The High Gate Mistress of Rebirth

Chapter 303 Assassination of the Eldest Princess

Because I heard from Jing Shu that Lord Zhen went to live in the hot spring villa due to illness, and on the day of Sister Qing's full moon banquet, the eldest princess returned to the mansion in Luanjia.

The child's full moon banquet is not considered a grand banquet, so the guests invited are all close relatives of the mansion. After the guests dispersed, the family specially held a celebration banquet for Sister Qing in the banquet hall.

The maids came in one file after another, and plates of delicacies were served on the table. The whole family sat around talking and laughing. Pingyang hugged Sister Qing to the old lady and the eldest princess. Whispering softly, with festive smiles on their faces.

Today when the Eldest Princess attended the banquet, Jingshu arranged the food and beverages more meticulously and carefully. Even so, before the family banquet started, she went to the big kitchen in charge of preparing the banquet in person.

Jing Shu walked halfway with Ziyun, and saw a white shadow flashing past in front, Jing Shu's eyes were sharp, and she said to the man, "Who is in front?"

The man did not respond to the call, but hurried away, and under the cover of the night, he disappeared from sight in a blink of an eye.

Ziyun chased after two steps, but also didn't see the person clearly, came back and said to Jingshu in doubt, "Could it be the boy in charge of shopping."

Jing Shu said nothing, her eyes moved slightly, but she stepped up and walked towards the kitchen.

In the kitchen, it was the busiest time right now, when Mrs. Wang, who was in charge of the banquet, saw Jing Shu, she rushed up to greet her.

This Mrs. Wang is someone Jing Shu can trust, Jing Shu didn't go around in circles, and asked her directly: "Did someone come into the kitchen just now?"

After hearing the words, Mrs. Wang replied truthfully: "Today the Eldest Princess is going to the banquet. The kitchen is more heavily guarded than usual. The old man has been watching here, and no strangers have entered."

Jing Shu looked around in the kitchen for a week, and saw that all kinds of dishes were cooked according to the procedures, and they were served to the banquet hall only after the silver needle in charge tested the virus.

Seeing that the mistress inspected them carefully, Mrs. Wang hurried forward and said: "Everything on the banquet today is strictly inspected, so don't worry, mistress."

Although Jing Shu saw the rigorous process with her own eyes, and heard Mrs. Wang's reassurance, but for some reason, she was still not at ease.

Jing Shu looked around and found nothing wrong, ordered someone to take the menu, and carefully looked at the dishes on it.

She had read this recipe several times before, and there was nothing wrong with it, only a new plate of fresh fruit was added.

Jingshu pointed to the newly added fresh fruit and asked, "Which order added this?"

Mrs. Wang raised her eyes to look at the menu, and replied truthfully: "Madam Ju specially ordered someone to inform our kitchen to prepare this, saying that the eldest princess has been taking medicine recently, and she can't eat too greasy food, so she ordered to add a seasonal fresh fruit. "

Jing Shu asked: "Where do these fruits come from? Have you tried poison?"

Mrs. Wang hurriedly replied: "Mother Chrysanthemum has repeatedly told the fruit to be the freshest, so these fruits were picked from the villa just at Xiangwu, and they are all the freshest fruits. How can there be any difference in this stuff."

Jingshu saw that Wang Po's expression was not as calm as before, and asked, "Tell me the truth, have these fruits been tested?"

Wang Po didn't dare to hide it, so she had to reply truthfully: "These fruit cooks have washed them carefully with salt water. I think there is no way to manipulate these fruits. It is true that I have never tried poison, and I am careless."

"Confused!"

Jing Shu's face changed slightly when she heard this, she left the words and hurried towards the banquet hall.

The banquet has not started yet, if someone is so bold and desperate to do such a stupid thing that can destroy the clan, there is still time to stop it.

Jing Shu rushed to the banquet hall out of breath, and saw a plate of seasonal and various fruits in front of the eldest princess, because the banquet hadn't started yet, so no one had used it.

The eldest princess was sitting with the old lady, still laughing and playing with Sister Qing.

Jingshu walked forward slowly, with the same bright smile on her face as always. She looked at the plate of fresh fruit in front of the eldest princess, and said to the maidservant at the side very naturally: "His Royal Highness is currently taking medicine. The pears on the plate are cold in nature, I’m afraid it will affect the efficacy of the medicine, so let’s put it away, and cut a plate of fresh fruits that are warm in nature.”

The maid took the order, raised her hand to remove the plate of fruit, and was led out of the banquet hall by Ziyun.

It was just an insignificant matter, everyone at the table didn't pay attention to it, only the eldest princess who was teasing her granddaughter frowned slightly.

The banquet passed quickly amidst the laughter of the whole family. After the banquet, Li Xiang personally escorted the eldest princess back to the princess mansion.The rest of the people also returned to their own courtyards.

After returning to Qingfengyuan, Li Ling glanced at his wife's face and asked, "What's the matter? I saw that you looked preoccupied during the banquet."

Jing Shu looked at Li Ling, and replied, "It's nothing, I just hope I think too much."

Jing Shu has always been calm, if not for something, she definitely wouldn't be like this.Li Ling looked at his wife suspiciously, and asked, "What happened?"

As soon as Li Ling finished speaking, Ziyun came in with Mrs. Wang who was in the kitchen. When Mrs. Wang saw Jing Shu, she knelt down with a "plop" and cried bitterly: "Ma'am, it's my old man who was negligent and almost caused a catastrophe. An old man deserves to die."

Before Jing Shu could reply, Li Ling asked anxiously, "What's going on here?"

Ziyun stepped forward and replied: "My lord, madam, the servants peeled off the fresh fruits given to the eldest princess today one by one and inspected them carefully with silver needles. In the core of the fresh lychees, they found the highly poisonous crane's crown." red."

The poison of Crane Crown Red is sure to kill if it touches it, and it is secretly hidden in the core of lychees, so it is impossible for people who are not careful to detect it.But those who eat these lychees always hold the pulp and core in their mouths. If they eat the flesh and spit out the core, they will inevitably be contaminated with poison.

What a vicious method this is.

Li Ling heard Ziyun's words and said angrily: "Who is so bold! How dare you use such a vicious method to poison a banquet?"

Using such vicious methods to deal with his mother, a person like Li Ling would naturally not tolerate it. Because of his anger, his eyes were red and the veins on his forehead were bulging.

Jing Shu stretched out her hand to hold her husband's hand, comforted him, and sighed slightly: "My husband, don't be impatient, and order someone to investigate carefully. It's likely to happen."

In front of everyone, Jing Shu didn't say anything, but whispered in Li Ling's ear.

After hearing what his wife said, Li Ling's face turned ashen. He frowned slightly, looked at his wife and asked, "Are you sure you read it right?"

Jingshu replied: "I'm not sure, but I do look like him in figure."

Hearing this, Li Ling clenched his hands under his wide sleeves into fists, and said bitterly: "No matter who it is, once it is verified, it will be dealt with according to the family law."

(End of this chapter)