor, "Your Majesty, I deserve to die. These puffer fish have nothing to do with the second prince. I bought them secretly to eat."

Ling Chu suddenly said to the imperial chef, "Who did you kill with puffer fish poison? You might as well confess the truth!"

The imperial chef was speechless. The second prince did not attend the banquet, and the people serving him naturally did not go.

This imperial chef did not know that Princess Dingyuan and others were poisoned.

The second prince secretly glared at Ling Chu, limped forward and knelt down, "Please understand, father, I did not know that the imperial chef actually ate puffer fish secretly.

I am not strict with my subordinates, please punish me."

The emperor lowered his eyes and looked at the second prince, and a trace of disappointment flashed in his heart.

Without his instruction, the imperial chef would not dare to eat puffer fish secretly even if he had a hundred courages.

"Your Majesty, calm down. I will definitely let Muer learn the way of ruling from the Grand Tutor in the future."

Although Concubine An was a little uneasy, she was not afraid at all.

Although the second prince secretly ate puffer fish, it violated the palace rules, but in the end it was just greed for food, not a serious crime of treason, and it was not a big mistake.

The emperor was angry, but he was just afraid that the second prince would be poisoned accidentally.

"Get up, your leg is still injured. Wait for the director to come and let him take a good look."

The second prince felt relieved, knowing that today's matter was over.

Ling Chu watched coldly, and a ghost wrapped in resentment rushed towards the second prince.

Tickets are coming~