On the wedding night, the sick prince stood up!

Chapter 209 The real murderer behind the scenes
Su Tao looked in the direction Xiaobao pointed to, and it turned out that two servants were cooking mushroom soup. The mushrooms were brought by the villagers just now, and the mushroom soup was very delicious.

"Little master, that's mushroom soup. Those kind-hearted villagers sent it just now. They said that it was rare for a noble person to come to the village to borrow, so they wanted to send some delicacies from the mountains to cook a pot of soup."

In fact, Gu Xiyue, who was on the side, had been paying attention to Su Tao's Xiaobao, and naturally saw the pot of mushroom soup, she frowned a little strangely.

Then I looked at the villagers at the side. These villagers were not rich at first glance, and there were many patches on their clothes. The children were extremely thin and flat, and timidly hid behind the adults, only daring to show a pair of eyes to look around. .

The adults were dressed in rags. When they glanced at the meals made by the subordinates, their eyes were clearly full of longing, but they only avoided the mushroom soup when they looked at it.

They are already so poor, why give the only mushrooms they have to some strangers?
When eating enough for others, normal people will probably choose to eat enough for themselves.

Gu Xiyue got up and came to the side of the mushroom soup. The mushrooms were really good. The soup was a little milky white, but the taste made Gu Xiyue frown.

She knelt down and sniffed it carefully, and then her expression became a little ugly.

The taste of this mushroom soup is very wrong, there is an undetectable medicinal smell, maybe it is suppressed by the umami taste, but Gu Xiyue's nose is very sensitive, even if the medicinal smell is very faint, she was caught by her quickly Arrived.

Gu Xiyue said to the servant in charge of the mushroom soup, "Give me the spoon."

The servant was slightly stunned, and quickly handed the spoon in his hand to Gu Xiyue.

Su Tao who was at the side saw Gu Xiyue coming to check on the mushroom soup in person, so she brought Xiao Bao over quickly, and she squatted down and wrapped Xiao Bao in her arms.

Su Tao looked at Gu Xiyue suspiciously and asked, "Princess, is there something wrong with this mushroom soup?"

Gu Xiyue didn't answer her, but scooped up a piece of mushroom with the spoon in her hand, then put it under her nose and smelled it carefully, and sure enough, when she got closer to smell it, she immediately discovered where the medicinal smell came from.

She turned over the mushrooms in her hand and looked carefully, but unfortunately she didn't find what she wanted to see, because after the mushrooms were boiled, the whole mushrooms had already swelled up, and some small details naturally I can't find it.

Although she didn't find the clues she wanted, Gu Xiyue still had a rough guess in her heart.

Gu Xiyue stood up and told Su Tao, "This mushroom soup is not for people to drink, go and call the prince."

At this time, Ye Wushang was discussing the countermeasures against the epidemic with General Wu and Master Zhou. Knowing that Gu Xiyue was looking for him, Ye Wushang immediately said to General Wu and Master Zhou.

"Let's stop discussing here today, and continue discussing the rest after dinner."

After Ye Wushang finished speaking, he walked outside, and he came all the way to Gu Xiyue's side.

At this time, Gu Xiyue stared at the pot of mushroom soup with a serious face, and when she saw Ye Wushang coming, she also said to Ye Wushang.

"This mushroom soup was poisoned by someone. These people really can't wait. We have only been out of the capital for half a day, and they want to kill us."

You don't need to guess to know who it is, it's either the queen or Ye Jingyu, only these two see Ye Wushang and Gu Xiyue as thorns in their eyes.

When Gu Xiyue and Ye Wushang died after eating the mushroom soup, even if everyone was poisoned to death, they would still be able to blame these innocent villagers. It can be said that they died after eating poisonous mushrooms.

Gu Xiyue looked at the villagers on the side and sneered, "It's really cruel. In order to get rid of us, he didn't hesitate to use the life of a village to be buried with us."

Ye Wushang ordered with an ugly face, "Go and call the imperial physician to check if there is anything wrong with this pot of mushroom soup."

There was a plague in the south, and Ye Wushang was going to relieve the disaster. Naturally, Emperor Ye arranged for him several imperial physicians to follow him all the way.

After several imperial physicians came to check it, they finally concluded that there was a highly poisonous poison in the mushroom soup.

"The person who poisoned was thoughtful. He wrapped the poison with a silver needle and then stuck it into the mushroom, so that the poison would penetrate into the mushroom. Only a little bit of the poison can seal the throat."

"The mushrooms were pricked by poisonous silver needles, and after a while of stewing, the poison spread into the mushroom soup. If someone drank the mushroom soup, they would definitely die."

The old doctor wiped the sweat from his forehead, apparently also surprised by the opponent's methods.

"The mushroom soup is delicious, and ordinary people can't find the problem. Even us experienced imperial physicians have discovered it carefully."

After hearing what the old doctor said, Ye Wushang's face was extremely ugly, and the guards who followed him were also terrified, even General Wu and Master Zhou couldn't help but look fearful in their eyes.

If they really inadvertently ate these mushroom soups, they might lie dead on the ground.

General Wu was straightforward, and immediately said angrily to Ye Wushang, "My lord, you must not let the people behind the scenes go, we all went to the south to provide disaster relief, and it was all for the common people."

"Our lives are not important, but if we die on the road, what will your majesty think? Find out!"

"The life of the humble official is not important, but the safety of the common people cannot be allowed to die on the road!"

Master Zhou on the side looked at General Wu in surprise, thinking that this military general didn't expect to be able to talk so much, and he was even more eloquent than a civil official like him.

This is not to say that General Wu is simply afraid of death, as a general, he is the best at talking.

Although he is not as polite as a civil servant, he can ramble.

Lord Zhou also took a step forward and said to Ye Wushang, "My lord, this matter is too serious, please order General Wu to restrain the villagers in the village first, and make sure that no one in the know escapes."

"If you want to find out the real culprit behind the scenes, only these villagers know a thing or two. If the prince just calms things down like this, I'm afraid the black hands behind the scenes will become even more rampant."

"This mushroom was a gift from the villagers. Someone behind the scenes must have asked them to do this. Otherwise, how would they dare to attack the prince and princess?"

Lord Zhou looked at Gu Xiyue, then at Ye Wushang and said, "If it weren't for the dexterity of the princess, I'm afraid we and others would all be tricked here."

Ye Wushang nodded and looked towards General Wu, "General Wu, send people to gather all the villagers. I want to have a good trial. I want to see who is so bold that he dares to send poisoned people." mushroom."

Gu Xiyue on the side hugged Xiaobao and said nothing. Although they all knew how innocent these villagers were, it didn't mean they couldn't find out the truth because of their innocence.

(End of this chapter)