Palace scheming: Empress Leng Palace

Chapter 228

Yun Qing's heart moved, she turned her head lightly and looked at the man gently hugging and coaxing the woman in her arms, listening to his painful but firm promise, her heart crumpled inexplicably.

The beautiful eyes drooped sadly, and the slightly painful palms couldn't ignore the uncontrollable sadness in my heart. I could only hear Concubine Hua's crying softer and softer, and the man's whispered comfort from time to time...


"Slave Chen Rui sees the emperor and empress empress, long live the emperor! My empress is a thousand years old!" There was a pass from outside the hall, followed by Yun Qing's feet and heard a thud, a woman about half a year old The imperial chef knelt down in the hall respectfully, kowtowed to Xuanyuanze and himself, and then bowed his head and knelt there waiting for questioning.


"Exemption!" Yun Qing nodded in response, and then Xuanyuan Ze said coldly, asking: "Chen Rui, I ask you, can you personally cook Concubine Hua's lunch today?".

"Return to the emperor, that's right!" Chen Rui was shocked when he heard the sound, kowtowed quickly, and replied quickly.

Xuanyuan Ze's handsome eyes turned cold, and he said in a deep voice: "Okay, then tell me, why did Concubine Hua add safflower to her chicken soup?".


"Boom!" Chen Rui was so frightened that his body went limp, and then he kowtowed heavily to beg for mercy: "The emperor sees it clearly, but the slave doesn't know!".

"I don't know?" Xuanyuanze raised his brows, and an invisible aura immediately emanated from his body, even He Ruowan in his arms was aware of it, and his heart couldn't help but secretly thump.


"Your servant really doesn't know, please be merciful to the emperor. I have never wanted to harm Concubine Hua!" Chen Rui is the exclusive imperial cook in Concubine Hua's palace. It is also a great honor for him to serve in the dining room. How dare he harm the empress in private?


"Hmph! Then tell me, how many condiments did you add to Concubine Hua's black chicken soup today?" Xuanyuan Ze let go of He Ruowan, walked in front of Chen Rui coldly, and looked condescendingly. He, let him suddenly feel a chill all over his body, and his body trembled even more.


"Your servant obeys! When this servant stewed this bowl of chicken soup, I added a total of twelve seasonings, including ginseng and half liang, peach kernel three qian, eight red dates, rehmannia glutinosa one liang, longan six, wolfberry two qian, and shiitake mushroom one." Half a penny of money and ginger. Add a little salt, green onion, vinegar, and fresh ingredients. Cook it over high heat first. When the chicken is half-baked, fry it slowly over a grain fire, and then add the seasonings just now one by one. Then wait for the hot water to boil thoroughly, then open the lid and simmer slowly, so that in about half an hour, the chicken soup will be completely stewed!".


Chen Rui's memory of what he cooks is particularly accurate. This is also the recipe he carefully developed every day. Because Concubine Hua needs food and supplements, he specially added a few tonics to the imperial physician's anti-birth formula. Those were also confirmed safe by the imperial physician, why did something happen today?


"No, there must be safflower in this soup. Your majesty, I can be sure!" Liu Quan, who was on the side, knelt down together after hearing Chen Rui's reply, insisting that the soup contained ingredients that caused the concubine Hua to lose her baby. Safflower included.


"Chen Rui, I will give you another chance to tell the truth. If you dare to lie, I will kill all your clans!" He looked coldly at the imperial chef who was trembling with fear on the ground. , Xuanyuan Ze's eyes were cold, and just one sentence was enough to scare people out of their wits.


"I don't dare, even if I have a thousand guts, I will never dare to say a single lie!" Chen Rui lay down firmly on the ground, at such an age he rarely even saw the emperor's face , but I don't want to see you today, but it involves crimes and the crimes of the nine clans.


The fear in his heart made his voice trembling, but he was really puzzled. The chicken soup he cooked with his own hands, and every ingredient from the pot to the serving, was always passed by his own hands. What could go wrong? up?

"Liu Quan, are you sure that someone added safflower to this soup?" Xuanyuan Ze turned his head to Liu Quan again, his voice was clear and cold, but Liu Quan was shocked and said bravely: "Yes, my lord Willing to guarantee with my family and life!"


"Okay, I'll trust you for the time being! If you dare to misdiagnose or lie about false information, I will also punish you, do you know?" Xuanyuanze flicked his sleeves, and the gust of air that was brought about made Liu Quan's heart skip a beat, almost jumping out. Chest comes.

There were two blows to Xuanyuanze, and he also pledged his wealth and life, so he never dared to bully the king.


Afterwards, Xuanyuan Ze asked someone to go to the imperial physician Fu Ming, ordering him to rush to Zhuhua Palace to investigate whether there were safflower ingredients in Concubine Hua's soup.

Not long after, Fu Ming came over, after looking, smelling, and tasting three times, he found that the soup was indeed mixed with safflower, and Chen Rui was so scared that he almost collapsed on the ground, and he didn't know how to explain except calling out his injustice.


"Your Majesty, I wonder if there are so many people in the Zhuhua Palace. Could it be that someone else secretly put red flowers in it when Chen Rui was not paying attention? Why don't you let everyone involved in ingredients, lighting, cutting and washing and passing meals All the personnel gathered together, so that we can find out more exactly who is trying to harm Concubine Hua!" Seeing this, Yun Qing couldn't help suggesting that Chen Rui didn't seem to know anything about it.


At present, it has been confirmed that someone wanted to harm Concubine Hua, but who did it, and who was behind it, need further investigation.

If Chen Rui is determined to be Chen Rui, it will not help the matter at all, and the real culprit will still be impossible to catch.


Xuanyuan Ze turned his head to look at her indifferently, there was neither approval nor disapproval in his eyes, he just stared at her for a while, then nodded and said: "Okay, just follow what the queen said."


Yun Qing was startled, although she understood that he called her queen in front of outsiders because she cared about her majesty, but just now when he called her queen, it made her feel a little strange!
It seemed that his heart was colder than this voice, so cold that it was frozen together with her heart.


Time passed bit by bit. After Yun Qing and Xuanyuan Ze came out of Nuanxiang Pavilion, they sat quietly in the main hall waiting for news.

Chang Le and Ling Ge took Fu Ming, Liu Quan and others to bring out all the people who participated in the meal today, and asked them one by one about any subtle process that they handled.


(End of this chapter)