Rather be a concubine

Chapter 198
Right now, Mrs. Li's appearance is really in a state of embarrassment, even the corners of her forehead are covered with red marks due to the constant kowtow, blood oozes unceasingly, it is really creepy to look at.

Seeing Mrs. Li's appearance now, Bo Yuqiao had a mournful expression on her face, and her eyes were so sad that there was no twinkle at all, and she didn't look like someone who dared to poison the food. Infer facts by sight alone.

"Just get up first, and wait for me to inquire about it."

Bo Yuqiao's voice was not very loud, but it revealed a faint majesty, which made Li Po's body tremble, and then slowly got up from the ground.

At this moment, Bo Yuqiao carefully looked at the maidservants who had entered the main hall. There were six of them brought by Huang Ying, two of them were maidservants under the stove, and three were rough envoys. Only Mrs. Li was in charge of the kitchen. , looking at it like this, the six of them are suspected of being drunk for a thousand years in the pot of stewed fish lips, it is really hard to determine.

Thinking of this, Bo Yuqiao pursed her lips, and carefully measured the maidservant under the stove who was standing on the far left, wearing blue clothes.The servant girl under the stove looked very ordinary, probably due to the smoky fire all year round, so now there are traces of lines around the corners of her eyes, she looks really haggard.

The maidservant standing next to him was also dressed in the same green cloth, but his appearance was a little more delicate, and his hands were placed directly in front of his lower abdomen, stirring constantly, looking really disturbed.The two maidservants under the stove both had distressed expressions on their faces, lowered their eyebrows respectfully and lowered their eyes, and there was nothing unusual about them.

On the other hand, looking at the remaining three rough envoys, these three probably got a lot of money in the small kitchen, and their bodies are a little fatter than others.Now the bodies of the three of them are trembling constantly, and because of the fat all over their bodies, the vibrations seem a little bigger.The appearance of these three people immediately made Bo Yuqiao frowned, after all, compared to the two slender maids under the stove, these three fat and rough maids are really not pitiful.

"What were you doing when you were cooking that pot of braised fish lip?"

Hearing Bo Yuqiao's question, the six people brought out from the small kitchen glanced at each other, and because Mrs. Li had the highest status, they saluted Bo Yuqiao respectfully, and then spoke tremblingly.

"Returning to Miss Qiao, because the old servant still needs to prepare other food for you, Miss, so after putting the pot of stewed fish lips on a small fire, I went straight to change the knife and short ribs, and I didn't worry about it. Stay by the stove."

Hearing this, although Bo Yuqiao said that all her doubts had not been eliminated, she also knew that what Mrs. Li said was probably the truth. After all, a woman in charge of cooking, although a bit respectable, still had to prepare meals for the master.

Bo Yuqiao pursed her lips slightly, shifted her eyes to the second servant girl on the left, and asked.

"Then what are you two doing? But you have been guarding in front of the stove?"

The servant girl under the stove originally lowered her head, but now she heard Bo Yuqiao's voice, she raised her eyes slightly, and happened to meet the latter's gaze, bit her lip, and said softly.

"Returning to Ms. Qiao's words, the maidservant's name is Zhen'er, and she was ordered to guard the canned fish lips before, but because she went to fetch sweet-scented osmanthus in the middle, she left the stove for a while, but the slaveservant was guarding the stove , and no one else approached."

After saying that, the servant girl named Zhen'er couldn't help trembling slightly, and put her hands on the front of her lower abdomen, stirring more tightly.Looking at it, he was probably shocked by this interrogation posture.

From Zhen'er's mouth, Bo Yuqiao got some clues. Although this maid was a servant under the stove, she didn't keep guard in front of the stove, and she left for a while.

If Zhen'er hadn't poisoned the mouth of the pot of stewed fish, it must have been when she left that someone put the medicine into it.

"Since that's the case, when Zhen'er left the kitchen, did anyone approach the pot of stewed fish lips?"

Hearing this, the six people standing in the hall were silent for a while, shaking their heads one after another.Before dinner, the small kitchen is the busiest place in Bo Mansion. It's all right to have a cup of soup and order a servant girl under the stove to watch the fire, so why would anyone bother to check it?

At this moment, Bo Yuqiao was a little depressed. If it was true, it would be difficult for her to get any useful information from the six people in this small kitchen.

Thinking of this, a cold look flashed across Bo Yuqiao's apricot eyes, and she said again.

"Since the real culprit of the poisoning cannot be found, the six of you will sit down at once, and each of you will receive twenty lashes. This punishment is not considered severe."

Hearing this, the expressions of the six people in the hall were all different.Mrs. Li is over forty years old, if she received twenty lashes, she would probably be broken.But the servant girl under the stove that Bo Yuqiao didn't question just now looked relaxed, after all she does some rough work every day, and she is still young, but she only has twenty lashes, so she can bear it.

Contrary to the servant girl under the stove, Zhen'er, who had just answered, immediately turned pale as paper after listening to Bo Yuqiao's verbal punishment, even though his appearance was a little more delicate, but looking at it like this, it can't be called pretty.

Zhen'er's expression changed drastically, naturally it was caught in Bo Yuqiao's eyes.Seeing this, she couldn't help but feel suspicious, and asked immediately.

"Really, could it be that you are dissatisfied with Miss Ben's decision?"

Bo Yuqiao's tone was calm, but the coldness in it could not be ignored at all.Hearing this, Zhen'er was immediately terrified, knelt down on the ground, shook his head again and again, and said anxiously.

"The servants dare not, the servants dare not!"

The last thing Bo Yuqiao wanted was to see these servants kneeling and begging. Although she was the Fourth Miss of the Bo Mansion, she was still a modern person in her bones. Seeing the terrified faces of the group of people in front of her naturally didn't feel good.

Originally, she wanted to ask Zhen'er to get up, but her apricot eyes suddenly glanced at Zhen'er's movements, and she couldn't help frowning. Now Zhen'er is kneeling on the ground, supporting the ground with her right hand, while her left hand is covering her lower abdomen, which is really a bit strange. strangeness.

Bo Yuqiao's apricot eyes narrowed slightly, only to feel that the place she had neglected for a long time suddenly cleared away the clouds and mist, and it suddenly became much clearer.

Coughing twice, Bo Yuqiao directly picked up the teacup, took a sip of the slightly cool Lu'an melon slices in it, and then said casually.

"Really, aren't you pregnant?"

Bo Yuqiao's voice was originally very clear, but now she deliberately raised her voice, making it a bit sharp.

Hearing Bo Yuqiao's words, Zhen'er's eyes widened immediately, the panic in them was clearly visible, her body trembled three points more than before, as if she was sifting chaff.

"How could Ms. Qiao make such a guess? Slaves, servants are not married yet, how could they be pregnant?"

Zhen'er is still arguing constantly, but the timidity in his words is extremely obvious.Bo Yuqiao was originally careful, how could she not notice the real abnormality at this moment?

She also doesn't want to talk to this servant girl anymore, after all, a servant girl who has not been engaged will suddenly become pregnant, and it has something to do with the poisoning, Bo Yuqiao really can't help but be suspicious.

Turning her head straight to look at Huang Ying, she asked immediately.

"Huang Ying, the doctor who came to our Qiongzhi Pavilion to inspect the food earlier, is he still in the mansion?"

Hearing Bo Yuqiao's question, Huang Ying nodded and said.

"The previous doctor originally wanted to leave the mansion, but because Young Master Qingyang occasionally felt wind and heat today, so he went to see Young Master Qingyang in the wing room. Thinking about it, he should still be there now, and he can use his maid to treat him. The doctor was called here?"

Hearing this, Bo Yuqiao nodded her head slightly, and Huang Ying didn't dare to delay, so she walked straight out of the main hall.

Seeing that Huang Ying was about to leave the main hall, Zhen'er, who was kneeling on the ground, couldn't help but distort her pretty face at this moment. She looked at Bo Yuqiao who was sitting in the main seat with resentment, and then spoke directly.

"Miss, why do you need to go to so much trouble? The servant will recognize it right away, and she is indeed pregnant, so there is no need to invite the doctor."

Zhen'er gritted her teeth with hatred at this moment, she never thought that Bo Yuqiao would find out that she was pregnant.But even if it was discovered, it had nothing to do with the poisoning.

The rest of the five people who came out of the small kitchen were all shocked when they saw Zhen'er admitting that they were pregnant. Presumably, they never thought that a maidservant under the stove who was a dutiful servant would do such a thing. The pickling of the dough.

Hearing this, Bo Yuqiao pursed her lips and let out a chuckle, since the truth had already been revealed, then things would be much easier to handle.

"Really, that thousand-year-old drunk was the one who got into the pot of stewed fish lips?"

"It's not a servant girl. If a servant girl poisons the lips of a pot of stewed fish, she will die a terrible death, and the sky will be struck with a thunderbolt!"

Zhen'er swears to the sky, there is no trace of hesitation in his eyebrows and eyes.This appearance made Bo Yuqiao's heart a little suspicious.Since traveling to the Daqian Dynasty, Bo Yuqiao understood the customs of this other world, and knew that all these ordinary people believed in ghosts and gods so much that they never dared to swear.

Now that Zhen'er has the courage to swear a poisonous oath, I'm afraid the person who poisoned her is really not her.

Thinking of this, Bo Yuqiao sighed inwardly, and was about to speak, another thought crossed her mind, and she asked.

"Since the person who poisoned you is not you, then you should confess his identity now. In this way, the penalty of twenty lashes will be reduced, and you will not be able to bear the punishment if you are pregnant."

As for Bo Yuqiao's persuasion, Zhen'er sneered as if she was listening to the wind, and then opened her mouth to speak.

"Miss Qiao, this servant has already sworn an oath, why are you still so aggressive? Although this servant is lowly in status, she is still a good family member. If you continue to slander a good person like this, then this servant will go to the government to let the old man look down upon you." What kind of character is the master of the mansion!"

Hearing this, Bo Yuqiao was not afraid, she couldn't help shaking her head slightly, and said.

"Slaves sue the Lord, the government will not accept it, so don't waste your time in vain, first read the "Laws of the Great Gan" thoroughly!"

(End of this chapter)