famous concubine

Chapter 97
Yes, there were so many pairs of eyes watching at that time, if they want to deny, there are many people who can stand up and testify.

It's just... the girl raised her eyebrows slightly, her bright eyes sparkled with coldness, how could they have such stupid thoughts, thinking that they would deny it?
Feng Yu jumped ahead of Dongfang, and replied indifferently: "The things on this table, including this table, are all things we had when we had lunch with Emperor Father."

"It's good that His Highness the Sixth Prince doesn't feel strange." It was Xu Li's cold and hoarse voice again, and Dongfang Yu couldn't help taking a deep breath.

"The court lady Hua Ling is going to court." The one who couldn't wait so quickly, Dongfangyu didn't need to look to know that it was the Minister of Criminal Affairs who was in charge.

Soon, the seemingly honest court lady Hua Ling was also brought to the hall by the servants. There were three expressionless high officials. As soon as he arrived in the hall, he was immediately frightened by the chilling atmosphere and trembled all over his body.

Dongfang Yu glanced at the timid court lady who had assisted her in the kitchen, and there was a slight sarcasm in her eyes.

"Pa" Guan Zheng picked up the gavel and slapped it heavily, putting on a full official authority and coldly shouting: "Who is in the hall, why don't you kneel down quickly when you see me, do you want to suffer first?"

Hua Ling was timid in the first place, how could she stand up to his frights and threats, when the gavel sounded, her legs were already weak, and when the cold shout sounded, she had already knelt down on the ground, bowing her head and trembling endlessly up.

Guan Zheng seemed very satisfied with the effect of the court lady being intimidated by his authority, and a smug sneer quickly flashed across his eyes.

Huo Ping immediately said: "Hua Ling, go over and take a closer look at the things on that nanmu stone table, do you still recognize them?"

Hualing stood up tremblingly with her head down, obediently opened her eyes wide, and really carefully identified the food on the plate one by one. After a long while, she replied in a low voice: "My lord, this servant recognizes these foods. These are all from the East. When the girl carefully prepared lunch for His Majesty, she cooked the dishes in the kitchen herself."

"Very good." Huo Ping stared at Hua Ling deeply, and said again: "Did you watch Dongfang Yu cook these dishes with your own eyes?"

"Yes, the servants stayed in the kitchen at that time, helping the Oriental girl."

"Okay, I'll ask you again, from the very beginning, each of these dishes has been cooked in the Oriental language, right?" Xu Li opened his mouth, the cold and hoarse voice almost frightened Hualing's legs again. Soft.

"Master Hui" Hualing trembled, bent her knees, and knelt down on the ground with a "thud", her head was almost buried in her collar, "The servant girl is only responsible for helping to prepare the ingredients, and the other things are all done by the Oriental girl." It's done by people alone."

Guan Zheng raised his eyes, and cast his stern gaze on Hualing, and quickly said, "What about Chuancai?"

"Chuancai..." Hualing was still trembling all over, in fact, she really wanted to say, my lord, there are so many dishes on the table, how could it be possible for the Oriental girl to finish them all by herself!But she didn't have the guts to do so, so she could only murmur: "There are others to help, and Miss Dongfang also brought some."

"You can go down now." Huo Ping always spoke in an undulating tone, as hard as a blunt hammer.

Hua Ling immediately crawled out of the lobby, she was just a timid and honest little maid in the kitchen, she never wanted to do such a frightening thing like going to the court a second time in her life.

Dongfang Yu just stood quietly in the hall, watched with a smile and cold eyes, and never uttered a word to refute himself.She wants to see what evidence they have prepared for her to confess next.

Huo Ping is the presiding judge, so the order to testify is naturally given by him: "Come here, pass on Eunuch Wen and Eunuch Wu to the court."

Wen Gong Gong Wu Gong Gong?

Dongfang Yu lightly moved the shackles that made his wrist uncomfortable, and the corners of his mouth slightly raised. Aren't these two eunuchs the father-in-law in charge of testing vegetables and needles?
Regardless of their surnames, Wen or Wu, the two eunuchs were tall and thin with fair skin. They walked into the courtroom almost on tiptoe under the custody of the Yachai.

"You two father-in-laws, I am asking you now, have you tried all the meals on this table before?"

The two father-in-laws seemed to be hearing Xu Li's voice for the first time, and they were also startled when they first heard it.

But their concentration was obviously better than Hualing's, the two father-in-laws were only slightly taken aback, and their expressions returned to normal.

"My lord, this servant is responsible for testing the dishes with silver needles. Before His Majesty took up the chopsticks, this servant did try each of these foods with silver needles. The silver needles were always clear at that time, which proved that there was no poison in the dishes." The one who spoke was Sisiwen Wen Gonggong.

"Return to your lord." The tall and thin Eunuch Wu, with only two thick eyebrows matching his surname, "The servant is in charge of testing the dishes. Look, the servant has been eating those dishes until now, and they have always been good. It is the same as usual. Proof There is indeed no poison in the dishes, and if I am not afraid of your lord's jokes, the slave doesn't even have diarrhea."

Feng Yu has been looking at the two nervously, and after hearing these words, he is slightly relieved.

Seeing his nervous expression, Dongfang Yu was moved and felt a little funny. How could this guy think of things so simply? Since the two father-in-laws have been testing dishes for His Majesty for many years, they must not be easily sold. Moreover, She always felt that the other party's net was not here.

"You two father-in-laws." Guan Zheng's eyes flickered coldly, and the corners of his slightly black mouth pulled a strange smile, "Are you usually used to waiting for His Majesty to sit down before trying the dishes, or what?"

The two father-in-laws, Wen and Wu, looked at each other silently, and then said with fairness, "We usually wait until all the dishes are served and His Majesty is seated before we begin to try the dishes."

Huo Ping twitched his brows, and then asked: "Who laid the bowls and chopsticks? Was it before the food was served or after the food was served?"

"Return to your lord." Eunuch Wu's voice was also soft and soft. He seemed to glance at Dongfangyu intentionally or unintentionally, and then said: "There is a special person to pass on the dishes, and there is also a special person to be in charge of arranging the bowls and chopsticks; it's just that Dongfang girls are used to things. She did it herself, so after the last dish was served, she arranged the dishes, and we didn't go forward to try the dishes one by one until His Majesty was seated."

"That's right. Then I'll ask another question." Huo Ping looked at the girl who was clearly shackled by handcuffs but kept calm, and asked again: "Did you have the special bowls and chopsticks for His Majesty? Tried it?"

Eunuch Wen's face changed slightly, and he replied cautiously: "This... His Majesty's special dishes and chopsticks are also in charge of special personnel. It is not something that servants can do to test whether there are poisonous substances."

"That is to say, Dongfangyu was the last person to touch the bowls and chopsticks before His Majesty." Guan Zheng answered the words indifferently, and the slanting gaze that passed by was unusually strange no matter how you look at it.

The two men exchanged glances, then nodded in unison: "Yes."

(End of this chapter)