Stop acting, Your Majesty, the queen knows you're faking it

Chapter 104
"Indeed." After the maidservant answered, Qing Yun continued to explain, "Because at first it was not sure how many people would come with His Majesty and Empress to eat here, so the maidservant did not line up in advance to deliver the dishes.

"It's because when they returned to the back kitchen, they happened to finish something, so they asked them to bring the things to the front hall."

"When you say that, Bengong now remembers..." Chi Xinian rubbed his chin, thinking, "It's not the same person who brought tea and food to His Majesty and Bengong several times!"

"There is such a thing." Yan Chujing also nodded thoughtfully.

Because they also saw that the servants who came to serve food were different each time, so they didn't doubt what Qing Yun said.

But if the steps of serving dishes are indeed as Qingyun said, then the problem can only arise when making tea or after the tea is served.

Chi Xinian and Yan Chujing looked at each other, and they both understood the meaning from each other's eyes.

"When you cook or make tea, is there someone watching? Especially those two cups of tea, is it possible for them to be tampered with in the back kitchen?" Yan Chujing asked first.

After the tea was served, only the two people at the same table had the chance to touch each other, and those who sat together were the best friends in normal life.

It is unlikely that they will make a move, so the most likely problem is the back kitchen.

Yan Chujing narrowed his phoenix eyes slightly, and carefully observed the changes in the expressions of everyone in the back kitchen.

At the same time, Qingyun also seriously recalled: "The servant and Xiaoqin made the tea together, because all the ingredients and tea cups were put together, so the two never separated."

"But..." After hesitating for a moment, Qing Yun frowned again and said, "However, because there was not enough boiling water in the middle, the maidservant left for about half a cup of tea. At that time, only Xiaoqin was guarding the tea cup."

"Oh?" Yan Chujing looked at Xiaoqin, "Is that what she said?"

"Yes, but, but the maidservant never poisoned her!" Xiaoqin panicked after receiving a cold glance from Yan Chujing, "The maidservant has been making tea for each lady according to the recipe from the beginning to the end, and she is too busy, so what? Will you be distracted and poisoned?!
"Furthermore, the servant belongs to Chen Meiren, so killing Chen Meiren will benefit the servant?"

She was in a hurry to prove that she hadn't poisoned her, and those excuses sounded reasonable, but it was a fact that she had guarded the teacup alone, and her mouth alone could not prove her innocence.

"Search first." Yan Chujing thought for a while and made a decision.

As soon as he finished speaking, two nuns immediately stepped forward and took the little piano stand to the side hall for a body search.

If she was the one who poisoned her, she might not have disposed of the poison hidden on her body in a short time, so if she searched, she might be able to find clues.

But Yan Chujing didn't hold out much hope, because he didn't think Xiaoqin was the one who poisoned her.

As she said, the risk of doing such a brain-dead thing must be because of the high rewards, and she can't benefit from it, so why should she poison it?

But the result of the body search was unexpected—the two nuns really found a bag of powder of unknown origin on Xiaoqin.

And it has been verified that this is the poison that poisoned Chen Meiren and Zhou Guiren!

"Your Majesty, the evidence is convincing, do you want to deal with this person?" The overly smooth investigation process made everyone a little confused, and even Li Fusheng, the chief executive of the imperial court, hesitated at this moment.

He brought the person who should be dragged down to be executed directly back to Yan Chujing, hesitantly asking for instructions.

(End of this chapter)